What’s Astronomy Shorts? It’s a series of short episodes that will give you a taste of the very diverse field of astronomy, hopefully enough to stir your curiosity. Each episode will reveal fascinating details and facts about celestial objects, space, and our universe as a whole. This is a shorter, perhaps lighter, version of Curious Minds, meant to satisfy your curiosity in between our regular Curious Minds episodes.

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The Scale of The Universe

The universe we live in is really big: Its vastness is difficult to even comprehend. That vastness is why, even if our universe is teeming with life, it is unlikely that we will ever meet other intelligent life forms. Let’s take a closer look at the scales of distances, speeds and volumes in our universe.

Credits

The Planet’s, Op.32 – Gustav Holst