The light that comes from stars visible in the night sky, often soft and romantic in appearance.
Compound of Old English 'steorra' (star) and 'lēoht' (light), dating back to at least the 1300s. The two words were naturally combined to describe the phenomenon of distant stellar light reaching Earth.
Starlight travels for years to reach your eyes—some of the light you see tonight actually left a star before you were even born, making you literally looking back in time when you gaze at stars.
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