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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The speed at which the universe is expanding is not locally sufficient to overcome the gravity (and other forces) keeping the Earth together.

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