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Can we ever get to another galaxy?
The technology required to travel between galaxies is far beyond humanity’s present capabilities, and currently only the subject of speculation, hypothesis, and science fiction. However, theoretically speaking, there is nothing to conclusively indicate that intergalactic travel is impossible.
How long would it take us to get to another galaxy?
To get to the closest galaxy to ours, the Canis Major Dwarf, at Voyager’s speed, it would take approximately 749,000,000 years to travel the distance of 25,000 light years! If we could travel at the speed of light, it would still take 25,000 years!
Are there other galaxies NASA?
There are many galaxies besides ours, though. The Hubble Space Telescope looked at a small patch of space for 12 days and found 10,000 galaxies, of all sizes, shapes, and colors. Some scientists think there could be as many as one hundred billion galaxies in the universe.
Will we ever visit Andromeda galaxy?
Highly unlikely. Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away. Even if we managed to build a ship that could go 99.9999999999999\% the speed of light, it’ll take 2.5 million years to get there.
In what galaxy is Earth located?
the Milky Way
Earth is in the second largest galaxy of the Local Group – a galaxy called the Milky Way. The Milky Way is a large spiral galaxy. Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy.
Will we ever be able to travel to another galaxy?
If we ignore intergalactic space travel as pure whimsy and stick simply to interstellar travel (within a galaxy), then we can attempt to understand just how improbable traversing these distances becomes. No. Not ever. Never. The chances are high that we won’t even get to another star, let alone another galaxy.
Is it possible to send satellites to another galaxy?
But that is just the next star, our most immediate neighbor in our own Milky Way galaxy. The next full-size galaxy, Andromeda, is several hundred thousand times farther away. So no, we cannot send satellites to another Galaxy, nor has anyone done so.
Is the Milky Way going to collide with the Andromeda Galaxy?
NASA’s Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision. 05.31.12. NASA astronomers announced Thursday they can now predict with certainty the next major cosmic event to affect our galaxy, sun, and solar system: the titanic collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
What will be the next spacecraft to leave the Solar System?
Voyager 2 likely will be next. Both spacecraft, launched in 1977, are still in contact with NASA’s Deep Space Network. NASA’s New Horizons, which flew past Pluto in 2015 and is currently exploring the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, will eventually leave our solar system. As will the now inactive Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft.