Space is Big. Really Big.

“Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”

Douglas Adams - The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy

This video gives you a fly-by view of some of the largest bodies in the universe. You may have seen the Hakan’s Space Balls, but this video really brings home a sense of the enormity of some of the stars in the universe. Very humbling and reminds you that size and scale is really only defined by your own perspective.

If, like us, you like to get an idea of the statistics involved, we’ve compiled this list just for you.

Some of these numbers are open to wide variation, but they give a good idea of what the video represents.

You may be interested in the Larger Than the Known Universe video - in just over 3 minutes it zooms into an image that becomes larger than the known universe. I can not comprehend how this can be true but take a look for yourself.