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Light is the fastest thing we know...nothing is faster than light. So the distance travelled by light in 'some' time will be the greatest. And as the distances between stars etc is huge, Light Years are used as it is the distance travelled by light in a year. And nothing can travel more distance in one year. So light years are used.

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