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a huge physical or conceptual distance
my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us
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But at 25,000 light-years away, the highly energetic and variable activity of the Milky Way’s central black hole isn’t a concern, Morris said.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Contained within a small galaxy located 5.3 million light-years away are big clues about how stars can form.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Astronomers estimate that the nebula is more than 1,300 light-years away, with just one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025
The Tarantula spins its web in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, 160,000 light-years from us.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Contained within a small galaxy located 5.3 million light-years away are big clues about how stars can form.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Astronomers estimate that the nebula is more than 1,300 light-years away, with just one light-year equaling almost 6 trillion miles.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025
The Tarantula spins its web in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, 160,000 light-years from us.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Light-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-year. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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