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- How light works at long distances via reflective objects
Hello!! I'm still in school and not great with physics, but I'd really like to get into it. All of it seems so awesome and my dad is a partical physicist so I can usually ask him about any questions I have but I had one today he couldn't answer right away, he said he'd think about it and get back to me but I know he'll probably forget so might just ask here instead, haha.
If we put a massive mirror/reflective surface in space about 5 light years away (for example) and looked through it, what would we see if the light has not yet reached us? And what would we see after five years? And 10? From a telescope, of course.
Maybe it's a dumb question, sorry if it is!!
If anyone could give me an answer I'd really appreciate it
If we put a massive mirror/reflective surface in space about 5 light years away (for example) and looked through it, what would we see if the light has not yet reached us? And what would we see after five years? And 10? From a telescope, of course.
Maybe it's a dumb question, sorry if it is!!
If anyone could give me an answer I'd really appreciate it