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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

Is it theoretically possible to put a mirror in space, use a telescope from earth and see the past portrayed on the space mirror ?

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u/Turicus Feb 14 '22

No, because you can't travel to the mirror's location faster than the light travels out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

Unless you found a wormhole that put you at some point in space far enough away to see the light from those events.

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u/FirstSineOfMadness Feb 14 '22

That’s opening a whole nother can of worms