to how far light reaches in a year’s time

A light year refers to how far light reaches in a year’s time.

a unit of astronomical distance

Light year is a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.46 × 1015 metres.

a distance not actually a time unit

Howie and all the others that share the Kessel's view, here is what water spreading over hundred of light years means: a light year is a distance not actually a time unit and in this case this case means, water was spread over trillions and trillions of miles.

the distance that light can travel in an entire year, or 186,000 miles per second multiplied by 60 seconds per minute multiplied by 60 minutes per hour multiplied by 24 hours per day multiplied by 365 days per year equals 5,865,696,000,000 miles per year

A light year is the distance that light can travel in an entire year, or 186,000 miles per second multiplied by 60 seconds per minute multiplied by 60 minutes per hour multiplied by 24 hours per day multiplied by 365 days per year equals 5,865,696,000,000 miles per year.

the distance that light travels in a year so about 10 trillion kilometers

And a light year is the distance that light travels in a year so about 10 trillion kilometers, so say about 40 trillion kilometers tall.

6 trillion miles in distance

First, a 'light year' is 6 trillion miles in distance, so 'a billion light years away is a billion years ago…two billion lights years away is two billion years ago' is not even close to accurate but must be multiplied by 6 trillion to determine the number of years represented.

a distance that a person has never traveled—and has no way of traveling, at present, within a single lifetime

Thus, in practical terms, a light-year is a distance that a person has never traveled—and has no way of traveling, at present, within a single lifetime.

the distance that light can travel in one year which is about six trillion miles

And a light year is the distance that light can travel in one year which is about six trillion miles.

as the unit of measurement – that is, the distance that light travels in one year

Scientists and astronomers therefore use the “light year” as the unit of measurement – that is, the distance that light travels in one year.

that light travels in one year at one year's speed of around 300,000 km/s, which is equal to 9,460 billion km away

A light year is the distance that light travels in one year at one year's speed of around 300,000 km/s, which is equal to 9,460 billion km away.

the most commonly used distance unit

A light year is the most commonly used distance unit when measuring distances in outer space.

that light travels in the vacuum of space in one year

Aldebaran is about 65 light years away and a light year is the distance that light travels in the vacuum of space in one year.

the distance unit

The coordinates are integers and the distance unit is the light-year.

a distance so enormous that a distance takes light—that thing that moves faster than anything else in the universe—an entire year to traverse an entire year

A light year is a distance so enormous that a distance takes light—that thing that moves faster than anything else in the universe—an entire year to traverse an entire year .