how can we see billions of light years away?

Question

Like surley it would take billions of light years to receive the images? How else could we see everything else in the universe?

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Yep! It has! The universe is about 13 to 14 billion years old and the oldest light we can see is only a little bit younger! That means that that light has been travelling to us almost as long as the universe has existed!