Briefly explain what we mean by the statement "The farther away we look in distance, the further back we look in time."

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It means that when we look at a distant object, we see it as it was some time in the past, rather than as it is now. This is because the light we see has taken time to travel from the object to us.

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(The earth-sun distance = 1.5 × 108 km and the earth's radius = 6.4 × 103 km.) A) 4.0 × 1026 W B) 3.2 × 1022 W C) 7.2 × 1014 W D) 7.6 × 108 W

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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