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1. Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 21:56:06 JST Wonder of Science

   This is going to make you feel very small.

   Fly away from the surface of Earth, past the Sun, out of the Solar System, through the closest stars, leave the Milky Way, to the cosmic web of galaxies in the nearby Universe.

   Credit: ESA/Hubble, World Wide Telescope

   • Dave Mason (davemasondotme@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Oct-2024 22:26:44 JST Dave Mason

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     @wonderofscience
     What happened to the part when Kevin says "Mom! Dad! It's evil! Don't touch it!"?

   • Liz❤💃 (lizette603_23@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 00:25:49 JST Liz❤💃

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     @wonderofscience I am somehow always aware of my insignificance in the universe at large

   • Liza46377 (liza46377@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 01:52:19 JST Liza46377

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     @wonderofscience Join my profile address link https://tinyurl.com/bdf53bhr

   • a fish named dog (Vote blue!) (fishnameddog@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 02:25:41 JST a fish named dog (Vote blue!)

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     @wonderofscience This reminds me of the first part of Powers of 10. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 (Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/powers-of-tentm-1977_202202/Powers+of+Ten%E2%84%A2+(1977).mp4)

   • rameshgupta (rameshgupta@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 03:36:53 JST rameshgupta

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     ⬆️ @wonderofscience

     >> This is going to make you feel very small.

     Amazing, as it puts things in unimaginable perspective, but the pathos, when viewed in a different context, is unmistakable.

     I'm pretty sure that ever since #ElonMusk saw this video, he made it his life's goal to make all of us feel very small.