dust in a corner of the Universe , are we just microscopic germs floating in the macrocosm of an organism?
2007-09-30 21:58:30 · 5 answers · asked by Bob J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Milky Way is around 100,000 light years across.
The "visible" part of the universe is about 27,400,000,000 light years across.
So, the part of the universe that we can see is about 274,000 times as big as our galaxy.
If our galaxy was a millimeter wide, the entire visible universe would be only 274 meters wide.
The universe is big. But in comparison, the galaxy isn't microscopic. The Earth IS microscopic on that scale though.
2007-09-30 22:12:19 · answer #1 · answered by Demiurge42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't really tell. Considering the "universe and beyond" is unlimited, the size of the earth divided by "unlimited" equals.....
2007-10-01 05:11:35 · answer #2 · answered by ihrobin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when you consider that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all of this worlds beaches combined, then id say we were pretty damned small in the whole scheme of things!!
2007-10-01 05:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by lugar t axhandle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The known universe isn't as big as you may think
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/astronomy/cityuniversesizeillo.html
2007-10-01 20:35:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's one way to see it all.
Check out String Theory. You'd like it.
2007-10-01 05:06:03 · answer #5 · answered by Cud_Wick 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋