i have always been a space buff. i find it very facinating and amazing. especially the distance. einstien determined that nothing could travel faster then the speed of light. this has yet to be disproved. so the distance of objects in space are measured in light years. think about that. something that is 1 light year away, would take an object 1 year to reach it traveling the speed of light.
here is something to ponder. the closest galaxy to our milkyway is canis major dwarf. it is a mere 42000 light years away from our galactic center! the closest star? proxima centauri. it's a mere 4.22 light years away, obviously it resides in the milkyway.
to put it in perspective, it took the voyager space craft 3 years and 2 months to reach saturn, if that space craft wanted to go to proxima centauri, it would take 75000 years! obviously we have not mastered space travel yet. at least not in a manner that allows us to travel beyond our solar system.
food for thought
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