as in world
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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So head outside just after dark, be patient, and enjoy the view of the planets, our close neighbors, in front of the stars behind them, which are many light-years distant.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The scientists reached these findings while studying stellar motion in 30 UDGs in the Hydra galaxy cluster located over 160 million light-years away from us.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
These star-forming molecular clouds start off with a long, slow stretch — ultimately forming what astrophysicists describe as a filamentary structure about 0.3 light-years wide.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In 2010 astronomers detected a gigantic gas cloud 31,000 light-years from Earth, on the other side of our galaxy.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The scientists reached these findings while studying stellar motion in 30 UDGs in the Hydra galaxy cluster located over 160 million light-years away from us.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
These star-forming molecular clouds start off with a long, slow stretch — ultimately forming what astrophysicists describe as a filamentary structure about 0.3 light-years wide.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In 2010 astronomers detected a gigantic gas cloud 31,000 light-years from Earth, on the other side of our galaxy.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Light-year.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light-year. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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