The 1995 Hubble photo that changed astronomy

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  • The Hubble Deep Field, explained by the man who made it happen.
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    If you hold a pin at arm’s length up in the air, the head of the pin covers approximately the amount of sky that appears in the Hubble Deep Field. The iconic 1995 image is crowded, not because it’s a broad swath of sky but because it’s a broad swath of time. The Hubble Deep Field is more than 12 billion light-years deep.
    Robert Williams was the director of the Hubble’s science institute back in 1995, and it was his decision to attempt a deep field observation with the telescope. Previous calculations had indicated that Hubble would not be able to detect very distant galaxies, but Williams figured they’d never know unless they tried.
    His team chose a completely dark part of the sky, in order to see beyond the stars of the Milky Way, and programmed Hubble to stare at that spot for 10 days. It was unusual to use precious observing time to point the telescope at nothing in particular, but that’s what they did.
    "We didn’t know what was there, and that was the whole purpose of the observation, basically - to get a core sample of the universe," Williams said, borrowing the concept of the "core sample" from the earth sciences.
    "You do the same thing if you're trying to understand the geology of the Earth: Pick some typical spot to drill down to try to understand exactly what the various layers of the Earth are and what they mean in terms of its geologic history."
    What makes the Hubble Deep Field an atypical core sample is that rather than observing the material as it is now, the telescope collected images of galaxies as they appeared millions and billions of years ago. Since light can only travel so fast, the telescope is a peephole into the history of the universe.
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  • @spetsnatzlegion3366
    @spetsnatzlegion3366 Před 4 lety +5674

    ‘Aight so there’s nothing over here, why not point a telescope at it?’
    *proceeds to photograph the history of the universe*

    • @johnb2649
      @johnb2649 Před 4 lety +15

      waptek astute and profound

    • @randyralls9658
      @randyralls9658 Před 4 lety +19

      If they only could understand what they are seeing

    • @PafMedic
      @PafMedic Před 4 lety +13

      Randy Ralls ,and You Understand Seeing 12000 LY Of Depth..🤔🤔🤔Hmmmm..k

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 Před 4 lety +3

      Great comment!

    • @mathewdee1632
      @mathewdee1632 Před 4 lety +41

      That just a spot that's a grain of sand on a beach...... The total number of galaxies in the universe would blow your mind ...... It just melts my brain to even imagine how many spots just like that one it hasn't photographed

  • @Jesse22H
    @Jesse22H Před 4 lety +5819

    "Spending 2 billion over twelve years.."
    That's the cost of our defense budget every 24.2 hours.

    • @Lunarfacia
      @Lunarfacia Před 4 lety +1057

      I'd rather money was spent on things like this rather than killing people.

    • @cmdrrgh
      @cmdrrgh Před 4 lety +357

      JH And they couldn’t defend us on 9/11

    • @JonathanSterlingUSA
      @JonathanSterlingUSA Před 4 lety +156

      @@cmdrrgh
      and they still won't defend our borders

    • @raulrangel8213
      @raulrangel8213 Před 4 lety +290

      @@JonathanSterlingUSA as you can see from a telescope. There are no borders

    • @JonathanSterlingUSA
      @JonathanSterlingUSA Před 4 lety +37

      ​@@cmdrrgh
      And of all places, New York is still not cooperating with federal law enforcement to help prevent a repeat of 9/11. It's classic ignorant defiance, been going on for eons.

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok Před 2 lety +1836

    Government: "We wasted 2 billion dollars over 12 years"
    Also Government: *"We're OK with spending TRILLIONS on a single military aircraft program"*

    • @MHarenArt
      @MHarenArt Před 2 lety +36

      That was the day climate change was invented, when Al Gore opened his mouth and all that hot air came out.

    • @smith2354
      @smith2354 Před 2 lety +277

      @@MHarenArt That's one way of letting people know you don't know anything on what you're talking about.

    • @MrTwinbox
      @MrTwinbox Před 2 lety +11

      @@smith2354 r/Woosh!

    • @ragetobe
      @ragetobe Před 2 lety +50

      @@MHarenArt I wonder if you will ever realise how moronic what you have said is?

    • @serebiigo551
      @serebiigo551 Před 2 lety +1

      Truth

  • @dice1331
    @dice1331 Před 4 lety +3615

    Imagine at this exact moment.. A race from another planet from a distant galaxy is also looking at the stars wondering if there are other life out there

    • @Ricanson21
      @Ricanson21 Před 4 lety +104

      I hope

    • @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
      @ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113 Před 4 lety +165

      Copycats

    • @strider029
      @strider029 Před 4 lety +168

      Yeah and then NASA will file a lawsuit to the aliens for copying their telescope.

    • @absentrocket8619
      @absentrocket8619 Před 4 lety +5

      Hope not mate could be end of us

    • @dice1331
      @dice1331 Před 4 lety +182

      I read somewhere that the reason we are not seeing other signs of life on other planets is because they're too far away. Like withthe light of stars that we see at night. The light we see is the from millions of years ago, it took that long for the light to reach us. Now if some other species saw our planet in their time they are actually seeing the Earth millions of years ago. Now Kepler, a planet we deemed suitable for life, is 1291 lightyears away. We don't know if life already exists there since the planet we are seeing is an old image of itself. I don't know if this is correct lol but it sounds about right. Correct me if I'm wrong tho.

  • @rand49er
    @rand49er Před 3 lety +193

    To say, "There're billions and billions of galaxies out there," is one thing. To see an image showing it is profound. Extraordinarily powerful photograph.

  • @alexstephenson2340
    @alexstephenson2340 Před 7 lety +4253

    I can never understand how people think that Earth is the only planet that can sustain life. Every time i watch a video about space, I'm in awe at the amount of galaxies holding infinite planets there actually are.

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Před 7 lety +260

      Because there is no proof other wise, there could be some thing out there looking back this way thinking the exact same thing.

    • @pdx96
      @pdx96 Před 7 lety +264

      This is how I see it. Space also spans across time. If the beginning of our galaxy is the length of a shoe, the existence of Earth until its demise is about a width of a hair. So even if a galaxy has a planet that can sustain life, it would need to during our planet's lifetime. I remembered this analogy a long time ago so not exactly sure if the shoe was used but point is, our time of existence needs to match theirs and space is very old.

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Před 7 lety +51

      People believe in a lot of things, does not prove it is true or false.

    • @oliverlopez7837
      @oliverlopez7837 Před 7 lety +45

      I agree with what you say but I believe that a planet that can sustain life is extremely uncommon.

    • @jty9631
      @jty9631 Před 7 lety +54

      While I agree that its arrogant for humans to think we're special, its however true that no sign of life has ever been found outside of Earth. This still confounds researchers to this day. It should then be noted that until life has been discovered, we cant be arrogant in a different way and assume there is life other than us. Avoiding assumptions is the best way to avoid being an annoyingly arrogant person.

  • @uzii5514
    @uzii5514 Před 4 lety +1337

    Just imagine this. We look at a planet that has advanced life but we do not know because it is a million light years away and the life only formed 10000 years ago.

    • @reclosing
      @reclosing Před 4 lety +115

      So true. I definately believe that there are other planets the sustain life and possible we've looked at one at one point but we could never see anything since light travel is an actual thing. The moment that we may see life on another planet they would probably have advanced a lot. Same counts for us. Maybe some other planet has technology the same as ours or even mkre powerful with the ability to see present time. We just can't communicate.

    • @uzii5514
      @uzii5514 Před 4 lety +45

      ThatOwOGuy yes, I agree. It’s possible other advanced life forms have looked at earth, but they may have seen nothing. Just because of light

    • @lord_raindrops237
      @lord_raindrops237 Před 4 lety +4

      So... That planet has advanced beings.Then why haven't they hyperwarped to us yet?

    • @ahmetm5480
      @ahmetm5480 Před 4 lety +25

      Firelord Life takes a lot longer than 10.000 years to form........

    • @Anandsingh-ef7ut
      @Anandsingh-ef7ut Před 4 lety +10

      I mean, it'd be pretty much a miracle for the life form to go from just appearing to a properly intelligent sentient species (A type 1 civilization) in 10,000 years. But that's of course assuming that all life forms must evolve at the rate we did.

  • @joewhite9037
    @joewhite9037 Před 2 lety +98

    My grandfather a aerospace engineer worked on The Hubble Space Telescope. He had (and now I have after he passed) a piece of the insulation from the telescope secured in a glass award. It says on the front with the gold side, “For Dedication and Service to the Hubble Space Telescope!” Above The Silver side the top Back says, “This Piece Of Multilayered Insulation Flew on the Hubble Space Telescope April 25,1990-December 24,1999.” It’s one of my most prized possessions. I can’t wait to tell my kids about their great grandfather. Humans, scientists, engineers and especially, rocket scientists are incredible.

  • @SeismicShift01
    @SeismicShift01 Před 7 lety +5698

    Is it me or is Vox's videos amazingly well done? I seriously can't stop watching them.

    • @samuelarcay5341
      @samuelarcay5341 Před 7 lety +62

      yes man i just recently start watching them and they're so cool

    • @fixthesegames6303
      @fixthesegames6303 Před 7 lety +52

      Nice alternative from vice since they refuse to upload whole documentary videos

    • @brianh1546
      @brianh1546 Před 7 lety +44

      you'd probably also like the "In a Nutshell" videos

    • @monkofdarktimes
      @monkofdarktimes Před 7 lety +5

      both are good

    • @randomname3669
      @randomname3669 Před 7 lety +7

      So the space cops didnt get you yet?

  • @Exantrn
    @Exantrn Před 7 lety +1162

    I'd love to see the James Webb telescope do its own version of the Hubble Deep Field when it finally launches

    • @KiaranScath
      @KiaranScath Před 7 lety +152

      The JWST is specially designed to take photos like the Deep Field images, only much, much better.

    • @Bhatakti_Hawas
      @Bhatakti_Hawas Před 7 lety +20

      my thots exactly !!!

    • @MrFireyFusion
      @MrFireyFusion Před 7 lety +21

      i cant wait till we take a look at the trappist-1 system we found a little while ago with james webb

    • @rxonmymind8362
      @rxonmymind8362 Před 6 lety +1

      Exantrn
      How much better is it than the Hubble?

    • @kanedakrsa
      @kanedakrsa Před 6 lety +37

      Something along the lines of 500x the resolution due to the mirror shape.

  • @m4yh3m121
    @m4yh3m121 Před 2 lety +181

    The saddest thing is loads of people don't even care about this image and it's significance

    • @alimohsin496
      @alimohsin496 Před 2 lety +1

      Ok.

    • @ok-hl4zj
      @ok-hl4zj Před 2 lety +11

      For astronomer it is important for humanity, but for some people it is just an image because for them it is plain and boring but they didn't know the wonder of universe.

    • @f3p
      @f3p Před 2 lety +5

      @@alimohsin496 you thought you did something right

    • @Lazbotable
      @Lazbotable Před 2 lety +3

      most wouldn't be aware of its existence

    • @FlyLeah
      @FlyLeah Před 2 lety +6

      Majority of people are too busy believing in fairytales.

  • @philiproe1661
    @philiproe1661 Před 4 lety +1141

    Just imagine what the JWT will capture when it eventually launches.

    • @pawanadhikari7178
      @pawanadhikari7178 Před 4 lety +79

      James Webb Space Telescope JWST.

    • @altareggo
      @altareggo Před 4 lety +193

      IF it's ever launched.... seriously though: if it does work as planned, and does eventually get launched, who KNOWS what we'll see?? We are truly living in the Golden Age of astronomy.

    • @KenJackson_US
      @KenJackson_US Před 4 lety +48

      We'll see more of the same, but in finer detail.

    • @positivistnullifidian4865
      @positivistnullifidian4865 Před 4 lety +24

      Since it's an IR telescope, not an optical one, the JWST is more like Spitzer than the HST.

    • @philiproe1661
      @philiproe1661 Před 4 lety +66

      @@positivistnullifidian4865
      But jacked up on way more performance enhancers. The images it'll provide us will likely be just as revolutionary as Hubbell.

  • @randommetalhead7
    @randommetalhead7 Před 5 lety +889

    The most beautiful photo ever taken in history.

    • @matonmongo
      @matonmongo Před 4 lety +41

      Or at least rivaling the famous Blue Marble photo first taken by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972... both of which have revolutionized our 'POV'.

    • @Lectric_Blue
      @Lectric_Blue Před 4 lety +29

      Certainly the most intriguing. My vote for the most beautiful would be Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot'

    • @b-i-c7969
      @b-i-c7969 Před 4 lety +2

      Honestly, the picture of the nebulas featured in the start of the video are way more beautiful. But it’s influential for sure.

    • @miguelpereira9859
      @miguelpereira9859 Před 3 lety +10

      @josh Are you implying that Photoshop existed in the 70's?

    • @DreckbobBratpfanne
      @DreckbobBratpfanne Před 3 lety +11

      Pale blue dot might be a strong contender for that... or blue marble.

  • @carlosfelipeaguiar
    @carlosfelipeaguiar Před 7 lety +1647

    Vox's video edit equip is the best on youtube, I guess.

    • @lynksis12
      @lynksis12 Před 7 lety +100

      I think they just have a real talented team

    • @jerm2867
      @jerm2867 Před 7 lety +9

      looks like they just use illustrator and flash

    • @leanmemecuisine1890
      @leanmemecuisine1890 Před 7 lety +6

      have you seen Ahoy?

    • @nebula28
      @nebula28 Před 7 lety +43

      kurzgesagt - in a nutshell is another fantastic channel with amazing editing.

    • @ManchesterUnitedKing
      @ManchesterUnitedKing Před 7 lety

      I wonder what sort of software they use?

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 Před 4 lety +345

    These Hubble Deep Field and Ultra Deep Field images may logically be argued to be the most important images ever taken. They indicate, amongst many other things, that the number of galaxies in the visible universe is approximately 200 billion. This estimate has recently been revised upward to far more galaxies, with each galaxy typically having a hundred billion or hundreds of billions of stars. The numbers are mind-boggling and have major implications in many fields.

    • @davidhalldurham
      @davidhalldurham Před 4 lety +31

      Indeed. They are truly some of the iconic images of our lifetimes. They aimed Hubble, just out of curiosity, at a pretty dull part of the sky, and the results just take your breath away. Even those faint, tiny dots way off in the distance are galaxies.

    • @robertschlesinger1342
      @robertschlesinger1342 Před 4 lety +17

      @@davidhalldurham So true. The numbers and the sizes involved are so staggering, they almost defy comprehension. Thank you for your comment.

    • @darrylgibson3575
      @darrylgibson3575 Před 4 lety +5

      @@robertschlesinger1342, what do you mean "almost" ?

    • @willeemina
      @willeemina Před 4 lety

      IT IS ONLY
      COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO SCIENCE FOREVER.

    • @glenamo
      @glenamo Před 4 lety +1

      @@darrylgibson3575 until we have the computers to calculate the maths. we're pretty stuck just guessing.

  • @RamRam.720
    @RamRam.720 Před 4 lety +85

    I like how "maybe it was just some weird spot of space" was a valid theory.

    • @aspol12
      @aspol12 Před 3 lety

      @Wayne Collins dust on the lens wouldn’t glow brightly like that, it would be the opposite actually.

  • @Thinkbeforeyoureply
    @Thinkbeforeyoureply Před 7 lety +126

    Nothing has moved me more than that image. As a kid, I was always looking up at the night sky, pondering its awesomeness. In 1996, when I first saw the deep field, I was overwhelmed by the time that we could view. That those little light particles landed on Hubble to reveal so much of what our universe is, was massive. To this day, I contemplate that image on a regular basis.

  • @WeabeOfficialMusic
    @WeabeOfficialMusic Před 7 lety +755

    It depresses me that I won't get to see human beings travel to another Galaxy.
    I can't die, I need to see it happen

    • @BeastinlosersHD
      @BeastinlosersHD Před 7 lety +80

      We barely have sent people to the moon. We probably will see low-scale mars colonization. Unless you invent ways for us to travel (not using engines) but in ways that bend space, we will probably never get around to it.

    • @frankj1994
      @frankj1994 Před 7 lety +68

      I think about the same thing all the time. How beautiful it must be to see other planets, galaxies, lifeforms, civilizations, etc. If only we were immortal...

    • @Deloooon
      @Deloooon Před 6 lety +39

      You will be one of the reasons why the future generations will be able to

    • @JFrazer4303
      @JFrazer4303 Před 6 lety +15

      Nobody but bad SF on TV is talking about other galaxies. There's a big difference between interplanetary distance and intergalactic differences. They're not interchangeable.

    • @deanniederkrom6686
      @deanniederkrom6686 Před 5 lety +2

      Plenty of amazing stuff is happening now! We will probably be one of the last generations to see Venus’s ring

  • @raveballs
    @raveballs Před 4 lety +128

    The most important photo ever taken by man. Had an AHA moment first time i ever saw it that we're definitely not alone in the universe. Always set this as my background image for my computers and cell phones.

    • @raveballs
      @raveballs Před 3 lety

      @@LS-qs9ju Benar! Terima kasih atas komentarnya.

  • @user-gk3lu1gg9t
    @user-gk3lu1gg9t Před 4 lety +82

    Seeing these comments has convinced me that nobody has ever seen John Lennon before

  • @gearsofMEAT
    @gearsofMEAT Před 7 lety +1010

    2 billion over 12 years? im okay with that

    • @Ninja4editS
      @Ninja4editS Před 7 lety +78

      Inflation my friend.

    • @firefox39693
      @firefox39693 Před 7 lety +18

      So am I. What the hell was Al Gore's problem?

    • @cougarhunter33
      @cougarhunter33 Před 7 lety +5

      Crazy. Always has been.

    • @muscleandimports
      @muscleandimports Před 7 lety +113

      especially when we spend 2billion a day on war....

    • @HalfDayHero
      @HalfDayHero Před 7 lety +88

      Hubble begun production in 1978 and launched in 1990.
      $2,000,000,000 in 1978 is roughly $7,388,128,834.36 now (2016)
      That's $615,677,402.86 every year.
      That's $51,306,450.23 every month.
      That's $1,686,787.40 every day.
      It's easy to see why people were pissed off when you see the numbers, more so you have to consider this telescope was unlike anything that anybody had ever seen before. The tax-payer had no idea of its benefits and as far as they were concerned NASA was just throwing $7,388,128,834.36 into space for no beneficial reason.
      It's easier for us to understand and accept Hubble's worth/cost/value as we have grown up with its existence and amazing results.
      :)

  • @gametheoryoptional4708
    @gametheoryoptional4708 Před 7 lety +219

    the part about the deep field being the size of a pinhead at arms length is blowing my mind.

    • @redlion145
      @redlion145 Před 7 lety

      Apparent size, but yeah.They're still galaxies, each encompassing thousands of stars.

    • @VoidCOC
      @VoidCOC Před 7 lety +1

      thousands of stars? its actually millions of stars in a galaxy

    • @leilah9885
      @leilah9885 Před 7 lety +26

      No its billions of stars

    • @gametheoryoptional4708
      @gametheoryoptional4708 Před 7 lety +4

      milky way has 100,000,000,000

    • @redlion145
      @redlion145 Před 7 lety

      If they're young galaxies, it's logical to assume they wouldn't have as many fully formed stars as a mature galaxy, hence the low figure. But yeah, orders of magnitude.

  • @dipanshuc
    @dipanshuc Před 3 lety +18

    Hubble Deep Field is such a mind-blowing image. Everytime I see it, I see something new and amazing. I have saved it my wallpaper and I often end up just staring at my screen.

  • @UMANGPLAYS
    @UMANGPLAYS Před 2 lety +15

    Now James Webb is launched which is 100 times more powerful, imagine what it can discover.

  • @noahroberts9080
    @noahroberts9080 Před 7 lety +137

    Seeing that many galaxies in such a small spec, makes me feel infinitely insignificant..

    • @dude2345672
      @dude2345672 Před 7 lety +36

      don't worry, you matter to other equally insignificant people

    • @SpaceBandit666
      @SpaceBandit666 Před 7 lety +2

      Strike the earth my friend!

    • @dude2345672
      @dude2345672 Před 7 lety +2

      NeonHologram666 UristMcMiner cancels mining - pondering the vastness of the universe

    • @PyroSeeker
      @PyroSeeker Před 7 lety +7

      That's my favorite thing about the universe. How insignificant it makes me feel. There could be intelligent life on a planet in all of those galaxies.

    • @creepinwhileyousleepin
      @creepinwhileyousleepin Před 7 lety

      it should

  • @MrTheenDx
    @MrTheenDx Před 7 lety +1159

    Vox is now becoming my favorite CZcams channel in my subscription list. Well done videos and interesting topics.

    • @nakenmil
      @nakenmil Před 7 lety +6

      Yeah, I've been giving them a try lately and they have a lot of interesting and not overly long vids so far. :)

    • @jerodwolf5582
      @jerodwolf5582 Před 7 lety +2

      The channel has done some great work, but in politics, they show a biased view towards one of the candidates

    • @MolotovBg
      @MolotovBg Před 7 lety +3

      Yeah, but if you know they are biased and ignore their political stuff, the rest is pretty well done.

    • @JosiahHilden
      @JosiahHilden Před 7 lety +8

      +PaperBoy62 you can't escape bias, you can only recognize it and adjust for it.

    • @ekulerudamuru
      @ekulerudamuru Před 7 lety +5

      I only watch their science stuff or when Joss Fong (the narrator in this vid) is in..

  • @roysocanalyst9172
    @roysocanalyst9172 Před 4 lety +118

    just wait for "James Webb Telescope". It will disrupt the astronomy again.

    • @motoporn9055
      @motoporn9055 Před 4 lety +1

      That if they aren't hoarding its discovery...

    • @waltciii3
      @waltciii3 Před 3 lety +1

      Disrupt or prove... that we are among "billions and billions"

    • @MichaelGa
      @MichaelGa Před 3 lety +1

      I may not live that long. The technology the builders started with is already 20 years old.

    • @grim2642
      @grim2642 Před 3 lety

      i can't wait. they are polishing the mirros for 3 more years. i PRAY nothing happens to it.

  • @AT-fe2ei
    @AT-fe2ei Před 3 lety +14

    Every time id see that photo on the internet I'd remember the fact that it takes almost 4gb to load. That even if you zoom at the darkest part of that photo, you'll still see galaxies, and then more galaxies. Great photo

  • @Mathewmatic
    @Mathewmatic Před 6 lety +241

    0:36
    In case anybody cares, the star located at ra 5h 55m 10s dec +7° 24' 26" is Betelgeuse, which most people would recognize as Orion's shoulder.

    • @skortana3760
      @skortana3760 Před 4 lety +8

      Thx

    • @hazefields9598
      @hazefields9598 Před 4 lety +4

      Like anyone is looking at Orions' shoulder.

    • @rileyuktv6426
      @rileyuktv6426 Před 4 lety +8

      The Egyptians did - wonder why?

    • @heithhuffman7945
      @heithhuffman7945 Před 4 lety +6

      Beetlejuice is pretty awesome! It's hard to imagine it being more than 900 times bigger than our Sun. AND over 700 light years away!

    • @bhbluebird
      @bhbluebird Před 4 lety +3

      Say it three times in a row and Michael Keaton shows up:)

  • @TeamTwiistz
    @TeamTwiistz Před 7 lety +1058

    We love you Joss Fong

    • @JOEelGAMD
      @JOEelGAMD Před 7 lety +2

      yeah

    • @marbleherogaming735
      @marbleherogaming735 Před 7 lety +37

      She has a great voice

    • @bhaigeniushoon
      @bhaigeniushoon Před 7 lety +14

      she's my favorite teacher

    • @phuturephunk
      @phuturephunk Před 7 lety +6

      If she is creeped out, can you blame her? I swear the Asian flush video was terrible for that sh*t. I mean really guys...stop and think before you type.

    • @Helljumper7200
      @Helljumper7200 Před 7 lety +16

      Stop dude.. all these feminists wouldn't want you giving an attractive woman with a slim figure any attention.

  • @sledgesulph2964
    @sledgesulph2964 Před 4 lety +290

    With Hubble telescope I can probably find my father..........

  • @_samuelajayi
    @_samuelajayi Před 3 lety +25

    The observation started on the day I was born !!!!! This makes me happy. The beginning of 2 beautiful things 😄

  • @largofella
    @largofella Před 7 lety +110

    Where's the flat planet people

    • @princediop8190
      @princediop8190 Před 7 lety +4

      Stop ridiculing me and my beliefs. Just because you've been brainwashed by society into a perfect little sheeple doesn't mean other people like to think for themselves. I don't know how your still able to believe that our planet is "round" even with the tremendous amount of proof proving that it's flat.
      WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!!!!!

    • @xavierrodriguez2463
      @xavierrodriguez2463 Před 7 lety +27

      +p.d d.p if the earth is flat howcome clouds stay lit at the bottom for an hour after the sun goes below the horizon.

    • @xavierrodriguez2463
      @xavierrodriguez2463 Před 7 lety +10

      +p.d d.p if the BS flat earther spew was true don't you think NASA would
      Be deleting that stuff and erasing the Bedford levels experiment from history?

    • @gododoof
      @gododoof Před 7 lety +37

      It's on the back of 4 elephants that stand on a giant turtle.

    • @lereff1382
      @lereff1382 Před 7 lety +24

      +gododoof
      WRONG. The elephants are on the back of two platapuses that are standing on the giant turtle. YOU FORGOT THE PLATAPUSES DUDE.

  • @jasondaniel918
    @jasondaniel918 Před 4 lety +26

    I simply cannot wrap my mind around how immense the time/space continuum is. Stories like this one help me move toward some comprehension of that immensity. I also very much appreciate how astronomers learned to share data in a timely manner. If only archeology would adopt the same perspective.

  • @Nyerguds
    @Nyerguds Před 4 lety +13

    This image was used in the game Undertale, at what remains one of my favourite moments in the game. In the game, it seemed to say that even the darkest, smallest and most bland-looking places, things and people can contain amazing beauty if you just bother to look closely.
    It's been my desktop background for years now.

  • @maynunal
    @maynunal Před 2 lety +3

    can't wait for the WEBB telescope photos of the same spot!!!

  • @thrillhouse_vanhouten
    @thrillhouse_vanhouten Před 7 lety +420

    Anyone interested in this story, the Hubble telescope, or space travel in general would do well to look up a copy of IMAX Hubble, an imax film shot mostly by the astronauts on the first mission to fix the telescope after it went up. It's narrated by Leonardo Dicaprio. It's a really, really incredible film that changed the way I looked at outer space.

    • @hengineer
      @hengineer Před 7 lety +3

      I have that on Blu-ray, really good documentary.

    • @Disected
      @Disected Před 7 lety +1

      Is it in 3d

    • @thrillhouse_vanhouten
      @thrillhouse_vanhouten Před 7 lety

      Supa Creepa
      iirc there's a 3D version of the film, but it's totally worth seeing on a standard screen as well!

    • @rockstaraz6576
      @rockstaraz6576 Před 7 lety

      THRILLHO Seen it but I'll gladly see it again & again !! As tools goes Hubble Telescope is the best Mankind could make in the 1980's . Next up is the
      James Webb Telescope ! Unlike Hubble Webb's Telescope will be on the other side of the 🌒 Moon , so no fix it missions to fix the Webb if it's not 100% so good luck & Thank You Hubble for all the Science & Countless Amazing Images​ !

    • @thrillhouse_vanhouten
      @thrillhouse_vanhouten Před 7 lety +7

      The Last Relevant Sage 10/10 troll

  • @psyclotronxx3083
    @psyclotronxx3083 Před 5 lety +59

    I remember when it was published. Everyone saw it at the exact same time for the first time. It was jaw dropping. Still is.

  • @sauravshukla7391
    @sauravshukla7391 Před 3 lety +18

    James Webb to be launched in October 2021 will be a time machine.

  • @vikraal6974
    @vikraal6974 Před 4 lety +50

    1:31 one of the earliest memes

    • @vishalchaudhari976
      @vishalchaudhari976 Před 3 lety +6

      Comics in Newspapers were always been a crisp and sharp humour . Today's meme humor is just lame.

  • @TheDarkhorse228
    @TheDarkhorse228 Před 7 lety +17

    Every time i see the Deep Field picture it makes me realize how absolutely insanely massive the universe is.

  • @pdubthegod7524
    @pdubthegod7524 Před 7 lety +93

    I don't understand how some people don't want to be bothered with learning any of the fields of science. I wish I could go back to when I was younger so I could've paid more attention during science class. I kick myself in the ass all the time thinking about what could've been had I just paid attention.

    • @neilmiller2474
      @neilmiller2474 Před 5 lety +16

      learn now! school only scratches the subject...its a taster of subjects, and really only teaches us to read,write and count...do you think carl sagan and richard dawkins and the likes left secondary school and became top of thier field straight of the bat?....its a massive and never ending subject and it needs truly interested, new people to become involved. it's never too late my man.!!! good luck!

    • @oreodimasdale3840
      @oreodimasdale3840 Před 5 lety +4

      Haha. Good thing we have internet nowadays and these kinds of channels to learn things that are even out of our field.

    • @ericwidder2954
      @ericwidder2954 Před 4 lety

      jesus me too.....

    • @dacypher22
      @dacypher22 Před 4 lety +3

      I promise I don't work for them, but there are free astronomy courses you can take on Coursera that are actual online courses from major universities. It breaks my heart when people say that they have passed this dead stop where they missed out on school or something like that. If you are alive right now you can learn and you are already on the best tool in the world to do so.

    • @lolitahaze02
      @lolitahaze02 Před 4 lety +1

      Honestly we didnt have interesting enough teachers back in the day...

  • @Unknown-tk4ul
    @Unknown-tk4ul Před 3 lety +15

    The next video should be "The 2021 James Webb Telescope photo that changed astronomy"

    • @scienceium5233
      @scienceium5233 Před 3 lety

      hopefully

    • @hotchi1566
      @hotchi1566 Před 2 lety

      James Webb Telescope has been postponed for many years

    • @Unknown-tk4ul
      @Unknown-tk4ul Před 2 lety

      @@hotchi1566 Yeah, but NASA has finally announced that James Webb Telescope will launch on November 2021

    • @hotchi1566
      @hotchi1566 Před 2 lety

      @@Unknown-tk4ul Hope there is no delay this time. And the James Webb Telescope mainly focuses on a lower frequency range, from long-wavelength visible light through mid-infrared, which is different from Hubble.

  • @kiansaghafi8681
    @kiansaghafi8681 Před 3 lety +8

    It really makes me sad that I can’t see more of the universe in my lifetime, for my life I will be bound to this world.

  • @rogeresposito9675
    @rogeresposito9675 Před 7 lety +404

    Looking at photos like this one makes me feel like humanity is so useless

    • @RudiL94
      @RudiL94 Před 7 lety +113

      Small? Yes. Useless? I feel the opposite.

    • @yvettemadelaine
      @yvettemadelaine Před 7 lety +41

      It makes me AMAZED we are here. And grateful :)

    • @rogeresposito9675
      @rogeresposito9675 Před 7 lety +21

      If you think about it, all we are is atoms. And these faraway galaxies are basically atoms too. And so is everything in the universe.
      We may all feel separated, but we are all connected. We are one.

    • @thrillhouse_vanhouten
      @thrillhouse_vanhouten Před 7 lety +31

      There was a really wonderful quote from Stanley Kubrick about the vastness and indifference of the universe that I found very comforting:
      "The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death---however mutable man may be able to make them---our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."

    • @sycoticdeninard7480
      @sycoticdeninard7480 Před 7 lety +6

      More like insignificant, just like a cow fart.

  • @vinyltracks3641
    @vinyltracks3641 Před 7 lety +223

    What makes me sad is that I won't be alive to experience/see actual space travel (visiting other planets and galaxies etc..)

    • @christopherprats
      @christopherprats Před 7 lety +10

      You never know! We're advancing quickly in space travel and don't we already have plans to send someone to Mars by 2025?

    • @Sleeperalt
      @Sleeperalt Před 7 lety +19

      but intergalactic travel is seeming impossible even if we could travel the speed of light and science says we can't go past the speed of light but I say we just don't know if we can

    • @vinyltracks3641
      @vinyltracks3641 Před 7 lety +12

      Christopher Prats Im talking farther than travelling to mars.. im talking about colonising mars, visiting habitable planets, discovering new species in space etc..

    • @TrollinJoker
      @TrollinJoker Před 7 lety +8

      You may be alive to witness the colonisation of Mars. Theres one man that lives for that mission, and making the improbable happen seems to be his style.

    • @christopherprats
      @christopherprats Před 7 lety +1

      *****
      I feel like we'll go to another galaxy one day, not soon, and not in one trip. If we do, we'll be doing it one or two planets/ asteroids at a time

  • @williamolson5728
    @williamolson5728 Před 4 lety +8

    I had that photo as the background on my computer for years

  • @reallifelegend4781
    @reallifelegend4781 Před 2 lety +2

    What i find interesting is that no matter how far out, we find fully formed galaxies.

  • @avuhhh
    @avuhhh Před 7 lety +323

    it makes me sad that more people don't know about Vox

  • @nickarntsen6688
    @nickarntsen6688 Před 5 lety +622

    1:51 wtf John Lennon doing there

    • @user-gk3lu1gg9t
      @user-gk3lu1gg9t Před 4 lety +14

      Literally nobody there looks like John Lennon. Have you ever seen a photo of him?

    • @jarheadmstr1866
      @jarheadmstr1866 Před 4 lety +60

      M ya the dude sitting down looks like John Lennon without his jesus beard

    • @mhx6437
      @mhx6437 Před 4 lety +2

      @@user-gk3lu1gg9t You are correct though, doesn't look exactly like John Lennon if you do a google search.

    • @jarheadmstr1866
      @jarheadmstr1866 Před 4 lety +29

      mhx64 that’s because it’s not him, it was a joke

    • @mhx6437
      @mhx6437 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jarheadmstr1866 Mhm.

  • @AyushKumar-ng6vk
    @AyushKumar-ng6vk Před 4 lety +40

    3:32 doesn't that 2 seconds blow your mind

  • @tadaitrang9638
    @tadaitrang9638 Před 3 lety +2

    DID YOU KNOW that the Very Large Array, based in US state of New Mexico, is made up of 27 antennas that work together to act as one giant dish? With an effective collecting area over 13,000 square metres, the VLA has been used to to make key observations of black holes and how planets are formed.

  • @mpaulm
    @mpaulm Před 6 lety +66

    What’s amazing is less than 100 years ago we didn’t even know there were other galaxies!

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 Před 4 lety +1

      They did.

    • @johnturtle6649
      @johnturtle6649 Před 4 lety +3

      Just look up the dogon tribe. 1000 year old knowledge of sirius A and B and an accurate star map.

    • @Metztii
      @Metztii Před 4 lety

      @@johnturtle6649 Damm, each day you learn something new

    • @Xykaru
      @Xykaru Před 4 lety +2

      @Dooger D Dog There's a distinct difference between mapping stars and having modern calculated understanding of our perceived universe as we do currently.
      No need to act childish.

    • @beactivebehappy9894
      @beactivebehappy9894 Před 4 lety +2

      Refer to Aryabhatta texts dating back to 3000 BC

  • @sergiowolfpac
    @sergiowolfpac Před 7 lety +9

    Have to thank everyone that was involved in the Hubble Space Telescope because those photographs helped spark scientific curiosity in hundreds of millions of people

  • @kguygo
    @kguygo Před 2 lety +5

    Let's see what webb can do.

  • @Hewhowalksbehindtherows
    @Hewhowalksbehindtherows Před 3 lety +4

    My great uncle helped design one of the lenses on Hubble.

  • @tommo9176
    @tommo9176 Před 7 lety +12

    you could literally voice-over anything and I feel like I'd be learning something. Such a great voice. Vox, you're the best (and Joss too!)

  • @adorau88
    @adorau88 Před 7 lety +170

    I mean this in the most non-suicidal way: Life is so small and so pointless and our lives aren't even a spec of dust. Still, so beautiful though.

    • @vjm3
      @vjm3 Před 7 lety +17

      When we realize how unimportant humanity is, we can then relish in the thought that we as individuals are completely free to decide what to make of this mistake called existence. That's actually really uplifting if you ask me.
      You like dressing as a furry? So what? You're not gonna offend God. He's probably busy messing with a speck of a galaxy in one of those pictures seen in this video, or something. Who cares what uptight Mc-Douche bag thinks of you?

    • @stanley2903
      @stanley2903 Před 7 lety +9

      When I stare across the sky and see the milky way or any other beautiful celestial object, there is this feeling that stirs in me. I can never seem to adequately describe it. Awe, peaceful, being in the moment, part of something bigger.

    • @matrixistrue
      @matrixistrue Před 7 lety +1

      Our lives are a speck of dust in an infinite cosmos, with infinite possibilities, that's inspiring

    • @Deloooon
      @Deloooon Před 6 lety

      If there was one more or less anti matter, the Big Bang wouldn’t have happened

    • @dzimbeck
      @dzimbeck Před 6 lety +4

      the earth is flat these photos are just composite cgi cartoons

  • @keithsudzy4364
    @keithsudzy4364 Před 4 lety +12

    Still my Favorite image, It says it all! You can't Fathom how far those galaxies are...Truly Amazing

  • @ritulgogoi464
    @ritulgogoi464 Před 2 lety +3

    Cant wait to see what webb telescope will bring to us!!

  • @jackpistone8015
    @jackpistone8015 Před 7 lety +54

    I love this channel so darn much. Is there anyway you could make two videos a day?

    • @jacrooki9560
      @jacrooki9560 Před 7 lety +8

      me too this quality of video and very interesting content amazes me

    • @dosmastrify
      @dosmastrify Před 7 lety +2

      Jack Pistone double their budget and it's done

    • @hellosiri1483
      @hellosiri1483 Před 5 lety

      yes you have to trust earth is flat

    • @RonaldwDupuy
      @RonaldwDupuy Před 4 lety

      @@hellosiri1483
      Mb n

  • @cadcom4985
    @cadcom4985 Před 7 lety +8

    Incredible Video again!
    Love how you pick an interesting topic and put so much research and thought into such a small video!

  • @rxhul592
    @rxhul592 Před 3 lety +8

    To the artist who prepares the visuals to all of Vox's videos, I appreciate you You are amazing

  • @karel_1873
    @karel_1873 Před 2 lety +11

    Anyone here cause James Webb just launched!?

  • @younglionel88
    @younglionel88 Před 7 lety +186

    it only takes hubble an hour to get around the whole planet?

    • @Vox
      @Vox  Před 7 lety +148

      it's moving 17,000 mph (27,300 kph)!

    • @alexandrossainidis8361
      @alexandrossainidis8361 Před 7 lety +2

      Was it going slower when the module was installed?

    • @brianbaker4378
      @brianbaker4378 Před 7 lety +78

      it wasn't slowed down the astronauts and shuttle were just orbiting at the same speed.

    • @Tsar_Waddles
      @Tsar_Waddles Před 7 lety +25

      Yup there is no resistance in space, so objects move incredibly fast around large objects that produce a large gravitational acceleration.

    • @penitent2401
      @penitent2401 Před 7 lety +34

      can't slow it down, the orbit is established to keep it in place around the Earth, it was moving that fast to keep it relatively close to the Earth . the closer the orbit is to the Earth the faster it has to move to balance out the Earth's gravity pulling it in. it is a precise balance, if it's moving too slow then gravity will pull it crashing back down to Earth, if too fast then it escapes the Earth's gravity and fly off.
      In comparison, geosynchronous satellites (those that stays above a fixed point on the Earth) has to orbit much further out as one orbit must match Earth's one day.

  • @amirsabanovic
    @amirsabanovic Před 7 lety +6

    Such *gorgeous* video editing! Bravo, Vox!

  • @asmodeusasteroth7137
    @asmodeusasteroth7137 Před 4 lety +5

    Gosh,
    Seems like last year, thanks for this I remember this

  • @widya2550
    @widya2550 Před 4 lety

    My first time watching video from this channel, awesome made. Subscribed

  • @MisterIkeJones
    @MisterIkeJones Před 7 lety +59

    1:49 my initial thoughts: STEVE CARELL WAS IN A SPACE MOVIE?

  • @TheRealSyncRow
    @TheRealSyncRow Před 7 lety +6

    Always cool how vox shows different things that come out of stuff that we wouldn't really realise or notice but is actually pretty important and monumental. thx Vox :D

  • @andromeda2308
    @andromeda2308 Před 3 lety +2

    This is just so fun, pointing a random area and you discover something so beautiful, point another random area and you get another beautiful pic

  • @camweb3192
    @camweb3192 Před 4 lety +1

    This video changed a lot of my understanding of space and how the sky works

  • @rayaan6951
    @rayaan6951 Před 7 lety +16

    Damn your production quality is so professional

  • @thepapercutsurvivor2006
    @thepapercutsurvivor2006 Před 7 lety +9

    This is why Vox is great. They post a lot, but the editing is on point and they don't cut corners when it comes to explaining things

  • @ThompterSHunson
    @ThompterSHunson Před 4 lety +3

    This is the image that changed my life too. My brain was never the same after seeing it. I consider it the most mind-bending thing I ever saw.

  • @arthurr7866
    @arthurr7866 Před 4 lety +9

    Nice clip. The universe is mind boggling! Thanks.

  • @YnseSchaap
    @YnseSchaap Před 7 lety +15

    It's an honor to live in such a beautiful universe !

  • @dannguyen626
    @dannguyen626 Před 6 lety +8

    "The Earth is FLAT!"
    "Pfff, you believe in the Earth?"

  • @dandymcgee
    @dandymcgee Před 3 lety

    I had this photo as my desktop wallpaper as a teenager and had no idea what the backstory was. Truly incredible how a "simple" image could change so much.

  • @elmurcis1
    @elmurcis1 Před 3 lety +1

    From initial failure to time machine to senior telescope that keeps filling that need of exploration.

  • @WR3ND
    @WR3ND Před 6 lety +3

    Some of my favorite astronomy pictures. Really helps put things in perspective - the Carl Sagan of pictures, well, other than that Pale Blue Dot one. So cool.

  • @keithduff6312
    @keithduff6312 Před 7 lety +8

    This is one of my all-time favorite images. I would love to have it in a high quality art canvas. Second would be the historical map "universal description di tutti la terra conosciuta", which shows amazing description of how early Europe viewed the world.
    Vox - please do a video on historical maps and early cartography.

    • @MicahPotts
      @MicahPotts Před 4 lety +1

      I actually made it my personal mission to create a high quality art canvas of this image and it's currently hanging as the centerpiece in my living room. Only costed around $250-$300 from a local print shop after sending them a digital file, is HUGE and I have NO regrets! Make it happen my friend!

  • @survoltron3795
    @survoltron3795 Před 3 lety +1

    Please make a series explaining the story of each picture

  • @pixxelwizzard
    @pixxelwizzard Před 3 lety

    Great video. I'd love a full 30 minute deep dive into this topic.

  • @Showmemercy123
    @Showmemercy123 Před 5 lety +4

    Why am i just now discovering this gem of a channel?!?! Better late than never, i guess.

  • @xXDoubleBounceXx
    @xXDoubleBounceXx Před 7 lety +16

    Who else was waiting for Joss to appear after the video to explain stuff further.

  • @markwellman4530
    @markwellman4530 Před 4 lety +3

    The HUbble Deep field image was inspirational and mind boggling.

  • @theunknown21329
    @theunknown21329 Před rokem +1

    Hubble deep field, Apollo 8 Earthrise and Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot will forever remain to be the most legendary pictures ever.

  • @CodyAlushin
    @CodyAlushin Před 6 lety +106

    Makes me feel just a little small...

  • @horseradish843
    @horseradish843 Před 7 lety +8

    This was great and very interesting. Good job!

  • @forg_tfuI
    @forg_tfuI Před 4 lety +114

    subscribed! good job👍👍👍

  • @crispinjulius5032
    @crispinjulius5032 Před 3 lety +7

    2076 - The James Webb Space Telescope image that changed history: “We’re sorry. The image you’re looking for does not exist. We encourage you to watch another, ‘It will be so amazing when the JWST is finally in action,’ CZcams video.”

  • @zeckdahl
    @zeckdahl Před 7 lety +5

    Hubble brought forth an absolute paradigm shift...great video!!!

  • @isukinaway3737
    @isukinaway3737 Před 5 lety +6

    Learning about space makes me want to explore it once I’m dead. Like a spirit in sandbox mode without creative permissions.

  • @notgaryoldman1178
    @notgaryoldman1178 Před 4 lety +279

    1:50 What's John Lennon doing there.

    • @onlylunaa9783
      @onlylunaa9783 Před 4 lety +5

      Vro u have me dead 💀😂

    • @RonPaul42069
      @RonPaul42069 Před 4 lety +2

      Beat me to it.

    • @Gam1n4eva
      @Gam1n4eva Před 4 lety +21

      1:48 never knew Steve Jobs would be in there

    • @dimitripf
      @dimitripf Před 4 lety +1

      LOL

    • @jamoin3829
      @jamoin3829 Před 4 lety +3

      What is "Not Gary Oldman" doing there??
      right, copy & paste

  • @SafetyMentalst
    @SafetyMentalst Před 3 lety +6

    A true pioneer, Hubble is the only telescope designed to be maintained by astronauts in space-and it’s spent the past three decades tirelessly roaming the universe, beaming down moment after moment of extraterrestrial grandeur.

  • @shiroiron
    @shiroiron Před 6 lety +10

    3:29 I love this image.

  • @RoleyChiu
    @RoleyChiu Před 7 lety +18

    It's videos like this that inspire me to continue learning after effects.

  • @justaguy4real
    @justaguy4real Před 3 lety +2

    I love the shots like at 4:51 showing a moving scene through galactic areas. I get so astonished of the fact there are literally TRILLIONS of galaxies. Absolutely NO DOUBT there are other intelligent civilizations out there.

    • @lillemy5062
      @lillemy5062 Před 3 lety

      IKR!!! It's so exciting to think about

  • @queuzed
    @queuzed Před 4 lety +2

    I really dont know how people dont believe in other life forms, in just that picture there are probably billions of unique planets that can contain life. People that dont believe in alien life probably just dont get how enormous the universe is.