Length of time, or duration (shortest to longest), with lengths.
  • 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)