I am a distant messenger, carrying tales from galaxies far and wide. Though I may twinkle, I am not always what I seem. What am I?
Category: Knowledge · Difficulty: hard
Hint: Consider what we observe from Earth that can be very far away.
Answer
Light from stars
Explanation
The light from stars takes years to reach us, often appearing as twinkling points in the night sky, but they may no longer exist.
This is a hard knowledge riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is Light from stars.
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