How long would it take to drive? (The famous ‘are we there yet?’ question….)

Across the US… 2½ daysAround the world… 19 days

To the moon… 6 monthsTo Venus… 54 years

To the Sun… 200 yearsTo Pluto… 7500 years

To the neareststar…

520,000,000 years

How long would it take to ‘beam’? At the speed of light (186,000 miles per second….)

Across the US… <<< 0.1 second

Around the world… 1/7th of a secondTo the moon… 1.5 seconds

To Venus… 2 minutes

To the Sun… 8-1/2 minutesTo Pluto… 5.5 hours

To the nearest star… 4.5 years

To the farthest star you can see at night 2000 years

Center of the Milky Way Galaxy 50,000 years

Next galaxy (Andromeda Galaxy) 2.9 million years

As far as the Hubble Telescope can see 13 billion years