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What does a light-year measure?

Retry Correct Incorrect While many people might associate light-years with the Toy Story movies, it is actually a scientific and mathematical measurement that measures distance. Specifically, the distance light travels in one year.

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What does a light-year measure?

• Time
• Distance
• Speed
• Age