Is it possible to travel to the center of the Milky Way?

Is it possible to travel to the center of the Milky Way?

“The technology required to travel between galaxies is far beyond humanity’s present capabilities, and currently only the subject of speculation, hypothesis, and science fiction. However, theoretically speaking, there is nothing to conclusively indicate that intergalactic travel is impossible.”

How many light-years would it take to cross the Milky Way?

“Past studies have suggested the Milky Way is between 100,000 light-years and 160,000 light-years across. (One light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles or 10 trillion kilometers.)”

How far is Earth from Milky Way Centre?

“The new map suggests that the center of the Milky Way, and the black hole which sits there, is located 25,800 light-years from Earth. This is closer than the official value of 27,700 light-years adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985.”

Is it possible to leave the Milky Way?

“To escape the gravitational clutches of our galaxy, a spaceship would need to zoom out of our solar system and hit 537 kilometres per second. For context, a rocket needs to roar off at just 11.2 kilometres per second to escape Earth’s gravity. Conventional rocket engines would never make it.”

Can humans survive interstellar travel?

“the fact that there’s no way to decelerate once you make it to your destination, since there’s no on-board fuel, and even if you could scale it up to transport humans, the accelerations would be far too large — necessitating a large change in velocity over a short time — for a human to survive.”

Why can’t we look into galaxies?

“As it expands, light propagating through space ‘stretches’ more to the red end of the visible spectrum. For distant galaxies this effectively means that the visible light from them has shifted far enough to be infrared and invisible by the time it gets here.”

How can we see 13 billion light years away?

“We know that light takes time to travel, so that if we observe an object that is 13 billion light years away, then that light has been traveling towards us for 13 billion years. Essentially, we are seeing that object as it appeared 13 billion years ago.”

How can we see 46 billion light years away?

“The light that travels the longest gets stretched by the greatest amount, and the object that emitted that light is now at a greater distance because the universe is expanding. We can see objects up to 46.1 billion light-years away precisely because of the expanding universe.”

Is there a speed faster than light?

“Nothing in the universe can go faster than the speed of light. As it happens, it was an illusion, a study published in the journal Nature explained earlier this month.”

How many black holes are in the Milky Way?

“Astronomers estimate that 100 million black holes roam among the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, but they have never conclusively identified an isolated black hole.”

How many suns are in the Milky Way?

“The Milky Way has a mass of 1.5 trillion suns. Most of it is mysterious dark matter. – Vox.”

Is the center of the Milky Way habitable?

“The Milky Way has some really uninhabitable zones. Down near the center of the galaxy, the density of stars is much greater. And these stars are blasting out a combined radiation that would make it much more unlikely for life to evolve. Radiation is bad for life.”

Will Voyager 1 ever stop?

“How long can Voyager 1 and 2 continue to function? Voyager 1 is expected to keep its current suite of science instruments on through 2021. Voyager 2 is expected to keep its current suite of science instruments on through 2020. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator on each spacecraft puts out 4 watts less each year.”

How many years is 500 light years?

“It would take 500 years to travel 500 light-year distance at the speed of light.”

Will humans ever travel at the speed of light?

“So will it ever be possible for us to travel at light speed? Based on our current understanding of physics and the limits of the natural world, the answer, sadly, is no.”

Would a human decompose in space?

“In space we can assume that there would be no external organisms such as insects and fungi to break down the body, but we still carry plenty of bacteria with us. Left unchecked, these would rapidly multiply and cause putrefaction of a corpse on board the shuttle or the ISS.”

Will humans reach Alpha Centauri?

“Alpha Centauri is the nearest star and planetary system to Earth – it is 4.37 light-years away, but it would take a human about 6,000 years to get there with current technology.”

Why is it 7 years per hour in interstellar?

“As we know, there are 3,600 seconds in an hour. They mention in the movie that every hour on the planet is roughly 7 years in Earth time. 7 years is 221,000,000 seconds. Take 221,000,000/3,600 and you get roughly 61,400 seconds that pass on Earth for every second spent on the water planet.”

How close are we to the center of the Milky Way?

“The Galactic Center is approximately 8 kiloparsecs (26,000 ly) away from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius, where the Milky Way appears brightest, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) or the star Shaula, south to the Pipe Nebula.”

How long would it take to travel 500 light years?

“SInce light-year is the distance travelled by the light in one year while travelling with the speed of light i.e. 3×108m/s 3 × 10 8 m / s . It would take 500 years to travel 500 light-year distance at the speed of light.”

Why can’t we see the center of the Milky Way?

“The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope’s infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region.”

Can we reach Andromeda Galaxy?

“How long would it take to get to the Andromeda Galaxy? Forget it! Although it may be one of the closest galaxies to our own, since the Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years distant it would take 2.5 million years to get there if (and it’s a huge ‘if’) we could travel at the speed of light.”