Stephen Hawking Quote

The light that we see from distant galaxies left them millions of years ago, and in the case of the most distant object we have seen, the light left some eight billions years ago. Thus, when we look at the universe, we are seeing it as it was in the past.


A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Chapter 2 (p. 28)


The light that we see from distant galaxies left them millions of years ago, and in the case of the most distant object we have seen, the light left...

The light that we see from distant galaxies left them millions of years ago, and in the case of the most distant object we have seen, the light left...

The light that we see from distant galaxies left them millions of years ago, and in the case of the most distant object we have seen, the light left...

The light that we see from distant galaxies left them millions of years ago, and in the case of the most distant object we have seen, the light left...