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Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! 

Everyone knows the universe is huge, but most people don't understand how huge it really is. This article will try to show the amazingly massive scale of the universe to you.  It surely is a very humbling experience!

Scale of the Universe

 

Earth - Our Home

Earth seen from Apollo 17
 
This is our Home. All of us live, love, wage wars, spend our entire lifetimes here.
 
 

Earth compared to  smaller Planets in our Solar System

Earth compared to smaller planets
 
 

Earth compared to  larger Planets in our Solar System

Earth compared to larger planets
 
 

Compared to our Sun

Earth compared to the Sun
 
 

Our Sun compared to other Stars

Sun compared to other stars
 
Our Sun is just a tiny speck compared to other stars!
Hard to even make out in the picture with the Sun just 1 pixel wide. Jupiter becomes invisible at this scale.
 
 

Milky Way - Our Galaxy

MilkyWay Galaxy
 
There are 200-400 billion stars in the Milky Way. 
 
The stellar disk of the Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light-years  in diameter, and is considered to be, on average, about 1,000 ly thick.
 
Our Milky Way galaxy is small compared to other galaxies. Our neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy has over one trillion stars!
 

The Observable Universe

This is a Hubble Ultra Deep Field image of a small region of the observable universe (equivalent sky area size shown in bottom left corner). 
 
Scale of the Universe Hubble
 
Each spot is a galaxy, consisting of billions of stars.

There are more than 170 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
 
Be Amazed!
 
 


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+2 #1 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — asser 2010-04-19 01:30
:-? :-?
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+4 #2 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — profsppandey 2010-04-19 03:31
Truly it is a humbling experience! King David said, "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; /What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" Psalm 8:3
Prof. S P Pandey, Maithon
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+6 #3 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — The Radian 2010-04-19 03:41
This is totally awesome!!!
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+2 #4 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — tambat_kalyani 2010-04-19 10:30
:eek: :eek: It's really amazing
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+2 #5 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — sohari 2010-04-19 11:11
wow amazing :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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+1 #6 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — tmanoharantr 2010-04-19 13:08
Thank you for sharing. Will help me in my search in many ways.
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+1 #7 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — shambhavikolte 2010-04-19 18:40
just look at our sun in front of antares
truly amazing
:eek: :eek:
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-1 #8 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — tmanoharantr 2010-04-20 09:21
Amazed and will help me in my favorite field.
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+2 #9 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Narasimhan 2010-04-20 11:17
wonderful and baffling
One should realize how little we know and how small we are.The more you discover more mysteries come to the fore.
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+2 #10 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — san200 2010-04-20 15:30
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: .

now dats huge known fact
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0 #11 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — tripathianup 2010-04-20 18:57
Nice pic. But I already post it as a power point presentation http://www.funonthenet.in/forums/index.php?topic=162167.10
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-1 #12 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — ravi_srmerode 2010-04-20 20:10
Fantastic......
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+1 #13 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — mkumaresan 2010-05-06 14:21
our earth itself is a cosmic dust then where are we in this universe - it really makes one think
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+1 #14 Really Amazing — nyanmyokyaw 2010-05-28 08:47
Thanks for this article.
Have a nice day!
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0 #15 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — gees7 2010-06-10 00:22
awesome... Thanks for sharing...
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+2 #16 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Vinodex 2010-06-10 02:23
Our earth and we are not even a spectre of dust in this vast galaxy. Yet, it is a paradox that on earth we have managed to enlarged our minds capabilities to such extend to create so much discord, hatred, religions, wars, and many other man-made phenomenas, and yet we should remember that we still know so very little of the mystery of this universe...
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-2 #17 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — asser 2010-06-10 06:22
:-? :-?
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-1 #18 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — js1972 2010-06-10 09:33
Awesome... this comparative scaled images shows that we are almost NOTHING when seen in Universe.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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0 #19 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — liasmol 2010-06-10 10:26
Truly, there is a Great Power behind this and that Great Power is GOD. Worship and thank Him for He has given us this great world and this great life.
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+1 #20 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — ramlak 2010-06-10 10:30
Oh, what a nice comparisin
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-4 #21 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — jerry4111 2010-06-11 22:13
:-x :-x :-x :-x
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-2 #22 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — priyadan 2010-06-13 18:13
OMG :-? :-? :-?
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-2 #23 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — msgptal 2010-06-20 00:51
very nice
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+1 #24 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — snj0112 2010-06-20 11:48
i am stunned ! even it is on FUN on the Net , THIS is not to be taken AS FUN.

this reduced the negative approach to any problem , helps to re_think how self centered we are !

Why cann't all the resources avalable be used to discover this reality ? instead having all the filthy movies and serials .
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-1 #25 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — urooj ahmed 2010-06-30 09:28
Truly, there is a Great Power behind this and that Great Power is GOD. Worship and thank Him for He has given us this great world and this great lif
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-1 #26 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — mas 2010-07-27 23:07
:eek: :D :eek: :lol:
superb
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0 #27 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — pratham sahay 2010-09-12 19:53
greatttt....!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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-1 #28 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — ravindar 2010-10-06 02:59
Its awesome yarrrrrrrr :zzz
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+1 #29 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — vespagamma 2010-10-31 12:21
What about Hubble's Ultra Deep Field and the biggest object in the Universe is also not shown. It finishes only with the Milky Way galaxy but there are other things like Nebula and Megallanic cloud which are many times larger than the Milky Way galaxy...
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-1 #30 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — mini stephan hawking 2010-10-31 14:07
Can there be any comparison bet.single electron and massive antares planet?This is such a point of thinking where we come to know that ten raised to the power of infinite is also a very small number, and to what we mean infinite is not sufficiently infinite in fact.One funny fact again.When we say that jupiter is seven times the weight of earth it means that our weight on jupiter would be 50Kg.x7=350 Kgs.Then if we were to stand on Antares planet how much would be weighing?50Kgx200000=1000000(about one thousand tonnes.)How great would it feel to be having weight of thousand tonnes...it would not require even one second to die as body cannot withstand such a great weight/gravitational pull.If this is the story of such a ordinary planet antares, then how dangerous would be black hole?
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+1 #31 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — nehalpatel 2010-10-31 15:40
:-o.....aweeesome...threeesome
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0 #32 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Dr. Y. P. Gupta 2010-10-31 17:21
Before knowing universe, let us first know the Solar system well. There are so may controversies or opinions like moon has lots of silver or water etc.
give details
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0 #33 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — IRFAN HASHIM 2010-11-01 15:19
Now think a while about our value in this universe. Did our planet and ourselves have any worth as compare with this huuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuge universe????
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0 #34 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — malar84 2010-11-01 18:31
Its very amazing..... :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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+1 #35 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — sariki 2010-11-05 20:35
universe is great creation of god.
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+1 #36 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — rsuresh27 2011-01-31 15:37
:-x :oops: :zzz :-* Really amazed chanceless thanks for nice treat.
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-2 #37 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — rsuresh27 2011-01-31 15:37
:-x :oops: :zzz :-* Really amazed chanceless thanks for nice treat.
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+1 #38 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — rsuresh27 2011-01-31 15:38
Quoting rsuresh27:
:-x :oops: :zzz :-* Really amazed chanceless thanks for nice treat.

thats it
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+1 #39 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Venkata Ramana Jammi 2011-05-23 08:19
great! This is enough for us to realise how small we are. Jammi
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0 #40 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — smarty4ugal 2011-05-29 14:08
WORSHIP THE CREATOR NOT HIS CREATION.
Just think how big is the creator of these galaxies.
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0 #41 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Asif Sulehria 2011-05-29 15:25
thanks for good information
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0 #42 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — KODAVANTI 2011-05-29 16:17
IT'S AREAL WONDER. A GREAT POWER SPREAD ALL OVER. WE ARE HAVING MAN MADE RELIGIONS, CASTS, CREEDS ETC AND PRAYING DIFFERENT GODS HAVING NAME AND FORM. ARE THERE SO MANY GODS? THIS IS THE ALL PERVADING UNIVERSAL POWER MOVING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. IT IS GOD WHICH IS NOT HAVING NAME , FAME AND FORM.
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0 #43 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Filbert Resurreccion 2011-05-30 10:43
it is so amazing
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0 #44 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Alfred E Newman 2011-05-30 11:18
How big is heaven? Is God everywhere?
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0 #45 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — kiran_shetty2401 2011-05-30 11:51
really Wonderful.....

How many Earth like planets will b hiding in this Massive Universe!! there may be Super humans Exists!? Far advanced from us! How to Reach them? how to travel distance of 100's of Light Years!?
Man :eek:

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0 #46 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Suresh Kumawat 2011-05-30 12:02
Hai,

Its soo amazing. I am very inspired and happy to know about our universe.

Its a awesome experience to know that's such things.

Suresh
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0 #47 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — anusha.g 2011-05-30 13:10
its awesome......
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0 #48 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — BAPTIST 2011-05-30 15:46
amazing ........... but still people are not realizing who is this creator of this all creature ... man can not create at all
nor idols nor any things but u can see one person told the world I AM THE LIGHT AND WAY FOR HEAVEN AND THE TRUTH , KNOW TRUTH TAT TRUTH SETS YOU FREE,
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0 #49 God is Great — Zubair Ahmad 2011-05-30 16:13
pondering upon such things makes me feel too small and brings my arrogance to ground level. Allahu-akbar (God is Great).
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+1 #50 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Bipul Kumar 2011-05-30 19:00
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Awsome :eek: :eek: :eek:
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0 #51 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Noor H. S. 2011-05-30 21:22
How small an individual can be in this vast universe and how proud he/she is in dealing with so many things. can a human not be humble enough to see him/her self in proper way and make this world livable for all!
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0 #52 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Ani R 2011-05-30 22:40
Really amazing.....
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0 #53 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Sreenivasa Raman Subramanian 2011-05-31 06:07
really amazing
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0 #54 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Sourav Khanra 2011-05-31 09:44
Really very informative...Thanks Priya.
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0 #55 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — harvinder.mohan 2011-06-01 07:25
:D 8) :-* we r greatful to u for the informtion thankyou
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0 #56 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — sadakath 2011-06-01 11:19
its really good
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0 #57 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Sankar Mukherjee 2011-06-01 19:26
Really amazed to see and think the vastness of our Universe.
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0 #58 scale of dust — kishorlal 2011-06-03 20:50
i have nothing to say ..
consider a galaxy that's is so wast..and compare it with sun and sun to earth.earth to indian region,indian region with kerala georegion,keral a to any city ..city with a cent of land,cent with small stone ,small stone with a dust..dust with ..........then what u will feel is ...............
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0 #59 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — SAUMYA 2011-06-15 09:00
its good. Helps us to realize the greatness of god :roll:
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0 #60 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Md. Ashraf Parvez 2011-06-26 11:53
Realy it is very amazing...see sun is too big all of this...Allah make this...we prayer Allah because he save this sun and which day...that day earth destroyed and all of destroyed..........
Allah pls help all of people and save us..all of people understand you....
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-1 #61 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — joji 2011-08-17 08:03
:-) Allah is The Greatest
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0 #62 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — sadakath 2011-08-17 15:12
wow it is great. Allah is great.
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0 #63 Scale of the Universe - Be Amazed! — Abdullah Pasha 2011-09-04 16:19
How utterly insignificant human beings are compared to the vastness of the universe! But we have a brain and are now on the point of discovering the laws that govern the universe.
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