10 to 20 Billion Years After the Big Bang

January 2, 1992

Since the universe began with the Big Bang, it has been in constant expansion. Its size is such that the light from the most distant stars takes billions of years to reach us. The image we see of these stars is not what they are today, but what they looked like earlier, long before Earth was formed. Thus a voyage across space is first and foremost a voyage back in time...