Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Mercury in Retrograde

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  • @tjentertainmentstudio
    @tjentertainmentstudio 4 роки тому +112

    Neil, you're an amazing instructor. Please don't ever die.

    • @teof99
      @teof99 3 роки тому +15

      I second this petition.

    • @MrSuperaptor
      @MrSuperaptor 2 роки тому +6

      Elon musk will reassure he won’t

    • @Eye.Am.Divine
      @Eye.Am.Divine 2 роки тому +8

      Great sentiments! A lil morbid but, I 100% agree! 😆

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 роки тому +1

      what did he explain exactly? he knows nothing about what mercury in retrograde means other than watching a telescope

    • @clydeoquendo7147
      @clydeoquendo7147 Рік тому

      Begins funding for the “Freeze Neil” project

  • @michaelsaxton7966
    @michaelsaxton7966 4 роки тому +161

    Dr. Tyson. Your choice of wall art is impeccable. Outstanding move.

    • @filthyprimary
      @filthyprimary 4 роки тому +3

      Anyone know what the south american/native American art is?

    • @stacywalpole6826
      @stacywalpole6826 4 роки тому

      @@filthyprimary I was wondering the same. Central American?

    • @vallerygroenewald4694
      @vallerygroenewald4694 4 роки тому +5

      @@filthyprimary inuit.com/collections/vendors?q=Jane%20Kwatleematt%20Marston

    • @lilitheden748
      @lilitheden748 4 роки тому

      Indeed it was the first thing I saw. I like the native art.

    • @cook1756
      @cook1756 4 роки тому +9

      @@filthyprimary it's Coast Salish art, on the west coast of BC Canada, and extending down the coast into the states. It is one of a few bigger nations on the west coast. We are their neighbours, I am kwakwaka'wakw, a bit more northern from them, but still coastal.

  • @rlsd420gamechat
    @rlsd420gamechat 4 роки тому +414

    instead of telling someone see you another day could we all start saying see you next rotation.

    • @atlantamore
      @atlantamore 4 роки тому +1

      RLSD420 Gamechat too many syllables

    • @anubis63000jd
      @anubis63000jd 4 роки тому +3

      @@atlantamore Lets say "tomorrow"
      Nah.. still too many syllables.

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 роки тому +8

      Later Dude

    • @benl8962
      @benl8962 4 роки тому +2

      I am def gonna do this xD. Sounds awesome

    • @addamriley5452
      @addamriley5452 4 роки тому +3

      Why even bother talking... consciousness is a singularity. Everyone in the universe is the same person in a different shape arranged to pre set morphologies. Why not try learning to interface with your other selves, the way ETs do... ETs aren’t allowed to be public until we figure it out anyway 😏

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 4 роки тому +34

    I love it when these guys get together! They take a seemingly complicated question and break it down into simple answers.

  • @lekanswansons3646
    @lekanswansons3646 4 роки тому +284

    My kids will watch old cartoons and Neild Degrasse Tyson every day growing up.

    • @novabova07
      @novabova07 4 роки тому +6

      He'll be the next gen's Bill Nye

    • @ikitclaw7146
      @ikitclaw7146 4 роки тому +10

      So your gonna to force what you like on your child rather than letting them develop their own tastes and discover the world their own way? some people shouldn't be aloud children.

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 роки тому +48

      @@ikitclaw7146 If you're going to act superior to somebody, please learn the difference between aloud and allowed.

    • @hatezis
      @hatezis 4 роки тому +21

      @@ikitclaw7146 he or she didnt Say that, only that he or she will show these to the kids. The forcing was your addition, and you made yourself angry. Pretty funny actually 😉

    • @markstewart8171
      @markstewart8171 4 роки тому +10

      @@ikitclaw7146 Some people shouldn't be allowed to think. Jab jab.

  • @hatezis
    @hatezis 4 роки тому +49

    science + wisdom + humor = StarTalk

    • @whykoks
      @whykoks Рік тому

      I feel Niel is actually a better comedian among the two because his humor has depth...

  • @michaelfraley3841
    @michaelfraley3841 4 роки тому +111

    When he explained where the name planet came from , my mind just exploded.

    • @rravitejamavr6650
      @rravitejamavr6650 4 роки тому +4

      That's why he always say we are the decedents of Astronomers.

    • @Surmoka
      @Surmoka 4 роки тому +8

      Why? About half of English vocabulary comes from Latin (Roman) or Greek.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому +2

      @@Surmoka Some of it is a mixture of both. Words like television, and automobile, have half their word as Latin and half their word as Greek.

    • @aaronseet2738
      @aaronseet2738 3 роки тому +1

      πλάνης

    • @pedroakjr2371
      @pedroakjr2371 3 роки тому +3

      literally tho?

  • @felipedumar7796
    @felipedumar7796 4 роки тому +84

    Neil: speaks
    Chuck: oh oh

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 4 роки тому +5

      Also works the other way around. Neil always "forgets to add one more thing" especially when Chuck is already talking lol

  • @_Jude-St.-Francis_
    @_Jude-St.-Francis_ 4 роки тому +40

    These talks keep me up all night!
    Wondering,
    Dreaming,
    Imagining.

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 4 роки тому +54

    *These guys are at it again*
    Love these talks. Keep em coming please.

  • @jerroncrowder6261
    @jerroncrowder6261 4 роки тому +30

    That train analogy was quite genius and informative. Neil thank you sir

  • @thebassrogue
    @thebassrogue 4 роки тому +29

    I love how this channel teaches science in a light-hearted and spirituous manner... So that dumdums like me can be interested and understand

  • @aaronseet2738
    @aaronseet2738 4 роки тому +167

    "It is human to err. It is more human to blame it on others." ~ carving on random coffee shop table

    • @toastytoast9800
      @toastytoast9800 4 роки тому +2

      Lucky, all i get is gum on the underside of the table

    • @tach5884
      @tach5884 4 роки тому +4

      That sounds Mark Twain Adjacent.

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 роки тому +5

      I have errare humanum est tattoo, hmm to be continued I see

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 роки тому +1

      @@reallymysterious4393 Technically humans are horrible and narcissistic by nature (in the view of someone with a sense of right and wrong). All in the name of survival of the fittest and the species. Though society has come to a point where that behavior isn't necessary, and is frowned upon by others. Some people are just born with old genes I guess.

    • @whoshotdk
      @whoshotdk 4 роки тому

      Yes, you spelled "error" wrong.
      ;-)

  • @enricocurcio1610
    @enricocurcio1610 4 роки тому +79

    Neil: It was 7 planets and lost 2 so now it's 6
    me: What... well he might be right, and in the end... HE WAS, i love u man.

    • @Hibiki_vtuber
      @Hibiki_vtuber 4 роки тому +5

      You do not question the astrophysicist's maths lol

    • @Hibiki_vtuber
      @Hibiki_vtuber 4 роки тому +7

      @worldmadebyphysics1 yeah, we got that

    • @faisalbantog4704
      @faisalbantog4704 4 роки тому

      And he added the earth so it's 6

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 роки тому +1

      @worldmadebyphysics1 thank you mr obvious

    • @broomemike1
      @broomemike1 4 роки тому +1

      @@ViratKohli-jj3wj He's just correcting an inaccuracy... That's part of the point of this story. If no one checks the "facts" then we will just believe in heavy objects falling faster, lol.

  • @JeanVermeersch
    @JeanVermeersch 4 роки тому +67

    I love how Chuck is always faking super well the surprise when Neil is explaining to him for the 15th time that wanderer in ancient greek is said "Planetes" 👍🏻😁

    • @kiznkel
      @kiznkel Рік тому +1

      Go back even further …. Africa ,Egypt the moors

  • @Geez01
    @Geez01 4 роки тому +14

    Watch this 3 times to be sure I didn't miss anything. I can listen to Mr Tyson all day.

  • @rebecatimoteojb
    @rebecatimoteojb 4 роки тому +60

    NEILL YOU'RE SO FUNNY I LOVE ASTROPHYSICS BECAUSE OF YOU

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar 4 роки тому +34

    Interestingly, it was Aristotle who had the idea of the scientific method. He had the idea of going by the facts, formulating hypotheses, and testing them through logic against the facts and continuing the cycle. He also had the idea of finding principles of operation, i.e. essentials. That is, the idea of "without which not," which means what particular things give rise to this thing. John Herman Randall wrote a book titled "Aristotle," that describes this, published circa 1960.
    Aristotle also talked about testing ideas out against reality. I don't know how that squares with his ideas on physics. It is true that if you drop a feather it will fall more slowly than a rock, so perhaps air resistance was what made it difficult to figure out.

    • @November8888
      @November8888 4 роки тому +1

      Well mentioned.
      Epic book too. Must read Nicomachean ethics

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 4 роки тому

      exactly.
      Pre-discovery of what 'air' was...we have to start somewhere surely.
      This confuses many of Newton's equations which take place in hypothetical non-earth places.
      He also though force was equal to mass*speed because to know it need acceleration: well first you need to know that with friction/air resistance an acceleration is applied for a NET constant speed, and secondly to apply mathetmatics and understanding of dimensions and calculus to the assumption of 'no instantaneous action'.
      But in a vaccuum an object can move at the speed it started out as with no additional force.
      If it were speed then a force would seem to immediately act- reverse the equation, there must be time taken for the force to be applied. an extra dimension.

    • @daieast6305
      @daieast6305 4 роки тому

      there probably have been many persons to have thought all of that and more as every step you take is on sacred ground

    • @معراج-ل4ب
      @معراج-ل4ب 2 роки тому

      Nah let neil deGrasse Tyson tell u that only people in the last 400 years thought of that 😂

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 роки тому

      dude you totally blew your comment. go write a book about nothing

  • @suefalls1600
    @suefalls1600 4 роки тому +8

    We need you more now than ever! Thank you!!!!

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe 4 роки тому +54

    Wooohoooo....became a Patreon yesterday! Happy days! Lunch is on me fellas! 🍕🍻

  • @stelioscharalambides8194
    @stelioscharalambides8194 4 роки тому +26

    To the one dislike the video has while I'm watching: I don't know who you are. I don't know why you watched. I know you believe in astrology and I'm sorry you got upset about the video. I'm also sorry you believe in astrology. Humans are better than that

    • @rdspam
      @rdspam 8 місяців тому +1

      I’m sorry you get annoyed by how some stranger feels. Interesting that you think you know what they believe in though. I’m sorry that you believe in ESP.

    • @SatanSplainer
      @SatanSplainer 8 місяців тому +2

      Damn bro. You made me cry

  • @anthonypawelek6298
    @anthonypawelek6298 4 роки тому +174

    Ok I understand what you're saying but my question is when Mercury is in retrograde how much toilet paper and paper towel do I need to buy?

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 роки тому +12

      Your bowels will be in retrograde

    • @nkm901
      @nkm901 4 роки тому +4

      He said CV didnt happen when mercury was in retrograde but that actually makes CV look like a planned event because it happened right after Merc Retro ended. That wouldn't mean much but when the merc retro in Dec 2019 ended Nancy Pelosi did her Trump impeachment fiasco and when the one in Aug 2019 ended the El Paso Wal-Mart shooting happened. I know us humans are wired to try and find patterns in everything but if a serious event happens during the week after the end of this current retrograde (which ends July 11th) then it has to be more than just a coincidence.

    • @ARandomInternetUser08
      @ARandomInternetUser08 4 роки тому +1

      @@nkm901 but we have to admit, some things just do clearly come together sometimes.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 роки тому

      All of it (everything) you will NEED!

    • @sondrajean955
      @sondrajean955 4 роки тому

      😆😆😆

  • @mokgethwamosoma382
    @mokgethwamosoma382 4 роки тому +21

    love this channel SOUTH AFRICA

  • @peerlessportraits
    @peerlessportraits 4 роки тому +2

    Look at the backgrounds behind these two. It's perfect for how they present themselves on the show. Neil's monochromatic background suggests a life driven by study, while Chuck's vibrant background suggests improvisational methods. These two compliment each other so equally.

    • @mk1st
      @mk1st 4 роки тому

      I like Neil's retro "hoop" phone on the shelf behind him. A cheesy 70 sci-fi movie prop.

    • @BrandonWilliams-ez1ng
      @BrandonWilliams-ez1ng Рік тому

      Those coast Salish paintings are sweet!! Swan and salmon

  • @SeanKennardRN
    @SeanKennardRN 4 роки тому +9

    "Unimpeachably smart" - my favorite new description of myself 🤓

  • @everblu
    @everblu 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for editing out and muting some of Chuck’s mid-thought interruptions. I was able to flow Neil’s points much easier. I don’t know whose call it was, but thank you.

  • @sirinorthpaw3993
    @sirinorthpaw3993 4 роки тому +41

    Thank you for making me feel insignificant and that I cause all my problems...
    No but seriously this was super interesting. And inspiring

  • @kennethvegas1
    @kennethvegas1 2 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @benjaminbrewer2569
    @benjaminbrewer2569 4 роки тому +27

    I’m going to write a sci-fi novel where there are astrologers on the outer planets who discuss the psychological effects of earth in retrograde.

  • @josephjeon804
    @josephjeon804 4 роки тому +3

    The ad for this vid was literally neil's masterclass

    • @JustSomeCanuck
      @JustSomeCanuck 4 роки тому

      Every video Neil puts up is a master class, even if it isn't a MasterClass.

  • @knifetoucher
    @knifetoucher 4 роки тому +125

    "Unimpeachably smart" I see what you did there!

  • @shubhamkalikar5141
    @shubhamkalikar5141 4 роки тому +2

    Idk why I come here everyday.... And listen everything this man says....

  • @abbaskabir333
    @abbaskabir333 4 роки тому +17

    Hello Dr. Tyson,
    I love to watch your videos and learn about astrophysics. I am a PhD student in pharmacology in NYC. I had a few questions about the solar system and would love to hear from you.
    1) Does the sun revolve and have an orbit or is it 100% stationary and is just floating in space?
    2) How can we tell whether its Earth that’s revolving around the sun or the sun revolving around Earth?
    3) Can you discuss the proof of solar-centricity of the solar system or dis-prove the geo-centricity of it?
    Many thanks. Would love to hear from you.
    Thank you for all the knowledge you share.
    -Abbas

    • @creativename6767
      @creativename6767 4 роки тому +8

      Flat Earther?

    • @thesars101
      @thesars101 4 роки тому

      The scariest thing is we are moving around the sun. But i think we are moving away from it.

    • @Digger513
      @Digger513 4 роки тому +6

      Hello Abbas, to answer your first question, the sun does move... EVERYTHING in the universe moves. The sun has an axis it rotates on, so in a way it has its own "days"... although with it's composition different parts of its surface rotate faster than others. And the sun orbits the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Our solar system, the planets, asteroids and moons are all being dragged along by the Sun (properly called Sol) at a velocity of about 828,000 kph. But at the distance from the center of the Milky Way that we orbit, it takes a few hundred million years for Sol to do one orbit. So if you measure Sol's age by how many times it has completed orbits of the Milky Way, our solar system is only 16 years old 😉 4.5 billion Earth years (age of our solar system) divided by 280 million Earth years (time it takes Sol to orbit).

    • @rahulchahal5360
      @rahulchahal5360 4 роки тому +2

      Are you serious?

    • @Bruno-xc3du
      @Bruno-xc3du 4 роки тому +6

      The Sun orbits the Black hole in the center of our galaxy.
      To the other stuff: We had no direct view of Earth until the dawn of the Space Age. Finding physical evidence that our planet revolves around the Sun took some clever thinking to prove that this heliocentric model of our solar system represents reality.
      The idea is ancient. Around 230 b.c., the Greek philosopher Aristarchus suggested that this was the case. He was an outstanding observer and based this idea on careful observations. Still, without direct proof that Earth moves, Aristotle’s Earth-centered universe remained the dominant model for centuries.
      In 1610, Galileo turned his new telescope toward Venus. To his amazement, he saw the planet pass through phases just like the Moon. Galileo correctly surmised that this could happen only if Venus had an orbit closer to the Sun than Earth’s orbit.
      With improved telescopes, astronomers started looking for another proof of Earth’s motion around the Sun, stellar parallax. Earth’s orbit is huge - some 186 million miles (300,000 kilometers) in diameter. If an astronomer measures the position of a nearby star, and then measures it again six months later, the star’s apparent position against the background of more distant stars should shift a tiny amount.
      Observing this would prove that Earth in fact is not stationary. It wasn’t until 1838 that an astronomer finally detected this shift. That year, German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel successfully measured the parallax of the star 61 Cygni.
      And there’s yet another proof. Imagine standing still with rain coming straight down. To stay dry, you just hold your umbrella directly over your head. As you begin to walk, however, you need to tilt the umbrella “into” the rain, even though the rain is coming straight down. The faster you walk, the greater the tilt needs to be.
      As Earth orbits the Sun, we can detect a “tilt” of incoming starlight. English astronomer James Bradley discovered this phenomenon in 1725 by accident - while he was searching for stellar parallax! This aberration of starlight, as it is called, is a result of light having a finite speed and Earth’s motion around the Sun.

  • @pityparty9955
    @pityparty9955 4 роки тому +1

    His explanations are so, so clear.

  • @PSBosses
    @PSBosses 4 роки тому +22

    I would love to see Neil`s reaction when he find himself in another dimension when he passes away...

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 роки тому +11

      probably become a TV physicist in that dimension. Fill the void they have.

    • @kodomotachi1
      @kodomotachi1 3 роки тому

      He'd probably start studying and analysing the reality around him. Questioning, testing, and thoroughly loving the process of knowing.

  • @creativename6767
    @creativename6767 4 роки тому +45

    When you’re so early you comment before the video ends
    “When you’re faster than light the only thing you can see is darkness”

    • @malfi8867
      @malfi8867 4 роки тому +1

      What...? So, if I’m late, I can’t comment until the video ends?

    • @jonathanaragones6888
      @jonathanaragones6888 4 роки тому

      One part of Law of limitation.

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 роки тому

      I'm 10 hours late and commenting before the video ends. Science!

    • @firstlast-fr1le
      @firstlast-fr1le 4 роки тому

      @@dierandomdie Witchcraft.

  • @thelyrebird1310
    @thelyrebird1310 4 роки тому +50

    I would love to know how Neil would rename the astrological terms and vocabulary if we never those original incorrect concepts of space and the solar system.

    • @christophero3869
      @christophero3869 4 роки тому +4

      Instead of Mercury being in retrograde, you’d say Mercury is going vroom vroom.

    • @swarnimanand5179
      @swarnimanand5179 4 роки тому +3

      @@christophero3869 no mercury is doing a back flip

    • @tka5383
      @tka5383 4 роки тому

      We might have ended up naming the seven days after the seven dwarfs.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om 4 роки тому +1

      I think you have it around the wrong way. The terms used in science/astronomy should be considered the proper term, and any astrology wants to use would be the ones needing a new name.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 4 роки тому +1

      usually we just stick the word "apparent..." before if anything is based on our view from earth. Apparent retrograde motion, apparent magnitude, etc.
      Although the edge of the universe is very much based on our view as observer but that's much further away.
      Not to mention quantum physics used "observer" and borrowed everyday language, whilst its not entirely analogous....just remember a 'science word' is usually borrowed from everyday words and yet holds a different specific, technical meaning.

  • @jantomandl40
    @jantomandl40 4 роки тому +2

    One of the best chemistry I have seen in a long time.

  • @rjysraelsalinas6183
    @rjysraelsalinas6183 4 роки тому +18

    Chuck's Ex when Chuck mentioned her: 🥺
    Chuck's Ex when NDT roasted her: 😳

  • @RythmGkwd
    @RythmGkwd 4 роки тому +1

    These videos make my day as bright as Chuck's pearly whites 😇

  • @leatherface4133
    @leatherface4133 4 роки тому +45

    Everything stops when Neil pops up 😂

    • @JessMirrkat
      @JessMirrkat 4 роки тому +3

      I paused my audiobook as soon as I saw the notification

  • @positivemanda
    @positivemanda 4 роки тому +1

    I love your use of language and analogies.

  • @Uathankicks
    @Uathankicks 4 роки тому +5

    Couldn’t agree more with the “offloading of accountabilities”

  • @carlatteniese2
    @carlatteniese2 Рік тому +1

    Great explainer! I loved this one, especially in your explaining the vault of the stars and planets; I read about this when I was a kid (always read about space--and still do), but weaving astrology in there was great.

  • @ethandunn7026
    @ethandunn7026 3 роки тому +13

    I actually had to explain this to my mother once. I knew how mercury moved, but not if it actually effected everything. I used the car analogy, so I was happy to hear the train analogy 😂
    But now I can tell her that her electronics just suck and mercury has nothing to do with it

  • @MeanaBeana391
    @MeanaBeana391 4 роки тому

    Wow...your closing statements are outstanding! ...paraphrased: not abrogating your responsibility for YOUR behaviors !

  • @pannadarao5583
    @pannadarao5583 4 роки тому +7

    Dr.Tyson
    Master of science...the way he explain science is just awesome. You always blows my mind,every video I learn something new. Such a big inspiration to the science community.

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 роки тому

      he literally said nothing.

  • @JJ-de9vf
    @JJ-de9vf 4 роки тому +2

    Watching at 3:49 Am from Nairobi Kenya. 🙌❤️

  • @tluets
    @tluets 4 роки тому +42

    Neil's eyes in redtrograde

  • @michellea9471
    @michellea9471 4 роки тому +2

    ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE
    KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK MY FRIENDS !

  • @gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796
    @gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796 4 роки тому +10

    So Dr Tyson has the ability to hear what the other person is saying and he can wait until the other has stopped talking to continue talking himself. Fascinating

    • @Crabnebula23
      @Crabnebula23 4 роки тому +1

      Ya but we should just let GENIUSES talk as they like. He has to get it out verbally sometimes...like a mad scientist on a chalkboard. I'm sure his goal is to HELP us expand our minds with different backdrop views ; )

  • @LMFAO0710
    @LMFAO0710 4 роки тому +1

    I wanted to put my OPINION out there, Gravity is not a force pulling on objects. It is a FIELD that is constant, it persists thru matter and space. The more dense the matter is, the more it effects the field. So, with other objects that have less mass, they have a smaller effect on the field. So just like two water bubbles, one large and one small, as they come closer together the faster they attract. The masses have to move through the field and the larger one is more difficult to move because the interaction to the field is like an anchor and the anchor in is larger (Greater effect.) This seems to say that two items dropped at the same time would have DIFFERENT speed falling. Remember the force pulling the two objects is the Earth, and the difference between the Earth and the objects is so massive that there is no perceivable difference in the masses of the two objects. So the mass difference between the objects is irrelevant and might as well be equal. Again just my opinion.

    • @jonathanaragones6888
      @jonathanaragones6888 4 роки тому

      Wow great analysis, Just to add Gravity can be defined as the result of two or more objects moving in relational pattern in the space that holds a time of its own. And that where we can measure the difference of attraction and sometimes defined as pulling and pushing. Inertia will be the force to discribe the difference. Just to ask, Will Inertia be defined in Gravity or by the object? Just for a thought, what will be the force if there is no Inertia?

  • @chaitanyapk8686
    @chaitanyapk8686 4 роки тому +37

    Me: Listens to How Neil explains the retrograde phenomena and debunks how it has affected in my life and agree to everything he explains.
    Also Me: Checks out my horoscope right after this video to see if I can survive the Coronavirus Pandemic

    • @benl8962
      @benl8962 4 роки тому +2

      But why do you do that? I'm really interested to hear your answer.
      You know it's fake but still check it, i find that very fascinating

    • @swarnimanand5179
      @swarnimanand5179 4 роки тому +2

      @@benl8962 imo he is just scared

    • @michgingras
      @michgingras 4 роки тому

      definitely not

  • @setharora521
    @setharora521 4 роки тому +1

    Great closing statement 👏

  • @MrLovolovo
    @MrLovolovo 3 роки тому +5

    the pictures behind tyson not being perfectly parallel is driving me nuts...

    • @TheAngiepangie424
      @TheAngiepangie424 3 роки тому

      Haha, I noticed that too!
      It’s due to the rotation of the Earth. 😁

  • @kylekyle1805
    @kylekyle1805 4 роки тому +1

    2:03 this is a huge misconception. Here on Earth things don't work that way. If you drop a piece of paper and a rock at the same time they will obviously fall at different rates. This is not because of gravity but because of air friction. This is why someone can jump out of a plane and survive using a parachute rather than plummet to their death at terminal velocity. Terminal velocity by the way would not exist in a vacuum. You would continue to accelerate indefinitely. In other words things to do fall at the same rate in a vacuum with the same gravitational pull. I only bring this up because this is a hindrance on developing Minds. To not include friction in a calculation could lead to dire consequences such as the breaking up of a spacecraft on reentry into the Earth's orbit.

    • @hareecionelson5875
      @hareecionelson5875 3 роки тому

      going by the passion of your outburst, you will enjoy this:
      ua-cam.com/video/Rzz8M83iUcw/v-deo.html

  • @raseenapa7916
    @raseenapa7916 4 роки тому +16

    Me watching this from india in early morning....!! (മലയാളികൾ അടി like)

  • @williesmith9832
    @williesmith9832 4 роки тому

    Jesus... this was just a BEAUTIFUL episode! I look forward to watching new episodes everyday but, this one was fire!!!

  • @cyrielwollring4622
    @cyrielwollring4622 4 роки тому +24

    Neil de Grasse Tyson is a Libra, Scales, that´s why his answers are balanced. ;-)

    • @aungthuhein007
      @aungthuhein007 4 роки тому +4

      Exactly! And Chuck is a sagitarius. That's why they get along with each other so well

    • @GGora
      @GGora 4 роки тому +1

      I'll analyse his chart next. Done Feynman already.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому

      Libra is the only Zodiac constellation that doesn't live up to the root word behind the term zodiac that means animal. All the rest are either animals, humans (Aquarius & Gemini), or human/animal hybrid mythological figures (Sagittarius).

    • @johnzimmerman5892
      @johnzimmerman5892 3 роки тому

      For the record, he thinks astrology is fluff.

  • @adityashukla9197
    @adityashukla9197 4 роки тому +4

    That "paper fortune thingy" is called "Tippi-tippi-top" in India 😂

  • @TravisGilbert
    @TravisGilbert 4 роки тому +1

    This popped up in my feed as I finished my videos about copernicus

  • @caonabo2
    @caonabo2 4 роки тому +14

    Thank you! Now I know what to tell my wyfe when she's yelling and gossiping me: Mamacita, you're in a retrograde state today, please get back to me when your orbit get prograde again!😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 роки тому

      She gone file for divorce you dont stop being corny.

  • @zealest2011
    @zealest2011 4 роки тому

    This is one of the best program online..👍

  • @BlessinVarkey
    @BlessinVarkey 4 роки тому +25

    Chuck, the difference is that he was ‘unimpeachably’ smart.

    • @markstewart8171
      @markstewart8171 4 роки тому +2

      Trump is too.

    • @jasonwilcher4670
      @jasonwilcher4670 4 роки тому +1

      @@markstewart8171 Woah, easy there buddy. Don't you know you aren't allowed to express conservative opinions online?

  • @louspawn10
    @louspawn10 3 роки тому

    You gotta love when you listen to Neil speak Greek, coming from a Greek fan!

  • @photovi
    @photovi 4 роки тому +6

    Can’t imagine a world without star talk 💭🤍🖤

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT 4 роки тому

    Words are so important and forges civilization’s way of thinking, that it is important to keep room for the unknown (yet).

  • @Jdowling357
    @Jdowling357 4 роки тому +3

    I used to look up at Venus(in the infancy of my cosmic interest) doing its crazy retro disco in the sky and thought“yeah that has to be a ufo” . Immediate did some research and came across the retrograde phenomena . Excellent train analogy!

  • @AlexanderCummingsMusic
    @AlexanderCummingsMusic 4 роки тому +2

    There is something to be said about the way Dr. Tyson can debunk Mercury retrograde in real time with no diagrams, script, or special fx graphics and still convey orbiting planets in our solar system in an accurate and engaging way with just his voice and his hands. THAT is some fine communication right there. Thank you guys!

    • @FaithfulGardnerDNP
      @FaithfulGardnerDNP 2 роки тому

      I am going to manifest that I communicate like Dr. Tyson

  • @Astraeus..
    @Astraeus.. 4 роки тому +9

    Neil, my guy, I always enjoy the explanations you give but sometimes the analogy should be where you start for the sake of people having the right picture in mind from the start. The train was a pretty decent analogy, but for me personally trying to explain this to people (which I've maybe done all of about 3 times in my entire life) I'll go with vehicles on a multi-lane highway. Whenever the vehicle you are in overtakes a vehicle going the same direction, that vehicle "appears" to be traveling backwards.

  • @atulkishan3752
    @atulkishan3752 4 роки тому

    I was explaining tis to my little sister yesterday only... Thanks neil for putting it so beautifully and interestingly

  • @synt4x3rror13
    @synt4x3rror13 4 роки тому +6

    I've never been this early 😱

  • @azathothwakesup
    @azathothwakesup 3 роки тому

    15:44 Cootie Catcher
    we had them in the 90s too

  • @BarcaFan-fg4cw
    @BarcaFan-fg4cw 4 роки тому +15

    So this is more like
    "Rippin' off astrology"

  • @warrenpaul5995
    @warrenpaul5995 4 місяці тому

    Love this conversation.

  • @edwinrobert7192
    @edwinrobert7192 4 роки тому +25

    Smoke DaGrasse Tyson

  • @juanitagartley937
    @juanitagartley937 3 роки тому

    The trains was what I immediately thought of. Great point of reference.

  • @ryanallen7511
    @ryanallen7511 4 роки тому +4

    mercury is orbiting further from the sun slowly over time

  • @ABetterWeapon
    @ABetterWeapon 4 роки тому +1

    Love astronomy, hate astrology. Love Neil, like Chuck.
    Luck comes to those who are prepared. That is correct.

  • @IxodesPersulcatus
    @IxodesPersulcatus 4 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: on Mercury you would be able to see the Sun in retrograde.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому +1

      That's because Mercury has a special kind of resonance with the sun, between its spin rate and its orbit rate. If an otherwise-identical planet were in Mercury's place that spun as fast as Earth or Mars, that wouldn't happen. Whether a planet could do that in Mercury's place is another issue entirely, because it is the tidal forces of the sun and Mercury's greater orbital eccentricity that make this happen.
      At one point, we thought Mercury was tidally locked to the sun. It was a reasonable hypothesis, because that's how most moons work with their host planet. It turns out, that it was only our luck of when we had the best chance to see Mercury that it appeared to always make the same face to the sun. Radar measurements showed the actual state of affairs is a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance.

  • @christinawooten5137
    @christinawooten5137 4 роки тому

    Sooooo many delicious points here. Well said, gentlemen.

  • @furiousgeorge024
    @furiousgeorge024 4 роки тому +13

    Fun exercise: Watch this again and replace astrology with religion.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 роки тому

      /nod

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 4 роки тому +3

      Then replace that with athiesm. To not believe in a higher power is very narrow minded and short sighted.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 роки тому

      @@prototype8137 dude...your putting your toes in some tidal waters, keep safe ;)

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 4 роки тому

      @Samael means his using big words.

    • @furiousgeorge024
      @furiousgeorge024 4 роки тому +2

      @@prototype8137 Yeah, so this video was about how applying the scientific method to develop a better understanding of our surroundings through science and tangible proof has challenged long-standing misconceptions. Not knowing why things happen is uncomfortable, so we've historically made false associations from limited observations to compensate...was their point. What's your point about atheism, exactly? Criticizing others for not sharing your "belief" without offering any evidence shows you clearly missed the concept. Next time try to comprehend before you condemn, buddy.

  • @kaustubhdeshpande8722
    @kaustubhdeshpande8722 4 роки тому +1

    My fav podcast!!

  • @PrinceLemantis
    @PrinceLemantis 4 роки тому +9

    "For EVERYONE over 80..." LOL

    • @TalenGryphon
      @TalenGryphon 4 роки тому +1

      Hah! My students *still* do that. Its a schoolchild's recurring meme

  • @thescoobymike
    @thescoobymike 4 роки тому

    We must not forget that WE are a part of the universe, not separate from it. WE are the part of the universe that must care about people.

  • @mrs.morris5506
    @mrs.morris5506 4 роки тому +10

    Now. I can articulate why astrology is nonsense.

  • @ToyaF82
    @ToyaF82 4 роки тому +4

    You blow my mind Mr. Degrasse Tyson.

  • @vjr5261
    @vjr5261 4 роки тому +1

    Yay!! A real explanation of retrograde. Thank you

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому

      I always see Mars used as an example of apparent retrograde motion, and I thought that was something that only the outer planets do.

  • @jonathanwine4235
    @jonathanwine4235 4 роки тому

    Since constellations are determined by our point of view here on Earth, is there a way we can estimate or predict what constellations would/will look like if/when we stand on Mars?

  • @janicepedroli7403
    @janicepedroli7403 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the scientific explanation of that.

  • @spsrini
    @spsrini 4 роки тому

    Awesome..you both make it so interesting.

  • @chardey8807
    @chardey8807 4 роки тому

    Enjoyed that very much. Concise!

  • @kylemcginnis8314
    @kylemcginnis8314 4 роки тому

    Hey, not sure if this fits you’r usual topics of discussion but is so could u do an explanation on astral projection? And what you take is on it?

  • @139amjad
    @139amjad 4 роки тому +1

    Chuck Nice is the best co-host, that Neil Degrasse Tyson can have on his show..

  • @PafMedic
    @PafMedic 4 роки тому +1

    Do People Come To This Channel Just To Thumbs Down The Video..Wow..Thank You Dr.Tyson,and Chuck
    ❤️🔭❤️.Mercury Can Be Where He Wants,as Long As I Get 4 More Hours Data On Andromeda..Then I Can Finally Process My 1st Andromeda Image❤️🔭❤️

  • @lfoss7867
    @lfoss7867 3 роки тому

    "7 wanderers" for some reason I immediately thought that this would be a great Pixar short.

  • @n3crobard
    @n3crobard 4 роки тому

    Even if it’s not substantial in the case of Mercury during its apparent “retrograde”, the proximal gravitational and electromagnetic influences of celestial bodies in even just our solar system has real effects on our planet and the others. It’d be interesting to analyze that in relationship to significant planetary orbital / impact / em events and cross reference with historical data. Causality is certainly a subjective element to consider, but it can’t hurt to explore how our local space bodies may effect our motivations or act as a catalyst in our sensitive and often emotionally-driven actions.

  • @BlackClaws
    @BlackClaws 4 роки тому

    "People need a reason for something happening."
    Okay, but there are reasons. Rational, measurable, scientific reasons if you take the time to LOOK for them rather than just jumping to magic, or gods.
    Agreed on the hubris motivation. Many people are not comfortable feeling insignificant.

  • @Juankarosemena
    @Juankarosemena 3 роки тому

    This was a great video! Thank you for sharing

  • @seandepoppe6716
    @seandepoppe6716 4 роки тому +1

    Neil, what is the title of your art work on both left and right . I see an eagle, snake, and a fish... I really like those prints!