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The size of
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The best films that take you from a person to the edge of the observable universe, from their makers' own channels.
Eames Office (Charles and Ray Eames, for IBM) · 9:01
Powers of Ten (1977)
The original and still the best: one picnic blanket, zooming out by tens to 10^24 m and back into a carbon nucleus; calm, human, classic.
American Museum of Natural History · 6:31
The Known Universe
Real mapped data from the Himalayas out to the cosmic microwave background; quiet, factual awe, ideal register for us.
NASA Video · 0:50
Hubble Legacy Field Zoom-Out
50-second pull-back to 265,000 galaxies; perfect length and mood for a hero; underlying ESA/Hubble master is CC BY 4.0 (heic1909a).
ScienceClic English · 3:54
Zooming out from Earth to the Observable Universe
Clean, modern, data-led zoom from Earth to the edge of the observable universe with clear labels; strong for the ladder page.
To Scale: (Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh) · 7:07
To Scale: The Solar System
Real-world model built on a dry lake bed: Earth is a marble, orbits span 7 miles; human, physical, memorable.
nature video (Springer Nature) · 4:11
Laniakea: Our home supercluster
The definitive explainer of our home supercluster from the team that mapped it; only credible source for stop 18.
European Southern Observatory (ESO) · 2:00
Zooming in on the heart of the Milky Way
Telescope-real zoom from the night sky into the galactic centre; ESO masters downloadable for our own cut.
carykh (Cary Huang) · 3:24
The Scale of the Universe 2
Video walk-through of the famous interactive from the Planck length to the observable universe; link to the live interactive too.
NASA Solar System · 1:47
Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big is Space?
Short NASA explainer on the size of our galaxy in light-travel terms; easy to embed beside stop 14.
Watch more: The size of everything
10 films and talks, chosen for this page. They play here.
Powers of Ten™ (1977)
Eames Office · 9 min
Powers of Ten (1977), the Eames film from atom to universe.
The Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualization
American Museum of Natural History · 6 min
The Known Universe by the American Museum of Natural History.
Tour the Scales of the Universe!
American Museum of Natural History · 31 min
American Museum of Natural History: tour the scales of the universe.
How Far Away is the Moon? (The Scale of the Universe)
Veritasium · 2 min
How small are we in the scale of the universe? - Alex Hofeldt
TED-Ed · 4 min
How big is our Universe? | BBC Ideas
BBC Ideas · 7 min
How Do You Measure the Size of the Universe?
PBS Space Time · 7 min
PBS Space Time: how do you measure the size of the universe?
TIMELAPSE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE
melodysheep · 11 min
Seeing the Smallest Thing in the Universe
Physics Girl · 6 min
How big is everything?
whoisallah.org.uk · 1 min
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