eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring “at the same time”?

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eli5 Is it correct to think of events happening on the far side of the universe or in a different galaxy as occurring “at the same time”?

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If you are seeing it happen (in the sky / through a telescope) it happened in the past relative to you at the time you saw it. If it’s just you thinking about something happening now across the universe then it’s happening now, at the same time.

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