Since space seems so far away to most of us humans, we can forget how truly massive the emptiness of space is. Space really is appropriately named, because so much of it is just that – empty space, nothing there. For example, let’s look at the distance between the Earth and the Moon. While the Moon is usually pictured relatively close to Earth, it’s actually much further away. In fact, all of the planets in our solar system could fit in between the Earth and the Moon, with a little room to spare. Note that this is considering the average distance between the Earth and the Moon – sometimes there is more space, sometimes less. Here’s an infographic from a Reddit user.
A Universe Today article checks this infographic’s accuracy by using the numbers NASA has on their website, and it checks out. Although the infographic shows a bit more space than there actually is, there’s still nearly 4400 km left to spare – which is enough to fit Pluto! So the *eight* other planets can fit between us and the footprints of the Apollo 11 crew, which is pretty wild. If there’s that much space between us and the Moon, our closest neighbor, imagine how vast the distance is between us and literally anything else in space.
