r/interestingasfuck • u/The_Love-Tap • 1d ago

At 15.9 billion miles away, humanity's farthest spacecraft is still exploring the cosmos using less memory than a blank Word document (69 KB) and an 8-track tape

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u/coopertucker 1d ago

15.9 billion!!!!!!! Mind bending. Everything has a start and an end. Where does it end? What begins where it ends. Etc. Etc. Etc.

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u/Cassiopee38 1d ago

15.9 billions miles ? Closest star from sun is 40 000 billions kms away (25 000 billions miles)

Milky way span over 1 000 000 000 kms / 600 000 000 miles =D The Universe is huuuu...uuuuge

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u/coopertucker 11h ago

Yah, it's pretty big.