June 19, 2026

The DNA inside a single human cell is about 2 meters (6.5 feet) long when fully stretched out. Yet it fits inside a cell nucleus that’s only about 6 micrometers across—roughly one-tenth the width of a human hair. Cells accomplish this by tightly packaging DNA around proteins called histones, creating a highly organized structure known as chromatin.

In your body, the combined length of all your DNA would stretch billions of kilometers—far enough to reach beyond the orbit of Pluto and back many times

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