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Welcome to the forum. As a professor, I often observe that students stumble not on the mathematics, but on the definitions. In astronomy, a single word change can alter the meaning of an entire observation. We must establish a shared lexicon to discuss the cosmos effectively. Defining the Vast Light Years vs. Parsecs The most common confusion involves distance. A light year is a unit of distance, not time. It represents the distance light travels in one year at a speed of approximately 299,792 kilometers per second. However, astronomers prefer the parsec. A parsec is roughly 3.26 light years. It...