How Long Would It Take to Drive to the Nearest Star? 🚗💫

Imagine hitting the road and aiming for Proxima Centauri — the closest star beyond our Sun. You're cruising at 70 mph (or 113 kph), the kind of speed you'd do on a long highway stretch. Seems fast, right? But space doesn’t play by our rules.

Proxima Centauri is 4.243 light-years away — that’s nearly 25 trillion miles or 40 trillion kilometers from Earth.

Now here’s the kicker:

At that speed, your interstellar road trip would take around 40.6 million years.

Yes, million. Nonstop. No breaks. No gas stations. No podcasts long enough.

You’d arrive sometime around the year 40,641,294... assuming your tires survive the journey.

So next time you're stuck in traffic, just be glad you’re not headed to another star. 🌌

Inspired by cosmic math & imagination