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Wednesday, 23 September 2020
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quote [ If we could walk around on top of our US-size Milky Way, we wouldn't see very much. Most stars would be invisible to the naked eye. ]
A scrolling comparison of ever-bigger things:
The Size of Space Orders of Magnitude in pictures: Powers of Ten™ (1977) The musical approach: Galaxy Song - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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Marcel said @ 3:28pm GMT on 23rd Sep
[Score:2]
I thought it was a long way to the drugstore, but that's just peanuts compared to space!
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Paracetamol said @ 5:36pm GMT on 23rd Sep
I have visitors in the fun room from time to time, but after a few minutes, they’re usually pretty funned out and leave me to my crises. Ha, you're not the only one feeling strange. |
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Franger Sanger said @ 3:42am GMT on 24th Sep
[Score:1 laz0r]
You make it sound like an 80s VHS horror movie tagline.
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mechavolt said @ 6:08pm GMT on 23rd Sep
I'm a sucker for this stuff, no matter how many times I see it.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 6:09pm GMT on 23rd Sep
Neat.
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ethanos said @ 3:23pm GMT on 1st Oct
When I first got a computer with a CAD program on it, I decided I would draw the solar system to scale as a lesson for my 4 year old. I couldn't even get the earth and sun correct.
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The sparseness of the Milky Way really shocked me.