I am a measurement of distance so vast that light takes years to travel me. I am not a mile or a kilometer. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: hard
Hint: I relate to the speed of light.
Answer
Light-year
Explanation
A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year, commonly used in astronomy to measure vast distances in space.
This is a hard science riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is Light-year.
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