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April 08, 2007

Universcale

Universcale_3Have you ever wondered how a proton, the most fundamental component of matter, compares in size to a neutron, or to an amino acid? Have you ever wondered how the solar system's size compares to the Orion Nebula's? Universcale is a cool website that uses the ‘meter’ as the measuring stick to compare different objects that range from the infinitesimally small to the stupendously large.  Universcale is a great educational tool that provides a perspective of things that conceptually are hard to imagine on a single scale.

A great learning experience.

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