the.com/cosmic distances
the universe's way of saying you'll never actually visit that pretty light in the sky.
means the vast, mind-breaking spans of space between stars, galaxies, and everything else, measured in units where miles just give up.
from astronomy outgrew earthbound units fast — once you're timing light instead of footsteps, you need light-years, parsecs, and a whole new sense of humility.
nearest star4.2 light-years, still 25 trillion miles away
light-year mathlight travels 5.88 trillion miles per year
andromeda collisionheaded our way, arriving in 4 billion years
observable universe93 billion light-years wide, and still expanding