Even within the same galaxy,
immense distances separate our solar system from its closest neighbors; the nearest stars are over four light - years away in the Alpha Centauri system.
In the world view we share we have all been made aware of the rather insignificant role played by the planet on which we live; we know something of the solar system, and we have had impressed upon us the unbelievably
immense distances which
separate us from most of the stars we see in the sky with our naked eyes.