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The expansion rate became known as the Hubble constant; Hubble thought it was 500 kilometers per second every 3.26 million light-years, that is, every megaparsec.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The expansion rate became known as the Hubble constant; Hubble thought it was 500 kilometers per second every 3.26 million light-years, that is, every megaparsec.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The expansion rate became known as the Hubble constant; Hubble thought it was 500 kilometers per second every 3.26 million light-years, that is, every megaparsec.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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The expansion rate became known as the Hubble constant; Hubble thought it was 500 kilometers per second every 3.26 million light-years, that is, every megaparsec.
A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010
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How many light-years must one travel in order to find one?
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Approximately 800 light-years from Earth, the DSX-13 “dropped” out of hyperspace, and reentered conventional space-time.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » August : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Early in the case, the Scott team participated in a pointless mediation with the church, in which both sides had been light-years apart in their demands.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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“If that were true, our ship would be millions of light-years long in this universe.”
365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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We may have modeled our government on British liberal ideals, but they are light-years ahead of us as far as public accountability.
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We make light-years more arrests on random patrols than at checkpoints.
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