What Fact Amazes You Every Time You Think of It?

It amazes me the Distances involved when talking about the Universe.
I am always amazed with the Voyager Spacecrafts, they took 43 years travelling at 62,140 km/h, 38,612 mph to leave our Solar System.

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exexec · 70-79, C

I'm with you on that. It totally blows my mind to think of looking up and seeing light that has been traveling thousands or millions of years to get here.

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

Those kind of information is really fascinating. I read the other day it'd take 2.5 million years to reach the nearest Galaxy. Human civilization is only about 300,000 years old.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether I really cannot comprehend the distances involved.

I am forever thinking about outer space.

When I look out into the night sky and I see the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is at a distance of 152,000 light years, or 893 551 056 723 922 432 miles, am I actually looking that far or does the light only become visible from a certain distance?
Understanding that the light is constantly moving towards me, where is the Human Optical limit?
All the stars we see are located within the Milky Way.
The only objects we can observe unaided outside the Milky Way are the two Magellanic Clouds, The Andromeda Galaxy and in optimal conditions the Triangulum Galaxy M33.
So, so fascinating

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Life, the Universe, and Everything.

Everywhere I look there is something astonishing. At every scale from Plank length to clusters of galaxies the world is inexhaustibly full of wonders.

Convivial · 26-30, F

And it's still out... Still going.... Still responding... A brave little emissary alone in the dark

sstronaut

That one animal poops in perfect cubes

Some animals (such as some Rams) have body parts that will basically kill the animal if the part keeps growing (and it's designed to keep growing).

YoMomma ·

that people continue to chose hate and lies over reality

swirlie · 31-35

Eventually when those Voyager Spacecrafts hit the upper ceiling which defines how far 'up' really is, those spacecrafts will get smashed all to hell before they can transmit back to us how far 'up' really is.

Mark my words on this one.

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