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The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 9:25 am
by Miles
Check out this cool interactive tool to help realize the scale of the universe.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html

I love APOD.

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 10:38 am
by CathyCA
That is WAY cool, and could be a huge time suck for me.

I'm sending the link to my Sam.

:9f:

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 10:52 am
by OZZIE4DUKE
Very cool. After looking at the two largest scale screens, I've bookmarked this for the next night I get on the computer at 2 a.m. ... :D B-)

Somewhere in the very large universe, I'm sure I'm going to find a HUGE :9f: :D

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 12:41 pm
by Miles
CathyCA wrote:That is WAY cool, and could be a huge time suck for me.

I'm sending the link to my Sam.

:9f:
I don't know if Sam plays Minecraft, but this model shows it to be larger than Neptune!

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 12:58 pm
by windsor
Wow. Totally cool, and uber geeky. Thanks for sharing it! :-B :-B

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 12th, 2012, 3:50 pm
by CameronBornAndBred
I'm so small.

Re: The Scale of the Universe

Posted: March 13th, 2012, 2:07 am
by DevilWearsPrada2.0
Miles wrote:Check out this cool interactive tool to help realize the scale of the universe.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120312.html

I love APOD.
I viewed the entire scale of the universe. Very cool. and loved the background music.