[Serious] Is the Past Real?

[polymath257]

This should convince anyone and everyone that the past is real:

Astronomy Picture of the Day -- 2022 October 17

Brilliant point, actually. Media, photo taken or video filmed in the past when viewed later in the future is the evidence that the past is real.

And since information only goes to the future light cone, we don't get such from the future.

But does that mean the future is NOT real?

And, just because *some* aspects of the past are real, does that mean that *all* aspects are?

Are there some aspects of the future that are real because of their almost certainty?