If we positioned a mirror 1 light year away from earth and shot a particle of light at the mirror so that it would reflect and come back to earth, how long would it take for us to receive that particle of light back to earth and if I jumped on this particle of light for the trip how would it effect how much time has gone by for me and the people waiting for me back on earth
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