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Old 2010-12-23, 17:41   Link #88
GN0010 Nosferatu
Where's the monoeye?
 
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Originally Posted by Magin View Post
One more astronomy tidbit for ya: the next closest star after our own Sun is Alpha Centurai, at 4.37 light years away from our Sun

tells you how big space and the universe is... far beyond human comprehension
You'll get an even better idea as to how far that is when you figure out the time it would take to REACH that star in a Boeing 747.

Speaking of that, I maybe off by just a little, so bare with me. But the largest known star, VY Canis Majoris has a diameter so big, that if you were to fly around it in a 747, it would take 9,000 years to complete.
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