What Happens When The Planets Align? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains…

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
  • How rare are planetary alignments? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explain the alignments and conjunctions of the planets in our solar system.
    What does it mean for the planets to be aligned? Does that mean that something special will happen or you will have good luck? We discuss the plane of the solar system, the origins of the days of the week, and what it means to be in alignment. That, plus, what is the difference between alignments and conjunctions?
    Get the NEW Cosmic Queries book (5/5 ⭐s on Amazon!): amzn.to/3dYIEQF
    Support us on Patreon: / startalkradio
    FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE to StarTalk:
    Twitter: / startalkradio
    Facebook: / startalk
    Instagram: / startalk
    About StarTalk:
    Science meets pop culture on StarTalk! Astrophysicist & Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities & scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up!
    #StarTalk #neildegrassetyson
    00:00 - Introduction
    01:14 - The Order of the Planets
    6:58 - What Makes Alignment Special
    8:13 - When Alignments Repeat
    9:58 - Planetary Conjunctions
  • วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี

ความคิดเห็น • 1.2K

  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Have you witnessed a planetary alignment?

    • @pretty5793
      @pretty5793 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You are telling me my planets are always aligned. Now, let us move onto the stars. 🤯

    • @conanobrien1
      @conanobrien1 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Have I witnessed a planetary alignment like this 7:27 ?
      7:27 is what most of us expected you will discuss in this episode, not planetary *aplainment* you were talking about.
      _made a word for you_

    • @Wannabe-Pro
      @Wannabe-Pro ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I love chuck, I feel like he is supposed to represent us, ask the questions we as non PhD astrophysicists would have, but he clearly has a ridiculously high NDT range IQ and asks even more fulfilling questions than I ever could. Love this channel.

    • @msz6683
      @msz6683 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@conanobrien1 you're absolutely right. I see in the comments, that there is a lot of people disappointed with this episode :(

    • @castagninofabio
      @castagninofabio ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I always thought they meant that Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were basically one spot in the sky from our perspective (exactly one "in front" of eachother).

  • @mattevans-koch9353
    @mattevans-koch9353 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    I always thought that the "alignment" of the planets meant that they formed a pattern that if you drew a straight line from the center of the sun to the edge of the solar system a number of the planets would be along that line at approximately the same time. That alignment would look like they were stacked vertically. Based on the different periods of revolution around the sun, this would be a rare event.

    • @waleedgaming4910
      @waleedgaming4910 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Exactly what i thought. i dont know why Neil and Chuck are acting like they dont know what alignment is!
      Since they r orbiting at different speeds there comes a time they all align, and thats what people want to know about, not "O they "align" every day so its no big news"

    • @KartavyaRana
      @KartavyaRana ปีที่แล้ว +63

      That's exactly what I thought, but Neil didn't say anything about that in this video, did he???

    • @KartavyaRana
      @KartavyaRana ปีที่แล้ว +51

      something like shown in this animation 07:27

    • @wordsandtech
      @wordsandtech ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Yes, the sun and all planets on the same straight line is what most people who came to this video were likely thinking of. I was disappointed in this episode, especially since they had graphical illustrations of this phenomenon, yet didn't actually address it.
      When all points fall on the same line, they're called colinear. It's estimated that the sun and 8 planets would be colinear once every 13 trillion years. Being that the universe isn't nearly that old and our solar system won't last that long, chances are this has never happened and never will happen.

    • @waleedgaming4910
      @waleedgaming4910 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @7:26 they show what alignment is, and yet they say nothing about it.

  • @jamesjellis
    @jamesjellis ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The way I've always understood "planetary alignment" was that one could draw a straight line through the given planets and sun when viewed from all directions.

  • @rebecca_stone
    @rebecca_stone 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "it's possible for something to be rare, and completely uninteresting". Love that! Wise words.

  • @screamcheeese7175
    @screamcheeese7175 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    The planets are always aligned among the same plane, but they’re NOT always aligned in the sense of the planets being in a straight line with each other, which is what everyone thinks of when it comes to planetary alignment. With all the different orbit times they have, wouldn’t that indeed be rare?

    • @leonardtramiel8704
      @leonardtramiel8704 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Not only is this rare, it is so rare it has essentially never happened.

    • @andrerijnders4600
      @andrerijnders4600 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Your talking about conjunction, I would like to know more about that

    • @leonardtramiel8704
      @leonardtramiel8704 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andrerijnders4600 take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)

    • @jamesjellis
      @jamesjellis ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@andrerijnders4600conjunction is when the planets are all visible from earth in basically the same very narrow field of view. Alignment is when you can draw a straight line through the sun and planets when viewed from above or below the orbital plane. The news always calls week conjunctions "alignments"

    • @johnramirez5032
      @johnramirez5032 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leonardtramiel8704 if it were to happen would there be any noticeable effects ? Its seams there might be. Look at how the moon affects us. Its size is small compared to the planets.

  • @lukion27
    @lukion27 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    During the summer of 1991 there was an alignment of 4 planets - the Earth, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. As June progressed, you could see the other three planets in a mostly straight line in the evening sky coming closer and closer to each other. I think it was in early July they all came within one degree of each other, not perfectly aligned in that mostly straight line they had before, but they formed a tight triangle. Then, after that, they drifted apart and went their separate ways again. It was truly a sight to behold, being able to watch it get set up for weeks, and then watching it dismantle for weeks after.

    • @mikeslemonade
      @mikeslemonade ปีที่แล้ว

      Space is fake. So they moved the hologram into the alignment, nice..

    • @douglaswilkinson5700
      @douglaswilkinson5700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Anton Petrov discussed a research paper about cumulative gravity of the aligned planets affecting the plasma on the surface of the Sun.

    • @williamstamper442
      @williamstamper442 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dang, in summer 1991 I was working 9-5, chasing girls on the weekends in my hot rod and partying at night. I missed this planet alignment altogether! Growing up does not mean grown up, LoL

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@douglaswilkinson5700 I once wrote a paper describing all the miracles in the Bible as being done by space aliens. I even called the U of Iowa tro see if a magnetic field could part the red sea. (It could but the energy required would be more than 100 of our Sun or something like that) I got an "A" for the creativity, but that doesn't mean that actually happened.

    • @dcrisp8888
      @dcrisp8888 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the total solar eclipse that summer July 11.

  • @vince7207
    @vince7207 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    I do love how Neil has the ability to make me feel less bad about missing out on "extraordinary" stellar events.

    • @Arthera0
      @Arthera0 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      In the end you yourself are an extraordinary stellar event

    • @vince7207
      @vince7207 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Arthera0 foreal. Coincidentally, I've just this moment watched an NDT short on how "lucky" we are to have even been born.

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A lovely exchange.

    • @888_vav
      @888_vav 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@StarTalk just curious as to the motive in regards to your diminishing and negative perspective and opinion of astrology and celestial events. Astrology itself will be proven correct in the near future with irrefutable evidence, so I hope your hungry for some words. To say that there are no planet alignments is a wildly incorrect statement. I don't even know that much in regards to astronomy, but I know enough to understand there are rare events in regards to planet placement. This will also be proven true in the near future. Im not to sure if your just not seeing it or if this is scripted with a deeper agenda that possibly pertains to the veiling of a greater truth. Personally, I hope for the former but expect the latter this day and age. Regardless the deluge has already commenced and will inevitably come fourth to all.
      You should seriously look into ancient cultures and their brilliantly measured and monitored astrological histories. Not to mention the bible as well, as it is one giant record and outlook ahead in regards to human consciousness and its cyclical deviation due to the cosmos, planets etc.
      It's interesting.
      Best wishes Neil.
      💫👁🔺️

    • @thereadersvoice
      @thereadersvoice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@888_vav The end is always nigh, isn't it. 😒

  • @holygroove2
    @holygroove2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I really like the visuals here! Please continue to use them as you are able to!

  • @davemac4968
    @davemac4968 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Dear Mr deGrass Tyson & Chuck, but what happens when the planets all line up in space on one side of the Sun, like in the image at 9:28? When's the next time that will happen? And would the gravitation pull from all the outer planets be enough to affect anything like the tides here on earth? Would that make the Sun wobble it's biggest wobble?

    • @yourguard4
      @yourguard4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The sun has over 99% of the mass of the solarsystem.
      The effect of the other

    • @kaseyboles30
      @kaseyboles30 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Technically it would have an effect. However you walking along the shore would have a stronger gravitational effect on the local tide. They are pretty far away. I mean space is huge, you thought a trip to the chemist was a bit of a walk, it's got nothing on these distances.

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao ปีที่แล้ว +6

      People freaked out back in 12/21/2012, I don't remember what I have done that day.

    • @joshentheosparks7492
      @joshentheosparks7492 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The answer: asteroids change direction and cross earth's orbit around the sun.

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AaronShenghao meh, 02/02/2020 was a much cooler date on _our_ calendar. Won't get that again for 1010 years. 12/20/2012 is a good runner-up with symmetry. The Mayan calendar ticks over every 394 years, with a group of 13 of these resetting a larger cycle of 5125 years. That's all the silliness was about back in 2012. The Mayans didn't expect the world to end, just their calendar.

  • @Atite_Lometen
    @Atite_Lometen ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I used to work as a cater, and we had a customer that were into the end of the world stuff so I would get really good tips like $70 for delivering and setting up the big feast they got every year, I would say thank you and I never said see you next year, you got to know you customers. So in my opinion I would say what happens when planets align... you get good tips.

    • @MightOfOgun
      @MightOfOgun ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣😂

    • @wmtub
      @wmtub ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad to see someone has a sense of humor. 🍦

    • @katherandefy
      @katherandefy ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

  • @SMP2059
    @SMP2059 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Back in 1984 I think it was. I went out into my backyard and looked up and saw three planets are different colours in a straight line. It’s the only time I ever saw that and then I remember thinking that it was quite remarkable

    • @duaanekobe2773
      @duaanekobe2773 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes Age of Aquarius alignment even the astrophysicists were of different opinions. We will not have that type of alignment for more than our life times

  • @dafizzlord
    @dafizzlord ปีที่แล้ว +10

    You all should do an explainer on the days of the week, how this relates to the Gods of antiquity, and how in turn this relates to space and our Universe. This subject is so interesting when you mentioned the days of the week during this video. I feel like as smart as our human race has gotten we have forgotten some deep and beautiful truths that permeate our reality and are prevalent across all cultures regardless of our lens bias, societal norms, or religious view. This should unite us and not divide us, specially as we move forward into the challenges of this century.

  • @lesternielson9280
    @lesternielson9280 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Do the planets ever share the same radial line and for lack of a better term "eclipse" each other?

    • @rdspam
      @rdspam ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That would be an occultation or transit, depend on whether the larger is in front or behind (generically, an occlusion). But planets are so tiny in terms of arc length in the visible sky, that it’s quite rare. The last planetary occlusion occurred in 1818 and the next will occur in 2065, both involving Venus and Jupiter.

    • @jaimes5716
      @jaimes5716 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      A couple years ago mercury passed in front of the sun and you could see a black dot moving with a solar telescope

    • @dianepusateri5841
      @dianepusateri5841 ปีที่แล้ว

      That dum* a** de grasse..he's so full of it. I CANT STAND HIM!!!!!

    • @joekillmonsmojt9197
      @joekillmonsmojt9197 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's is correct. For both responses

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think, in principle, every planet can transit every other planet, if you have the right vantage point.
      They are all pretty much bang on the same orbital inclination.

  • @R0bobb1e
    @R0bobb1e ปีที่แล้ว +8

    In high school (1997-98) is saw a conjunction of a crescent moon, Jupiter and Mars (I think, although it may have been Venus). All three were perfectly aligned vertically. It was a spectacular sight and I managed to get a photo of it, but it was with film and my then girlfriend kept the negatives, but it was still really cool. I'll never forget what it looked like. Just sharing!

    • @R0bobb1e
      @R0bobb1e 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-go8vi5lb6u It's so unforgettable when you see conjunctions like that! I was at the Halley's Comet convention in New Zealand as part of the Young Astronauts Program. It was fantastic. I was issued an award from Armstrong. I will never forget. 1986, if I am still around I will 82 I think, next time it comes around.

  • @cwbuilds9215
    @cwbuilds9215 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Wait... if planetary alignment happens like the media expects it to, would we just be looking at a single dot because theyre all behind each other? Assuming we are in perfect aligmnet with them like in the pictures.

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yep, most likely we would actually just see the moon, since it is so close, it appears the biggest, and is also the closest. with all the other planets hiding "behind (well Mercury and Venus would be on the other side of the earth in their daytime, and anyone trying to look for those would just be blinded by the sun, so would not recommend :P).
      But it really was that I expected to be talked about in the video when I saw it was about planetary alignment, so pretty disappointed in this video.

    • @Xandycane
      @Xandycane ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I wonder how the gravity of each planet would react to the others if they did that. It is probably minuscule, but still... I'm curious.

    • @DBitRun
      @DBitRun ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@GummieIIt would great to see an animation of what you are describing.

    • @JacquesZahar
      @JacquesZahar ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In any case we will never “see” a perfect alignement of all the planets on the same line (called conjonction), because we are in the middle of the sequence of planets. So depending if we look towards the Sun, or away from it on the other side of Earth (or wait say 12 hours) we will see only parts of the planets. Only exception is the moon that can be seen on both sides

    • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
      @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GummieI however: it made you Think and *conjuction* was brought up at the end
      a *Neil* Star "Joke"

  • @jazzboneplaya
    @jazzboneplaya ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these cats 😂. Thanks for making astronomy so fun and entertaining yet keeping it factual 🙏🏾

  • @davidwelden1280
    @davidwelden1280 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How Many Drinks Did NDT Have Before This Was Filmed?

  • @thelostone6981
    @thelostone6981 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Weird. My horoscope for today said “an astrophysicist will explain planet alignment, but please do not look up what astrophysicists think about horoscopes” and here I am! 😂😂

    • @victory9285
      @victory9285 ปีที่แล้ว

      My horoscope said i would reply a comment about an astrophysicist explaining planetary allignment based on someone else's horoscope👀. Weird

  • @ahrounwolf13
    @ahrounwolf13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    And here I simply took for granted the fact that the solar system objects were on the se plane, assuming that when "alignments" were mentioned, those doing so, were talking about from the top down view, sun centric.

  • @EpicPalmTree
    @EpicPalmTree ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:46 was a nice moment for me. I watch these videos out of curiosity knowing that there will be bits of information I won't truly understand. However the Incredibles reference was silly and brought a somewhat complex concept closer to the ground. Thank you for these videos where I can learn a ton.

  • @steveparsons3498
    @steveparsons3498 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I thought when the planets are in alignment, Lara Croft can go back it time and talk to her dad.

  • @JD987abc
    @JD987abc ปีที่แล้ว +4

    NDT has a wonderful voice. I love it when he’s serious with his explanations.

  • @RH-beefhemoth
    @RH-beefhemoth ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thats when the dark one from beyond reality can be summoned

  • @julianthegodmusic
    @julianthegodmusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im always watching this i love how excited ppl are to learn this whole community is dope.
    Gotta love Star Talk its my morning ritual

  • @darrellanderson7934
    @darrellanderson7934 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm picking up what you're putting down. It makes perfect sense. I'm glad that you touched on what a conjunction is because there are a lot of people that don't understand the difference

  • @joanfregapane8683
    @joanfregapane8683 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another great episode from Neil & Chuck!

  • @richiewitkowski7142
    @richiewitkowski7142 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When the moon does Occultations those are beautiful sights in telescopes! Saw the Mars/Moon Occultation back in December one of the coolest things ive witnessed in a telescope

  • @theduder2617
    @theduder2617 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These are some of the best sorts of explainers.
    It explains objective truth while still allowing the devoted to appreciate their traditions.

    • @amosbackstrom5366
      @amosbackstrom5366 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except he doesn't understand alignment and didn't explain the phenomenon.

    • @theduder2617
      @theduder2617 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amosbackstrom5366
      Actually, he did. All that is required is listening while he spoke before trying to formulate a response.
      YOU are a random person on youtube. If you seriously think you know anything about planetary alignments that Neil did not learn while at the university, you are one of the MANY completely out of touch with objective reality.
      Watch again. Only this time, PAY ATTENTION AND LISTEN, for those are VITAL skills one was supposed to have learned BEFORE obtaining internet access.
      You are the sort of individual who could be told "Read ALL questions before answering", and your paper would be filled with answers despite the last question being "Only answer question number 1".
      And THAT is a major part of what is horribly wrong with the two most recent generations... The refusal to comprehend spoken or written words.
      I would have been nice had you not chose to begin your response with two blatant lies. Stop being intentionally ignorant and LISTEN when others are speaking. Otherwise, you are in for a world of rudeness you have yet to understand.
      Intentional ignorance and blind delusional fantasy had it's 4 year run and they ruined it at literally every turn. Non-placating rudeness will now be the reality of those who do not comprehend and instead, spew illogical lies and nonsense in order to somehow self justify the intentional ignorance.
      Hey, YOU chose to leave your comment where you did. Deal with the repercussion of that decision. You have a choice to make. EDUCATE, or accept outright ridicule.

  • @adiakiyes6354
    @adiakiyes6354 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the humbleness of Chuck when Neil tell the story and he's just nodding and smile which made me love to watch.

    • @vijaz5559
      @vijaz5559 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Chuck is us listening to neil 😂

  • @denisenj7648
    @denisenj7648 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I thought the issue was that they aligned in order. Like if pepperoni was spread randomly on a pizza, from the side they are aligned, but not from the top. But the special alignment would be when you make a radius of pepperoni from the center to the crust.

    • @Gokes93
      @Gokes93 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      special? I call that pizza ruined

  • @ICKY427
    @ICKY427 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i was expecting to learn how often ALL the planets are actually in a straight line (or near enough). thats what ive always thought of as "planetary alignment"

  • @goldenageflash5924
    @goldenageflash5924 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enlightening
    I see a different planetary alignment perspective
    Thanks for sharing

  • @MichaelDembinski
    @MichaelDembinski ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing. I'm 65; I never knew this! Thanks guys!

  • @Laz_Arus
    @Laz_Arus ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This explanation was somewhat circular in nature. 😉

  • @robr177
    @robr177 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A conjunction is what everyone else (who are not astrophysicists) mean when they say the planets are aligned. Specifically a conjunction in a very small part of the sky, where the planets appear very close together. The question "What happens when the planets align" drew me in because I thought something happened when several planets were in a line on the same side of the sun, like a gravitational disturbance or something. I guess not. Very disappointed that they used the clickbait title on this one. Bad, Dr. Tyson, bad.

    • @PjKneisel
      @PjKneisel ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He talks about conjunctions at the 10 minute mark

    • @robr177
      @robr177 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PjKneisel He talks about it like it wasn't what people mean. When people say planetary alignment, they mean conjunction. He should have been talking about conjunction the whole time, while explaining that the proper term is that rather than alignment, since he knows that's what people mean. He references conjunction as a side note. The point is not that he never mentions conjunction, but that he explains alignment, instead of explaining conjunction, even though he knows that people use the wrong term all the time. I wanted to know if there was some sort of gravitational influence when planets are all on the same side of the sun. But he did not talk about that at all. He talked about how the planets are all on the same plane, therefore always aligned. Do you understand now?

    • @kellyrobinson1780
      @kellyrobinson1780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, nothing happens. You have to remember that the sun is like, what, a thousand times more massive than all the rest of the solar system combined. So even if all the planets from Mars to Neptune were in a straight line directly away from us, opposite the sun, the gravitational effect on Earth would still be negligible.

    • @Muhahahahaz
      @Muhahahahaz หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think you’re missing the entire point here. The media literally makes a big deal about “events” that are not conjunctions at all! It’s quite literally the entire point of this video
      If they only made a big deal about actual conjunctions and happened to call them an “alignment” instead, then we wouldn’t be having this discussion
      But the vast majority of the time, these news stories are about 3-4 planets showing up in the same half of the sky, almost nowhere near each other. Events like that will happen every year or two, and are not rare at all, but they’re common enough to give the media something to grasp at once in a while 🤷

    • @Muhahahahaz
      @Muhahahahaz หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@robr177but he *is* talking about it like what people mean (or at the very least, what the news media means, who are constantly hyping up these “alignments,” most of which are not conjunctions at all… See my above comment)

  • @terenzo50
    @terenzo50 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An alignment of sorts happened back in the 60s when I was in high school. Everybody expected something to happen, but nothing did.

  • @songOmatic
    @songOmatic ปีที่แล้ว

    love your delivery as always, Chuck and Neil!

  • @nickhagerl877
    @nickhagerl877 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just so I get this right, we are talking about alignment on the ecliptic line as the perspective from standing on earth and not alignment of planets and sun on a skewer, correct?
    I very much enjoyed this episode, I have more questions now than I did before watching.

    • @BrilligandtheSlithyToves
      @BrilligandtheSlithyToves ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, that would be a planetary "conjunction" where all the planets are on the same side of the sun in a line. But since they are in Similar orbits, but each is a couple of degrees off center you are able to see more than one planet even during a conjunction event (unless of course you're on the side facing the sun at the time. Lol). Don't know how frequently that happens, but it's few and far between. That's what most people think of when they hear "alignment".

  • @dizzlebizzle8424
    @dizzlebizzle8424 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    i like how the animation showed an actual alignment at the end as if they know that Neil is being pedantic or straw-manning. an alignment is like multiple bodies all eclipsing simultaneously, not simply 'existing on the same plane' and i don't know how Neil can even defend pretending to think that's what people mean by alignment (other than clickbait articles he's seen maybe tricking him).

    • @ocorley3124
      @ocorley3124 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Huh?

    • @kellyrobinson1780
      @kellyrobinson1780 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely. He's just playing word/mind games here.

    • @schavez5656
      @schavez5656 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      You must have either stopped listening or simply aren't very smart.

    • @joe3eagles
      @joe3eagles 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @dizzlebizzle8424 That's not an alignment. If you had been listening, you'd know that is called a conjunction.

    • @jaredmarr5731
      @jaredmarr5731 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or at least attempting to…

  • @davidbonilla2253
    @davidbonilla2253 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ....summary of video. Confusion of 1D alignment versus 2D alignment.
    Yay semantics. Well done, Neil.

  • @lovelywaz
    @lovelywaz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This quote saying "It's NEVER gonna be the same night ever again" brings me back to the Time Travel is impossible theory that I have mentioned in the past and hopefully Mr. Tyson will one day talk about it if/when he discusses time travel again.
    Since we are moving in the space at an extremely fast speed (our solar system is moving within the Milky Way and galaxy itself is moving in the space etc.. etc..) Why on Earth this is never brought in the equation when it comes to even theoretical time travel possibility? If we can somehow travel back in time, say only a year in past, our planet Earth would physically be millions of miles away in the space hence we will also have to find a way to travel at whatever the speed is required to "appear" in the exact same spot when time traveling. And that's what makes it impossible to time travel. 😵😵😵

    • @jonathanfenton8695
      @jonathanfenton8695 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a good way to explain time travel in Terminator. You end up in a random place instead of the exact place you left from beause SkyNet had taken this variable into account.

  • @lordcrayzar
    @lordcrayzar ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Neil, you know this isn’t what anyone meant by alignment.

  • @SacredOwl
    @SacredOwl ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Would be cool if you talked about how space weather effects health.

    • @nycbearff
      @nycbearff ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They have in the past. It doesn't seem to have any effect on health.

    • @SacredOwl
      @SacredOwl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nycbearff My wife's migraines are triggered by solar flares. I created a shielding room to stop ring current induction and it mitigates her migraine and surprisingly seizure and Fibromyalgia. Nice study last year in solar flare activating endothelial and inflammation, I think from. Harvard.

  • @stephengillenwaters1950
    @stephengillenwaters1950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You guys are great man!! I love sharing the knowledge I learn, with my son and the people at work. They always look at me cross-eyed, thinking how does this dude know this?!..lol..

    • @helenedesmarais8697
      @helenedesmarais8697 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's called educating yourself. Big big lack of it these days and even despised. Keep at it and NEVER loose that curiosity.

  • @23Fibonacci
    @23Fibonacci 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great explanation for what occupied my mind figuring out as I tried to fall asleep at night.

  • @x_capt_x9584
    @x_capt_x9584 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How do you do this explainer and not include the once in a however many years event when all the planets ARE all on the same degree radially(obviously im not sure the right way to put that)around the sun?

    • @lizsteilkie
      @lizsteilkie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Conjunction

    • @x_capt_x9584
      @x_capt_x9584 ปีที่แล้ว

      @honestsage yes...if all the planets are in conjunction from the the sun's pov

  • @bubbablue1100
    @bubbablue1100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    April 2024. No changes. I'm still going to work, paying taxes, suffering inflation.

  • @iansclone
    @iansclone ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "The planets are always aligned. -Neil De Grass Tyson" is a t-shirt I would buy.

  • @pqrstsma2011
    @pqrstsma2011 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:38 wow thanks Dr Neil! you answered one of my questions before i had the chance to ask it to you

  • @vladimirius84
    @vladimirius84 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I usually love listening to these... never in my life have I expected for these two to so mischaracterize a subject.

  • @cazl2875
    @cazl2875 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I figured that out when I downloaded the Skymap app. It's brilliant to look up at the sky with the app and see the planets align, then take a screen shot. It's way cool! 😊🌎

  • @AceSpadeThePikachu
    @AceSpadeThePikachu ปีที่แล้ว

    One type of alignment/conjunction that's actually useful is the kind that allows for a gravity-assisted mission to the outer solar system, like the Voyager missions took advantage of. THOSE are noteworthy.
    Another type are eclipses. Not just solar and lunar eclipses, but planetary eclipses too, where one planet seems to pass directly in front of another in the night sky, or when Venus or Mercury pass in front of the sun from our perspective. The latter is actually very useful for science because it's basically a transit. If I recall one such observed transit was how early astronomers determined Venus has a thick atmosphere.

  • @jameseruera9642
    @jameseruera9642 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your channel coz you keep it real, learn something new everday

  • @doomham7652
    @doomham7652 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Neil and Chuck's dynamic works so damn well.

  • @ugandiumpermanganate8202
    @ugandiumpermanganate8202 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Neil! I am learning Spanish and I always struggle to remember the days of the week but you have no idea how much this has settled it for me✌

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fantastic! Of all things, we had no idea we'd be teaching you Spanish.

    • @ugandiumpermanganate8202
      @ugandiumpermanganate8202 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StarTalk 🤣🤣🤣...you never know where help is gonna come from. I did not click on the video to learn Spanish either but it is what happened.

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ugandiumpermanganate8202
      Yep same. I just looked them all up.
      I only knew
      lunes - moon
      .
      Imagine my embarrassment discovering Sunday was named after _THE SUN._
      And Saturday named after SATURN
      🤣🤣

    • @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk
      @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@StarTalk I wish Neil degrasse tyson was my teacher

  • @hedonepicurea4327
    @hedonepicurea4327 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. I didn't know about the planets aligning topic. I learned.
    Great video. "願いです君が持ってる未来利益."
    -鎧愛

  • @RoyalW1979
    @RoyalW1979 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make an explainer for conjunctions please.

  • @TJ_Low
    @TJ_Low ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I watched this at .75x speed the second time around and it was one of the best decisions i’ve ever made. It’s like two buddies getting drunk and talking about space.

    • @chrishamilton9027
      @chrishamilton9027 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I did not slow it down and I think Neil was drunk.

  • @k1j2f30
    @k1j2f30 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for 'splaining that Neil, always great 'splanations!

  • @imahti
    @imahti 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chuck's news presenter voice was Incredible

  • @PlagueOfGripes
    @PlagueOfGripes 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never thought of them as being in a line from our perspective. It would be a single dot in the sky, with all planets stacked in a line, with us near the front end of it.

  • @bharat7917
    @bharat7917 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:40 -- Ancient Indians (more ancient than the ancient Greeks & Romans the "western" world can go back to) had a name for this "segment" of the sky. They divided the sky into 27 segments (termed as "Nakshatras") of 13 1/3 degrees each and had a specific name for all of them. In fact, ancient Indian calendars are said to have been started from a point when there was a rare planetary conjunction in a specific Nakshatra.

  • @DaveSomething
    @DaveSomething ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember getting up in the middle of the night in 1982 (I was 11) to see presumably all the planets lined up. It was pretty cool... but nothing to write home about.

  • @KidaleSmith
    @KidaleSmith ปีที่แล้ว

    keep it up i like the realistic-ness to science i been waiting for this

  • @paulwalsh9680
    @paulwalsh9680 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, the planets are visually in alignment along the plane of the ecliptic. I think what the media get confused about are conjunctions. I don't know how often (I suspect _extremely_ rarely) the planet's line up so that if you imagine a straight line out from the Sun, all the planet's (and Moon) would be on that line, so that looking out you see Mars in front of Jupiter in front of Saturn etc., or looking inwards (with suitable equipment of course) you see Venus and Mercury transiting the Sun at (more or less) the same time

  • @danholmes5309
    @danholmes5309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "changing definitions of words is a great way to talk down to people while seeming like you're the only one that knows something"
    ---Neil, probably

    • @lo-fillama
      @lo-fillama ปีที่แล้ว

      The Greek word for wanderer is περιπλανώμενος (periplanómenos)?

  • @thomasgalloway6862
    @thomasgalloway6862 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do seem to remember "someone" said that voyager 1&2 were launched at a time when the mission could be tweeked to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment for pictures n movies to be recorded.

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. The Voyagers took advantage of the alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which happens once every ~176 years, and allowed one spacecraft to visit all 4 planets.

  • @carlosbarahona8609
    @carlosbarahona8609 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kudos 👏 ❤ To Neil Tyson Degrasse. Did he just speak Spanish? Naming the days of the week? Actually again 100% right. In spanish we do name them after planets. In Greek is Planetes. In spanish they are called planetas. Days of the week. Lunes = Moon = Monday. Martes= Mars=Tuesday. Miercoles= Mercury, Wednesdays. Jueves= Jupiter=Thursday. Viernes= Venus= Friday. Sabado=Saturno=Saturday. Domingo= Sol=Sunday. But only Sunday I think In English one nails it. :)

  • @pushinkeys
    @pushinkeys ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes!! Neil and Chuck!!

  • @PrinceAlhorian
    @PrinceAlhorian ปีที่แล้ว

    Getting excited on a "planetary alignment" is about as exciting as seeing the three hands of an analog clock eclipsing each other.

  • @viewfromthehighchair9391
    @viewfromthehighchair9391 ปีที่แล้ว

    My understanding of "planetary" alignment was when the planets were aligned if one could look out from the Sun. Another interesting situation would be if all the planets were on one side of the Sun at the same time or, more seldomly, in the same quadrant. I realize the planets don't have enough of an effect even in such an alignment; however, it is mildly interesting. I have to admit that I had not considered the fact that at least half the planets are on one sided (?) of the Sun at the same time All the time by definition. That fact actually caught me off guard at little but I was glad to have it pointed out. Thank you.
    I do understand what you are saying about the planets always having some sort of alignment no matter when you are considering their position; however, again, I always considered planetary alignments from the perspective of looking directly out from the Sun.

  • @adamflores4206
    @adamflores4206 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love explainers...
    Niel, you have some splaining to do...

  • @cnex1
    @cnex1 ปีที่แล้ว

    The persuasive power of "perspective" is literally what matters in everything.

  • @ggriffaw
    @ggriffaw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think when people say the planets are aligned they mean a conjunction. Those planets are more or less in a line from the earth. When looking from above the plane of the orbits, several planets form a line from the sun.

  • @Time2GetGood
    @Time2GetGood ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can we get enough likes on this post so Neil reacts to the Key and Peele skit of him?

  • @rockinracer
    @rockinracer ปีที่แล้ว

    Poor Pluto, still picking on that poor icecube. Bring out the Superman flame thrower stories, hilarious. Love we need an event to view life as special.

  • @bossjes
    @bossjes ปีที่แล้ว

    Chuck - I got your “conjunction junction what’s your function” reference 😊.

  • @Aluren00
    @Aluren00 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just loved seeing Neil say out loud "lunes martes miercoles jueves..."

  • @ManaBDew
    @ManaBDew ปีที่แล้ว

    In commute yesterday morning I was just thinking of the planets 🪐 and, how man has figured it out. Neat

  • @pablovillamichel9296
    @pablovillamichel9296 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My understanding was that a planetary alignment meant that all planets were in the same radius of a circle with the sun in the middle (all in the same plain). ☀️ 🌎🌔🪐

  • @Hatvok
    @Hatvok ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When's StarTalk gonna be in Neil's office again?

  • @douglaswilkinson5700
    @douglaswilkinson5700 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Neil, you are talking about the ecliptic. I think the question was about a *linear* alignment of the planets.

  • @crystalmckinney3151
    @crystalmckinney3151 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I enjoyed this so much i subscribed 😊

  • @SiyabongaMalinga
    @SiyabongaMalinga ปีที่แล้ว

    On this chanel I feel like I am getting wiser by each video

  • @davidsykes6584
    @davidsykes6584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been enjoying the conjunction for the last few weeks of Mars, Venus, and the Moon. Every night I enjoy looking up. Even with all the light pollution.

  • @soun.slayerTTV
    @soun.slayerTTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neil definitely is the most chill around Chuck. lol

  • @biosebito26
    @biosebito26 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this episode

  • @ryvyr
    @ryvyr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In 18 years precisely, the planets will align ever so nicely~

  • @Watcher1852
    @Watcher1852 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    U GUYS ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH, THANKS FOR THAT, SHARE, SHARE

  • @tauiraclay4235
    @tauiraclay4235 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very intriguing, amazing 😊 thank you

  • @sucforlife126
    @sucforlife126 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guy he can explain smart to the ignorant so so very well. Thank you for that

  • @BadFormPictures
    @BadFormPictures ปีที่แล้ว

    I won't lie not sure i like the comical sound effects on. Chuck and Neil are funny on their own they don't need sound effects. Just a bit distracting. I dont want to crap on the editor cause everything else is great!

  • @HrushiKshirsagarHk
    @HrushiKshirsagarHk ปีที่แล้ว

    We’ve been following this for like years and year! Vedic science is way more ahead of any other science.

  • @laskatz3626
    @laskatz3626 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learned something. Thanks. Funny too! Thanks for that. ♥️♥️

  • @jeffdrew625
    @jeffdrew625 ปีที่แล้ว

    👀 “Don’t Look Up!” A documentary? 😂 too funny!

  • @tommy2064
    @tommy2064 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🤣🤣🤣 6:24 "I dont know how else to bring the news to you" I love his teaching style
    Also, thats so deep when he said every night wont happen... that's a reason to look up at night, not ONLY because of a "rare" alignment . so true

  • @BlueAsterismSolstice
    @BlueAsterismSolstice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always took alignment of them to be when they form a perfect line in all angles of perspective, where the sun is on one end and Neptune at the other. Such a period would be more interesting as a commemoration period to decide a time is right. Arguably there would be the most quantum relevance between planets in such a period as well as a sort of driving motivator in almost a spiritual level.

  • @gralfca
    @gralfca 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Conjunctions are like an eclipse, amazing phenomenons of nature.

  • @JMoroccoMisterBoy
    @JMoroccoMisterBoy ปีที่แล้ว

    Chuck & Neil:
    Tks., much appreciated.

  • @michaelpurnell8292
    @michaelpurnell8292 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the enlightening 😮😮😮