The Moon's Time-Traveling Photons

The Moon's Time-Traveling Photons
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The cosmic comedy of light delay! This meme pokes fun at the fact that light from the Moon takes about 1.3 seconds to reach Earth. One astronomer proudly announces seeing the Moon "at 20:00:00" while their friend, armed with just binoculars, drops the astronomical truth bomb: "What you saw was the Moon at 19:59:58.7." Talk about splitting light-seconds! Next time you're moongazing, remember you're actually looking at the Moon's past—a tiny time traveler's paradox right in our night sky. Technically, we never see the present Moon... just its slightly outdated selfie.

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