The "New Horizons Probe" will be sending pictures and data back to Earth as it skims past Pluto, in the outer reaches of our Solar System...a very long way away!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33517532
..its interesting to note how long it takes to transfer messages and data back and forth...."Turn left at Neptune"...
...!...and there's more stuff even farther away!....>>>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26737376
...and after you have absorbed all that, when it comes to distances, its time to remember that our tiny little "Solar System" is located right on the edge of our enormous Milky Way Galaxy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way
...and that there are loads of other Galaxies out there!....
...! There's a lot of stuff out there which is difficult to get our heads around, the distances are so vast!...
...!We are an insignificant blip in the overall scheme of things!
I just wish that all those fancy Science Folks would use the measurement of; "MILES" for me to understand....instead of annoying; "KILOMETRES"!....
...!Paul...Star-gazing...with the more familiar Galaxy...>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_%28chocolate%29
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