LIGHT-YEARS Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

light-years

noun

plural of light-year

as in worlds

a huge physical or conceptual distance my sister and I are close in age, but personality-wise, there are light-years between us

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Recent Examples of light-years For instance, the heart of our galaxy is around 26,000 light-years away. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026 According to Fuller, neutrinos can even travel through light-years of lead without stopping, depending on their energy. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Scientists have previously speculated that a GRB would vaporize anything caught in its death rays up to 200 light-years from the source. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Ellen is also the principal of Sonny’s high school, and a warm-but-firm educator naturally evokes Tami Taylor, even if Oregon is thousands of miles and metaphorical light-years away from West Texas. — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 This star is about 7,232 degrees Fahrenheit (4,000 degrees Celsius) and around 284 light-years away from Earth. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 About 65 million light-years from Earth, three galaxies don’t look quite right. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

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Some may think the two worlds don’t collide, but Bath insists there is a connection.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
In reality, there are no heroes and no glory, only worlds that collapse and dreams that shatter.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of worlds

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Turn the volume up and that pinhole dilates, revealing swirling galaxies of vocal harmonies, upright bass plucks, and cascading piano runs.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
Stupendously large black holes greater than 1 million billion to 10 million billion suns in mass would be heavier than entire galaxies.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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