When a Time Delay Becomes a Time Bomb

As we start a new year, it’s worth pondering some ways in which things that have already happened may finally reveal themselves in their true significance.

A bird flies past a setting sun in Berlin on June 14, 2023. David Gannon/AFP via Getty Images

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I don’t recall exactly when it was that I learned that it took a bit more than eight minutes for the sun’s light to reach us here on Earth. Sometime before high school, I think.