Travel Time to Alpha Centauri 🚀

◼️🪐 Ever wondered how long it would take to reach Alpha Centauri?
A plane would take 5 million years.
The Parker Solar Probe? Over 6,000...
Light gets there in just 4.3 years…
But the USS Voyager from Star Trek?
Only 7 hours. 🤯

Of course, Star Trek is science fiction…

But comparing real and fictional speeds shows just how far we still have to go.

From airplanes to warp drives, this short compares the impossible.

Watch until the end, and the numbers might break your brain.

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Sources:

Parker Solar Probe to Alpha Centauri:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/06/22/142160/this-is-how-many-people-wed-have-to-send-to-proxima-centauri-to-make-sure-someone-actually/

USS Voyager's speed from Star Trek (Warp 9.975 (5126c)):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Voyager_(Star_Trek)

Sound by Pixabay:
https://pixabay.com/pt/service/license-summary/

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