and time. if i could travel at the speed of light away from the earth to a distance of two light-years, that would be about 11.8 trillion miles from earth, and i could look back at earth with a powerful enough telescope that i could see inside my childhood home, i would not see things as they are now. instead, i would see things as they were two years ago.
the distance of space is so vast that when we look through it, we are looking through time. the farther something is from you, the further back in time it appears. therefore, if i could see into that house from that 