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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
  • How did Earth get its season? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explain how the Earth got its seasons, its axial tilt, the Milankovitch Cycle, and more! What are seasons like on other planets?
    Neil breaks down the biggest misconception about Earth’s elliptical orbit. Why is noon not the hottest time of day? Why is June not the hottest month of the year? We explore the Hadean Period and how the Earth got its tilt, the Milankovitch Cycle, and what causes ice ages. Plus, discover what seasons on Venus and Uranus are like.
    Animator: Luca Depardon
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    Timestamps:
    00:00 - The Hadean Period
    1:54 - Why Earth Has Seasons
    6:40 - The Milankovich Cycle
    9:24 - Understanding the Tropics
    10:35 - Season on Other Planets
    12:31 - Closing: An Intricate Dance
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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  Před 24 dny +90

    What should Neil explain next?

    • @SageRites
      @SageRites Před 24 dny +21

      I would love a talk about magnetars and pulsars.

    • @michaelccopelandsr7120
      @michaelccopelandsr7120 Před 24 dny +3

      @@SiriusDogStar369 I think it'd be better to start with you, little buddy. What's with the rage hate?

    • @Obito_RL
      @Obito_RL Před 24 dny +20

      How to read the night sky without a telescope

    • @nj590
      @nj590 Před 24 dny +5

      The theory of the fateful encounter, how the first single cell organisms became multicellular

    • @joyce696
      @joyce696 Před 24 dny +2

      Stars. Sun. Supernovas and how they effect planets?

  • @FurryLover01
    @FurryLover01 Před 24 dny +170

    Neil and chuck are great together it’s crazy

  • @MysticJhn
    @MysticJhn Před 23 dny +59

    When Neil wants to, his voice is just so relaxing and smooth. Man could probably read the dictionary to you and still be relaxing.

    • @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw
      @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Před 3 dny

      he is like James Earl Jones.

    • @MysticJhn
      @MysticJhn Před 3 dny

      @@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Some people just have a naturally perfect voice.
      Of course, James Earl Jones' voice was also boosted by his incredible acting.

  • @tudorpodea5027
    @tudorpodea5027 Před 23 dny +67

    A live audience would have burst out with serious laughter a couple of times and end with some well deserved applause. Beautiful show!

  • @lorisfoucart2475
    @lorisfoucart2475 Před 24 dny +86

    Episodes are feeling like treats lately !
    Love from France

  • @CheifR0cka
    @CheifR0cka Před 23 dny +35

    As much as I love Neil's office, I really like the new set. Very clean and sleek looking.

    • @littlebitstrouds
      @littlebitstrouds Před 23 dny +1

      It’s the Meta NYC office studio. They were probably visiting.

  • @michaelccopelandsr7120
    @michaelccopelandsr7120 Před 24 dny +120

    Neil and Chuck for 2024

    • @tmmalone1986
      @tmmalone1986 Před 23 dny

      What? Trump 2024. Neil talks stars. Trump run these streets. Wtf you talking about

    • @Paine137
      @Paine137 Před 23 dny +6

      @@tmmalone1986Do you also bleat in your sleep or only while awake. Orange Dumbbell runs the streets the same way he runs his failed companies, into the ground.

    • @xyo224
      @xyo224 Před 23 dny +2

      How about we don’t bring politics into something like this and just leave that to your own personal thoughts

  • @jjames_010
    @jjames_010 Před 24 dny +66

    i needed neil to tell me a story tbh

    • @Experion121
      @Experion121 Před 24 dny +4

      I put his documentaries on when I can’t fall asleep

    • @sonant6622
      @sonant6622 Před 23 dny +2

      @@Experion121 i thought i was the only one lol. Startalk gets me lost in thought and i fall asleep so quickly

  • @tommyclark2709
    @tommyclark2709 Před 23 dny +22

    Every StarTalk video is awesome, but guys…. You blew this video outta the water! Amazing description and understanding for all! And terrific story time!

  • @TheRabbitRonin
    @TheRabbitRonin Před 23 dny +17

    12:25 Just like how brothers would act with each other haha and that's why these two work so well with each other even though they are not actual brothers.

  • @billionsandbillionsofstars
    @billionsandbillionsofstars Před 23 dny +19

    These two have the best bromance!❤

  • @the_meccaneer
    @the_meccaneer Před 24 dny +28

    Neil’s dance at 6.16 never gets old. 😂

  • @terryl7874
    @terryl7874 Před 23 dny +9

    I have learned more about space and time than I ever did in school. Well done sir!!!

  • @DustinDoesStuff
    @DustinDoesStuff Před 23 dny +6

    The chemistry between these 2 are great. I'm laughing so hard and learning random bits about our planet's orbit.

  • @xuevgermanist
    @xuevgermanist Před 24 dny +12

    11:59
    I don't know about you, but I'm saving this sound effect.

  • @samsmith2635
    @samsmith2635 Před 23 dny +4

    The Chemistry between you two is like you took your normal hang sessions and turned it into a show. Keep up the great work and keep fighting for Pluto Chuck!

  • @t-fuelernienotoriousmisfit7449

    I love this explanation. Gentleman, I applaud you. I will share this with my family as a teaching tool 💫💯👌

  • @lindafox1679
    @lindafox1679 Před 23 dny +3

    I just love you guys!!! Always a a learning laugh that makes me smile ❤❤ Great bday gift too! Thank you ❣️

  • @robertwhitemoto
    @robertwhitemoto Před 23 dny +6

    You guys are perfect together !! Thanks for yet another lesson !!

  • @ashisuto3437
    @ashisuto3437 Před 23 dny +3

    Love the video! To everyone on the team who is able to make this happen, thank you!

  • @SuperManning11
    @SuperManning11 Před 23 dny +4

    I wish I could learn all science this way. These two are golden!

  • @jussihanski6034
    @jussihanski6034 Před 23 dny

    Good stuff. Fast-paced and enough visualisations. Great way to start a day.

  • @wabisabi6875
    @wabisabi6875 Před 23 dny +4

    Always so much fun learning stuff with these guys!

  • @LlamameJazz
    @LlamameJazz Před 23 dny +1

    This video is beyond beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! 😊

  • @mariellemendez
    @mariellemendez Před 20 dny

    Absolutely LOVE Neil's videos. And this tandem is a 2 in 1, funny and educational. Never get tired of them!! Please never stop posting!!
    Just wanted to make an observation regarding the graphics, a few times the rotation and translation of the earth is depicted inverted 😊 Just thought it was worrh to mention so that people don't get confused ❤
    Love you guys!

  • @jeremymiller3466
    @jeremymiller3466 Před 24 dny +2

    All right this is absolutely amazing! 🎉🎉🎉 And this is one of the reasons I will always stay tuned lol!

  • @thesuncollective1475
    @thesuncollective1475 Před 24 dny +8

    The ground is heated and radiates, thats news . Love it. Makes sense now😊

    • @user-dh6bj2me5p
      @user-dh6bj2me5p Před 24 dny

      But remember that the reflected light is infrared.

  • @S04P95
    @S04P95 Před 23 dny +3

    New video production is great!

  • @MrKennyroger
    @MrKennyroger Před 23 dny +5

    Degrasse called Pluto soo many time, Pluto was shaking in its orbit thinking "am I getting relegated again??"

    • @bocotton4419
      @bocotton4419 Před 22 dny

      I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when Chuck found out neil killed Pluto

  • @OmniVenom
    @OmniVenom Před 23 dny +2

    I love the new set! And this video was great and very educational.

  • @Chris-hx3om
    @Chris-hx3om Před 23 dny +3

    It's not a time delay thing. It's the fact that the sun doesn't just stop heating at midday/mid-season, it keeps heating as the day/season continues, albeit at a reducing rate. It's accumulation not delay.

  • @puriatabari7176
    @puriatabari7176 Před 23 dny

    Amazing niel and chuck. The addition of animation makes ur Channel grow even faster. Been following u for years. All the best
    Love from Toronto

  • @michaelwaller9561
    @michaelwaller9561 Před 22 dny +1

    I love these guys. So informative and entertaining.

  • @mikeh720
    @mikeh720 Před 23 dny +1

    love that you're back together in a studio!

  • @arthursimmons5919
    @arthursimmons5919 Před 23 dny +1

    You guys are awesome... very enlightning!

  • @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage
    @SheSweetLikSugarNSavage Před 23 dny +2

    ⭐📖 Not ashamed to say that Startalk bedtime storytimes are my absolute favorites❤.

  • @pcouchy3117
    @pcouchy3117 Před 24 dny +236

    Just watched this on 0.5x speed. Try it to see the drunk version! 😂

    • @UTubeLion
      @UTubeLion Před 24 dny +5

      😂😂😂

    • @colinzwicker
      @colinzwicker Před 24 dny +10

      My new hero😂😂😂

    • @fmedina91
      @fmedina91 Před 23 dny +2

      😂

    • @OrlandoAponte
      @OrlandoAponte Před 23 dny +4

      It’s the audible vowel transitions in diphthongs that give the impression of drunkenness at half speed.

    • @LhyloCo
      @LhyloCo Před 23 dny +2

      Hahahaha!!

  • @jonathanjones35
    @jonathanjones35 Před 22 dny

    This was great, as always. I love Star Talk. Neil, you and Chuck are the best.

  • @carrito1981
    @carrito1981 Před 17 dny

    Loving this new format!

  • @AMadd3RHatt3R
    @AMadd3RHatt3R Před 23 dny +3

    😂😂😂 The Pluto interruption lmao! ❤🎉🎉

  • @davygravy5802
    @davygravy5802 Před 23 dny +2

    freakin weird that i searched up why/how we have seasons for the first time ever, and then not one day later this video comes out...

  • @tatertot4810
    @tatertot4810 Před 23 dny +3

    Damn. That was great. I learned a bunch in such a short and fun time. You two together are the best duo science educators. Thanks for everything!

  • @tw1nn319
    @tw1nn319 Před 15 dny +1

    I need Neil to read that entire book, so soothing when he speaks

  • @dawnhansen7886
    @dawnhansen7886 Před 23 dny

    Educational Entertainment
    to the MAX ❗️
    I Love StarTalk ❤

  • @katesmiles4208
    @katesmiles4208 Před 24 dny +2

    I loved the visualisations. 😊

  • @SlammedZero
    @SlammedZero Před 20 dny

    This was a fantastic episode. Even though I knew some of these things, it's still fun to check your knowledge on. Keep fighting that fight for Pluto Chuck!! haha

  • @andrewslat7283
    @andrewslat7283 Před 23 dny

    Great talk on the seasons! I grew up near the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York. The effect the lake's surface temperature has on surface temperatures on land (if you're close enough to the lake) is quite substantial in the spring and very early summer. And the opposite occurs in the fall and early winter. 🙂

  • @iy3165
    @iy3165 Před 22 dny +1

    That's what I'm talking about... Amazing Studio!!!

  • @redrobotdubz
    @redrobotdubz Před 23 dny +1

    Love the new setup, gentlemen!

  • @subeernadgonde16
    @subeernadgonde16 Před 23 dny +1

    Awesome. One of the episodes that I bookmark for my kids.

  • @davidmanning7052
    @davidmanning7052 Před 23 dny

    As unusual, outstanding presentation! Thank You both...

  • @stanleydelano9169
    @stanleydelano9169 Před 22 dny

    Great episode, like it when both of you are together rather than zoom!

  • @853massey
    @853massey Před 23 dny +1

    Love this channel, really love it.

  • @phelipbarrospeixoto6426

    I would love a video on what Tyson thinks about the orbit of the planets and the orbit of electrons on an atom being displayed so similar.
    Thanks Sirs! Love this channel.

  • @tomsamaey1972
    @tomsamaey1972 Před 4 dny

    Very very clear and entertaining! Greetings Belgium

  • @BloodTithingsGaming
    @BloodTithingsGaming Před 23 dny +1

    Only Startalk can completely intrigue me one moment and then make me laugh out loud the next.

  • @anthonyhuerta2231
    @anthonyhuerta2231 Před 24 dny +10

    Neil speaking science after all these Terrance Howard’s videos is like taking Tylenol for a headache. Thank you.🙏

    • @memphisgamein9015
      @memphisgamein9015 Před 24 dny +1

      Both well need it💯

    • @Brandon066362
      @Brandon066362 Před 23 dny

      What’s Terrance Howard saying now?

    • @roberth721
      @roberth721 Před 23 dny

      ​@@Brandon066362that 1 × 0 =1, and that moons are pooped out by planets, so Jupiter's red spot is a moon forming rather than a storm.

    • @aashishpandey5461
      @aashishpandey5461 Před 21 dnem

      Waiting for Neil to break the ice 😀

    • @electrovoyage2613
      @electrovoyage2613 Před 19 dny

      I gave Terrence almost a minute on Rogan. Had to switch the channel. I couldn't do it.

  • @lancelanier
    @lancelanier Před 24 dny +5

    I love you guys.

  • @tylerc161
    @tylerc161 Před 19 dny

    12:16 I literally laughed so hard right now it made my chair unlock the recline. This was so good guys.

  • @d.charlespyle
    @d.charlespyle Před 23 dny

    Kudos for the animated graphic of the earth displaying the correct direction of the tilt! I see so many images, memes and analogies all over the Internet that get that wrong!

  • @danielletanguay7272
    @danielletanguay7272 Před 24 dny +2

    Love to Chuck and Neil from Canada! 🇨🇦

  • @donnavogt433
    @donnavogt433 Před 22 dny

    I loved the bed time story. !! Well put!!

  • @jannosek6784
    @jannosek6784 Před 15 dny

    The studio looks AMAZING

  • @halellujahmadida6873
    @halellujahmadida6873 Před 23 dny +1

    Finally understand what tropic of capricon is. I pass this landmark everytime🤔😮

  • @Eltoca21
    @Eltoca21 Před 24 dny +5

    When one talks about the planetary tilts, how is horizontal and vertical determined in space? What is the reference point or what are they measuring it against to determine horizontal and vertical? Not sure if I am asking this question correctly but perhaps someone will understand what I am getting at lol.

    • @mriandecker6533
      @mriandecker6533 Před 24 dny +5

      So, when we describe the tilt of a planet, it's with respect to that planets orbit around the sun. So, take the Earth. Assuming that its orbit is 0 degrees, Earth tilts 23.5 degrees off its orbital plane. For describing a tilted orbit, it's with respect to the sun itself. Assuming that the sun's tilt is at 0 degrees, any planets orbit is measured from that. That being said, there is no universal reference point. Everything has to be measured with respect to something else, in this case, the sun is that reference point. Hope this helps you to understand!

    • @Mark_Bridges
      @Mark_Bridges Před 23 dny

      @@mriandecker6533 A tilted orbit such as Pluto's is usually specified in relation to either the Earth's ecliptic (orbital plane) or the invariable plane which is the average orbital plane of the entire solar system. The Sun's equator does not match either of those. Neil said Pluto's orbit is tilted 17 degrees, that is relative to the ecliptic. Look up 'invariable plane' in wikipedia if you want more information including the sun's tilt in relation to both the ecliptic and invariable plane.

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 Před 23 dny

      The reference is to the plane that contains the planets. Yes, all planets are located in the same plane.

    • @jeepliving1
      @jeepliving1 Před 23 dny

      The measurements are all relative. As Einstein described in his famous theory. 🙃

    • @Mark_Bridges
      @Mark_Bridges Před 23 dny

      @@alani3992 Roughly the same plane, but not exactly. The orbital planes of each planet vary by a few degrees.

  • @mrpearson1230
    @mrpearson1230 Před 23 dny

    This new setup is amazing 👏🏾

  • @michaelarrington2345
    @michaelarrington2345 Před 21 dnem

    Another great episode ❤

  • @sikhanyisokhambule2118

    My Geography teacher didn't explain this so eloquently and more understnadably than Neil has. Cheers to Neil.

  • @dougalmcalpine6804
    @dougalmcalpine6804 Před 23 dny

    That was so really extremely awesomely fantastic.

  • @rajanthathomas6009
    @rajanthathomas6009 Před 20 dny

    My daily therapy of knowledge and mind relaxation ❤

  • @HunterLynch333
    @HunterLynch333 Před 23 dny +3

    Amazing. More more more

  • @EarlAlvinDaniels
    @EarlAlvinDaniels Před 17 dny

    Good format, good banter, good pace. Already knew the topic, still enjoyed.
    NEXT topic: what happens when light/radiated energy "hits" the edge of the universe and/or otherwise slows down? Wouldn't e=mc^2 say it turns into matter? Albeit so widely dispersed so it might appear dark? 😮 And before you answer that energy doesn't slow down.... Are you sure? How would you prove that?

  • @ScottDincorn
    @ScottDincorn Před 23 dny +1

    What a fantastic episode

  • @BenjySparky
    @BenjySparky Před 23 dny +1

    Neil and Chuck, y'all rock! Peace

  • @pdude1911
    @pdude1911 Před 23 dny

    You guys are intellectual rockstars! Salute from Holland 😊❤

  • @iworms
    @iworms Před 17 dny

    Clear skies to you, Neil and Chuck!

  • @charlessukati4866
    @charlessukati4866 Před 23 dny

    Brilliant lesson from these two ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @MagnusPaul1976
    @MagnusPaul1976 Před 23 dny +1

    Here in South Africa, the hottest time of the day in Summer is roughly at 15H00. In Winter, the ground heat shifts slightly back by about one to two hours, so 13H00-14H00, when it gets quite warm. Obviously, this is because the days are shorter, hence this shift in temperature and ground heat. 😂🤣😊

  • @sammanx91
    @sammanx91 Před 24 dny +4

    Love it go Neil and Chuck

  • @loisrossi841
    @loisrossi841 Před 23 dny

    Great storytelling!

  • @tomreillyart
    @tomreillyart Před 6 dny +1

    Great video Neal, but I wish the tree in the graphic had some individual leaf motion

  • @rays2794
    @rays2794 Před 23 dny +1

    Neil, I absolutely love everything you do. I’ve read several of your books and love the way you explain stuff so idiots like me can understand.

  • @The-binge_710
    @The-binge_710 Před 22 dny

    GREAT CONTENT

  • @pauljames9596
    @pauljames9596 Před 24 dny +11

    Ahhh, thanks Neil for the bedtime story. Next, talk about the hexagon shape in Jupiter's atmosphere considering it violates the laws of "physics"

    • @michaelccopelandsr7120
      @michaelccopelandsr7120 Před 24 dny

      Saturn has it, too.

    • @burpreynolds3250
      @burpreynolds3250 Před 24 dny +1

      What laws does it break ?

    • @slowrunn3r88
      @slowrunn3r88 Před 24 dny

      @@burpreynolds3250I was never familiar with this, so I’m excited to do more research on this. My personal guess is the person meant “it challenges what we’d expect/predict, so we’ll need to discover something new about physics to explain it”
      But I’m just speculating

    • @VegaPhil
      @VegaPhil Před 24 dny +2

      There are plenty of explanations of it that perfectly fit in with current understanding and these have been recreated in experiments. Not sure why you’ve made an extreme statement like “violating laws of physics”. I would like to see Neil talk about these hexagons though

    • @uriituw
      @uriituw Před 23 dny +1

      How does it violate the laws of physics? Be specific.

  • @rachel_rexxx
    @rachel_rexxx Před 23 dny

    Woh classy new set guys

  • @generalscheisskopf7435
    @generalscheisskopf7435 Před 23 dny +2

    Top quality graphics!

  • @haggailubala9385
    @haggailubala9385 Před 10 dny

    Nice explanation

  • @bonnienichalson5151
    @bonnienichalson5151 Před 23 dny

    Love ❤️ that as a bed time story :)✨🌃

  • @matthewv.580
    @matthewv.580 Před 23 dny +1

    I never knew the tilt of the Earth faces the same direction year round! That is cool, thanks for explaining and illustrating.

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 Před 23 dny

      Always pointing to the Pole Star.

    • @martink8080
      @martink8080 Před 23 dny

      @@alani3992 Wait about 12,500 years and it will not be pointing at the Polaris, instead Vega will be the target. Guess we'll have to transfer the nickname.

  • @crunson2000
    @crunson2000 Před 23 dny +1

    LOoks like a comfy new shooting location for Neil to read Chuck his bedtime stories lol

  • @melindaflynn2110
    @melindaflynn2110 Před 19 dny

    🎉 lovely explanation 🎉 thanks ✨️ to yous beautiful strong soul for sharing ❤

  • @alexgant7779
    @alexgant7779 Před 23 dny

    We're 100% rewatching previous videos.

  • @lauram1849
    @lauram1849 Před 23 dny +1

    Love it!

  • @suomi35
    @suomi35 Před 23 dny

    These guys are just great

  • @BENZ-GVEVO
    @BENZ-GVEVO Před 18 dny

    I love their chemistry on every video 😂

  • @Straightprimo
    @Straightprimo Před 23 dny

    Dr. Tyson should write a space movie. Sell it to the best studio and it would blow everyone’s minds.

  • @christinet638
    @christinet638 Před 23 dny

    Chuck I’m crying here!,, 1:48

  • @ErAyushvarshney
    @ErAyushvarshney Před 24 dny

    Good night Dr. Neil thank you for the story

  • @KE-yj4ip
    @KE-yj4ip Před dnem

    good episode.deserves more views even, .... The universe is young.

  • @azreal712
    @azreal712 Před 12 dny

    Seeing chuck do the math on the time delay was awesome and EXACTLY how most of us would do that math.