Today I have 2 — TWO! — articles up on Scientific American!

The first: The scale of space will break your mind.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-big-is-space/

How Big Is Space?

The scale of the cosmos exceeds the bounds of human comprehension. But that doesn’t mean the universe is beyond our understanding

Scientific American
@badastro Let me be very unimaginative and quote “I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”
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Me reading gleefully while anxiously waiting for new episodes of How the Universe Works #HowTheUniverseWorks #HTUW
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This part alone is hurting my brain: "nearly 30 Earths could fit side-by-side over that distance" (the space between the Earth and Moon)
@badastro That's impressive. I hope you're really proud of all the work you've done over the years.