Thank you for the detailed explanation. I am trying to understand how scientists can be certain that the light they capture, especially from objects that are thousands/millions of light years away that the light is indeed from those objects and is not contaminated by other light? Again, kindly eli5!
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Thank you for the detailed explanation. I am trying to understand how scientists can be certain that the light they capture, especially from objects that are thousands/millions of light years away that the light is indeed from those objects and is not contaminated by other light? Again, kindly eli5!