How long would it take to get to the edge of the galaxy?

It’s Space Day, but traveling the vast entity that is space would take far longer than a single day. The nearest galaxy: 749,000,000 (that’s 749 million) years. The end of the known universe: 225,000,000,000,000 years (that’s 225 trillion) years.

How far is it from Earth to the edge of the galaxy?

about 950,000 light years
It is estimated that the edge of the Milky Way lies about 950,000 light years away from the galactic center while the Earth lies about 26,670 light years away from the galactic center.

How long would it take Voyager 1 to reach Andromeda?

In about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will pass the nearest stars (Alpha Centauri A and B) which are an average of 4.3ly away. That’s a ridiculously long time. Andromeda is 2.357 million ly away. It would take light 2.537 million years to get there from here.

How many years would it take to cross the galaxy?

A new study shows it would take 200,000 years for a spaceship traveling at the speed of light to go across the entire galaxy.

How long would it take to walk around the galaxy?

At a modest walking speed of 3 kilometers per hour, with no sleeping or days off, 18 trillion years or so.

Is it possible to leave the Milky Way?

Our Galaxy, the Milky Way, is a disk of stars about 100,000 light-years across, and about 1,000 light-years thick. So, to leave our Galaxy, we would have to travel about 500 light-years vertically, or about 25,000 light-years away from the galactic centre.

How many light-years will Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 travel?

In about 40,000 years, Voyager 1 will drift within 1.6 light-years (9.3 trillion miles) of AC+79 3888, a star in the constellation of Camelopardalis. In some 296,000 years, Voyager 2 will pass 4.3 light-years from Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. Hmm, 4.3 light-years.

When is the next time Voyager will visit another star?

The spacecraft’s next big encounter will take place in 40,000 years, when Voyager 1 comes within 1.7 light-years of the star AC +79 3888. (The star itself is roughly 17.5 light-years from Earth.) However, Voyager 1’s falling power supply means it will stop transmitting data by about 2025,…

How long would it take the voyagers to reach Alpha Centauri?

Neither Voyagers is aimed toward Alpha Centauri, but if one of them were – assuming it maintained its current rate of speed – it would requires take tens of thousands of years to this next-nearest star. Eventually, the Voyagers will pass other stars.

When did Voyager 1 first enter interstellar space?

The spacecraft officially entered interstellar space in August 2012, almost 35 years after its voyage began. The discovery wasn’t made official until 2013, however, when scientists had time to review the data sent back from Voyager 1. Voyager 1 was actually the second of the twin spacecraft to launch,…