Eli5 if the universe is expanding, then why isn’t the earth, and everything in it (us) getting measurably bigger too?

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Eli5 if the universe is expanding, then why isn’t the earth, and everything in it (us) getting measurably bigger too?

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There is a very strong force holding the Earth, the sun, and the moon together known as gravity, which prevents them from separating on their own. The universe’s expansion is unnoticed from our own galaxy. It’s really on much larger scales, between galaxies, where the universe’s expansion is noticeable.