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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