Space Roundup (Big and Small): 6/27/06

1. This website is an online representation of the distance between the protons and the electrons in the atoms in our bodies. It is scaled up so the smallest thing on the page, the electron, is 1 pixel across, and the proton is a thousand pixels across. At these sizes, that makes the distance from the electron to the proton 50 million pixels! Or, roughly eleven miles! Given all these free space inside the atoms inside us, kinda makes you feel ghostly.






2. The Size Of Our World uses images to give us a visible comparison between the size of our planet and the size of some of the others out there. Makes you feel pretty-itty-bitty, don't it?