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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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