- Light from the Sun to the Earth
| 8 | minutes |
- Earth to go once around the Sun
| 1 | year |
- Light from the Sun to the nearest star
| 4 | years |
- Jupiter to go once around the Sun
| 10 | years |
- Life of a human being
| 100 | years |
- Age of human beings
| 105 | years | (500,000) |
- Light from another galaxy to us
| 106 | years | (1,000,000) |
- Death of a bright star
| 107 | years | (50,000,000) |
- Since the great dinosaur extinction event
| 107 | years | (65,000,000) |
- Sun to go once around the Galaxy
| 108 | years | (100,000,000) |
- Life of a bright star
| 109 | years | (1,000,000,000) |
- Light from a distant quasar to us
| 109 | years | (5,000,000,000) |
- Age of the Universe
| 1010 | years | (14,000,000,000) |