What we know

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What we know

• 1026 m universe
• 1024 m cluster of galaxies
• 1022 m milky way
• 1014 m solar system/star
• 107 m earth
• 100 m human beings
• 10-2 m insects
• 10-5 m cells
• 10-8 m DNA
• 10-10 m atom
• 10-14 m nucleus
• 10-15 m nucleons
• 10-16 m quarks/gluons

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1026 m the universe
The dots are the brightest galaxies
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1024 m cluster of galaxies
200.000.000 light years away
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1022 m our milky way
Our milky way is a spiral galaxy
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1014 m The solar system/star
The orbits of the nearby planets
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108 m earth
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100m humans
Marie Curie
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10-2 m insects
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10-5 m a lymphocyte (cell for immune system)
Scale of cellular biology
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10-8 m DNA
A double helix structure
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10-10 m atom
Field Emission Scanning Microscope image of
Platinum surface
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10-14 m The nucleus
12C (6 protons and 6 neutrons)
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10-15m nucleons the particle zoo
cosmic rays
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10-16 m quarks and gluons
The smallest known building blocks
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nuclear physics
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particle physics
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quark-gluon physics
long island