The Fear of Space

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  • @minirock3000
    @minirock3000 8 місяців тому +8633

    Turn that fear into curiosity
    There are things in space so terrifying yet fascinating out there

    • @sim9373
      @sim9373 7 місяців тому +137

      It’s ok to be realistic and afraid of nothingness. Your and the entire human effort of curiosity for all time, amounts to nothing.

    • @alanmoulet1362
      @alanmoulet1362 7 місяців тому +33

      ​@@sim9373man not afraid

    • @sim9373
      @sim9373 7 місяців тому

      @@alanmoulet1362 man stupid. If a wild animal comes charging at you, are you going to be afraid? Because if you’re not, then you’re STUPID.

    • @Trentagaem
      @Trentagaem 7 місяців тому +21

      Space is my 1 fear, it's mostly the FUTURE OF SPACE THOUGH, yeah uhm I know a lot about it and it gives me a existential crisis

    • @hexturne
      @hexturne 7 місяців тому +19

      @@Trentagaemthat is so insanely irrational. you may know a lot about what is going to happen, but did you know that the time it takes for a star to become a white dwarf is in the trillions of years? our earth will be consumed by the sun in 5 billion years, which is roughly double the earths age btw. nothing significant will ever happen in our lifetimes. wrap your head around that. i do agree with the original commenter though, space is fascinating.

  • @tomhoward5749
    @tomhoward5749 6 місяців тому +4065

    I find it comforting. It reminds me that any problem I have will never ever matter in the grand scale of the universe so I should just stop worrying and enjoy my life to the fullest until it's over

    • @RedComet666
      @RedComet666 6 місяців тому +237

      thats true but grand scale of universe isn't something you should care about you are not a celestial being. For example my parrots' in home have a very small world compared to us, when I walk in the room its a breaking news for them like something very important but its nothing to me. Your problems in life are still very important because you are not a star you are just a human. But whatever happens, even if there is no heaven to escape as long as we have the will to live anywhere can be a heaven for us yeah enjoy it as much as you can.

    • @Captain_ZER0
      @Captain_ZER0 6 місяців тому +72

      Ignore RedComet's reply, live your life in any way you want.

    • @RedComet666
      @RedComet666 6 місяців тому +74

      ​@@Captain_ZER0 well I am sorry If I said something wrong but I want everyone to live their lives as they want too but in order to do that they will have to struggle and there is no other way around

    • @CHXFIT95
      @CHXFIT95 6 місяців тому +29

      Exactly. I don’t know how people could have the anxiety and depression that they deal with or claim they have when you realize just how tiny we are, a speck in the grand scheme of things. It literally makes no sense. Just love the people around you, work your job, pay your bills and stop giving a fuck about the rest. The rest doesn’t matter, we don’t matter in the big scheme of things but in the moment we can give it meaning while we are still here.

    • @RedComet666
      @RedComet666 6 місяців тому +60

      ​ @CHXFIT95 people don't choose if they want to have anxiety or depression as they don't choose to catch flu or they don't choose to get cancer it just happens. but you are right for the rest. just live and love as long as you are here. But I really don't like people not taking mental problems as the same level as physical ones

  • @Trolololo-sukukuna
    @Trolololo-sukukuna Місяць тому +445

    "So... it smiles..."
    Sent an unimaginably strong shiver down my spine

  • @Duck_with_knif3
    @Duck_with_knif3 Місяць тому +37

    The concept of space is every emotion mixed up. Fear, anxiety, curiosity, hope, sadness, happiness, emptiness... and it is simply... fascinating.

  • @jimhalpert0
    @jimhalpert0 6 місяців тому +2204

    "No one has the fear of space until they're alone, drifting away and see the blue dot getting smaller and smaller" - Mega Begabean

    • @NavjotGuitar
      @NavjotGuitar 5 місяців тому +15

      the fuck is a sun zoo? Did you just comment some random quote you came up with?

    • @jimhalpert0
      @jimhalpert0 5 місяців тому +52

      @@NavjotGuitar what's your problem navjot. Jot it down

    • @rubesh6084
      @rubesh6084 4 місяці тому +3

      is jimmy bearhunter real

    • @Euronymous-w7b
      @Euronymous-w7b 4 місяці тому +2

      @@rubesh6084 no he’s just talking shit

    • @kirbysblood
      @kirbysblood 4 місяці тому +13

      tf is that quote like that shit happens every often, shit man, hate it when i just start drifting away from earth

  • @ShipsWithOurParents
    @ShipsWithOurParents 5 місяців тому +3967

    One last video before bed.
    The video:

    • @HistoryAndSpace123
      @HistoryAndSpace123 5 місяців тому +68

      Space isn’t scary at all, it’s amazing and wonderful, every planet is its own world.

    • @Ben-yz7sx
      @Ben-yz7sx 5 місяців тому +57

      ​@@HistoryAndSpace123in my opinion, it both scary and awesome

    • @Mahier_theguy
      @Mahier_theguy 4 місяці тому +3

      Okay now it's relatable

    • @HistoryAndSpace123
      @HistoryAndSpace123 4 місяці тому +4

      @@Ben-yz7sx what scares you about space, only asking because I know a lot about it and one thing u gotta realize is the more you learn about space the more you realize space isn’t very scary.

    • @Ben-yz7sx
      @Ben-yz7sx 4 місяці тому +10

      @@HistoryAndSpace123 the emptiness and black holes

  • @soyspicepod1547
    @soyspicepod1547 5 місяців тому +496

    I will say this as a human; us being able to figure all this out is a testament to our species. We may be nothing compared to the vast dark universe but we should still be proud of everything we’ve achieved.

    • @cloudsoflilac9731
      @cloudsoflilac9731 5 місяців тому +48

      I'm not disagreeing with you, but I kept thinking as I was watching, "or so we think" as in maybe we think we know all these things, but logic, theories, predictions, research, and even every scientific law can only take us so far and all of that means nothing when the universe, unbeknownst to us, could pull a sneaky and completely change everything we thought we knew. what I mean is, what if we just THINK we've "figured all this out" but, actually, we haven't figured out a thing?

    • @Zimbabwae1
      @Zimbabwae1 3 місяці тому +5

      ​@@cloudsoflilac9731youre right, there is much work to be done for our knowledge about our existence. I would not say the universe is pulling a sneaky as it is humanity pulling the curtain behind the curtain

    • @angstyteen6042
      @angstyteen6042 3 місяці тому

      ​@@cloudsoflilac9731I think you're overthinking it man

    • @michaelfiori6700
      @michaelfiori6700 3 місяці тому

      If only people who belive in space didn't have to contend with religion... and joe rogan types.
      All of my friend group, mind you old school skaters, 30+ all question if space is real... they say they don't know...
      Thats fair. Never been to space can't see it so how can you know?
      I've never been to China so the great wall is computer generated and fake. Change my mind.
      That's is the mentality we are dealing with today....
      Humanity is regressing on purpose.
      We can't be to smart an technology advanced.
      It's in our nature to be jealous and petty.
      Your telling me we can make a world of abundance and get rid of war?
      But I was struggling so everyone has to do thst... says the american while Palestinian children starve.
      My point.
      Humanity sucks. Space rules.

    • @cloudsoflilac9731
      @cloudsoflilac9731 3 місяці тому +5

      @@angstyteen6042 Not overthinking, questioning and suggesting. Besides, do you not agree that this is the sort of subject worth overthinking? If negative feelings don't arise, it can be an interesting way to spend time.

  • @DavidPawson-d7h
    @DavidPawson-d7h 2 місяці тому +11

    I think it’s cool that you look back in time by just looking up at night. The Hubble Deep Field pullout is mind blowing as they chose one of the darkest areas and what looks like stars at first are hundreds of galaxies. Glad I came across this channel.

  • @LilyKittyCatto
    @LilyKittyCatto 5 місяців тому +1460

    Instead of scaring me, it comforts me deeply. Nothing truly matters, that embarrassing moment keeping you up at night? None of it matters in the grand scale of our beautiful universe. I am so lucky to be alive, to feel, to think, to exist.

    • @sigiligus
      @sigiligus 4 місяці тому +64

      “Nothing matters, but don’t you DARE do a heckin racism!”

    • @mattox4086
      @mattox4086 4 місяці тому +3

      What when we die..

    • @PuffyRhys
      @PuffyRhys 4 місяці тому +44

      To say something doesn’t matter because it’s super small is a bad way of thinking. If anything all that matters is your decisions and consciousness

    • @Zizians
      @Zizians 4 місяці тому +47

      Nothing matters in a grand scheme of things, but things do matter for an individual. We should only care about stuff that matters to us, not to the entire universe.

    • @Connor011
      @Connor011 4 місяці тому +5

      ​@@PuffyRhys all depends on your prospective

  • @floristfindspeace
    @floristfindspeace 9 місяців тому +3567

    i’ll be so real, space just fascinates me. the fact that it’s impersonal sort of makes me feel better. it’s dope that we can even observe this and learn about it. it’s so cool we exist in this universe, even if we don’t know the who, what, how, where, and why. it’s a giant endless mystery, i love it. there’s something so comforting about space. like this is our home, this is all that we will ever know. it’s humbling, terrifying, and beautiful. it reminds me to take it easy, enjoy what i have while i’m here.

    • @DeeEditor1
      @DeeEditor1 9 місяців тому +118

      For all we know we our universe might just be a singular atom making up neurons in some greater beings brain. Shoot we know we can break things down all the way to atoms/particles/quarks so who's to say it doesn't work in opposite direction.

    • @floristfindspeace
      @floristfindspeace 9 місяців тому +53

      @@DeeEditor1 do you know what’s so weird to me? i’ve had this thought for years. i’ve seen this same comment here and there recently, too. i think that’s so odd, and it makes me very curious because how is that a speculation so many of us come to?

    • @ethanbrock5453
      @ethanbrock5453 9 місяців тому +54

      ​@floristfindspeace I think it's a pretty normal thought, we as humans like to recognize patterns even where there may be none

    • @floristfindspeace
      @floristfindspeace 9 місяців тому +1

      @@ethanbrock5453 very true!! very possible

    • @CC22ball
      @CC22ball 9 місяців тому +10

      Our universe is only one universe compared to the trillions of other universes out there in the multiverse

  • @gorshsmorsh
    @gorshsmorsh 7 місяців тому +5131

    Imagine being immortal and not being able to reach your end. Your only existence is to stare into internal void. Gives me chills. watching every star and galaxy slowly disappear before your very own eyes. watching the beauty of everything you know sluggishly turn to darkness. after ages there is nothing left for you to see, only darkness.
    as a christian, i know i will be safe with god in heaven. but still the thought haunts me every day.

    • @Ilnur-v6z
      @Ilnur-v6z 7 місяців тому +274

      I was thinking the exact same thing. Like you will be alive no matter what. Floating through an endless void for eternity.

    • @neelisatwik1923
      @neelisatwik1923 6 місяців тому +294

      Eventually, even after a long time, though, time wouldn't matter anymore, you'll just stop thinking.

    • @LotusMysticSutra
      @LotusMysticSutra 6 місяців тому +105

      Mine is if after you die you’re just conscious with no body…

    • @bigball3947
      @bigball3947 6 місяців тому

      Granted with no oxygen at all you’re basically just suffering for eternity, making the black dwarfs in the video’s lifeline seem unbelievably short. The only being that exists and will ever exist forever in nothingness.

    • @TheCoolj1212
      @TheCoolj1212 6 місяців тому +140

      I would think an immortal person's experience of time would be warped compared to ours. For them months might feel like seconds and they would sleep for an eternity.

  • @Blu3drag0nnn
    @Blu3drag0nnn 4 місяці тому +61

    I’ve personally never felt any kind of fear thinking of space because I know that I’d be dead long before the “fear” sets in💀

    • @DRMenance
      @DRMenance 2 місяці тому +3

      bro, we are all floating in space rn together on a rock in a void of nothing. if this does give you fear idk what does

    • @Blu3drag0nnn
      @Blu3drag0nnn 2 місяці тому +6

      @@DRMenance space is not scary to me tbh I feel that it's kinda unrealistic I'd say the that deep sea is more scary than space because it's concept is more realistic you get me?

    • @Blu3drag0nnn
      @Blu3drag0nnn 2 місяці тому +2

      @@DRMenance like bro imagine the kinda crazy ass interstellar mission situation you'd have to be in to just be floating in space anyway 😂

    • @U-L-T-R-O-N
      @U-L-T-R-O-N 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Blu3drag0nnn Ehh.. there is the fact that one day a rogue Gamma Ray Burst could come from a supernova-worthy star nearby and effectively just make Earth uninhabitable, killing everyone.
      Though, the thought doesn't sound too scary to me.. as we've failed as a species imo. Especially after watching Xenoshot's channel showcasing humans hilariously being "intelligent".. yet braindead humans.

    • @Blu3drag0nnn
      @Blu3drag0nnn 2 місяці тому

      @@U-L-T-R-O-N That's a little iffy tho because most GRBs are relatively rare on cosmic timescales. On average, one GRB occurs per galaxy about once every 10,000 to 1 million years.
      And GRBs emit energy in narrow beams, not in all directions. The odds that one of these beams would be pointed directly at Earth are incredibly low.
      I'd say it'd be more likely for us to be hit by astroids, most GRBs happen in distant galaxies, far enough away that their radiation doesn’t affect Earth.

  • @hitmanct1
    @hitmanct1 6 місяців тому +790

    15:43 "These stupid little stars" 😂 I was having an existential crisis and he brought me back! I feel better now.

    • @MesozoicLad
      @MesozoicLad 4 місяці тому +3

      15:47*

    • @thstroyur
      @thstroyur 4 місяці тому +5

      🎵 But these little stars
      These stupid little stars
      Still remain 🎶

    • @robertworley7243
      @robertworley7243 4 місяці тому

      @@thstroyurwhy does these lyrics sound like Little Wonders by Rob Thomas? 😂

    • @thstroyur
      @thstroyur 4 місяці тому

      @@robertworley7243 😉😎

    • @TimpBizkit
      @TimpBizkit Місяць тому

      No twinkle stupid little star
      How I wonder what you are
      Like a black hole but can't bend light
      Drifting through the endless night
      No twinkle stupid little star
      How I wonder what you are

  • @koryngalen6228
    @koryngalen6228 9 місяців тому +22671

    Watching this before bed was a decision

    • @DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon
      @DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon 8 місяців тому +349

      Apparently

    • @taniaLR
      @taniaLR 8 місяців тому +548

      It’s very relaxing

    • @bluehairedboy2010-iw4es
      @bluehairedboy2010-iw4es 8 місяців тому +105

      @@taniaLRyes I agree

    • @TopatTom
      @TopatTom 8 місяців тому +256

      A strategic one at that.
      If i watch this i can fufill my dreams of beating space serpents, and reclaiming my throne as the galactic sperant emprer-

    • @DinoRodriguez
      @DinoRodriguez 8 місяців тому +14

      LOL LOL

  • @trafficcone_c
    @trafficcone_c Рік тому +6327

    Kinda scary to think that we all live on a tiny TINY TINY ball called earth living in this monstrosity of something we aren’t even sure of what it is

    • @blitzerni
      @blitzerni 11 місяців тому +229

      For our sins we deserve eternity in hell, but God loves us so much he came as Jesus to pay the price of our sins through living a perfect life for us, his death and his resurrection so we can be forgiven and receive eternal life if we follow and obey him in faith FOR LIFE , Jesus loves u all and desires to have a personal relationship with you all of love, peace, redemption and obedience ✝️
      May Jesus bless you all, repent of your sins and turn to Christ before it's too late 🙏🏿❤

    • @Doodle_Sandly
      @Doodle_Sandly 10 місяців тому +417

      @@blitzerni ...you are going crazy

    • @FangTheManokit
      @FangTheManokit 9 місяців тому +176

      We're on balls, and came from tinier balls.

    • @blitzerni
      @blitzerni 9 місяців тому +32

      @@FangTheManokit For our sins we deserve eternity in hell, but God loves us so much he came as Jesus to pay the price of our sins through living a perfect life for us, his death and his resurrection so we can be forgiven and receive eternal life if we follow and obey him in faith FOR LIFE , Jesus loves u and desires to have a personal relationship with you of love, peace, redemption and obedience ✝️
      May Jesus bless you, repent of your sins and turn to Christ before it's too late 🙏🏿❤️

    • @redstaria963
      @redstaria963 9 місяців тому +153

      ​@@blitzerniYap demon rn

  • @Miky10100
    @Miky10100 4 місяці тому +4

    Bro i had this vid in recommended and now u my favorite ytber. U rly underrated and u deserve a mil subs. I can just play dis particular vid on replay and just sleep listening to it. That’s how good it is. Good job. U prolly wont read it but if u do i wish u the best in life. And keep up the good work

  • @kadenvkg
    @kadenvkg 7 місяців тому +4539

    The moment you click on this video to watch it all the way through, means you signed up for an existential crisis

    • @2009samiy
      @2009samiy 6 місяців тому +13

      youtube mary and jesus in the quran and mohmmad in the bible and the Torah and the scientific miracles of the quran and mohmmad in hindu scripture

    • @adambazso9207
      @adambazso9207 6 місяців тому +51

      Or you already ARE in an existential crisis.

    • @the_infinity_channel
      @the_infinity_channel 6 місяців тому +4

      DPDR just arrived 😂😂🎉

    • @acorn1217
      @acorn1217 6 місяців тому +3

      I have no such weaknesses

    • @kellyshea92
      @kellyshea92 6 місяців тому +2

      Nah

  • @DNV0112
    @DNV0112 8 місяців тому +3111

    I honestly find the size of the universe kinda comforting. Any action or mistake you regret will ultimately not matter in this vast empty void that will outlast anything we as humanity create

    • @VemoNotRated
      @VemoNotRated 7 місяців тому +233

      For me it put into perspective that I should enjoy life the way I want to as the universe won't be changed by anything I am doing regardless

    • @justuraveragecunt9005
      @justuraveragecunt9005 7 місяців тому

      Is this absurdism or nihilism? Always get the 2 confused

    • @megaboner690
      @megaboner690 7 місяців тому +2

      It's so comforting knowing we're nothing we come from nothing and we go back to nothing

    • @Zeeangelofdeath
      @Zeeangelofdeath 7 місяців тому

      By the time your 1st Decisions have any impact in the universe from the planet you live in
      You would have been dead 10,000 years

    • @DVnerd1
      @DVnerd1 7 місяців тому

      ​@@VemoNotRated your mom is hot

  • @Cherrylime_Studios
    @Cherrylime_Studios 9 місяців тому +1222

    As someone who’s always been fascinated with space, it’s interesting to see a window into astrophobia. I had no idea that so many of the things that I’ve usually looked at as cool and interesting could be so horrifying and threatening.

    • @tinydestroyer4672
      @tinydestroyer4672 9 місяців тому +4

      The xenos are scarry aswell

    • @dariusdafigga
      @dariusdafigga 7 місяців тому +31

      Same, I see how space can be intimidating for others but I’ve always been fascinated with it and would love to be able to see some of these things for myself

    • @Conkel
      @Conkel 6 місяців тому +5

      Trying to comprehend the sizes is making my brain freeze up. Looking up at the night sky is fear.

    • @TamWam_
      @TamWam_ 22 дні тому +1

      i was wondering how someone could fear space, then i remembered:
      - i fear ghosts/dark
      - i fear insects
      - but i don't fear space
      and then i realised how silly my fears look like 😭

  • @noahegler9131
    @noahegler9131 Місяць тому +10

    8:27 thats actually not the boótes void. That's a relatively small and dense cloud of interstellar dust. Voids are actually see-through since, you know, there's literally nothing in them. The Boótes void was only found during a census of all the observable galaxies in a small chunks of the sky; the researchers saw a huge gap in their numbers and spent weeks trying to figure out what was wrong with the methods to produce such a weird result lol

  • @framesiphon507
    @framesiphon507 4 місяці тому +395

    I mean... Jupiter doesn't have pizza
    Earth > Anywhere else

    • @BrendanOwino
      @BrendanOwino 4 місяці тому +16

      This is the perspective of an earthling

    • @CupperYT
      @CupperYT 2 місяці тому +12

      @@BrendanOwinohaha ikr I am an alien

    • @StrandedOnDuna
      @StrandedOnDuna 2 місяці тому +1

      what is taste?

    • @Anthonydanells
      @Anthonydanells 2 місяці тому +1

      It would suck if like in 100 years, scientists prove simulation theory and we're sims, but still don't know why the universe is what it is

    • @regnumbospori
      @regnumbospori 2 місяці тому

      @@CupperYTbleegle bop zorp?

  • @erdngtn9942
    @erdngtn9942 5 місяців тому +116

    When galaxies merge, the stars almost never get near one another, due to the vast space between them.

    • @jschaeferceo
      @jschaeferceo 3 місяці тому +7

      Heard that too. Such a mesmerizing thought

    • @sk8stra
      @sk8stra 2 місяці тому +4

      I never really thought of that, i really forgot how HUGE space was.

    • @Mr.SSG369
      @Mr.SSG369 Місяць тому +1

      True

  • @B1llyW4lt3nF1l3s
    @B1llyW4lt3nF1l3s 7 місяців тому +1257

    The fact that we are able to calculate this all with almost exact persicion just from our small speck of a planet using a number system that we made up is astounding to me.
    Edit: Alr guys I get that math as a concept isn't made up, I was more talking about the number symbols we use to understand it. Now please stop arguing :)

    • @sanger1265
      @sanger1265 7 місяців тому +7

      Agreed.

    • @rpm749
      @rpm749 6 місяців тому +35

      I mean the number system isn’t really made up 😅

    • @ICECAPPEDSKY
      @ICECAPPEDSKY 6 місяців тому

      I mean the numbers system is made up. It’s the actual numerical properties and aspects of the universe that are natural.
      Mathematics is a creation of humanity to try and understand how things work. So yes it is made up.

    • @StockLlama
      @StockLlama 6 місяців тому +47

      “Made up” lmao, math isn’t something we invented doofus, it’s something we learned

    • @a-10warthog90
      @a-10warthog90 6 місяців тому +71

      that's assuming it's all correct

  • @SharkcorruptBoy
    @SharkcorruptBoy 17 днів тому +17

    0:10 sounds like a Minecraft cave sound.

  • @zenmaster16
    @zenmaster16 8 місяців тому +144

    The scariest thing about these insane units of time are that they WILL happen. We tend to not comprehend it, but the space we’re in, the same universe we inhabit, will experience this passage of time. Not the universe in the video but the one you’re in. The atoms that make up your existence will be there at that time. We are just traveling towards it just very slowly.

    • @Catroll111
      @Catroll111 7 місяців тому +17

      It's a bit crazy to think that lots if not all of the atoms in our bodies already formed part of lots of living beings in the past and will form part of others in the future, those same atoms will end up in a black hole someday

    • @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466
      @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Catroll111that's why I believe in reincarnation. Because it's scientifically true.
      🎶The circle of liiife🎶

    • @BrendanOwino
      @BrendanOwino 5 місяців тому

      ​@@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466reincarnation is not real

    • @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466
      @randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 5 місяців тому +4

      @@BrendanOwino depends on how you define it. When you rot and break down, your body feeds the plants so you in turn become part of the plant.

    • @moderndemon84
      @moderndemon84 Місяць тому

      @@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 So we eat dead people?

  • @LiveTUNA
    @LiveTUNA 9 місяців тому +4591

    I once knew a black dwarf. Now, before you get upset, let me explain. His name was Marcus and we were classmates. When we learned about the "life of a black dwarf" In our 7th grade classroom, even the teacher was absolutely red in the face trying to tip toe around the lesson. He didn't help either because every time she said "black dwarf"and he would respond with a "yeah, what's up?" 😂😅 He was one of the funniest kids in school and everyone loved him. I hope he's still making people smile to this day.

    • @blackyonbi
      @blackyonbi 8 місяців тому +365

      Sounds like a chill dude.
      Hope this internet stranger is fine too.

    • @SoldatDuChristChannel
      @SoldatDuChristChannel 8 місяців тому +233

      That's one hell of a way to start a thread. Respect

    • @MercifulJaay
      @MercifulJaay 8 місяців тому +43

      😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @xNightOwlzZz
      @xNightOwlzZz 8 місяців тому +176

      Was your classmate Kevin Hart?

    • @ButteryBeer
      @ButteryBeer 8 місяців тому

      @@xNightOwlzZzlmao

  • @begny
    @begny 8 місяців тому +295

    I used to get that sense of "cosmic dread" whenever I'd do deep dives on the vastness of space. I recall watching videos talking about the distant future of the Universe and getting stressed out... by things that wouldn't be happening for trillions of years...
    As of recent, I've instead become mystified by space and the things in it. If you think about it, space is like a desert. It looks like nothing, endless nothing, but once you get past those seemingly infinite swathes of emptiness you stumble upon an oasis. Gorgeous clouds of dust that look like paintings, glowing rings of fire that surround black holes, spectacular light shows performed by stars, both in life and death. If the Universe is truly infinite, then that means there's just as many beautiful oases as there is desert. And of course, among those oases, us. A teeny tiny, little itsy-bitsy pale blue dot.
    What you said at 4:55 is something I used to think myself. "We're so insignificant and tiny." And sure, maybe we are. But I don't let that stress me like it used too because I've since realized that fact doesn't take away from how special this planet and the things on it are. UY Scuti is massive, black holes are nearly incomprehensible forces of nature, and sure planets like Saturn have rings and moons to show off. But none of them have us. Nothing has us. Life could exist out there, but until we know for sure, we're all there is. And that doesn't scare me because in a way, it makes us really important. Maybe the Universe knows no cruelty, but it also doesn't even know it own name. The Universe, the things in it, and all the laws that keep those things in check are Human discoveries. Yeah they'd exist without us, but they wouldn't be named, defined, or appreciated by anything. UY Scuti is the biggest star in the known Universe. None of that means anything without us. Sure this is an extremely Human-centric perspective, but what other perspective do we really have?
    Hell even the observable Universe, when you zoom out as far as we can with out current technologies, what do you find at the center of it? Not the Milkyway, not the Solar System, not even the Earth.
    You.
    From your perspective, you're the center of the Universe, the thing your people have done endless work to try and understand. At the center of all of it is you.
    And you know what, even if you wanna look at things from the figurative perspective of the Universe, things still look great for us! All of everything you know and love, you live and stride for, is confined to this single point in space and time. From the perspective of the Universe, you have everything you could ever need, nothing's ever quite out of reach for you. I find that so comforting.
    Again I totally understand that this is a Human-centric mindset. But it's one that allows me to appreciate the massive scale of the Universe without forgetting that we're just as special as the rest of it. It's very easy to fall into the pit of "Humanity bad, Humanity insignificant" and it's very nice to claw your way out every now and then. Space is one of my favorite things, I find it so eerily beautiful. From my perspective, it is something to be respected and inspired by, not feared.
    Great video! 😊 Keep it up!

    • @MalachiWhite-tw7hl
      @MalachiWhite-tw7hl 8 місяців тому +26

      Insightful comment. Glad that it was not another one of those "We are so insignificant, and awful to boot."

    • @sirfrancis8732
      @sirfrancis8732 8 місяців тому +23

      As a wise man once said, "we are the universe experiencing itself"

    • @xXcynic4lXx
      @xXcynic4lXx 7 місяців тому +3

      Well said man :^)

    • @NaniJapaneseForWhat
      @NaniJapaneseForWhat 7 місяців тому +6

      I stopped being interested in space because of that cosmic dread, but man, like a horror movie I just can't help but look. Thank you for the words stranger.

    • @EngineerMonkeyBTD6
      @EngineerMonkeyBTD6 7 місяців тому +1

      The S in Scuti stands for Superstar!

  • @Aurora-h1t7w
    @Aurora-h1t7w 12 днів тому +2

    As someone who is terrified by the endless, impossible void our planet is surrounded by, I'm obsessed with it. It's beautiful, but ugly. It's unknown, but we know it. The size of our galaxy alone is petrifying.

  • @JustAnotherAccount8
    @JustAnotherAccount8 7 місяців тому +457

    Looking up at the night sky always fills me with a very primal sense of dread. It's a very difficult feeling to describe, a mix of awe and beauty, but also a claustrophobic and suffocating sense of fear. Something that makes everything around you scary, it makes you want to retreat to some sort of shelter which makes me think that it's an evolutionary fear.

    • @blargus6535
      @blargus6535 7 місяців тому +6

      Bro same it’s been like a lasting impression since a certain point in life ya know

    • @Messier42-handle
      @Messier42-handle 7 місяців тому +42

      alot of astronauts actually say a similar thing. i remember one of them once looked at earth from space the first time and reported that instead of feeling the expected awe and shock, he felt an extremely overwhelming amount of dread, in his words, "like looking at a funeral"

    • @plutoporn
      @plutoporn 7 місяців тому

      I remember during the heat of the pandemic I had left my house after a while of not being outside and I had looked up at the night sky and I was genuinely so scared. It was beautiful but it essentially felt like I was looking into a literal void. And then I had thought about Earth’s placement in the void and it made me feel very exposed yet isolated.
      I sometimes think about how scary it must be if gravity just suddenly switched off and being flung into the nothingness of space.

    • @ComicDubbers
      @ComicDubbers 7 місяців тому +22

      Holy shit bro
      I actually feel the same
      Whenever I look at sky specially if there are many stars I feel a bit uneasy and quickly distract myself with the surface I'm standing on, there is just something in there that feels like it's going to pull you over if you look at it too much.

    • @Messier42-handle
      @Messier42-handle 7 місяців тому +11

      @@ComicDubbers i think what really fucks with me personally is the fact that they are literally time machines. looking at capella is looking 30 years into the past thanks to light travel. hell, even looking at JUPITER is looking 1 hour into the past

  • @Scoobis_6443
    @Scoobis_6443 7 місяців тому +787

    The image of the sun compared to UY Scuti genuinely terrified me.
    It just goes to show how small and lonely we are in this universe.

    • @pibawww
      @pibawww 7 місяців тому +45

      we are literally microscopic

    • @Scoobis_6443
      @Scoobis_6443 7 місяців тому +3

      Exactly

    • @Redracer96
      @Redracer96 6 місяців тому +10

      kinda reminds me of the total perspective vortex in A hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy where it’s a map of the universe with a microscopic dot with an even smaller dot saying “you are here”

    • @Krabonszcz
      @Krabonszcz 6 місяців тому +5

      And now, with all of that comparison, most of our history is just wars. Since the beginning until now. It's sad.

    • @aidenfrost10
      @aidenfrost10 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@@pibawww microscopic is an understatement

  • @otrotipoxd
    @otrotipoxd 6 місяців тому +202

    "And so, it smiles"
    *the most beutifull and more calming song i ever heard plays*
    Once again i feel that fear of the eternal void, knowing that after dead there is probably nothing, just the eternal darkness, for the rest of infinity

    • @EduardOncescu1227
      @EduardOncescu1227 6 місяців тому +12

      Death isn’t just a never ending void though.
      If death exists, your existence doesn’t so we don’t actually know what happens in the meantime till the end of times.

    • @derrickhopkins3826
      @derrickhopkins3826 6 місяців тому +5

      I'd like to think that when all life and creation has ended, that song will just start being played for the universe as a nice little lullaby

    • @amvsenpai272
      @amvsenpai272 6 місяців тому

      Whats the Name of this Song at the end? It really sounds relaxing.

    • @otrotipoxd
      @otrotipoxd 6 місяців тому

      @@amvsenpai272 passage - patricia taxxon i think

    • @amvsenpai272
      @amvsenpai272 6 місяців тому

      @@otrotipoxd thanks~. I did not read the describtion. My bad but still, thank you very much~.

  • @YaeMikoIsAQueen
    @YaeMikoIsAQueen 4 дні тому +1

    "Somewhere, Something incredible is waiting to be known."
    -- The only thing keeping me sane bc I'm so scared and yet so fascinated by space.

  • @FalseBats
    @FalseBats Рік тому +261

    holy shit. that is probably one of the best video essays on space I've ever seen, amazing stuff dude, I'm glad to see you back :)

    • @sabretoothc2591
      @sabretoothc2591 9 місяців тому

      Bot​@@blitzerni

    • @crispycream6385
      @crispycream6385 7 місяців тому +1

      Yep, and only 600k views in 5 months. To me that’s kind of sad. I feel like all 8 billion people should see this video

    • @FalseBats
      @FalseBats 7 місяців тому

      @@crispycream6385 it actually had a huge spike recently, I remember for the longest time it only had around 10k

  • @thomaskilroy3199
    @thomaskilroy3199 8 місяців тому +36

    I've always been impressed by several movies' choice in depicting people flung into space:
    The sound of silence except for their panicked breathing.
    Really makes it hit you in the gut that there's nothing to hang onto in space, the only tangible thing is you and your own ineffectual bodily instincts to breathe and grasp etc.
    To me it suggests a very profound panic thats hard to conjure in other settings.
    It's like if drowning lasted weeks.

    • @Messier42-handle
      @Messier42-handle 7 місяців тому

      well it depends actually. you most likely will die of dehydration, and if not, hunger. you will also have the chance of your orbit around earth decaying so you fall and burn up back into the atmosphere. however, if you are lucky, orbital decay (pockets of air high above earth hitting you) will shove you back toward the spacecraft. however this is EXTREMELY slow and assumes this takes place 100km-200km above earth or another planet like it. if you are let go at 3m/s, it could take days to decay enough to grab the station

    • @Jza-GZa40k
      @Jza-GZa40k 3 місяці тому

      @@Messier42-handle Don’t forget how fast you would be spinning around the earth,If you met the space station or spaceship you’d literally be matter

  • @_Abdulziz506
    @_Abdulziz506 7 місяців тому +350

    this is neither “embarrassing” or “laughable” or “puts you in shame”
    this is “amazing”, “spectacular” and “breathtaking”

    • @user_anonymous000
      @user_anonymous000 7 місяців тому +10

      Npc ahh

    • @_Abdulziz506
      @_Abdulziz506 7 місяців тому +14

      @@user_anonymous000 hmmm

    • @certified_wiseposter
      @certified_wiseposter 6 місяців тому +19

      @@user_anonymous000i think the person who made this video is the npc
      bro really said at 4:40 “the pure monstrosity-like sizes of these celestial objects is unfathomable” like holy yap
      yung blud put together the biggest words he could think of and its still not grammatically correct 😭😭😭

    • @elizabethharper9081
      @elizabethharper9081 6 місяців тому +5

      @@user_anonymous000 so based, have you changed your underwear?

    • @TehUltimateSnake
      @TehUltimateSnake 6 місяців тому +3

      @@certified_wiseposter How is that not grammatically correct?

  • @joe65710
    @joe65710 2 місяці тому +9

    16:54 What if the end of our universe, is the beginning of a new one? What if all of that matter and energy is not "resting" but transforming into what it will be in the new universe? What if the mater doesn't run out, but collapses upon itself and then expands into another universe? Thus the big bang?

    • @wukonggaming7568
      @wukonggaming7568 Місяць тому +4

      Yeah I think so too because otherwise why the hell and how the hell did the universe we live in today even start?

  • @TyronePitra
    @TyronePitra 8 місяців тому +44

    Space is so beautifully terrifying. The sheer frustration and anger I feel that I was unable to spectate the beginning and will never get close to witnessing the end of it, just hurts.

    • @sasanice7112
      @sasanice7112 3 місяці тому

      Just think about that we will not be able to visit the next solar system in our lifetime. And its "only" around 4 lightyears away. Maybe people in 1000 years will find a solution for it. Maybe not.

  • @WoopyIsReal
    @WoopyIsReal 9 місяців тому +258

    Space is weird, because it’s so beautiful and pretty, yet it’s also so freaking terrifying.

    • @gabrielmarques2871
      @gabrielmarques2871 7 місяців тому +10

      I feel the horror of space is beautiful itself

    • @Faunadude
      @Faunadude 7 місяців тому +7

      Like ur crush

    • @pootzmagootz
      @pootzmagootz 7 місяців тому +16

      If you accept that nothing truly matters except for the memories you die with, it's not that terrifying. All of our lives are ultimately pointless, but we might as well live our pointless lives to their fullest

    • @AidenDUHH2
      @AidenDUHH2 4 місяці тому +1

      Another thing to think about, ridiculously huge creatures that control all of this. Just the exact thought of the possibility is so terrifying to me, is it a simulation, are we goldfish swimming in a tank? That is something so strange to think about because it sounds absolutely ridiculous. But if you think about it, is it really? I sound like an absolute crackhead, perhaps I am but maybe, just maybe..

    • @bsherman8236
      @bsherman8236 4 місяці тому

      The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to make sense

  • @AngiesResonance
    @AngiesResonance 9 місяців тому +594

    whenever i watch these 'fear of space videos', i just get relaxed for some reason.

    • @bridget3364
      @bridget3364 8 місяців тому +62

      So glad I’m not alone on this one. The vastness of space is actually extremely comforting to me.

    • @rylanasher4756
      @rylanasher4756 8 місяців тому +32

      Hells yeah, being fearful of reality is irrational to me too. The impersonal quality we attribute to the universe is entirely anthropogenic. It's even less impersonal than we think! But that is just how it is. Are we weak enough to be overcome by reality? Or are we strong enough to build a defiant testament to human will?
      Cool video nontheless.

    • @ArmedandDangerous918
      @ArmedandDangerous918 8 місяців тому +3

      @@bridget3364the fact that goku solos stuff bigger than the universe itself is crazy

    • @dastardlydingus
      @dastardlydingus 8 місяців тому +5

      @@ArmedandDangerous918Goku is fictional, this isn’t

    • @anovosedlik
      @anovosedlik 8 місяців тому +1

      I think once you reach a certain point in life, you're just like 'oh good, at some point I can finally go to sleep and NOT wake up exhausted'.

  • @SourWetSwitchblade
    @SourWetSwitchblade 3 дні тому +2

    I used to wanna be an astronaut, the fears of heights prevented me but if I knew space was so scary I would’ve changed my mind faster than light could travel😭 I recently got megalophobia so this is TERRIFYING NOW😭😭😭😭 Imagine being next to Saturn like- No matter how beautiful that planet is it would be terrifying. Especially the noises they make.

  • @austynwishard64
    @austynwishard64 6 місяців тому +81

    the universe is so beautiful. It can make you feel so Small like nothing and make our problems seem miniscule, and at the same time it granted just the right permissions to give you the life you have today making you feel so important too.

  • @jewelxiat
    @jewelxiat 7 місяців тому +102

    Nah. The descriptions you give to describe your fear just fuels my astonishment that we, tiny nothings in a galaxy of galaxies, managed to /discover/ them. We as a species managed to conceptualize it to some degree, photograph it, SEE it with our own eyes through technological advancements... Like I made it to chapter 2 with my eyes watering because I'm so absolutely moved by the fact that we are alive to learn about these things in our tiny short lives. You said it yourself; Earth is perfect. The Sun is perfect. Life forming was under the perfect circumstances to happen. How miraculous it is that we have such impressive abilities to comprehend the greater things in and out of our planet.
    I think Black Holes are the scariest things in space, but Space itself doesn't scare me. I'm actually in love with Space.
    If you want something to fear, well... look to our own planet's seas. I don't personally have a phobia of the seas but I acknowledge how scary that shit is. We know more about outer space than we do our seas and we live here. And it's an actual, tangible threat whether you're on a beach or on a boat compared to space. And we have triumphant discoveries in that area too, I'm not saying it's any less fascinating, but it's definitely scarier than space ever could be. At least, in my opinion.
    Beautiful video essay nevertheless. It takes a lot to bring me to tears 😂

    • @Gjudxdkjyzddhjnr7091
      @Gjudxdkjyzddhjnr7091 6 місяців тому +4

      Where the video maker feels existential terror, I just feel wonder

    • @stephenkalatucka6213
      @stephenkalatucka6213 6 місяців тому +2

      Universes come in 3 sizes: Wee, not so wee, and frigging huge!

    • @michaelatlas2341
      @michaelatlas2341 3 місяці тому +1

      >"Nah"
      >ugly western anime pfp
      Yep, you got pronouns in your bio

    • @abnormallylargemonkey9334
      @abnormallylargemonkey9334 Місяць тому

      @@michaelatlas2341what does that have to do with the comment?

  • @notkapvr
    @notkapvr Рік тому +1389

    His upload schedule: ☠️
    His uploads: 🤩

    • @blitzerni
      @blitzerni 11 місяців тому +35

      For our sins we deserve eternity in hell, but God loves us so much he came as Jesus to pay the price of our sins through living a perfect life for us, his death and his resurrection so we can be forgiven and receive eternal life if we follow and obey him in faith FOR LIFE , Jesus loves u all and desires to have a personal relationship with you all of love, peace, redemption and obedience ✝️
      May Jesus bless you all, repent of your sins and turn to Christ before it's too late 🙏🏿❤

    • @notkapvr
      @notkapvr 11 місяців тому +11

      @@blitzerni w

    • @yanisplayzzOfficial
      @yanisplayzzOfficial 10 місяців тому +47

      cringe christian ​@@blitzerni

    • @piseni794
      @piseni794 9 місяців тому +6

      @@blitzerniw

    • @ةةةةةةةةةةة
      @ةةةةةةةةةةة 9 місяців тому +7

      @@yanisplayzzOfficial god loves you

  • @anirudhdwivedi6673
    @anirudhdwivedi6673 3 місяці тому

    The introduction UY Scuti is a mic-dropping, ethereal moment. Superb edit! Spellbinding, must-watch video.
    Truly spectacular. Great video, man.

  • @retributionmania6961
    @retributionmania6961 8 місяців тому +29

    These types of smaller channels always give out the best contents man, shiz underrated

    • @TheCoolGuyWhoIsCool
      @TheCoolGuyWhoIsCool 8 місяців тому +2

      He is not underrated. It is just that he was a Minecraft content creater and for some reason he dropped this banger of a video. But the majority of his views comes from the people who like to watch Minecraft content. That is why this video has not many views. If this video was uploaded on a cannel on which it's main content is space/science videos, I am sure that this video will have gotten more that 100 million views.

  • @erdngtn9942
    @erdngtn9942 5 місяців тому +45

    Ignoring the ocean for a minute, first time I remember fearing space;Schumacher-leavy comet hit Jupiter and left 28 earth sized holes on surface. As we watched in the 90s

  • @JustCallMeCheese1
    @JustCallMeCheese1 6 місяців тому +47

    Bro getting me all emotional over a space video wtf 😭 i loved that ending you’re a fantastic narrator

  • @paulio-q8k
    @paulio-q8k 4 місяці тому +4

    This video makes me want to stop everything I am doing in my life and give up because I feel that none of it matters. I wouldn’t recommend watching this.

  • @Himynameis_U
    @Himynameis_U 6 місяців тому +41

    Idk why but it comforts me to feel small. It makes me feel like we have so much to learn and know

  • @lkqgirl3121
    @lkqgirl3121 9 місяців тому +163

    I like space, stars and planets because they are so so beyond all the earth bound stupidity I'm trapped inside. I like that they're bigger than us, that they are more powerful, that they are indescribable

    • @kryptikk5695
      @kryptikk5695 9 місяців тому +18

      Maybe the world could be better if people had more contact with the good old existencial crisis space gives us.

    • @lkqgirl3121
      @lkqgirl3121 7 місяців тому

      @the.seagull.35 yes!

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 7 місяців тому +5

      At the end of the day, we're all but tiny specs of dust floating through space. It was all here before we appeared and it will all still be here after we are gone. It's a recomforting thought to me.

    • @lemelangedelevurefarinetea7323
      @lemelangedelevurefarinetea7323 6 місяців тому +1

      Ain't nothing stupid about our Earth we got here

    • @dragonfruitsalad
      @dragonfruitsalad 5 місяців тому

      Negative aaaass

  • @yuvalthecookie4132
    @yuvalthecookie4132 Рік тому +60

    That was the most interesting video I saw this year
    I’m happy you’re back and with such a good video

    • @swapnakarmakar1630
      @swapnakarmakar1630 Рік тому

      True

    • @blitzerni
      @blitzerni 11 місяців тому +4

      For our sins we deserve eternity in hell, but God loves us so much he came as Jesus to pay the price of our sins through living a perfect life for us, his death and his resurrection so we can be forgiven and receive eternal life if we follow and obey him in faith FOR LIFE , Jesus loves u all and desires to have a personal relationship with you all of love, peace, redemption and obedience ✝️
      May Jesus bless you all, repent of your sins and turn to Christ before it's too late 🙏🏿❤

    • @lilbonelius
      @lilbonelius 9 місяців тому +3

      @@blitzernibro stop spamming

    • @sabretoothc2591
      @sabretoothc2591 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@blitzernibot

  • @beforesunrise9066
    @beforesunrise9066 3 місяці тому +1

    "Their fireworks throughout the vast wasteland of nothing will give hope to a potential new beginning"
    love this one.

  • @lambda3553
    @lambda3553 8 місяців тому +531

    This video made me so uncomfortable. Like talking about a baby to their mother about what's going to happen through their life. "You're only seeing it's baby steps now, but first, the eyes will go, and then finally when there's darkness in the eyes, they'll die"

    • @Bud-b
      @Bud-b 8 місяців тому +34

      What made me uncomfortable was watching theories on the meaning of life, just for them to conclude that life is ultimately meaningless. Unless you believe in God, reality is VERY depressing. Some of the top scientists/atheists in the world came to the conclusion that the only question you should be asking yourself is, "Should you kill yourself?"

    • @lambda3553
      @lambda3553 8 місяців тому +13

      @@Bud-b Yes! Not to whether you should kill yourself, but I had very similar thoughts when watching the video. It seems so incomprehensible that it was made purely with science. But if it is, I'd have zero impact and the outcome would remain.

    • @doodoo2065
      @doodoo2065 7 місяців тому +33

      ​​@@Bud-b Religion is easy to get into because it gives a feeling of comfort that you wouldnt find if you stopped to think about stuff for a second
      Honestly i would love to believe in the afterlife, i gain nothing from being an atheist really, in fact it only gets you in trouble in a world filled with people trying to convert you into their religion. But i just cant get myself to follow something i dont believe.
      Im happy for the people who dont fear time i guess, but i personally keep thinking about it

    • @Bud-b
      @Bud-b 7 місяців тому +19

      @@doodoo2065 It wasn't "easy" to get into God for me personally. It took a lot of skepticism and research to conclude that Jesus wasn't a fraud, and what he spoke of is true. God even calls us to be skeptics. But don't take it from me. Read other religious books and compare them to come to your own conclusion. I can say from experience, though, that the deeper you go, the more your eyes will open, and putting your faith in Christ wasn't as meaningless as you thought.

    • @doodoo2065
      @doodoo2065 7 місяців тому +18

      @@Bud-b I used to be christian, I also remember being quite good at remembering the story of the bible lol, my teacher was happy with me
      But yeah, like, im not saying jesus didnt exist or that he wasnt a good person, i just dont think there is a god, or at least, if the universe had a beginning i dont think any earth religion is despicting it correctly
      The thing with the bible and other holy books is that they only make sense if you already believe that their god exists, since its supposed to be written by it. But you need that holy book to prove that god's existence too.
      Proving something with what its supposed to be proving isnt the best of logics imo, it really does get silly when we are allowed to use that reasoning

  • @caseyfromspace
    @caseyfromspace 7 місяців тому +37

    I actually have basically the opposite opinion, and I'm really curious if anyone else feels the same. I COMPLETELY understand thinking of space as cold and empty but for some reason I think of it as just so alive, warm, and beautiful, even if "warm" might be literally just an objectively incorrect statement. I'm absolutely obsessed with space, and have been for as long as I can remember, which might be why I feel so positively about it, maybe out of a sense of nostalgia. I think the solar system is just so beautiful. I know Jupiter would absolutely annihilate a human, but I don't really find that scary because we're not meant to be there. If there are aliens, I'm sure there's plenty out there that would think of Earth as a hellscape for whatever reason. The gas giants almost feel like huge beautiful machines, just these giant storms churning away. As for the vast distances of space, sure things are really far apart, but they're still connected. We orbit the sun, which orbits the center of the Milkyway, and everything's a part of the same universe! I'm not quite sure why or fucking how, but the universe feels oddly cozy to me. The Milkyway feels almost like a town we live in. It's big and I haven't been to most of it, but I live here so it feels like home, yah know? IDK maybe I'm just silly but I feel like the universe can be thought about in different ways. Thinking about it as a cold mostly empty void that is slowly falling to entropy, yeah, that's horrifying, but I don't think that's the only way of thinking about it. You can think about humans as biological machines biding our time until we fall to entropy, oooorrrr you can think about humans some inspiring pretty way that I'm too lazy to think of, but you know what I mean. Point is I think the universe can be thought of in a similar way. Sure some stuff is bigger in size, but we're as much of a part of it as anything else. I'm kinda losing my train of thought and don't wanna read back over this lmao but you get my point, i think space is beautiful and cozy for some reason and i love it. Not saying this to be like "THIS VIDEO IS DUMB AND WRONG!! >:(" I really enjoyed the video! I fucking love space so anything talking about it is super cool!! and because i love space, idk i wanted to offer my weird point of view. I think it can be thought of as beautiful and cozy if you think about it the right way or are just crazy like me i guess lmao

    • @annawagnerr
      @annawagnerr 6 місяців тому +2

      I have the same feelings!

    • @vikstcs
      @vikstcs 6 місяців тому +2

      i aint reading allat

    • @SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer
      @SocksWithSandalsEnjoyer 6 місяців тому

      ​@@vikstcs Ok... You want a cookie for that or what?

  • @mane42
    @mane42 8 місяців тому +73

    8:30 Just real quick, this image is not the Boötes Void. This is a dark nebula. It's most likely Barnard 68, a nebular that is often mistaken as the Boötes Void (although, it is a really good image to put into scale just how vast it is).
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard_68
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boötes_Void

    • @spdsyt
      @spdsyt  8 місяців тому +18

      Thanks! Yeah a few people pointed that out i wish I could change it at this point but these comments help others to know

    • @FalkFlak
      @FalkFlak Місяць тому

      These artistic pictures can be misleading very often.
      Likewise with Y Scuti.
      That Sun might be very large but only ten times as dense as our sun and half that hot, that wouldn't even melt some rare metals.
      And it's surface probably is more like an amorphous blob.
      So basically it's a very hot cloud at the end of it's lifetime. It's not just "our sun but x times bigger".

  • @Treesarecool-f6i
    @Treesarecool-f6i 3 місяці тому

    You had NO buisness giving as much goosebumps as you did at that ending. loved the video, great job.

  • @arpanatamang477
    @arpanatamang477 5 місяців тому +20

    This video made me realize how scary space really is the point where you said “void” made me shiver. I am scared of death itself so when you said atlast everything would be gone is terrifying. Thank you for such a good video.

    • @GioGospelGamerOfficial
      @GioGospelGamerOfficial 4 місяці тому +2

      God’s in control, trust Him, have no fear ❤❤❤
      (John 3:16)

    • @noahegler9131
      @noahegler9131 Місяць тому

      The picture he showed is actually a dust cloud. The real void is much bigger, but it's invisible since there's nothing in it. I don't blame him for thinking that's the void becuase thats the Clipart all the media people use.

  • @chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b
    @chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b 8 місяців тому +280

    Floating through Bootes Void with a bowl of mac and cheese would be pure bliss.

    • @SammichyGames
      @SammichyGames 7 місяців тому +3

      Fr

    • @dishlok4
      @dishlok4 7 місяців тому +10

      Pure bliss? If you were floating through Bootes Void, your blood would boil and your body would freeze solid, but you wouldn't feel it because by the time that happens you would have already exploded into atoms from the pressure difference.

    • @chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b
      @chronic_johnson_a.r.a.b 7 місяців тому +107

      @@dishlok4 Mate, you don't understand the healing properties of mac and cheese.

    • @pootzmagootz
      @pootzmagootz 7 місяців тому

      ​@@chronic_johnson_a.r.a.bfr. Man has never experienced Velveeta Mac n Cheese after a long day at work

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 7 місяців тому +15

      Oh sure, but at some point the bowl will become empty. And from then on, the bliss will give way to dread. Only you, the absolute vastness and darkness of pure nothing, and an empty bowl of mac and cheese.

  • @plush_bun_bun
    @plush_bun_bun 9 місяців тому +23

    The pure amount of things so so much bigger than us, to the point we're not even a dust particle, nor even a bacteria or virus. We are literally nothing in comparison to our own home. And then we remember how many smaller objects than us there are, most likely also too small for us to see.
    Universe is an expending mystery that starts with the smallest objects and goes for eternity and beyond. And we won't even know for sure, it could have happened before. And might happen again. But the emount of time that would pass would be so huge a number wouldn;t be able to show it.
    It's scary, and beautiful in a way.

    • @kryptikk5695
      @kryptikk5695 9 місяців тому +3

      It truly is mind boggling to consider that this may not be the first universe to exist, which could explain the incredible luck we get to see everything from the (almost) beginning. It's kind of like that theory that says when we die we relive life the exact same way we lived with no knowledge of it, not a single trail.

    • @Afrikanbootiscratcher
      @Afrikanbootiscratcher 6 місяців тому

      Exactly. Even our galaxy is nothing. If it dissappeared nothing would notice.

  • @Nexowl
    @Nexowl Місяць тому +1

    This information I heard from an astrophysicist keeps me up at night:
    In our observable universe, we can see around 100 billion galaxies, each with 100 billion stars, while each star has an average of 6 planets.

  • @FranciscoChuc104
    @FranciscoChuc104 4 місяці тому +95

    2:15 notice how he doesn’t mention Uranus to keep the atmosphere serious

    • @zxrstroom7931
      @zxrstroom7931 4 місяці тому +8

      I don't need to see Uranus actually

    • @Flesh_Wizard
      @Flesh_Wizard 4 місяці тому +2

      Serious and not smelly

    • @SariennMusic73
      @SariennMusic73 4 місяці тому +4

      In Science and Astronomy it's said "Yer ran us", not "your anus" lol.

    • @Exastrotis
      @Exastrotis 29 днів тому

      Should of said Sirius

  • @ekojar3047
    @ekojar3047 6 місяців тому +9

    I feel sorry for anyone who truly feels this way about our place in the universe. I understand all the dangers in the vastness of space, but I don't lose sleep about the outside dangers that we'll never encounter.
    It's like being afraid of polar bears here where most of us live. Or being afraid of Alligators when you live near the north pole.
    I noticed you said, WE can not handle the thought of essentially nothing. And how the empty vastness of space between galaxies is the closest thing to nothing.
    I do not feel that way at all. If I was trapped in the void, the void is still something to me.
    The only thought of nothing that bothers me, is when I try to think of a memory from before I was born.
    Now That. is true terrifying nothingness
    I'll take being stranded anywhere in space over that thought any day.

  • @satanic_rosa
    @satanic_rosa 7 місяців тому +161

    The narrator: "This is the most terror inducing concept to think about"
    Me: closing my eyes, imagining the perfect stillness of a supervoid and feeling peaceful.

    • @Babagrillen
      @Babagrillen 7 місяців тому +8

      You scare me

    • @satanic_rosa
      @satanic_rosa 7 місяців тому +3

      @@Babagrillen I love you.

    • @Fleeing_felony
      @Fleeing_felony 7 місяців тому

      @@satanic_rosai wanna eat you.

    • @alexgonzaga7855
      @alexgonzaga7855 7 місяців тому

      You missed the point of the video

    • @satanic_rosa
      @satanic_rosa 7 місяців тому +1

      @@alexgonzaga7855 do explain the point

  • @xave3829
    @xave3829 Місяць тому +2

    A weird revelation for me was seeing how large Scuti was at a radius of 325 million miles, and then realizing how fucking far we are from the sun. 93 million miles is only a bit less than 1/3 of that radius and the sun is still smaller than a PIXEL!? No wonder our sun is so large but looks so small in the sky…it’s INCREDIBLY far away!!

  • @zakmaisonneuve5094
    @zakmaisonneuve5094 7 місяців тому +19

    It use to make me feel insignificant and small as a teen but as I aged that feeling turned to awe and amazement

  • @courtneylitten9538
    @courtneylitten9538 6 місяців тому +10

    Great video. When I feel overwhelmed by life I like to watch videos about the universe, it puts life into perspective and I realize my earth problems are bullshit. And somehow I find peace.

  • @soylentgreen6727
    @soylentgreen6727 6 місяців тому +18

    This is great, you’ve summed up Cosmic Horror really well

  • @Junglejim_4322o
    @Junglejim_4322o Місяць тому +4

    “Space is chaos” in my religion we all emerged from chaos and earth is the peace in chaos

  • @kevinsedwards
    @kevinsedwards 8 місяців тому +73

    Jupiter being purely gas is just sooo terrifying and gives me a sense of helplessness

    • @Oboliskia
      @Oboliskia 8 місяців тому +2

      Yea

    • @AaronTheGreat________
      @AaronTheGreat________ 8 місяців тому

      No it doesn’t u just want likes and are copying shit from the video how does a ball of gas make u helpless 😂

    • @oldchannel9959
      @oldchannel9959 8 місяців тому +1

      So spooky

    • @theboredprogrammer1114
      @theboredprogrammer1114 8 місяців тому +27

      I am happy that Jupiter exists because it protects the inner solar system (earth included) from a barrage of large asteroids. Jupiter's strong gravitational force redirects most of these asteroids into its gassy surface, crashing there into oblivion. I think Jupiter is a protective celestial entity that we should be thankful it exists.

    • @SH2-136
      @SH2-136 8 місяців тому +6

      Liquid metallic hydrogen is the scariest part of gas giants imo

  • @gregorykotoch5045
    @gregorykotoch5045 9 місяців тому +34

    Space truly is scary. The size and distance between things. The thought of getting lost in space. Or being on a collision course with Jupiter or the sun or some other star. It's always been a little bit terrifying.

  • @garbagestarkaloyan
    @garbagestarkaloyan 9 місяців тому +12

    Congratulations for the brilliant video. I have no words. Just perfect. Uncluding the music. It is rare to find videos like this one.

    • @spdsyt
      @spdsyt  9 місяців тому +2

      Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @xKalamity
    @xKalamity 2 місяці тому

    I used to love learning about space. I don’t know what changed, but sometime ago I shifted from wonder to deep fear and existential dread. I wish I could unring that bell.

  • @m3l0n31
    @m3l0n31 9 місяців тому +25

    This video is so incredibly well written. There are so many videos that attempt to effectively put the universe into perspective, and some do it very well, but this video does it perfectly. Very well done. Incredible.

    • @spdsyt
      @spdsyt  9 місяців тому +1

      thank you! i really appreciate this sentiment. :)

    • @rileybobbert6527
      @rileybobbert6527 8 місяців тому +3

      he calls it the universe and not the known universe

    • @blob5907
      @blob5907 8 місяців тому

      ​@@spdsytwhy did you keep saying dorf

  • @cosmicfoxstudios9140
    @cosmicfoxstudios9140 7 місяців тому +8

    "And so, it smiles" is the most beautiful words I could imagine from a video about space and how terrifying it could be.

  • @unknownu6633
    @unknownu6633 9 місяців тому +91

    The thing i find the strangest is us, we can see, smell, hear, and feel things that aren't meant to be seen, smelled, heard, or felt. Because we are also just a part of the universe. We're made of the same things that everything else is made of, which i feel like people forget. People look up instead of down and say how they feel instead of why they feel. What bothers me the most is why anything even exists in the first place, it's so strange, why did the big bang happen? (Or whatever it was that created this) And if this has been around forever I'd be even more confused. I dont think anybody should be scared of space or existing. Nothing is random, nothing is meant to be, we're all just here and we matter as much as the ground we stand on. It's only humans that make things matter, nobody and nothing cares except for us and there's no reason to care. Everything just *is.* And it's not weird, we think it is but it isn't, it's natural. Idk I find it weird how we can actually experience stuff and find meaning in it, I wanna go back to the old me before I got into this stuff, then I wouldn't "care" so much about how things in fact didn't matter.

    • @kingthepro1420
      @kingthepro1420 7 місяців тому +12

      Thats the exact same thing i was thinking man, before Big Bang something had to happen to make It happen

    • @ciaraskeleton
      @ciaraskeleton 7 місяців тому +8

      You're not alone in this! Its Def us that's the weird thing. We are conscious and aware for some reason, but none of us know why. We just get these senses, and experiences, even though we are technically no different than a tree or a star in the eyes of the universe.
      Humans add meaning because we have these experiences and awareness but in the big picture absolutely none of it matters. We are the universe having a human experience and that's all we know.
      Its weird to sit here as a human and realise these things. Definitely used to scare me a lot to think about it, but tbh I find great comfort in knowing that I'm essentially irrelevant in the grand scheme. I'm only relevant in an earthly sense, which is tiny. I matter to me because I make it matter.
      Idk why I find that comforting but I do. I'm just a speck.

    • @unknownu6633
      @unknownu6633 7 місяців тому +2

      @@ciaraskeleton yup, all these realizations and yet my fear of harmless invisible ghosts is still there

    • @Catroll111
      @Catroll111 7 місяців тому

      ​@@kingthepro1420I like to think it's been there all time and the big bang happened due to quantum fluctuations

    • @crispycream6385
      @crispycream6385 7 місяців тому +3

      @@kingthepro1420and then it just becomes a continuous cycle of something had to happen before that, and then before that, and also before that too. It’s kinda crazy😂

  • @Jusabit
    @Jusabit 6 днів тому +2

    the reason why im so scared of death is because one day the earth will explode but when we are ghosts we will just drift ENDLESSLY so and i belive that one day the universe will just stop... and then what will we do NOTHING since we are humans...

  • @aMondayMorning
    @aMondayMorning Рік тому +42

    I just found your channel via minecraft shenanigans. Didn't expect a video like this obviously but honestly this was one of the best video essays I've seen in a while. I hope it gets the exposure it deserves.

    • @blitzerni
      @blitzerni 11 місяців тому

      For our sins we deserve eternity in hell, but God loves us so much he came as Jesus to pay the price of our sins through living a perfect life for us, his death and his resurrection so we can be forgiven and receive eternal life if we follow and obey him in faith FOR LIFE , Jesus loves u all and desires to have a personal relationship with you all of love, peace, redemption and obedience ✝️
      May Jesus bless you all, repent of your sins and turn to Christ before it's too late 🙏🏿❤

    • @Kweeberz
      @Kweeberz 9 місяців тому

      booooo

    • @djw7141
      @djw7141 7 місяців тому

      @@blitzernistop spamming dumb bot

  • @TimeToGetAGoodLife
    @TimeToGetAGoodLife 9 місяців тому +14

    Ah I remember my existential crisis teenage phase. Rough one. Compared to the universe, the collective existence of all life on Earth is humiliatingly smaller than the tiniest particle. Human existence is truly nothing in the grand scheme of things.
    But nonetheless, the fact that we're here, right here, right now, with our own individual existences, with all of our unique experiences, thoughts, and feelings, makes us special.

  • @Testify087
    @Testify087 6 місяців тому +19

    My geology professor said he was offered so,e type of space related job but he turned it down because it terrified him. Space is a scary ass place dude

    • @CultReport
      @CultReport 6 місяців тому +4

      i live in space, can confirm it's not very scary

    • @bsherman8236
      @bsherman8236 4 місяці тому

      I used to be afraid of dolls

  • @rpk..
    @rpk.. 3 місяці тому +1

    I love the idea of entropy and the heat death of the universe, reminds us that absolutely everything ends eventually.

    • @bearmarco1944
      @bearmarco1944 2 місяці тому

      Unless you believe in a Big Crunch or Big Bounce scenario of course.

  • @krxzyd7956
    @krxzyd7956 8 місяців тому +16

    We are the creation of the universe that has become self aware and can’t escape it.

  • @LiterallyPluto
    @LiterallyPluto 4 місяці тому +19

    it doesnt scare me, but its a feeling like no other.

    • @somexp12
      @somexp12 4 місяці тому

      You should be scared. Almost all creatures, humans, animals, perhaps protozoa (anything with a modicum of sentience) goes into the center of UY Scuti after death. That is what "Hell" is about. 325 million miles deep. No hope to ever burrow out, but you are compelled to attempt it, again and again for eternity. To burn and scream forever. And this is the _default_ final existence for almost all life.

    • @NishanT_ACM
      @NishanT_ACM 22 дні тому +2

      Moments when life doesn't feel real

  • @artdonovandesign
    @artdonovandesign 4 місяці тому +12

    _You NAILED the frigid, uncaring vastness with a totally unique approach and an absolutely killer script and narration._
    You did Fantastic research and you communicated the subject with 100% clarity and accuracy.

  • @_Midnight__
    @_Midnight__ 2 місяці тому

    This is the first video I saw by you. You had around 40k Subscribers, and now, since then, you've gathered 200k curious minds on the internet. It's really cool that you can make this interesting stuff and show to so many people, teaching them about new and interesting subjects!

  • @ifyoufindmeyouarelucky
    @ifyoufindmeyouarelucky 9 місяців тому +296

    0:01 ah yes, the scream

  • @bigd5080
    @bigd5080 9 місяців тому +17

    Dude.
    That the best video about space that I’ve seen in years! One of the most interesting one ever. This video will stay with me as long as a Black Dwarf lives!
    No seriously, that was awesome. I’m subscribing now

  • @lightbearer.94
    @lightbearer.94 8 місяців тому +15

    i have always had a great fear of the ocean & deep space not sure why but both are like an abyss & the fact that we are floating around by ourselves is just terrifying!

  • @Superme_speakerman
    @Superme_speakerman 3 місяці тому +1

    17:28 that one explosion really only gave me feelings of fear and dread. It reminds me that if you get a reward, if you get 100$ for your birthday, it doesn’t matter. Everytime you accomplish something, the universe will just laugh, because it doesn’t matter. And your only stupid purpose is to be a usless piece of nothing as all life starts to get closer, and closer, to its ultimate doom of nothing. 🥺

    • @jgb7480
      @jgb7480 3 місяці тому +1

      "guys your life is meaningless because this thing is really big". Do you not brush your teeth because the burj khalifa exists ? This kind of logic really annoys me and frankly doesn't make any sense, why would the mass of something impact my meaning ?

    • @Superme_speakerman
      @Superme_speakerman 3 місяці тому

      @@jgb7480 bruh. That’s not what I said. Also this like weeks later when the time I typed this comment I was very depressed lol

    • @Superme_speakerman
      @Superme_speakerman 3 місяці тому

      So don’t take this seriously

  • @scream2447
    @scream2447 8 місяців тому +6

    I don’t think it’s embarrassing the size of earth and us I think it’s amazing and beautiful. We’re so unique

  • @vcupiano
    @vcupiano 8 місяців тому +72

    I’d take dying in space over dying in a cave any day. At least I’d get to see it, if only for a few seconds.

  • @horrorfan8785
    @horrorfan8785 7 місяців тому +5

    As someone who's been absolutely fascinated with space ever since i was very young, I've never really considered space itself to be all that horrifying. I've seen the beautiful celestial objects and clusters and nebulas to the point where theres charm in what we can see out there even if we're so small and so SO far away from said constellations yet im just thankful they even exist and we have the technology and imagination of what they could be like to explore and wonder about. Even if we're all just insignificant unbelievably tiny specks surrounded by the infinite voids of the universe, god damn we have thrived and let our eyes look around and see what there is out there in those voids. Its mystical, its oddly comforting and its all from right at what we call home. Very happy to live on this planet in THIS solar system! Its so cool!

  • @aaronblank2318
    @aaronblank2318 Місяць тому

    This captures my feelings regarding space perfectly. Glad I found it.

  • @a.d.t.mapping
    @a.d.t.mapping 9 місяців тому +23

    As an aside, presuming protons don't decay, black dwarfs aren't the end. The nova you described occurs when the cold fusion processes within a black dwarf reach a critical point. What remains is an iron star, made entirely of Iron-56 and some Nickel-62. These don't last either, as an instant (or 10^10^76 years) later, iron stars become neutron stars or black holes.

  • @22I22
    @22I22 6 місяців тому +57

    Bootes void isnt empty, just less populated

  • @nicholruaya8120
    @nicholruaya8120 7 місяців тому +33

    Okay, that last bit was actually profoundly moving

  • @19popopcom
    @19popopcom 3 місяці тому

    The universe’s expanding void and the inability of stopping the spreading away, suddenly transforms the ability of petting my cat and reaching for closeness with such ease into something so powerful.
    Suddenly, the ability that we have to create closeness in many different ways here on Earth feels like defiance to the forces of space.
    This makes me feel more grateful than doomed.

  • @bradzandmaxplays
    @bradzandmaxplays 8 місяців тому +13

    my question delves into one of the most profound and enduring mysteries of human existence: the potential existence of extraterrestrial life. This inquiry has captivated the minds of scientists, philosophers, and the general public alike for centuries. While we have yet to definitively answer whether we are alone in the universe, ongoing scientific exploration and advancements continue to shed light on this fascinating question. Through the study of exoplanets, astrobiology, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), humanity continues its quest to understand our place in the cosmos and the possibility of life beyond Earth.

    • @bearmarco1944
      @bearmarco1944 2 місяці тому

      you start with 'my question' but do not actually ask a question

  • @Kayson.
    @Kayson. 9 місяців тому +15

    The production on this video is absolutely amazing

  • @Zubyblade
    @Zubyblade 7 місяців тому +7

    This Video was so incredibly awesome.
    It taught me things in a way that opened my curiosity and hunger for philosophy.
    It made me shiver, comparing the size of my own body, to the size of the biggest star, the biggest void.
    It made me ask, how it would be in the void, near the stars, without questioning if my body would take it or not, but just to question how immensly big it would be and what i would see.
    Thank you for this Video.
    Thank you.
    Have a great day

  • @CommanderNoob
    @CommanderNoob 23 дні тому

    I find so much fear yet comfort in the sheer scale of the universe. I feel insignificant to the point that nothing in life matters, and everything is pointless, yet the instinct to survive and evolve is still there. Maybe there is a way to escape the death of the universe, and the universe itself is something to be born, bring new life, and pass away. The human life is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, yet it feels like forever. I am terrified of the idea of being forgotten, nothing, and left behind, but there is an odd comfort knowing that the universe will one day meet the same end and be with me.