Comparative planetary and stellar sizes

Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky yet it is 1000 light years away!!! So you wonder how big is that star in comparison to our sun my dear? Well here is a visual comparison:

http://www.co-intelligence.org/newsletter/comparisons.html

Those diagrams are unverified, of course. But it's gotta make you ponder on some level your very own existence or the existence of life forms on other planets. They may not be like E.T. phoning home but perhaps they share common similiarities with us...