| 单词 | light year |
| 例句 | She couldn’t send Billy out for ice cream or strawberries, since the atmosphere outside the dome was cyanide, and the nearest strawberries and ice cream were millions of light years away. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If, as seems likely, it is a hundred or more light years away, there are going to be some very long pauses. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z All those stars millions of light years away shilling down on me—me glued to a minor planet spinning around its own gigantic sum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s hard for us to imagine now how radical this work was, and he was light years ahead.” Guggenheim Project Confronts Conceptual Art’s Nature 2013-12-20T20:51:06Z In a document that was brought to light years later, a psychologist evaluated Murphy as suffering from a severe cognitive disorder, and noted that he offered various incoherent justifications for his behavior. Pick of the week: The case that unlocked the Catholic scandal 2012-11-16T00:59:00Z Among other things we sense the sheer sublime scale of phenomena that are light years across, and millions of light years away. Visions of the Universe exhibition reveals full wonder of space images 2013-06-11T13:29:42Z The hourglass-shaped design, whose altitude would have surpassed that of the Empire State Building, was light years ahead of its time, incorporating a weblike steel exoskeleton to support the open floors within. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z It's a long, dreary road from Kiss Me Kate, and light years inferior to almost anything on the box this last fortnight. Living in a television time warp 2011-01-03T07:00:01Z A light year is a vast unit of measure — almost impossible to conceptualize — where time, distance, speed and dimension collapse upon one another. Frank Ocean’s queer revolution: How “Blond(e)” asks us to see queerness as the new normal 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The only hope of escape is making an expensive voyage to the paradise planet of Rhea which is five light years from Earth. Swiss go sci-fi 2010-05-05T10:08:00Z Kosmofon's works are the memoirs of heroic astronauts and announcements of thousands and millions of light years formatted into progressive electronic music. March's best music from across the MAP 2011-03-14T11:24:55Z The characters need to be familiar, yet not act light years younger then they really are. 7 Things We'd Like to See From The Star Wars Trailer 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Back then, Newcastle and the capital were separated by metaphorical light years, as proved by the sense that Caine's character had left one discrete reality, and entered quite another. Get Carter: In search of lost Tyne 2011-03-03T22:00:01Z The meager pleasures of this new world seem light years away from the chaos of their former life. ‘Mobile Homes’ Review: Imogen Poots Gives a Riveting Performance 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The teaser video shows a sparking neon sign: simple, contemplative and light years away from 2010's bamboozling video for Radioactive. Kings of Leon unveil new single, Supersoaker 2013-07-18T11:32:35Z Sadly, the Oscars have been light years ahead of the BAFTAs in nearly every category. British film industry fails on race, too: Tone-deaf remarks from Charlotte Rampling and Michael Caine are symptoms of deeper problems 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He played the ill-fated Doc Ostrow, who perishes at the hand of a mysterious force on the planet Altair IV, 16 light years from Earth, after his spaceship arrives to search for a long-lost colony. Warren Stevens, Busy Character Actor, Dies at 92 2012-03-30T05:36:52Z Sixty years elapsed between their composition, but in pianistic and stylistic terms, light years occurred, and Bronfman made this clear. Yefim Bronfman: Flying fingers and heartfelt Prokofiev | Classical review 2012-12-11T19:02:01Z It’s got the same soaring vocals from Smith, but guitars feature heavily and the driving, sinister chorus is light years from the uplifting tribal “eh-oh, eh-oh” that dominates “Pompeii.” Bastille storms KeyArena Tuesday| Concert preview 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In an extremely light year for American films, there's one indie at Cannes with the potential for some degree of breakout success -- but it's a tough sell, at least in theory. Cannes this film festival be saved? 2010-05-12T18:12:00Z IAN They probably traveled millions of light years; they couldn’t go an extra 20 feet? It’s in the Script 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Their show is, however, light years more nuanced than, say, Al Murray's Pub Landlord: Chambers and McGlynn are forever subverting any sense of who the Rubberbandits are and what they represent. The Rubberbandits: comedy, prank CDs ... and the IRA 2013-01-16T18:33:59Z “I think she is light years ahead of every other artist,” said Norbert Nix, president of Triple Tigers. Country artist Cam grapples with hard truths on ‘Otherside’ 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Lewis describes Patricia as "light years" from Ruby, a change that she relishes and does not take for granted. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Listening to it now, it still feels like that—like it’s a far-off, light years away-type thing. “If we came out now, we wouldn’t have a chance in hell”: Shirley Manson looks back at 20 years of Garbage 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z That means the light we see from stars and other heavenly bodies many hundreds or thousands or millions of light years from our eyes is very, very old. 'Hubble 3D': An out-of-this-world documentary 2010-03-18T22:02:00Z Some of these stars are millions of light years away. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z We are light years past that 70s ideal of bra-burning women eschewing their femininity to prove they are were worthy of inclusion. A drunk colleague called me a slut. What should I do? | Mariella Frostrup 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z On network TV, the recent transgender story lines on "Glee" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" appear light years removed from the old variety show model of the cross-dressing comedian. Bruce Jenner and the shifting dynamics of TV's transgender moment 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The increase in sales of Blu-ray players and digital consumption came despite a light year for new releases into those markets, said Ron Sanders, president of Warner Brothers Home Video and DEG president. Hollywood extends slow turnaround in home video sales 2012-07-29T17:06:08Z Indeed, their videos are light years away from the million-dollar advertorial likes of Lady Gaga's Telephone, yet OK Go's nerdish sensibility and humour travel universally. Pop promos: new OK Go video is a White Knuckle ride 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z The bidding soon surged past the high estimate of $3 million and ended light years from the high estimate that Christie’s in 2013 placed on the work — $1,200. With Misattributed Constable Masterpiece, a Rare Look Into the Imprecise World of Art Identification 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Green's film may be light years from the mainstream, but there's a charming heart beating within its unconventional artistry. 'The Portuguese Nun': An unconventional, engrossing odyssey of self-discovery 2010-12-02T21:35:00Z But will all that luxury help keep the happy couple sane when they are the only two conscious souls for millions of light years? Could Passengers be the next Avatar, or will it disappear into a black hole? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Dinnerstein’s pellucid sound and the jellyfish wobble of the theremin appeared light years apart. Music Review: ‘The Story of Babar the Elephant’ at Le Poisson Rouge 2012-11-21T22:50:07Z If you compare these shows with entertainment shows of 10 to 15 years ago, they are light years ahead. Susan Boyle: What happened to the dream? 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Things would not look different if we were on some other planet, light years away. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Like Stephen Hawking, Dickinson takes you to the edge of the cosmos – which may be billions of light years away or at your back door. Poem of the week: What mystery pervades a well! by Emily Dickinson 2010-10-04T09:21:00Z Mr. Salonen’s piece was light years removed from the performance that opened Friday’s concert: a diffident, sometimes messy reading of Brahms’s Violin Concerto by Leonidas Kavakos. Review: Squeezing Music Made for One Hall Into the Geffen 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z “Facade” is full of references to Bright Young Thing dances from the 1920s — light years away from today’s performers. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Festival in Sarasota Honors a Legacy 2014-05-01T23:32:34Z Drummer Daru Jones was light years more polished than Meg White, who barely ever hit more than two drums and a cymbal. Sasquatch 2012 Saturday review: Jack White, Portlandia, more 2012-05-27T18:53:54Z Released this week, the album follows the Sheffield quartet's second headline slot at Glastonbury in June - marked by a confidence light years away from their skittish, underwhelming first attempt. Mercury Prize 2013: The nominees 2013-09-11T17:04:21Z The retired professor at the University of Oxford made up the word in 1976 for "The Selfish Gene," a book he published light years before the Internet and social media's capacity to take memes viral. Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year 2012-12-05T14:42:08Z For a more celestial orientation, the Forestry Commission offers a stargazing night watch in Dalby forest, where telescopes from Scarborough and Ryedale Astronomical Society will reveal galaxies millions of light years away. The Northerner: 'I'd like to thank the Bront?s, Michael Palin and ?' 2010-08-04T14:27:00Z It’s twelve billion light years away, but, because the quasar surrounding it glows four hundred and twenty trillion times brighter than the sun, it’s still visible to telescopes on Earth. Liu Cixin Is China’s Answer to Arthur C. Clarke 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z “But I also jumped light years ahead in other ways. It’s sort of a combo platter. You gain some and you lose some.” Alicia Silverstone: 'I probably behaved not as well as I could have' 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Although Beyoncé's feminism is light years ahead of unapologetically racist women, "Cater 2 U" locks her man's masculine fantasy of entitlement and superiority in place. A feminist reckoning for six Beyoncé songs 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z They used measurements of infra-red light because there is so much stellar dust between the black hole and us, 27,000 light years away. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Although the gleaming cynical hulk of that mall was just across 10th Avenue from the loft building, it felt light years away from the raw aspirations on view during New York Men’s Day. Men’s Wear Flies Its Freak Flag 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z And far more powerfully, Mary Doria Russell wrote her first novel, “The Sparrow,” about a Jesuit priest who travels four light years away for the glory of God. Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber An opening monologue stresses that this is fantasy, asking us to imagine another Earth and that “on this planet, Earth light years away from our planet Earth, there is a woman named Hillary.” Beyond the Trump Show? Two Political Plays in Chicago Give It a Try 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z A light year is about six trillion earth miles. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Tyson found a few candidates in the actual universe before settling on a Krypton-like system that is located 27.1 light years from Earth and is slightly smaller and cooler than the sun. Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals location of Superman's home planet 2012-11-05T21:30:24Z This isn't the most dignified origin story for a cartoon character, but it is light years away from the figure that stars in memes intended to dehumanize and intimidate. In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z We may not have reached the full Vulcan mind-meld just yet, but our smartphone obsession is not a million light years away from it. Science fiction's five best guides to the present 2013-07-26T09:59:29Z Eight seasons later — and seemingly light years away from the vampire romance craze wrought by “Twilight” — this steamy drama is coming to an end. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Love’ and ‘The Vampire Diaries’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “But all it takes is one listen to the 15-year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers.” Books of The Times: ‘The Love Song of Jonny Valentine,’ by Teddy Wayne 2013-01-28T20:14:16Z A short distance, to be sure, but at the time it felt like a light year. Lost in Ireland 2010-10-22T21:19:00Z Not only that, this is a role, and you've said this a couple of times, it's light years from Ruby. From "Black-ish" to "I Love That For You," Jenifer Lewis keeps going: "I'm one of the lucky ones" 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Peer at our planet from the vantage point of 500 light years away, and you can see a Renaissance artist at work. When refusing the hour saves the day 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It is all light years beyond Groove Armada being paid to be the "face" of Bacardi for a year. Jay-Z's Samsung deal signals a musical future where the rich get richer 2013-07-04T11:37:50Z I loved his earthy picture of ancient Rome, light years from Poussin's gleaming white city, white colonnades, white steps, white men in white togas full of gravitas. Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – review 2012-06-22T21:55:11Z The later music that Stella created was light years away from the primal rock'n'roll that he had played when he started out. Stella Nova 2010-06-11T17:30:00Z You have long been an actor and continue to work in various projects, such as the upcoming DC film, "The Flash" which is light years away from "Eric Larue." "What a confusing country we live in": Michael Shannon on his gun violence movie "Eric LaRue" 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z To reveal the secrets of their influence on the visible universe, Euclid will observe the shapes, distances and motions of billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away. ESA Euclid telescope provides images of dark universe 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But, the researchers said, the galaxies are currently closer to 33 billion light years away from Earth due to the expansion of the universe over this time. Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z WSU’s defense looked light years better against Stanford, but as is the story with this group’s season, whether that unit can keep it up remains to be seen. To keep bowl hopes alive, WSU Cougars could use a win over Cal 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Their accolades are light years ahead of mine. Stellar women’s field takes aim at New York City Marathon record on Sunday 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Also published in the Astronomical Journal, this second paper examines a star system only 30 light years away from Earth called GJ 357. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z As he noted, "it's a completely silly premise once you realize the amount of technology and the magnitude of effort it would take to cross light years of space to fight a war like that." Some experts warn against contacting aliens. Are the fears of an extraterrestrial invasion valid? 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z One is at least six times larger at about 2,000 light years across. Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Yet unlike our massive and nearby Sun, this radio emission known as FRB 20220610A is tiny and comes from 8 billion light years away, as detailed in the journal Science. Most distant radio burst ever discovered contained the amount of energy our Sun makes every 30 years 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Because these supernovae take place light years away, it’s very rare to detect which star in a cluster is the one exploding, she explained. “Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z For reference, the galaxy is estimated to be 100,000 light years in diameter, so this system is "definitely in our neighborhood," Kane said. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z "It's a completely silly premise once you realize the amount of technology and the magnitude of effort it would take to cross light years of space to fight a war like that." Some experts warn against contacting aliens. Are the fears of an extraterrestrial invasion valid? 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z At nearly 33 billion light years away, these incredibly distant galaxies offer insights into how the earliest galaxies might have formed. Second-most distant galaxy discovered using James Webb Space Telescope 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z “China, by contrast, runs a world-class, open-source S&T intelligence network with a staff by their admission of more than 100,000 professionals that is light years ahead of us,” he said. Former CIA officer warns that China is ‘light years ahead’ of U.S. in monitoring foreign tech 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z If the bubble were about 10 light years across, it would contain about a dozen stars. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z First discovered in 2007, these bursts can travel billions of light years but typically last mere thousandths of a second. 'Starquakes' could explain mystery signals 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The findings on IRS13 provide the opportunity in further research to establish a connection between the direct vicinity of the black hole and regions several light years away. Stellar fountain of youth with turbulent formation history in the center of our galaxy 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The so-called Vela pulsar, which is about 1,000 light years away and can be observed from the Southern hemisphere, has the brightest gamma-ray emission of any pulsar known. Vera pulsar pouring out 200 times more energy than thought possible, scientists discover 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z “Archbishop Woelki and the Vatican, on the other hand, are light years behind social reality.” Catholic priests have held a ceremony blessing same-sex couples in defiance of a German archbishop 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Of course, at several light years away, many of those stars would look pretty dim from Earth. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The researchers stress that the detection on the planet 120 light years away is "not robust" and more data is needed to confirm its presence. Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z The stellar stranger is located 3000 light years away from Earth, in the direction of constellation Leo and is slightly less massive than our Sun. Tracing Our Stellar Ancestors 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z "It's light years ahead of where we were a month ago," VanDiver said. Afghans dreaming of U.S. refuge feel stuck in processing limbo 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Astronomers have come across the shiniest planet ever found, a mere 265 light years from our solar system. Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z If you keep enlarging the bubble to 1,000 light years across, then to 1 million light years, and then 1 billion light years, the farthest stars in the bubble will look even more faint. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z The star is located in our Milky Way galaxy about 1,300 light years from Earth in the direction of the Cygnus constellation. Introducing Janus, the exotic 'two-faced' white dwarf star 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Located a mere 390 light years away from Earth, this cloud complex is chock-full of stellar goodness. A Year of Cosmic Wonder With the James Webb Space Telescope 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z But the giant planet Halla, which closely orbits a star 520 light years from Earth, appears to have narrowly escaped such an apocalyptic fate. The ‘Forbidden Planet’ That Escaped a Fiery Doom 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z They span thousands of light years in size and contain complex structures. "Let there be light!" James Webb discovers ancient galaxies that gave our universe its first glow 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z And so the actual bubble around Earth that contains all the stars we can see only extends out to about 13 billion light years from Earth. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Those qualities, matched by the standard of his players, put him light years ahead of the rest. 'Hysterical & hated at times - but Guardiola is already the greatest' 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z He is light years away from his Scarborough neighborhood watching his mother struggle to make ends meet. Shamier Anderson savors career rise, role in new ‘John Wick’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have made a remarkable discovery about a unique planet located about 40 light years from Earth. Webb spots water, methane and sand on a massive exoplanet 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z "To find the presence of homosapiens on Earth, it's not easy, even if you're the distance of the nearest other star system, which is nearly four and a half light years away," Shostak said. Why aliens wouldn't spy on humans with balloons 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s short enough that the light from stars more distant than about 13 billion light years hasn’t actually reached Earth yet. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Irish men's rugby is currently light years ahead of its Welsh equivalent - on so many levels. Welsh rugby in turmoil as Scotland await 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z This newly released image shows a segment of the Chameleon I molecular cloud, some 630 light years from Earth. Webb telescope hunts life's icy chemical origins 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z From one side of this image to the other is a distance of roughly 15 light years. James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z One light year is 5.88 trillion miles, so “there’s quite a difference between the two. Yet, there’s the planet, superimposed over the star cluster.” Celestial treats to watch for from the Seattle area in 2023 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Critics have already been affirming Cameron’s vision, with Indiewire critic David Ehrlich calling it in a tweet, “light years better than the first & easily one of the best theatrical experiences in ages.” 'Avatar' to debut on TV ahead of the long-anticipated 'The Way of Water' release 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The jets from this blazar extend to a distance of about a million light years. New space observatory helps solve mystery involving enormous black holes 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z He landed at Kansas, the defending Division I national champion, about a 3-hour drive from the Lions’ campus in Joplin but light years away in terms of opportunity and experience. Portal chaos puts pressure on hoops coaches in lower levels 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z It's about 32 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces, and lies almost face-on to us, giving Webb the perfect view of those arms and their structure. James Webb telescope: Amazing images show the Universe as never before 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z “I feel like we can be light years better,” Hill said. For Dolphins, the Tua-and-Tyreek show is starting to roll 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z And if you don’t have a starting quality quarterback in this league, you are light years away from competing at a championship level. LOVERRO: Win over the Packers won’t free a fan base imprisoned by ineptitude 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z On this recent occasion, the explosive event — now officially dubbed GRB 221009A — traveled roughly 1.9 billion light years to reach Earth, originating as it did all the way from the direction of the constellation Sagitta. Earth just got zapped by the biggest gamma-ray burst of all time 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The object, known as 3C273 in the flavorless argot of astronomy, was 3 billion light years away, a good chunk of the way back to the Big Bang. Maarten Schmidt, Caltech astronomer who changed our understanding of the cosmos, dies 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z If that was true, and if quasars really were several billion light years away, it meant that they were portraits of the universe in its relative infancy, just a few billion years old. Maarten Schmidt, First Astronomer to Identify a Quasar, Dies at 92 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z The level of execution and innovation compared to last season is light years advanced. Huskies’ dominant start to season raises hopes that they can be special this year 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Some of these spacecraft would orbit the Earth, but most of the nuclear-powered craft would be meant for deep space missions to Mars and further places that are light years away. Trump pushed for nuclear testing on the moon during final months of presidency 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z All of this is light years away from Barack Obama’s vision of a “purple state” America. New polling of WA shows what really divides us 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z “You can’t change the fact that the SEC and Big Ten will be light years ahead, but the Pac-12 can remain competitive,” source A said. Analyzing media valuations for USC, UCLA and remaining Pac-12 schools 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The Sun lies about 30,000 light years from the center near the galactic plane. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z If the entire Galaxy could collapse to a black hole, it would be only about 1012 kilometers in radius—about a tenth of a light year. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Distance The distance between Earth and one of the brightest stars in the night star is 33.7 light years. Elementary Algebra 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z One prominent group recently claimed the bill “could propel us light years back into the dark ages of biomedical research.” Opinion | Drug companies are warning that pricing reform spells doom. Don’t fall for it. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Willis says he felt light years away from where he was at Tennessee’s rookie minicamp in mid-May to just the start of training camp a couple weeks ago. Titans patient as QB Malik Willis makes jump from Liberty 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The average distance between galaxies is on the order of a million light years, but it varies greatly with galaxies forming clusters such as shown in Figure 34.2. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z This image was made with the Hubble Space Telescope and shows the field around a luminous galaxy at a redshift z = 8.68, which corresponds to 13.2 billion light years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Ridder, a third-round pick from Cincinnati this year, has impressed Smith with his football acumen with the coach saying he was “light years ahead of most quarterbacks his age.” Falcons open camp with low expectations, open positions 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Then, astronomer Edwin Hubble proved that these objects are galaxies in their own right, at distances of millions of light years. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z The distance between the Los Angeles metroplex’s two teams felt closer to 35 light years after the rolling Dodgers wrecked the reeling Angels once again. Trea’s 2 HRs send Dodgers past Angels 7-1 for series sweep 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The Andromeda galaxy is a large spiral galaxy like ours and lies 2 million light years away. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, it was almost as if they came into focus so that you could see the spiral structure in galaxies that were a billion light years away. Webb images could answer our ancient questions, says Seattle astronomer 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z This view of the Southern Ring Nebula, some 2,500 light years from Earth, offers a preview of what our own sun will look like in its death throes. Here's what the James Webb Space Telescope has seen in just a week of looking 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Today, astronomers can detect galaxies that are billions of light years away. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z For example, the star Proxima Centauri is 4.24 light years from the sun. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The most distant known galaxy is 14 billion light years from Earth—a truly incredible distance. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Only 7,500 light years away from Earth, and located in our own Milky Way galaxy, the Carina Nebula has beguiled scientists for generations. James Webb Space Telescope reveals a range of beautiful images 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In spite of being more than 40 million light years away, Webb can resolve countless individual stars sprinkled within this galaxy as if they were in our own neighborhood. Here's what the James Webb Space Telescope has seen in just a week of looking 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Southern Ring Nebula Another spellbinding nebula, the Southern Ring Nebula looks like a giant turquoise ring in the night sky, one that actually spans half a light year wide. Marvel at the first batch of full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In fact, the universe is so big that it is convenient to describe distances in terms of light years, or the distance light travels in one year. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the time in years is the same as the distance in light years. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Yet another familiar astronomical scene is Stephan’s Quintet, a tight cluster of galaxies, two of which are in the act of merging, about 290 million light years from here in the constellation Pegasus. Goose Bumps Build for the Webb’s First Snapshots of the Universe 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z The exoplanet in this case, roughly half the mass of Jupiter, is more than 1,100 light years away. NASA to showcase Webb space telescope's first full-color images 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z In the foreground of the image is a massive galaxy cluster located 4.6 billion light years away. Marvel at the first batch of full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z It is nearly half a light-year in diameter and is located approximately 2,000 light years away from Earth. NASA teases list of first celestial objects imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z For example, the Andromeda galaxy is 2 million light years away, so that the light now reaching us left it 2 million years ago. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Lost in space in the Delta quadrant, 75,000 light years from home, a complement of 165 crew. Martin-Green, Kate Mulgrew, compare ‘Star Trek’ stories 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But experts believe the data gathered in that time will help illuminate the secrets of star constellations 430 million light years away. Nasa launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z “In my view, this project should be postponed for a few million light years,” he said. A Chinese Telescope Did Not Find an Alien Signal. The Search Continues. 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z “He’s light years ahead of most other young quarterbacks from the neck up,” Smith said of Ridder. Falcons rookie QB Ridder impresses Smith as a quick learner 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The average distance between stars in a galaxy is on the order of 5 light years in the outer parts and about 1 light year near the galactic center. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z "I am confident in how much of a different person and athlete I am since 2019. It is light years away." GB's Asher-Smith 'light years' ahead of 2019 form 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z "The British Conservative Party is currently light years ahead of either of the major Australian political parties when it comes to race and representation," says Dr Soutphommasane. Australia election: Why is Australia's parliament so white? 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “We still are light years away from November and what the political impact is of this we just don’t know yet,” he said. Newsom seizes on the fight over abortion as a key part of his reelection campaign 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The fourth-year broadcast production student has managed to capture detailed images of star clusters and nebulas located light years away, such as Pleiades, Andromeda Galaxy and the Orion Nebula. Student captures stunning images of stars and galaxies 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z How close together could these point sources be at the 2 million light year distance of the Andromeda galaxy? College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z He picked YZ Ceti b, which is slightly smaller than Earth and orbits a red dwarf located 12 light years away, making it tantalizingly close for further study. Imagine Another World. Now Imagine 5,000 More. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Their expectations for the upcoming season are about a light year apart. Former Dodger Corey Seager will take on a new, unfamiliar role with Rangers 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The possible planet, which is is 117 light years away from Earth, is thought to be 60 times closer to the star than our planet is to the Sun. Life could exist on planet orbiting 'white dwarf' star 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z For comparison, our galaxy, the Milky Way, is around 100,000 light-years across, and the nearest neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, is 2.5 million light years away from us. In Earth's galactic backyard, a never-before-seen space anomaly blinks on and off 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Quasar energy outputs may vary in times less than a year, so that the energy-emitting region must be less than a light year across. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z But that still puts them light years ahead of the Republicans, who often have no answers at all. Will we really let ourselves be governed by irredeemable morons? That's the choice, America 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Madden was light years better as a commentator and entertainer than the many analysts who preceded him; it seemed he was calling a different sport altogether. John Madden, America’s Broadcasting Gourmand, Ate Football Up 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The project will stare at a particularly large patch of sky the size of three full Moons, an area that spans up to 63 million light years across. How astronomers decided where to point the most powerful space telescope NASA ever built 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Right now, long-term success seems light years away. Judge sees positives, won’t talk about his Giants’ future 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Find the radius of a sphere of this volume in light years. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z A zillion light years ago, during pre-pandemic times, you could barely count on one hand the number of restaurants offering comfortable outdoor seating options during the dead of winter in Seattle. 10 great Seattle-area restaurants that offer a cozy winter outdoor dining experience 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z "These planets are light years away so Nasa can't send a space probe to take pictures, they need to use powerful telescopes to detect light that is reflecting off of them," Dr Rooney said. Nasa: Belfast mathematician working towards her astronaut dream 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The nearest known black hole to Earth is 1,500 light-years distant; for comparison, the nearest solar system, Alpha Centauri, is a mere 4.3 light years off. The spinning disks around black holes may be giant gold forges 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z On Wednesday in the journal Nature, astronomers reported observing a tantalizing preview of our solar system’s afterlife: a Jupiter-size planet orbiting a white dwarf some 6,500 light years from here. Astronomers found a planet that survived its star’s death 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Compared to massive, bright galaxies of today, the first objects were very small and due to the constant expansion of the universe, they're now tens of billions of light years away from Earth. The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Rutgers: While it has made up little ground on Michigan, Michigan State, and Penn State since Schiano returned last year, it remains light years behind Ohio State in the Big Ten pecking order. C.J. Stroud throws five TD passes, No. 11 Ohio State rolls 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z “I would say we’re light years from that game to this game as far as the quarterback and all the rest of the guys on offense,” Arians said. For the Rams, the Buccaneers are just another team to beat 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z “We are weeks away from the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow, but seemingly light years away from reaching our targets,” Guterres said in his opening statement. China Says It Will Stop Financing Coal Power Abroad 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Guterres noted that the UN climate conference in Glasgow, set to take place in November, is weeks away and that nations are “seemingly light years away from reaching out targets.” António Guterres tells UN ‘the world must wake up’ over climate change – live 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z And so we meandered, discussing light years and reels of waxy string, not troubled for answers, content to just wonder. How to Solve Any Problem Using Just Common Sense 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “His process is light years ahead of where a normal rookie’s process will be,” coach Robert Saleh said recently. Jets rookie QB Wilson driven to succeed by his ‘process’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z And looming over everything is the pending renegotiation of the Pac-12’s media rights package, which has fallen light years behind the SEC and other conferences. With the college sports world now in a game of ‘Conference Survivor’, will Pac-12’s alliance with Big Ten and ACC hold strong? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z But this would mean waiting until the 22nd century for a civilization located even as close as 100 light years away. When Will We Hear from Extraterrestrials? 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The U.S. is light years behind, without even a structured youth program. Why no U.S. Olympic handball teams? Sport hopes L.A. 2028 will spur resurgence 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Ernie Accorsi, who succeeded Young as Giants GM, remembers Young saying the Cowboys were light years ahead of teams in scouting in the late 1970s. George Young: HS teacher to architect of Giants’ Super Bowls 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z These so-called gravitational waves travel hundreds of millions of light years across space and were picked by detectors in Washington State and Louisiana in the US and the Virgo detector in central Italy. Rare black hole and neutron star collisions sighted twice in 10 days 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z But this duration is misleadingly long: as signals travel across millions of light years of space, intergalactic matter tends to smear radio waves across the spectrum, a phenomenon known as dispersion. Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Come in Two Distinct Flavors 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Given the local density of stars, this implies that the signal must traverse a distance of at least a thousand light years. When Will We Hear from Extraterrestrials? 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z The closest is Proxima b, a planet in the habitable zone of our nearest neighbor, the dwarf star Proxima Centauri, which is located 4.25 light years away. Searching for City Lights on Other Planets 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z This busy, high-energy galactic center is 26,000 light years away. NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Regardless of Puget Sound traffic, that distance between a life in Triple-A and playing in the big leagues — every baseball player’s dream — can feel light years apart. So close, yet so far, for M’s prospects Kelenic, Raleigh and Gilbert 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z By way of comparison, the closest star to our solar system, Proxima Centauri, is 4 light years away. A black hole dubbed 'the Unicorn' may be galaxy's smallest one 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z “Yet it’s enough to launch powerful jets that stretch for thousands of light years, and it’s radiant enough for us to capture it with the EHT,” he said. The most intimate portrait yet of a black hole 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z "It's the closest region of star birth to Earth and it's about 1,350 light years away." Stargazer captures night sky from Sheffield garden 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z ZAKA, meanwhile, issued a statement expressing “shock and astonishment,” saying the allegations against Meshi-Zahav “arouse deep abhorrence, shock and disgust, light years away from the values that characterize the organization.” Sex abuse allegations pile up against Israeli rescue chief 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The Ducks are light years better offensively than they were in early February. Predictions: Here’s how Jon Wilner thinks the Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament will play out 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z There are gargantuan 'supermassive' black holes like the one at our galaxy's center, 26,000 light years from Earth, which is four million times the sun's mass. A black hole dubbed 'the Unicorn' may be galaxy's smallest one 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z This colorful palette sits 400 light years away, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. Stunning Astronomy Photos Look Like They’re Shot from Space 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z His detailed photographs include the Rosette Nebula, which lies some 5,000 light years away. Amateur stargazer snaps 'mind-blowing' images 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Moreover, the entire core, a cloud of stars some 20,000 light years across, was not even centered on the exact middle of the galaxy. Missing: One Black Hole With 10 Billion Solar Masses 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z “Bob Huggins is light years ahead of all of us,” Brey said. Comfort over style for coaches is college basketball trend 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z The distance between his competencies, such as they are, and what's required for the job are light years apart. Trump's latest crime "shocks" the media: His niece, Mary Trump, is not surprised 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z We sit 26,000 light years from the core of our galaxy, which is hard to see without cameras or telescopes. Stunning Astronomy Photos Look Like They’re Shot from Space 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z “There’s days I think it’s close and then there’s days I think it’s light years away,” Fox said. Cal expects to make strides in coach Mark Fox’s second year 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z And it just happens to be an organization that is light years ahead of the Mariners in molding playoff-caliber ballclubs, despite limited financial resources. Mike Zunino has done well the Rays, but cool it with the usual narrative that surrounds ex-Mariners 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “This year was an incredibly light year,” likely because social distancing and mask-wearing kept influenza from gaining a “foothold,” he says. When and Why You Should Get a Flu Shot 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z There are an estimated 1031 viruses on Earth — if every virus on Earth were lined up end to end, that line would extend 100 million light years. Scientists are searching space for extraterrestrial viruses 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z They were a competitive team; now they seem to be light years away. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Mariners, Huskies and COVID-19 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The trail from the May gravitational wave event led to a quasar known as J124942.3+344929, located about 4 billion light years from Earth. Two Black Holes Colliding Not Enough? Make It Three 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z In an email, Dr. Espinasse likened the ejected material to soap bubbles, each about two-tenths of a light year in diameter. Watch This Black Hole Blow Bubbles 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Jimmy Greaves had watched on television and likened Madrid to something from another planet, leaving “us English blokes” thousands of light years behind. 'We marked an era' – 60 years on from when Real won 7-3 at Hampden | Sid Lowe 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z “For a while, it looked like the outbreak of the coronavirus would throw China back by light years,” the magazine argued in an editorial. World agog as Trump flails over pandemic despite claims US leads way 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the sun, is gravitationally bound to two stars in a so-called triple system roughly 1,000 light years from Earth, researchers said on Wednesday. Closest black hole to Earth has two partners in surprising celestial marriage 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z A black hole merely 1,011 light years from our solar system is the closest ever discovered. Daily briefing: Closest black hole ever discovered was ‘hiding in plain sight’ 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z It also remains, by light years, the best “Star” movie of any kind that J.J. ‘Bridesmaids’ or ‘The Fifth Element’? It’s Week 2 of the #UltimateSummerMovie Showdown 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The supernova, releasing twice as much energy as any other stellar explosion observed to date, occurred about 4.6 billion light years from Earth in a relatively small galaxy, scientists said. Scientists enthralled by biggest star explosion ever observed 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Joining Shea in the vast expanse of eastern Washington, hundreds of miles and political light years away from ultra liberal Seattle, was Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp, who wants to deny Inslee a third term. Far-right US politicians label lockdowns anti-constitutional 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Some are monstrous like the one at our galaxy’s center 26,000 light years from Earth that is four million times the sun’s mass. Closest black hole to Earth has two partners in surprising celestial marriage 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is 4 million times the mass of the sun and located 26,000 light years from Earth. Astronomers spot 'missing link' black hole - not too big and not too small 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z As a result of analysts’ lack of updated guidance, median target estimates remain light years above where shares are trading now. Blindsided by bear market, stock-pickers struggle to stay relevant 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Researchers believe the explosion emanated from a colossal black hole located about 390 million light years from Earth. Blast similar to ‘big bang’ detected far, far away, study says 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Nearly 500 million light years away, a mysterious radio signal is repeating itself. Scientists pinpoint mysterious repeating radio signal from outside our galaxy 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z "Compared to 2016," Parscale continued, "we are light years ahead and that continues to say this was a complete mistake on their part...and I think the president’s on a winning side of it." Trump campaign manager: The president doesn't care who wins the Iowa caucuses 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z She told Sussman she thinks the Democratic Party is “light years” better than the Republican Party, “but just look at the price we paid for a Trump presidency.” Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders didn't do enough to unite Democrats in 2016 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z We sell all kinds of tea: some local, some imported from several light years away. The night markets of Mellador 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star located 4.2 light years away from Earth. Scientists discover a 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Betelgeuse is only 700 light years from Earth, far enough to not kill us when it goes, but close enough to impress; the supernova would be as bright as a full moon in our sky. Just a Fainting Spell? Or Is Betelgeuse About to Blow? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z While 500 million light years might seem far away by Earth standards, it is the closest known source of of this strange phenomena. Astronomers race to study mysterious fast radio burst detected in a nearby galaxy 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The sun is just 500 light years away from the wave at its closest point, according to lead author Joao Alves. Titanic wave of star-forming gases found in Milky Way 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z But from the side, it rises and falls 500 light years above and below the plane of the galaxy. Astronomers discover huge gaseous wave holding Milky Way's newest stars 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z So if you look at a star that is 30 light years away, that is what it looked like 30 years ago. The telescope that looks further back in time 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Betelgeuse is believed to be between 425 to 700 light years away from Earth, with a mass about 10 to 20 times that of the sun. Betelgeuse is blowing up — on social media and maybe IRL 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z “It’s been a relatively light year… but hopefully we’re done with that rainfall.” Amtrak given the OK to resume passenger service between Seattle and Portland 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z The black hole is situated at the centre of the Messier 87 galaxy, 54m light years away. The science stories that shaped 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z According to their calculations, the sun now lies 500 light years from the wave, but crossed it about 13m years ago, and may cross it again in another 13m years. Astronomers discover huge gaseous wave holding Milky Way's newest stars 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The same applies to stars that are millions of light years away. The telescope that looks further back in time 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z That monster star, known as SN1987A, was located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 170,000 light years away, and was visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Betelgeuse is blowing up — on social media and maybe IRL 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Pelosi, D-Calif., said the agreement before lawmakers Thursday was “light years” ahead of what the administration negotiated with Canada and Mexico. Democratic-led House poised to give Trump big win on trade 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Bynum said current technology “is light years” ahead of what was available then. Search finds possible graves of Tulsa Race Massacre victims 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a stunning picture of a galaxy about 50 million light years away. NASA’s Hubble captures dazzling distant galaxy 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The image shows glowing gas surrounding young stars at the end of a large interstellar molecular cloud 1,500 light years away, according to the space agency. Stunning NASA image shows Great Nebula in Orion 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Of course, “Star Wars” is light years away from ending. Final ‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer debuts 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The erratic star was 51 Pegasi, similar to our sun and 51 light years away. Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Studies of Earth’s Place in the Universe 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Indeed, the first planet they found, 51 Pegasi b, orbits a sun 50 light years away that heats its surface to more than 1,000 degrees centigrade, the award-giving academy said. Science of far-away planets and infant universe wins Nobel prize 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z A light year, which is how distance is measured in space, equals 6 trillion miles. NASA’s Hubble captures dazzling distant galaxy 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z The Orion Nebula spans approximately 40 light years, according to NASA, and is located in the same spiral arm of our galaxy as the Sun. Stunning NASA image shows Great Nebula in Orion 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The Bruins are unquestionably in a dark place, seemingly light years removed from the pinnacle of their 1954 national championship season or even one of their 12 appearances in the Rose Bowl game. UCLA's attendance woes could take a 'record' turn against Oregon State 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The observations reveal that an ancient cluster of galaxies about 12bn light years away, in the constellation of Aquarius, are linked together by a network of faint gas filaments. Scientists observe mysterious cosmic web directly for first time 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Roughly twice as big as Earth and eight times as massive, it orbits a cool red dwarf less than half the size of the sun, 110 light years away. Rocky super-Earth named most habitable known world beyond solar system 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z As Jones and Silberzahn put it: "The poetry itself was not merely in the foreign language of Arabic; it derived from a conceptual universe light years from Langley". The CIA, 9/11 and collective blindness 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “So, to go from you know the Steelers barely providing us a completely awful, terrible lunch to what these guys have now, it’s not light years, it’s galaxies different,” Brown said. Broncos-Raiders features franchises all-in on new trend 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “It’s light years compared to what we were doing here in the spring.” Bills rookie Oliver boosted by Kyle Williams’ crash course 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The planet lies about 48.6 light years from Earth and is one of more than 4,000 so-called exoplanets identified over the past two decades circling distant stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Space telescope offers rare glimpse of Earth-sized rocky exoplanet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The disk boasts a diameter of about 140,00 light years. Astronomers find that Milky Way is a warped and twisted galaxy 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Kelly described the atmosphere heading into the start of training camp Wednesday as a “light years” difference from a year ago. Five things to watch during UCLA's training camp 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z You are light years away from your partner emotionally. My husband adores me, but I feel stuck and stagnant: Best Sex Ever has advice 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Observers will use it to look back in time 13 billion light years, when the first stars were forming. 'Stolen lands': dozens arrested as Hawaiians protest $1.4bn telescope 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The Hubble telescope and its like have shown us a sublime, colourful universe whose light-filled dust clouds are light years across. The greatest photos ever? Why the moon landing shots are artistic masterpieces 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z A week ago, a cross-section of 200 students, parents and space geeks lined up to stare out at just that sort of thing: NGC 6210, a violent dying star 6,500 light years away. In the moon glow of Mt. Wilson, go find your place in the cosmos 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z So if you run the clock forward a million years, presumably, we will be sending bacteria to planets a million light years from us. What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth? 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z “Los Angeles is light years ahead of New York in cutting-edge health.” A gluten-free, vegan bakery is opening in Santa Monica 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In September, a real-life "Planet Vulcan" was spotted 16 light years away from Earth. Mysterious 'Star Trek logo' spotted on Mars by NASA 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Superflares are explosive bursts of energy on stars that are visible across hundreds of light years. Sun could unleash violent 'superflare' in the next century, researchers warn 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Despite these potential signs of moderation, the Puget Sound housing market remains light years from a normal state. Seattle housing market stays cool, while Tacoma, suburbs keep up the heat 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z “There’s no question in my mind that he’s light years ahead of where he was a year ago,” Boone said. Frazier expresses defiance, remorse over fielding miscues 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Already it’s clear the next major conflict will be fought with technologies and techniques that are light years ahead of what was employed last decade in Iraq and Afghanistan. Special Operations Forces Industry Conference reveals future of warfare 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Immanuel Kant had respected only the starry heavens and the moral law within us, but the dark light years were a taunt; moral law a failure. The fast stuff 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Technically, this is a picture of the shadow of a black hole: specifically, a supermassive black hole—a 6.5-billion-solar-mass beast 55 million light years from Earth—at the center of the galaxy Messier 87. An Exit Chute from the Universe: The Story of a Historic Effort to Image a Black Hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The black hole was spotted in a galaxy called M87 that is 55 million light years away. First ever black hole image revealed 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The picture shows a halo of dust and gas, tracing the outline of a colossal black hole, at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy, 55 million light years from Earth. Black hole picture captured for first time in space ‘breakthrough’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The first image is of a black hole in a galaxy called M87 that is about 53 million light years from Earth. Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z One of the black holes - Sagittarius A* - is situated at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, possessing 4 million times the mass of our sun and located 26,000 light years from Earth. Scientists expected to release landmark image of black hole 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The first - called Sagittarius A* - is situated at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, possessing 4 million times the mass of our sun and located 26,000 light years from Earth. In astrophysics milestone, first photo of black hole expected 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z He’s bulked up to 183 pounds, somehow more muscular than his playing weight of 190 and light years from the 140 pounds he hit in the hospital after the crash. Teen Straschnitzki makes new life year after Humboldt crash 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Members of the Democratic Party’s progressive activist base, by contrast, find themselves light years from their representatives in Washington. How the Battle Over Israel and Anti-Semitism Is Fracturing American Politics 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z From here they extrapolated outwards to estimate the mass of the Milky Way to nearly 1m light years from Earth. Scientists discover what the Milky Way weighs 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Joining us is the Andromeda galaxy, a slightly larger twin of the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light years distant, and, slightly farther away, a smaller spiral in the Triangulum constellation called M33. Andromeda Is Coming for Our Milky Way Galaxy, Eventually 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Pitching coach Rick Anderson, who was shown Norris’ workout regimen before they came to spring training, said the left-hander is “light years ahead” of where he was at the end of last season. Norris trying to fight his way into Tigers’ rotation 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Pitching coach Rick Anderson, who was shown Norris’ workout regimen before they came to spring training, said the left-hander is “light years ahead” of where he was at the end of last season. Norris trying to fight his way into Tigers’ rotation 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “That may as well be a light year around here.” Trump isn't 'thrilled' with border deal but says he doesn't expect a new shutdown 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The discovery was made by astronomers in the Canary Islands observing a star system 1,600 light years away. Glimpse of how planets are made 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z The Cow first appeared in telescope observations on 16 June, in what turned out to be a small galaxy about 200 million light years away. Astronomers still can't decipher the ‘Cow’, a mysterious explosion in deep space 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z When in 2015 astronomers noticed a star, 1,500 light years distant, dimming and brightening, researchers suggested an “alien megastructure” might be revolving around it, and collecting energy for its constructors. Alien theories natural after mysterious signals, say scientists 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z It is light years away from September, when four early defeats suggested his time in east London would be limited, and the Christmas period looks set up for them to push on. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But we’re light years from where we were in early 2014, with winter sports on hold pending the ability to get an arena deal not only signed off on but paid for as well. After years of trying and a cast of characters in between, the NHL will finally put a team in Seattle 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z But to galaxies, the millions of light years between them are trivial compared to their sizes. Galaxies are eating each other and the Milky Way might be next 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z New England played poorly at Tennessee before its bye, but wasn’t within light years of how badly the Jets performed in their loss to Buffalo. If Eagles are to get respectable, they must get wins now 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Or if we wanted to look closer, Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighbor, is just 4 light years away. Fox on Tech: Using lasers to find aliens 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z A light year, which measures distance in space, equals 6 trillion miles. ‘Ghost’ in space: NASA’s Hubble telescope captures stunning nebula pic 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Her hometown of Portland, Pennsylvania, is about 15 minutes away, but light years away emotionally for Becca. Author Karen Katchur launches new Northampton County series 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Sagittarius A* is thought to be a black hole with a mass that's more than 4 million times the mass of our sun, residing about 25,000 light years from Earth. 'Mind-boggling' monster black hole at Milky Way's center seen by scientists 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z These keen eyes revealed hundreds of stars in the galaxy’s blurry core, all buzzing around in a circle about a tenth of a light year across. Trolling the Monster in the Heart of the Milky Way 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is located around 26 million light years away in the constellation Leo, with enormous amounts of surrounding dust and stray stars glowing far out from its disk. The year's best astronomy photos 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Scaling up from present technology, it would take a particle accelerator 1,000 light years around to detect a string. Beauty Does Not Equal Truth, in Physics or Elsewhere 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Keep in mind we are light years away from the time when Rossi was in the state senate, considering our current political environment. Schrier, not Rossi: ‘Fresh new voice’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z This year’s average attendance of 51,826 is light years beyond any team in the league outside of Seattle – and ranks among the top 15 for any club in the world. 'A-T-L! A-T-L!': Atlanta's improbable soccer love story 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Alpha Centauri A & B are 4.3 light years from earth, which would be a long flight, even for the Millennium Falcon with its ability to make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs. Mariners mailbag: Searching for positives in 2018, and why you won’t be seeing any top prospects soon 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z If the weather is clear, visitors will have the chance to see numerous different galaxies, nebulas and stars millions of light years away, as well as some of the planets. View of the night sky on tap for Star Party in Iowa 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z A colourful pod in the shape of an ellipse, the Futuro was a sci-fi vision of the future, offering us a living space light years away from what most of us were used to. Back to the Futuro: the spaceship house that landed in Yorkshire 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Physics is unforgiving if you are trying to detect the earliest galaxies some 13.5 billion light-years away, or an Earth-like planet around another star 30 light years away. Billion-dollar telescopes could end up beyond the reach of US astronomers 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z It is in orbit about a star 650 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, the swan. Hottest of 'ultra-hot' planets is so hot its air contains vaporised metal 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z That kind of insight is light years ahead of the old approach of blasting email lists with poorly targeted sales messages. SAP sales software pitch gets high marks, execution now key 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Vancouver, B.C., and Toronto are light years ahead. Center City streetcar line would complete badly needed transit link 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Retired Kent detective superintendent Nick Biddiss said forensic work had advanced "by light years" since the Hertfordshire force investigated the case in the 1970s. Man's 45-year fight over murder conviction 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Thanks to an extreme laboratory in space—a triple stellar system 4,200 light years away – the new study managed to test this. Triple-Star Test Shows Einstein Was Right, Again 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The startling snapshot shows a bright blob – the nascent planet – travelling through the dust and gas surrounding a young star, known as PDS70, thought to be about 370 light years from Earth. First confirmed image of a newborn planet revealed 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The nearest cluster to us is Virgo, whose center is about 50 million light years away. Finding Fuel for Our Frigid Cosmic Future 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z As a tribute to the Hawking’s research in cosmology, the physicist's own voice was projected to a black hole 3,500 light years away. Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried at Westminster between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The sides of her mouth are cast down in an almost clown-like demeanour and she is gazing vacantly at a distant point, several light years away. Duterte Harry's drugs war: how one family was destroyed 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The Telescope Array Lightning Project is designed to study particles from other galaxies and the effects of violent astrophysical events millions of light years away, Belz said. Utah scientists look to uncover mystery of lightning 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Artificial intelligence is transforming our economy, but is light years from being able to guide our culture. Opinion | What artificial intelligence doesn’t understand 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “We want to be able to pin down the radius to the level of 100 metres,” he says—a precision that would be astounding, given that these objects are millions of light years away. Here Come the Waves 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Using a new computer model, they found that rather than simply fading away as previously thought, the dying sun will transform into a stunning planetary nebula visible for millions of light years around. Sun 'will flare into massive planetary nebula when it dies' 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Coming to Yorktown as a sophomore, Stewart was “light years ahead of any sophomore,” Hanson said. Yorktown grad M.J. Stewart leads locals selected in 2018 NFL draft 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Still, running a supplement with a guaranteed readership base is light years away from overseeing Vogue — although the perks and budgets would be substantially greater. If Anna Wintour leaves Vogue, who will take over? Here are a few guesses 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Well, cute article, but we are million light years from buying a pizza for a million BTC... guys we are not in 2014, please dig into the... New York Today: Living on Bitcoin 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Most will be no more than 300 light years away. Nasa to launch Tess on hunt for 20,000 new worlds 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “If you lived in the Andromeda galaxy 2 million light years away you’d still be able to see it.” Sun 'will flare into massive planetary nebula when it dies' 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z “We want to be able to pin down the radius to the level of 100 metres,” he says — a precision that would be astounding, given that these objects are millions of light years away. How gravitational waves could solve some of the Universe’s deepest mysteries 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z It goes without saying natural sugars are light years healthier than processed. Bananas vs. Sports Drinks? Bananas Win in Study 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z His neighbor, an astronomer, said he could see objects in space billions of light years away. How Do You Count Endangered Species? Look to the Stars 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Based on these findings, the scientists estimated that up to 10,000 black holes dwell within about 3 light years of Sagittarius A*. At the center of our galaxy, there's a black hole party 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Earth is in spiral arm around 3,000 light years away from the center of the galaxy. The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The team were studying a supernova known as SN Refsdal in a galaxy more than 9bn light years away when they noticed a pinprick of light that appeared four times brighter than in previous images. Hubble space telescope captures image of most distant star ever seen 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Playing in the tiny Yankee Conference and hidden in the state’s northeast, a typical season for UConn was 7-13 – placing them light years from the burgeoning dynasties in the American South. Is UConn's women's basketball dominance bad for the sport? Of course not 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Van Dokkum said the galaxy, called NGC1052-DF2 and located about 65 million light years away from Earth, also appears to be devoid of gas and is relatively sparsely populated by stars. Scientists puzzled by exotic distant galaxy lacking dark matter 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Sagittarius A*, boasting 4 million times the mass of our sun, is located 26,000 light years from Earth. At the center of our galaxy, there's a black hole party 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The galaxy, called NGC1052-DF2, is about 65 million light years away. Astronomers Boggle at Distant Galaxy Devoid of Dark Matter 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z “The distance between upper Frederick County and Raskin can be measured in light years,” said Eyler, who along with his fellow plaintiffs is appealing a lower court ruling upholding Maryland’s map. Maryland Republicans take electoral map fight to U.S. high court 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In summation, FNL the movie is light years better than the TV show, and all of this was just an excuse for me to watch clips from the movie all afternoon at work. The better version of "Friday Night Lights" is coming to Netflix in April - Golf Digest 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Astronomers can convincingly attribute tiny vibrations in a gravitational wave detector to a “crash” between two black holes more than a billion light years from Earth. Cosmic Thinker Worries about the Ends of Science and Humanity 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z His cross-over appeal opened possibilities for art and culture to examine universes both personal and those unfolding across light years. Pop icon Stephen Hawking took on movies, music, 'The Simpsons' and the complexities of the universe 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z "It was not easy playing in front of half empty galleries, staying in hotels which offered little comfort, playing against opposition teams which were light years away from the international standard," he writes. Inside the mind of India's 'greatest' cricket captain 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z “December seems like light years away in terms of all the outrage and publicity,” MacLeish said, referring to when the settlement talks ended. Victim testimony raises settlement pressure in Nassar suit 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z “We’re doing remote sensing of the environment of the fast radio burst source at a distance of 3 billion light years!” Magnetic Secrets of Mysterious Radio Bursts in a Faraway Galaxy 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Many of Nixon’s comments only came to light years later, following the release of tapes from his White House years. Trump’s own words revive debate over whether he’s racist 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z X-ray images taken by the Chandra telescope orbiting our planet show the remnants of Cassiopeia A located 11,000 light years from Earth in the Cassiopeia constellation. See How a Massive Supernova Released the Building Blocks of Life 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s a small-scale but ambitious operation on family land just a few miles from the nearest McDonald’s and light years from the fast-food mentality. Northeast Texas farmer respects raising animals, history 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z “December seems like light years away in terms of all the outrage and publicity,” MacLeish said, referring to when the settlement talks ended. Victim testimony raises settlement pressure in Nassar suit 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Why not bring these issues to light years ago? Where are the non-white women? – LA Times 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z The cool red dwarf star, Trappist-1, is 40 light years from Earth. What We Learned in 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Well, no, but it was light years better than her life and my life would have been had she been in a traditional nursing home or living with me. A Better Kind of Nursing Home 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z They are both orbited by Alpha Centauri C, or Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to us at 4.25 light years away due to where it is in its 540,000 year orbit. When Null Results Produce Important Science 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Astronomers on Wednesday said the black hole, residing at the center of a highly luminous celestial object called a quasar, is located about 13.1 billion light years away from Earth. Colossal distant black hole holds surprises about early universe 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z "He was light years ahead of me with the character by the time we started shooting," Gilroy said of Washington. Indie Focus: Studying character with 'Mudbound,' 'A Fantastic Woman' and 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.' – LA Times 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Kempe was only 17 when he was drafted and is now light years ahead in development of most his age. The time has arrived for Kings forward Adrian Kempe 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The discovery of a giant planet 22,000 light years away may now help shine some light on this particularly knotty problem. Astronomers discover a giant world – but is it a planet? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Alpha Centauri A and B orbit each other at a scant 4.37 light years from Earth. When Null Results Produce Important Science 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Astronomers on Wednesday said the black hole, residing at the center of a highly luminous celestial object called a quasar, is located about 13.1 billion light years away from Earth. Colossal distant black hole holds surprises about early universe 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z From our little perch inside the Milky Way, the image shows the universe stretching out for about a billion light years, which is only a small fraction of its total size. Spectacular Images Show How Our View of the Universe Has Evolved 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The era of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, of guitar bands and outrageous stage performances, was light years away from Fats Domino's laid-back and assured style. Obituary: Fats Domino 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The cosmic crash, which took place 130 million light years from Earth, rattled space-time. Trump, Weinstein, Kirkuk: Your Monday Evening Briefing 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The cosmic crash-up, which rattled space-time, took place 130 million light years from Earth. Ophelia, Kirkuk, Bowe Bergdahl: Your Tuesday Briefing 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The Tri-City Herald reports the collision was 130 light years from Earth. Hanford’s space observatory makes new discovery 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z In 2009, a combination of optical and radio telescope observations produced this image of a spiral galaxy and an elliptical galaxy gradually becoming one, 13 million light years from Earth. Spectacular Images Show How Our View of the Universe Has Evolved 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The fireball showed up in the ninth galaxy photographed, as a new bluish pinprick of light in the outer regions of NGC 4993, a swirl of stars about 130 million light years from here. LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z As fatally desolate and brutal as Mars is, our neighbor planet is the most habitable destination for many, many light years in any direction. Opinion | The mission to Mars is one stupid leap for mankind 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Australian rugby remains light years away from the glory days of the late 1990s. Argentina v Wallabies: Rugby Championship – live! 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The nebula is approximately 400 light years away from our planet, yet it is one of the closest to the Solar System. The year's best astronomy photos 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z With it, he and two astronomers made the first detailed observations of what we now call the Whirlpool Galaxy, located 23 million light years from Earth. Spectacular Images Show How Our View of the Universe Has Evolved 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z But the difference is light years in every other way. J.J. Watt leads a platoon of sports stars pitching in 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The neighborhood is also light years from the middle-class world in which members of the youth group call home. Madison youth group travels to Milwaukee for mission trip 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z The signal seen from Ross 128, which is 11 light years from Earth, consisted of quasi-periodic radio pulses across a wide range of frequencies. How do you work out if a signal from space is a message from aliens? 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Bernard Miller's image is of NGC 7331, a galaxy some 40 million light years away from Earth, in the Pegasus constellation. The year's best astronomy photos 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “I like that phrase but we’re a number of light years away from that,” he said. New group starts conversation on race in New Hampshire 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z That business structure, though, now feels light years gone. Are glory days over for historic Minnesota music studios? 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Jones is physically stronger and faster and light years ahead of last year in terms of his knowledge of the game, according to Cutcliffe. Wanted: Starting quarterbacks for the ACC’s Coastal Division 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Peering at galaxies millions of light years away means we are also seeing them millions of years in the past. Galaxy Zoo: Citizen science trailblazer marks tenth birthday - BBC News 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Nemesis would be a red/brown dwarf star—a faint type of star—orbiting the sun at a distance of about 1.5 light years. Could Asteroids Bombard the Earth to Cause a Mass Extinction in 10 Million Years? 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z There’s now a detailed theory explaining, for the most part, the glorious temperature maps of the CMB and the cosmic web of galaxies which span across billions of light years. Could Cold Spot in the Sky Be a Bruise from a Collision with a Parallel Universe? 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z It traveled 3 billion light years until hitting twin detectors in Louisiana and Washington. Scientists spot rare gravity waves for the third time 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z What's more, the latest ripples were caused by a collision that occurred 3 billion light years from Earth, much farther than the 1.3 and 1.4 billion light years of the first and second collisions, respectively. Einstein's Theory About Gravitational Waves Was Just Proved Right — Again 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z By matching the shape of the waves with computer models, scientists confirmed the collision took place about 3 billion light years from Earth, twice as far as previous detections. Scientists detect Einstein gravitational waves for a third time 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Scientists are learning more about the recently discovered planets circling Trappist-1, a star about 40 light years away. Comey, Trump, U.S. Senate: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z About 1,900 years ago and 1,350 light years away, stars in a giant gas cloud behind the Orion constellation collided, ejecting two other young stars. Capturing the Aftermath of a Star Collision 1,900 Years Ago 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Gorgeous photographs like the one here of the so-called Pillars of Creation, part of the Eagle Nebula nearly 7,000 light years from Earth. France, James Comey, Uber: Your Monday Briefing 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Gorgeous photographs, like one of the so-called Pillars of Creation, part of the Eagle Nebula nearly 7,000 light years from Earth. France, Ukraine, Uber: Your Monday Briefing 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Gorgeous photographs, like the one above of the so-called “Pillars of Creation,” part of the Eagle Nebula nearly 7,000 light years from Earth. France, North Korea, Afghanistan: Your Morning Briefing 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z “Our results mean that fewer than 1% of the stars within 150 light years are constantly transmitting in this range, but it doesn’t mean they are not transmitting at all,” Siemion said. No encounters: most ambitious alien search to date draws a blank 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z What will remain are the ejected stars — pushed hundreds of light years away from Orion, runaways born in a burst of cosmic fireworks. Capturing the Aftermath of a Star Collision 1,900 Years Ago 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Last year, astronomers raised the prospect of life on Proxima b, a planet circling our nearest star a mere four light years away. New contender in hunt for alien life discovered by astronomers 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z In the constellation Cetus, it is 39 light years or 230 trillion miles away. Another nearby planet found that may be just right for life 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z People used to believe that faster-than-light travel was impossible, but here I am, light years from Earth. Shadow Station : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Today’s digital and wireless technology may be light years away from the clunky 8-track players of his youth, but the improved radio equipment hasn’t changed Hudson’s mission. From 8-tracks to iPods, business aims to make music live 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The team has discovered new details about the structure of the streamers that extend past the explosion for almost a light year. Violent end as young stars dramatically collide - BBC News 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The NHL is still light years away from being a globally recognized league similar to the NBA, and the Olympics are the perfect opportunity to increase professional hockey’s exposure. Why won't the NHL allow its players to go to the 2018 Winter Olympics? 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Astronomers who announced the discovery in February measured only the telltale wink of starlight as it passed in front of the cool reddish star 39 light years from Earth. The Sky Is Orange! How NASA Artists Draw Planets No One Can See 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z When scientists from the observatory announced last year that they had detected such waves from a pair of black holes that had collided a billion light years from Earth, the news mesmerized the world. Ron Drever, Physicist Who Helped Confirm Einstein Theory, Dies at 85 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z And it’s only 40 light years, or 235 trillion miles, away. UD professor made historic star discovery 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z So I greeted with adolescent excitement last month’s announcement of seven planets circling the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, just 39 light years away. Perspective | Lovely, well-meant fiction of seven new planets, illustrated 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z "There's light years of difference" between the use of private email by Pence and Clinton, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters. Pence says his private email use was not the same as Clinton's 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Reports this week say observations of a dwarf star that is 40 light years away suggest that as many as seven Earth-like planets might be in orbit at temperatures where life would be possible. Editorials from around New England 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The Milky Way’s great black hole is 25,000 light years distant, surrounded by dense clusters of stars, shrouded by interstellar dust and, like all other black holes, incapable of emitting light. Edge of darkness: looking into the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Last year, astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-size planet around Proxima Centauri, the closest star at 4.24 light years away. 7 Earth-Size Planets Identified in Orbit Around a Dwarf Star 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z It is located about 40 light years away from Earth. Astronomers find seven Earth-size planets where life may be possible 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The event happened in a small galaxy 1.8bn light years from Earth. Black hole and distant sun locked in slow-motion dance of death 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Forty light years is not exactly close, in human terms. Editorials from around New England 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z “The advancement of science in America is light years ahead of Libya,” said Mr. El-Hassi. Libyans understand Trump’s reason behind order for travel ban 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Then it would need to collect useful data during a 60,000-kilometre-per-second fly-by of the Proxima system, and beam the information back across the 4 light years to Earth. What it would take to reach the stars 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The Milky Way is being “pushed” through space by a cosmic dead zone that lurks half a billion light years from Earth, researchers claim. Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientists 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z But they are still millions of light years away and much too distant to pose any threat to Earth. Evidence of supermassive black holes found in neighbouring galaxies 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Their scan of the sky revealed that FRB 121102's source is 2.5 billion light years away, within a very faint dwarf galaxy with about 1 percent of the mass of the Milky Way. Mysterious radio burst came from a galaxy 2.5 billion light years away, astronomers discover 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Mass Effect: Andromeda takes place six centuries after Mass Effect 3 in the eponymous Andromeda galaxy, some 2.5 million light years from Earth. This Is When You Can Play Mass Effect: Andromeda 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “He’s light year ahead of what he was at OTAs,’’ said defensive end William Hayes, referring to the Rams’ spring workouts. Rams franchise rests on whether Jared Goff can lead the team 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The Shapley attractor, as it is known, is a dense “supercluster” of galaxies some 750m light years from the Milky Way. Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone, say scientists 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z “Simon, the guy who did the Wham! thing was way ahead, light years ahead,” Bull says. 'Light Years Ahead:' When George Michael Toured China 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z I especially enjoy spending time in the classroom, if only to watch and listen to students who are light years beyond where I was at their age. Meet the new members of the Education Lab team 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It orbits Proxima Centauri, our nearest stellar neighbor — 4.2 light years away, or only 25 trillion miles. This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Science 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Perhaps most urgent is Trump’s proposal to create a database of Muslims, which is “just light years away from what you can debate is constitutional”, Wyden said. Ron Wyden on Trump's agenda: 'a wake-up call for potential abuse of power' 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z What causes split-second blasts of radio waves that appear in the sky from billions of light years away is one of the most perplexing mysteries in astronomy. Long-sought signal deepens mystery of fast radio bursts 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Just this August, astronomers announced that they'd found a small, rocky planet orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, a star in the Alpha Centauri system that is 4.22 light years away. Scientists are building a telescope to seek another Earth — and you can help 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z If the aliens are only 100 light years away, their message will be 100 years old by the time we get it – as will our reply by the time it turns up. What is the protocol if aliens make contact? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z “He’s light years beyond where he was three weeks ago,” Kerr said. Kevin Durant eager to get started at last with Warriors 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z This two-lobed nebula is located in the constellation of Sagittarius, which some 3,000 light years away from earth. And Now Here's a Spooky Hubble Space Picture Just in Time for Halloween 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Yet the distance, if measured in acts by the civilized world to save each town’s beleaguered civilians, might as well be measured in light years. Mosul and Aleppo: A Tale of Two Cities 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The voice recognition is light years ahead of anything I’ve used before. 'It's frenzied, like a scrappy kid': can robots clean my house? 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Scientists are puzzled by a celestial body about 400 light years from our solar system. Your Friday Briefing 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z About 400 light years from our solar system, there is a celestial body that looks like Saturn on steroids. Distant Ringed Object Could Be ‘Saturn on Steroids’ 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Alpha Centauri may be the closest star system to Earth, but at 4.4 light years or 40 trillion kilometres away, it is hardly next door. Ambitious mission to capture first picture of Earth-like planet launched 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Italy’s far-right Northern League is light years away from the Polisario Front, which fights for Western Sahara’s independence from Morocco and Mauritania. Moscow welcomes the (would-be) sovereign nations of California and Texas 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z I worked in professional baseball and the article focuses on pitching, which is truly the only possible route to a professional career but these girls are light years away from being professional prospects. Will Women Play Major League Baseball? (And Not Just on TV) 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Astronomers already knew there was at least one planet, about 17 times the mass of Earth, circling that star, which is 94 light years from here and goes by the unheroic designation of HD164595. A Call From Outer Space, or a Cosmic Wrong Number? 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Proxima b is 4.2 light years away—so a space probe using current technology would take thousands of years to get there. Could Aliens Have Souls That Need Saving? 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z "But I think our care of concussion is light years ahead of what it was two or three years ago. Everybody notices it more." Spotlight on concussion after head injury in Premier League 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z That, if you’re counting, is a structure measuring 100,000 light years across—which is an awful lot of real estate to keep your eye on. A New Map of the Milky Way Contains Over 1 Billion Stars 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Delivering a performance light years removed from the gung-ho fighter pilot he’d played in “Top Gun,” Cruise earned his first Oscar nomination. Aging provocateur: 'Snowden' director Oliver Stone walks us through his storied filmography 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “I would hope to think he’s light years ahead of where he was at this time” last year, Titans coach Mike Mularkey said. Titans QB Marcus Mariota has more help in his 2nd season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Despite Fitzpatrick missing all of the offseason workouts while waiting for his contract situation to be settled, Marshall insists the offense is “light years” ahead of where it was last summer. Marshall recalls 1st impression of Fitz: ‘He was terrible’ 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The galaxy Dragonfly 44, described in a study published Thursday in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, is 300 million light years away. A new class of galaxy has been discovered, one made almost entirely of dark matter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z The galaxy, called Dragonfly 44, is 300 million light years away. Massive new galaxy turns out to be 99.99 percent dark matter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z By stellar standards, this newly found exoplanet, as worlds around other stars are called, is almost next door—about 4.2 light years away, the researchers said. Earth-like Planet Discovered Near Solar System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Studios increasingly prefer the comic book to the complicated, careening light years from reality into parallel fantasy worlds and characters sheathed in titanium, Spandex and urethane. 'Jason Bourne' gets closer to the chaos and danger of real-life protest 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z The conventions in those days were populated by gaggles of mostly white guys holding boxes of comic books and speaking in nerd while pondering light years and the predilections of monsters and robots. Meet Jeff Walker, the man who brought Hollywood to Comic-Con 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Published in a new study, the 3D map shows 650 cubic billion light years, which is just a quarter of the known universe. This new map of the universe charts out 1.2 million galaxies 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z A University of Arizona-led team used a telescope in Chile to spot this strange new world 320 light years away in the Constellation Centaurus. Triple sunrises, sunsets at this strange new world 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z More than 340 light years away, a giant planet is trapped in a dance with three stars. Massive planet found within a triple-star system 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The Milwaukee Brewers, light years from playoff contention, bucked the pattern last month by defeating the Nationals twice to claim their three-game series in Wisconsin. Nationals still can’t solve Brewers, look sloppy in second straight loss 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z After debugging, it will be used to detect for pulsars over 1,000 light years deep into the universe. China Fits Final Piece to World’s Biggest Radio Telescope 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The team tentatively pinpointed the burst to a specific galaxy almost 6 billion light years away. Why ultra-powerful radio bursts are the most perplexing mystery in astronomy 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z You’re headed for the stars some 6,000 light years from Earth by way of another motley cast of heroes with outlandish hairdos and gloriously gaudy duds. Our 15 Most Anticipated Video Games This Summer 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Based on ground-based measurements, the team report the discovery of a young planet the size of Jupiter in a near-circular orbit around it its sun, 430 light years away in the constellation of Taurus. Discovery of 'baby' planets sheds light on planet and solar system formation 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z “At the end of one of the billion light years of loneliness”, the poem False Start begins, “My mother sits on the floor of her new kitchen carefully feeding the flies from her fingertips”. ‘The only way I could really talk about his suicide was in a poem’ 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z “I felt like we’re light years ahead of where we were last year,” said defensive end William Hayes, who at 31 is the oldest player on the roster. Rams wrap up organized team activities in Oxnard 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “Well, being in the system a year, he’s light years ahead of where he was last year,” Bowles said. Jets’ Geno Smith ‘thinking faster’ on field these days 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “Being in the system a year, he’s light years ahead of where he was last year,” Bowles said. Jets preparing without Fitzpatrick, Wilkerson in minicamp 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z So far, we’ve only tried picking them up from Earth, which involves detecting waves from huge, cataclysmic events up to a billion light years away. Scientists are one step closer to detecting gravitational waves from space 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The galaxy is roughly 100 to 120 million light years in length so the calculations are a work in progress. Milky weigh: our galaxy has the mass of 700bn suns, say scientists 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Scientists recently used it to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole 73 million light years from earth. Alma telescope peers into space from Chile's mountains - BBC News 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z It was light years from the situation today where graduates with first class engineering and electronics degrees are recruited from the best universities. Motor racing: Monaco full of McLaren memories for Ryan 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Polaris, the north star, is around 430 light years from Earth, directly above the north pole. Deserts and dynamite: my journey to the cosmic heart of land art 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The nearest potentially habitable planet is about 11 light years from Earth. Record 1,284 planets added to list of worlds beyond solar system 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z The black holes, both many times the mass of the sun, were located 1.3 billion light years from Earth. Scientists win $3 mln for detecting Einstein's waves 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z This giant blob of hundreds of thousands of stars sits a whopping 28,000 light years from Earth. This Week’s Night Sky: Watch Meteors From Halley’s Comet Even at just 40 light years, it is far, far beyond the reach of our probes. Here Are the Three Planets Most Likely to Harbor Alien Life 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The planets revealed themselves through the periodic dimming that occurred as they passed in front of their parent star, an ultracool dwarf that lies only 40 light years away. Could these newly-discovered planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf host life? 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The waves were caused by two colliding black holes 1.3 billion light years away. Toledo astrophysicist publishes book exploring the universe 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z About eight days after launch, Hitomi turned its X-ray gaze on the Perseus cluster, about 250 million light years from Earth. Software error doomed Japanese Hitomi spacecraft 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z However, Security Council members are so divided that a new tribunal seems light years away. Editorials from around New England 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The researchers think these stars were likely located in a nearby star cluster called the Scorpius-Centaurus Association, which is more than 380 light years from Earth. Radioactive metal from nearby supernova is raining down on Earth — but we’ll be fine 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The project involves developing a way to send a tiny spacecraft to the next closest star, Alpha Centauri, which sits 4 light years away from our Solar System. How scientists want to send a spacecraft to the next closest star 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z This practice seemed light years away at Christmas, when Anaheim was foundering at 29th in the overall NHL standings as the league’s lowest-scoring team by a long shot. Ducks top NHL on power play, penalty kill, overall defense 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z "When compared to other smartphone manufacturers they are light years ahead." Fairphone 2 review 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Alpha Centauri is the closest neighboring star system, but it’s more than four light years — or 25 trillion miles — away. Stephen Hawking and a Russian billionaire want to send tiny, light-powered spacecraft to Alpha Centauri 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z As noted in the article, Alpha Centauri system is the closest and only four light years away. A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 Light-Years Away 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z There's also the question of the spacecraft's communications system and how it will span four light years of space. How scientists want to send a spacecraft to the next closest star 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z In earlier practices, Muschamp said his secondary was light years away from where it needed to be. McIlwain looks best of South Carolina’s QBs at spring game 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Using data from the European Space Agency's Hipparcos satellite, the researchers focused on a moving cluster of stars within the Local Bubble that are about 300 to 400 light years away from Earth. Radioactive material in ocean crusts likely came from nearby star explosions 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z I'm 12 light years away from home, paralysed in a hole in the ground, on a hell-planet, but you're everything I ever dreamed in my life. Choices, in sequential order : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The world 55 Cancri e is located about 40 light years away and is thought to be about twice the size of Earth. Distant super-Earth found to have hot nights and scorching days 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z According to court documents, his actions started in 2009 and came to light years later only by chance. More high-ranking officers being charged with sex crimes against subordinates 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Traci Watson writes about the microscopic beasties in our houses, huge galaxies millions of light years from Earth, and everything in between. Hotels Offer a Wide-Eyed Amenity: Lemurs Indeed, she seemed still stuck in denial over the former Florida governor’s disastrous campaign that ended what now seems like light years ago. The Rise of Trump and the Fall of Dignity 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Had I been more inquisitive, perhaps the evidence would have come to light years ago. America's death penalty capital: can a black DA really change the system? 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The Double Cluster in the Perseus constellation are in fact two individual open star clusters separated by only 100 light years however both easily fit into the same field of view in binoculars. This Week’s Night Sky: Solar Eclipse and Double Clusters For reference, our nearest neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy, while over 2.5 million light years away, is only at redshift of −0.001001. Week in Geek: A galaxy far, far away edition 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z This grand star factory—also called Messier 42—is 14,00 light years from Earth and is nestled within the bright constellation Orion. This Week’s Night Sky: Lunar Triad and Cosmic Flower in Bloom The Australian Telescope Compact Array pinpointed the location of the burst, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s 8.2-metre Subaru optical telescope found a galaxy there, some 6 billion light years away. Milky weigh? Astronomers find new method for weighing the universe 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Located in the Coma Cluster, about 300 million light years away from Earth, the orb is actually a distant view of the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 4889. Stunning Photo Reveals Galaxy With Supermassive Black Hole Since the distance to exoplanets is typically measured not in millions or even billions of miles but in light years, there’s little chance of spacecraft visiting them anytime soon. Here's the First Look at a 'Super-Earth' 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z It’s like detecting the width of a strand of hair in the 4 light years distance between Earth and the nearest star. Montana State researchers among those proving Einstein right 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z From there, any backyard telescope will reveal the Great Orion Nebula, a fan-shaped glowing cloud of fluorescent gas and dust some 40 light years across. This Week’s Night Sky: Lunar Triad and Cosmic Flower in Bloom The merger occurred more than one billion light years from Earth, converting three times the mass of the sun into gravitational wave energy. The Discovery of Gravitational Waves Is a Whole New Chapter for Science 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z In September, laser facilities in Washington state and Louisiana both recorded the same distortion in space—measured as a short audible chirp—coinciding with the collision of two black holes a billion light years away. Scientists Confirm Einstein's Theory of Gravitational Waves 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z They said the waves were the product of a collision between two black holes 30 times as massive as the Sun, located 1.3 billion light years from Earth. Einstein's gravitational waves detected in scientific milestone 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z And these companies would be light years better at creating next-generation TV interfaces that let consumers watch television from across live broadcast and cable networks, streaming services, and video on demand platforms. Inside the FCC's audacious plan to blow up the cable box 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z In a galaxy 3.8 billion light years from Earth lies the biggest, brightest supernova ever observed, emanating from a mysterious energy source no more than 10 miles across, scientists confirmed on Thursday. Astronomers Report Brightest Supernova Ever Observed 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z After the game that night, Piazza told reporters: “He’s light years ahead of me.” New Hall of Famers Griffey and Piazza talk about dads 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z This vast, rippling belch is taking place in NGC 5194 - a small, neglected sibling of the "Whirlpool Galaxy", 26 million light years away. Black hole caught 'burping' galactic gas supply - BBC News 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “We are light years away from where the industry was at this show just a few years ago,” Mr. Fields said. No Longer Wallflowers, Carmakers to Grab Spotlight at Electronics Show 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z About 20,000 light years away from Earth, its one of 150 such clusters in the Milky Way. The Daily 202: Are some Trump supporters ashamed to admit it when a pollster calls? 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z “Hopefully this will be a light year for them, but only time will tell.” Pittsburgh zoo caring for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Located in the constellation Aquarius, M72 is a ball-shaped group of thousands of stars that spans some 98 light-years across and sits a whopping 56,400 light years from Earth. This Week’s Night Sky: Meteors, Comet, and a Snow Globe 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Plus, Arians said, “his command of the defense is light years from where it was.” Minter takes control of Arizona defense and shines 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z We think our infrastructure is bad in the United States, and for sure it needs more investment, but it is light years ahead of India and Africa. India and Africa's Challenge: Premature Deindustrialization 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z But in the teams’ first meeting since the Game 4 elimination seven months earlier, the Wizards were light years from mastering the operation and their offensive woes continued. Cory Joseph beats the buzzer as Raptors stun Wizards 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z These specialized stores normally sell institutional items like hospital beds and oxygen tanks; their no-nonsense aesthetic is light years away from the boutique-y world of Yummy Mummy. Our mandatory breast-feeding fetish: Race, class, big business and the new politics of motherhood 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The Andromeda galaxy—2.6 million light years away from Earth—is a favorite target for backyard stargazers. This Week’s Night Sky: Andromeda Time Machine 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Twenty-one days of deliberations “is light years beyond the norm,” which he said is two to four hours, usually in cases involving a single defendant with just a few counts. Dewey Jury’s Deadlock Exposes a System’s Flaws 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z If the particles are one billion light years apart, it should take one billion years for something you do to one to have an impact on the other. What Einstein Got Wrong About the Speed of Light 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z More than 570 light years away in the constellation Virgo, a disintegrating planet orbits around a white dwarf — the leftovers of a yellow star after it died. Zombie white dwarf star caught destroying an orbiting planet 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Messier 23 stretches about 20 light years across—about the same size in the sky as the full moon. This Week’s Night Sky: Ghostly Lights, Celestial Triangles 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z This magnificent island of stars lies about 2.6 million light years away—which means that when we look at this galaxy tonight, we see light emitted when woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers roamed North America. This Week’s Night Sky: Andromeda Time Machine 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z “Any plan will put you light years ahead of other small businesses,” Mr. Teel added. Hurricane Joaquin Highlights the Importance of Plans to Keep Operating 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Google's Inbox and Microsoft's Outlook are light years ahead of Apple's Mail app, Sunrise and Fantastical are far superior to Calendar, and Google Maps still wipes the floor with Apple Maps. iPhone 6S and 6S Plus review 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The researchers took a series of images of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b as it circled its host star in the constellation of Pictor, 63 light years from Earth. Astronomers capture revolution of far distant planets 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z It contains some 150 stars, sitting about 2,100 light years from Earth, nestled within the Sagittarius constellation. This Week’s Night Sky: Ghostly Lights, Celestial Triangles 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z A few hundred billion light years from this world, where the air is little bit thinner and the kitchen tables are a little bit smaller, there exists a universe composed entirely of human thumbs. Thumbs! What happened to the world's strangest movie parodies? 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Photograph: Mike Massaro For today’s young men, the pomp of rock is light years away, but the fascination with the look remains. Men in blouses, boys in brocade: the return of rock star androgyny 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z If we think of c, the speed of light, as one light year per year, the conversion factor c2 equals 1. Was Einstein the First to Invent E = mc 2 ? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z “Without a doubt, we’re already light years ahead of where we were before as far as collectively as a defense,” Frost said. Auburn trying to reach heights of Muschamp’s past defenses 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z He sometimes misses pitching colleagues on a cool project, but says life with a boss is “light years better.” Radical Idea at the Office: Middle Managers 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s shrouded in methane gas and is located approximately 100 light years away in the Eridanus constellation. Astronomers Discover New Planet Less Than 20 Million Years Old 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Today’s electric models are light years ahead of those. Electric Skateboards: A Totally Rad Ride 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z |
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