How far is 2.6 million light years (Andromeda Galaxy)?
Considering light travels at 186,282 miles per second – and nothing travels faster than the speed of light – one light year equals 5.8 trillion miles. So Andromeda would be 5.8 trillion miles times 2.6 million light years!
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About Galaxy
A galaxy is a group of billions and billions of stars clumped together by gravity. If our planet was a house, the solar system our town, our galaxy the Milky Way, would be our country.
About light year
A light year is a unit of length equal to about six trillion miles (5,878,625,373,183.608 miles to be exact). A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year. A light year is often used to measure things on a galactic scale, like the distance between stars.
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