Cool Science Saturday

Here is some cool science for you. These globes are scale models of the planets in our solar system. You can see how the Earth stacks up compared to the larger planets ...The earth looks pretty small compared to some of the other planets in our solar system. But wait, it gets better ...

All the planets, even "Big Daddy" Jupiter, look miniscule compared to the sun. Now for the interesting thing. All stars are not created equal. And our sun is not a big star ...
In fact, stars get a LOT bigger. Look at our sun compared to some of the true "giants" of the nighttime sky ...
Now remember how small our planet Earth looked compared to the sun, which barely registers in this photo. It is the size of one pixel in this photo (if you click on the photo, you'll get to see it in a slightly larger scale). This just gives you a better perspective of our place in the universe.

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