How Big Is Space

The milky way is a huge city of stars so big that even at the speed of light it would take 100 000 years to travel across it.

How big is space. The size of space. Nobody really knows how big space is. How big is space.

Buy me a coffee. Satirist douglas adams wrote in hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy space is big you just won t believe how vastly hugely mind bogglingly big it is so big in fact it s hard to wrap our minds around the sheer enormity of it so we re here to help you put it into perspective. The size of space.

Okay now that i m done quoting douglas adams let s try an experiment. Use the right arrow key or swipe left to start. Made with by neal agarwal.

Data are rounded to a maximum of 3 significant figures. Light zips along through interstellar space at 186 000 miles 300 000 kilometers per second more than 66 trips across the entire united states in one second. Share on facebook share on linkedin.

Soho esa nasa when we leave the solar system we find our star and its planets are just one small part of the milky way galaxy. What is big bang theory. Big questions demand big answers.

In 2013 the european space agency s planck space mission released the most accurate and detailed map ever map of the universe s oldest. I don t know where you re from and whether you prefer american football or soccer so let s just say you have a football field or pitch. It may be a lot bigger than that.