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InTheSlot · 05-31-2005, 09:18 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/30/s...reut/index.html

(all that "cloudy stuff" is actually billions of stars)

I just cannot fathom the size of this thing...220,000 light-years across? That means, by travelling the speed of light (impossible!), it would still take you 220,000 years to transverse.

05-31-2005, 09:18 PM	#1
InTheSlot Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bradenton, FL Exp:	http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/05/30/s...reut/index.html (all that "cloudy stuff" is actually billions of stars) I just cannot fathom the size of this thing...220,000 light-years across? That means, by travelling the speed of light (impossible!), it would still take you 220,000 years to transverse. __________________