Light that left its star on the first day of 2022, is today 5.88 trillion miles (9.46 trillion km) away. Imagine how far you can go in 2023. https://go.nasa.gov/3Z4hKwP
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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
Paul Sutton
in reply to NASA • • •10 5x88 x 10^12
+ 6 x 10^12
= 16.5 x 10^12 miles
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