One common misconception people have is how small we really are when compared to other objects in the universe. When you think of the sun, you think of a really big ball of gas. But how big do you picture it? Is it twice the size of earth? 10x the size? Can you even see earth if you drew the sun and earth to scale on a piece of paper? This video (~2min long, click the picture below) helps convey how small we really are, and has some awesome dramatic background music to set the mood! It starts by showing you the planets (in size order, not order from the sun) and continually zooms out to bigger and bigger objects. Everything after the sun is a star astronomers have discovered nearby in our galaxy.
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So were your ideas right? Or were you thinking the earth was much bigger than it actually is? It's amazing how small we are; just little specs of stardust on a tiny planet amongst billions of stars and galaxies waiting to be discovered.
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