Scales of the Universe

Scales of the Universe — From Quarks to Cosmos

⚛ Quark

10⁻¹⁸ m

🔴 Proton

10⁻¹⁵ m

💠 Atom

10⁻¹⁰ m

🧬 DNA strand

~2 × 10⁻⁹ m

🔬 Human cell

~10⁻⁵ m

🧍 Human

YOU ARE HERE

~1.8 m

🏔️ Mount Everest

~8.8 × 10³ m

🌍 Earth diameter

~1.3 × 10⁷ m

🌕 Distance to Moon

~3.8 × 10⁸ m

☀️ Distance to Sun

~1.5 × 10¹¹ m

✨ Light year

~9.5 × 10¹⁵ m

The universe spans 40 orders of magnitude. Human-scale exists almost exactly in the middle of this range.