Where does gold come from? - David Lunney

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    Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial? Instead of arising from our planet’s rocky crust, it was actually cooked up in space and is present on Earth because of cataclysmic stellar explosions called supernovae. CERN Scientist David Lunney outlines the incredible journey of gold from space to Earth.
    Lesson by David Lunney, animation by Andrew Foerster.

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  • @oldcowbb
    @oldcowbb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3743

    the animation is so adorable

    • @wilsonong2898
      @wilsonong2898 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      +oldcowbb The lead getting shot into gold...how cruel

    • @archingelus
      @archingelus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Wilson Ong i see elemental torture

    • @Cristhian318
      @Cristhian318 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +oldcowbb they really do take their time doing these videos e-e

    • @archingelus
      @archingelus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ^above me
      LOL LOL LOL!! TED with a PLUS sign

    • @youtubereporter626
      @youtubereporter626 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      also my grand mother told me that in million years long time ago they were old but they find golds and they hide the golds because it when they died people will not gonna found the golds

  • @amirul3233
    @amirul3233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2944

    TED-Ed: We can manufacture gold!
    also TED-Ed: We actually cannot, but hypothetically yes!

    • @aquaboi7818
      @aquaboi7818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😝

    • @internetdinosaur8810
      @internetdinosaur8810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Well yes, but actually no

    • @steveheuser7382
      @steveheuser7382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      with electron stripping it will happen.

    • @steveheuser7382
      @steveheuser7382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Think atuotomic gold

    • @abrar939
      @abrar939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      In other words: yes we can. But no. But still yes

  • @lanellobubunevortia
    @lanellobubunevortia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Him: Gold is about 20x denser than water
    Me: Laughs while watching duck tales on tv

    • @cybernet343
      @cybernet343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know its a cartoon, but to be fair, coins more often than not dont equal gold.

    • @swaglord2426
      @swaglord2426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Although gold is very dense, about 20 times denser than a duck”
      -Kurzgesagt - In a nutshell

  • @laughsinmisogyny8827
    @laughsinmisogyny8827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    The ancient Aztecs called gold "the sweat of the sun". Seems they knew what they were talking about

  • @kerentan9446
    @kerentan9446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3585

    This video ends on such a happy note.
    "Oh, and if a star dies close enough to us we could either get rich or completely die out!"

    • @cyberium5020
      @cyberium5020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      so basically forced russian roulette

    • @artoruvidal2793
      @artoruvidal2793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Stars massive enough to explode in a supernova are too far away to kill us with their explosion
      Beetlgeuse is the closest star that could explode in a supernova and it's 600 light years away so it won't kill us
      Now the problem is that a neutron star can hit us with a gamma ray burst instead which will kill us too .

    • @Amanda-qe5lj
      @Amanda-qe5lj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      fair

    • @unwase
      @unwase 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Spoiler alert

    • @omxls
      @omxls 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@unwase woah we already too many problems on 2020.

  • @LizardManFromTheEarthCore
    @LizardManFromTheEarthCore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7056

    Everybody knows that gold comes from the end of a rainbow.

    • @mich497
      @mich497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      First to reply before your comment has 300-500 replies :1

    • @kidkidu2
      @kidkidu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      if you catch the leprechaun that is

    • @mich497
      @mich497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lars Aarton lmao

    • @kenneykatfishtenyardfight
      @kenneykatfishtenyardfight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I just knew somebody had already beat me to this quote

    • @NgNhatQuang
      @NgNhatQuang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But why tho

  • @doragary3717
    @doragary3717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Can I invest in Gold?
    Any specific guide please?

    • @peterfaulkner8391
      @peterfaulkner8391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I recently got into forex trading and im already marveling over the profits I'm making,

    • @lorenzosantos4825
      @lorenzosantos4825 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterfaulkner8391 Same here, I wish I knew about this Bitcoin trading earlier, brace up and get yourself some Bitcoin before it's too late

    • @jenkinzbrown9519
      @jenkinzbrown9519 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Obviously trading in bitcoin is very volatile and risky to trade that's the reason most traders trade with a company

    • @jenkinzbrown9519
      @jenkinzbrown9519 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Learn and trade under a guide I do same and I hardly make losses in the market

    • @markaustin5229
      @markaustin5229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gold isn't investment, it's insurance

  • @richardrobertson1331
    @richardrobertson1331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Well done. When the very young earth was still forming and molten, most of the gold that arrived settled deep within its mantle and core because of its relative weight and although moderate amounts of stirring have occurred, most of it is still down there. Occasionally volcanic activity lifts some into the crust mixed with many other heavy elements (magma) and even some of it rarely makes it to the surface (mixed in the lava). Additionally, cracks in the crust (earthquakes) permit hot acid water to flow toward the surface, slowly depositing dissolved minerals in these cracks (such as quartz and gold) as it cools. Most quartz and hot water veins sadly brought no gold with it (those quartz veins are called "bull" quartz) and sometimes this hot acid water flowed toward the surface too fast (steeper angle than 67 degrees) to permit the gold to settle (precipitate) out and it remained diluted in the 3 to 5 parts per million concentration. So, every time you hear of an earthquake deep within the crust, just think more gold may be heading near the surface for you to find some day.

    • @pauljaru2698
      @pauljaru2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Would there be solid gold asteroids out there? Blobs ejected from supernovas?

    • @canadiankewldude
      @canadiankewldude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just as long as when you hear of an earthquake deep within the crust, it's not below the 221 mile range, as Japanese researchers are discovering. Below that the lava compresses and heads for the core. (Crossover Depth)

    • @richardrobertson1331
      @richardrobertson1331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@canadiankewldude What an interesting concept. Totally new concept for me. I wonder how truly heavy elements, such as uranium, ever make it to the surface?

    • @canadiankewldude
      @canadiankewldude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@richardrobertson1331 Z-Pinch was first produced in the lab in Ukraine and repeated in American labs.
      Their research is available online, the elements in the same percentage as is found in the ground.

    • @canadiankewldude
      @canadiankewldude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They have discovered and published that super nova are not powerful enough to create the elements from Iron onward.

  • @genroynoisis6980
    @genroynoisis6980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1224

    "Diamonds have been crushred for like a million years."
    "Gold is literally made from space explosions."

    • @soylentgreenb
      @soylentgreenb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      All the elements in you heavier than hydrogen were created or dispersed by a thermonuclear explosion. Romantics like to say we are made of star stuff, or star dust; a cynic would say we are made of nuclear waste. And it was really very radioactive stuff. It had been subjected to neutron fluxes as high as a mole of neutrons per square cm per second.

    • @chb4200
      @chb4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The earth has only been in existence for 6000 years

    • @kidkidu2
      @kidkidu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      he meant to say 60 years

    • @chb4200
      @chb4200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Abigail Jo facts, no joke! 6000 not 60 ✌️

    • @kidkidu2
      @kidkidu2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I'm telling you it's 60, i read it on the internet

  • @mlc4495
    @mlc4495 5 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    Medieval alchemist: "where did that 3km long particle accelerator come from?"

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Why would a medieval alchemist have "particle accelerator" in his vocabulary?

    • @GagandeepKSECE
      @GagandeepKSECE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@medexamtoolsdotcom because it is a "particle accelerator"?

    • @shinatsuki8957
      @shinatsuki8957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GagandeepKSECE a medieval alchemist, using that word??

    • @PuddinPie
      @PuddinPie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      medexamtoolsdotcom because he is from the future

    • @ameyas7726
      @ameyas7726 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Medieval alchemist: "Burn this Satanic Heretic at the stakes!!!"

  • @ArtML
    @ArtML 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    Two notes. First, to the best of my knowledge, the majority of gold and other heavier elements in the universe is produced not in supernovas but in much more rare events - neutron star merges. Second, all gold that we mine actually came to Earth on meteorites over billions of years of its development, since the original gold, platinum, and other heavy elements present during the formation of the planet should have sunk into its core.

    • @AhmedAshraf-pd7mu
      @AhmedAshraf-pd7mu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was about to comment the same

    • @godoflove143
      @godoflove143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AhmedAshraf-pd7mu Even me

    • @irw4350
      @irw4350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      this sounds a lot more likely and also explains how there are significant sized nugget finds on the surface - which would not happen if that gold was delivered as dust (or to an ancient molten planet) then re-precipitated from solution. That said, some of those meteorites must have been huge?? if they were themselves not entirely vaporised on impact ?

    • @drewpeacock6823
      @drewpeacock6823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      According to James lovelocks book, the revenge of Gia, 4.6 quad trillion tons of gold and platinum, resides at the earth’s core!!

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds fine, but the biggest problem is your so-called "knowledge" is simply theory based on someone else's imaginative ideas that seem to reside somewhere deep within your own imagination. The fact is you, you or authors of books have no clue whether or not the gold we find comes from meteorites, nor do you have a clue other than "gold is heavy" whether or not there are trillions of tons inaccessible in the Earth's core. I'll listen to your theories, but please do the rest of us a favor- don't continue to pull fairy farts from your rear ends and then have the audacity to claim they are nuggets. 🤦‍♂

  • @ElSafti781
    @ElSafti781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Beautifully imagined and animated ❤️

  • @spicyladyhunter
    @spicyladyhunter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    First, the Server generates some chunks, and then we find them. Make sure to use an Iron Pickaxe.

    • @lolzxl9184
      @lolzxl9184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Don’t forget a furnace

    • @kamikaze6198
      @kamikaze6198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@lolzxl9184 and jeezus load of coal

    • @MrMeme2006
      @MrMeme2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      How to big brain

    • @alana.dyer.author
      @alana.dyer.author 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Some how I always find diamonds before gold...I got lucky and found a diamond pickaxe in a sand temple and it was all up hill mining from there for me lol

    • @sinnerthesinful552
      @sinnerthesinful552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kamikaze6198 Impossible, you can never have too much coal

  • @Jayohennn
    @Jayohennn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    I think they are missing the more important question: could Scrooge McDuck really swim in one of those Olympic swimming pools full of gold? Sadly, the world may never know.

    • @Alizudo
      @Alizudo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The answer is no. It would be solid, like a floor.

    • @abdalrahmanamrmostafa1975
      @abdalrahmanamrmostafa1975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yes he can

    • @twilightundersky8658
      @twilightundersky8658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He could but it's hard to swim in solid, I think I'll stick with liquid

    • @HackerMan-lj7ds
      @HackerMan-lj7ds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude if you want a response just watch Mat Pats video on it

    • @gilpou3260
      @gilpou3260 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's cos man is too stubborn to let research carry on in Egypt I bet they know what the purpose is of them just no one is saying what's the truth behind them only the Cat Goddess can reveal that Men are from Mars Women are from Venus👑🌏

  • @LFTRnow
    @LFTRnow ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was excellent and beautiful. One interesting side note, attempting to make gold this way will most likely contaminate it with radioactive gold as well. This is one way you would know it was "manufactured".
    Au-197 is the only stable isotope, and there are many radioactive ones. If you were to transmute some other element into gold, you'd very likely have contaminated any gold that you made with radioactive isotopes of gold.

  • @wayne3302264
    @wayne3302264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a side note it seems much of the time gold veins are located within Quartz formations. If you find a sizable quartz rock laying around always worth a look to see if there is any yellow in it. While very rare this is actually a way to find gold just laying around on the ground.

    • @recommendationdumpster5905
      @recommendationdumpster5905 ปีที่แล้ว

      This information may or may not be useful, but good nonetheless

    • @Heart2HeartBooks
      @Heart2HeartBooks ปีที่แล้ว

      I got out of my car about 3 months ago and there lying on the ground was a 14K gold chain.
      I had it appraised. 2,200 dollars. It is 89 grams. Good find.
      The clasp was broken. Had it fixed for $78

  •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    "Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial?" < well it's been on earth since it formation billions of years ago, so it's as "extraterrestrial" as we are, or anything on earth actually.

    • @Edarric
      @Edarric 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Guss De Blöd Since BEFORE its formation even.

    • @honeyham6788
      @honeyham6788 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Guss De Blöd not everything on this planet was here when it was formed. Water for instance came eons after the planet was formed

    •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sebastian Ferguson
      I'm talking about elements, not molecules.
      Some may be from outer space, but most are here since the beginning.

    • @Seventschiko
      @Seventschiko 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Guss De Blöd even if it has been on earth for trillions of years, it has "EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN" thus it's extraterrestrial.. kindof a no brainer..

    •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *****
      So does everything then , as the atoms that are on earths existed since before the earth existed.

  • @stephenlukner6929
    @stephenlukner6929 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3912

    am i the only one who felt bad for the alchemist

    • @xaviermitchell5300
      @xaviermitchell5300 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      aye dumbass gold originally comes from Africa

    • @jameskeelinggaming2319
      @jameskeelinggaming2319 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      your wrong. that's diamonds your thinking

    • @ikura-chan6074
      @ikura-chan6074 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Stephen Lukner nope your not the only one with a soft heart

    • @rainbowsixgames7708
      @rainbowsixgames7708 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stephen Lukner no your not

    • @miialona5494
      @miialona5494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stephen Lukner mee too

  • @kaypz
    @kaypz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best animated learning I have ever encountered!!!

  • @ricosuave4275
    @ricosuave4275 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Beautiful story! Humbling to think that a gold necklace came from the heart of a dying star.

  • @RinoaL
    @RinoaL 8 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    this cartoon is so awesome, please do more in this style! haha

    • @imrenz434
      @imrenz434 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Finn Bicat16 dude that comment was 2 years ago

    • @johncgibson4720
      @johncgibson4720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No no no, this video is all wrong. Supernovas dont create gold. Not enough power. Gold is created by neutron star collisions.

    • @dogge7493
      @dogge7493 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rinoa Super-Genius i

    • @KJD1999
      @KJD1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rinoa Super-Genius a

    • @confusedpotato7045
      @confusedpotato7045 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      John C Gibson how do you know ((( not trying to start a argument)))

  • @Enter_channel_name
    @Enter_channel_name 3 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    "Gold is extraterrestrial" Isn't everything cooked up in space?

    • @francisbright7872
      @francisbright7872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Meaning it isn’t produced on our planet.

    • @alial-ajmi7415
      @alial-ajmi7415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@francisbright7872 nothing is produced in Earth, everything comes from outer space. Even you

    • @e6026
      @e6026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@alial-ajmi7415 Ah yes, I always knew I was born on Naboo.

    • @setcheck67
      @setcheck67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@alial-ajmi7415 This is actually not true. Helium is produced on earth from the decay of Uranium. It's so inert that anytime it forms it just flies off into space to join the interstellar medium.

    • @johnnyt3392
      @johnnyt3392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@setcheck67 But there would be no helium if not for uranium, which comes from a supernova.

  • @mamamarianovits9029
    @mamamarianovits9029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Some ancient cultures believed gold to be from the remains of their "gods", also known as the fallen angels.

    • @bunnymanmoe8819
      @bunnymanmoe8819 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just reading about the Annunaki

  • @TheAllanmc64
    @TheAllanmc64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "Gold is Extraterrestrial" - If you're going to put it like that, everything is extraterrestrial.

    • @rexluminus9867
      @rexluminus9867 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. Gold is a low vibration energy/light solidified now. Just like many metals & other rocks.When you could reverse gold back to light again than......💭☝️✨?
      Quartz also holds the key to it.
      But this is a way higher science.
      Gold can come to us through the SUN.✴️⛰️✴️🌞 HEDRON/CERN.
      KEY💥💫

    • @irw4350
      @irw4350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rexluminus9867 basically, you're talking bollocks

  • @rabeni805
    @rabeni805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can't stop watching this beautiful video, everything about this video is so perfect. The animations, narration, sound effects, and background music.

  • @sagarrp22
    @sagarrp22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Voice, animation, content beauty of this channel.

  • @soakedbearrd
    @soakedbearrd ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Informative video. The end part of this video shows a distortion of our disconnection; giving something worth due to rarity and assigning it a monetary value at the cost of disruption of ecosystems and potentially causing bloodshed (wars and infighting because of the lust for it).
    I think we need to recognize that living systems are worth more than applications and value in the materialistic sense, that we give these wonderful byproducts of important celestial bodies that give life and light through its own energy, temperance and respect, and in turn receive it.

  • @josephgonzales412
    @josephgonzales412 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent in its simplicity and clarity!

  • @dpopluf7370
    @dpopluf7370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    Holy cow, learnt more about physics in these minutes than during the last 41 years

    • @hamzasiddiqui5258
      @hamzasiddiqui5258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lemme guess , you are 41 years old...

    • @dpopluf7370
      @dpopluf7370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You got it right

    • @efrenlaboy2282
      @efrenlaboy2282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You have no idea gold comes from neutrons stars no supernova

    • @krutzansemsablaon700
      @krutzansemsablaon700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hamzasiddiqui5258 hes now 42

    • @Cienfuegos.
      @Cienfuegos. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boomer

  • @lourdesmirlourdes4409
    @lourdesmirlourdes4409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    1:00
    What do you see?
    A circle with eyes and a letter H
    A circle with eyes and cheeks

    • @LL-pl2ek
      @LL-pl2ek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      A circle that looks like it's eating something

    • @kevinj8594
      @kevinj8594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      great now i cant unsee it

    • @bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612
      @bigtoefungusvs.friedpochun7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LL-pl2ek yeah tbh it looks like it's about to puke lol

    • @Delinae
      @Delinae 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      In their particle physics video, the proton looks like someone throwing up lol.

    • @syedfawaz4043
      @syedfawaz4043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      H for Hydrogen

  • @amandapenelope2629
    @amandapenelope2629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE MUSIC FOR THIS VIDEO IS JUST ON POINT!

  • @jdlmpo
    @jdlmpo ปีที่แล้ว

    2:22 Where did this sound effect come from? It's exactly what I hear when you loses in that elements game called Atomas.

  • @raidennaz1590
    @raidennaz1590 8 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    what if people in the future no longer considering gold as a valuable substance? like what if people value dirt/soil because of the nutrient in it to make plants?

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      +Raiden Noeramrin Well then they will value soil above gold. What of it?

    • @ehdollet9641
      @ehdollet9641 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Raiden Noeramrin I don't think they only mine it for its wealth, well that's a big part of it, I think it's mined for building stuff aswell. :P

    • @wildwasteland5821
      @wildwasteland5821 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      +eh dollet Close, gold is an excellent conductor and is used widely in electronics.

    • @BlazerJake
      @BlazerJake 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      +Raiden Noeramrin Gold is an incredibly useful material! It's soft & malleable so it can be made into whatever form we like, it's highly conductive & it even has properties that allow it to shield people from some of the harmful effects of radiation. In fact the outside of the lunar lander in the Apollo missions was covered in gold foil & even today almost every electronic device you've ever had has had some gold in it.

    • @raidennaz1590
      @raidennaz1590 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      wow, i never heard that before. seeing all these smart people in my comment make me feel like an idiot :/

  • @Prelude610
    @Prelude610 8 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    The video makes it sound like gold is just iron with a bunch of extra neutrons. I think it left out the protons.

    • @livinglifeform7974
      @livinglifeform7974 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And electrons.

    • @LKAChannel
      @LKAChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Prelude610 Agreed, the animation was kinda misleading

    • @Tamizushi
      @Tamizushi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      +Living Lifeform The electrons are kinda trivial. You can kinda just throw a gold nucleus out there and it's gonna take it's electrons from other molecules spontaneously where as it takes special conditions to produce the nucleus itself.

    • @DanOC1991
      @DanOC1991 8 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      +Prelude610 It's possible for a neutron to turn into a proton and an electron pair. This is known as beta decay and happens in unstable nuclei such as the neutron rich iron.

    • @LKAChannel
      @LKAChannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Daniel O'Connell
      It's not an electron pair, it's one electron and an electron-antineutrino. The problem is that in the animation it looks like an iron atom with many neutrons is suddenly a gold atom, which is not the case.

  • @kabirprakash
    @kabirprakash 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best animation with superb comic angle to it.

  • @mr.anderson119
    @mr.anderson119 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Our daily shout out from Mr. Anderson’s 5th grade classroom of the Lowman Hill Leopards in Topeka Kansas. Our classroom motto is, “We are not held back by where we came from!” We always RISE UP.
    Our favorite word is LEXICON: the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.

  • @brixmonton3577
    @brixmonton3577 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1007

    those hydrogen atoms are cute af

  • @MossyBoy_
    @MossyBoy_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    Stages of gaining metabolism
    1: Hydrogen
    2: Helium
    3: Iron
    4: argon
    5: Gold
    6: Lead
    7: Uranium

    • @awe483
      @awe483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wow 😮😯😲

    • @flargarbason1740
      @flargarbason1740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wait, why would is skip around like that? Shouldn’t it just gradually go up the periodic table? And why argon after iron? Argon is much, much less dense than iron.

    • @Diamondraw4Real
      @Diamondraw4Real 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      can you do one for silver...

    • @Saladin00Alayobie
      @Saladin00Alayobie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So the orgion of everything is H

    • @razakbaginda942
      @razakbaginda942 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      All of this i taught in Al Quran

  • @jobelijander6217
    @jobelijander6217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:40-1:43 is so well animated. love it

  • @pkmkb
    @pkmkb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Me: So we can create gold?
    TED-ed: Well yes, but actually no.

  • @calisthenicsharmony1767
    @calisthenicsharmony1767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    1:00 those hydrogen atoms looks like as if they r holding breath 😄

  • @Ferelmakina
    @Ferelmakina 7 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Three swimming pools? that's it?? I find it hard to believe...

    • @RafaelMafraOliveira
      @RafaelMafraOliveira 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      3 Swimming Pools = 7.500 M³
      Gold density = 19,3 g/cm3
      1 M³ of gold = 19,282 KG
      7.500 M³ of gold = 144.615 KG
      maybe it's correct.

    • @alexhurlbut
      @alexhurlbut 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Various say there are about 155,244 tonnes to 2.5 million tonnes of gold circulating and in storage. That's still a drop compared to all gold LOCKED AWAY in the core. There is enough there to cover the earth's surface in depth between 1.5 feet to 12 feet thick.

    • @Smokydoggg
      @Smokydoggg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Me too. Specially since this includes all the gold the Egyptians mined, all the gold the Aztecs mined, the 1800's gold rushes, the vast treasuries of the ancient kings and queens of England, Hebrew and ancient kings and queens, Japanese emperors, and the gold that has come from modern strip mining methods. Then count all the gold that is in private hands, all the jewelry in modern times. All the gold in Fort Knox. Then count the gold that is in electronics, which is a small amount but a lot is used. That's a lot of gold, and I find it hard to believe that all this would fill a measly 3 swimming pools.

    • @hanniballeicesterisanillus3848
      @hanniballeicesterisanillus3848 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Firsty kid, half the gold was robbed from one country to another, 2nd gold is so small that peas are bigger then what is really found, its not like in the movies &3rd jewerlly its 100% gold hence 24crt gold, &it you think abt it, condence the gold so theres no space (liquid gold), & when they pool, there are talking about olympic size pools, it makes sence, Fort Knox is Nazi gold which is really spanish , indian, and cowboy & indian gold. &remeber gold is stolen & resold by crafty jewlers

    • @FurlowT
      @FurlowT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'll have to agree, what of those Mosks that have those huge golden domes? even melted down into bricks, that combined with all the rest the gold would have to take up more than that.

  • @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-
    @-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is really easy to understand if you already have a good understanding of Chemistry.

  • @spinningninja2
    @spinningninja2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked how they used the TED talk intro sounds for the supernovae

  • @TGoodie1717
    @TGoodie1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    So that’s where gold comes from! I wouldn’t have guessed that in a bullion years.

    • @falconquest2068
      @falconquest2068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, now you no.

    • @TGoodie1717
      @TGoodie1717 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Falcon Quest *know

    • @falconquest2068
      @falconquest2068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TGoodie1717 That's the point.

    • @thenewcaliph766
      @thenewcaliph766 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clever

    • @dewansingh9325
      @dewansingh9325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      About 4 years ago ‘They’ claim that most gold are produced during hypernova (exploding neutron stars).

  • @neutrivictoire.1833
    @neutrivictoire.1833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I literally paused this video in the middle just to give a like. Dude, the art and your voice is extremely good.

  • @seanrodgers1839
    @seanrodgers1839 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was the accepted theory for a long time. However, some say that this is not where elements heavier than iron come from. They say that they actually come from neutron star collisions, stuff that gets ejected in the collision.

  • @saharshparitosh
    @saharshparitosh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Appreciate the animation.🤗

  • @maacpiash
    @maacpiash 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The animation and sound effects were amazing!

  • @paritoshjha28
    @paritoshjha28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Seeing ted ed videos is always worth time, always

  • @hpsagor8336
    @hpsagor8336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    brother perfect explanation 👌 I loved your video 💝

  • @lumiinousity
    @lumiinousity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *2 years ago and I still enjoy this 😅*

  • @lisandroreynoso
    @lisandroreynoso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    "Maybe some future supernova will occur close enough to shower us with [gold] (wohoo!)... and hopefully not eradicate all life on Earth in the process" (Boooo!). That escalated quickly T_T

    • @steveyt1392
      @steveyt1392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It will kill us all because of the explosion

    • @joshchristopher551
      @joshchristopher551 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steveyt1392 no, cause of radiation

    • @steveyt1392
      @steveyt1392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshchristopher551 heat

    • @joshchristopher551
      @joshchristopher551 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steveyt1392 stop, my major is Physic, the nearest dying star is very far away, supernova occurs a massive explosion, this explosion is radiation, this radiation includes heat, some elements ( neutron, electron, proton, even photon... ), and deadly Gamma Ray Burst, the heat radiation has long wavelength and since the dying star is very far from our Earth, we wont be able to recognize the heat, and mostly doesnt effect us that much, while the most deadly thing is Gamma Ray Burst, we will be dead for sure

    • @sohammitra3100
      @sohammitra3100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There would be no point of gold if there was a lot of gold on earth, its prices would drop below the price of lead.

  • @KevinLarsson42
    @KevinLarsson42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    1:09 Im thinking of eggs right now...

    • @FuOnY
      @FuOnY 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Kevin Larsson my two eggs.. ?

    • @KevinLarsson42
      @KevinLarsson42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FuOnY How did you know? xD

  • @Draganism
    @Draganism 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That the heavy metals comes from space, the debris of supervova, is just mind blowing. (Is that a pun?) Great video. Thank you.

    • @BornAgainCynic0086
      @BornAgainCynic0086 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole of earth was formed from the dusts of previous stars... so Jeff... you are stardust.

  • @ijeomaasomugha3187
    @ijeomaasomugha3187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The way I bursted into laughter when his alchemy experiment blew up in his face!! 😂😂

  • @ChBrahm
    @ChBrahm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    4:14
    And there I was. I had just become the richest man in the entire universe.
    And poorest

  • @znsaidi
    @znsaidi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Every rare thing is precious, not just gold.

    • @farticlesofconflatulation
      @farticlesofconflatulation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Juba Yuva even non rare things such as water.

    • @unwase
      @unwase 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not a two headed snake

    • @germancarrasco2028
      @germancarrasco2028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@unwase If you try to buy a two headed snake you will pay much more than for a regular one.

    • @unwase
      @unwase 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @G erman C arrasco expensive doesn’t equal precious duh

    • @germancarrasco2028
      @germancarrasco2028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@unwase Well, you are right. I would have said that a rare illness is not precious though. Rare animals are precious for many people.

  • @mixal31
    @mixal31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Correct me if I am wrong, but gold can be also mined from used nuear fuel, where it was created as a fission byproduct. Very expensive though

    • @irw4350
      @irw4350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OK - you're wrong

  • @naabii2722
    @naabii2722 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That background music, so good....

  • @arabellakvelberj5180
    @arabellakvelberj5180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    On a side note, the night time music is so nice, it made me feel sleepy

  • @BBBrasil
    @BBBrasil 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    By putting gold in the title they made sure people will view this video about stellar nucleosyhtesis. Nicely done.

  • @David-qk1bv
    @David-qk1bv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ted-Ed: Where does gold come from?
    Me, and intellectual: *The ground.*

  • @rakshitakarwa9430
    @rakshitakarwa9430 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Sometimes I forget how beautiful science actually is.
    Thanks for the reminder

  • @bulletrider1367
    @bulletrider1367 7 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    So gold was literally showered on earth from the heavens 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @TastyAzWhole
      @TastyAzWhole 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      From space.

    • @curlyhairdudeify
      @curlyhairdudeify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Golden showers.

    • @303elliott
      @303elliott 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      From space

    • @RedForeman
      @RedForeman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bacchanalia r Kelly has entered the chat room

    • @lewisvann1
      @lewisvann1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Harpreet Dardi literally yes, as was absolutely everything - e=mc2 -: matter and energy are in equilibrium

  • @shumail72
    @shumail72 8 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    This video taught me more than my 12 years of schooling.

    • @floriath
      @floriath 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Syed Shumyl you wouldn't have understood this without those 12 years

    • @kaziu312
      @kaziu312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      floriath LOL! TRUTH!

    • @viklondon3466
      @viklondon3466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You must have been a terrible student

    • @DmitriasBehindTheWheel
      @DmitriasBehindTheWheel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Paying attention in school helps.

    • @rahulmalik3845
      @rahulmalik3845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You must have studied at madrasha....................

  • @jeffreygreene1042
    @jeffreygreene1042 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done on the graphics

  • @soranaochidesoim1656
    @soranaochidesoim1656 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this!

  • @crowcarmichael2917
    @crowcarmichael2917 8 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    I recommend Domics as an animator!

  • @Barbutt
    @Barbutt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    4:07 bring on the Golden Shower!

  • @m1legend496
    @m1legend496 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    At the last part, Did I hear something familiar?
    It sounds like Nathan's Background Music!

  • @premalalmendis4967
    @premalalmendis4967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, I'm looking for the chemical equations associated with gold formation during retrograde metamorphism of pyroxenes to amphiboles. Do you think you can help me please! Many thanks.

    • @jessicawiley7991
      @jessicawiley7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @lopezmario4633
    @lopezmario4633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It amazes me how man has figured out how this actually happened once upon a time. Protons, electrons, nuclear fusion..... my actual intellectuality saddens me sometimes when I see these things.

    • @nyranstanton203
      @nyranstanton203 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you sat , looked at something and studied it for hours, you might come up with crazy sht too. But most of us are to busy to si tthere for days and days and months studying something lol.

  • @klieu90210
    @klieu90210 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We're taught that the heavier elements come from supernovae, but the pressures from neutron star collisions much better fit the bill for heavy element creation than those from supernovae.

    • @Omegawerewolfx
      @Omegawerewolfx 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +klieu90210 That's for the more advanced gold lessons though

    • @petertimowreef9085
      @petertimowreef9085 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +klieu90210 I don't think such a collision happens nearly as often as a Super Nova.

  • @Shawn17WiFi
    @Shawn17WiFi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only 3 swimming pools of gold in all of history was extracted? I find that very hard to believe, there's so much gold around the world today alone, just imagine how much there's been in ancient times too. Look at India and Africa how much gold they the ancients had. I feel like it's way more than just 3 swimming pools.

  • @godwinchiong
    @godwinchiong 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    About the supernova you are talking in the last part, how close is close enough?

  • @crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641
    @crouchingwombathiddenquoll5641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I held a 17 kilogramme bar of gold in a mine gold smelter once....it has an almost hypnotic effect, I did not want to pass it to the next person to feel the weight. I think 'gold fever' is a thing.

    • @abaubaidah
      @abaubaidah 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My precious 💍

    • @robthegardener9631
      @robthegardener9631 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That would have been $800,000 worth at today's price.

  • @rhisavbora2975
    @rhisavbora2975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I guess now we know most of the heavy elements like gold are usually produced in neutron star collisions..

  • @mjpottertx
    @mjpottertx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It’s very hard to fuse past iron, even in a supernova. Neutron star mergers seem to produce much more.

    • @PhilStinnet
      @PhilStinnet ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Before August 2017, everyone thought that gold comes from Supernova. But, after Aug 2017, it was realized that it had come from the collision of two neutron stars.

    • @jimp5133
      @jimp5133 ปีที่แล้ว

      Any nuclear reaction, we can form gold rapidly in reactors, transmutation of lead etc

    • @jimp5133
      @jimp5133 ปีที่แล้ว

      Including geonuclear activity

    • @jimp5133
      @jimp5133 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gold minerals form in hot rocks in and around volcanoes. Low sulfur, gold-bearing hydrothermal fluids form when hot rocks heat ground water.

  • @CPUReD
    @CPUReD 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The neutrons have no charge, what incentive does the Fe atom get from capturing neutrons? Is it because of the pressure in that moment?

    • @jessicawiley7991
      @jessicawiley7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?

  • @ultrafire6684
    @ultrafire6684 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Everyone knows it comes from golden egg goose

  • @ridhwan3896
    @ridhwan3896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the sound effect and the animation..keep up the good work..

  • @Alice-ui9oy
    @Alice-ui9oy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Accurate graphics. Good work 👍

    • @jessicawiley7991
      @jessicawiley7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere?!!!

  • @Harukanatsuki1
    @Harukanatsuki1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's that nice background music at the beginning?

  • @marius4iasi
    @marius4iasi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do some comments have no reply option?
    Anyway, in reply to someone saying that the 3 swimming pools statement is bs, because math, i say let's do the math: an Olympic swimming pool has 2500 cubic meters, the density of gold is 19.3 grams per cubic centimeter, which if you do the multiplication gives you a mass of 48,250 metric tonnes of gold per swimming pool. According to wikipedia "183,600 tonnes of gold have been mined in human history, as of 2014", so that would make 3.8 swimming pools. The video got it wrong by 0.8 swimming pools, damn it!

  • @santossantana
    @santossantana 5 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    whats the piano background song at 00:38?

    • @ulugbekkadyrbekov232
      @ulugbekkadyrbekov232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeees.

    • @solus2074
      @solus2074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Darude Sandstorm

    • @Daviddity
      @Daviddity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      i found it! here it is: th-cam.com/video/ub82Xb1C8os/w-d-xo.html

    • @5teven-410
      @5teven-410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      weegee wow funny

    • @Daviddity
      @Daviddity 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@5teven-410 SHHHHH

  • @shardulkardile7556
    @shardulkardile7556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am expecting that each and every video of TED-Ed should be get translated in all major Indian languages like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, etc. For those people who can't understand english very well.

  • @Tyltonstudios
    @Tyltonstudios ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have to know what it looks like for a piece of iron to suddenly turn into gold in mere seconds.

    • @kruroq
      @kruroq ปีที่แล้ว

      White brown yellow thats it

  • @vishaljee6041
    @vishaljee6041 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this channel is so great why has it garnered so less views?

    • @figurefiguras4104
      @figurefiguras4104 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Cuz foolish people are watching fake pranks !!! damnit

    • @sagarapatil
      @sagarapatil 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      totally agree with you, this people are kind of useless. they even can't think Big or differently.

  • @MrQuakeLoL
    @MrQuakeLoL 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    what a masterpiece, thanks ted.

  • @Ok-se6tz
    @Ok-se6tz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That supernovae explosion is so beautiful

  • @user-zu9uh2rg6m
    @user-zu9uh2rg6m 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super perfect video thanks for that very much.😍😍😍

  • @_found_
    @_found_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    "And hopefully not destroy all life on Earth in the process..."
    x""D

    • @gooseguse
      @gooseguse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *looks out window*
      We're doing that ourselves just fine, thank you.

    • @b11jiral63
      @b11jiral63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gooseguse and then WW3 strikes.

    • @steveyt1392
      @steveyt1392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Explosions on space it still kills and destroy its not possible that we can not absorb explosions

    • @nathanmciver6737
      @nathanmciver6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      God, isn't that the answer? When does that become important and on going! Can't wait

  • @doncorleone7580
    @doncorleone7580 7 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    The Hydrogen is Absolutely ADORABALE!!!!! 😁😁😁

    • @mumtazbegum717
      @mumtazbegum717 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂i totally agree

    • @Chen-mh3hf
      @Chen-mh3hf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed!

    • @memesinaction5847
      @memesinaction5847 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then start petting air

    • @aini9528
      @aini9528 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      + I read it at "Then start peeing in the air!" which I thought was some internet meme/or a thing that people do now a days... Like celebrating with ur community a great event that takes place. Think about everyone just a while jumping up and started peeing in the air when alone in their houses & when they hear something awesome.

    • @luisxd5003
      @luisxd5003 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Braka sucks

  • @omniXenderman
    @omniXenderman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was figuring this would be more historically based and explain the value of gold more. This is about making gold atoms using particle accelerators

  • @Bonjevalien
    @Bonjevalien 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was super smart. I’m saving this for the grand kids!

  • @zulsecengko5978
    @zulsecengko5978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If Fe is sucking neutrons, isn't it going to become an isotope for Fe instead of another element? Since element are based on their proton number. Please explain to me. I'm in thirst for knowledge.

    • @kaziu312
      @kaziu312 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      zul secengko THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO!

    • @acarroll0508
      @acarroll0508 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really all netrouns do adds mass

    • @vapervop
      @vapervop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      zul secengko Yes, the Iron becomes an isotope, but a certain point it becomes so unstable that it decays in other elements. This is known as radioactive decay.

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      zul secengko
      There is beta decay.
      Too neutron-rich isotopes are unstable and tend to balance out the proton-neutron ratio by decaying radioactively. One neutron "breaks down" to form a proton and relasing an electron, an electron antineutrino and some energy (gamma rays). Every time an element goes through beta decay his atomic number increases by one and his mass stays the same. By beta-deacying 53 times, the isotope Fe-79 will turn in a gold atom.

    • @mjgarrett9885ify
      @mjgarrett9885ify 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ormus and the guy who discovered the process is a video you will find interesting . All back with documents , patents and eyewitnesses to the facts . Gravity and different dimensions . how it change into monotonic gold .

  • @trips8500
    @trips8500 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    4:10 That would be literally be a "golden shower".

    • @nathanmciver6737
      @nathanmciver6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man, I am still disappointed to never have experienced that! I seem to be still held back abit from so called sins, except now that I know better I am experiencing not being tortured. Such a great start not being held in a cell like an animal from criminals dressed in halloween uniforms! Golden shower would be fun unless I had to pay for that

  • @jesserantakangas5594
    @jesserantakangas5594 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    is the end a "First man on the moon" (by H.G Wells) reference ?

    • @jessicawiley7991
      @jessicawiley7991 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for writing you, just out of curiosity your page come up on my suggested friend lists so I was just wondering if I knew you from somewhere??

  • @antoninorex5857
    @antoninorex5857 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Hence" The Hydron Collider.
    (sorry if i miss spelt)