Space is a mystery that we have desired to explore since we first looked up at the sky, wondering what lay beyond. We’ve made a lot of progress in our discoveries over the centuries; man first walked on the moon recently in 1961. And while there is still so much we don’t know, it never stops our eternal thirst for knowledge about it. Still, to learn, we have to take what evidence we have so far, as what happened in this Reddit thread, with everyone sharing their favorite facts about space, the universe, and everything in between.
#1: That’s a Lot of Space
We talk about how big the galaxy is, but it’s so massive our brains can’t comprehend it. This comment really captures the madness of spaces between the planets. We always imagine the Milky Way as our home galaxy and close together as we orbit the sun, but it’s not so at all.
While the other planets are big, it’s mostly the distance that really affects that, and if we were to gather them all, they could fit between us and the moon! Even Jupiter is a huge shocker to me, as I always imagine it so massive.