Astronomers measure large distances in light-years. One light-year is the distance that light can travel in one year, or approximately 5,880,000,000,000 miles. Suppose a star is 13.4 light-years from Earth. In scientific notation, how many miles away is it? 7.8792 x 1013 miles 1.34 x 1012 miles 5.88 x 1012 miles 5.88 x 1013 miles