How far away is the Nearest Star?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2018
  • Distances in space are huge, but it's difficult to visualise just how far things are away, so I thought I'd have a go at showing how far away the nearest star to the Sun is, by creating a scale model, shrinking the Sun down to the size of a golf ball. The scale is roughly 33 billion:1.
    All distances shown are straight line distances from my start location just south of Manchester in England. The actual distance travelled is larger. The nearest star is actually quite some distance away! And this is just the nearest star - some of the visible stars are many hundreds of times further and the centre of our own galaxy is 7,000 times further away just for starters.
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  • @PauIdenino
    @PauIdenino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31527

    I thought you were just gonna throw the ball to the other side of the park...
    But no, you drove from England to Spain.

    • @mr.ramixhardbass3331
      @mr.ramixhardbass3331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      Lol me too

    • @hotsmine1573
      @hotsmine1573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +269

      that doesn't even make sense he just said pluto was further away in the park -_-

    • @jamesbergh5006
      @jamesbergh5006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1035

      @@hotsmine1573 he said Neptune

    • @eNkkk.
      @eNkkk. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Cx

    • @Aftertaste_
      @Aftertaste_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Damn, so he drove across the ocean?

  • @elihughes9842
    @elihughes9842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9728

    Drove 700+ miles to make a 5 minute video. My hat goes off to you sir.

    • @gtownwr
      @gtownwr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      700+ miles I could drive and still be in Texas. He went through 3 countries. Man.

    • @nickc6842
      @nickc6842 5 ปีที่แล้ว +540

      Maybe he was going there anyways and decided to make an educational video at the same time

    • @chnoxis
      @chnoxis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@gtownwr That is Europe. There are places, you can visit four countries in less than a half day with a car. Or you can visit three countries by foot in some hours.

    • @frmrchristian8488
      @frmrchristian8488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Hopefully he was already going to Spain on vacation and the video was an afterthought. If not and he indeed traveled that far just to make this video, that's freaking awesome, Man!

    • @rangersammy
      @rangersammy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Give him views to pay the tab for that trip.

  • @Just4Bboying
    @Just4Bboying 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +489

    The rule of TH-cam once again is applied here. No overly edited thumbnail; the video answers the title exactly and in a very interesting and intuitive way; it's short, given how far he had to travel.
    This is the video I hope people will find or get recommended when they're interested in the question.

    • @CelticOrlan
      @CelticOrlan 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Bruh, I randomly watched a random space video two days ago and now half of my feed is random space videos. Obviously, I keep watching them because I'm here

    • @murppyisdurppy1816
      @murppyisdurppy1816 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CelticOrlanignore em

    • @kenmandu4499
      @kenmandu4499 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      TH-cam: Hmmm, he watched a space video. I'll give him another one.
      You: You watch it.
      TH-cam: Ah! He loves space videos! I'll inundate his feed with space videos!

  • @RN555-jw1tc
    @RN555-jw1tc หลายเดือนก่อน +574

    This also made me understand why, when the milky way and the andromeda galaxy will collide in a few billion years, there won't actually be any stars crashing into each other.

    • @Erdbeerschorsch2011
      @Erdbeerschorsch2011 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Nope. But the sun could be pushed closer to the center of the galaxy by gravitational forces. This, in turn, could cause global warming.

    • @top-flex2225
      @top-flex2225 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

      ​@@Erdbeerschorsch2011and higher food prices

    • @scubasteve6175
      @scubasteve6175 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@Erdbeerschorsch2011personally i'd be more worried about the catastrophic effects of global warming by 2100 stopping us before we get to that point

    • @WhyneedanAlias
      @WhyneedanAlias 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

      ​​@@Erdbeerschorsch2011 And would be bad for the stock market

    • @noway95_59
      @noway95_59 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

      @@Erdbeerschorsch2011 and this would totally impact the trout population

  • @marinanjer4293
    @marinanjer4293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5063

    Wife: Where were you the past 4 days?
    Me: I was looking for the nearest star system.

  • @Nako3
    @Nako3 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2053

    I cant believe you went to Proxima Centauri with just your car.

    • @Danzo1212
      @Danzo1212 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Yes and in a jet he can go to Andromeda

    • @user-jc6pr5el5g
      @user-jc6pr5el5g 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I can't believe he drove 745mi just for this YT video!

    • @frankdoss6313
      @frankdoss6313 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@allancouceiro9255 That looked like the same golf ball to me.

    • @reachbinnie
      @reachbinnie 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I don’t think that’s impossible for a guy who holds the Sun with bare hands.

    • @User-jr7vf
      @User-jr7vf 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-jc6pr5el5g the money he made with his video more than makes for it

  • @EGamer8008_
    @EGamer8008_ 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +218

    This really gives me early TH-cam vibes I dunno why. Really 2008-2011 esque. Very informative video, and very simply made. Gotta love it

    • @blaster-zy7xx
      @blaster-zy7xx 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      This is a remake of an American who did it in the U.S. about 15 years ago.

    • @justinmadrid8712
      @justinmadrid8712 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@blaster-zy7xxEvery generation every TH-cam video gets remade for the new generation.

    • @floopyy_
      @floopyy_ 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's 5 years ago, that's like 2015...oh

    • @sandro327
      @sandro327 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@floopyy_1995 was 57 years ago.

    • @danielcarlsen9228
      @danielcarlsen9228 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sandro327 29 years, I'm not that old.

  • @extrasolar9976
    @extrasolar9976 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    What's kind of crazy to me is that even though there is a possibility of other life in the universe, this representation of distance makes me realise that we are alone in a sense. Our current understanding of space travel will never allow us to venture this far, let alone further ventures.

    • @anto_fire8534
      @anto_fire8534 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      thats also my thoughts, even if we somehow got at the speed of light, the closest star is still years aways.

    • @eliteknight2137
      @eliteknight2137 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@anto_fire8534 I think If we manage to move with the speed of light we for sure will also have a way to teleport

    • @anto_fire8534
      @anto_fire8534 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@eliteknight2137 I guess

    • @vordman
      @vordman 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It's an exciting idea but we will never travel to the stars. Even if there are other civilisations out there the distances are just too vast. And they, like us, will be condemned to travel through space at a snail's pace. Let's just make sure we look after Planet Earth.

    • @user-fm9zo5le2v
      @user-fm9zo5le2v 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We'll find a way to freeze ourselves for 70.000 years on the way there.

  • @sagarock5528
    @sagarock5528 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2501

    1200 km drive for one video, now that deserves a like

    • @shakengandulf
      @shakengandulf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Probably had another reason to drive there because i think most wouldnt do that for a few minutes video.

    • @RevGary
      @RevGary 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@koona1992 you deserve a hard punch to the face. He's wasted all that time, fuel and money to make one pathetic video to show what "scientists" believe without justifiable evidence.

    • @jebise1126
      @jebise1126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      i hope he didnt make all this trip just for video. still fun video

    • @ThomasJakobMusic
      @ThomasJakobMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@RevGary Obviously he went there on holiday.

    • @koona1992
      @koona1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RevGary I'm sorry but you must be talking to the wrong person because I was talking to the person who said 'Why?!' not the main comment. I thought that putting his name first then saying what I have to say, would help identify who I'm talking to but apparently you fail to see that.

  • @dogsareawesome9197
    @dogsareawesome9197 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9626

    He went across the continent to hold a golf ball infront of a camera. Give this man an applause

    • @HR-yd5ib
      @HR-yd5ib 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +249

      Given that he drove to Spain i would assume he combines the trip with his holiday vacation.

    • @dogsareawesome9197
      @dogsareawesome9197 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HR-yd5ib true

    • @CorkyMcButterpants
      @CorkyMcButterpants 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

      @@HR-yd5ib A really shitty holiday cos he forgot his golf clubs.

    • @HR-yd5ib
      @HR-yd5ib 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@CorkyMcButterpants , how do you know?

    • @DT-zf3jo
      @DT-zf3jo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      🤣@@CorkyMcButterpants

  • @alejandrooro9932
    @alejandrooro9932 หลายเดือนก่อน +162

    Before this video i lived with the fear of some star colliding with us. Now i can live my life without worries.

    • @craigseddon4884
      @craigseddon4884 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Bad news, our galaxy and the andromeda galaxy are on a collision course and will eventually hit each other.
      The good news is it isn't due to start for another 3.5bn years. And unbelievably, space is that big and us so insignificantly tiny that scientists don't believe it will be an extinction event.

    • @RealSameerRaza
      @RealSameerRaza หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      😂

    • @asmodean7239
      @asmodean7239 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@craigseddon4884The star density far from galaxy center (and we are far) is so low, that the probability that another star would even come close enough for us to feel it in any way is negligible.

    • @craigseddon4884
      @craigseddon4884 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @asmodean7239 exactly, I think compared to most people I have a reasonable grasp of how vast the universe is and how utterly tiny Earth or even our solar system is.
      But even so, two galaxies, each with 100 trillion stars and a plethora more of planets colliding and almost all coming out relatively unscathed seems an impossible thought.

    • @craigseddon4884
      @craigseddon4884 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Regarded69 no, five billion years before they predict that will start

  • @stephenholmgren405
    @stephenholmgren405 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Another criminally underrated TH-cam channel 👍

  • @jas905
    @jas905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    I honestly thought he was just going to drive to the end of the road of something. WTF!
    This scared me.

    • @54spatula
      @54spatula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      There's a lot of space out there!

    • @jamessmith84240
      @jamessmith84240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Yea, and just think this was the closest star. Now imagine how far away other galaxies are... To be so far away from them to see them as a little dot in a telescope but its a huge collection around 300 billion stars with this kind of distance between each one... Tell me there aint more life out there :)

    • @Elandil5
      @Elandil5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well that puts colonization of Proxima Centauri b in the realm of science fiction. I'm honestly depressed now...

    • @Elandil5
      @Elandil5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@John-ir4id Lets just hope someone puts humans on Mars before that point, so there is still a chance for mankind.

    • @Jacob-Faria
      @Jacob-Faria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Elandil5 the alleged trick to long distance interstellar travel is to bend space time. Which is some what possible. Gravity does it. There is hope. Just keep in mind we know so little about what’s really going on. Nd that any day a discovery could be made that completely changes the very fundamentals of what we consider reality.

  • @PassportGaming
    @PassportGaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2807

    Son: Dad, how far is the Andromeda Galaxy?
    This man: Come, son. Let’s go for a drive

    • @Bushwocka
      @Bushwocka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Actually laughed out loud. I'll be smirking to myself all day. Ta.

    • @vishaltmz3275
      @vishaltmz3275 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Proxima centauri is in the milky way, think u have to go to the moon for andromeda lol

    • @kuribayashi84
      @kuribayashi84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Actually, I'm pretty sure you need to drive to another Planet for that. :D

    • @longvo8800
      @longvo8800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      If the sun is as small as the ball in the clip, then the dad would need to drive his son all the way pass Jupiter in order to reach Andromeda galaxy

    • @terminallove3531
      @terminallove3531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kuribayashi84 i am thinking the other side of the planet

  • @Symplefr
    @Symplefr 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    any people that are struggling to wrap your head around this, picture you live in space and see the sun as a golf ball and earth as a gran of sand, you can travel to neptune in a 10 second walk. just imagine if you wanted to go visit your friend that lives around the nearest star, youd have to travel this long (1200 kilometres driving at 100kmh put next to a 10 second walk to neptune) as a space being. this is blowing my brain up.

    • @TwiceEvery14Days
      @TwiceEvery14Days 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      You're just describing what happens in the video. The only difference is you place an imaginary friend on the nearest star.

  • @dukie1616
    @dukie1616 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    I’ve watched a bunch of these videos, but for some reason this one gave the best sense of scale. Good job! As soon as my grandson is old enough to have a firm concept of distances, I will definitely show him this video. I think he’ll need to go on a couple long road trips to really get it. Thank you.

    • @redountilgreat
      @redountilgreat หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You gave me an idea. A mission. Recreate this with my son. Not leting him know that or how long we will drive.

    • @RealSameerRaza
      @RealSameerRaza หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @AndrewJohnson-oy8oj
    @AndrewJohnson-oy8oj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3513

    Not only a great visual representation of the sheer distances involved, but a genius way to write off a road trip.

    • @ksrinivas1729
      @ksrinivas1729 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I do have same thought

    • @utubewillyman
      @utubewillyman 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I was wondering if a University paid!

    • @s1mppeli
      @s1mppeli 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Is it a great visualization though? I don't even have a good intuition about the difference between a golfball diameter and the distance to the next town over, let alone UK and Spain. I would have to do the math to have any idea how many golfballs away that is. If I can't intuit it within like an order of magnitude, i'd say it doesn't even meet the qualification to be a visualization. If the star was actually at he other side of the park, maybe this part would be useful.
      But we havent even touched on the comparison between the diameter of the sun and the golfball, so any intuition we could have gained from the analogy fails here again. How many golfballs is the sun? No clue, I'd have to pull out my calculator (and google).
      The only way this is in any way helpful is if you've never ever actually even seen the numbers on how far the next star is and in that case it'll just make you go "wow, that's really far (how far? no idea, just really far)". I'd say just saying the star is 4 * 10^13 km away gives at least as good of an idea, but I'd argue much better.

    • @plrrt
      @plrrt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@s1mppeli what a comment... bet you can't measure how insufferable you are

    • @Anonymousgaming523
      @Anonymousgaming523 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@s1mppeli 🤓

  • @abloogywoogywoo
    @abloogywoogywoo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1290

    Science fiction writers: We'll explore the universe, travel the stars, colonize worlds, meet other civilizations!
    Space: ....am I a joke to you?

  • @SuperDaxos
    @SuperDaxos 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    This actually puts a real feeling behind the supposed immense scale of the universe. To think that a golfball would need to roll all the way over to Spain just to meet its neartest neighbour is scary as can be. Talk about isolation

  • @vincentpatitucci1018
    @vincentpatitucci1018 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    This guy is a star for the dedication he put in this video.

  • @GM_-
    @GM_- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1290

    Well, thank goodness he didn't use a basketball instead of a golf ball!

    • @matty7758
      @matty7758 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      If it were a basketball he would have driven less...

    • @RastaPilot737
      @RastaPilot737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      @@matty7758 Nopo, a lot more

    • @ronaldoleon48
      @ronaldoleon48 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@matty7758 incorrect the smaller the scale the smaller the distance.

    • @bredt2750
      @bredt2750 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@matty7758 what? does that mean that proxima centauri and the sun are actually closer than england and spain?

    • @5upl1an
      @5upl1an 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@matty7758 i bet you feel pretty stupid now...

  • @Britton_Thompson
    @Britton_Thompson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    Imagine THAT conversation with Spain's port of entry authorities....
    "What's the nature of your visit to Spain?"
    "I've come to show the internet where the next nearest star is"

    • @elchiqui10
      @elchiqui10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      You need to imagine first a port of entry between France and Spain

    • @slashholt23
      @slashholt23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He didn’t take the Ports of Spain. I believe you meant France.

    • @juandesalgado
      @juandesalgado 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They would point him toward Antonio Banderas

    • @johnmolina3365
      @johnmolina3365 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thought the same

    • @shoulders-of-giants
      @shoulders-of-giants 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Brexit shits will have to state that in the future, yes.

  • @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851
    @muhammadshehreyarkhan1851 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This gentleman's dedication level is off the continent. Salute to your efforts.

  • @unplugandplay9318
    @unplugandplay9318 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wow!! What a great demonstration of the enormity of the space we live in!

  • @stuckp1stuckp122
    @stuckp1stuckp122 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2961

    It was shockingly illustrative of the truly immense scale of just what 4 light year distance means!

    • @rchycola7744
      @rchycola7744 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      Now imagine 100 billion light years

    • @Stepanthecrab
      @Stepanthecrab 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +107

      ​@@rchycola7744 most of these stars are dead already.... ☠

    • @Sc0rch91
      @Sc0rch91 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rchycola7744the universe is 93 billion light years across (that we know of)

    • @ruledbysaturn
      @ruledbysaturn 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Doesn't light lose intensity over distance? How bright do objects have to be for us to perceive them as being billions of miles away?

    • @mihirpingle5067
      @mihirpingle5067 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@ruledbysaturni think they redshift.

  • @andychrist1925
    @andychrist1925 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2475

    This made me realize that the fact that we can see any light from stars besides our sun must mean they are unimaginably bright, considering how far away they are. The universe is astounding.

    • @TheComputec
      @TheComputec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +299

      And don't forget the light we see is not the actual star itself, it is the light it emitted that has travelled many light years to get to us

    • @stevienguyen2047
      @stevienguyen2047 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +254

      @@TheComputec a lot of the stars we “see” don’t even exist anymore. Their light takes so long to reach us that we essentially see thing millions of years in the past.

    • @scsi_joe
      @scsi_joe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      ​@@TheComputec Well, it *_is_* from the actual star itself, it's just old light.

    • @adriani9432
      @adriani9432 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      ​@@stevienguyen2047not exactly. A million light years is almost halfway to the Andromeda galaxy.

    • @cyborg266
      @cyborg266 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      @@stevienguyen2047 And everything around you as well. People, cars, cities, the planet. It's all not really there, only a memory that you interact with.

  • @princeakhil208
    @princeakhil208 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you for your dedication to bring this up !

  • @lovetoride9646
    @lovetoride9646 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My gosh, you have a lot of spare time to illustrate a point. Fun and illuminating.

  • @alexstenning5783
    @alexstenning5783 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +685

    Amazing how bright stars are - can you imagine being able to see a golf ball at a distance of 1200 km?

    • @kingoftennis94
      @kingoftennis94 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Imagine the golf ballin space and a telescope in your hand

    • @smokey6455
      @smokey6455 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      ​@@kingoftennis94you don't need a telescope to see the nearest stars.

    • @darylcroft4214
      @darylcroft4214 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      @@kingoftennis94brother. All the stars in the sky that you can notice with naked eyes are far far more distant than the nearest star

    • @pedtrog6443
      @pedtrog6443 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Really! The AB Centauri pair are one of the brightest stars (ok, pair) visible in my part of the world and is only slightly further away than Proxima Centauri... relatively speaking

    • @pedtrog6443
      @pedtrog6443 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe you could if it was suspended in space and burning as brightly as the Sun

  • @onechaoticgamer2816
    @onechaoticgamer2816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2483

    I wonder if he ever realized he could have used a grain of sand as the sun and just drove home.

    • @MrSeany05
      @MrSeany05 4 ปีที่แล้ว +440

      Could have been worse what if he had used a football.

    • @smd2030
      @smd2030 4 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      Seany Carolan he would circle the earth and come back to his garden again 😂

    • @Tom-mk7nd
      @Tom-mk7nd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      it would not make such a good video

    • @skinnynoobs274
      @skinnynoobs274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@smd2030 wtf 😂😂😂

    • @MrAsched
      @MrAsched 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😅😅😅

  • @skyless7304
    @skyless7304 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mind-blowing, I couldn't visualise the distance until you showed us. Thank you!

  • @shartymcgriddle8714
    @shartymcgriddle8714 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +872

    Imagine a light source the size of a golf ball so bright you can see it 1200 km away. Absolutely mind blowing

    • @MandieKearns-Moore
      @MandieKearns-Moore 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      The farthest away ones that we still see with our naked I are hundreds of times farther

    • @alexpetrov8871
      @alexpetrov8871 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      The fact that they interact gravitationally (in form of galaxy) is much more mind blowing , given that gravity decreases in inverse proportion to the square of the distance.

    • @manofcultura
      @manofcultura 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      To be fair there isn’t much in the way and no curvature

    • @Flaytt744
      @Flaytt744 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      it is a source, that will EVENTUALLY reach a recipient.. If you fart, it does not dissipate, it will reach the other side of planet.

    • @xemnas1997
      @xemnas1997 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The only reason you wouldn't be able to see it would be light pollution from the much bigger light sources, the sun and other stars. If there was no other light in the universe I would bet you could see a lit light bulb from any distance, as long as the light from it has had enough time to reach you.

  • @Mikey-ym6ok
    @Mikey-ym6ok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3692

    France border: sir what’s your purpose in France?
    Uhm I’m trying to get the nearest star.
    ....

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      Jokes on you, France lets everyone in

    • @klarkmartinez1124
      @klarkmartinez1124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@isaacbruner65 lol

    • @JRut99
      @JRut99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There are no hard borders in the EU

    • @Ink_25
      @Ink_25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      There are (in General) no border controls in the Schengen area :D

    • @coriscotupi
      @coriscotupi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@isaacbruner65 He didn't say the dude was not going to be allowed in, was just asked the purpose of the trip.

  • @Realistic316
    @Realistic316 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    even though i already know how big the universe is and how far apart everything is, i am still amazed every time i see someone like this guy put it into perspective

  • @SlwRpr
    @SlwRpr 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Now that puts it in perspective.
    Good job.

  • @crimson7062
    @crimson7062 5 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    Seems like TH-cam Recommendations has brought us all together again.

    • @johnnydel2327
      @johnnydel2327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Been a while

    • @iirovaltonen4258
      @iirovaltonen4258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes indeed

    • @rubberyfaceimbred
      @rubberyfaceimbred 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly ,doubt anyone searched this question FFS.....yet we all still watch Catchya next time 👍

    • @pranavprabhakaran
      @pranavprabhakaran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Until next time ✌️

    • @Doppelbuckel
      @Doppelbuckel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Video idea is stolen from Codys lab

  • @TheTeamOfficialMusic
    @TheTeamOfficialMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1760

    I admire the dedication it took for this video to happen

    • @jamesquinn3715
      @jamesquinn3715 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He must have a lot of time on his hands

    • @yak6896
      @yak6896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      I'm hoping the man took a vacation while he was there. If he drove right back to England then he's a real boss man bro.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      He had to get groceries in Spain anyway.

    • @disappointingperson9162
      @disappointingperson9162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      As an American, it very strange to me how you can drive/ferry from England to Spain within a couple days. To get from east to west coast would take almost a week driving

    • @morradi10000
      @morradi10000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Dissapointing Person funny. That’s what fascinates me about the US: the sheer size of your country! The distances are unreal

  • @richardgoff6739
    @richardgoff6739 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for showing this distance so we can understand.

  • @tiakumzuk
    @tiakumzuk หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good explanation. Makes much more sense of the vast distance between the sun and the proxima centurai

  • @jayl3603
    @jayl3603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1454

    Imagine driving to Spain and forgetting to click record...

    • @zebran4
      @zebran4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Why would he record the journey back?

    • @kcg6016
      @kcg6016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      oof

    • @Belisarius536
      @Belisarius536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That would be cool, hes already got the journey there.

    • @user-sv1sw9ev3w
      @user-sv1sw9ev3w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zebran4 he would remember that he didnt record the journey to spay

    • @buddydog1956
      @buddydog1956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He couldn't have driven all the way to Spain to convey his point a/b 'space distance between our Sun and the nearest star'.....he's probably got a 'mama sita' there, waiting for him ~

  • @ViceroyoftheDiptera
    @ViceroyoftheDiptera 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1509

    For reference, at this scale, the speed of light would be approximately 0.03km/h.

    • @JohnMcCulloch75
      @JohnMcCulloch75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Wow, fascinating perspective, thanks !

    • @GonzoTehGreat
      @GonzoTehGreat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      = 30 m/h or 30 meters per hour which is 0.5 m per min, so about the speed of a garden snail.
      I converted the speed into units easier for us to understand. 0.030 km/h is difficult to imagine so it doesn't help you appreciate how slow light must be travelling in this analogy.

    • @JohnMcCulloch75
      @JohnMcCulloch75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @@GonzoTehGreat So, if a common garden snail can drag itself to Spain from the UK in its lifetime and humans can somehow find a way to move at the speed of light, then there still is a chance???

    • @bumdum8798
      @bumdum8798 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@JohnMcCulloch75 yes due to relativity there is a chance

    • @JohnMcCulloch75
      @JohnMcCulloch75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@pasarell2222 Hahahaha equating the energy output of a star to a 3 volt light torch is so funny.

  • @praveentitus7193
    @praveentitus7193 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just love videos like these that depict the vastness of space. Superb!

  • @justin1978
    @justin1978 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is absolutely mind blowing. You really helped out things in perspective. Thanks for doing this

  • @fatboydrop
    @fatboydrop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    I hope, for your sake, there was another reason for driving that far 🤣

    • @NationstateOfficial
      @NationstateOfficial 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Nope just the golf ball

    • @daveteves
      @daveteves 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Nope, just to teach us a lesson.

    • @vaniraye7073
      @vaniraye7073 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was thinking the same thing 😂

    • @timicus2
      @timicus2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, to go to Spain! That’s the real reason!

    • @jeremiahbuckley9716
      @jeremiahbuckley9716 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      💀💀💀

  • @Yesnog05
    @Yesnog05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1398

    Son: Dad, how far is the nearest sun in our galaxy?
    Me: Its in Spain, son. Spain.

    • @mauriristola3282
      @mauriristola3282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yesnog05 😂😂😂

    • @MrUrbnGamr
      @MrUrbnGamr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Audibly laughed at this one

    • @tuneboyz5634
      @tuneboyz5634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Its not IN spain,a star is waaay too big to fit inside spain, the video just shows the distance of the nearest star IF the sun was the size of a golf ball, the actual distance is about 4 light years away

    • @mauriristola3282
      @mauriristola3282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Tune BoyZ I think you will find that he was having a laugh.

    • @donotiron8253
      @donotiron8253 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tuneboyz5634 eassy boi

  • @isaacmallinson2654
    @isaacmallinson2654 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yet another valiant attempt to explain the scale of the universe that my mind fails to comprehend

  • @ProfKlaus
    @ProfKlaus 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That definitely gives some perspective! Thank you!

  • @MrWesel
    @MrWesel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1377

    just imagine he realised in spain that he forgot his golfball

    • @ebriheemazeez4812
      @ebriheemazeez4812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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    • @seanoconnell2463
      @seanoconnell2463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought the same thing haha

    • @sanchitbhansali
      @sanchitbhansali 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@ebriheemazeez4812 Did you have a stroke or something?

    • @4adrenge
      @4adrenge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sanchit Bhansali HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I cant stop laughing!!!😂😂😂😂 That is sooooo funny😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @VersusProductions
      @VersusProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      He can just buy another lol

  • @zero-doi-ta
    @zero-doi-ta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1327

    This man drove from England to Spain using a dentist tool just for this video

    • @camden2167
      @camden2167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      TheYoyoGamer comment of the day

    • @betiedu
      @betiedu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lmao I thought of a dentist drill too damn

    • @nonodlamini
      @nonodlamini 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why you like this 🤣⚰️

    • @thetruthbetoldpodcast-hiph9311
      @thetruthbetoldpodcast-hiph9311 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @fishfire_2999
      @fishfire_2999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Must have been a rough ride zzzzzzz,-chizle chizle .

  • @nicodemus1828384
    @nicodemus1828384 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You're awesome, I absolutely love videos like this thank you for taking the time to do it. Hope you had a nice drive lol

  • @NelliePlaysSkyrim
    @NelliePlaysSkyrim หลายเดือนก่อน

    I did not grasp the scale of the distance before this video. Well made and explained, thank you!!

  • @renanwelton
    @renanwelton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    I got increasingly depressed the more you traveled in the video.

    • @devalpanchal4710
      @devalpanchal4710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I wasn't...until this comment showed up.

    • @youraveragejoe7644
      @youraveragejoe7644 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I felt the same way. Humans will be stuck here for a long time.

    • @chiaza7735
      @chiaza7735 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why do people play with the word depressed anyhow?

    • @hazelstratum
      @hazelstratum 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You are insignificant. We all are insignificant.

    • @zionchar11
      @zionchar11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      mind you this is SCALED DOWN.... if its original scale... yeah I dont think it's feasible with out technology.

  • @CedarPoint-jx9gz
    @CedarPoint-jx9gz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +959

    3:11
    The car driving in the time lapse sounds like one of those dentist tools 😂

    • @joltran3276
      @joltran3276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My teeth r clean now

    • @PenguinAugis
      @PenguinAugis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This comment gave me anxiety

    • @nbacop4493
      @nbacop4493 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fr

    • @Hunter-im3tg
      @Hunter-im3tg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol so true

    • @dailymemies
      @dailymemies 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of those drills that taste like tic tac

  • @evf9956
    @evf9956 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's incredible! Insanely vast distances between stars.

  • @ChrisBCartagena
    @ChrisBCartagena หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great analogy! Puts it in place!

  • @dracomaster4
    @dracomaster4 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2531

    It’s amazing how small stars are compared to how far apart they are and yet we can still see their light.

    • @Sentinel_ICBM
      @Sentinel_ICBM 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +174

      This is all I thought about the whole drive. Is it a testament to how bright stars are? or how incredibly dark and empty the universe is?
      How far of a drive is a star in Andromeda? on a clear night we can see Andromeda. How is it possible that we can see light from that far away?

    • @AlexRojas-db6yd
      @AlexRojas-db6yd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      And that thier heat can still essentially cook us alive. I think about that stuff sometimes too

    • @kylewit924
      @kylewit924 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Pretty sure Andromeda is something like hundreds of million of light years. The lights we perceive now was emitted when humanoids were in very early development, only reaching us now

    • @emperorprimalaspid9738
      @emperorprimalaspid9738 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      ​@@Sentinel_ICBM​Andromeda is over 2.5 million light years away, as compared to the star exampled here, which is 4 light years away. He would have to drive 466,250,000 miles to reach the equivalent in this model, well past the orbit of Jupiter which is 365,000,000 miles away in real life. Since there is not much to alter light wave lengths in space, and since these objects are incredibly bright, the light can still reach us.

    • @TheComputec
      @TheComputec 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@kylewit924 way before humans my friend. Creatures we would recognise as humans are in the range of 135,000 years and 2 Million years old depending on your definition of human

  • @mougmeduro7017
    @mougmeduro7017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    Bruh when I saw him at the ferry terminal I knew we were in for some serious education...

    • @JohnathanRavan
      @JohnathanRavan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's your Moug score for this video?

    • @chancecoleman4418
      @chancecoleman4418 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You videos are hilarious man

    • @trash74able
      @trash74able 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-dt2ux6vo3n
    @user-dt2ux6vo3n 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This does help with the concept of astronomical numbers or distance. I like that you brought the sun with you for scale.

  • @Alainjean127
    @Alainjean127 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant demonstration, the simplest and the most undisputable of all. And it's got humour. You just made my day.

  • @im7aymood320
    @im7aymood320 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1985

    i don’t think anyone in the comment section understands just how truly horrifying the distance is and this is just the nearest star

    • @bhushankamble7174
      @bhushankamble7174 หลายเดือนก่อน +102

      Nope..the sun has only revolved around our galaxy for about 13 times. Though it took our sun around 230,000 years to complete 1 revolution around our milky way galaxy

    • @bhushankamble7174
      @bhushankamble7174 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

      *Sry its 230,000,000 years

    • @tonytaskforce3465
      @tonytaskforce3465 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      @@bhushankamble7174 It won't be home for Christmas then?

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hu?

    • @Will_Schrank
      @Will_Schrank หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@d.b.1176Hu’s on first.

  • @victorsvidss
    @victorsvidss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +604

    Image doing this with a basketball and having to drive across Russia

    • @nitsu2947
      @nitsu2947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Arystotskans only

    • @victorsvidss
      @victorsvidss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-nd2hw6vb8i no

    • @peachesbeaches781
      @peachesbeaches781 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thomast Tham Pluto is not a sun!

    • @luporion2909
      @luporion2909 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Thomast Tham I'm sorry but i dont understand your answer

    • @EaZyForMonkeys
      @EaZyForMonkeys 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. About 25+ times and back of course and then youre there.

  • @MorgurEdits
    @MorgurEdits 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    "Sir, why were you speeding?"
    "Oh sorry, I was just in a hurry to the nearest star."

  • @ClintEaston-vx7un
    @ClintEaston-vx7un 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's what you call dedication. Well done

  • @vijayabhaskarj3095
    @vijayabhaskarj3095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +470

    I don't know about Proxima Centauri, to me the nearest star is you who drove all the way to Spain from England just for a video.

    • @ARBB1
      @ARBB1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Damn, that was smooth son.

    • @eissweiss
      @eissweiss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cheesy af

    • @AmbyJeans
      @AmbyJeans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Emin
      But accurate

    • @mycatalanhomestead
      @mycatalanhomestead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Probably not more likely he was going to Spain anyway and decided to make the video. 😉

    • @ms-nl5io
      @ms-nl5io 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh how disarming 😝😝😝

  • @cudaman7175
    @cudaman7175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    It's all an excuse for him to go on a road trip to Spain lmao
    Awesome video

  • @gavinhenry8671
    @gavinhenry8671 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's an incredible analogy. Thank you

  • @michaelgreer9023
    @michaelgreer9023 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome, thank you for demonstrating this fact

  • @AceOnBase1
    @AceOnBase1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +232

    Am I at the dentist?

    • @Sharon_McCluskey
      @Sharon_McCluskey หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No you're not

    • @photondance
      @photondance หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Is this real life?

    • @Matrix32728
      @Matrix32728 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      For those who dont get it the sped up driving sounds like the dental drill

    • @shadeinc3814
      @shadeinc3814 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      ​@@Matrix32728thx bro because im autistic

    •  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sure.

  • @FUSRODORABLE
    @FUSRODORABLE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    *Fun fact*
    Using the same scale as this videos, the distance from Earth to Kepler-452b (the most habitable planet discovered thus far) would roughly be the distance from the Earth to the moon
    we r smol

    • @oharryc
      @oharryc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Underrated comment.

    • @rtyuu999
      @rtyuu999 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you show us your calculations?

    • @nicostolle209
      @nicostolle209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@rtyuu999 He's right.
      Earth -> Proxima Centaur = 4,243 lightyears
      Earth -> Kepler 452b = 1402 lightyears
      He drove 1200km.
      Earth -> Moon are 380.000km
      1402 ly / 4,243 ly = 330,4266
      1200km * 330,4266 = 396,511km.
      Even a bit more than the moon. Unbelivable brainfuck isn't it?

    • @raymondrocco6251
      @raymondrocco6251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Andromeda galaxy????

    • @TMthe33rd
      @TMthe33rd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well poop...
      I guess it's time to stop fucking the planet

  • @davidbradshaw3107
    @davidbradshaw3107 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliantly explained Sir.

  • @Augustol25
    @Augustol25 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing! Great video, thanks.

  • @danielbourque4718
    @danielbourque4718 5 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    RichardB1983: *drives and drives*
    Me: "If he keeps on driving, he's going to get to France."
    RichardB1983: *gets on ferry*
    Me: "Oh. Ok, then."

  • @moneyranker
    @moneyranker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1664

    These stellar distances are hard to fathom. Thanks for helping to put these crazy scales in perspective.

    • @IWillKillllllllllllU
      @IWillKillllllllllllU 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The fact that the earth is the size of a grain of sand in this scenario blew my mind.

    • @MrJamberee
      @MrJamberee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The nearest star is over 100 miles away. This is not news.

    • @lukeparsons583
      @lukeparsons583 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      MrJamberee who said it was news? It’s putting it into perspective. Stay in school

    • @NoblelllB
      @NoblelllB 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jamesthomas1649 They teach you what you need to know if you get a decent job, if you didnt learn it then clearly you wont be getting a decent job

    • @td_kdname5197
      @td_kdname5197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrJamberee Not a 100 miles but on the scale of shrinking the Sun to the size of a golfball the next star is over 1,200 km away. That gives a person a dose of reality about the size of the universe.

  • @Sleeperknot
    @Sleeperknot 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This man had this brilliant idea of using his dashcam footage of his drive from England to Spain to get 2.8 million views on TH-cam. My dashcam videos hardly get 200 views 😅

  • @flthunderdigginwrob3162
    @flthunderdigginwrob3162 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Serious effort, time and expense gone thru to prove how far away that is. WOW, thanks.

  • @DOtherWhiteMeat
    @DOtherWhiteMeat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +600

    This might be one of the most amazing videos ever. I was dumbfounded when he went past 5 miles. But this guy really put his money where his mouth was and showed it. I’m awe struck.

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Using a map would have saved him $ on fuel

    • @liverpool0690
      @liverpool0690 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@uwekonnigsstaddt524he probably was already going on this trip

    • @mezo72271
      @mezo72271 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      @@uwekonnigsstaddt524 it wouldn't have the same shock effect. I tought he is going to drive to the other side of the park

    • @KM-hk8tc
      @KM-hk8tc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I found myself saying “woh” every time it updated and then I just kept staring until he has stopped several hundred miles later
      All I heard then was a little boom from my blown mind.

    • @SoloPerICommenti
      @SoloPerICommenti 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I has around 200km in my mind, he went well over past that

  • @JDG.RealEstate
    @JDG.RealEstate หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for doing this @RichardB1983

  • @milescorporosus4058
    @milescorporosus4058 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    As an American, I'm just here admiring the roads and people driving like rational humans.

    • @elale8016
      @elale8016 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      As a non American I'm shocked this is admirable and not normal to you.

    • @perpetualgrin5804
      @perpetualgrin5804 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      As an Australian on holiday in Hawaii, I was so impressed by the American drivers, no aggression at all.

    • @RobertNagel-to4ug
      @RobertNagel-to4ug หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@elale8016 Traffic is hell if you live near a large American city, but anywhere else on the open road is normal

    • @bench-clearingbrawl7737
      @bench-clearingbrawl7737 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      As an American we don’t consider Hawaii as American as apple pie. So if you want to see how Americans drive, go to Los Angeles, California on a rainy day. You’ll get cutoff, honked at, middle finger to you, almost hit, road rage, and if you get unlucky you’ll get shot 😭💀

    • @peterroberts4415
      @peterroberts4415 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@elale8016it's normal once you get out of the cities. People in rural areas and on the rural freeways tend to be more considerate

  • @romilkumar
    @romilkumar 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the best videos ever made !

  • @Blayzn18
    @Blayzn18 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow! I knew it was a long way but this is a great way to show that scale.

  • @Nero-ox5tw
    @Nero-ox5tw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    How far away is the nearest star? I think I’ll need to get in my car for this.
    Gets in car....
    Actually tries to drive into space...

  • @abeamir5136
    @abeamir5136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1109

    this dude drove through 3 countries just to teach people how far the nearest star to out solar system would be.
    MAD RESPECT

    • @jstnsmutek
      @jstnsmutek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      And to look at hot Spainish women

    • @mrdune5479
      @mrdune5479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Aka drove across texas

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Our nearest star is the Sun.

    • @miltonjordan
      @miltonjordan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thought the same FUKING LIKE AND FAKEN SUBSCRIBED!

    • @nunyabiznez6381
      @nunyabiznez6381 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes but he could have saved himself a lot of trouble had he gone with a tiny grain of salt instead of a golf ball. Then he'd only have to drive 10 km

  • @dukecity7688
    @dukecity7688 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank You. I never understood how little I understood how far away - Away can be.

  • @JK-wz7uj
    @JK-wz7uj 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A man of focus, commitment and shear f*cking will

  • @sirreo
    @sirreo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +755

    The only thought he had on his whole trip :
    "Please like this video, please like this video,..."
    No worries, I did.

    • @iNathanLite
      @iNathanLite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1K dislikes though but why? I liked too.

    • @sirreo
      @sirreo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@iNathanLite dude I have no idea some people are nuts. Brain.exe not found

  • @lewisd5004
    @lewisd5004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    *RichardB1983 gets to Spain* "Shit... forgot the golf ball"
    *RichardB1983 returns to England a broken man*

    • @solomon6083
      @solomon6083 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@ajitnagarkar5096 Life for Gareth Bale would have no meaning if Spain didn't have golf balls.

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ajitnagarkar5096 no they don't, you can only buy them in Scotland an Northumbria. They have been banned from all other regions in the world, selling wise, since 1896 with the Munich accord.

    • @evilubuntu9001
      @evilubuntu9001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@-gemberkoekje-5547 Plot twist: He's got a spare golf ball in Uranus and he's saving it for the next video.

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@evilubuntu9001 Oh, kinky 😘

    • @fingmoron
      @fingmoron 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@solomon6083 that made me chuckle good one haha

  • @thedeathcake
    @thedeathcake 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wasn't expecting this. Fair effort!

  • @MoteofVolition
    @MoteofVolition 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    People have no idea of the dedication of this man. For a British person to drive so far in basically one sitting.. it's the equivalent of a Hobbit leaving the Shire!

  • @ashleydavies6566
    @ashleydavies6566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    My hope is that he was going there anyway on holiday, with family maybe, and this was a perfect opportunity to show this

    • @lostindixie
      @lostindixie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Business tax deduction for his holiday vacation.

    • @canoodlecourses3028
      @canoodlecourses3028 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha

    • @Go-Getter
      @Go-Getter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no, that's no fun

    • @canoodlecourses3028
      @canoodlecourses3028 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Go-Getter sorry ! I'm Learning English and....

    • @stephenmiller9009
      @stephenmiller9009 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If his scales are correct then for the brains of others it is well worth the trip. I'm not sure myself but I doubt he's troll us or not be sure with his info.

  • @VH3S
    @VH3S 5 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    I hope the Brexit isn't gonna make the yearly summer trips to Proxima Centauri more difficult.

    • @shinynoob4890
      @shinynoob4890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      this comment truly deserves more likes

    • @TranslatorTuber
      @TranslatorTuber 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well played!

    • @omit4727
      @omit4727 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I hope brexit doesnt happen because uk will become poor

    • @kevinpotts123
      @kevinpotts123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@omit4727 the fact that people in England voted for Brexit would be the most shocking vote outcome in my life, had my country not elected the worst possible supreme narcissist douchebag in our last election.

    • @zorion9294
      @zorion9294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kevin Potts UK, not England C: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the UK, you know the people that voted

  • @yabidubidu666
    @yabidubidu666 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job! Thank you for this interesting video!

  • @JenDeyan
    @JenDeyan หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is mind blowing. I thought for sure he going to drive a few streets down, at least stay in the same town. It just kept going on and on.

  • @badattempt01
    @badattempt01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    I think you were right when you said
    “I think I’ll need my car for this”

    • @thejbo777
      @thejbo777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      attu he needed a plane!

    • @SpandauJerry
      @SpandauJerry 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @James same

  • @hamsandwich7353
    @hamsandwich7353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Husband: hunny - I’m off to Spain.
    Wife: Spain ? Why
    Husband: science!

  • @Archers2005
    @Archers2005 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gawd... I was shocked when You drove over 20km. Thanx for great video that shows the perspective of vastness of space

  • @surabaya5927
    @surabaya5927 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic visualisation! Well done!!

  • @LucySkywithDiamondss
    @LucySkywithDiamondss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    Niqqa really drove from England to Spain. You are the real star.

    • @9MRSG
      @9MRSG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Epic

    • @chetananand4037
      @chetananand4037 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @tpl608
      @tpl608 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      30 second point stretched to over 5 minutes

    • @Johnny-jm4uf
      @Johnny-jm4uf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      vinny p Nigga*

    • @davidcopson5800
      @davidcopson5800 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tpl608 After all the effort he went to you surely aren't going to quibble about that!

  • @nickm764
    @nickm764 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +270

    Genius way to write off a vacation to Spain by just grabbing a golf ball and making a short video! Well done Sir 😉

  • @fonimer
    @fonimer 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent illustration.

  • @harrybarrow6222
    @harrybarrow6222 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is really, really impressive.
    It drives home (no pun) just how big the scale of the universe is.