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How many miles is it to the nearest galaxy?

Answer 1

Well there's a simple question with a rather more complex answer.

Now it's just a matter of converting units; the closest galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy, located approximately 2.5 million light years away.

A light year is the distance light travels in a year .... about 6 million, million miles (#5.879 xx 10^12# miles if you understand that method of writing large numbers.)

Thus, the distance to the closest galaxy is approximately 15 000 000 000 000 000 miles (15 x 10^18 miles).

It's a long way, but eventually it will devour our galaxy and tear it to pieces. Rest well.

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Answer 2

Hailey Alvarez

The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy, which is approximately 2.537 million light-years away. This corresponds to a distance of about 14.7 quintillion miles.

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