Light years vs. Dark years?

Question

If a light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles than how far is a dark year?

Answer 1

About 27 inches

Answer 2

A dark year would be the same as a light year, because if a star was 5,865,696,000,000 miles away from us and it suddenly stopped shining, we would find out exactly one year later. That's when the "dark" would reach us.

Answer 3

Darkness has no speed. It is not a quantity or a property or matter. It is simply what is termed the lack of light.

Light is an electromagnetic energy. It is a measureable wave containing photons. Darkness is none of these. It is a nonentity.

If you are in a dark room, the darkness has no speed. It is a nonquantity

What you ask is the same as saying 'if a car travels at 55mph and then stops, at what speed is it now travelling?'

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Answer 4

Funnily enough, this is not a nonsensical question, because gaps between photons sometimes behave like quanta, so a dark year is the same distance as a light year.

Answer 5

While dark is the opposite of light, when talking of shades, light is also a property, and has no opposite. Many words have more than one meaning.

Answer 6

Never heard of a dark year.

Answer 7

There is no such thing as a dark year.

Answer 8

"Interesting" question, which begs another:

How far is a heavy year ?

Answer 9

Same thing.