I miss the night sky where I grew up on the south coast of Oregon. In the spring I would help my dad check the sprinklers on the cranberries when the temperature dropped below freezing. Often it happened about 3:00 in the morning. It was an incredible sight. Our milky way galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years across. However, the nearest star is a little over 4 light years away. If you left earth in a commercial jet at 500 mph, it would take over five million years just to get there. Do you feel small yet?
