For most space objects, we use light-years to describe their distance. A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles (9 trillion km). That is a 6 with 12 zeros behind it!
How long is a light-year in Earth years?
How long would it take to travel 1 light years?
about 37,200 years This duration is a bit of a problem, as it makes space exploration a painstakingly slow process. Even if we hopped aboard the space shuttle discovery, which can travel 5 miles a second, it would take us about 37,200 years to go one light-year.
How long would it take to travel 1 000 light years?
Answer: 4 Billion Years. A custom-built interstellar space ship would travel faster than my car but slower than the speed of light.
How long would it take to travel to Pluto?
New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, and it'll reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Do a little math and you'll find that it has taken 9 years, 5 months and 25 days. The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years, although, neither spacecraft actually flew past Pluto.
Is warp speed possible?
“None of the physically conceivable warp drives can accelerate to speeds faster than light,” Bobrick says. That is because you would require matter capable of being ejected at speeds faster than light—but no known particles can travel that fast.
How long would it take to get to Mars?
The trip to Mars will take about seven months and about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers). During that journey, engineers have several opportunities to adjust the spacecraft's flight path, to make sure its speed and direction are best for arrival at Jezero Crater on Mars.
How long does it take to reach Mars?
The trip to Mars will take about seven months and about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers). During that journey, engineers have several opportunities to adjust the spacecraft's flight path, to make sure its speed and direction are best for arrival at Jezero Crater on Mars.
How long would it take to drive to the sun at 100 mph?
So, if someone was traveling 100 miles per hour from earth to the sun, it would take just over 106 years.
Can a wormhole exist?
Where scientists think wormholes might exist. In 2015 Italian researchers suggested there could be a wormhole lurking in the center of the Milky Way some 27,000 light–years away. Ordinarily, a wormhole would need some exotic matter to keep it open, but researchers believe dark matter might be doing the job.