Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Sun

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  • čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
  • Hottest takes in the solar system? Here comes the sun on this explainer, where Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice break down solar flares, sun spots, and all the things you thought you knew about the star at the center of our solar system.
    How big is the sun? We wrap our heads around the scale of our universe and the role of the sun on our planet. If the sun were magically plucked from its spot, how long would it take for us to realize it? What is “solar max”? How to do sunspots work? What about solar flares? Can they break our satellites? We break down the mechanics of the sun’s interior, the merry-go-round effect, and the flipping of the sun's poles. All that, plus, what are deep sea fishes’ experience with the sun?
    About the prints that flank Neil in this video:
    "Black Swan” & "White Swan" limited edition serigraph prints by Coast Salish artist Jane Kwatleematt Marston. For more information about this artist and her work, visit Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. inuit.com/
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    Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up!
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    0:00 - Introduction
    2:15 - How Light Travels From The Sun
    4:20 - How Big Is The Sun?
    6:40 - What Are Sunspots?
    8:45 - What Are Solar Flares?
    10:18 - The Sun’s Cycles
    12:57 - Closing Notes
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  • @nathanmays7926
    @nathanmays7926 Před 2 lety +54

    While looking at the night stars with my 4 yr old, I asked him what his favorite star is. He said the sun. I've never been so proud.

  • @Ascendancer
    @Ascendancer Před 2 lety +110

    "I´m serious man!!" - love you chuck

    • @princeanyaoha7338
      @princeanyaoha7338 Před 2 lety +1

      😂

    • @feretard6817
      @feretard6817 Před 2 lety +4

      Dude I'm not crazy lol

    • @BisTLeiS
      @BisTLeiS Před 2 lety +1

      100%

    • @Robo311Star
      @Robo311Star Před 2 lety +1

      Sry to bring it here, but my heart weeps when a WM tells a BM he loves them. Now I love you, bro.
      This just made my day♥️🌹❤️🌟💕💞♥️💙🌷

    • @lumpygasinavacuum8449
      @lumpygasinavacuum8449 Před 2 lety

      @@feretard6817 czcams.com/video/NZ_fiAQxAHI/video.html

  • @ZuoKalp
    @ZuoKalp Před 2 lety +268

    Animators, please, PLEASE, bless us with that joke in an animated format.

    • @jsl151850b
      @jsl151850b Před 2 lety +1

      Ricky Gervaise has one of his stories animated. "The Swimming Elephant"
      {Dang! I can't find the version I liked!}

    • @TuxedoMaskMusic
      @TuxedoMaskMusic Před 2 lety +10

      czcams.com/video/dp3vVLEyH_Q/video.html

    • @ZuoKalp
      @ZuoKalp Před 2 lety

      @@TuxedoMaskMusic Thank you Vivi from FF9.

    • @nobodyknows3180
      @nobodyknows3180 Před 2 lety

      @@TuxedoMaskMusic Dude, that was great!

    • @howardOKC
      @howardOKC Před 2 lety

      @@TuxedoMaskMusic The champ!

  • @harlequin7735
    @harlequin7735 Před 2 lety +40

    As much as I love guests on this show, best editions are with Neil and chuck. Period

  • @fizyknaut8108
    @fizyknaut8108 Před 2 lety +143

    Oh my goodness- the urge I feel to animate the fish. I have stuff planned, but I just might.

  • @ericrobinson7184
    @ericrobinson7184 Před 2 lety +3

    The fish out of water rant was one of Chucks best!

  • @heyesfan
    @heyesfan Před 2 lety +21

    “That's amazing!” So is Neil. The volume of information he holds in his head and the beautiful way he expresses it to the rest of us.

  • @pedroakjr2371
    @pedroakjr2371 Před 2 lety +49

    The only channel on youtube I wish the videos were longer.

    • @dahleno2014
      @dahleno2014 Před 2 lety +2

      The only channel on CZcams I wish that the “funny” person wasn’t a part of

    • @Goldengirl48
      @Goldengirl48 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dahleno2014 That "funny person" brings interest in a positive way to a somewhat dry subject. Take time to laugh it makes learning so much more interesting. I wish that there would have been many more teams of educators that present the facts with humor. I think a lot more kids would stay in school.

  • @kigozimuhammad
    @kigozimuhammad Před 2 lety +35

    Challenge accepted . I will animate chuck’s voice on a star fish telling all the nemos in the ocean that

    • @seantlewis376
      @seantlewis376 Před 2 lety +3

      I hope you do it! And send it to Chuck so it gets an airing on StarTalk. You may even get him to voice it.

  • @PauloOliveira-str
    @PauloOliveira-str Před 2 lety +15

    These explainers should be globally mandatory!
    I know I'm repeating myself, but what can I say... it's a cycle.

  • @gyozakeynsianism
    @gyozakeynsianism Před 2 lety +107

    High Chuck is even better than sober Chuck. "I'm not crazy" and that skin blemishes joke just prove it.

    • @musingsbymarco5001
      @musingsbymarco5001 Před 2 lety +3

      Haha, just a little bit.

    • @Morfeusm
      @Morfeusm Před 2 lety +5

      He is sometimes sober?

    • @trayolphia5756
      @trayolphia5756 Před 2 lety +5

      I find it ironic that someone commented about this…and thinking immediately about how a couple of years ago I was high for the first time in ages, and was just sitting on the bed and had this sudden compulsion…and simply searched in CZcams “how does the sun work”…and spent the next week on a binge of space/astronomy documentaries

    • @gyozakeynsianism
      @gyozakeynsianism Před 2 lety +4

      @@trayolphia5756 See? You could be Chuck!
      Or maybe you are Chuck??
      Or maybe we all are Chuck... 😯

  • @raqueldbrinson
    @raqueldbrinson Před 2 lety +23

    FOUND IT!!!
    “The sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do.”

  • @megaskod9343
    @megaskod9343 Před 2 lety +2

    I hate that the show is this short! I could listen to Neil for hours at a time!

  • @superswade1
    @superswade1 Před 2 lety +12

    I could watch this man talk about any topic all day. So cool and informative! Maybe I'll start learning something useful on CZcams now that I've stumbled upon StarTalk!

  • @nofarDcohen
    @nofarDcohen Před 2 lety +15

    I love how animated Neil's explanations are💜 I can imagine crazy concepts thanks to that.

  • @HattieMaeGotMoves
    @HattieMaeGotMoves Před 2 lety +19

    Mann I have a forever Crush on Neil Like I have On Michael Jackson..Once you hear him You just can't get enough.. Classic Make you feel inspired to want to learn have better understanding & an appreciation for LIFE🥳💐

  • @StaticBlaster
    @StaticBlaster Před 2 lety +16

    I like Chuck's humor and I love his shirt. "Science is true whether or not you like it" something like that.

  • @TikkyTakMoo
    @TikkyTakMoo Před 2 lety +42

    9:26 i feel like Neil avoided saying the actual catastrophe those solar flares can cause to not send his audience into mass panic 🤣😶🤫

    • @Drahko12
      @Drahko12 Před 2 lety +3

      I know, I saw a video on other physics channels and is scary in terms of our electronic based economy. Didn’t we dogged a big one on 2010 or 2012 that could have been bad?

    • @zogar8526
      @zogar8526 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Drahko12 I kind of remember hearing about one a little more recent then that that might have been an issue. But the thing is, ones that can cause real problems are pretty rare. Our sun doesn't put out many that big at all, and then even less of them pointed in our direction. It's for sure an issue we really should prepare for. But also one we won't likely experience in our lives. Which makes it sad that means we won't do anything. Just like with astroids and climate change.

    • @TuxedoMaskMusic
      @TuxedoMaskMusic Před 2 lety

      The Great Global Warming Swindel (A documentary by BBC i want to say) talks about how much more the sun flare has an effect on global warming than carbon emission ever could, say nothing of events like super volcano's the earth survived high carbon emissions in the past (mass extincions of animals happened to be sure) but the Earth was fine.

  • @samarkoh
    @samarkoh Před 2 lety +4

    Just wanted to say Neil . You and Chuck have brought my joy for science and curiosity of nature back with all your episodes . Ohh and Michio Kaku

  • @maxwell_brooks
    @maxwell_brooks Před 2 lety +2

    Only wish my science professor would be like this. The class would be less boring and students would learn much more.

  • @marianoquiroga1976
    @marianoquiroga1976 Před 2 lety +5

    Love me some explainer videos, wishing them to last an hour long! Thank you!

  • @SeanKennardRN
    @SeanKennardRN Před 2 lety +5

    Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is officially the king of CZcams thumbnails!🔥👑🔥

  • @Nipplator99999999999
    @Nipplator99999999999 Před 2 lety +8

    Watching Chuck's eyes light up, and face remorse as he realized he had a "that time of the month" joke, but wasn't allowed to make it, is priceless.

    • @humanform5354
      @humanform5354 Před 2 lety +2

      I was SO waiting for that joke to drop, but I guess he caught himself...

  • @SpurnOfHumanity
    @SpurnOfHumanity Před 2 lety +8

    I love when Neil just goes on...

  • @SpikeXtreme
    @SpikeXtreme Před 2 lety +6

    I learnt something new today thanks to Neil.
    Chuck is always entertaining, great double act.

  • @Homo-Curiositas
    @Homo-Curiositas Před 2 lety +3

    Please keep making these! you learn something and Chuck can sketch situations that are hilarious its perfect

  • @lillyrey5727
    @lillyrey5727 Před 2 lety +21

    Always being schooled by this channel. Seriously, some one animate chucks fish story🤣

  • @peteriliev757
    @peteriliev757 Před 2 lety +6

    Please go over the suns whole life cycle, from beginning to end

  • @midnightchurningspriteshaq8533

    Carl's Sagan's flatland being a 2D Circle and being taken to a 3D land and put back in and trying to explain a direction that doesn't exist in that realm.

    • @danielf1276
      @danielf1276 Před 2 lety +4

      Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote Flatland, the story about the circle/sphere amongst other parts, in 1884. Just for the record, not to diminish Sagan's retelling and further contributions to the "flatland" concept.

  • @vijayvj149
    @vijayvj149 Před 2 lety +1

    Chuck T shirt with Neil quotes wow!!🤩

  • @humanform5354
    @humanform5354 Před 2 lety +1

    One of THE BEST episodes of Star Talk, EVER!!!...

  • @TheRabbitRonin
    @TheRabbitRonin Před 2 lety +5

    1:58 I hope they really do animate that fish speaking the words Chuck said. I doubt they will, but I hope they do. They also spoke of a short film I would like to see of the 8 minutes during which the sun has already vanished.

  • @michaelp4013
    @michaelp4013 Před 2 lety +4

    Neil: "were gonna get someone who will animate a fish with those exact words"
    You got it man

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 Před 2 lety +1

    I LOVE Chuck's tale from the fish's perspective!

  • @greggrant670
    @greggrant670 Před 4 měsíci

    I had you in my astronomy 101 class at UMCP back in (I think it was) 1983. You made a tremendous impression on me with how animated you were and how stoic and unresponsive the (hundreds of) students were. I never forgot you and it was really cool to see you resurface years later as a pop. sci. personality.

  • @wangtoriojackson4315
    @wangtoriojackson4315 Před 2 lety +5

    The tangent in the beginning about the fish being plucked out of the water, seeing the sun, and then getting tossed back in and told he's crazy when he describes the sun to all of the other fish is basically Plato's Allegory of the Cave. I'm kind of disappointed that wasn't called attention to.

  • @stephengillenwaters1950
    @stephengillenwaters1950 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for keeping the sciences alive!!!. Educational and entertaining. Keep up the Great content guys!!!

  • @Goldengirl48
    @Goldengirl48 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Neil and Chuck for bringing light and laughter to a somewhat dry factual subject. I wish there could be more teams of educators who would bring laughter into education. I think a lot more kids would stay in school.

  • @namret12
    @namret12 Před 2 lety +15

    Chuck was going to say, ‘as moody as my wife?’…..🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @FirstCatch
    @FirstCatch Před 2 lety +8

    Fishing we love it! Catch & Release!

    • @DonMarzzoni
      @DonMarzzoni Před 2 lety

      Releasing fish after they been caught is super traumatizing for them. They actually go into shock and stop eating until they starve to death. It's better to take it home and eat it.

    • @suketgajah8107
      @suketgajah8107 Před 2 lety

      😭

  • @metalolotea7244
    @metalolotea7244 Před 2 lety +2

    WOW....you guys never cease to amaze me...simply love these quick antidotes!!

  • @alex84621
    @alex84621 Před 2 měsíci

    The equator of the earth spins faster through space but at the poles, the direction toward the universe spins faster. But you're moving slower through space. So cool

  • @muhammadbashirmusa8238
    @muhammadbashirmusa8238 Před 2 lety +1

    Guys I love these explainer videos well done ✅

  • @lucyspearl
    @lucyspearl Před 2 lety +4

    I love this show.

  • @jakeloranger1419
    @jakeloranger1419 Před 2 lety

    Up here in the province of Quebec, we had a massive power failure several years ago, due to solar flares. I believe Hydro-Quebec (the power company we have here) had to change the spacing of the high-tension towers so that the length of the wires would not act like an antenna for some specific frequencies. I may not have it quite right, but that's how I remember my father, who is a ham (amateur short wave radio operator), explained it to me. I couldn't understand it at the time, but since I've been watching science shows on CZcams, I've been learning more about electro-magnetic radiation. Well, at least enough to know that I don't have a clue about any of this stuff! ; )

  • @doordashpro9110
    @doordashpro9110 Před rokem +1

    Related to the sun and moon light , 1 day a year at about 4:45 am crossing the Mackinaw bridge you can see the crest of the moon set and the rise of the sun at equal levels on both horizons, most amazing visual ever

  • @williamselby314
    @williamselby314 Před 2 lety

    great little comments about history of sun and moonlight didnt know and was enlightened. thank you

  • @mattcraft7164
    @mattcraft7164 Před 2 lety

    Chucks best performance ever!! Would love to see that animated!

  • @janjakubsky8176
    @janjakubsky8176 Před 2 lety +13

    I was hoping Neil give us some curiosities about CME, nonetheless great episode. Chuck was nice as always, I love his humor.

    • @dahleno2014
      @dahleno2014 Před 2 lety

      His humor is the primary reason I rarely watch these. He is so cringe.

    • @elwoodzmake
      @elwoodzmake Před 2 lety +2

      @@dahleno2014 I think your name perfectly encapsulates you don't have really an arbiters perspective of what is funny. Do you think your name is funny, it sure makes me cringe and marvel at the lack of your education.

  • @innoventions9465
    @innoventions9465 Před 2 lety +2

    Those 'where the Sun don't shine' still need the Sun for survival!

  • @nobodie9996
    @nobodie9996 Před 2 lety

    11:15 The Merry-Go-Round effect. Ty for that, it's a great way to explain it.

    • @educostanzo
      @educostanzo Před 2 lety +1

      I know right? I was almost giving up on getting what he was saying but then he threw the merry-go-round and it all made perfect sense.

  • @positiveposts1249
    @positiveposts1249 Před 2 lety

    Such a fun way to learn-thank you guys

  • @erichcosta8510
    @erichcosta8510 Před 2 lety +1

    Love you guys!!! Thanks for the lessons!!! 🤓😎

  • @Alexlamb442
    @Alexlamb442 Před 2 lety +1

    In terms of Neils Fish out of water analogy at the beginning, a psychedelic trip is the actual experience of this hapenning

  • @jameshogan1871
    @jameshogan1871 Před 2 lety

    Doing the Billy Mays thing today... Billy's mom passed about 2pm today, and I check out Startalk and, but wait, there's more.
    Great explanation of the flares.

  • @ankeetsharma3186
    @ankeetsharma3186 Před 2 lety

    I am IT guy with tons of programming and tools to learn, but here i am listening to these guys. 😅

  • @Cookie69697
    @Cookie69697 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Once again what a brilliant lecture and fun facts on the workings of the Sun.

  • @TaterFarmer
    @TaterFarmer Před 2 lety +1

    I’d like to see Neil debunk the Bermuda Triangle and other similar anomalies. I suspect it’s about conflicting magnetic fields. 🤔

  • @StoneFaceTraders
    @StoneFaceTraders Před 2 lety

    These make the perfect start to my morning coffee routine 😎

  • @jamelahmcmillan8661
    @jamelahmcmillan8661 Před 2 lety +1

    Iam here , I love this show so much

  • @TacticalSBR
    @TacticalSBR Před 2 lety +2

    Thank you for this video Mr. Tyson. I will be representing my local astronomy club at a large outreach event in early December. I will be using a Coronado PST, and will be seeing the sun through a telescope for the very first time. If I can remember your information (at least a portion of it) I think I will be able to answer many of the 100's of questions from the intended audience (3rd-8th graders).

    • @Goldengirl48
      @Goldengirl48 Před 2 lety

      Wow, you are incredible! I am so happy that there are still educators like you that are still interested in bringing truth to our young ❤️

  • @kevinflick61
    @kevinflick61 Před 6 měsíci

    Only Neil deGrasse Tyson can use big complicated words while describing something and still make it totally understandable to those of us who do not have a background in astrophysics or related sciences.

  • @jamesbohlingerjr.9670
    @jamesbohlingerjr.9670 Před 2 lety

    That was an awesome vid. Pure science

  • @TranBaoThachOfficial
    @TranBaoThachOfficial Před 2 lety +1

    Love this

  • @ryanboucher13
    @ryanboucher13 Před 2 lety

    Is there a sun that only emits light that is not visible to the human eye? I can’t find the answer online. So glad I found your videos. I’ve been binge watching them all week.

  • @riquifondren6032
    @riquifondren6032 Před 2 lety +1

    I LOVEEEEEEEEE these star talks sooo much. I wondered if it takes 8mins for the earth facing the sun to know that the sun was plucked out, what about the people on the other side of the planet?? What would they experience? And if something suddenly happened to the sun, would the folks on the ISS or satellites that are around the other planets know what’s happening sooner?

    • @davemarm
      @davemarm Před 2 lety

      Other side of the planet would experience the effects fractions of a second later (0.04 seconds later if my math is correct) than the side facing the sun. Astronauts on the ISS would experience it 0.001 seconds before people on earth assuming the ISS is on the sun facing side of the earth.

  • @jeffersonclarke1
    @jeffersonclarke1 Před 2 lety +1

    The look on Neil's face when Chuck asks if the sun is moody...priceless

  • @BarcodedMusic
    @BarcodedMusic Před 2 lety

    These two guys are awesome together.

  • @andrewm8429
    @andrewm8429 Před 2 lety

    Chucks fish rant and the sun snatcher idea are great

  • @iTheShirt
    @iTheShirt Před 2 lety

    That would be an amazing film.

  • @riablo3000
    @riablo3000 Před 2 lety +1

    There actually is a Georgian short film titled "8 Minutes". It's about dying sun and the last 8 minutes on the earth.

  • @TaterFarmer
    @TaterFarmer Před 2 lety +6

    I’d like the see that animation. I’d recommend JohnnyEthco.

  • @saurabh2504
    @saurabh2504 Před 2 lety

    I knew so many things about Sun and still, Neil amazed me with so many new things! Cheers with that wine ripen by Sun!

  • @themoviebrotha1033
    @themoviebrotha1033 Před 2 lety

    Repeat upload 🤔I'd luv to have Dr Tyson as my Astronomy teacher back in the day👍🏿😎

  • @XxTheAwokenOnexX
    @XxTheAwokenOnexX Před 2 lety +3

    After this summer i can not wait for Autumn and the cooler weather to arrive.

  • @adrees
    @adrees Před 2 lety

    But wait there’s more 😱😍 Love you guys!

  • @oswaldoaragon7064
    @oswaldoaragon7064 Před 2 lety

    The fish trying to explain to his fish friends what happened part 😂😂😂

  • @deewhy04
    @deewhy04 Před 2 lety

    Neil y'all should see final space ..I would really love to hear your take on that...

  • @TheStevedie
    @TheStevedie Před 2 lety

    Watching the both of you is a real treat. Lol

  • @varunmehta5627
    @varunmehta5627 Před 2 lety

    It must be the first time I've heard the word " *Magnetohydrodynamical* " and I love it 🤩

  • @rundata
    @rundata Před 2 lety

    I really would love to see all your podcast animated just like they did with the Ricky Gervais show
    I'd pay to see that!

  • @michaelfields2050
    @michaelfields2050 Před 2 lety

    Love your books Neil keep it up I would love to meet you one day

  • @mil3761
    @mil3761 Před rokem

    Neil and Chuck have the funniest connection. The whole joke at the start about the fish experience of land had me cracking up

  • @baycast
    @baycast Před 2 lety

    Fabulous as always.

  • @theprofessorjools
    @theprofessorjools Před 2 lety

    How far across (size) do you guys think the H2 nebula we are all made of was?

  • @alexisfox2511
    @alexisfox2511 Před 2 lety

    Great explainer!

  • @kathryntate6809
    @kathryntate6809 Před 2 lety

    This was great!!

  • @chandniku1770
    @chandniku1770 Před 2 lety +1

    Atleast I have one thing in common with the Sun ☀️ we both experience moodiness when we have our cycles.

  • @stevehudson1111
    @stevehudson1111 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh lord Chuck, you even topped yourself in this one. I don't know how Neil can keep his narrative flowing with you being in fine form. I will have nightmares about that fish now.

  • @kevindunk8796
    @kevindunk8796 Před 2 lety

    Awesome stuff!!!!

  • @paulhaynes3170
    @paulhaynes3170 Před 2 lety

    Thankyou mate ! I appreciate you !

  • @carriecrockett2078
    @carriecrockett2078 Před 2 lety

    Would Jupiter be able to keep some of the planets around or is it's Mass to low for that?

  • @tilaksai420
    @tilaksai420 Před 2 lety +1

    I am convinced! Chuck surely came from the water

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 Před 2 lety

    What an enlightening video.

  • @jeffdelancey8360
    @jeffdelancey8360 Před 2 lety

    You guys are Great together!

  • @mlongoria124
    @mlongoria124 Před 2 lety

    You guys should do a video about meteor showers!!! I've been seeing so many lately

  • @OmegaRedFan
    @OmegaRedFan Před 2 lety

    Great job!

  • @matthewlofton8465
    @matthewlofton8465 Před 2 lety

    Dr. Tyson, you've been at this for a long time now, seen lots of people blossom in the illumination of your teachings. Have you noticed a change in the audience such that you have to continually up your game because the people you're speaking to already know what's up (because they checked out your earlier videos or watched other communicators who either checked out your videos or covered similar topics separately)?

  • @mangledmango
    @mangledmango Před 2 lety

    I love you guys so much! thanks for everything!!!

    • @mangledmango
      @mangledmango Před 2 lety

      I would LOVE to see that short film... 8:20 to be exact

  • @julieinthedesert420
    @julieinthedesert420 Před 5 měsíci

    I have NOAAs Space Weather as a trash on my browser home screen. I check it daily. I saw that humongous sun spot, but looking like a really huge tear. I didn't get any info for over 3 days. I knew I wasn't the 1st to see it but was confused why the info took so long to get out.
    I love Space Science so much! ❤❤