Illumination Axiom

This axiom establishes that observation occurs in the present, at distance. Light does not travel from source to observer. Stars create illumination bubbles—regions where visible-band excitation is sustained. Objects within these bubbles are visible because the region is illuminated. Planets are not reflective; they are illuminated. Darkness between structures indicates absence of illumination bubbles, not empty space traversed by light. When you observe a distant object, you see it now, not as it was in the past. This axiom does not redefine stellar mechanics, electron-field structure, or energy generation; it defines how visibility arises from those mechanisms.