Feel small?

Want to feel small? First take a look at this web page. See the link for the Galactic Centre? Launch that viewer so you can look around at the immenseness of the Milky Way Galaxy's core. We're not even in that shot, we're further out on one of the spiral arms. Have you had a look around?

OK, now consider this. There's no point even discussing how long it would take to cross distances like these using current technology, because it would be a period of time beyond considering(*). So let's consider Star Trek speeds, shall we? If you had a ship travelling warp 6, it would take you just over 7.5 years to cross the galactic core - just the core! Even at warp 9 it would take 2 years.

That's just the Milky Way - our own galaxy. Consider that there are hundreds of billions of galaxies out there (that we can see).

* - The core is 3000 light years across if you feel like figuring it out on your own.....