Star Size Comparison

[brauning]

Interesting stuff, how big some planets/stars can be.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q

 

 

[Waster]

Just shows how insignificant we really are in the big picture

[Wifestein]

Woa earth is really small compared to all the others! Interesting!

 

And I've never heard of most of those planets. "Wolf 359", what a name for a planet

[icky?/]

Just shows how insignificant we really are in the big picture

 

+1

[JohnWayne]

fractals come to mind,

 

could it be that we are at the subatomic level of some greater reality

[Gubbi]

fractals come to mind,

 

could it be that we are at the subatomic level of some greater reality

This remembers me of a video they showed us at university which was pretty similar to this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2fsNkAnzEI

[iSnipeCattle]

That is amazing

[Joker]

At the end when it says,

 

YOU

ARE

NOT

THE

CENTER

OF

THE

UNIVERSE

 

I thought it will say YOU ARE NOTHING

[vke]

Just reinforces the fact that we are on a rock, orbiting a giant nuclear furnace, which is pretty small compared to the other stars that we can accurately measure.

 

Our sun is actually a 3rd generation star, and the first generation star would have been roughly the size of antares, after it went supernova it formed a star roughly equivalent to pollux. That star blew up and became the solar system.

 

Astronomy is so cool

[iSnipeCattle]

At the end when it says,

 

YOU

ARE

NOT

THE

CENTER

OF

THE

UNIVERSE

 

I thought it will say YOU ARE NOTHING

 

 

I kinda rolled my eyes at the ending. It was pretty "facebook status" sounding.