If We Left Today, How Long Would It Actually Take to Escape the Milky Way?

If We Left Today, How Long Would It Actually Take to Escape the Milky Way?

What if we launched the fastest spacecraft ever built with one mission: escape the Milky Way galaxy? How long would that journey actually take? The answer isn’t measured in years or even centuries. When you understand the true scale of our galaxy and the distances involved, you’ll realize why leaving the Milky Way changes everything we think we know about space travel. Credit to : Calm Space