Space & the Universe

How many years does light take to travel from one edge of the Milky Way's disk to the other?

Answer

100,000 years

A message sent at light speed across our galaxy would take 100,000 years each way — and the Milky Way is just one of an estimated two trillion galaxies in the observable universe.

Source: NASA Science

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