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High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
Thank you for that reference. It will take me a while, but I'll try to understand it. -
High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
Yes. Thank your for your comments. -
High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
Thank you very much for your comments. I'm trying to understand them and hopefully I'll get there :-) For an alternate phrasing of my original question, and to clarify it for a couple more posters that had questions, here's an analogy that hopefully can be a bit clearer about what I'm trying... -
High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
So, the current place Earth occupies, existed 12 Billion Years ago? How about 13, or 14 BY ago? apparently, the universe did not exist more than 13.8 BY ago! -
High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
Did that "we" exist 12 by ago? -
High School A photon left galaxy G, 12 by ago and is reaching Earth now
... where was our current place in spacetime, call it A, when that photon started its journey 12 by ago? Did A even exist 12 by ago?