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"I sound like a measurement of time but I measure distance. I am the distance light travels in a full year. The nearest star to our sun is four of me away. What am I?"
Answer
A Light-year
Explanation
A light-year is the distance light travels in one year — about 5.88 trillion miles. Despite having year in the name, it is a measurement of distance. Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun, is about 4.24 light-years away.
This is a medium riddle in the Science category — Riddles about physics, space, biology and the laws of the universe.
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