The Scale of the Universe
The Scale of the Universe | |
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Developer(s) | Cary Huang, Michael Huang |
Composer(s) | Kevin MacLeod, Cliff Martinez |
Engine | Adobe Flash |
Platform(s) | Web-based |
Release | 2010 |
Genre(s) | Edutainment |
The Scale of the Universe is an interactive online visualization tool and website first created in 2010 by Cary and Michael Huang, two brothers from Moraga, California.[1][2][3][4][5] Released on both Newgrounds and the Huang brothers' personal web page, it features a scrollbar that players can use to navigate through orders of magnitude and view various objects within such size ranges. Sliding the scrollbar to the left and right causes the screen to zoom in and out respectively, utilizing resolution independence in the process.[1]
In 2012, Cary and Michael Huang released a sequel titled The Scale of the Universe 2, in which clicking on objects brings up infoboxes that display information about them.[6][7][8]
On 7 October 2018, The Scale of the Universe was featured on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.[9]
In 2020, animation studio Kurzgesagt released the app Universe in a Nutshell, which took inspiration from The Scale of the Universe.[10][11]
On 16 June 2021, the main-belt asteroid 10003 Caryhuang was officially named by the International Astronomical Union, partly in recognition of Cary Huang's involvement in The Scale of the Universe.[2]
Objects measured
[edit]- Quantum Foam
- String theory
- Planck Length
- Neutrino
- Top Quark
- High Energy Neutrino
- Bottom Quark
- Charm Quark
- Strange Quark
- Up Quark
- Down Quark
- Range of the Weak Force
- Notification that lengths shorter than 100 attometers are estimated.
- Proton
- Neutron
- Helium nucleus
- Electron (Classical physics)
- Chlorine nucleus
- Uranium nucleus
- Gamma Ray wavelength
- Helium atom
- Hydrogen atom
- Maximum visibility of an Electron Microscope
- Angstrom
- Water molecule
- Carbon atom
- Cesium atom
- X-Ray wavelength
- Alpha helix
- Glucose molecule
- Buckyball
- Carbon Nanotube
- Phospholipid
- DNA
- Phospholipid Bilayer
- Porcine circovirus
- Transistor Gate
- Hepatitis B Virus
- Ultraviolet wavelength
- Maximum visibility of an Optical Microscope
- Bacteriophage
- Mimivirus
- Violet light wavelength
- Megavirus
- Red light wavelength
- Y Chromosome
- E. coli
- Clay particle
- X Chromosome
- Mitochondrion
- Cell nucleus
- Red Blood Cell
- Chloroplast
- White Blood Cell
- Infrared wavelength
- Width of Silk
- Twip
- Thousandth of an inch
- Skin Cell
- Silt particle
- Maximum micro-visibility of the Naked Eye
- Width of Human Hair
- Human Egg cell
- Thickness of Paper
- Paramecium
- Dust mite
- LCD Pixel
- Amoeba
- Grain of Salt
- Grain of Sand
- Pencil lead
- Thiomargarita namibiensis
- Duckweed
- Ant
- Grain of Rice
- Sleet
- Sunflower seed
- Coffee Bean
- Microwave Wavelength
- Glass Marble
- Penny (United States coin)
- Square inch
- Quail Egg
- Common Earthworm
- Matchstick
- Chicken Egg
- Hummingbird
- Shrew
- Approximate size of the game's viewport
- Largest hailstone
- Basketball (ball)
- Russell's Teapot
- 12 Inch Ruler
- Beach ball
- Dodo
- FM Radio wavelength
- Rafflesia
- Human
- Wandering Albatross
- Sunflower
- Giant Earthworm
- Japanese spider crab
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- Apollo Lunar Module
- Saguaro
- Average American house
- Oak
- Amphicoelias fragilimus
- Blue Whale
- Boeing 747
- Statue of Liberty
- Redwood Tree
- International Space Station
- Football field
- Saturn V
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Washington Monument
- Gateway Arch
- Hoover Dam
- Titanic
- Eiffel Tower
- Half Dome
- Vatican City
- Burj Khalifa
- Angel Falls
- AM Radio wavelength
- Boeing Everett Factory
- Uluru
- Central Park
- Cruithne
- Palm Jebel Ali
- Large Hadron Collider
- Mount Everest
- Mariana Trench
- Halley's Comet
- Deimos
- Phobos
- Neutron Star
- Marathon
- Rhode Island
- Nix
- Hydra
- Brunei
- Dysnomia
- Rwanda
- West Virginia
- Grand Canyon
- Ceres
- Italy
- California
- Texas
- Charon
- Quaoar
- Sedna
- Pluto
- Eris
- Great Barrier Reef
- Triton
- Europa
- Moon
- Io
- United States of America
- Callisto
- Mercury
- Titan
- Ganymede
- Mars
- Asia
- Venus
- Earth
- Sirius B
- Neptune
- Uranus
- Minecraft world
- Gliese 229B
- Saturn
- Jupiter
- Wolf 359
- Proxima Centauri
- TrES-4
- Luyten's Star
- Lunar distance
- Kapteyn's Star
- Gliese 229A
- Alpha Centauri B
- Sun
- Alpha Centauri A
- Sirius A
- Altair
- Procyon
- Vega
- Regulus
- Spica
- Combined Human height
- Pollux
- Capella
- Albireo
- Arcturus
- Polaris
- Aldebaran
- Alnitak
- Rigel
- Astronomical Unit
- Gacrux
- Enif
- Deneb
- La Superba
- Pistol Star
- R Doradus
- S Doradus
- Antares
- Betelgeuse
- Mu Cephei
- KY Cygni
- V354 Cephei
- VV Cephei A
- WOH G64
- VY Canis Majoris
- Orbital distance of Neptune
- Kuiper Belt
- Voyager 1's travel distance
- Homunculus Nebula
- Light-day
- Comet Hale-Bopp's aphelion
- Sedna's aphelion
- Stingray Nebula
- Distance between Alpha and Proxima Centauri
- Cat's Eye Nebula
- Gomez's Hamburger
- Hourglass Nebula
- Blinking Nebula
- Light-Year
- Rotten Egg Nebula
- Ring Nebula
- Ant Nebula
- Eskimo Nebula
- Horsehead Nebula
- Oort Cloud
- Boomerang Nebula
- Helix Nebula
- Parsec
- Distance between the Sun and Proxima Centauri
- Bubble Nebula
- Cone Nebula
- Pillars of Creation
- Crab Nebula
- The Spire
- Orion Nebula
- North America Nebula
- Eta Carinae Nebula
- Cave Nebula
- Eagle Nebula
- Rosette Nebula
- Lagoon Nebula
- Omega Centauri
- Barnard's Loop
- Messier 54
- Tarantula Nebula
- Leo II (dwarf galaxy)
- Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
- Canes Venatici Dwarf Galaxy I
- Small Magellanic Cloud
- Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- NGC 3310
- Sombrero Galaxy
- Triangulum Galaxy
- Milky Way
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Cartwheel Galaxy
- Pinwheel Galaxy
- Whirlpool Galaxy
- NGC 1232
- Virgo A
- Tadpole Galaxy
- Earth's travel distance (relative to Sun)
- NGC 4889
- Distance between the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies
- IC 1101
- Abell 2029
- Local Group
- Fornax Cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Virgo Supercluster
- Distance to the Great Attractor
- Eridanus Supervoid
- Distance to the Shapley Supercluster
- Pisces-Cetus Supercluster Complex
- Sloan Great Wall
- Gigaparsec
- Distance to the Hubble Deep Field
- Observable Universe
- Universe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "'The Scale of the Universe,' by Two Teenage Brothers". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ a b "WGSBN Bulletin 1, #3" (PDF). WGSBN Bulletin. 1 (3). International Astronomical Union: 7. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Murphy, Dan (1 March 2012). "Something beautiful: Cary Huang's Scale of the Universe".
- ^ Wired Staff [3/1/12] - The Scale of the Universe: an Interactive Infographic
- ^ Michigan Radio Offbeat: Two 14 Year Olds Show Us The Scale Of The Universe
- ^ The Scale of the Universe 2. htwins.net
- ^ Hill, David J. (2012-04-15). ""The Scale Of The Universe 2" Animation Made By 14-Year-Olds Is Mind Blowing". Singularity Hub. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ Rao, Mallika (2012-07-20). "'The Scale Of The Universe 2': Cary And Michael Huang Let You Scroll Through The Universe (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "APOD: 2018 October 7 - The Scale of the Universe Interactive". NASA. October 7, 2018. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- ^ @carykh (October 4, 2020). Hey Kurzgesagt! Hello from Scale of the Universe's Creator. YouTube. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ VanderBorght, Mieke. "Universe in a Nutshell App Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved August 25, 2023.