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Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-17T04:27:00-06:00

The measurement used was diameters... however for irregular shapes, diameter usually means longest distance between two points, so I assume that's what they used for places such as the US.

Statistics: Posted by Muscular Ape — February 17th, 2012, 4:27 am

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-15T11:45:13-06:00

And is ever expanding.

Statistics: Posted by Grey Hawk — February 15th, 2012, 11:45 am

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-14T19:23:49-06:00

Additionally the entire thing is very much on a logarithmic scale, so you have to watch for that...

Statistics: Posted by Saten Ruiko — February 14th, 2012, 7:23 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-14T13:22:44-06:00

Henner wrote:

Awesome! It makes me feel so small

So the US is bigger than Pluto?

(it took a minute for it to appear for me on chrome.)

Define 'bigger'

For starters, the USA could be said to be 2D (well; its borders) and Pluto is most definitely 3D, if you want to go by surface then the USA has nearly 10 million km² and Pluto has well over 16 million km²

However, it does have a larger diameter, so you could say it is bigger than Pluto in at least one way

Statistics: Posted by Jeroen — February 14th, 2012, 1:22 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-14T12:03:25-06:00

Awesome! It makes me feel so small

So the US is bigger than Pluto?

(it took a minute for it to appear for me on chrome.)

Statistics: Posted by Henner — February 14th, 2012, 12:03 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-14T11:51:49-06:00

Very, very cool, Jack!

This is along the same lines..

[youtube]HEheh1BH34Q[/youtube]

Statistics: Posted by Lou — February 14th, 2012, 11:51 am

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-14T11:34:12-06:00

Eadwulf wrote:

Saw the previous version of this years ago. I thought it was interesting. Then I saw the bit about string theory...

Kikori wrote:

According to Firefox, the universe is a large, white box with the word "Back" below it.
According to Chrome, same thing.

It's caused by AdBlock; disable it for the page.

I don't know about FireFox but that's not what causes the issue in Chrome as I don't have adblock or any other form of javascript/ad blocking extension

Regardless, I've seen this mirrored on some other site and it's very cool

Not quite sure if I agree with its claim that some neutrinos can go faster than light, but I suppose it still hasn't been disproved yet (has it?)

Statistics: Posted by Jeroen — February 14th, 2012, 11:34 am

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-13T23:18:20-06:00

THANK YOU JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that was excellent! i spent over an hour looking at this thing. it is my newest favorite web page

Statistics: Posted by Market Man6 — February 13th, 2012, 11:18 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-13T01:45:32-06:00

*Looks at the size of a human*
*Looks at the great pyramids*
Team effort!

Statistics: Posted by Rory — February 13th, 2012, 1:45 am

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T23:44:55-06:00

Haha. This is incredible! I was grossed out that some amoeba and bacteria can be seen with the naked eye...and I liked the blurb on deep space, it reminded me that when we view things very far away in space, we're actually viewing them as they were uncountable years ago as it takes billions of light years for the image to reach our telescope.

Statistics: Posted by Landerpurex — February 12th, 2012, 11:44 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T23:08:54-06:00

Wow, that's mind boggling.

Statistics: Posted by A5chow — February 12th, 2012, 11:08 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T20:59:53-06:00

Saw the previous version of this years ago. I thought it was interesting. Then I saw the bit about string theory...

Kikori wrote:

According to Firefox, the universe is a large, white box with the word "Back" below it.
According to Chrome, same thing.

It's caused by AdBlock; disable it for the page.

Statistics: Posted by Eadwulf — February 12th, 2012, 8:59 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T15:32:06-06:00

Wow, Jack. That's fantastic. I don't have time to look through it all right now, but I most definately will in the future.

Statistics: Posted by Spirographed — February 12th, 2012, 3:32 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T14:05:51-06:00

I was checking this out last night when you linked it in Chat. Really darn cool! DNA seems a lot bigger than I thought it was, and I never knew the LHC was 8.6 kilometers around! (Or wide I guess.) Last I heard, Mt. Everest was shrinking extremely slowly though, so I dunno about the blurb on that one.

Kikori wrote:

According to Firefox, the universe is a large, white box with the word "Back" below it.
According to Chrome, same thing.

IE works fine; you can try it there.

Statistics: Posted by Saten Ruiko — February 12th, 2012, 2:05 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T12:33:12-06:00

According to Firefox, the universe is a large, white box with the word "Back" below it.
According to Chrome, same thing.

Statistics: Posted by Kikori — February 12th, 2012, 12:33 pm

Re: Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T10:09:27-06:00

Just based off the title, I have a funny feeling I'll like this

Will check it out when I'm on a computer!

Statistics: Posted by Market Man6 — February 12th, 2012, 10:09 am

Scale of the Universe

2012-02-12T00:28:46-06:00

http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

Pretty awesome. It goes forward and backward, btw.

Statistics: Posted by Jackstick — February 12th, 2012, 12:28 am