11 images that capture the vastness of Space

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http://www.vox.com/2015/4/17/8432733/space-maps


The sun is huge
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From Mars:

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North America on Jupiter:

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If you replaced the Moon with Saturn

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Size of a comet

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All of US history has occured in one single Pluto Orbit around the Sun

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Pluto isn't near the edge of the solar system.

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Other stars are gigantic

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Yellow Circle: Every star you can see in the sky without a telescope

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Milky Way is just one of billions.

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it makes no fukkin sense how huge space is...

 

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Why are people still surprised at the size?
 
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