Comments on: How far is a light-year? Plus, distances in space https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/ Updates on your cosmos and world Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Arcturus – The brightest star in the northern sky | Weeping May Linger for the Night https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-861377 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:51:48 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-861377 […] is a red giant star located only 36.7 light-years away. It’s the 4th-brightest star in the sky and the brightest one in the northern half of […]

]]> By:           Are we “Home Alone” or “Where are the others?” – EducationUSA Armenia Blog https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-861356 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:10:25 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-861356 […] Milky Way is spread into 100,000 Light Years, (1 light year= 9.4 trillion km). In a nutshell, it is estimated our […]

]]> By: We Already Have a Time Machine – The Solar System https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-861120 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 03:44:12 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-861120 […] From: how far is a light year? […]

]]> By: 6B Light years + Worm holes – Science 6 https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-860770 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 19:57:13 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-860770 […] How far is a light-year? […]

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]]> By: Blog 1: The Mystery of the Light-Year – K. T. Lane https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-860715 Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:39:48 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-860715 […] Image Source […]

]]> By: “Apocalyptarians Rejoice!” | Head Space https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-860096 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 07:50:10 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-860096 […] Bernstein, spotted the object heading inward from the Oort Cloud, possibly from as far as half a light-year away. Many have been calling it a mega […]

]]> By: Warp Bubbles And FTL Travel – TITS | Trips Into The Sciencesphere https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-798201 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:18:24 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-798201 […] is the Proxima Centauri system, which is just over four light-years away from us. A light-year is the distance light (a photon) travels through space in a year. Traveling at the speed of light — […]

]]> By: You’ve Never Seen A Picture Of The Entire Milky Way (Astronomy) – Uncover Reality https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-797905 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:55:10 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-797905 […] 13 billion miles (21 billion kilometers) away. To put that in perspective, one light-year is about 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometers), and our region of the Milky Way is 1,000 light-years thick. It’s safe to say we’re not […]

]]> By: There’s An Easy Trick To Telling Stars And Planets Apart In The Sky (Astronomy) – Uncover Reality https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-far-is-a-light-year/#comment-797902 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:49:55 +0000 https://earthsky.org/?p=24214#comment-797902 […] twinkle because of the massive distance between them and Earth. And we mean massive: Our sun’s closest stellar neighbors are more than four light-years away. Because of that […]

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