Astronomical numbers are beyond comprehension. Mine, anyway.
I figure that if I could walk to the stars, and I started walking now, in a million years...I still wouldn't be anywhere. ;-)
I think that goes for all of us, really.
I figure that if I could walk to the stars, and I started walking now, in a million years...I still wouldn't be anywhere. ;-)
If you want to really get at least a small feel for how big space really is, download Celestia (available for free for Mac, Linux, and Windows). Once you learn how to work the program, try taking a tour of all the planets in the solar system in real time, limiting yourself to the speed of light.
Then take a cruise to Alpha Centauri at 1 AU/sec. It's a rediculous speed, yet it still takes an insane amonut of time to go just to the nearest star.
Celestia is one of the coolest programs I've ever seen. I plug it often here on FR because it so completely rocks. I never imagined I'd be able to run a universe simulator on my desktop.