Galaxies Galore with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • What does JWST tell us about galaxy formation? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer questions about galaxies, measuring the distance of far away objects, dark matter, primordial galaxies, and more!
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    How do we determine how far things are from Earth? Learn how stereoscopic vision inspired astrophysicists to discover the distances of far away stars. Learn about Henrietta Leavitt, variable stars, and Hubble’s discovery of the andromeda galaxy. What is parallax? Find out about arcseconds and how Star Wars uses parsec wrong.
    Why can we see massive galaxies just after the big bang? We discuss JWST’s primordial galaxies and the definition of dark matter versus dark energy. Why doesn’t dark matter fall into the center of galaxies? How do supermassive black holes get so big? What does this mean for the age of the universe?
    We explore redshifting and the nature of the universe’s expansion. What would be necessary technology for aliens to have in order to visit us? Why would aliens be interested in Earth? How has the JWST forever changed our understanding of the universe?
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    00:00 - Introduction: Galaxies
    1:15 - The Distance Ladder: How Far Are Galaxies From Earth?
    4:02 - Stereoscopic Vision & Nearby Stars
    9:06 - Finding Stars Off of Luminosity
    14:10 - Discovering the Andromeda Galaxy
    16:29 - Arcseconds, Parallax, & Parsecs
    20:54 - Massive Galaxies After the Big Bang
    24:41 - The Behavior of Dark Matter
    28:43 - Cosmic Dark Ages
    30:05 - The Nature of Expansion
    32:03 - What Technology Would Aliens Need to Visit?
    36:24 - Dark Matter v. Dark Energy
    38:30 - JWST & Our Understanding of the Universe
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Komentáře • 665

  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  Před 6 měsíci +29

    What question would you ask Neil and Chuck about galaxies? 🌌

    • @the1stkujo
      @the1stkujo Před 6 měsíci +1

      When we're using the triangulation method with Earth's orbit in June and December to get the two points of reference, how do we account for the orbit of the distant object?

    • @terrycook2733
      @terrycook2733 Před 6 měsíci

      so if i take my arc second and do all the math and get a end result to get a shift differnce then should i just half my result to get the correct answer instead of doing it all without the half.

    • @joekenorer
      @joekenorer Před 6 měsíci +2

      Why do my sink sponges smell weird? What do I do to stop that?

    • @ziyu6138
      @ziyu6138 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Hi Dr. Tyson, I appreciate you for giving knowledge to humanity. I have a question, please tell us more information about boots void. It would be great, the universe is full of wonders, thanks in advance for your answer. God bless you. Greetings from Uzbekistan

    • @Max_Jacoby
      @Max_Jacoby Před 6 měsíci +1

      Could it be that what we percieve as an accelerated expansion of the Universe is actually something else like slowing down speed of light? What if speed of light is "constant" only because we can measure it on a relatively small distances but in scales of the Universe it is not constant. It's like Newtonian physics is ok on a small scales but on a bigger scale we must consider Einsteins's relativity.

  • @randomkindness1470
    @randomkindness1470 Před 5 měsíci +12

    one day i hope to meet chuck and thank him in person for the humour that today lifted me up and out from my stress

  • @gdr1174
    @gdr1174 Před 6 měsíci +35

    Young students are so lucky to
    live in the age of youtube opening their minds with these conversations

  • @x_capt_x9584
    @x_capt_x9584 Před 6 měsíci +409

    Why is chuck on the left???? I don't like change!!!

    • @Zbezt
      @Zbezt Před 6 měsíci +39

      Hahahahaha XD just flip your screen around in front of a mirror that should fix everything

    • @j72ashley
      @j72ashley Před 6 měsíci +26

      My whole world has been flipped!!!

    • @AG81a
      @AG81a Před 6 měsíci +33

      it was this way since forever. Looks like someone woke up in parallel universe. Well, just to let you know that things are not going well in this timeline.

    • @jonkoski2683
      @jonkoski2683 Před 6 měsíci +14

      If you don’t like change, how can you possibly enjoy earth?

    • @adamflores4206
      @adamflores4206 Před 6 měsíci +2

      😂

  • @paulhadden
    @paulhadden Před 5 měsíci +4

    There’s so much comfort in the truth spoken, like a soothing balm to exhausted ears

  • @trent797
    @trent797 Před 6 měsíci +45

    I am absolutely fascinated by the Andromeda galaxy and what could be in it. Looking forward to this episode!

  • @MatthewLinton-jd9ls
    @MatthewLinton-jd9ls Před 6 měsíci +14

    I like the way Neil goes in how he does this and to make it simplify to people that are excited about science, but we don’t know all the terminology, but he makes us excited to know more. I appreciate the show and I would hope him and everyone else would be positive and give honest answers, and Help the common people understand how science work through space and technology

  • @thatdudeinasuit5422
    @thatdudeinasuit5422 Před 6 měsíci +10

    I remember Neil being given the Wormhole by a kid at a talk he gave in my hometown of Adelaide South Australia it was awesome seeing how exited the kid was on stage.

  • @mckylecfc
    @mckylecfc Před 6 měsíci +11

    Great episode, fascinating journey across the earth orbit, the solar system, the stars, the galaxies, how the secrets of the universe are slowly and surely inferred and unfurled! Feels like NDT taking us along on a journey of understanding!

  • @bazzer124
    @bazzer124 Před 6 měsíci +19

    An understanding of how 3D distances are figured out is pretty cool. Thanks, guys. I remember seeing an illustration of the stars in the Big Dipper if viewed from the side and the stars were very widely scattered, far from the 2D look we see from Earth. Cheers....

  • @KatyDidIt124
    @KatyDidIt124 Před 6 měsíci +3

    In 1980, I had a Math Professor who smoked a pipe in his office AND during class. The math hallway always smelled funky. He was a fantastic teacher and very well liked.

  • @_TheDeanMachine
    @_TheDeanMachine Před 6 měsíci +3

    I love when Neil starts talking about topic he is passionate about, it comes through extremely entertaining

  • @pauldhoff
    @pauldhoff Před 6 měsíci +10

    Chuck Nice is a great cohost.

  • @devlimbani
    @devlimbani Před 6 měsíci +8

    Love you guys! You all have inspired me a lot. Thank you ✨

  • @daffidavit
    @daffidavit Před 6 měsíci +3

    I like Dr. Tyson's gold Omega Speedmaster. The Speedmaster is my favorite wristwatch. I still have mine from 1969 that was given to me as a BD gift ten days after Buzz Aldrin wore his as the first wristwatch on the moon. Mine isn't gold but it was built shortly before Buzz wore his on the moon on July 20, 1969. So, it's a pre-lunar landing Omega. It still works well after all these years and looks almost new after using Polywatch to remove any small scratches. Beautiful watch Neil.

  • @FlirtUniversity
    @FlirtUniversity Před 6 měsíci +4

    Neil & Chuck, thank you so much for this informative and entertaining episode. 🚀👨🏼‍🚀 The only thing I found a bit strange was the sudden appearance of the mustang advertisement. I would say "and now thanks to our sponsor" or sth. and label it somehow more clearly as an ad block, which it obviously is. Don't get me wrong, happy you got the sponsoring. You two deserve those extra bugs 😊💰

  • @theElrin
    @theElrin Před 6 měsíci +1

    I always love waking my brain up in the morning to these conversations.

  • @TravelwithEbby
    @TravelwithEbby Před 6 měsíci +7

    I looked up and saw the ISS tonight! So cool!

  • @mickeybrumfield764
    @mickeybrumfield764 Před 6 měsíci +8

    When Hubble looked at the variable star in Andromeda and figured out how far away it was and that existed in a galaxy outside of the Milky Way I wonder if it gave him goose bumps like it does me. A discovery today that might be comparable would be hard evidence of a universe outside of our own, which, of course, there is a lot of speculation about. Back in Hubbles era, I don't know that there was much speculation about our universe being so large to have many galaxies well outside our own.

  • @paulpipitone8357
    @paulpipitone8357 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays to both of my men love you guys my joy is watching you guys

  • @ErikBongers
    @ErikBongers Před 6 měsíci +15

    I wish I was there when they found out these fluffy things were galaxies of their own containing billions of stars. The shock.

    • @Romamb
      @Romamb Před 6 měsíci +3

      I'd like to have seen the shock on the Pope's face 🤭

    • @sagnorm1863
      @sagnorm1863 Před 5 měsíci +1

      How about the guys that realized stars were suns? Those people were genius.

  • @middleeastobserver6023
    @middleeastobserver6023 Před 6 měsíci +1

    مثل همیشه آموزنده و هیجان انگیز.

  • @leeFbeatz
    @leeFbeatz Před 6 měsíci +4

    ❤ caught it on Spotify the first time and realized 15 minutes in…. 🤦‍♂️ I love it and thank you superheroes!!!!

    • @leeFbeatz
      @leeFbeatz Před 6 měsíci

      As well, do we account for our whole solar system light pressure manifold blinking of light?(the light kinetic density point of operable fusing interstellar - this is to our observational baseline measurement of light interpretation and interference of the instrument used- and the fusing of this density into the proximal (more intra-stellar in proximity interacting) light environment and the interstellar space (less proximal) light environment, to interpret other blinking light densities ???? ❤

  • @dawnhansen7886
    @dawnhansen7886 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Educational Entertainment to the MAX ❕️
    I love StarTalk ❤

  • @marksaxton.80.wolfgar
    @marksaxton.80.wolfgar Před 6 měsíci +1

    As always. I love this program!

  • @immunitycorrupts3641
    @immunitycorrupts3641 Před 6 měsíci +3

    I feel a little smarter every time I watch StarTalk

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve Před 6 měsíci +6

    Yet another terrific episode of Q&A with Neil & Chuck! I am of the opinion that we should call Dark Matter "G Matter" with the G referring to Ghost! 👍👍😉😉

    • @PaisleyGodspeed
      @PaisleyGodspeed Před 6 měsíci +1

      I just discovered this podcast a few hours ago. Fan-girling here lol. Would you be willing to elaborate? This is perhaps very close to some of my own ideas, depending on what you mean by ghost. I didn't get very far in high school science and my college science opportunites were limited to one semester each of geology and astronomy (as online student 20 years ago back in the 28k days ), so please forgive if I'm missing an obvious reference; that said, "ghost" could mean all kinds of things and I'm very interestd on what it means to you if you're being serious.😉

  • @leonmarkrodziewicz279
    @leonmarkrodziewicz279 Před 6 měsíci +10

    In the words of Mr Spock "Fascinating!" You misseed out Stargate for the wormhole travel!
    Great episode, look forward to the next and the future discoveries to come.

  • @Itsallfun3000
    @Itsallfun3000 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Perfect timing Neil and your Lordship, i was just browsing to listen to something at bedtime 👍

  • @russellkassel553
    @russellkassel553 Před 6 měsíci +6

    It’s really cool to know, when you look at the Andromeda galaxy, you are seeing the farthest and, I suppose the oldest, object visible to the unaided eye.

  • @PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm
    @PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm Před 5 měsíci +1

    I'm constantly amazed by your content, sparking my curiosity to dive deeper into the enigmas of the cosmos. Thank you for fostering my sense of wonder.

  • @katerinmurillo1470
    @katerinmurillo1470 Před 6 měsíci +12

    Thank you for your content ❤

  • @whiskeywesche5624
    @whiskeywesche5624 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Hellz yea!!! Love you, Neil! Love you, Chuck. You guys are freakin awesome! Bro, I wish you guys would do a podcast where you guys interview different folks from everything from physics to biology to anthropology. Anything and everything science. You guys would be the perfect hosts.

    • @furuknap
      @furuknap Před 6 měsíci +3

      You mean... Like StarTalk?

    • @Espada_S346
      @Espada_S346 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I like this idea... Definitely would be more immersive and fun

    • @Espada_S346
      @Espada_S346 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@furuknapI believe rather than doing grab bags and what not, he could do long sessions 2hr or more on a certain topic, like for instance joe Rogan style

    • @baileescott401
      @baileescott401 Před 6 měsíci

      @@Espada_S346 There are long form interview videos, but I'm pretty sure Neil just doesn't have the time to do more involved videos. Since 1996, he has been the director of the Hayden Planetarium. I'm not sure what his daily life consists of, but he does occupy positions which require time and thought. I'm sure he puts as much time and effort into the show as he can, but clearly his profession would be the top priority.
      Joe Rogan's content is one of the lowest effort and unresearched podcasts. The fact checker, Jaime, will be employed forever, because Joe can't stop spreading misinformation. If anyone aims to regularly produce hours long videos, they're not going to do it responsibly, because you can't, there's just not enough time in the day for a professional to produce well researched content in 2hr videos multiple times a week.
      Be thankful that all the videos posted on this channel are meaningful and teach you something correct about the universe. Even if it doesn't consume every second of your evening entertainment, the videos are actually valuable, because they spend time creating something meaningful.

    • @studygodsword5937
      @studygodsword5937 Před 6 měsíci

      @@furuknap Interesting, Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees with God, but doesn't believe in God ! "Galaxies moving away from each other"
      "God stretching out the heavens"

  • @jerrydeanswanson79
    @jerrydeanswanson79 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hey Neil...thanks for the show! Hello from Wisconsin!

  • @G-Rated
    @G-Rated Před měsícem

    I can’t wait to see the types of s and dark things that we couldn’t see before and in high definition!! I’m so excited, thanks guys!

  • @Mr.RighteousnessBx
    @Mr.RighteousnessBx Před 6 měsíci

    We will never stop asking WHY in science, that's the love I have for this channel ❤️ thanks Neil bronx born

  • @sekaramochi
    @sekaramochi Před 6 měsíci +2

    Please please please never stop ♥️

  • @andypeiffer5
    @andypeiffer5 Před 6 měsíci +1

    This is the first time I heard somebody from Iowa ask a question

  • @KiLLJOY1056
    @KiLLJOY1056 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Love this podcast

  • @scottwarner3818
    @scottwarner3818 Před 5 měsíci +3

    My go-to answer to everything now is "whooo... you don't even want to know."

  • @the1stkujo
    @the1stkujo Před 6 měsíci +2

    I enjoyed this episode as always. Taking very complex topics and making it quite a bit simpler and easier to understand. I do have one question though. When we're using the triangulation method with Earth's orbit in June and December to get the two points of reference, how do we account for the orbit of the distant object?

  • @willierevilla4217
    @willierevilla4217 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank You Dr Tyson and Chuck.

  • @Reina.Nijinsky
    @Reina.Nijinsky Před 6 měsíci +1

    Happy holidays gentlemen 🎉🎊💃🏻🎂💐❤ Ty for making us smarter w every episode ❤ HugsfromNYC 🍎

  • @ScottyAltizer
    @ScottyAltizer Před 5 měsíci +1

    Chuck makes me laugh out loud multiple times every show!! Love him love him love him!!!

  • @NFNERF
    @NFNERF Před 6 měsíci

    Never been this new! Thank you Neil!

  • @purelove444
    @purelove444 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Grateful for startalk💗

  • @_JustinCase_
    @_JustinCase_ Před 6 měsíci +5

    I look forward to Cosmic Queries. Always good stuff.

  • @asan1050
    @asan1050 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you for posting.

  • @daggerstreetwear
    @daggerstreetwear Před 6 měsíci +1

    James Webb.. love the wrench in the astronomical works! ..

  • @brandondoty8211
    @brandondoty8211 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Love the content thank you

  • @bettyboadwine4890
    @bettyboadwine4890 Před 6 měsíci

    I love the moon parallax reference!!!

  • @hjaltejensen5796
    @hjaltejensen5796 Před 5 měsíci

    Yo two make the galaxy rumble before your feets by the pure entertainment you always deliver

  • @OMEGA-02
    @OMEGA-02 Před 5 měsíci +1

    STARTALK Best podcast on CZcams 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @orionverduijn5539
    @orionverduijn5539 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Love you guys!

  • @SiqueScarface
    @SiqueScarface Před 6 měsíci +2

    I once read Fritz Zwicky's 1936 paper where he develops the idea of Dark Matter. In this paper, it is assumed that the Hubble constant is 500 km/Mpc, not the 70 km/Mpc we use today. (And of couse, Fritz Zwicky was not talking about exotic, non baryonic matter as we do today. He just said that this matter apparently is dark, e.g. not found so far by the astronomers which were looking for light sources.)

  • @-_Nuke_-
    @-_Nuke_- Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hey Star Talk, Hey Nei! How are you guys doing? :D
    I wonder if one day you guys could do a reaction video, on space engine! Its a free software that you can use to go around the Universe and experience things like visiting other galaxies, visit the our solar system, look at black holes and neutron stars, travel around using spaceships with warp drives etc! Its all really intuitive and I think that Niel can give us a good video where is explains a lot of things that we see in there with detail!
    Just a cool thing that I thought! :)

  • @JMoroccoMisterBoy
    @JMoroccoMisterBoy Před 5 měsíci

    Neil, Chuck et al. :
    Tks. much.

  • @fakamfishin6780
    @fakamfishin6780 Před 6 měsíci +16

    I would love to see a creation of how our solar system would look to someone looking at us from a distant galaxy in the same way we look at them.

    • @RicardoMarlowFlamenco
      @RicardoMarlowFlamenco Před 5 měsíci +1

      Our bio signature could be detected in the similar manner we are using, by aliens 40 light years out.

    • @johnthompsonparker
      @johnthompsonparker Před 5 měsíci +1

      Easy for me I only have one good eye.

    • @TheRealSkeletor
      @TheRealSkeletor Před 5 měsíci

      From a distant galaxy? We wouldn't even be visible as a speck of light, unless they had telescopes much more powerful than ours. The individual stars we can detect in other, distant galaxies are much larger or more luminous than our own.

  • @user-bd7wj3ky4o
    @user-bd7wj3ky4o Před 6 měsíci

    Great lets star talk,
    regards from The Netherlands ❤

  • @ekojar3047
    @ekojar3047 Před 5 měsíci

    I finally saw Andromeda witha cheap monocular that also came with a phone attachment. I tried to navigate my nephew with it the same way, you just have to be very steady with your hand, know where to look, and be in in the country like me and let your eyes adjust for like an hour. After I saw it with the little monocular, I could see it without it.
    It's just an incredible feeling as a human to look out and up, and see an entire different galaxy full of mysteries all the way from here on little earth.
    I highly recommend trying to see it, and it's a perfect time of year right now too, it was just after dark and it gets dark early.

  • @Mr_Kyle_
    @Mr_Kyle_ Před 5 dny

    32:00 THAT'S the question I always have, and I've never heard a satisfying answer.

  • @guardiaguardia3017
    @guardiaguardia3017 Před 6 měsíci

    How can you not like does video, if they teach you so much and such amountt of time.

  • @andipelamine
    @andipelamine Před 6 měsíci +1

    You went a bit technical... and I liked it !!! 🧠

  • @-shadyG
    @-shadyG Před 6 měsíci

    We used the same techniques to determine location to certain things in the navy.

  • @Malavander
    @Malavander Před 6 měsíci +16

    Star Trek DOES have wormholes, but they seem to be rare and unstable. Deep Space Nine was positioned near a wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant (home of The Dominion) that is stabilized by a Bajoran relay station.

    • @xucaen
      @xucaen Před 5 měsíci

      Ds9 had a wormhole. They used transporters instead of wormholes on the ships. Duh

  • @michaelyau4163
    @michaelyau4163 Před 5 měsíci

    Wow, it is just theorem pythagorus to calculate the distance of stars from the earth. Superb.

  • @TheBarnz91
    @TheBarnz91 Před 6 měsíci

    Me and my daughter have both viewed the andromeda galaxy through a set of celestron binoculars! It was only a faint smudge! But incredible nonetheless!! I hope we have more answers one day!!

  • @Quickcat21MK
    @Quickcat21MK Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for the show. Later.

  • @_TheDeanMachine
    @_TheDeanMachine Před 6 měsíci

    Engineering explained has a great video about the one foot rollout standard and 0.60 testing and automobile industry

  • @calebkepple1964
    @calebkepple1964 Před 6 měsíci

    I’d love to hear your thoughts on the mass drives From mass effect and the grav drives from starfi

  • @FUNONE210
    @FUNONE210 Před 6 měsíci

    Be someone you'd want around you ♥️

  • @denno800
    @denno800 Před 6 měsíci +1

    There are quite a few people who would have liked to call the James Webb Telescope the Henrietta Swan Leavitt Telescope. I think that would also be more appropriate.

  • @belkyhernandez8281
    @belkyhernandez8281 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Having my own personal astro physicist feels luxurious, like having my own chocolatier.

  • @timjackson1957
    @timjackson1957 Před 5 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @m6h3r
    @m6h3r Před 6 měsíci

    this was a deep one

  • @Juliano_DJOL
    @Juliano_DJOL Před 5 měsíci

    Gotta love Shannon and 100% agree w him, fight whoever whenever when it's time or needed but also not trying to fight no one when it's not the right thing!

  • @Silverorient
    @Silverorient Před 6 měsíci +1

    Dear Dr Tyson and Dr Nice!
    Given that If, events of early universe was what formed the elementary particles/waves that in turn formed us and our local galaxy, then;
    How is it that the light of early formed galaxies (i.e moments after the big bang) it's light only reaching us now, but it's effects (the elementary particles) have long cooled and formed into our local galaxy?
    Could it be that the "effects" of those recently observed most distant galaxies/events, will only reach us in the future, rather than in our past?

  • @sakismpalatsias4106
    @sakismpalatsias4106 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I can't wait for VR or holographic representation of Gaia sat of these stars. Like something you see in sci-fi 😊

  • @ztztztztztztztyt
    @ztztztztztztztyt Před 6 měsíci +1

    2:17 which book please tell

  • @ZigZagKid_AZ
    @ZigZagKid_AZ Před 6 měsíci

    Let's get it!

  • @brinaldi81
    @brinaldi81 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Paradigm Shift.. Chuck on the left

  • @xucaen
    @xucaen Před 5 měsíci

    @8:11 -ish what happens if the star moves during the 6-month period you're waiting to measure its distance. How can you get an accurate distance for a star if the star is moving in between snapshots of measurements?

  • @josephdonais4778
    @josephdonais4778 Před 6 měsíci

    Highlights magazine behind DR Tyson, (right shoulder). I used to read those in the early 70s. "Puzzles of the Universe", ☺ fitting.

  • @mnichols1979
    @mnichols1979 Před 6 měsíci

    8:02 wouldn't the background stats position also change? Wouldn't that mess up your angular calculations?

  • @ShawnBowyer-nz4vj
    @ShawnBowyer-nz4vj Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @Hatvok
    @Hatvok Před 4 měsíci +1

    I love that one question took 20 minutes. 😁

  • @lskanon863
    @lskanon863 Před 6 měsíci

    The perfect duo 😘😘

  • @chrisaraiza6761
    @chrisaraiza6761 Před 6 měsíci

    I have been meaning to join the Patreon just to ask about the Kessel run!!! The Falcon flies at such a speed through hyperspace that it is able to skirt the border where gravity cancels out between black holes. Is such a thing possible?

    • @chrisaraiza6761
      @chrisaraiza6761 Před 6 měsíci

      So 12 parsecs is impressive because slower hyperspace vehicles have to take longer (distance wise) routes to evade the gravitational pull of the black hole cluster surrounding Kessel. The premise is a faster vehicle could take a shorter route because it can traverse a path where the black holes are closer together. For more context. Is it possible?

  • @jasonmarktobin
    @jasonmarktobin Před 6 měsíci +4

    Hey Neil! 🚀 I absolutely love your content and the way you unravel the mysteries of the cosmos. 🌠 Your passion for astronomy is truly inspiring.
    I wanted to suggest something that could enhance the overall viewer experience even more. Have you considered uploading your videos in 4K resolution? The breathtaking visuals of space deserve the highest quality, and 4K would undoubtedly elevate the immersive experience for your audience.
    Additionally, investing in professional-grade microphones could significantly improve the audio quality. Clear and crisp sound would not only make your narrations more engaging but also add a touch of professionalism to your fantastic content.
    These upgrades might require a bit of investment, but the enhanced production quality could attract even more viewers and take your channel to new heights! 🌟 Keep up the incredible work, and I can't wait to see the universe unfold in stunning detail with your upgraded setup. 🌌✨

  • @jeffadventures1
    @jeffadventures1 Před 6 měsíci +1

    OMG ive been saying Star Wars is misusing the term parsec wrong for 30 years! thank you for validating me lol

  • @michaelccopelandsr7120
    @michaelccopelandsr7120 Před 6 měsíci

    Hey Neil, I still need help with changing the stars.
    My idea for changing the stars includes Orion and Pleiades (Subaru). I figure it's time to put something up there that's relevant to us, don't you think? Take Orion's belt and Betelgeuse becomes the head with a baseball hat. The 3 stars of Orion's belt make up the 3 fat belt loops on a baseball uniform. Below the belt are two legs bending at the knee. Saiph is the back foot and Rigel is the front foot. The feet aligning perfectly under the bent knees. The spear pointing at "Subaru" is the bat being swung and "Pleiades" is the baseball flying away after being hit. Bellatrix is the hand that let go of the bat. Put it all together and you get, "THE ALL-STAR." In my case, I see a left-handed batter and I imagine a "7" on the jersey. Which makes him, "Mickey." (As it should be ;-) But you can put any number you want, making, "THE ALL-STAR," any player you want. It'd be wrong of me to not, at least, try. This is me, trying. Pass it on, please and thank you. Don't worry, where I come from, crazy is a compliment. ;-P

  • @HaulingBonez
    @HaulingBonez Před 5 měsíci

    Always awesome

  • @analogandroid420
    @analogandroid420 Před 6 měsíci +5

    What George Lucas said about Han Solo making the Kessel Run in 12 Par Secs was that in the future, everybody is travelling at light speed. So it was the Guidance System on the Mellinium Falcon that made it the fastest ship in the galaxy. With speed being a constant, it's the route and the distance traveled that determines the overall speed of the journey. It's science! PS Great show

    • @michaelccopelandsr7120
      @michaelccopelandsr7120 Před 6 měsíci

      What about Star Trek and, "V-ger," returning one day? I LOVE how it's NOT impossible. ;-P

  • @barrytdrake
    @barrytdrake Před 6 měsíci

    Woohoo! Standard candles!

  • @josephkarimoni
    @josephkarimoni Před 6 měsíci +2

    Btw, Neil & Chuck, on issues 'ALIENS', wasn't the moon visited by aliens in 1969?

  • @Crunch104
    @Crunch104 Před 6 měsíci

    Get my geek on... :) Star Wars corrected (clarified) that Han Solo was referring to distance, and not time when Han said, "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." In the movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Han took a shortcut in the run and decreases his distance.
    This was all probably done though to rectify the mistake in the first place.
    Love the show! Teach science from Kindergarten to Grade 12! Make it mandatory!

  • @clomok
    @clomok Před 6 měsíci

    Listening to the stereoscopic method of calculating distance; wouldn't the difference in relative position (based on the movement of our solar system through space) affect the calculation?

  • @bettyboadwine4890
    @bettyboadwine4890 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Please explain to me why I can easily touch fingers every time with just one eye? Could I be divergent?
    It's actually slightly harder at arms length.
    Pretty cool , that slight difference made a difference.

  • @sekaramochi
    @sekaramochi Před 6 měsíci +1

    Is Chuck simply the Best
    Or does he asks the rest♥️

  • @dillcifer
    @dillcifer Před 5 měsíci

    Cool outer space hour, fellas