Cosmic Stuff to Scalewhat everything is made of
✦ The Universe →
the mass-energy of the cosmos — 95% of it is dark
Everything you have ever seen — every star, planet, atom and person — is under 5% of the universe. The other 95% is dark, and we don't know what it is.
The mass-energy budget of the cosmos (Planck 2018). Tap the tiny Ordinary matter block to zoom into the 5% we're made of.
from the Big Bangforged in starsfrom supernovae
Abundances are by mass, rounded. Cosmic values from standard astrophysical estimates; human body, Earth's crust and Sun from standard references. Tap any element for its story.
⚛️
Dark energy · dark matter · you

Cosmic Stuff
to Scale.

95% of the universe is dark — matter and energy we cannot see or explain. The other 5% is atoms, almost all hydrogen. And you are made of the rare 2% that isn't.

Weigh the whole cosmos, then zoom into the sliver you can touch — and watch the recipe change from a star, to the Earth, to you. Every ingredient, drawn to true scale.

the journey continuesZoom out → The Universe
A sister site of The Universe To Scale · budget: Planck 2018 · abundances: standard references