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A spaceship visits Alpha Centauri and returns to Earth. Alpha Centauri is 4.5 light-years from Earth (our second closest star). If the spaceship travels at one-half the speed of light for essentially all of its expedition, how long was the ship gone according to an observer on the Earth?
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