Bananas for Scale

Deep Space

Black holes, galaxies, comets, asteroids, and other cosmic oddities that defy everyday comprehension.

Sagittarius A*

The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way

Milky Way

Our home galaxy with hundreds of billions of stars

Andromeda Galaxy

The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way

Neutron Star (typical)

A collapsed stellar core with incredible density

Halley's Comet

The most famous periodic comet, visible every 75-79 years

Ceres

The largest object in the asteroid belt

Black Hole — Stellar Mass

A dead star so dense that light itself cannot escape

The Asteroid Belt

Less dramatic than Star Wars suggests — mostly empty space

ISS Orbit (Single Revolution)

A 90-minute trip around the entire planet

Neutron Star Material (1 Teaspoon)

A spoonful of star that weighs as much as a mountain

Saturn's Rings (Edge View)

282,000 km wide but thinner than a razor blade in proportion