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A light-year is the distance light travels in a year; about 9.5 x 1012 kilometers.

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How many kilometers in 15 light years?

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What is 15 light years in standard form?

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How far is 640 light years?

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What is 3262 light years is equal to?

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If you are 11 years old now how old will you be when light that is leaving today reaches earth?

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If nothing can travel the speed of light how did you get 15 billion light years away from the edge of the universe in 15 billion years?

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