From the baffling true scale of our solar system to the unbearable vastness of the universe, this incredible interactive map reveals the true size of the cosmos.

Our Place In The Universe: ... we must first comprehend the concept of scale. ... while the ratio of an atom's size to a human's size is 1/10^10.

Astronomy instruments usually investigate huge cosmic objects like stars, planets and entire galaxies. Now, a team of scientists used such a tool to investigate the universe on a vastly smaller scale.

NASA's Cold Atom Lab (CAL), a first-of-its-kind facility aboard the International Space Station, ... "This is the basic theory explaining the large-scale structure of our universe, ...