Preposition: from

• earth: W43A is about 8,500 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Aquila, the eagle.

Converse of object

• lie: The Galaxy represents an island of 300 billion stars lying 2.2 million light-years from us.

• locate: Located 8,000 light-years from Earth, the nebula can be seen in the southern sky with the naked eye.

• seem: But the new novel seems light-years ahead of anything else I've read of his.

• reside: Markarian 205 ( Mrk 205 ) is more than 14 times farther away, residing 1 billion light-years from Earth.

Preposition: in

• diameter: The sparkling blue ring is 150,000 light-years in diameter, making it larger than our entire home galaxy, the Milky Way.