Why Star Wars' Tatooine Sunset Is Even Cooler with Science! (Because Science w/ Kyle Hill)
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Luke Skywalker's iconic Tatooine sunset scene is the stuff of film legend, but could it be even cooler? Kyle explains how on this week's Because Science!
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• THE MOST SURREAL SUNSET IN THE UNIVERSE: bit.ly/2gzzxXH
• KEPLER DISCOVERS TATOOINE: go.nasa.gov/2fM...
• BINARY STARS: bit.ly/2gHxQdn
• XKCD TATOOINE RAINBOW: bit.ly/2gmp8Rg
• CENTER OF MASS ANIMATIONS: bit.ly/2gHB7cP
But what if the surprise was that you can't predict surprise lightsabers anymore? -- KH
Well , you might be surprised by the surprisingly large number of people who were actually able to avoid the surprise planned by you and did indeed predict the surprise lightsaber~ (given the thousands of those who did watch this video)
thats why we really need to establish surprise forceghosts as a diversion
Nerdist came here to complain about the lack of surprise light saber. you have disabled my complaint,touch'e.
Nerdist so evil. Even if the next because science is not Star Wars related I demand my surprise lightsaber!
That was as much unfogivabubble as the opening scene was unmistakabubble...
It's romantic, because of science.
Perfection exists!
Uh, yes? -- KH
Nerdist SURPRISE LIGHT- wait it wasn't there, that's a surprise :( thanks for the episode though)
Damn, I'm surprised there was no surprise lightsaber.
OOO THE MIND GAMES WE PLAY -- KH
mind blown!
Well, SURPRISE LIGHTSABER that's the point.
I have a question for you.
Since Tatooine has both a red and yellow suns, how will this affect Superman if he ever lands on Tatooine? (or any planet with both red and yellow suns)
Oh dang that's a good question! Episode-worthy even. -- KH
i look forward to that episode ^_^
Might that cause all sorts of shenanigans assuming supes isn't wearing a body suit that filters out red sun? I think it'll be analogous to how red kryptonite causes him random mutations.
Does it though? One star is lower in the horizon so it would be redder if the composition of the atmosphere is the same as Earth. Maybe it is red, maybe it is just atmospheric scattering.
And that being said, it is more likely that they are actually the starts of the same type because they look almost the same size - and with stars, size is everything. The size dictates the temperature (color) so if one of them is not going through a red giant phase, they are both yellow (actually white) stars.
As for the Superman, as far as I could find yellow powers him, red depowers him (actually makes him human), so the debate is not really a thing. Obviously he needs a certain wave length of light to power himself, he is like an antenna tuned to a certain frequency. Red light does him nothing, yellow (more power) fuels his powers. So in a binary system, he would get normal power, unless there is an eclipse. It would be the same as Earth is what I am trying to say.
All that with consideration that red sun does not depower him, it only does not give him power in the first place. Now, not a big DC person, but that is what I could find concerning a red sun. It is not like red kryptonite but simply not right wave length to power him.
expand it into a blue sun as well. lets screw superman all the ways up.
I have a few ideas on Because Science episodes if you would like to use them:
1. How does Doctor Strange’s Cloak of Levitation fly?
2. How does Ant-Man communicate with ants?
3. How does Iron Man’s Comic Magnetic Repulsors work?
4. How does the Men in Black Neuralyzer memory wipe?
5. How powerful is the Noisy Cricket?
6. How powerful was Golden Age Superman’s Super Leaps?
You didn't mention that the suns wouldn't appear round as they distort one another. Maybe even a stream of matter from one of the star to the other. That could be beautiful.
hawww i was so looking forward to surprize lightsaber :(
SURPRISE BINARY LIGHTSABERS!
I guess if you were expecting it, it wouldn't be a surprise?
03:40 SUPRISE LIGHTSABER
03:40 SUPRISE LIGHTSABER
"Science works everywhere. That's why it's good."
Yes! I have been watching more episodes :D
I think the sunsets would be even more amazing if we could see Tatooine when it was a lush, beautiful, life giving environment! It used to look a lot like Naboo until the Infinite Empire decided to blast it into glass from orbit. Just imagine the twin suns setting over forests! Waterfalls! Mountain ranges! There'd be a full range of colors that we haven't seen yet!
I have to admit, I didn't notice you forgot to draw Neptune on your perfectly circular chart. I was too busy looking for... *slips on her sunglasses*... Uranus.
Nailed it.
Gotta be one of my favourite episodes you guys have done yet.
Thank you so much! My editor Charles really nailed the effects on this one. -- KH
I really digged this one as well. :) Well done, as always. Feel free to cover other sci-fi scenarios like this which would be even cooler in real life(with science). :D I can't recall any from the top of my head atm but I am sure I will be pleased to watch such future videos of your choice in any case. ^^
This is now one of my favorite episodes. Thanks for explaining one of the coolest parts of the Star Wars saga.
Kyle, I highly recommend you read the book "The Three-Body Problem" by Cixin Liu. It's the best science fiction I've ever read, and applies highly detailed, real-world science to a story about humans discovering alien life on a planet orbiting three suns. Would probably make for a good Because Science episode, too.
I'll have to check that out. -- KH
I appreciate the person who wrote the subtitles... 3:42 "Light saber", it's amazing.
At 1:21, yeah because night is when the Sun is visible...
Kyle probably meant to say "dusk". -_-;
Ok, I've seen most of these videos but this one is BY FAR my favorite. I love space stuff and this one is just amazing! It really got me thinking about the space in the Star Wars universe!
no surprise lightsaber??
Yeah wtf :(
That's the surprise. -- KH
This is the best episode I have seen from you. Excellent explanation no guess work numbers and beautifully illustrated. Great job.
*Do an episode on Force Lightning!!!*
I'm doing a mini-episode on this next week, but it certainly could use a deeper dive. -- KH
Nerdist Awesome! Definitely lookin' forward to it Kyle.
I love it when science picks something great up and makes it even more amazing
Me too! -- KH
i want a T-shirt with thors face saying" Because science" xD
"Even the stars fit the the theme!" Omg dude you're such a freaking nerd, I love you
what about a trinary star system? like in futurama 'My Three Suns."
3 bodies are almost never stable. it would have be something like alpha centauri, where Alpha cen A and B orbit eachother, and the much smaller proxima centauri orbit from really far away, and since its much smaller it doesn't have enough force to disrupt the system
It doesn't need to be stable for very long... imagine being a relatively newly developed life form as one of your suns gets ejected right past your planet, now that shit would be scary.
If there were a third sun it would have to either be much smaller and/or much farther away. 3 gravitational bodies of similar mass can't settle into a stable system. One of them either crashes into another or it is slung out of the system. Also the time-scales for this happening would be much quicker than it would take for planets to form and life to evolve.
well... technically its possible to be stable. the problem is the old butterfly effect, if the initial conditions are not perfect, the flaws will get more and more accentuated, until the system collapses
Life on earth, a sun that has the same gravitational pull as it's moon, and a moon that only shows one side to a planet. Yeah must be impossible to some aliens in a galaxy far far away.
Dunno for sure but heard the number 400 when talking about the sun/moon relationship due to their size and distance from earth. So many thing on earth seem impossible but are, it's like magic we hit the jackpot so often.
This also reminds me of the Asimov story: Nightfall about a planet that is in near perpetual daylight ( 4 suns I think) with nighttime coming just once every 2000 years. The story was later turned into a full book and a movie.
You neglected to show a shot from Return of the Jedi which shows another binary sunset outside Jabba's palace, this time with the two suns clearly being farther apart than when Luke was looking at them. You know, kinda proving your point.
BOOM VALIDATION -- KH
Great video. I showed this to my students as a reward after having them sit through a pretty dry documentary on our galaxy. It was great to see this video spark their enthusiasm for science.
SURPRISE LIGHTSABER POINTER!!!
Hey everyone! You can now head over to my Instagram (instagram.com/sci_Phile/) for extra rants and thoughts (and mini-episodes start next week)! This video also starts my run-up to Rogue One. So what's next? Lightsabers duh. -- KH
Did I? -- KH
Nerdist those two suns on tatooine are the same colour. You can see the colour shift just starting to effect the lighter sun. The one sun is red because of the amount of atmosphere the light is travelling through. Because science and whatever.
+Turkey Mahn I highly doubt such an intelligent species as aliens who are able to travel light-years through space would have just one leader and would also want to communicate with just one representative to speak for the whole planet. They most likely would ask for a large group of the most intelligent, prominent and respected people.
Or would just take us over and enslave us
+Alec Mueller True that
No "Surprise Lightsaber!"? I'm so disappointed, which leads to anger, which leads to the Dark Side.
Daniel Vance I DEMAND MY SOUPRISE LIGHTSABER *FORCE* FEED TO ME
You forgot hate and suffering. Feel those too please. -- KH
Hey! You forgot Pluto in your diagram!
#stillsalty
Viktor Samoja but he should have shown all bodies
Man I LOVE Kyle Hill's channel. Only started watching his channel about 2 months ago and I've watched almost every video. Wish he could make more videos more often. Salute Kyle..... You're a joy to watch. Love your attitude :)
Thank you so much Lizaan! Regarding more videos and such, 2017 is going to be a big year... -- KH
my god your hair makes me so jealous
Argan oil and good genes -- KH
Nerdist
(づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
I've always asked about his hair too........needs a guitar haha
Your hair most likely can be just as good if you take care of it properly. ie. not dying it, not using hair dryers or straighteners, and not using harmful hair products (this means no name brands, at all. Most shampoos are just straight up bad). Even things such as your diet effects it, if you eat processed foods and toxic GMOs your hair is gonna have problems.
and a job where they dont make you cut your hair. r.i.p long hair :(
I was just thinking about this.
This is officially my favorite episode of Because Science
No one noticed Pluto either. #stillaplanet
#NotaPlanetLiterallyBecauseScience -- KH
Nerdist LOL. Well played sir!
Pluto is a part of our solar family. Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.
@@Kimmemann32 lol rick and morty
Forget about Pluto's dwarf planet status, Plout is pretty cool.
Another fascinating thing to consider is calendar systems. At its simplest, a binary system with regular eclipses could have the eclipse be the basis of divisions between a full rotation about its own axis and a full revolution about the system, and most likely several different types of days, depending on how many suns were setting at a time.
Okay, so from the perspective of, say, a moisture farmer on Tatooine, there's either weeks-long sunlight or none aSURPRISE LIGHTSABER!
Hey,Kyle! My students love all of your Star Wars videos! What a great way to teach science! Thank you!
Thank you so much Laurel, that's the highest praise I can get -- tell them I say hi! -- KH
I'd like a because science on captain America's shield and how it could work in real life of given a metal like vibranium
***** I don't think it was the same
That thing doesn't obey the laws of physics at all
1:07 “Oh, poor Neptune, I forgot to include you”
Pluto: “am I a joke to you?”
So what you are saying is that the Solar System is probably one of the more boring places in the universe as far as stars go? great now I'm sure in the future we will get uppity aliens making fun of use for having only ONE star.
:D Think about how cool it would be if the earth had all possibilities of awesomeness included: At least 2 or 3 moon, a binary star system, the next planet much closer to the earth than Mars or Venus are and then additionally had planetary rings like Saturn has... I would spend all of my life just looking at the sky! :D
They wouldn't be able to make fun of us for that cause then we could make fun of them for not being from a death world
Actually Saturn is not the only Planet in our system that still holds onto its rings. I forget what one, but either Neptune or Uranus also has small rings still.
Jupiter has incredibly sparse rings, and Uranus has some small, but dense ones.
Planetery rings are horriblo. the shadow of the rings will make some regions dark for weeks. Just dowload solar system scope ( for cellphone ). Focus on saturn, acelerate the time and you will see that the ring sistem is very bad.
I love how all the shock-value is spent from the lightsaber and now it just makes a super casual appearance haha
Omg and I just realized that's because it's not even a lightsaber! It's one of those short ones like Yoda uses. It's like a... Lightstylus or something haha
Did Kyle just recreate that scene so he could turn around and show us his glorious mane? Because I think he did!
Maybe... -- KH
No Surprise Lightsaber? My reaction: You were the chosen one!
You forgot that here in Iceland we do have periods of "no" sunlight in winter or "no" darkness in summer.
Hörður Heimisson same in parts of Alaska
everywhere in the poles folks
Awesome Video! Have to admit I was waiting for a "Surprise Lightsaber!" though. Next time hopefully!!!
All I want for Christmas is Nedist to reply!
Nerdist
Consider yourself gifted. -- KH
NO WAY
my God...I could watch and listen to you all day! you are so freaking awesome...my kids absolutely love you...in fact my 3rd grade son schooled his teacher...then ended with BECAUSE SCIENCE
Ahahaha did that really happen? That's awesome! Tell your kids I said hi! -- KH
Nerdist you just made my kids day...thank you
Serious question: "Why no 'surprise lightsaber' "?
would have been cool if you also went over how light dispersion in the atmosphere would make the sky look like with what looks like a red and white/yellow star. not sure if it would be any different, but would be cool to at least know if there might be a difference
Quick!! Help me study for my science exam tomorow!!
X = 8 -- KH
I was a bit surprised that you didn't bring up that under a double sun sky everything would cast two shadows, and they would move independently as the two suns moved in the sky. That would look so cool!
Because science of how Wolverine spun around on the statue of liberty???
The Angry Dango of Doom It's call movie magic and plot armor... because PLOT CONVENIENCE!
Maybe he twisted his wrist a bit so the cut direction didn't match his direction of motion and he was pushing against the spike thing with the side of his claws?
Another big question is how did that cat's tongue not even bleed...
Pretty nice, I liked! You could explain really well about the sun and orbit. And even more how to sunset would look like. But one thing you have missed:
SURPRISE LIGHTSABER!!
No "Surprise Light Saber"???? :(
I'm going to have to sell a t-shirt based on how many people needed me to say those two words. -- KH
We would wear it lol. Sincerely YOUR FANS!
Sooo... Surprise lightsaber because Science?
Love this channel. One small correction though.
When you say that most solar systems are binary, trinary etc., that means most of those we have catalogued, and multiple star systems tend to be brighter and easier to find and categorize.
This is not the sunset you're looking for
is it in another castle?
Slaps you can go with ur business brotha
Nick Ito Ayyy JMT works every time
Brian Aldis' book, Heliconia, features a binary star system and an orbit for the planet Heliconia of 100s of years. A great book and the unusual setting makes for some interesting plot lines
How powerful is Jimmy Neutron please :) and whom do you think is the toughest character he could beat? I must know!
I believe it was in Riddick movie there was a similar idea on a circumbinary planet. The month had about 25ish days of sun and one day of pure night
So... would it actually get darker on the planet as one sun was eclipsed and thus blocked out by the other?
Yes! -- KH
I guess it makes sense, just a weird idea to think about
at the time of eclipse,would the mass of giant sun bend space and make the smaller sun behind it visible???,,,, like we see galaxies behind a black hole?
Chintamani Helekar Stars =/= Black holes
Yes but stars and black holes have mass, therefore it most likely will be if the star is big enough.
That mane of hair. The level of dedication something only one who possesses the patience of a Jedi can achieve.
I'm just lazy and afraid a cut will look stupid. -- KH
That mane of hair. The level of laziness and fear something who only deals in the dark side and is a true Sith can achieve.
If there was a super massive planet... lets say the size of the sun and it was made of something that could withstand its own gravity. (if there is such a material) then could a small star orbit the planet? How different would that be?
Conventional solid matter can't hold itself up against a star's worth of mass. The closest thing would be a white dwarf or a neutron star, which are held against gravitational collapse by the degeneracy pressure of electrons (in the case of white dwarfs) or of neutrons (in the case of neutron stars). Humans could not live on such objects though, because of the extremely high surface gravity.
It couldn't work. Stars are hot because of their mass and therefore pressure. Even if you increased the Earth up in size while scaling up the mass (so a star could orbit it) it would melt and shrink back down due to being mostly made of iron, which kills stars in basic terms. Simply gaining mass is enough to turn into a star. You may not be a conventional star that fuses hydrogen into helium but you'll be big, hot and likely shiny.
If a planet was made of 'Superstrongium' that has a huge strength than yes, but no such material exists.
There are close ones though. A Red Dwarf and a massive Gas Giant/Brown Dwarf come close to being as big as their star, though not as massive.
There's also PSR J1719-1438b, a former star that's now a solid planet weighing at one 1.03 Jupiter masses. It' made of diamond. It's diameter is bigger than the Neutron Star it orbits, but the Neutron star is much more massive.
I think you could have planets made of iron or heavier elements that are more massive than some stars.
Iron is not very abundant in the Universe, so it would be almost impossible for a Solar mass of iron to be in one place at one time. Unless it was gathered by a very bored advanced alien civilization. And it would still become a white dwarf (or neutron star if massive enough), because the forces that maintain solidity in a normal chunk of metal don't apply when there's that much mass.
Very interesting that you bring up this subject. I had once an existential question like that one, so thanks for answering it without me asking ;) Here's an extra suggestion perhaps. From Legends we know that Tatooine was once a lush planet and that it's surface was destroyed to the point of being 'glassed', would be neat to cover that topic, if it's even possible, and if it does just what sort of 'destruction' would cause that ? :D
Forgot... Neptune? :D
And his thousands of brothers and sisters. They are an entire dwarf society of their own
but the question is, what's that on your profile picture? O.o
No, pluto is luv, pluto is lyfe
lost a planet, kyle has. hmmm hmm
emoji ghost most embarrassing, most embarrassing; help him we will
I kinda wonder how having twin suns would affect the climate, being that they would occasionally eclipse each other. I'd have to assume that during this process, the energy from the "suns" is diminished because one is being blocked by the other.
I have a weird, maybe stupid question. How come its always bodies orbiting stars? is there a chance there actually is or why is it not possible for a smaller star to orbit a massive planet? xD
If there's enough mass involved for something to become a star, then it's going to be more massive than a planet. -- KH
ΩMG You answered! I feel so star struck! Btw I just came home from the cinema, i watched Arrival! Can you make a video about that?! The movie was mind blowing!
Forget the hair. Kyle's little humor bits are the best thing about him.
how to kill doomsday for good! Sense every time he does he becomes immune to the way he was killed.
Telaco yes
Well, if he always comes back then you cannot kill him for good. But you can create a loop, catch-22 like system maybe that always goes in a circle. Or simply make a virus that does not kill him but puts him in a comma or takes his strength away - something that will not actually kill him but make him harmless. I know it is not an answer to the question (you asked for a kill) but when you have undefined topic, that is what you get :)
For instance, how he comes back to life? Does he regenerate his parts? And many others. But going with only "how to kill something that grows immune to what ever killed him in the first place" this is what you get XD
Aleksandar Matić for a quick answer to who doomsday is, check out death battle the hulk vs doomsday. it will bring you up to speed. also it's an awesome show!
build another doomsday-like being who would love the world and the people around him but hate the current-doomsday for all the destruction he caused, thus they both would end up fighting each other for eternities and keep the current-doomsday busy forever~ (and everybody lived happily ever after~ )
Rew Rose I don't think you can build a doomsday full of love. lmao!
In the comics and animated series hulk's cells are described as creating their own gamma radiation that fuels his strength. The other hulks do a similar things, but hulks cells have been described as tiny suns!
WHERE TF WAS "SURPRISE LIGHTSABER"? I miss it :/
If you were expecting it, then it wouldn't be a surprise anymore.
They would also change colors during an eclipse, cause the light waves would balance each other out, and what we would see is their averages in wave form, at least on the star on the back they would. The star in the front would stay the same color. Not to mention it would affect the color of the sky
This is not the comment you are looking for
Move along -- KH
Love these videos so much :) Bring on the (science)^nerdiness!
Tatooine rotates at 1428.7 km per hour
Have you ever accidentally chopped off one of you head tentacles with your lightsaber? -- KH
yes, yes i have... im still scared from it. boath physically and emotionaly.
I was hoping you would get into what scenarios it would take for a planet in a binary star system to have Earth-like conditions, such as what distance away from the stars, size of the stars, amount of solar radiation, orbital paths, etc. Maybe another video? The idea fascinates me for some reason.
So...another special edition?
Yes please. I require this. -- KH
Can you please do an episode on X-Men's Storm and what science could possible be behind her plethora of powers which seem only be thematically related? Precipitation, solar winds and (unearthly) air pressure dont seem like they should exist in the same power set... and there are dozens more.
Awesome mate, this is very fascinating research you've done there, hope to see more.
Like the Earth and moon do. Not does. Do.
I KNOW GRAMMAR POLICE ALRIGHT -- KH
Now, every time I watch that scene, I'm going to think "So, is Luke thinking, or does he just like seeing what Evey sunset is like since they're so different?" Because Science.
do a video with matpat (game theory)
He's too busy. -- KH
Nerdist ok
Please no. That guy's voice is insufferable.
Hey speaking of Solar Energy, can you do a really important calculation for me. In the Digimon franchise, a being called WarGreymon has an attack called "Terra Force" and what its descriptions said was "Takes all of the energy within the atmosphere and concentrates it into one spot, then fires it as an extremely dense, high-temperature energy shot."
How much energy would that require to make the Terra Force attack?
buam buam buam buam buam buam
This guy gets it -- KH
You could probably sell merchandise with that 2 suns Because Science drawing from the end of the video.
one flat earther left his dislike mark. hey, you did't flush!
Kyle, could you do a video about the possible solar system that Westeros might be in, with the seemingly randomness of the lengths of their seasons, but no randomness in the length of their days
*SURPRISE DEATH STAR (ACHIEVEMENT: UNLOCKED)*
Seeing as you have tackled a 2 sun system, can you do an episode on a 3 sun system like in the movie Pitch Black???
WTF, no surprise lightsaber?
Calm down it's alright. -- KH
NO ITS NOT GHAAA I need my fix! I will turn to the dark side if no one suprice me!
suggestion for video. in anime(one piece and other) people can cut steel or giant mountain like figures, or send a cutting attack by air- all using just a sword. any science behind that?
and, you didn't even cover multiple color possibilities...
Imagine a blue giant and a red giant together...the eclipse sunsets would be beautiful...of course that situation would be rather short lived but it would still be damned cool. It would also be strange as the blue giant would have to be far younger than the red giant, meaning they must have "met" long after the red giant(which would formerly be more similar to our sun)was formed.
that final graphic with the two suns shkuld be your new logo
Tatooine sucks no matter what! it has to much sand and it's just a crap planet! Why would you waste your time making a video on it?!
You're just mad because all of the coarse and rough and irritating sand. -- KH
it gets it in everything!
Nerdist Tatooine sunsets are sunset goals! :)
I think it was all of your corny pick up lines that actually killed Padme. Just saying....
It would be interesting to see a similar discussion of the Pitch Black movie's celestial alignments.
3:42 Surprise Lightsaber!
Depending on how far the stars are apart and how close the planet are to the stars, they could make some very long days on Tatoonie
4:28 Chewbaka with a t-shirt !
Love the Ahsoka hilt!
I think it was that Tatooinian nights were extremely short, like 4 hours in the rotational period. Something I didn't know until I read up a bit, Tatooine's southern hemisphere is uninhabitable, and there is no helium in the atmosphere.
Here's a question: Is it possible to break down walls by freezing? (like Captain cold, Ice man, mr.freeze, killer frost, sup's icy breath, etc)