Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

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That means that they can see different aspects of the same objects. To demonstrate how that works in practice, a new comparison shows the same target, galaxy NCG 3256, as seen by both Webb and Hubble.

Here’s another size comparison of everything from quarks to cosmic bodies, but presented at their normal scales. MBS’ size comparisons of other objects from other sci-fi universes aside from ...

How big is the Milky Way compared to other galaxies? In this simple application you have the opportunity to see and compare the real sizes of various objects in our Universe, from atoms to galaxies.