Scale of the Universe.

[Stupot]

This is a really interesting diagram of the Universe with a slidy bar that lets you zoom from right at the edge of the universe to right down to the quantum foam that supposedly makes up the fabric of space and time.

http://www.primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/

[theo]

SCIENCE RULES!

Thanks for posting this.

[Tabata]

That's an interesting link â€" thank you for this!

This may sound stupid (didn't read much scientific reports about the universe) â€" but isn't the universe endlessly?
It somehow remembers me of the earth being a disc where you will fall off at the edges.

[TomatoesInTheHead]

Good to know that a scrambled and a solved Rubik's cube are the same size!

This reminds me of the classical film and book "Powers of Ten", had the same concept, but with less objects for comparison.

These two figures about scale on xkcd are also quite interesting.

[Matti]

This may sound stupid (didn't read much scientific reports about the universe) â€" but isn't the universe endlessly?

There are different theories. According to the Big Bang Theory, the galaxy is constantly expanding, thus has a certain size. Others say that the galaxy is constant and infinite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_the_universe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe

[Ghost]

Hm... Deimos, Phobos... Mars. Found it. And there's clearly no DUCT TAPE there.
Interesting stuff, really. Never heard of the "foam of time", but it's fun to read up!

[Snake]

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Thank you for showing us this, Stupot

How did they make it zoom in and out like that?

[Darth Mandarb]

I saw this some time ago... just mind-blowing.

My brain melts somewhere around the Oort Cloud.  Past that the sizes/distances just become something my brain can't cope with.

That and it show-cases just how insignificant we [humans] are.

[Mati256]

Reminds me of the Total Perspective Vortex.
Pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

[Atelier]

Wow.

[Ali]

it show-cases just how insignificant we [humans] are.

More distressingly, it shows how insignificant we [members of the AGS forum] are!

[TomatoesInTheHead]

it show-cases just how insignificant we [humans] are.

More distressingly, it shows how insignificant we [members of the AGS forum] are!

And every single one of our creations :'(

[Snake]

it show-cases just how insignificant we [humans] are.

More distressingly, it shows how insignificant we [members of the AGS forum] are!

And every single one of our creations :'(

Or more importantly, me :'(

[Eigen]

Also, penises.