Monday, February 27, 2012

The Scale of the Universe

Just a short note this one to point out a link I find very interesting.  Entitled "The Scale of the Universe" by Cary Huang it's a fascinating interactive exploration of the relative sizes of all manner of entities in the Universe.

The Scale of the Universe

Maybe it's just me, but I find zooming in and out and clicking on the different entities for extra information strangely compulsive...

3 comments:

  1. Just linked the same animation on my own blog. I particularly love it how the Minecraft world got a mention.

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  2. It's definitely one of the coolest things I've seen lately! Great tool for trying to get a visceral understanding of how big/small various things are.

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  3. Geez... that's a little mind blowing. Getting such a clear visual of things I've never even tried to grasp. It was very neat :D

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