Table of Contents
- 1 How long would it take to travel to the Milky Way?
- 2 How long does it take to get to the next galaxy from Earth?
- 3 How far is the Milky Way galaxy from Earth?
- 4 How long would it take to travel from Earth to the edge of the Galaxy?
- 5 When did Voyager 1 reach the edge of the Milky Way?
- 6 How big is the Sun compared to the Milky Way?
How long would it take to travel to the Milky Way?
Even if you could travel at the speed of light (300,000 kilometers, or 186,000 miles, per second), it would take you about 25,000 years to reach the middle of the Milky Way. If we could travel outside our galaxy and look back, this is what our Milky Way Galaxy might look like from above.
How long does it take to get to the next galaxy from Earth?
To get to the closest galaxy to ours, the Canis Major Dwarf, at Voyager’s speed, it would take approximately 749,000,000 years to travel the distance of 25,000 light years! If we could travel at the speed of light, it would still take 25,000 years!
How far is the Milky Way galaxy from Earth?
| Milky Way | |
|---|---|
| Declination | −29° 00′ 28.118″ |
| Distance | 25.6–27.1 kly (7.86–8.32 kpc) |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb, Sbc, or SB(rs)bc (barred spiral galaxy) |
What’s the farthest man has Travelled in space?
The record for the farthest distance that humans have traveled goes to the all-American crew of famous Apollo 13 who were 400,171 kilometers (248,655 miles) away from Earth on April 14, 1970. This record has stood untouched for over 50 years!
How long would it take to travel the length of the Milky Way?
If it could travel at the speed of light, an impossibility due to Special Relativity, it would still take over 26,000 years to arrive! At 17.3 km/s, it would take Voyager over1,700,000,000 years to traverse the entire length of the Milky Way. Even traveling at the speed of light, it would take nearly a hundred thousand years!
How long would it take to travel from Earth to the edge of the Galaxy?
If by your question you mean how long would it take for any human to travel that distance, it would be impossible. Even with the fastest mode of transport possible, it would take at least 27,000 years. However, if we were to send a probe, it would reach the edge of the galaxy in a finite amount of time.
When did Voyager 1 reach the edge of the Milky Way?
It’ll be about 675,000,000 years before the Voyager reaches the edge of the Milky Way. That’s 1.5 times the age of the earliest known land air-breathing animal, the tectonic plates of the Earth weren’t even formed like how we’re used to seeing it as of today.
How big is the Sun compared to the Milky Way?
The Milky Way is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km (about 100,000 light years or about 30 kpc) across. The Sun does not lie near the center of our Galaxy. It lies about 8 kpc from the center on what is known as the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.