9 Science Facts That Will Ruin Your Day

 We'll Probably Never Explore The Galaxy

When we imagine the future, we usually picture humans zooming around the galaxy, colonising far-distant worlds and generally living it up as a space-faring species. However, given the sheer scale and size of of space there's actually a pretty real chance that we'll just never get out of this poxy solar system of ours. The nearest star to us, proxima centauri, is a mere four light years away. Sounds doable until you realise that, even in the fastest craft humankind has ever produced, it would still take 19,000 years to reach.