Dear Paul, i first found you in 2019. Since then i followed all of your Videos and wachted nearly all which came before. Thank you for your and your Teams hard work, to bring us this top notch content. These videos are treasures for me!
Man this comment is great lol. I can't stand trying to watch some kind of educational/theory video where there is an annoyingly distracting, usually looping, tune in the background.
Galaxies are massive beyond our understanding. If Andromeda were brighter, it'd appear 6 times larger than the moon despite being 2.5 million light years away. The Milky Way is 105,000 light years wide... to send a radio signal from one side to another would take longer than our species has existed. It's really mind blowing and humbling.
Jeez, I love anything to do with space. Thanks Paul, yet another excellent video to enjoy and love. I hope you’re getting healthier and all is good after your ill health.
- Spock: V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its god, doctor, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more?". - Dr. McCoy: What more is there than the universe, Spock? - Decker: Other dimensions. Higher levels of being.
Good Video - but to add a little bit critizism ... it doesn't show the newest research on HOW our Galaxy really looks like. The Milkyway doesn't seem to be a common Spiral Galaxy - it's Spiral Arms are warped, on side points a bit more "up" and the other side a bit more "down". And it has some other oddities which most other Galaxies don't have (e.g. Ripples in it's arms). I mention this because i love our Milkyway, and it shows that we are living in a really unique place in the Universe.
Hey Paul, it's good to see you back my man! It's been a long time since the last one and I've been wondering lately if you would upload any more videos, glad to enjoy your content again!
Your vids haven’t been popping up in my feed for a while, (not since the update). I suddenly realised last night that I haven’t seen from you in a while and got a little worried/ sh@t myself! Good to see you Paul, hope you’re well! Xx
Some people do not even know what a galaxy is let alone what our galaxy looks like from the outside. I remember years ago when I mentioned galaxies to my late father he asked me what a galaxy is. Nor did he know that a lunar eclipse can only happen at full moon. My sister didn't realize that the moon is often visible in the daytime. Acquaintances of mine often (mis)use the term "astrology" to mean astronomy. The general public is sadly uninformed on astronomical issues.
It's fun to poke at the first Star Trek film which suggested "V'ger" had made it all the way out to a far distant somewhere AND BACK in just 300 years.
Thank you Paul. Those discoveries also ignored the observation that stars, galaxies, and gas clouds are moving away from the earth in every direction. This makes the earth the center of the universe.
Paul, At about 1:43 you said, “Firstly, we can see a fairly narrow band of bright hazy starts that circle the sky-the thing we call ‘the Milky Way.’ Which indicates that we are in a flattened disk of stars and not in a sphere. Because if that were the case, we would see many more stars equally distributed in every direction.” I too agree with this principle that homogeneity would indicate we’re at the center. Interestingly, the other galaxies--outside of our own--we see are evenly distributed from our earthly perspective. Would you agree that this data-along with the homogenous distribution of cosmic background radiation---indicates the Milky Way galaxy is at or near the center of the Universe? Thank you in advance.
Paul, is there any place i can find that wonderful video about the Saturn V? I can't seem to find it, wanted to show someone, one of the things i remember clearly was the employees cheering when the first saturn took off... "Go man, go!!"
Don't forget Wm. Herschel's sister, Caroline, who was there every freezing night alongside her illustrious brother polishing plates, tabulating data and keeping charts, filling exposed glass plates, and making sure her brilliant brother had a hot meal now and then. It was his companion and coworker throughout his many studies.
Could someone explain to me how the dickens dust clouds and gas collapse to form stars? High-school chemistry reminded me of Boyle's Gas laws ( the principle of which makes cans-of-shaving-cream possible) Thank you!
Remember that guy who thought we should have a mission to retrieve our probes so they shall not fall into alien "hands"? I support such a mission wholeheartedly. Developing such a technology as to catch up with Voyagers and Pioneers would be a glorious achievement.
Star Trek's star ship "Voyager" has already mapped our galaxy, with uncanny accuracy, in the 1980's, via their Astrometrics' lab. Why are we still struggling with this?
Hello Paul, an interesting video as always. I have a couple of questions: Are distant probes like Voyager 1 used to increase the base line for parallax distance calculations? Isn't there a kind of supernova that also functions as a standard candle?
voyager 1 is roughly a light day away ...3rd june in 2022. would be around 21.2 hours of light distance ( according to wiki) so roughly a lightday 50 years after its start makes 50x365 = 18250 years more for a distance of one light year ....if the speed does not change or to alpha centauri , the nearest star ( 4.2 light years ) 76650 years ......without braking ;-) or f**ing long time /distance
Dear Paul,
i first found you in 2019. Since then i followed all of your Videos and wachted nearly all which came before.
Thank you for your and your Teams hard work, to bring us this top notch content.
These videos are treasures for me!
I found him in 2020 and I have binged watch all of his vids
As a person with a healthy dose of curiosity 🙄😜😂🤣😁🤨 I accidentally discovered this channel and I haven't been disappointed since.
So much love for this channel
From anti gravity, to military and nature, always being perfect ❤️
True! He's like Smarter Every Day, Physics Girl, and Matsimus all in one package!
Best content on UA-cam, hands down. Keep up the good work!
Fun fact: In Sweden the milky way is called ”the winter street”
Interesting, in Georgian it's called "The Deer's Jump"
in Lithuania, the milky way is "the path of birds"
How about "cow juice parkway?"
I like it!
When I was little I thought it was cool that they named our galaxy after a candy bar.
Thank you for not adding overbearing music or other unnecessary stimulation
Man this comment is great lol. I can't stand trying to watch some kind of educational/theory video where there is an annoyingly distracting, usually looping, tune in the background.
So, I am not the only one in the world who detests unnecessary auditory stimulation, manufacturing artificial excitement. UA-cam is awash in this.
Galaxies are massive beyond our understanding. If Andromeda were brighter, it'd appear 6 times larger than the moon despite being 2.5 million light years away. The Milky Way is 105,000 light years wide... to send a radio signal from one side to another would take longer than our species has existed. It's really mind blowing and humbling.
well if you wait long enough andromeda will collide with our galaxy....someday
Last I looked into it, Andromeda (if you could see the whole disc) would be about half the size of a full moon, or 1/4 of a degree.
@@TheEvilmooseofdoom nope, 3 degrees of an arc. The moon 0.5
@@TheEvilmooseofdoom UA-cam won't let me post a link, but Phil Plait has an article on it. You'll find
Archaic homo sapiens dafe from around 300,000 years ago and modern homo sapiens 150,000.
Theoretically speaking, it would've been possible.
My favorite youtuber of all time. Thanks for posting again!
Good to see you Paul hope alls well
Jeez, I love anything to do with space. Thanks Paul, yet another excellent video to enjoy and love. I hope you’re getting healthier and all is good after your ill health.
I seem to recall you were poorly, hope you're doing great and everything's on the up and up! Keep up the good work 👍
Fascinating Paul, thank you. Hope you are well.
I asked this exact question just a while back. Glad some one finally got around to explaining it. Thank you!
Thanks Paul, Hope you are doing well.
- Spock: V'Ger must evolve. Its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve. What it requires of its god, doctor, is the answer to its question, "Is there nothing more?".
- Dr. McCoy: What more is there than the universe, Spock?
- Decker: Other dimensions. Higher levels of being.
Hope you're still well, Paul. Lucky to still have you around.
Good Video - but to add a little bit critizism ... it doesn't show the newest research on HOW our Galaxy really looks like. The Milkyway doesn't seem to be a common Spiral Galaxy - it's Spiral Arms are warped, on side points a bit more "up" and the other side a bit more "down". And it has some other oddities which most other Galaxies don't have (e.g. Ripples in it's arms). I mention this because i love our Milkyway, and it shows that we are living in a really unique place in the Universe.
This is something I have wondered about for the last 40 years of my life. Thank you for this Sir.
Well done in picking up this fascinating subject. Even better: very well presented. Thank you!
Good topic, always happy to watch a curious droid vid.
Hey Paul, it's good to see you back my man! It's been a long time since the last one and I've been wondering lately if you would upload any more videos, glad to enjoy your content again!
I absolutely love your videos Paul! Please keep them coming...your hard work is much appreciated!
Paul, you're looking and sounding absolutely fabulous and that's all we really care about.
If only we could get an Event Horizion episode with you.
Thank you Paul!
Great video Paul. Hope you are keeping well!
A big shout-out to square space! I wish you'd all realize we've heard these ads a zillion times.
Not me bud. I've heard these ads going on quadcintillion times. Top that, punk.
Once we develop lighthugger spaceships we'll get those selfies!
A new Curious Droid! Yes!
Great content as usual Paul. I hope you are doing well with everything going on.
Thank you for another incredible video
Great work my man!!!
I enjoy your frank, non-bombastic presentations. Thank you .
I've been wondering this for years. I can't think of anyone better to answer it for me.
New Curious Droid video... HAPPY DAYS!!!!!
Thank you, I enjoyed it. I remember a kid in high school asking the same question. Flummoxed the teacher. Thanks again!
That last zoom-out shot was fantastic! I learnt so much from this video, thank you well dressed and well spoken UA-cam man 🙂
While I don't understand much of it, I DO appreciate and enjoy it. Thank you!
True. My mind got into a Milky State by the end. 💫 🤩
Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic video.
Great to see you back.
THIS MAN IS ONE OF THE GREATEST VOICES FOR NARRATION AND TEACHING!!!!
Forever is a considerable amount of time. Thank you, this was an interesting video.
Your vids haven’t been popping up in my feed for a while, (not since the update). I suddenly realised last night that I haven’t seen from you in a while and got a little worried/ sh@t myself! Good to see you Paul, hope you’re well! Xx
Keep getting better my friend!
One of your best shirt! Love it. :D
A subscriber from distant Michigan wishes you Cheers! for another excellent presentation.
Some people do not even know what a galaxy is let alone what our galaxy looks like from the outside. I remember years ago when I mentioned galaxies to my late father he asked me what a galaxy is. Nor did he know that a lunar eclipse can only happen at full moon. My sister didn't realize that the moon is often visible in the daytime. Acquaintances of mine often (mis)use the term "astrology" to mean astronomy. The general public is sadly uninformed on astronomical issues.
I friggin love this channel ❤️❤️❤️
Great video, Paul...👍
So happy to see you are still going strong. Especially considering your healthproblems. I hope that those are taken care of.
Must-watch content, thank you for the work you do!?
Dear Paul thank you
It's fun to poke at the first Star Trek film which suggested "V'ger" had made it all the way out to a far distant somewhere AND BACK in just 300 years.
Never fails to keep me entertained does our Paul.. As per usual fantastic video Sublick.!! 0️⃣👍💯🎬👌😜1️⃣
By studying your awesome shirts 👍🏽
- You are here.
- Or are you? *Jake Chudnow - Moon Men playing in the background*
Shirt game still strong as ever too!
Hoping you are well. Thank you
Congratulations on passing the big 1m.
I always wondered about this! Thanks again for another answer I needed to know!
Thank you Paul. Those discoveries also ignored the observation that stars, galaxies, and gas clouds are moving away from the earth in every direction. This makes the earth the center of the universe.
No, it makes Earth the center of the observable universe. Observers on any planet in the universe would see everything else moving away from them too.
Ah man, awesome video! Very educational, super well explained and not dumb down ♥
"When we develop Faster-Than-Light travel" - now that's real optimism.
Great video Paul, thank you!👏
Great video. I hope you're doing well.
I've always read that we are much further away from the center than shown at the start of this video.
Legend. Love your videos
Paul,
At about 1:43 you said, “Firstly, we can see a fairly narrow band of bright hazy starts that circle the sky-the thing we call ‘the Milky Way.’ Which indicates that we are in a flattened disk of stars and not in a sphere. Because if that were the case, we would see many more stars equally distributed in every direction.”
I too agree with this principle that homogeneity would indicate we’re at the center. Interestingly, the other galaxies--outside of our own--we see are evenly distributed from our earthly perspective. Would you agree that this data-along with the homogenous distribution of cosmic background radiation---indicates the Milky Way galaxy is at or near the center of the Universe?
Thank you in advance.
Awesome video!👏🏻
Very interesting episode, nice one
Hey Paul, you forgot one very important thing we all anticipate,………the shirt👍😁👌
Paul can you do something on hypersonic travel, what's good what's just hot air. Good to see you back. Great shirt
Paul, is there any place i can find that wonderful video about the Saturn V? I can't seem to find it, wanted to show someone, one of the things i remember clearly was the employees cheering when the first saturn took off... "Go man, go!!"
Very Good Question!
Keep on the good work.
I'm so hooked...
nice shirt, Paul
Don't forget Wm. Herschel's sister, Caroline, who was there every freezing night alongside her illustrious brother polishing plates, tabulating data and keeping charts, filling exposed glass plates, and making sure her brilliant brother had a hot meal now and then. It was his companion and coworker throughout his many studies.
Paul...a unicum in the UA-cam universe
I don't think we can go faster than light. What we should have is something that can create its own gravity bubble and allow us to warp space.
So the flux capacitor it is then. Doc was one of the best characters Hollywood ever cooked up in my opinion.
Paul awesome content as usual 👏 👌
Was just researching this lol
Always wondered
I was randomly thinking this last night, how weird.
Fantastic
Please do a video on underground nuclear testing
Interesting, but probably confusing to anyone new to the topic, though the way it is presented.
I always wondered this very thing!
Could someone explain to me how the dickens dust clouds and gas collapse to form stars? High-school chemistry reminded me of Boyle's Gas laws ( the principle of which makes cans-of-shaving-cream possible)
Thank you!
Love these videos but 00:12 "This is a side on view . . ." Shows top down view. Side on view = edge on view, like our view of the Sombrero galaxy.
1:38 can you ever see that with your own eyes or do you only see it in the images because of long exposure times?
Paul it would really be awesome if you could take a trip here to Texas and run my GT-R down the track sir.
It’s got 1800 herspers at the wheels.
Remember that guy who thought we should have a mission to retrieve our probes so they shall not fall into alien "hands"?
I support such a mission wholeheartedly. Developing such a technology as to catch up with Voyagers and Pioneers would be a glorious achievement.
I don't see a safety issue for humanity by letting them drift into the void, but it would be glorious to catch them and bring them back.
Too late, Klingons blew them up already... :(
Star Trek's star ship "Voyager" has already mapped our galaxy, with uncanny accuracy, in the 1980's, via their Astrometrics' lab.
Why are we still struggling with this?
I know right, why can't I just get beamed to the store and back? The technology has been around for atleast 40 years.
I don't want to be THAT guy but Voyager was in the 90's
We love you.
Voyager is not even a light day away yet
Do globular cluster galaxies shrink since they don't rotate in all directions?
(Stars all attracted to one another)?
Thanks!
Bright minds.
Wouldn't call that a side on view though, i would call it a top down view
Hello Paul, an interesting video as always. I have a couple of questions:
Are distant probes like Voyager 1 used to increase the base line for parallax distance calculations?
Isn't there a kind of supernova that also functions as a standard candle?
Voyager : no, the cameras on the Voyagers no longer work. The New Horizons team recently published results of some parallax observations.
@@h.dejong2531 Interesting. Thanks.
voyager 1 is roughly a light day away ...3rd june in 2022. would be around 21.2 hours of light distance ( according to wiki)
so roughly a lightday 50 years after its start
makes 50x365 = 18250 years more for a distance of one light year ....if the speed does not change
or to alpha centauri , the nearest star ( 4.2 light years ) 76650 years ......without braking ;-)
or f**ing long time /distance