Neil Answers Superfan Questions - Moonmoons, Gravitons, and More!
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- What if the solar system had two suns? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice give a sneak peek into our patron-only Q&As with questions about the three body problem, galaxy formation, the alpha centauri system, and more.
How does the expansion of the universe affect the space between our molecules? Learn about the Big Rip, accretion disks, and galaxy formation. How flat is our galaxy? Why does our universe form so many disks? What would an astronaut floating in space see if there was no matter?
Why are so many alien spacecraft disk-shaped in science fiction? Is there a best shape for a spaceship? Plus, can a moon have its own moon? We discuss the 3 body problem and figure out what a graviton is. What would Neil be doing in a parallel universe where he isn’t an astrophysicist?
Can life get a chance to evolve in a solar system with two suns? Find out about the Alpha Centauri System and how long it would take us to get there. Could we use light sails to travel the cosmos? All that, plus, is it ever too late to get into astrophysics?
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Hope to hear Astrum youtube channels creator Alex on your channel - Love both
I'm a long time Star Talk fan and follower I have been a patreon for some time now but I don't see any post where I could post our comments/questions in regards the next Cosmic Queries. The last one I can access is back from 1st June 2022 - Cosmic Collisions. Can you please point me out to where could I post a question for any future Cosmic Queries episodes? Many thanks
HEY NEIL! I need help with my new years resolution. I've figured out how to change the stars by stopping hurricanes. What I mean is, for stopping hurricanes, I get 7 things and one of those 7 things is to change the stars.
My idea for changing the stars includes Orion and Pleiades (Subaru). I figure it's time to put something up there that's relevant to us, don't you think? Take Orion's belt and Betelgeuse becomes the head with a baseball hat. Below the belt are two legs bending at the knee. The feet aligning perfectly under the bent knees. The 3 stars of Orion's belt align perfectly as the 3 fat belt loops on a baseball uniform. The spear pointing at "Subaru" is the bat being swung and "Pleiades" is the baseball flying away after being hit. Put it all together and you get, "THE ALL-STAR." In my case I drew a 7 on the jersey to make him, "Mickey," but you can put any number you want.
I really have figured out how to change the stars by stopping hurricanes. Don't worry, I've technically already done the easy part and changed the stars. My parents were teachers and for over 3 decades, they taught their students my constellation. Those kids will teach their kids. So on and so on. See, stars changed. I just need help to make it legit and with the rest. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I'm serious. Figured Neil has taken on the IAU and won, he can help. If, rather when, my idea for stopping hurricanes works it could be converted to a larger scale and EASILY regulate temperature, end drought, stop wildfires. It'd be wrong of me to not, at least, try. This is me, trying. Will you please reach out to me and let me know that your interested in helping to stop hurricanes and change the stars? Thank you and don't worry, where I come from, crazy is a compliment. ;-P
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In another universe, Niel is the Stand Up Comedian, and Chuck is the astrophysicist.
And you're a Startalk Patreon.
All the universes exist all the time
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Neil is you & you are Neil
Definitely
Patreons of startalk we cannot thank you enough but thank you for your contribution of making this knowledge available for everybody thank you Dr Neil, Chuck and all StarTalk staff for making this amazing platform 💪🏽😻 please keep it up
One day you should award Chuck an honorary degree in Physics simply for engaging with Neil in all these episodes 🤣👍
You can actually see Chuck relating with these topics! He's learning from it! He asks questions only someone who understands Physics can ask.
look at chuck's bloodshot eyes, he high as a kite. I would love to hand out with Neil if I was high!
Stuc is sou funny and Neil need dude that ask where Heisenberg forgot glasses. Whitt aut psysihks is interestin and lame. Need joucekrs.
Whatever chucks smoking, it's working. He actually understands this stuff enough to summarize it and make interesting points and questions.
Didn’t they do this recently? lol
Chuck's amazement and curiosity with excitement is me all day.
You don't need a PhD to be blown away and get excited about astrophysics.
You should write the names of the people who ask the question on the screen. It would mean a lot to these people, and also make life easier for Chuck :) . Just a suggestion.
PS. Love you guys. Keep looking up :)
Chuck does a great job on these shows. Very underrated.
Let me first say how much I enjoy the information being given to all of us who watch these videos. Thank you Dr. Tyson and Chuck for providing us all with such knowledge and expanding our minds and thought processes. Thank you Chuck for mentioning "Borg Cube "perfect example. The only reason for the rotation is to simulate an artificial gravity. I believe this would be used on very long trips though open space. we as humans need the gravity for our bone density issues.
"LaPlace knew some physics" is the understatement of the year
Imagine spending 30,000 years traveling to Proxima B only to forget why you went there, so you turn back. Then you remember 15,000 years later...
I love the immersion!! This is what it be like if Neil and Chuck had their podcast in the vacuum of space, I get it! Big brain comedy 😉
These guys go great together
I love that Chuck pulled out the answer of you being a song writer...you two are great together
I love Star Talk, learning and expanding your mind/perceptions only enlightens one more and more. I can't get enough of this 👏
Same here... they got the perfect chemistry LOL
i said it before and i'll say it again: i really like the fact that Neil considers himself my personal astro physicist. thank you for that, Neil, you've got the job any day of my life! much love from Germany!
I love the answer to the person asking about going back to school! Everyone should get encouragement like this!
*Live long and prosper in a universe of wonder and delights!* Star Talk has expanded my mind and you two made me laugh throughout the pandemic; no small feat. Thank you so much Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice, I appreciate and admire you both.
Me and my 7 year old son are huge fans of the show! Neil thank you for all your efforts to continue the torch that Carl Sagan lit. And Chuck you are just SO funny and you really bring a lot of balance to the show. Thank you too!
Chuck is very cleverly funny
Blown mind every time I watch Dr. Tyson.
Great concept, great hosts!
I always wondered why our solar system and galaxy were flattened instead of spherical. Your explanation was logical and easy to understand. I'm off to watch the video about why ice floats, another question that my high school science teachers weren't able to answer to my satisfaction, lol.
Seriously? ...Spin. There ya go. C'mon, kiddos on a merry-go-round know that.
@@stageiii1 Your reply is like the kid that hears the answer and says, "I knew that!"
Great program the best episode yet.
If only I'd have had a physics teacher at school more like you Neil, I'd have paid more attention. Thank-you.
I like the use of pulsars as the positioning system with space travel. At first I was thinking it can't be GPS since that's global positioning system, but the G would just mean galactic. GPS becomes galactic positioning system.
I alway thought of this when I watched scifi movies where there are battles. They always seemed oriented in the same way. All ships had the same up and down orientation. This agreed upon positioning must be why...
PPS- Pulsar Positioning System
25:37 Neil explaining and chuck singing the star wars theme… it’s like your friends during your class presentation
Wonderful program.This episode entails many of the questions I had about astronomy.I think physics still has a lot to unravle in the field of cosmology..
To the person asking if they're "too old to start a science career" at 36... if you're alive, you've got time. DO ALL THE SCIENCE!!!
Great show last night in Phoenix Neil.
Thank you for putting this out there for us non patreon members.
I love this podcast ❤ I bought three of Neil’s books!
LOVE startalk. Got to see Dr. Tyson in Denver this week. The show was amazing.
So what is he like watching in person?
@Shane Roudybush Smaller than I thought he'd be lol. Honestly, he was really hilarious and was overall a good time. He was dancing and just living his best life.
Right on.... yeah he cracks me up... he's just so humble... he keeps everyone interested in all these interesting facts about space and time
I hope Neil and Chuck know how cool they are.
Loved the graviton explanation using what we have proven to inherit what we suspect.
This was an excellent episode!
We love you Neil! I will definitly be joining soon! 😊
Best podcasts ever.
34:06 "Star Wars: The Hope Diamond" LOL! I love Neil!
100% deserve all the support
I remember when scientists put out information and knowledge with the shear goal to be to inform the masses. Thank you glorious Master for your free knowledge that only your paying servants get.
Immanuel Kant is one of my fav philosopher. Glad you mentioned him.
As an aviation nerd, when you pull back on the stick/yoke to take off in a plane, that's called 'rotating'...so in fact there's a good reason to rotate your plane if you want to get somewhere!
I LIKE YOUR HAIR BRUSHED BACK DR NEIL.🙌🎵
Thanks for the time and the free knowledge ( sorry for my english im from mtl canada ( GSP Accent here )).
A shameless patreon plug off the bat Neil U were my spirit animal wow thank u for explaining the tier level👏
Think about the formation of the rings of Saturn. I think that’s similar to the galaxies disc shape. The black hole in the middle is like a colossal planet.
Sir I am from India, kindly add the subtitles as well, it will be of great help.
thank you
I love that Neil says when the ads are coming, even tho i can skip them.
Assuming the flying saucer was spinning at a high enough speed, the "window" could shutter open/close at a frequency that matches the time it takes to revolve exactly 360 degrees. Then effectively it would be like how old movie projectors worked, or how florescent light appears to us as being always on.
Lol imagine being in a flying saucer that is spinning at at-least 24 times per second... (that would be the minimum frequency required to produce this effect clearly).
Lol Im not alone, i thought that too
Or they can have cameras on the part that isn’t rotating
As a fan of the Lost In Space series I have to point out that the Jupiter 2 was not shown as a spinning saucer. It is perhaps the only thing close to being science based in the entire series. I use the word "close" very loosely. LOL
The outer shell of the flying saucer, with the windows, can spin as you've described. But to remain habitable, the inner passenger compartment counterrotates at the opposite angular velocity and therefore has no acceleration harmful to the beings within. (I'm unsure whether the motive system components are within the outer or inner part, not knowing what the mechanism is.)
Fun fact. George Lucas started with episode 4 because he felt special effects techniques and technology couldn’t accurately portray “Pod Racing”.
Hi! Great video-I love watching this channel. I just wanted to add that the phrase “3D pixels” actually has a term that is used in computer graphics that is called VOXELS. I imagine this could also apply to our real relationship with space-time
Okay Niel with the rowing lore 🚣 👏
Amazing , as always .
At 5:45 everything tries to collapse, all particles start out sort of spherical but eventually average out linto disks - molecular clouds, solar systems, galaxies, whatever. Centrifugal force dominates. Randomly directed particles interact and average out to a disk.
HI DR NEIL, HI CHUCK, WE, OUR FAMILY, GET BEAMED UP EACH EPISODE WE SWITCH INTO.
CHUCK🥰
I got my StarTalk sticker yesterday. Still waiting for one of my questions to be answered...
So did one of your questions get answered?
@@petergriffin383 Not so far.
As well as being a Patreon member, I've bought and read books from many of the presenters and subjects on StarTalk, including Neil deGrasse Tyson, Stephen Hawking, Janna Levin, Seb Falk, Kate Biberdorf, Edwin A. Abbot, Carl Sagan, Merlin Sheldrake, Brian Greene, Charles Liu, & Bill Nye. Some of these folks, I knew of before StarTalk and the others I thank StarTalk for introducing me to.
Don't get me wrong. I like my sticker. But I'd rather have answers to my questions.
I was hoping Steve O would answer how he gets health insurance.
I've wondered how Chuck responds to hecklers who deny climate science.
I Love you guys so much.
Re: traveling to other star systems in generational ships: can you imagine several generations of kids whining, "Are we there yet? "
Terrifying huh 😂😂😂
What if they are rotating as a way to generate gravity inside the vessel?
In orbit there already is gravity... the spinning must be for another reason..
@@wesleybryant369 the ISS isn’t rotating hence the astronauts inside float
A reason for aerodynamic space craft.... When that craft enters and exits an atmosphere such as Earth's. Wow! Mind blown!
The death star has to be the best actual space ship… traveling through space as a sphere sounds interesting
The Wondering Earth...
"center of your own horizon," or as my father used to say, "wherever you go, there you are." 😂
No audio on this :)
I absolutely love StarTalk I’m a big fan keep doing what you’re doing… I have a question you were talking about air pressure the other day and explaining how it works. What do you think is going on in the rear tires of a dragster funny car top fuel machine?
"Still none-the-less at the center of your own horizons ... But then again do you need to know where you are if there is nowhere to go?" Good Q!!!
But, how can you be without matter? As far as we can tell, the subjective is a side effect of peculiar arrangements of objects - however small & amorphous they may be.
I love the notification of star talk .!
Dr Tyson, I would love to hear some poems that you have written 😃They will be some of the most clever poems in the world I believe
Alright so Tyson himself described how flying saucers would accomodate an stable cabin while the outer shell rotate, he explained by commenting on the counter rotation needed to compensate the angular momentum
his explanation on why does not make sense a rotating flying sauce by telling otherwise
Since there's a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, could the entire galaxy be considered as the accretion disk of that black hole?
They talk about the ‘Big Rip’ but it is important to also mention how their are other competing ideas of how the universe ends like ‘Heat Death Scenario’
it’s not actually important to mention. you just wanted to feel like you were contributing in some way but there are competing ideas for everything. then there are the more popular, more widely accepted ideas and those are the ones that are “important to mention”
@@mikejones2405 The heat death IS the leading hypothesis.
I was hoping this was the cosmic queries you all asked on Patreon.
On the opening question, it sounds like the expansion of space can be compared to a party balloon that when fill beyond the breaking point the fabric rips. So we all live in a balloon that will burst one day.
Neil and Chuck for 2024
Neil as much as I love you man? Star Wars is classified as a fantasy/sci-fi, all fantasies and fictions of an alternate reality. Meaning that physics must and have to be different from your normal life, that’s why I actually love it, because is taking my mind away from our real life experience, which is awesome through the lens of a telescope 🔭 and math, BUT, let’s enjoy fiction too, love you man keep up the good work, we need you on this reality.
To be fair Neil, the pulsar mapping has been used since the 70's. Both Pioneer and Voyager use it for pointing out our solar system to any being that may encounter them.
Where you are is always more important than what you are
If I weren't a social scientist I would be an Astrophysicist
I continue to be impressed with Chuck's ability to keep up with the conversation since he is not a scientist. Did Chuck major in science.
33:29 How the h*ll did Chuck manage to make that sound better than most songs today 😆
In the round space ship question he gave more of a opinion then an smart answer. How can you answer something you don't know, if their are aliens cruising around in round space craft then they must know something we don't or have a technology we don't know about or their planet has differences. love these shows and to learn something new is always good but sometimes can be funny to think this civilization is still so young we don't know much and their is so much to learn still, especially in space
love the 3D vry nice .. thank you for evrything
I switched majors because I was told I am too old to pursue astronomy or astrophysics. I’m 38! The end made me tear up 😢
When you are older it is easier to pay you off than to brainwash you
i think neil tyson would sound really cool as a DJ!!
100% agree with Juck here. the Borg's Spaceship actualy makes the most sense for a race like them.
These Q&A are great. Though Neils response about the round or circular craft was a bit unimaginative and limited. He answered it from a 21st century human frame of reference. As a scientist, sometimes it's ok to say "I don't know"
I'm a firm believer that the universe's expansion is an illusion. I have no doubt in my mind at all.
22:58 “Can a moon have a moon?”
Let’s start by considering what a moon is.
We’ve defined the term “moon” based on certain physical attributes and behaviour in relation to other objects.
How is the Earth orbiting the Sun different from the Moon orbiting Earth?
It basically boils down to the definitions which use arbitrarily selected cut-off sizes.
So therefore, I’d say yes.
Trek Geek here, The Enterprise was designed to atmospheric maneuvers and has on occasion landed on a planet.
If I'm not mistaken, Pluto is part of the Kuiper Belt. Is there going to be a point in time that all of the rocks in that belt form into 1 planetary unit?
!!!!!!NIEIL DOES THE SPEED OF THE ROTATION OF A MASS EFFECT GRAVITY!!!!!!!!
Chuck misses the perfect oportunity to say " it doesn't matter"13:04🤣🤣
Mr. deGrasse-Tyson,
On behalf of all Theatre Geeks and Nerds everywhere, I'm gonna have to ask you to get right on that.
Thanks,
Management
Interesting question, Space that is separated away from 31 galaxies in the super virgo galaxies. 31 distances in a sphere in 3 dimensional constant. between distances is 100 billion light 31 galaxies.
Lol very entertaining pod cast
For the flying saucer, I disagree, the spinning disk shape could be useful. Perhaps the aliens could use the Magnus effect for control in air, and in space, create artificial gravity
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Thanks!
I didn't get the Big Rip. It means only space between matter expands? Matter doesn't expand also? If everything expands together (both space and matter) there would be no rip. Would it?
Fun fact: A 3D pixel is called a "voxel"
I think the big rip is just a part of the Mandelbrot set. Basically meaning that information is confirmed and transported potentially. Blackholes could do this through virtual particle networks.
new intro
sounds good
That was a correct melodic interpretation of the Jedi theme from Star Wars by Chuck
I love the Borg ship too chuck🤔