Size Matters Science

Putting a human-sized ruler up to reality, one blog at a time

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Think you know the surface of the Earth? You might be surprised, even though you live there: https://t.co/Hz4h97Wa5y

[Corey S. Powell @coreyspowell]

Best-yet map of our galaxy is 46 gigapixels, so huge you need a special viewer to see it. https://t.co/QmAfKrKWlB

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This is fantastic - wish I'd done it! :) Beautiful piece of filming too. Watch it now - only a few minutes long. https://t.co/ILTlbbCZnr

[Alex Gorosh @GoGoGorosh]

We made the first scale model of the solar system with planetary orbits. It was really hard and well worth it - https://t.co/wZvOfWmpym

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@WoahWtfFactz Just did a blog on that! https://t.co/ORq9nWXs5F Here it is to scale...

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Ain't no mountain high enough! Everest is a mere pimple vs Olympus Mons on Mars. Here's why: https://t.co/ORq9nWXs5F

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Crazy! Definitely going to need to do a data storage blog at some point... https://t.co/mOY3eVsoBT

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

A 5MB @IBM Hard Drive in 1956 (there's 25,600,000X more capacity in an iPhone)

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What's the deepest hole in the world? Find out here! https://t.co/6oqje9ieIv

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How big is the Sun? Very big.

Here it is to scale with all its friends :)
https://t.co/VdbNfHyZUA

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@DoctorKarl Thanks a ton/tonne for sharing! You broke my blog stats records :) Big love from rainy Scotland

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@ohmissusgee Glad you like it, thanks for sharing :)