{"id":76,"date":"2014-11-11T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T10:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2014-11-11T10:14:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T10:14:32","slug":"cosmology-summar-s3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/cosmology-summar-s3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmology Summary (S3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/uploads\/sites\/5146\/2014\/11\/Definitions.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54\" title=\"Definitions\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/uploads\/sites\/5146\/2014\/11\/Definitions.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/uploads\/sites\/5146\/2014\/11\/Definitions.png 905w, https:\/\/glow-prod-gc.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/gc\/public\/hyndsecphysn5u1\/uploads\/sites\/5146\/2014\/11\/Definitions-300x134.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGkaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIAneQuC%2Fc%2B%2BsQGadlFFfpRzV49A5r%2FnXEuuvkuqfoecxAiEAgXHY0VUX8dgvB5v3Dht0boXyrDi7uzRMhcbuJUujDYoquQUIMhAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDOAYlFhy71jmLk0TByqWBXm%2BwNOTfBwNYw60GbgL97srizpEkbJ4NKVAraee20hbdEJYDkdDK3hKmop1HmsvYXIbQfmeXrPZs9v3IpPzbTf74ijjSMWo8naRo%2BOsvqPuvG5TilJMXufhm57F1v0lRMMv9SkjqD5ypBqoHB2ezILHrfx2%2BYfe30p7GAm6j%2BKWkoZ2NsKZb4lJme%2BeV1QP80xJypnWufLvqdwddhkR1CJSVAZJOhJyK2BZ1y6BAT0byoB9p5fAQyKH5T8rbj9yPFgVKP9ypYhkO7t9gw%2BqVKyCEq9OMf%2Fchv2Lv1sVcrW5z%2B9S3T7JMI4Zq8mwr17XhaJZDes6V4h%2BC0NRU54ppdJbXziUYYaX0ZkTddw7ZuXncigojYHOXu6AsaMkiau6cYOMg5%2BRqMTIrnIc0ppiP9W%2FmyRh0CDpy7EIUo2Hv0AKtvWgNps1u7Z7RiG8GbHq%2Fqn4%2BK26z%2FCB6%2BvE5ILFyeMCCSL%2BuMgJmXYIpsdY9c7kl7lKP3Z5ZDKsIk%2FZiLK%2FdOEcQgX0DASROl2%2FRU8QRdRu%2FGsFFqEum2XSoTdVYGQvIWuFaS4Lr0OgHwpdSjCxrb3mUNez3bRa6oG1Rv4CXkS5iot0EEmdNGMXTHkqo7XQl0zElxwVwLKk%2BxDuIPeBMDG0%2BA%2BSCwGSBqovBDhKV%2BpZsepyno92ZHwkHW%2Bq9A2GdL3pJvoodRAWfo6sojOA4WI%2FLxxtlWKEJ25npZvzGej23LbKu24y5WDeUITBKvA611vmVFkiQoIyQthC%2BExxbKMuKG%2BnesTmGS2GlEmaPlIJUJ%2F5k68XNt5vPbjLVXWEp160SaI%2FX2tUGHARQF3UXEP46v5gGnBWZ%2BQkPMJVipmIYobKmqCqDdu%2BMY1W1Ujxq8kMs3bPMPv6oNYGOrEBhiCPP4z0kltLEnlZGljt5bcLGsKZoF5KZKskh49SJ%2FBFfS2V652r%2ByauO%2FlLXvigpvWlFnnYHpheE9pCsjl2UBszK9fPcSNjxyWRiS2zfUAhVjwHIPK6s%2BlKAzHGnL9jZ9cOhO0CTOagAqkzHSDPf%2Bg5ODIoya1WmLwCbDeuQKvbBnLBdZyErK3e35sMrx9HlKYt5mtz1EsUGG48HvX1gK1mTtkLnh5Sqqs%2F77GwxBIG&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U63NGD22T%2F20261009%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261009T012031Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=cdacc5bd8e57d14526271d510c6241f00f1c1acf55796740ed0876bef8459b7b 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 85vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Light year <\/h1>\n<p>This is the <strong>distance<\/strong> that light can travel in one year.  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