Why Even the Closest Galaxy May Be Too Far For Us
Close your eyes and let your mind drift into the impossible distance between galaxies. A quiet journey into why even our closest galactic neighbor may be forever out of reach. The Andromeda Galaxy lies 2.5 million light-years away. At Voyager's speed, the journey would take tens of billions of years. Even at 10% the speed of light, it would take 25 million years. Beyond distance, human biology would fail under long-term radiation exposure, and a ship would need to be a self-sustaining world for millennia. Let the quiet enormity of this cosmic distance carry you into a deep and restful sleep.
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