When the Sun warms your skin, the light traveled 8 minutes to reach you.
When we talk about the cosmos, it’s easy to toss out big numbers – it's hard to wrap our minds around just how large, how far, and how numerous celestial bodies really are. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/faq/26/what-is-a-light-year/
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What is a light-year? – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
Light-year is a celestial yardstick, the distance light travels in one year. Light travels at 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers) per second, 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion kilometers) per hour.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
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Relativity….
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