Finding Earth…
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The closest star, Proxima Centauri, is so far away that its light takes more than 4 years to reach us.
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The light from the Pillars of Creation that reaches Earth tonight left them about 5,700 years ago, before anyone had invented writing.
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If the Milky Way were as big as a whole country, our entire solar system would fit inside a coffee cup.
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