*The "Kyle is wrong!" FAQ* 1. I know that Uru is the metal in question in the comics AND I know that everywhere other than Ragnarok says "in" a dying star not "from." But like I said in the video, I'm just using Thor's words in this film, because this is the film where it shatters, and it lets us talk about awesome physics! (UPDATING) -- KH
Assuming the "fading magic" would somehow prevent the pieces from exploding and they'd just lie there on the ground... would the mass of the hammer throw earth out of its orbit if it's from a neutron star?
Well guess what, Thor was wrong. Cos if that was the case, anytime he dropped it or placed it on the ground it would sink to the ground pulling different parts of your body at different speed causing you to tear apart. Also Loki would have definitely been squashed when Thor put his hammer on him.
yeah was going to say 'from' when whats in the star is some carbon oxide and not a metal at all. Of course Thor is just saying whatever he thinks will impress the ladies.
This isn't a name, it's a cry for help tbh there was a cologne commercial at the beginning of this video with chris hemsworth in it and it took me a second to remember that he and kyle are two different people
Nerdist do you have a good way to know the amounts of exponents? Like, you see that 29 over the 10 and think "29... that's an octillion" ? It's kicking my ass trying to think about exponents in the full number.
There's an even worse possibility. In the comics, the hammer contains a sentient storm that was large enough to destroy entire galaxies. At this level, the expansion of the storms gases on the earth would be like pumping a metric ton of gas into a small party ball on at the speed of sound.
*KYLE IS WRONG:* 1. Thor's hammer gets shattered in a badly CGI'd grassy field, with just Loki, Hela & Thor standing in it..NOT AN ALLEY ... (#OldTrailer #FakeNews) 2. there's no such thing as a "Graviton".. there's not even such a thing as "gravity", only matter travelling in a straight line across slightly warped space-time because it's not being acted on by any forces in the 3rd & 4th dimensions. (the new vsauce video explains it well).
If you go by Norse myths, his hammer isn't made from a dying star, it's just made from really dense metal making it really heavy, but it's not an "only the worthy can lift it" it's an "only the person/giant with a backhoe could lift it".
The hammer doesn't become impossibly heavy at will. It simply just refuses to move and stays in its place. This explains why an elevator can move the hammer because it's not really a person. But once the hammer senses that it's a person (not worthy) trying to lift it, it refuses to move because of the enchantment Odin gave.
The hammer is made from a magical material known as Uru Metal, it was forged by three Nidavellir Dwarves by order of Odin and required the heat of a star to forge. The process took seventeen weeks from start to finish, and at the end of the process the star exploded, thus it was forged in the heat of a dying star. This event happened about 65 million years ago according to the comics, and the star exploding may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs in the Marvel Comics Universe.
Kyle, you also forgot to mention the mere gravitational density the shards themselves would place the Earth under. Whether the metal was white dwarf or neutron star the shared remnants of Mjolnir would have their own catastrophic effects on the Earth, for example the orbital displacement and the direct grip of all nearby tectonic plates being forcibly shifted.
They mentioned his hammer was made from the heart of a dying star in the first Thor, but in Ragnarok, they elaborated further that it was made out of a “special metal”. This metal in the comics is called Uru metal and it is like the Asgardian equivalent to Vibranium or Adamantium. For all we know, Uru metal could actually just be one of these metals since both of them are made from meteors, meaning they are not naturally from Earth. However, that just a personal theory, since from my knowledge, Vibranium and Adamantium aren’t seen on other worlds.
Guys, Kyle isn't using source material from the comic books, just what the movies give us. Listen again 0:40 Of course, Thor didn't forge it himself so may have spoken in error. He's not the sharpest hammer in the box, after all...
As a child I had a recurring dream in which I stepped on a land mine, the explosion of which set off others, in a vicious cycle that resulted in exploding Earth and sending everyone into space. Before I died in space, I'd wake up. I guess I was actually dreaming about destroying Mjolnir... haha
"The Marvel character 'Thor' is as defined by his mighty hammer as by anything, even his..." ~*shakes Thor-like head of hair*~ "... armor." Bahahaha I died!!!!
6:40 Technically, only about half of the energy would actually hit Earth (Somewhat more, because atmosphere). The rest would be immediately radiated into space.
Zack Adams No, first there are the stylized credits that marvel usually have nowadays, and there's an end (first) credit scene after it. And then after the normal credits, there's another end credit scene. So two.
When the metal is no longer in the star...it's no longer under pressure. Therefore it wouldn't be as dense, but it would retain certain properties. Like the ability to absorb certain kinds of energy, e.g "magic". Just a thought.
Thor: I can't afford villains to keep destroying my hammer.... Thanos: I need the infinity stone in your hammer.... Thor: Did you know that shattering my hammer will destroy Earth and everything around it? I just made a video about it...
Finally we saw how Thor hammer is made in Infinity War, it is made from very rare material URU, which is very strong after it is cooled, similar to Adamantium in Wolverine. But it is forged using a star energy, since it probably have high melting point. :)
The hammer isn't made from dead star matter, it is made from a metal called Uru, and was forged in a dying star. Script writers for the movie got it wrong. The forging process of the Uru metal, to turn it into the hammer, caused the star to die, and the heat of the now dying star is hot enough for the final touches required for the Uru metal . 43 pounds I believe, is the weight of Thor's hammer. It's ability to control lightning, comes from Odin using the hammer, to seal a storm (I can't remember which one). As for who/what determines who is worthy of Thor's hammer: That would be the arbitrary rules placed there by the one who placed the magic onto the hammer.
Just a theory, but when Thor places the hammer anywhere... ground, on top of Loki, or even space. The magic keeps it in that spot and has nothing to do with density or weight. Thus why it doesn't crush Loki.
Great video, Kyle! Both immensely enjoyable and humbling (thinking about neutronium always sends a shiver down my spine). Unfortunately, it's all based on an incorrect premise... Mjolnir was forged in the heart of a dying star, not made out of it. On paper Mjolnir is made of Uru, a mythical and undefined metal. On screen the material used for Mjolnir's construction has never been addressed. P.S. 7:26 Almost died laughing! (Edited for P.S.)
Nerdist - I'll go by what Odin says over Thor. Thor is brave, heroic and pure of heart... but he's not nearly as smart as his father. That and after more than 16 movies, Marvel was bound to screw up their own cannon, especially with such a crazy, zany movie (and director). I heard in an interview that they improvised almost 80% of the dialog.
What I always found interesting is that Mjolnir decides not to move for an unworthy person but constantly moves with the Earth. Both spinning around Earth's axis, as well as with Earth around the sun, with the solar system around the Milky Way's center, and with the Milky Way around the gravitational center of the local group. That's one heck of a lot of vectors it has to be able to keep track of constantly. Imagine it forgot to compensate for only one vector for a split second, the crater it would cause in the surface of Earth would be gigantic. We are talking about making the Siberian Trap look like an anthill, and the Chixculub crater like a tiny dimple in a grain of sand by comparison.
That's the same mistake Neil deGrasse Tyson made when he calculated the weight of Mjölnir. The hammer is not made from dead star matter, but forged inside a dying star. Mjölnir weighs in at 42.3 pounds and is made out of Uru, possilby the Asgardian name for metallic form of hydrogen.
Normally I would agree with you, but in the clip from the film, Thor clearly says it is made "FROM the heart of a dying star." Now, this could have been a script error, but if it's in the film, it's canon (at least for the MCU version).
well i havent seen the movie, but hella is hella strong," worthy" is an abstract concept, she may be worthy, but that isn't what happens, she is a powerful goddess strong enough to shatter the hammer, and that is that, wielding the power of the dead gives this kind of vitality to you
Simply Green Translation error? I always thought it should say wield and not lift or hold. That's probably why some people are able to *lift* it in the first place, they have no desire to use it beyond handing it directly back to Thor. As for deciding actual worthiness, it's subjective. Magical AI script constantly updating and rewriting itself. Recently Thor became unworthy simply because he was told as much. So if you're worthy but get sufficiently convinced of the opposite you lose it. Storm was deemed worthy due to her connecting with the weather magic held in the hammer. Jane Foster was in the middle of a losing battle but resolved to fight it out to the end anyway (late stage cancer).
Aren't all stars technically dying? I mean according to the laws of thermodynamics everything decays into Heat Death, and thus after any star forms it starts dying. Though some other people are saying this but thor's hammer is made from Uru metal which iron man has mad a suit out of. So yeah....
Kevin Tibble You're not wrong, but considering that a star is basically a massive ongoing explosion, it doesn't start properly 'dying' until it has reached a point where the mass it contains can no longer support its continued existence and begins to decay, ironically becoming more active and volatile than ever as literal planets worth of mass are ejected in explosive waves of fiery death that take millions of years to settle.
Once you're born you're basically dying (using that logic). Normally people don't consider that to be the case until you are in your final throws (close to dying subjectively speaking). I don't see why stars would be different.
man, the effects keep getting better and better. now even the sound effects are getting pretty dope. keep up the good work kyle, may your neutrons never lose speed. i also like how hes shitting on chobots gaming skills ;D
Two things: 1) What if it were made from an even rarer type of dead star, i.e. a quark star or strange star? If it shattered then, how much power would we expect it to release? 2) Maybe it *does* weigh that super high weight normally, and it uses the gravitons in reverse, to reduce its mass instead?
I write everything out, but if I have a random thought sometimes it makes it in. And I only have time for 1 or 2 takes per scene, so sometimes the weirdness stays in. -- KH
I just saw the movie it's amazing and the fact that the goddess of death is actually their big sister is just wow .... oh and the kid hulk is fantastic
senpai Why you talk like bad robot? I watched it because they showed his hammer exploding in the trailers (because of course they did), and this video has next to nothing to do with the actual story of the film.
I know that shattered URU wouldn´t do that much, but as it was said many times, they have needed a whole colapsing star to make that material and form it to its final form (form it to form... ehmmm...). so it is deffinitely an amazing material, and very, very dense.
The issue is that the hammer, by itself, isnt overly dense. We have seen it in the comics and in the movies kinda just sitting there, whether it be on an ordinary table or such mundane circumstance. So unless the magic intentionally lessens the density to just sit in place when Thor ISNT weilding it, its most likely not absurdly heavy normally. Not until a living entity attempts to move it, in which case the magic will judge them and adjust density from that point
i know this video is old, and Kyle wont get this...but...i just wanna point out that Hyperion survived two Earths colliding into each other, nulling each other out, and just kinda floated in space in a constant state of 'well, wtf do i do now'.. until he was found by a passing starship. Soooooo.. There are beings in the Marvel-verse who can withstand this kind of power and be left simply scratching their heads on what to do next. Because Comics!
Kyle Hill @Nerdist, Mjolnir does not make itself impossibly heavy at will. It is the enchantment that Odin put on Mjolnir that makes it heavy. And as a veteran Dungeons & Dragons player, yes the destruction shouldve been more... destructive
Thor's Hammer also has a galaxy destroying storm inside it. Odin used the magic uru metal to contain it and gave it to the dwarfs to shape into a weapon.
It doesn't come from a star it was uoru metal given to Odin by the dwarves after he helped defeat the trolls it's power is based in a universe ending storm trapped inside by Odin using the Odin force
Soooo this is off topic, but same line of thought as magical weapons for superheroes. How would Wonder Woman's sheath work if the sword can cut at an atomic level, or why it doesn't accidentally cut air particle and cause an atomic explosion? Possibly magnetism? Having a slight charge would help create a barrier for the sheath to keep the sword from ever touching the edges under "normal circumstance" and may also help to push other atoms, not intended for slicing through, out of the way, and may also help increase the blades sharpness since if the material that is being cut through, the atoms of the material on a subatomic level would have a slight push away from the blade, making a cleaner cut.
Personally I don't think Mjolnir is actually all that heavy. I personally believe the theory that the hammer is in fact a fixed point in the universe and that it doesn't move through the universe so much as the universe moves around it. Thor can "wield" Mjolnir because he has the correct quantum frequency to be able to provide the leverage needed to move the universe around the fixed point that is his hammer. I personally think that's a lot cooler than a magic weight-changing hammer.
Selena Gamya since all movement is relative to frames of reference the concept of a fixed point is meaningless. You can treat anything as being still with the universe moving around it, it's just not usually a useful frame of reference.
Yeah but the Flash can run faster than the speed of light... in other words comics are not really known to adhere to most of the somewhat obscure fundamental principles of physics and instead tend to operate by virtue of hyperbolic extensions of more conventional human intuition about how the universe works (i.e. speeds can increase arbitrarily; it is possible to be at rest relative to "the universe" etc.). I find it annoying most of the time but setting that aside, the concept mentioned by the OP in this thread is pretty cool even if the science is flawed. Flawed science is nearly unavoidable in science fiction, because it's rare for someone with the passion and creativity of a fiction writer to also have a deep level of education in hard science.
I think it' an assumption that Thor's hammer becomes incredibly heavy. Considering it's enchanted (and a little bit sentient), the hammer may be fixing itself in one place in space using magic - hence why traditionally pure muscle hasn't been able to shift the hammer (also explains why no one thought of chipping away at the ground under Mjolnir in the original movie).
Mjolnir must have some terrifying metallic bonds. If the uru required a star to heat it to a forging ready state then it would either have to be a terrible conductor or an overly great one with ultra high metallic bonds. Option one means it wouldn't be able to shoot lightning so that's out. Option 2 would mean it would be normally very could to the touch and nearly impossible to break
At 1:01, don't you mean Density or maybe Weight; because Mass is the amount of Area an object takes up, and the Hammer is staying the same size. If I am wrong please correct me.
He could be referring to the "core" as the "heart", not literally the neutron core itself. The very outer layer a neutron star is actually a few cm of ultra-dense iron.
Seemed like when Thor's hammer shattered that the pieces weren't obliterated, so perhaps the magic holding it together wasn't broken and even though the hammer was broken into smaller pieces the magic around the whole hammer separated to uniformly surround the individual pieces?
*The "Kyle is wrong!" FAQ*
1. I know that Uru is the metal in question in the comics AND I know that everywhere other than Ragnarok says "in" a dying star not "from." But like I said in the video, I'm just using Thor's words in this film, because this is the film where it shatters, and it lets us talk about awesome physics!
(UPDATING) -- KH
what happens when hulk try to lift thor's hammer with full potential, creation of a Black hole?
Assuming the "fading magic" would somehow prevent the pieces from exploding and they'd just lie there on the ground... would the mass of the hammer throw earth out of its orbit if it's from a neutron star?
Well guess what, Thor was wrong. Cos if that was the case, anytime he dropped it or placed it on the ground it would sink to the ground pulling different parts of your body at different speed causing you to tear apart. Also Loki would have definitely been squashed when Thor put his hammer on him.
the destruction of a hypernova would cause problems too
yeah was going to say 'from' when whats in the star is some carbon oxide and not a metal at all. Of course Thor is just saying whatever he thinks will impress the ladies.
Seeing Kyle hold Thor's hammer just looks so natural.
This isn't a name, it's a cry for help ikr
I know right -- KH
sounds gay.
This isn't a name, it's a cry for help tbh there was a cologne commercial at the beginning of this video with chris hemsworth in it and it took me a second to remember that he and kyle are two different people
Thor's NERD half-brother, something about his behaviour and acting seems like he must also be Deadpool's half-brother :v
I didn’t know Thor knew this much about his own hammer..
Soilith
Of course he has plenty of spare time because he doesn't have to prepare to be a king. So he simply studies the things he want to stick to...
Darryl told him.
If you live 5000 years, you're gonna do something worth it anyhow.
Because he covered in brains
Soilith Kyle is Thor's brother there's a ad that says that.
Thor finally made a video about himself.
The Best hair joke ever
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I would MUCH rather get hit with Thor's hammer than by his lightning. NEW mini-ep over on my Insta: instagram.com/sci_phile/ -- KH
Nerdist do you have a good way to know the amounts of exponents? Like, you see that 29 over the 10 and think "29... that's an octillion" ?
It's kicking my ass trying to think about exponents in the full number.
There's an even worse possibility. In the comics, the hammer contains a sentient storm that was large enough to destroy entire galaxies. At this level, the expansion of the storms gases on the earth would be like pumping a metric ton of gas into a small party ball on at the speed of sound.
So if channeled the energy can power the super laser of the death star.
Nerdist yup
*KYLE IS WRONG:*
1. Thor's hammer gets shattered in a badly CGI'd grassy field, with just Loki, Hela & Thor standing in it..NOT AN ALLEY ... (#OldTrailer #FakeNews)
2. there's no such thing as a "Graviton".. there's not even such a thing as "gravity", only matter travelling in a straight line across slightly warped space-time because it's not being acted on by any forces in the 3rd & 4th dimensions. (the new vsauce video explains it well).
Kyle god of thunder
Kyle,God of the Nerds
Lord of Thunder*
god of Hammer
Sparkles.
Second born of Odin I mean Elon Musk
If you go by Norse myths, his hammer isn't made from a dying star, it's just made from really dense metal making it really heavy, but it's not an "only the worthy can lift it" it's an "only the person/giant with a backhoe could lift it".
02:58 DON'T YOU DARE! That hair is a national treasure!
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The hammer doesn't become impossibly heavy at will. It simply just refuses to move and stays in its place. This explains why an elevator can move the hammer because it's not really a person. But once the hammer senses that it's a person (not worthy) trying to lift it, it refuses to move because of the enchantment Odin gave.
since you are thor... you are just explaining your own hammer... thats so coooollll!!!
The hammer is made from a magical material known as Uru Metal, it was forged by three Nidavellir Dwarves by order of Odin and required the heat of a star to forge. The process took seventeen weeks from start to finish, and at the end of the process the star exploded, thus it was forged in the heat of a dying star. This event happened about 65 million years ago according to the comics, and the star exploding may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs in the Marvel Comics Universe.
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that is metal
not only metal, it is Uru Metal
Forgot to add the star was Actualy a White Dwarf star..I looked into the lore of that hammer as well
Does that mean odin is over 65myo?
Kyle, you also forgot to mention the mere gravitational density the shards themselves would place the Earth under. Whether the metal was white dwarf or neutron star the shared remnants of Mjolnir would have their own catastrophic effects on the Earth, for example the orbital displacement and the direct grip of all nearby tectonic plates being forcibly shifted.
1:01 Changing the emission of graviton particles would control weight, not mass.
They mentioned his hammer was made from the heart of a dying star in the first Thor, but in Ragnarok, they elaborated further that it was made out of a “special metal”. This metal in the comics is called Uru metal and it is like the Asgardian equivalent to Vibranium or Adamantium. For all we know, Uru metal could actually just be one of these metals since both of them are made from meteors, meaning they are not naturally from Earth. However, that just a personal theory, since from my knowledge, Vibranium and Adamantium aren’t seen on other worlds.
Guys, Kyle isn't using source material from the comic books, just what the movies give us. Listen again 0:40
Of course, Thor didn't forge it himself so may have spoken in error. He's not the sharpest hammer in the box, after all...
Ace Rumble that's exactly what I was thinking, too.
Yes, specific case. But it's only with this specific case where we can talk about these awesome physics! -- KH
No, he isn't the STRONGEST hammer in the box
You might say he's as smart as a bag of hammers? :D
To be fair though, you wouldn't want a sharp hammer. You want a dull one because itll do more work for you.
As a child I had a recurring dream in which I stepped on a land mine, the explosion of which set off others, in a vicious cycle that resulted in exploding Earth and sending everyone into space. Before I died in space, I'd wake up.
I guess I was actually dreaming about destroying Mjolnir... haha
Also, if the actor for thor resigns (cant remember his name, chris was it?) You can be his clone
Chris Hemsworth.
"The Marvel character 'Thor' is as defined by his mighty hammer as by anything, even his..."
~*shakes Thor-like head of hair*~
"... armor."
Bahahaha I died!!!!
Because!
Maaaaaaaagic!
GET OUT -- KH
"Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same." -Thor
Ceceilia Wickline I love you for that comment. Keep being awesome.
Fun fact: That’s why a friend of mine hates the MCU. They nerfed the characters and combined magic and science.
Ceceilia Wickline
I thought he came from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow
6:40 Technically, only about half of the energy would actually hit Earth (Somewhat more, because atmosphere). The rest would be immediately radiated into space.
There's also the misconception between being made from a dying star and being forged in a dying star.
The film is sooo awesome, I saw it on tuesday and its amazing.
christian mühl
Pease, no spoilers, but how many post credit scenes are there? Seeing it tonight!
Zack Adams
I believe there was only one in the end.
Zack Adams
No, first there are the stylized credits that marvel usually have nowadays, and there's an end (first) credit scene after it. And then after the normal credits, there's another end credit scene. So two.
Yes, two. One teaser, one joke, as usual.
Niklas Gransjøen I only saw one the teaser
When the metal is no longer in the star...it's no longer under pressure. Therefore it wouldn't be as dense, but it would retain certain properties. Like the ability to absorb certain kinds of energy, e.g "magic". Just a thought.
Thor: I can't afford villains to keep destroying my hammer....
Thanos: I need the infinity stone in your hammer....
Thor: Did you know that shattering my hammer will destroy Earth and everything around it? I just made a video about it...
Couch Potato one problem thor didn't have a stone in his hammer
Infinity stone in Thor's hammer? What the f...........
Food?
Ronan was the one with a Stone in his weapon
The fuck did I just read? Haha. Good effort though lad
You know thanos would give two shits cause he'd probably find some way to survive it
@6:37 But the half-grin on your face says "but it'd still be a really cool explosion to happen in an atmosphere!"
wo. wow. so hela just removed the enchantment of the mjolnir to destroy it.
Finally we saw how Thor hammer is made in Infinity War, it is made from very rare material URU, which is very strong after it is cooled, similar to Adamantium in Wolverine. But it is forged using a star energy, since it probably have high melting point. :)
How many Mjolnir can Kyle destroy in one video?
Len Frantora just 5
Kyle is Thor, dude's got the power.
its mjölnir not mjolnir
Not everyone has all the fancy smancy O buttons you do lol
CriticalSeppo its mjölner not mjölnir
The hammer isn't made from dead star matter, it is made from a metal called Uru, and was forged in a dying star. Script writers for the movie got it wrong.
The forging process of the Uru metal, to turn it into the hammer, caused the star to die, and the heat of the now dying star is hot enough for the final touches required for the Uru metal . 43 pounds I believe, is the weight of Thor's hammer.
It's ability to control lightning, comes from Odin using the hammer, to seal a storm (I can't remember which one). As for who/what determines who is worthy of Thor's hammer: That would be the arbitrary rules placed there by the one who placed the magic onto the hammer.
I know dawg, like I said, I'm taking him at his word in the movie. -- KH
Let's not forget the cosmic storm that was trapped inside the hammer by Odin.
6:25 it would be "ONE if the most" as he says the earth itself will explode. "one of the most"
I want ur hair Kyle....
Same
more acidrock music will bless you with that hair.
Manu Puri I have your hair Kyle!
I am a boy and in secondary school
Deal with it
I wonder if they just use the dying star to forge the complex metal.
You need to Re-do whole video, Mjolnir is made of Uru metal with energy of dying star, not from the core of dying star
Just a theory, but when Thor places the hammer anywhere... ground, on top of Loki, or even space. The magic keeps it in that spot and has nothing to do with density or weight. Thus why it doesn't crush Loki.
Oh my...
Dual Hammer wielding 😍
Hammers this big would probably interfere with each other if you try to use them both at once...
noAIMnoSKILLnoKILL non-stackable effect
7:20 pretty much what happened
Great video, Kyle! Both immensely enjoyable and humbling (thinking about neutronium always sends a shiver down my spine).
Unfortunately, it's all based on an incorrect premise... Mjolnir was forged in the heart of a dying star, not made out of it. On paper Mjolnir is made of Uru, a mythical and undefined metal. On screen the material used for Mjolnir's construction has never been addressed.
P.S. 7:26 Almost died laughing!
(Edited for P.S.)
Just taking the man at his word in the film, specifically. -- KH
Nerdist - I'll go by what Odin says over Thor. Thor is brave, heroic and pure of heart... but he's not nearly as smart as his father.
That and after more than 16 movies, Marvel was bound to screw up their own cannon, especially with such a crazy, zany movie (and director). I heard in an interview that they improvised almost 80% of the dialog.
What I always found interesting is that Mjolnir decides not to move for an unworthy person but constantly moves with the Earth. Both spinning around Earth's axis, as well as with Earth around the sun, with the solar system around the Milky Way's center, and with the Milky Way around the gravitational center of the local group. That's one heck of a lot of vectors it has to be able to keep track of constantly. Imagine it forgot to compensate for only one vector for a split second, the crater it would cause in the surface of Earth would be gigantic. We are talking about making the Siberian Trap look like an anthill, and the Chixculub crater like a tiny dimple in a grain of sand by comparison.
So this is a happy video.... everything and everyone dies!
"Life as we know it would probably end....bad" haha haha. Fantastic.
That's the same mistake Neil deGrasse Tyson made when he calculated the weight of Mjölnir. The hammer is not made from dead star matter, but forged inside a dying star. Mjölnir weighs in at 42.3 pounds and is made out of Uru, possilby the Asgardian name for metallic form of hydrogen.
Normally I would agree with you, but in the clip from the film, Thor clearly says it is made "FROM the heart of a dying star." Now, this could have been a script error, but if it's in the film, it's canon (at least for the MCU version).
but what gives it power to choose who is worthy to hold it cause hela holds it like nothing
She hela strong. (sorry. I'll leave now)
well i havent seen the movie, but hella is hella strong," worthy" is an abstract concept, she may be worthy, but that isn't what happens, she is a powerful goddess strong enough to shatter the hammer, and that is that, wielding the power of the dead gives this kind of vitality to you
Simply Green Translation error? I always thought it should say wield and not lift or hold. That's probably why some people are able to *lift* it in the first place, they have no desire to use it beyond handing it directly back to Thor. As for deciding actual worthiness, it's subjective. Magical AI script constantly updating and rewriting itself. Recently Thor became unworthy simply because he was told as much. So if you're worthy but get sufficiently convinced of the opposite you lose it. Storm was deemed worthy due to her connecting with the weather magic held in the hammer. Jane Foster was in the middle of a losing battle but resolved to fight it out to the end anyway (late stage cancer).
In one of the latest Thor comics, the comic mentioned that the hammer is actually just a magic hammer that is possessed by a cosmic storm.
Can you please do an episode on the gravity slingshot from the first episode of Farscape.
This is exactly why I subscribed. Kyle is worthy enough to hold Thor's Hammer! Forget Vision! I want Kyle in the next movie
Aren't all stars technically dying? I mean according to the laws of thermodynamics everything decays into Heat Death, and thus after any star forms it starts dying. Though some other people are saying this but thor's hammer is made from Uru metal which iron man has mad a suit out of. So yeah....
Black holes are also dying stars.
Kevin Tibble You're not wrong, but considering that a star is basically a massive ongoing explosion, it doesn't start properly 'dying' until it has reached a point where the mass it contains can no longer support its continued existence and begins to decay, ironically becoming more active and volatile than ever as literal planets worth of mass are ejected in explosive waves of fiery death that take millions of years to settle.
Once you're born you're basically dying (using that logic). Normally people don't consider that to be the case until you are in your final throws (close to dying subjectively speaking). I don't see why stars would be different.
Black holes will evaporate in Hawking radiation in the coming googolplex years
so is evey baby born !
man, the effects keep getting better and better. now even the sound effects are getting pretty dope.
keep up the good work kyle, may your neutrons never lose speed.
i also like how hes shitting on chobots gaming skills ;D
erbgorre doesn't everyone like when he disses her skills
You look like Thor in the thumbnail
Not just in the thumbnail
Just got a haircut too. -- KH
He looks like Thor every single video.
Two things:
1) What if it were made from an even rarer type of dead star, i.e. a quark star or strange star? If it shattered then, how much power would we expect it to release?
2) Maybe it *does* weigh that super high weight normally, and it uses the gravitons in reverse, to reduce its mass instead?
Didn't Odin say the hammer was made from a dying star in the first Thor?
Douglas Page No shit
Douglas Page "... Forged in the heart of a dying star". Take that as you will
IN a heart of a dying star.
Not FROM a dying star.
Probably the most informative episode of Because Science! Awesome!
I swear that the hammer was ‘forged in’ and not ‘forged out of’ a dying star so this wouldn’t happen would it?
Your "Surprise Double Mjolnir" is hilarious !!! 😂
Kyle do you improv parts of the video is it all scripted cos damn man, cos 2:55 is so damn funny.
I write everything out, but if I have a random thought sometimes it makes it in. And I only have time for 1 or 2 takes per scene, so sometimes the weirdness stays in. -- KH
Nerdist Keep the weirdness in as best as you can. 😁 👍
wasn't this based off a ragnarok scene?
I’d really like a behind the scenes for how you do all this stuff... it’s awesome
Time to change your hairstyle Kyle..call Stan Lee
Just having Thor's Hammer near the Earth, I wouldn't want
I just saw the movie it's amazing and the fact that the goddess of death is actually their big sister is just wow .... oh and the kid hulk is fantastic
senpai Thanks for the spoilers.
Loser's Club why you see video about a movie that you didn't see
senpai Why you talk like bad robot? I watched it because they showed his hammer exploding in the trailers (because of course they did), and this video has next to nothing to do with the actual story of the film.
Loser's Club I do not know what you are talking about I do not talk like a bad robot
Loser's Club I'm not talking I'm typing so maybe you are the robot
Kyle holding Mjolnir looks soooo natural
Do "can the prydwen from fallout 4 actually float"
I know that shattered URU wouldn´t do that much, but as it was said many times, they have needed a whole colapsing star to make that material and form it to its final form (form it to form... ehmmm...). so it is deffinitely an amazing material, and very, very dense.
Is part of the magic to avoid everything around it to ignore the hammer's gravity somehow?
The issue is that the hammer, by itself, isnt overly dense.
We have seen it in the comics and in the movies kinda just sitting there, whether it be on an ordinary table or such mundane circumstance.
So unless the magic intentionally lessens the density to just sit in place when Thor ISNT weilding it, its most likely not absurdly heavy normally.
Not until a living entity attempts to move it, in which case the magic will judge them and adjust density from that point
u gained a subscriber with this vid
i know this video is old, and Kyle wont get this...but...i just wanna point out that Hyperion survived two Earths colliding into each other, nulling each other out, and just kinda floated in space in a constant state of 'well, wtf do i do now'.. until he was found by a passing starship.
Soooooo.. There are beings in the Marvel-verse who can withstand this kind of power and be left simply scratching their heads on what to do next.
Because Comics!
Kyle should get his hair cut like Thor... (just joking)
Just got a trim. -- KH
Nerdist
Kyle should get his muscles cut like Thor!
“ He will get a new hammer... 2 hammers!”
how did you know 🤔? 😂😂😂
If this is true Hela is Hela strong 💪💪😂😂😂
In the Infinity War, It's revealed that the star used to forge weapons like mjolnir or stormbreaker is a neutron star
Ooooo hela ended the earth. Except they werent on earth....
YEAH SCIENCE
I love your charismatic videos, making science fun again for all kids of this day and age❤❤❤
Where is that crossover with Matpat ?!
I'm waiting on him. YOU HEAR ME MATPAT?! -- KH
Nerdist just drop what dignity you currently have and he'll be all over you
Very interesting, I wonder if the Asgardians have any other kind of neutron-based weaponry.
SCIENCE THOR
Love that you're using the metric system
Kyle, how much u practice for drawings for one video ? 😅
Manu Puri he didn't.
video editor do the all work.
Moumita Srimany I mean he mimicked all the movements.
Pfft Charles isn't THAT good -- KH
Would love to see you do a collab with film theory. Great video btw.
Obviously it wouldn't destroy earth. The trailer says otherwise
Kyle Hill @Nerdist,
Mjolnir does not make itself impossibly heavy at will. It is the enchantment that Odin put on Mjolnir that makes it heavy. And as a veteran Dungeons & Dragons player, yes the destruction shouldve been more... destructive
Guys... why is thor talking in third person?
falconsito well, he needs a job to pay for his bills, sooo
Thor's Hammer also has a galaxy destroying storm inside it. Odin used the magic uru metal to contain it and gave it to the dwarfs to shape into a weapon.
It doesn't come from a star it was uoru metal given to Odin by the dwarves after he helped defeat the trolls it's power is based in a universe ending storm trapped inside by Odin using the Odin force
Soooo this is off topic, but same line of thought as magical weapons for superheroes. How would Wonder Woman's sheath work if the sword can cut at an atomic level, or why it doesn't accidentally cut air particle and cause an atomic explosion? Possibly magnetism? Having a slight charge would help create a barrier for the sheath to keep the sword from ever touching the edges under "normal circumstance" and may also help to push other atoms, not intended for slicing through, out of the way, and may also help increase the blades sharpness since if the material that is being cut through, the atoms of the material on a subatomic level would have a slight push away from the blade, making a cleaner cut.
Personally I don't think Mjolnir is actually all that heavy. I personally believe the theory that the hammer is in fact a fixed point in the universe and that it doesn't move through the universe so much as the universe moves around it. Thor can "wield" Mjolnir because he has the correct quantum frequency to be able to provide the leverage needed to move the universe around the fixed point that is his hammer. I personally think that's a lot cooler than a magic weight-changing hammer.
Selena Gamya The hammer is about 45 pounds I believe, you don't need your theory, it's already official canon 😂
Selena Gamya since all movement is relative to frames of reference the concept of a fixed point is meaningless. You can treat anything as being still with the universe moving around it, it's just not usually a useful frame of reference.
Selena Gamya ayyy you're coot
Selena Gamya that's actually much more interesting
Yeah but the Flash can run faster than the speed of light... in other words comics are not really known to adhere to most of the somewhat obscure fundamental principles of physics and instead tend to operate by virtue of hyperbolic extensions of more conventional human intuition about how the universe works (i.e. speeds can increase arbitrarily; it is possible to be at rest relative to "the universe" etc.). I find it annoying most of the time but setting that aside, the concept mentioned by the OP in this thread is pretty cool even if the science is flawed. Flawed science is nearly unavoidable in science fiction, because it's rare for someone with the passion and creativity of a fiction writer to also have a deep level of education in hard science.
Everytime when I miss Thor's lovely locks, I watch Kyle's videos
Ummmm dont you mean Why shattering "your" hammer would destroy the world?
Oh umm, yeah, of course, duh. -- KH
Nerdist 😀you replied .
There could have been some kind of safety mechanism that prevented the hammer from exploding that big.
SURPRISE THOR'S HAMMER!!!!!!!
I think it' an assumption that Thor's hammer becomes incredibly heavy. Considering it's enchanted (and a little bit sentient), the hammer may be fixing itself in one place in space using magic - hence why traditionally pure muscle hasn't been able to shift the hammer (also explains why no one thought of chipping away at the ground under Mjolnir in the original movie).
the hammer is made IN THE FIRES of a dying star, the hammer is made of Uru, the legendary nordic metal.
Mjolnir must have some terrifying metallic bonds. If the uru required a star to heat it to a forging ready state then it would either have to be a terrible conductor or an overly great one with ultra high metallic bonds. Option one means it wouldn't be able to shoot lightning so that's out. Option 2 would mean it would be normally very could to the touch and nearly impossible to break
isn't mjolnir just forged inside a dying dwarf star and is made up from the metal, uru??? and doesn't weigh a shit ton??
but the coffee table in the Stark room can withstand.
Patrick Michael Agustin Hey!!! Get rid of that swearing!!!
You convinced me.... I'm taking Thor's Hammer off of my Xmas wish list. That's just too much responsibility.
YEET
At 1:01, don't you mean Density or maybe Weight; because Mass is the amount of Area an object takes up, and the Hammer is staying the same size. If I am wrong please correct me.
He could be referring to the "core" as the "heart", not literally the neutron core itself. The very outer layer a neutron star is actually a few cm of ultra-dense iron.
Just saw some theories on tumblr about how Thor is the only one that can pick his hammer up, and I'm trying to find the most that I can about it
Seemed like when Thor's hammer shattered that the pieces weren't obliterated, so perhaps the magic holding it together wasn't broken and even though the hammer was broken into smaller pieces the magic around the whole hammer separated to uniformly surround the individual pieces?
Gotta love it when a "science" show says "and the MAGIC holding it together has faded"