<r><QUOTE author="GodIsYourself"><s>[quote=GodIsYourself]</s> Speed of light is how fast light travels. A light year is how many years it takes to get to us. So 4.5 light years is that light was traveling 4.5 years before were seeing it, so the light from Alpha we see today is, well 4.5 years old.<b...

<r>hey guys ive been wondering, if you can travel in the speed of light which scientist say could take about 4.8 lightyears to reach alpha centauri. will you have to wait 4.8 years or will you experience shorter time to reach it? relativity is involved here. they say if you travel in the speed of li...