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The world,
in proportion.
Meet unfamiliar things, see their scale, and follow whichever comparison catches your eye.
Side by side
Unexpected neighbours.
The scale of everything
From almost nothing
to almost everything.
Cross 61 orders of magnitude. Start with a bee and travel all the way to the edge of the observable universe.
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01Length & distance149 quantities to put in perspective02Area & space109 quantities to put in perspective03Volume & capacity103 quantities to put in perspective04Mass117 quantities to put in perspective05Weight & gravity21 quantities to put in perspective06Speed53 quantities to put in perspective07Temperature44 quantities to put in perspective08Time52 quantities to put in perspective09Energy40 quantities to put in perspective10Power37 quantities to put in perspective11Data & storage36 quantities to put in perspective12Space & everythingOne journey across the universe
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
Living thingsHoneybee1.5 cmA honeybee is a social insect that lives in a colony and gathers nectar and pollen from flowers.Living thingsAfrican elephant3.3 mAn African elephant is a large plant-eating mammal recognised by its trunk, tusks and broad ears.
SpaceEarth12,740 kmEarth is the rocky planet on which we live and the third planet from the Sun.
SpaceSun1,391,000 kmThe Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System.
Fundamental physicsPlanck length1.616 × 10⁻³⁵ mThe Planck length is a scale formed from fundamental physical constants.
SpaceObservable universe28.21 GpcThe observable universe is the region from which light or other signals have had time to reach us since the early universe.733 entities · 761 quantities · 240 selected comparisons