If we scaled the milky way to the size of earth, that would be about 15km away.
If we scaled observable universe to the size of earth that would be about 4mm away.
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 9 months ago
In space that is nearby.
If we scaled the milky way to the size of earth, that would be about 15km away.
If we scaled observable universe to the size of earth that would be about 4mm away.
“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
btaf45@lemmy.world 9 months ago
100 ly years is actually kind of far. It is farther than most of our named stars. I wouldn’t consider it ‘nearby’.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 9 months ago
That was my point, Human scale vs astrophysical scale.
btaf45@lemmy.world 9 months ago
100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. It is 3x farther than even Arcturus.