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A light year is a measure of distance, not speed.

One light year is simply how far you'd get if you were able to travel at the speed of light for one year.

Space is so big that talking about distances between stars would be difficult if we used miles or kilometers. Even with light years, we quickly get real big numbers. Still more manageable than if we talked about miles though.

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