How big is the universe.
To give you a sense of scale, the size of the Earth within the observable universe is roughly equivalent to the size of a virus within the solar system. Although that doesn't help much because we can't really appreciate the incomprehensible smallness of a virus nor the bewildering bigness...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
MinuteEarth/ MinutePhysics,
2016.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | To give you a sense of scale, the size of the Earth within the observable universe is roughly equivalent to the size of a virus within the solar system. Although that doesn't help much because we can't really appreciate the incomprehensible smallness of a virus nor the bewildering bigness of our solar system either. So let's just say that the observable universe is stupendously big, but the whole universe as far as we can tell, is a lot bigger. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed February 1, 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (4 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:03:45 |