What Supernova Distance Would Trigger Mass Extinction?

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    The deaths of massive stars results in one of the most beautiful and violent events in the universe: the supernova. They are so luminous we can see them here on Earth and historical records show that we can even see them into the day. But supernovas release deadly and violent radiation that could destroy our atmosphere. So how far away do these supernova have to be for humanity to be safe? And when will the next supernova occur
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  • @pbsspacetime
    @pbsspacetime  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +365

    Big thanks to the early gang! Because as noted a few episodes ago: Since our comment response livestream, we've noticed that YT isn't sharing our videos as much with our subscribers. So we're asking our subscribers to 1. switch their subscriptions from "PERSONAL" to "ALL" (just click on the subscribe button and you'll see it) and 2. Watch new episodes as soon as they can!

    • @DanFrederiksen
      @DanFrederiksen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      congressman Tim Burchett said on fox 6 days ago that we are not alone, we will get answers at the hearings and we have been planning it for quite some time. Those are disclosure words. The clip is on his youtube channel. It's showtime in our local spacetime.

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Is audio garbled on the upload? Seems a one off, all your other videos are perfect. :)
      (Ah, might be TH-cam still processing?)

    • @mattmaas5790
      @mattmaas5790 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DanFrederiksen not the best sources you have there but I too believe there might be something to the ufos!

    • @artificercreator
      @artificercreator 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You can do it man! Have a good day!

    • @houjous5131
      @houjous5131 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's jedi hand wave makes me think spica's name isn't spica.

  • @DanielSolis
    @DanielSolis 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +318

    "Supernova Kill Zone" is a great album name.

    • @pufthemajicdragon
      @pufthemajicdragon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Wake up the dawn and ask her 'why a dreamer dreams, she never dies?' Wipe that tear away now from your eye.

    • @Celeste__ch.
      @Celeste__ch. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      .eman mubla taerg a si "enoz llik avonrepuS"

    • @jayg6138
      @jayg6138 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Alien Superstar is a Beyoncé song name lol

    • @coachhannah2403
      @coachhannah2403 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Or name for a band.

    • @blokin5039
      @blokin5039 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Albums don't exist anymore.

  • @ErikSchlyter
    @ErikSchlyter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +303

    Neat how the Supernova in the intro animation seems to be stuck in a geostationary orbit in the middle of the sky while all the other stars keep scrolling in the background.

    • @fredburns6846
      @fredburns6846 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      neat?

    • @subliminalvibes
      @subliminalvibes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Not to mention the SIZE of it! 👍😆
      It may be as bright as the moon but it's never gonna grow as large in the sky!! 🤣🤣

    • @fredburns6846
      @fredburns6846 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@busimagen thought they were ded

    • @Ken.H
      @Ken.H 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      I'm happy someone pointed this out.. I feel bad for how much that bugged me.

    • @PizzaPowerXYZ
      @PizzaPowerXYZ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@busimagen or drink water

  • @jacoblashley4018
    @jacoblashley4018 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +463

    Even though it’s incredibly unlikely, I can’t help but hope we get lucky and get to see Betelgeuse go supernova within our lifetimes. Would just be so cool

    • @larrywest42
      @larrywest42 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      IIRC, we just have to say its name three times?

    • @longboardfella5306
      @longboardfella5306 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Would be HOT - just saying 😉

    • @sdwone
      @sdwone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      It would be Absolutely Mind-blowing! And would probably disturb a lot of small minded individuals, which would be icing on that proverbial cake!

    • @brianhulben1695
      @brianhulben1695 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It already did what it does, he said it. It expelled a layer from itself.

    • @Ash-fd6lw
      @Ash-fd6lw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      Any aliens living on a planet near BeatleJuice probably don't share your sentiment.

  • @bertberw8653
    @bertberw8653 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +476

    Matt is BY FAR my most favorite speaker. I could listen to this man for hours and I would never get tired, he's the coolest

    • @abursh
      @abursh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I found Matt's mum's TH-cam account 😊

    • @luiginotcool
      @luiginotcool 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@abursh go on give us a look

    • @middleline7249
      @middleline7249 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@abursh Spill

    • @JohnnyNiteTrain
      @JohnnyNiteTrain 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Guess you haven’t heard Dr. David Kipping on Cool Worlds then.

    • @joeselles4043
      @joeselles4043 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The spokesman for cool worlds is phenomenal if you’re looking for somebody good. Both are great.

  • @OpenMicRejects
    @OpenMicRejects 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +244

    TLDW? Summary: If you say Betelgeuse 3 times a massive star will explode in about 50,000 years.

    • @pbsspacetime
      @pbsspacetime  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

      What do we think will happen if everyone in the Space Time audience says Betelgeuse 3 times? Think we can knock that number down to our lifetime?

    • @OpenMicRejects
      @OpenMicRejects 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      @@pbsspacetime Love group projects! Let's try it. :)

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Also, if you don't say 'Betelgeuse' three times, or at all, the same star will go boom at the same time it would have if you do say it three times.

    • @ekothesilent9456
      @ekothesilent9456 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelsommers2356proof that even stars are susceptible to reverse psychology

    • @SeeStuDo
      @SeeStuDo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We come for your satellites, Chuck.

  • @taghanrigh
    @taghanrigh 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    I always love seeing the creative ways Matt finishes off with "Space Time" every episode!

    • @williek08472
      @williek08472 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too!

    • @generalmartok3990
      @generalmartok3990 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He said the thing!

    • @Ignirium
      @Ignirium 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really wish you said "finishes off every episode with "space time"" :)

  • @codycopeland7527
    @codycopeland7527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    It never ceases to boggle the mind that type 2 supernova are caused by the humble neutrino. A particle that interacts so weekly with regular matter.

    • @srinitaaigaura
      @srinitaaigaura 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      What's more astonishing is that the collapse turned 15-20% of the rest mass energy into pure explosion!
      Apparently 100% of the rest mass is converted at the moment the star collapses to the event horizon.

    • @douglaswilkinson5700
      @douglaswilkinson5700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Type II are *not* caused by neutrinos. They are caused by the star running out of fusible elements in its core. The rebound from the core collapse is not powerful enough to unbind the star. It's the enormous number of outbound neutrinos that finish blowing the star apart.

    • @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime
      @Mostopinionatedmanofalltime 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Weakly.😊

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Was always lead to believe it was chiefly the outer layers catching up with the core (on collapse) and rebounding of it that caused most of the drama. Neutrino activity is an added bonus.

    • @codycopeland7527
      @codycopeland7527 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nuntana2 you are correct! The majority of the energy for the explosion is caused by exactly that! However when the first simulations of supernova were ran, the matter failed to escape the stars immense gravity after rebounding off from the central iron core. Meaning a complete supernova did not occur. it wasn't until the neutrino was discovered and subsequently added to the simulation, that a complete supernova occurred. Essentially, the effects from neutrinos attempting to escape the stars gravity, added just enough energy to the system to allow the whole thing to go boom!

  • @pinetreegang5232
    @pinetreegang5232 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    Could you do a video on everything about light, like how it carries momentum despite being massless, and how it has polarization

    • @pbsspacetime
      @pbsspacetime  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

      Oooh. That's a pretty good idea! Thanks!

    • @the_unrepentant_anarchist.
      @the_unrepentant_anarchist. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      PBS did all of them ages ago- try looking instead of expecting things to just be given to you.
      🙄
      🍄

    • @the_unrepentant_anarchist.
      @the_unrepentant_anarchist. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@WemplesTemple
      Because then they might actually *do* something, instead of just sitting there expecting to be spoon-fed.
      You have to be pretty stupid to expect a physics channel that's been going *for almost ten years* to have *not* covered the topics they mentioned, and if that's the case, then a gentle reminder to *not* be an imbecile might- *might-* do some good.
      🍄

    • @shamargentle5801
      @shamargentle5801 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      ​@the_unrepentant_anarchist. I get your point but like even the creator said it was a good idea like some people don't have the time or know where to start plus he does a good job of putting in terms many people can understand so they probably trust the channel

    • @anoyingnomad
      @anoyingnomad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      ​@@the_unrepentant_anarchist. And they just commented themselves that it's a great idea. So they probably did not. Also, something went wrong during parenting. Having an attitude like that towards random people sharing idea's, one of the core things within science.

  • @Its__Good
    @Its__Good 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    Can you explain how the Romulans were caught unaware by the supernova that destroyed Romulus?

    • @juliasophical
      @juliasophical 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      That supernova was not a natural occurrence: the supernova and the unusual behavior of its shockwave (which travelled through subspace at superluminal speed) were caused by an Iconian-designed doomsday weapon. Don't ask me how I know this... 🤣 [Canonicity: This is from Star Trek Online.]

    • @pbsspacetime
      @pbsspacetime  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

      We were going to say "NO", but it looks like @juliasophical has successfully covered for our lack deep cut star trek knowledge!

    • @pierfrancescopeperoni
      @pierfrancescopeperoni 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Jackiee_ChannFair question from the beginning, it gets Aristotelic as you keep reading.

    • @DougieBarclay
      @DougieBarclay 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@Jackie Chan lol, it's just how the animated it. There was no hominid sitting under the tree for days on end watching a stationary supernova.

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jackiee_Chann No, it doesn't stop moving, but SNs happen quickly (on the order of seconds to maybe minutes), and stars don't move very far in such a short time. Besides, it makes the drawing clearer. Or you could just say that the pictures are mde from the star's reference frame.
      Unless you are talking about that bit near the beginning of the video where the Australopiticene is watching the SN, which is probably just a mistake.

  • @erinkarp
    @erinkarp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I love when astronomy and paleontology connect

  • @mojoneko8303
    @mojoneko8303 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I for one have no complaint's about living in a boring "Goldilocks zone" of the universe. Humanity has enough on it's plate to deal with already. Thanks for the video.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I for one have complaints about your spurious apostrophes

    • @sheldoniusRex
      @sheldoniusRex 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@Deipatrous be thankful that you have so few real problems as to worry about other's punctuation.

  • @Rimpelmans
    @Rimpelmans 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    I just watched a video by Dr. Becky in which she mentioned that a new scientific paper calculated the time for Betelgeuse to go Super Nova to be decades / up to a 100 years. The paper has not been peer reviewed yet, but if it is true it might happen in our lifetime!

    • @KE-yj4ip
      @KE-yj4ip 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      This. I was going to mention this if I didn't see it in the comments.

    • @skierpage
      @skierpage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It's "New study claims Betelgeuse supernova IMMINENT | Night Sky News June 2023" 🌠💥

    • @laszlozoltan5021
      @laszlozoltan5021 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@skierpage I bet that brought a few more clicks than usual

    • @zakzwijn8410
      @zakzwijn8410 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would beyond awesome, I'd travel around the world to see that

    • @birdthompson
      @birdthompson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@zakzwijn8410 I think Orion would be visible many places

  • @joaobarros6744
    @joaobarros6744 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I loved the fact that Matt just knew everyone was thinking how far betelgeuse is and just answered it without a thought!

  • @fwiffo
    @fwiffo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    Eta Carinae is also a good candidate for a naked-eye-visible supernova (though not as close as Betelgeuse.) It's a wacky weird star though (two, actually), so its behavior is more unpredictable.

    • @subliminalvibes
      @subliminalvibes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah they reckon that thing could go off anytime!
      Would be so amazing to see.

    • @Arsenico971
      @Arsenico971 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      That's 7500 ly away, I'm afraid what we would see from here would just be a new "regular" star in a formerly empty spot of the sky.

    • @EnglishMike
      @EnglishMike 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Arsenico971 But it's still close enough for our big telescopes to get a good view of what's happening, so there would be a lot of very interesting discoveries made, no doubt.

    • @thomasrinschler6783
      @thomasrinschler6783 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Arsenico971 Eta Carinae is already visible with the naked eye though (although at 4th magnitude currently, it's nothing spectacular to look at with the naked eye), so it wouldn't be coming from an empty spot in the sky. When it goes supernova, it will definitely well surpass the brightness of Venus.

    • @giovannielixir
      @giovannielixir 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@Arsenico971there's also a chance that Eta Catarine may go hypernova witch would make for a significant bigger boom

  • @B3havior
    @B3havior 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    That first pre-pre-pre-pre-stargazer was clearly a member of the Astronomopithicus genus

    • @Hares_Pit
      @Hares_Pit 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Imagine how brave (or foolish) that organism had to be to leave cover at night, exposing itself to nocturnal predators.

    • @wdd3141
      @wdd3141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Astronomopithicus? One who throws stones at the sky?

  • @ARedditor397
    @ARedditor397 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have watched PBS Space Time for 6 years since now

  • @mattmaas5790
    @mattmaas5790 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This is swaggiest swag ive ever seen

  • @danielmurphy1982
    @danielmurphy1982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Matt is out of Gabes shadow. He's casting it on the other PBS presenters (maybe not that dinosaur bloke). Best compliment I can give. High praise indeed.

  • @hasko_not_the_pirate
    @hasko_not_the_pirate 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    44 minutes after posting and there’s already a million comments? I feel like I’m insignificant among the stars.

  • @isbestlizard
    @isbestlizard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    Crazy to think ghostly neutrinos have enough interaction to explode a star o.o

    • @TheRABIDdude
      @TheRABIDdude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah how does that work? Which of the four forces are they using to push the matter outwards?

    • @ArawnOfAnnwn
      @ArawnOfAnnwn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      They don't explode the star, they're just the most numerous stuff that gets exploded out when the star explodes.

    • @yourbuddyben4854
      @yourbuddyben4854 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@ArawnOfAnnwn Had to rewatch but that is what he said. “This releases an explosion of neutrinos that are so numerous and energetic that they blast the surrounding layers back out. That’s the supernova.” 4:19
      I get what the original comment is saying. The neutrinos are blasting the layers out making the explosion. If they didn’t then there is no explosion.

    • @volbla
      @volbla 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@TheRABIDdude Iirc it's the weak force. It's what they called a "neutral current" in the early days of neutrino observation.

    • @volbla
      @volbla 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      A channel called "But Why?" has made an excellent video about the details of core collapse supernovae called "When Stars Outshine Galaxies." It's a really strange and complicated event.

  • @williammogey1829
    @williammogey1829 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Matt, Shock Front is officially the name of your new metal band.

  • @ALessandrone
    @ALessandrone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your video is much easier to follow for a non native english speaker like me than your old ones were, i hope i can watch the other ones to the full again in the future because they are super interesting

  • @anoyingnomad
    @anoyingnomad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I was hoping for this video forever! Thanks for existing PBS SpaceTime❤

    • @thej3799
      @thej3799 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I simply want to thanks PBS for doing with it too everything they said was true and the way they present the information treats us like we're not stupid you don't know how or maybe you but it's incredibly valuable that we're not treated like we're stupid

  • @CarlaPowers-dz1fn
    @CarlaPowers-dz1fn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I recently found Spacetime and binge watched all the episodes over the last few months. Thanks for such an amazing show Spacetime team! I look forward to watching new episodes as they come out.

  • @user-jl1sr2kj6g
    @user-jl1sr2kj6g 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Spacetime is the best youtube channel. Hopefully they can diversify their revenue streams enough so that they can keep making content and weather the youtube storms.

  • @skjoldgames
    @skjoldgames 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've had the great privilege of living through several rare celestial events, like the 2000 conjunction and Hale-Bop, but if I get to see Betelgeuse go supernova, it'll be the crown jewel of a life well lived observing astronomy.

  • @General12th
    @General12th 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Hi Matt!
    This channel is a supernova of knowledge.

  • @oldsesalt8496
    @oldsesalt8496 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Between 10 and 100,000 years. That's when the cable guy said when he would show up.

  • @brandonlittle6444
    @brandonlittle6444 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Matt and PBS!
    Is Life in inter Galactic space possible?
    The medium between galaxies is rarely discussed. Anywhere.

    • @pbsspacetime
      @pbsspacetime  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Oooh. That's also a pretty good topic. Thanks for the suggestions!

    • @FleshWizard69420
      @FleshWizard69420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That would be the loneliest existence I can possibly imagine

    • @skierpage
      @skierpage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@FleshWizard69420why? If you're living on an Earth-like planet orbiting a Sun-like star, does it matter that there's no Milky Way in the sky?
      Maybe there's some physics that precludes a Sun-like star in the middle of nowhere; all I know about the subject is from Lee Marvin singing "I was Born under a Wand'rin' Star" in Paint your Wagon.

  • @chaerodactyl
    @chaerodactyl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    coming from a neuroscience undergrad, I see supernovae as action potentials in the neural net of the cosmic web. they're catalysts for information aggregation and dispersal, on scales of time and space that we can never truly comprehend

  • @zacharywong483
    @zacharywong483 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Absolutely fantastic video, as always! Really great explanations and visuals here!

  • @MacedonianHero
    @MacedonianHero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The religious say the universe was "designed for life". Really? Looks like life is a bug in our universe and NOT a feature.

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well the universe is compatible with life, just about

    • @MacedonianHero
      @MacedonianHero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DrWhom Except for literally 99.9999999999999999% of it. Of which environments will KILL all life. Nice try religitard.

    • @waynesmallwood6027
      @waynesmallwood6027 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Makes more sense if you study Probability.

    • @MacedonianHero
      @MacedonianHero หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@waynesmallwood6027 Here is some Probability (from a guy with a Masters degree in Engineering and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt: over 99.9999999% of the solar system is in hospitable to life. ;)

    • @nils-erikolsson3539
      @nils-erikolsson3539 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You sure? Given how hostile it is and life still start? Id say it was made for life or life thrives in this hostile universe. Almost like its gonna startin every universeover and over cause its in the fabric,in the genes,in the math.It cant cant happen.It _must_ happen. Its harder to defeat than HIV.

  • @NeoVox117
    @NeoVox117 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Notice how Matt specifically said, "Your ancestors," and not "Our Ancestors..."

    • @zlodevil426
      @zlodevil426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If I were a science show host I’d totally pretend to be an alien very good at hiding and occasionally make “mistakes” like this

  • @devinfaux6987
    @devinfaux6987 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Betelgeuse is currently playing a grand, cosmic variation of "Pop Goes the Weasel," only every note takes a thousand years.

  • @donrane
    @donrane 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I always wonder how many humans through time have realized that the stars where just like our sun, just farther away.

    • @delphicdescant
      @delphicdescant 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I wonder what fractions of humans living *today* realize that.

    • @larryc835
      @larryc835 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The Backbone of Night.🌌

  • @luudest
    @luudest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Super Novae take place in a very short amount of time. How come the aftermath of the event can be seen over weeks? What is the reason for the slow decline of the brightness curve?

    • @Roaring2Thunder
      @Roaring2Thunder 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Distance

    • @juliasophical
      @juliasophical 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      The light you see following a supernova is from the expanding gasses, still heated to such high temperatures that they're glowing white hot in visible light. It takes weeks or even a couple months for this cloud of gas to expand and cool to the point that it's no longer emitting visible light.

    • @luudest
      @luudest 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@juliasophical thank you!

  • @MR0KITTY
    @MR0KITTY 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    According to the latest Transformers movie, where smashing the MacGuffin Crystal would release the power of a super nova, you're good as long as the super nova is outside of any nearby city.

  • @hoon_sol
    @hoon_sol 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Strictly speaking, the literal translation of "yad al-jawza" is "hand of the one in the middle", or "hand of the central one", but in context that "central one" does indeed refer to "the giant", i.e. Orion.

  • @thepurpleenigma
    @thepurpleenigma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My favorite part was the “we are fine -> we are dead” meter. 😂

  • @genoproducto
    @genoproducto 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Thank you, honestly you should be Australian of the year mate. I greatly appreciate and anticipate this video. Let's go! ❤

    • @scottslotterbeck3796
      @scottslotterbeck3796 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mass extinction sounds serious!!!

    • @jestermoon
      @jestermoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes! Or PM

    • @genoproducto
      @genoproducto 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scottslotterbeck3796 it'll be okay man. Just live each day as best as you can.

    • @genoproducto
      @genoproducto 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jestermoon I wouldn't get education involved in Politics ahaha.

  • @jaybain4337
    @jaybain4337 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I HIGHLY recommend reading the Cixin Liu novel “The Supernova Era”, which details how humanity reacts to the devastating impact of a nearby supernova.

  • @theanonymousseeker3952
    @theanonymousseeker3952 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the "game over" shirt with the extinction video!

  • @jamielancaster01
    @jamielancaster01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this channel - keep up the good work brother!

  • @subliminalvibes
    @subliminalvibes 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In the intro animation it should be noted that a supernovae doesn't appear as LARGE as the moon. It remains a point-source of light no matter the brightness; and as pointed out by someone else, it wouldn't appear stationary in the sky either. 👍😎🇦🇺

  • @goodisanoun
    @goodisanoun 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Can you do a series on chaos/complexity theory and how it relates to physics?

  • @jaikturner3221
    @jaikturner3221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Forever a show to interact with, I’d honestly buy these year by year box set videos. Or even maybe topics. Keep it coming.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    On the upside, my brain would get a lovely tan... straight through my skull, even!

  • @ETLee-db6cn
    @ETLee-db6cn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Keep in mind that a portion of the Earth will generally be completely shadowed from a supernova, depending on its location in the sky. In the extreme, a supernova in the direction of Polaris would not be visible in the southern hemisphere at all, despite Earth's rotation.

    • @nomansbrand4417
      @nomansbrand4417 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Good catch. And if anyone's wondering: earth axis of rotation is not at all aligned to the rotational axis of our Galaxy, and also our Galaxy easily messages a few kill zones in thickness. A half fried earth could actually happen :) not sure though, if the atmospheric ozon will stay bound to one hemisphere, when the other hemisphere is depleted for 100s to 1000s of years

    • @thej3799
      @thej3799 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have you ever seen the movie The Knowing

    • @wolfgangsimons9183
      @wolfgangsimons9183 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That´s only correct for a short gamma - or X- ray burst, but any particle rain lasts longer than one day.
      Btw, how possible is it to be hit rightway polar? Don´t hold your breath .....
      I´d really like to watch Betelgeuse go supernova, but who knows when?

    • @Szgerle
      @Szgerle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You know that the air and ocean boiling away on one side of the planet would be global extinction anyway, right?

    • @DrakeAurum
      @DrakeAurum 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Depleting all the ozone on one side of the planet is still getting into the danger zone, And since air circulates, the depletion will be ongoing if the effect of the supernova persists for longer than a few days.

  • @momo7gato
    @momo7gato 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was just learning about different types of supernovae. Then this video answered the heaviest question. Thanks for the info!

  • @mostwanted2000
    @mostwanted2000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love all your videos!

  • @sjzara
    @sjzara 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    It’s probably a good idea to build colonies deep in the sea or some way underground just in case.

    • @JCO2002
      @JCO2002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I study caves here in Jamaica. Might filter the database with a few parameters (distance below surface, hydrology, accessibility) to find a good hidey-hole.

    • @jimmyjasi-
      @jimmyjasi- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great something tied to Life on Earth at last! And it further disproves Anti-Darwin Creationism that dominates US.

    • @TechyBen
      @TechyBen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Also, a lot of salt mines. If someone notices a lot of neutrinos suddenly, look up your countries local salt mine. ;)

    • @jimmyjasi-
      @jimmyjasi- 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TechyBen And plenty opportunities for engennering new race of humans deep sea fish like

    • @infinitemonkey917
      @infinitemonkey917 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A deep sea colony would be extremely dangerous with the pressure and such.

  • @blitzmotorscooters1635
    @blitzmotorscooters1635 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredibly badass video answer to a question Ive had for years. THANKS

  • @BlackLukeS
    @BlackLukeS 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing vid as always. One of my favourites channels on YT

  • @khatharrmalkavian3306
    @khatharrmalkavian3306 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bro, you gotta be careful saying Betelgeuse repeatedly in a short period of time. Lori Lightfoot may show up suddenly.

  • @LesterWayneDobos
    @LesterWayneDobos 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great shirt! And awesome production as always. I was looking at Spica other night, powerful star 1000x times more luminous than our sun if I remember correctly. Antares and Arcturus are awesome stars. Antares appeared deep orange, and Arcturus slightly brighter reddish orange was shining brilliantly just observing such powerful energetic suns at those distances keeps me awakened. Vega is a bright one much closer blue star and with totally different physical properties. 👍

  • @Wis_Dom
    @Wis_Dom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I doubt our ancestors of that time ever even noticed that was happening in the sky. They were too busy looking in front of themselves, trying to stay alive.

  • @philipmurphy2
    @philipmurphy2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Interesting edition of PBS Space Time for sure.

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Perfect timing, I just finished rewatching the GRB video for extra existential horror :')

  • @6Twisted
    @6Twisted 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I know it's unlikely but still pretty scary that we could be wiped out by a GRB from thousands of lightyears away at any point.

    • @stalexann
      @stalexann 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      If it makes you feel any better, the building you’re in could completely collapse at any point due to a structural flaw, and the surrounding area would be sad for an afternoon before continuing business as usual the next morning.

    • @deltalima6703
      @deltalima6703 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Asteroid could take a building out pretty quick. Earthquake is a bit slower if you are not in a rush.

  • @RobertNicolo
    @RobertNicolo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really loved this video! Pls do more like these!

  • @Rcoutme
    @Rcoutme 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Betelgeuse may be closer than you suggest. The amount of carbon fusion seems to be ending, which could mean that we could be within decades of the star going SN

  • @MC-wh3xm
    @MC-wh3xm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I recall that Kurzgesagt made a video about this exact topic this year, and then it got me thinking how cool a mash up episode would be ❤

    • @stalexann
      @stalexann 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They both have silly accents and are pretty similar. Matt just uses less r’s and is more condescending.

    • @MC-wh3xm
      @MC-wh3xm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@stalexannSpacetime is wayyy less preachy though

  • @artificercreator
    @artificercreator 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Good work! This is super interesting! So, neutrinos can actually interact with matter under certain conditions?

    • @bengoodwin2141
      @bengoodwin2141 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Not so much certain conditions, just an incredibly small chance

    • @sciencoking
      @sciencoking 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The supernova just produces _that_ many neutrinos

    • @DrZedDrZedDrZed
      @DrZedDrZedDrZed 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      In the death throes of a dying star on its way to becoming a neutron star or black hole, they're produced in such insanely prodigious quantities that the rare probability of interaction with all the light elements in the outer shell becomes an inevitability. It's actually kind of wild. There are several waves of neutrino interaction in the forms of "swells" that create a physical pressure that expands the core's material before gravity pulls it back in again and restarts the cycle. It's actually so spectacularly balanced, I actually kind of think of it as one of these more overlooked "fine tuning" arrangements. These erstwhile almost useless, very confusing particles have one of the most important roles to play in not just stellar evolution, but cosmological evolution. Think about it. If neutrinos were perfectly neutral, there would not BE all the rich heavy elemental star stuff around to build US.

    • @artificercreator
      @artificercreator 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bengoodwin2141 Oh interesting!

    • @artificercreator
      @artificercreator 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sciencoking Oh nice!

  • @bolinvolovan3060
    @bolinvolovan3060 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That ancestor hominid really had some spare time, I would have got up at least to scratch my backside

  • @user-he1yb7pl1w
    @user-he1yb7pl1w 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When you start to think about all the destructive and dangerous things in the galaxy, you start to realize how lucky we are to be in such a quiet neighborhood.

  • @Oosystem
    @Oosystem 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I love these videos, but I have to say, there is something weird with sound/voice compression on youtube. I started noticing, a few weeks ago, some distortions in the voice, and weird stereo panning (checked it on audacity sound editor, and both android/windows devices). If you use headphones it gets worst. It is happening in lots of videos, not only here.

    • @TheBloodyriot
      @TheBloodyriot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, I was noticing that too.

    • @djmips
      @djmips 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Perhaps you've been watching a lot of videos right after they were uploaded? They are lower quality initially and then get better over time.

    • @Oosystem
      @Oosystem 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@djmips Sometimes that's the cause. But in this case it is something related to how they record the voice. When he talks about brilliant, (at the start and at the end of the video), the voice is nice without distortions.

    • @TonyWhite22351
      @TonyWhite22351 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Added to which this guy punctuates virtually every word with an exaggerated wave of his hands which makes watching him talk difficult !

  • @chekote
    @chekote 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +300

    Why’s the supernova stationary in the sky? 🤔

    • @gleradon
      @gleradon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      I am not native English speaker so I had to rewind first few seconds of video if what I was seeing and hearing was consistent. Major oversight.

    • @GGoAwayy
      @GGoAwayy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

      Whys the ancient hominid stationary under the tree? 🤔

    • @brandonlittle6444
      @brandonlittle6444 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Noticed that too. ..

    • @white-bunny
      @white-bunny 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Maybe it's in similar position of the north star?

    • @chekote
      @chekote 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

      @@white-bunny that would make sense if the other stars rotated around it. But they’re all flying past it.

  • @vcuheel1464
    @vcuheel1464 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Videos like this are my favorites of the ones you make.

  • @LynxUrbain
    @LynxUrbain 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Perfect ! This timeline gives us a little leeway to focus on solving the very insignificant problems that our planet is currently experiencing. 😬

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great! We'll solve our problems just in time to be exterinated by a supernova. Or a Vogon Constructor fleet.

  • @PeteOnTheBeat
    @PeteOnTheBeat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Holy cow. This has been scary to me since we dodged a bullet this year.

    • @Trias805
      @Trias805 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What bullet?

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    @marchuthart3261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +472

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      @marchuthart3261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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      @huyhritter1724 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @marchuthart3261
      @marchuthart3261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Write her, she will guide you.

    • @marchuthart3261
      @marchuthart3261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      +1947

    • @marchuthart3261
      @marchuthart3261 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      214

  • @Bruce22027
    @Bruce22027 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We had better be right about Betelgeuse’s distance and it’s power at SN. James Web has been reminding us we don’t know that much…After all, how many SN’s have we observed lately…that are remotely close to us.

  • @atothetop3779
    @atothetop3779 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve watched every single upload on this channel for the last 3-4 years multiple times

  • @fredburns6846
    @fredburns6846 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    im surprised they made that weird choice of having the supernova stationary. i guess maybe they didnt create this animation and decided the inacuracy was worth it.

  • @DeltaVTX
    @DeltaVTX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It’s pronounced: “Betelgeuse”.

    • @timmcdaniel6193
      @timmcdaniel6193 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Betelgeuse? Betelgeuse?
      AAAAHHHHHH!

  • @kentuckydave2008
    @kentuckydave2008 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you can honestly attest that the first half of this video does not send your "Death by Supernova Anxiety Meter" through the roof, then that makes you my new hero... Good golly, I was seriously debating going to locate a lead umbrella for myself...
    Thank you to the wonderful narrator for bringing us back down to normal before you finished explaining the concept therein.

  • @spencerjones6790
    @spencerjones6790 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic episode as always

  • @TactileTherapy
    @TactileTherapy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Just started the video. This is a major plot point in a novel I released in 2018. I really hope the answer is the same one in my book lol 😅

    • @jestermoon
      @jestermoon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      42

    • @debrachambers1304
      @debrachambers1304 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Well, was it?

    • @TactileTherapy
      @TactileTherapy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@debrachambers1304 Matt said 150 Ly for reg super and several thousand for hypernova. So yes i got it right 😅🙌🏾

  • @bluespeck9119
    @bluespeck9119 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Why isn't the supernova rotating with the night sky? :/

    • @battshytkrazy156
      @battshytkrazy156 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      IDIOCY

    • @TheEvilmooseofdoom
      @TheEvilmooseofdoom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sloppy animation.

    • @yourguard4
      @yourguard4 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I tend to "illustration purposes", to show, how it would look like during night and during day.
      Because, both scenarios are possible.

  • @EternalGamingNet
    @EternalGamingNet 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very informative, thank you for the video!

  • @javadvashahri5439
    @javadvashahri5439 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It is abit- al- jawza. The armpit of giant. ابط الجوزا. Although both names (hand=yad/abit=armpit)used frequently always, but "beatlguse" word is kind of derived from "abit-al-aljawza".

    • @DrWhom
      @DrWhom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah I was wondering about that because it sits at what I would call the shoulder which is of course also pretty much the location of the armpit

  • @cwwiss1
    @cwwiss1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Perhaps a better question is " Were supernovas responsible for some of the trigger points in evolution" ?

    • @GodIsADelusion
      @GodIsADelusion 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean, that's a completely different question. It's not "better."

    • @TheEvilmooseofdoom
      @TheEvilmooseofdoom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trigger points?

    • @EnglishMike
      @EnglishMike 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would hazard that without supernovae close enough to impact Earth, we wouldn't be around today. It wouldn't have taken much of a change in events for evolution to have turned right instead of left (so to speak) and end up going in a completely different direction. A supernova at the right time could have been enough.

  • @dyotoorion1835
    @dyotoorion1835 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid as always. Cheers! :-)

  • @SonicPhonic
    @SonicPhonic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks so much for the reliable and sensible information. We are lucky to have a stable planet, let's respect it.

  • @coltonsimms763
    @coltonsimms763 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You Anton Petrov, and Sabine Hoffenfelder are the best! Watched your interview on Startalk, awesome man!

  • @imoutodaisuki
    @imoutodaisuki 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Do not look up. For your own safety, do not look up"

    • @MarvinHartmann452
      @MarvinHartmann452 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've seen it, it's very well made.

  • @ender1598
    @ender1598 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another great episode... thanks!

  • @FrancoGrimoldi
    @FrancoGrimoldi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely wonderful, thanks!

  • @pastaplatoon6184
    @pastaplatoon6184 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Orion teasing us with that shoulder again.

  • @garybraithwaite448
    @garybraithwaite448 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just watched this. The concept of us being in a relatively quiet area, and if we were in the spiral arms we'd be in more danger, suggests a potential factor in the Fermi Paradox.

  • @SpamMouse
    @SpamMouse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember explaining to a fellow student at university who was suggesting it would be an amazing spectacle to witness that the destruction would arrive at the same time as the pretty flashy lights.

    • @zeross39
      @zeross39 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      well it would arrive before it tho

  • @LesleyLai
    @LesleyLai 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    12:07 After the highlighted part, the Chinese text connected contemporary famines and natural disasters to the supernova and admonished the emperor 😂.

  • @anthragestormrider2493
    @anthragestormrider2493 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely love the Missile Command-style visualization for cosmic rays.

  • @nicholasrose6556
    @nicholasrose6556 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like the refresher text..very helpful

  • @myBestWishes677
    @myBestWishes677 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this work!

  • @TheEnigmaUniverse-vt2pm
    @TheEnigmaUniverse-vt2pm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "thank you for uploading these videos. Even if I'm having a hard night, I just put a relaxing astronomy video on and listen. It always makes my nights go much easier.
    Thank you!!!"

  • @dr.victorvs
    @dr.victorvs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love getting the Discord notification (maybe now that I've finished my PhD there'll be room in my brain to memorize the day on which videos come out). Anyway, awesome video. My suggestions have been fulfilled (I used to ask for QCD, so I got 3 videos!). What about something on particle generations, now?
    By the way, Matt, @11:13, did you say "presumadly"? 😂 That was hilarious. I'm gonna let the "we also see them freque...n̶t̶̶l̶̶y̶...cy" slide, though.

  • @WrongDemographic
    @WrongDemographic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great vid, as always. I'd really like to see a supernova (from a safe distance!). One comment on the bit of CGI right at the start -- it's showing what I assume is supposed to be the supernova, but the bright light is static in the sky and not moving with the background stars.