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We can observe galaxies beyond the Hubble distance because the light reaching us today was emitted long ago, when those galaxies were much closer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
This allowed them to describe more accurately how silver atoms interact with light and surrounding particles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Galaxies continue to emit light, but that light may spend billions of years crossing the cosmos before reaching us.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The speed of light limits how quickly objects can move through space in a local region.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Did they actually look like doors, or were they merely great balls of light floating above the forest floor?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
In terms of longer-term trends Abouhossein argues that investment banking generally is transforming as a business model from a heavy emphasis on balance sheet and inventory, to something lighter and more geared to best-execution practices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Now that you’re caught up on some heavy news, how about something lighter?
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Young started his final round more than two hours before the final group went out and, playing in a lighter wind, threatened to shoot a fourth record-equalling round of 62 this week.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Morning shows, with their mix of hard news, entertainment segments and lighter fare, have always had more latitude in what they present.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Now the cleaves were lighter and closer together: it had slowed to a walk.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
By contrast, the lightest Specs model weighs 132 grams.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
On Sunday in London, Sawe and Kejelcha wore Adidas’ lightest model yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
"Electrons are the lightest players in the plasma, but when they become magnetized, they dictate the rules. That simple change can completely alter how nanomaterials form."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2026
The closets were full of suits, dozens of them perfectly aligned from lightest gray to darkest black.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
After the market closed, the Times Square Ball that drops each New Year’s Eve instead rose to mark the occasion and was lighted in orangish-red colors to represent Mars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Below a lighted area at the building’s peak are thousands of hand-stamped words referring to Obama’s speech in Selma, the same one carved on the building’s exterior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The building, which officially opened last year, is routinely lighted up for major events and holidays and is expected to be for SpaceX’s debut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
“America’s longest running newscast signs off for the last time,” Kathan said in the small dimly lighted studio in the CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s West Side.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Waiting for dark, they watched nervously up the cliff to the house whose lighted windows looked out over the silver river.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Despite the dim lighting and gentle music, I was nowhere near a state of Zen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Still, Boccardo’s standard advice to recent grads is to “be on a laptop, in a quiet place with good lighting and good audio.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Maybe it’s lower lighting, good hand soap in the bathroom or a beautiful bread course placed on the table before anyone has had time to wonder whether they are hungry.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
It's smaller than I expected - around 50 centimetres high - and even in the fairly low lighting, the work is exquisite.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I feel like I swallowed electric butterflies and they are lighting up and swirling all around inside me.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
"Just looking at the booster real quick, it didn't look like we lit all 13 engines that we were planning for that initial land and burn," said Huot.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 55,000-square-foot hall, lit by gaping skylights in its 75-foot-high ceilings, reopened last November as Ballers, a sports club that has three glass-and-mesh-enclosed padel courts, along with golf simulators and courts for squash and pickleball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Inside, neatly made-up rooms for visiting priests line warmly lit halls that lead to a chapel where the 400-year-old ritual takes place.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Together they lit some incense and munched on muffins and chips and guacamole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Her face lit up and she shimmied her shoulders.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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