Examples of 'light-year' in a sentence

Meaning of "light-year"

Light-year (noun): A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year
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A light-year is the yardstick of the cosmos.
They are nearly a quarter of a light-year away.
A light-year is a measure of distance astronomers use.
Our solar system is about of a light-year.
A single light-year is almost six trillion miles.
It would have to be a lead umbrella a light-year thick.
Each light-year is nearly ten trillion kilometers.
Understanding the concept of a light-year.
One light-year is a measure of both time and distance.
We are nearly a quarter of a light-year from the far edge.
Light-year is the distance that light travels in one.
Suppose the length of a lacrosse field represents a light-year.
A light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances.
The time starlight gets here is called a light-year.
We are less than a light-year away from the geodesic fold.

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They are pulsar frequencies with geometric light-year measurements.
The light-year is actually a unit of distance commonly used in astronomy.
This corresponds to less than one hundredth of a light-year.
We are less than one light-year out from zero point.
The light-year is a distance unit used to express astronomical distances.
We are always willing to go that extra light-year for a good cause.
The light-year is the distance that light travels in one year.
It would have to be a lead umbrella a light-year thick to do the job.
A light-year is the distance that light travels through a vacuum in one year.
The glow of the cloud is just over half a light-year across.
You strayed a full light-year from your course in order to observe an astronomical phenomenon?
Swept past this point about a half light-year out of the galaxy.
From one light-year away you can see the earth one year ago.
This is a magnified image of the nearest star, approximately half a light-year away.
The filaments appear as radio structures tens of light-years long and approximately a light-year wide.
In the cosmos there are regions where stars range in thousand light-year lines.
This image spans approximately a third of a light-year at the distance of the Red Rectangle.
Xander is a wild scientific genius with a self-destructive streak a light-year long.
Just promise me you will not let another light-Year pass by before i see you again.
It should destabilize the matter stream and implode the conduit for at least a light-year.
The radiation appears to extend outward at least half a light-year in every direction except one.
Common measurement units for outer space include the astronomical unit, the parsec and the light-year.
Light Year, A light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances.
So let us shrink everything down to a scale where one light-year equals one mile.
A light-year is a unit of distance, not time.
Emanating from beneath the surface of a planet less than a light-year from here.
AUs from Earth and over a light-year from our current position.
One of these photons stays in our lab, while the other is sent a light-year away.
A light-year is about six trillion miles, so.
Neutrinos very rarely interact with matter ; they can zip through a block of lead a light-year across.
Consider, a single light-year is an inconceivable abyss.
There is no sign of Borg activity within a ten light-year radius.
And hence, a light-year is a unit of distance.
There is a Borg transwarp conduit less than a light-year away.
The light-year for measuring distances.

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