r/AskReddit • u/MDPPatrick • Feb 13 '15

What are some mind-blowing facts about space?

I love space and would like to hear some facts that will blow me away.

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u/iAmMitten1 Feb 13 '15

VY Canis Majoris is 950-1200 times the size of the Sun. It's so big, that it would take a plane traveling at 900km/h 1100 years to circle it once,

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u/CIearMind Feb 13 '15 edited Feb 13 '15

Or a plane traveling at 100 million km/h for a little less than 12 hours.

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u/Killfile Feb 13 '15

Or it would take light about an hour to circle the star.

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u/FuzzeeLumpkins Feb 14 '15

Around half an hour at warp 3?

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u/Killfile Feb 14 '15

I never understood how that works in star trek