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  • How rare are planetary alignments? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice explain the alignments and conjunctions of the planets in our solar system.
    What does it mean for the planets to be aligned? Does that mean that something special will happen or you will have good luck? We discuss the plane of the solar system, the origins of the days of the week, and what it means to be in alignment. That, plus, what is the difference between alignments and conjunctions?
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    00:00 - Introduction
    01:14 - The Order of the Planets
    6:58 - What Makes Alignment Special
    8:13 - When Alignments Repeat
    9:58 - Planetary Conjunctions
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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  11 місяців тому +100

    Have you witnessed a planetary alignment?

    • @pretty5793
      @pretty5793 11 місяців тому +7

      You are telling me my planets are always aligned. Now, let us move onto the stars. 🤯

    • @conanobrien1
      @conanobrien1 11 місяців тому +22

      Have I witnessed a planetary alignment like this 7:27 ?
      7:27 is what most of us expected you will discuss in this episode, not planetary *aplainment* you were talking about.
      _made a word for you_

    • @Wannabe-Pro
      @Wannabe-Pro 11 місяців тому +11

      I love chuck, I feel like he is supposed to represent us, ask the questions we as non PhD astrophysicists would have, but he clearly has a ridiculously high NDT range IQ and asks even more fulfilling questions than I ever could. Love this channel.

    • @msz6683
      @msz6683 11 місяців тому +7

      @@conanobrien1 you're absolutely right. I see in the comments, that there is a lot of people disappointed with this episode :(

    • @castagninofabio
      @castagninofabio 11 місяців тому +10

      I always thought they meant that Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were basically one spot in the sky from our perspective (exactly one "in front" of eachother).

  • @mattevans-koch9353
    @mattevans-koch9353 11 місяців тому +640

    I always thought that the "alignment" of the planets meant that they formed a pattern that if you drew a straight line from the center of the sun to the edge of the solar system a number of the planets would be along that line at approximately the same time. That alignment would look like they were stacked vertically. Based on the different periods of revolution around the sun, this would be a rare event.

    • @waleedgaming4910
      @waleedgaming4910 11 місяців тому +146

      Exactly what i thought. i dont know why Neil and Chuck are acting like they dont know what alignment is!
      Since they r orbiting at different speeds there comes a time they all align, and thats what people want to know about, not "O they "align" every day so its no big news"

    • @KartavyaRana
      @KartavyaRana 11 місяців тому +62

      That's exactly what I thought, but Neil didn't say anything about that in this video, did he???

    • @KartavyaRana
      @KartavyaRana 11 місяців тому +50

      something like shown in this animation 07:27

    • @wordsandtech
      @wordsandtech 11 місяців тому +132

      Yes, the sun and all planets on the same straight line is what most people who came to this video were likely thinking of. I was disappointed in this episode, especially since they had graphical illustrations of this phenomenon, yet didn't actually address it.
      When all points fall on the same line, they're called colinear. It's estimated that the sun and 8 planets would be colinear once every 13 trillion years. Being that the universe isn't nearly that old and our solar system won't last that long, chances are this has never happened and never will happen.

    • @waleedgaming4910
      @waleedgaming4910 11 місяців тому +49

      @7:26 they show what alignment is, and yet they say nothing about it.

  • @rebecca_stone
    @rebecca_stone Місяць тому +5

    "it's possible for something to be rare, and completely uninteresting". Love that! Wise words.

  • @jamesjellis
    @jamesjellis 11 місяців тому +62

    The way I've always understood "planetary alignment" was that one could draw a straight line through the given planets and sun when viewed from all directions.

  • @screamcheeese7175
    @screamcheeese7175 11 місяців тому +186

    The planets are always aligned among the same plane, but they’re NOT always aligned in the sense of the planets being in a straight line with each other, which is what everyone thinks of when it comes to planetary alignment. With all the different orbit times they have, wouldn’t that indeed be rare?

    • @leonardtramiel8704
      @leonardtramiel8704 11 місяців тому +32

      Not only is this rare, it is so rare it has essentially never happened.

    • @andrerijnders4600
      @andrerijnders4600 11 місяців тому +4

      Your talking about conjunction, I would like to know more about that

    • @leonardtramiel8704
      @leonardtramiel8704 11 місяців тому +2

      @@andrerijnders4600 take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)

    • @jamesjellis
      @jamesjellis 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@andrerijnders4600conjunction is when the planets are all visible from earth in basically the same very narrow field of view. Alignment is when you can draw a straight line through the sun and planets when viewed from above or below the orbital plane. The news always calls week conjunctions "alignments"

    • @johnramirez5032
      @johnramirez5032 11 місяців тому +1

      @@leonardtramiel8704 if it were to happen would there be any noticeable effects ? Its seams there might be. Look at how the moon affects us. Its size is small compared to the planets.

  • @vince7207
    @vince7207 11 місяців тому +151

    I do love how Neil has the ability to make me feel less bad about missing out on "extraordinary" stellar events.

    • @Arthera0
      @Arthera0 11 місяців тому +14

      In the end you yourself are an extraordinary stellar event

    • @vince7207
      @vince7207 11 місяців тому +3

      @@Arthera0 foreal. Coincidentally, I've just this moment watched an NDT short on how "lucky" we are to have even been born.

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  11 місяців тому +12

      A lovely exchange.

    • @888_vav
      @888_vav 10 місяців тому

      @@StarTalk just curious as to the motive in regards to your diminishing and negative perspective and opinion of astrology and celestial events. Astrology itself will be proven correct in the near future with irrefutable evidence, so I hope your hungry for some words. To say that there are no planet alignments is a wildly incorrect statement. I don't even know that much in regards to astronomy, but I know enough to understand there are rare events in regards to planet placement. This will also be proven true in the near future. Im not to sure if your just not seeing it or if this is scripted with a deeper agenda that possibly pertains to the veiling of a greater truth. Personally, I hope for the former but expect the latter this day and age. Regardless the deluge has already commenced and will inevitably come fourth to all.
      You should seriously look into ancient cultures and their brilliantly measured and monitored astrological histories. Not to mention the bible as well, as it is one giant record and outlook ahead in regards to human consciousness and its cyclical deviation due to the cosmos, planets etc.
      It's interesting.
      Best wishes Neil.
      💫👁🔺️

    • @thereadersvoice
      @thereadersvoice 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@888_vav The end is always nigh, isn't it. 😒

  • @lukion27
    @lukion27 11 місяців тому +45

    During the summer of 1991 there was an alignment of 4 planets - the Earth, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. As June progressed, you could see the other three planets in a mostly straight line in the evening sky coming closer and closer to each other. I think it was in early July they all came within one degree of each other, not perfectly aligned in that mostly straight line they had before, but they formed a tight triangle. Then, after that, they drifted apart and went their separate ways again. It was truly a sight to behold, being able to watch it get set up for weeks, and then watching it dismantle for weeks after.

    • @mikeslemonade
      @mikeslemonade 11 місяців тому

      Space is fake. So they moved the hologram into the alignment, nice..

    • @douglaswilkinson5700
      @douglaswilkinson5700 10 місяців тому +1

      Anton Petrov discussed a research paper about cumulative gravity of the aligned planets affecting the plasma on the surface of the Sun.

    • @williamstamper442
      @williamstamper442 9 місяців тому +1

      Dang, in summer 1991 I was working 9-5, chasing girls on the weekends in my hot rod and partying at night. I missed this planet alignment altogether! Growing up does not mean grown up, LoL

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 6 місяців тому +1

      @@douglaswilkinson5700 I once wrote a paper describing all the miracles in the Bible as being done by space aliens. I even called the U of Iowa tro see if a magnetic field could part the red sea. (It could but the energy required would be more than 100 of our Sun or something like that) I got an "A" for the creativity, but that doesn't mean that actually happened.

    • @dcrisp8888
      @dcrisp8888 2 місяці тому

      And the total solar eclipse that summer July 11.

  • @holygroove2
    @holygroove2 11 місяців тому +9

    I really like the visuals here! Please continue to use them as you are able to!

  • @davemac4968
    @davemac4968 11 місяців тому +82

    Dear Mr deGrass Tyson & Chuck, but what happens when the planets all line up in space on one side of the Sun, like in the image at 9:28? When's the next time that will happen? And would the gravitation pull from all the outer planets be enough to affect anything like the tides here on earth? Would that make the Sun wobble it's biggest wobble?

    • @yourguard4
      @yourguard4 11 місяців тому

      The sun has over 99% of the mass of the solarsystem.
      The effect of the other

    • @kaseyboles30
      @kaseyboles30 11 місяців тому +10

      Technically it would have an effect. However you walking along the shore would have a stronger gravitational effect on the local tide. They are pretty far away. I mean space is huge, you thought a trip to the chemist was a bit of a walk, it's got nothing on these distances.

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 11 місяців тому +6

      People freaked out back in 12/21/2012, I don't remember what I have done that day.

    • @joshentheosparks7492
      @joshentheosparks7492 11 місяців тому +1

      The answer: asteroids change direction and cross earth's orbit around the sun.

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 11 місяців тому +4

      @@AaronShenghao meh, 02/02/2020 was a much cooler date on _our_ calendar. Won't get that again for 1010 years. 12/20/2012 is a good runner-up with symmetry. The Mayan calendar ticks over every 394 years, with a group of 13 of these resetting a larger cycle of 5125 years. That's all the silliness was about back in 2012. The Mayans didn't expect the world to end, just their calendar.

  • @R0bobb1e
    @R0bobb1e 11 місяців тому +8

    In high school (1997-98) is saw a conjunction of a crescent moon, Jupiter and Mars (I think, although it may have been Venus). All three were perfectly aligned vertically. It was a spectacular sight and I managed to get a photo of it, but it was with film and my then girlfriend kept the negatives, but it was still really cool. I'll never forget what it looked like. Just sharing!

  • @dafizzlord
    @dafizzlord 11 місяців тому +10

    You all should do an explainer on the days of the week, how this relates to the Gods of antiquity, and how in turn this relates to space and our Universe. This subject is so interesting when you mentioned the days of the week during this video. I feel like as smart as our human race has gotten we have forgotten some deep and beautiful truths that permeate our reality and are prevalent across all cultures regardless of our lens bias, societal norms, or religious view. This should unite us and not divide us, specially as we move forward into the challenges of this century.

  • @Atite_Lometen
    @Atite_Lometen 11 місяців тому +22

    I used to work as a cater, and we had a customer that were into the end of the world stuff so I would get really good tips like $70 for delivering and setting up the big feast they got every year, I would say thank you and I never said see you next year, you got to know you customers. So in my opinion I would say what happens when planets align... you get good tips.

    • @MightOfOgun
      @MightOfOgun 11 місяців тому

      🤣😂

    • @wmtub
      @wmtub 11 місяців тому +1

      Glad to see someone has a sense of humor. 🍦

    • @katherandefy
      @katherandefy 11 місяців тому

      😂😂

  • @SMP2059
    @SMP2059 11 місяців тому +17

    Back in 1984 I think it was. I went out into my backyard and looked up and saw three planets are different colours in a straight line. It’s the only time I ever saw that and then I remember thinking that it was quite remarkable

    • @duaanekobe2773
      @duaanekobe2773 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes Age of Aquarius alignment even the astrophysicists were of different opinions. We will not have that type of alignment for more than our life times

  • @cwbuilds9215
    @cwbuilds9215 11 місяців тому +97

    Wait... if planetary alignment happens like the media expects it to, would we just be looking at a single dot because theyre all behind each other? Assuming we are in perfect aligmnet with them like in the pictures.

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI 11 місяців тому +17

      Yep, most likely we would actually just see the moon, since it is so close, it appears the biggest, and is also the closest. with all the other planets hiding "behind (well Mercury and Venus would be on the other side of the earth in their daytime, and anyone trying to look for those would just be blinded by the sun, so would not recommend :P).
      But it really was that I expected to be talked about in the video when I saw it was about planetary alignment, so pretty disappointed in this video.

    • @Xandycane
      @Xandycane 11 місяців тому +7

      I wonder how the gravity of each planet would react to the others if they did that. It is probably minuscule, but still... I'm curious.

    • @DBitRun
      @DBitRun 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@GummieIIt would great to see an animation of what you are describing.

    • @JacquesZahar
      @JacquesZahar 11 місяців тому +4

      In any case we will never “see” a perfect alignement of all the planets on the same line (called conjonction), because we are in the middle of the sequence of planets. So depending if we look towards the Sun, or away from it on the other side of Earth (or wait say 12 hours) we will see only parts of the planets. Only exception is the moon that can be seen on both sides

    • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
      @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 11 місяців тому

      ​@@GummieI however: it made you Think and *conjuction* was brought up at the end
      a *Neil* Star "Joke"

  • @jazzboneplaya
    @jazzboneplaya 11 місяців тому +3

    I love these cats 😂. Thanks for making astronomy so fun and entertaining yet keeping it factual 🙏🏾

  • @EpicPalmTree
    @EpicPalmTree 11 місяців тому +1

    8:46 was a nice moment for me. I watch these videos out of curiosity knowing that there will be bits of information I won't truly understand. However the Incredibles reference was silly and brought a somewhat complex concept closer to the ground. Thank you for these videos where I can learn a ton.

  • @julianthegodmusic
    @julianthegodmusic 11 місяців тому +1

    Im always watching this i love how excited ppl are to learn this whole community is dope.
    Gotta love Star Talk its my morning ritual

  • @JD987abc
    @JD987abc 11 місяців тому +4

    NDT has a wonderful voice. I love it when he’s serious with his explanations.

  • @lesternielson9280
    @lesternielson9280 11 місяців тому +51

    Do the planets ever share the same radial line and for lack of a better term "eclipse" each other?

    • @rdspam
      @rdspam 11 місяців тому +13

      That would be an occultation or transit, depend on whether the larger is in front or behind (generically, an occlusion). But planets are so tiny in terms of arc length in the visible sky, that it’s quite rare. The last planetary occlusion occurred in 1818 and the next will occur in 2065, both involving Venus and Jupiter.

    • @jaimes5716
      @jaimes5716 11 місяців тому +11

      A couple years ago mercury passed in front of the sun and you could see a black dot moving with a solar telescope

    • @dianepusateri5841
      @dianepusateri5841 11 місяців тому

      That dum* a** de grasse..he's so full of it. I CANT STAND HIM!!!!!

    • @joekillmonsmojt9197
      @joekillmonsmojt9197 11 місяців тому +2

      That's is correct. For both responses

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 11 місяців тому +2

      I think, in principle, every planet can transit every other planet, if you have the right vantage point.
      They are all pretty much bang on the same orbital inclination.

  • @ahrounwolf13
    @ahrounwolf13 11 місяців тому +10

    And here I simply took for granted the fact that the solar system objects were on the se plane, assuming that when "alignments" were mentioned, those doing so, were talking about from the top down view, sun centric.

  • @darrellanderson7934
    @darrellanderson7934 11 місяців тому

    I'm picking up what you're putting down. It makes perfect sense. I'm glad that you touched on what a conjunction is because there are a lot of people that don't understand the difference

  • @joanfregapane8683
    @joanfregapane8683 11 місяців тому +3

    Another great episode from Neil & Chuck!

  • @richiewitkowski7142
    @richiewitkowski7142 11 місяців тому +7

    When the moon does Occultations those are beautiful sights in telescopes! Saw the Mars/Moon Occultation back in December one of the coolest things ive witnessed in a telescope

  • @doomham7652
    @doomham7652 18 днів тому

    Neil and Chuck's dynamic works so damn well.

  • @goldenageflash5924
    @goldenageflash5924 9 місяців тому

    Really enlightening
    I see a different planetary alignment perspective
    Thanks for sharing

  • @RH-beefhemoth
    @RH-beefhemoth 11 місяців тому +23

    Thats when the dark one from beyond reality can be summoned

  • @steveparsons3498
    @steveparsons3498 6 місяців тому +4

    I thought when the planets are in alignment, Lara Croft can go back it time and talk to her dad.

  • @davidbonilla2253
    @davidbonilla2253 11 місяців тому +1

    ....summary of video. Confusion of 1D alignment versus 2D alignment.
    Yay semantics. Well done, Neil.

  • @theduder2617
    @theduder2617 11 місяців тому +2

    These are some of the best sorts of explainers.
    It explains objective truth while still allowing the devoted to appreciate their traditions.

    • @amosbackstrom5366
      @amosbackstrom5366 11 місяців тому

      Except he doesn't understand alignment and didn't explain the phenomenon.

    • @theduder2617
      @theduder2617 11 місяців тому

      @@amosbackstrom5366
      Actually, he did. All that is required is listening while he spoke before trying to formulate a response.
      YOU are a random person on youtube. If you seriously think you know anything about planetary alignments that Neil did not learn while at the university, you are one of the MANY completely out of touch with objective reality.
      Watch again. Only this time, PAY ATTENTION AND LISTEN, for those are VITAL skills one was supposed to have learned BEFORE obtaining internet access.
      You are the sort of individual who could be told "Read ALL questions before answering", and your paper would be filled with answers despite the last question being "Only answer question number 1".
      And THAT is a major part of what is horribly wrong with the two most recent generations... The refusal to comprehend spoken or written words.
      I would have been nice had you not chose to begin your response with two blatant lies. Stop being intentionally ignorant and LISTEN when others are speaking. Otherwise, you are in for a world of rudeness you have yet to understand.
      Intentional ignorance and blind delusional fantasy had it's 4 year run and they ruined it at literally every turn. Non-placating rudeness will now be the reality of those who do not comprehend and instead, spew illogical lies and nonsense in order to somehow self justify the intentional ignorance.
      Hey, YOU chose to leave your comment where you did. Deal with the repercussion of that decision. You have a choice to make. EDUCATE, or accept outright ridicule.

  • @thelostone6981
    @thelostone6981 11 місяців тому +6

    Weird. My horoscope for today said “an astrophysicist will explain planet alignment, but please do not look up what astrophysicists think about horoscopes” and here I am! 😂😂

    • @victory9285
      @victory9285 11 місяців тому

      My horoscope said i would reply a comment about an astrophysicist explaining planetary allignment based on someone else's horoscope👀. Weird

  • @ICKY427
    @ICKY427 11 місяців тому +3

    i was expecting to learn how often ALL the planets are actually in a straight line (or near enough). thats what ive always thought of as "planetary alignment"

  • @adiakiyes6354
    @adiakiyes6354 11 місяців тому

    I love the humbleness of Chuck when Neil tell the story and he's just nodding and smile which made me love to watch.

    • @vijaz5559
      @vijaz5559 29 днів тому

      Chuck is us listening to neil 😂

  • @songOmatic
    @songOmatic 11 місяців тому

    love your delivery as always, Chuck and Neil!

  • @denisenj7648
    @denisenj7648 11 місяців тому +5

    I thought the issue was that they aligned in order. Like if pepperoni was spread randomly on a pizza, from the side they are aligned, but not from the top. But the special alignment would be when you make a radius of pepperoni from the center to the crust.

    • @Gokes93
      @Gokes93 11 місяців тому +1

      special? I call that pizza ruined

  • @Laz_Arus
    @Laz_Arus 11 місяців тому +4

    This explanation was somewhat circular in nature. 😉

  • @jameseruera9642
    @jameseruera9642 8 місяців тому

    Love your channel coz you keep it real, learn something new everday

  • @MichaelDembinski
    @MichaelDembinski 11 місяців тому +1

    Amazing. I'm 65; I never knew this! Thanks guys!

  • @dizzlebizzle8424
    @dizzlebizzle8424 11 місяців тому +58

    i like how the animation showed an actual alignment at the end as if they know that Neil is being pedantic or straw-manning. an alignment is like multiple bodies all eclipsing simultaneously, not simply 'existing on the same plane' and i don't know how Neil can even defend pretending to think that's what people mean by alignment (other than clickbait articles he's seen maybe tricking him).

    • @ocorley3124
      @ocorley3124 11 місяців тому +3

      Huh?

    • @kellyrobinson1780
      @kellyrobinson1780 11 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely. He's just playing word/mind games here.

    • @schavez5656
      @schavez5656 10 місяців тому +8

      You must have either stopped listening or simply aren't very smart.

    • @joe3eagles
      @joe3eagles 10 місяців тому +4

      @dizzlebizzle8424 That's not an alignment. If you had been listening, you'd know that is called a conjunction.

    • @jaredmarr5731
      @jaredmarr5731 10 місяців тому

      Or at least attempting to…

  • @davidwelden1280
    @davidwelden1280 10 місяців тому +3

    How Many Drinks Did NDT Have Before This Was Filmed?

  • @pqrstsma2011
    @pqrstsma2011 11 місяців тому

    1:38 wow thanks Dr Neil! you answered one of my questions before i had the chance to ask it to you

  • @rockinracer
    @rockinracer 11 місяців тому

    Poor Pluto, still picking on that poor icecube. Bring out the Superman flame thrower stories, hilarious. Love we need an event to view life as special.

  • @nickhagerl877
    @nickhagerl877 11 місяців тому +4

    Just so I get this right, we are talking about alignment on the ecliptic line as the perspective from standing on earth and not alignment of planets and sun on a skewer, correct?
    I very much enjoyed this episode, I have more questions now than I did before watching.

    • @BrilligandtheSlithyToves
      @BrilligandtheSlithyToves 11 місяців тому

      Yes, that would be a planetary "conjunction" where all the planets are on the same side of the sun in a line. But since they are in Similar orbits, but each is a couple of degrees off center you are able to see more than one planet even during a conjunction event (unless of course you're on the side facing the sun at the time. Lol). Don't know how frequently that happens, but it's few and far between. That's what most people think of when they hear "alignment".

  • @lordcrayzar
    @lordcrayzar 11 місяців тому +4

    Neil, you know this isn’t what anyone meant by alignment.

  • @terenzo50
    @terenzo50 11 місяців тому +2

    An alignment of sorts happened back in the 60s when I was in high school. Everybody expected something to happen, but nothing did.

  • @KidaleSmith
    @KidaleSmith 11 місяців тому

    keep it up i like the realistic-ness to science i been waiting for this

  • @robr177
    @robr177 11 місяців тому +22

    A conjunction is what everyone else (who are not astrophysicists) mean when they say the planets are aligned. Specifically a conjunction in a very small part of the sky, where the planets appear very close together. The question "What happens when the planets align" drew me in because I thought something happened when several planets were in a line on the same side of the sun, like a gravitational disturbance or something. I guess not. Very disappointed that they used the clickbait title on this one. Bad, Dr. Tyson, bad.

    • @PjKneisel
      @PjKneisel 11 місяців тому +2

      He talks about conjunctions at the 10 minute mark

    • @robr177
      @robr177 11 місяців тому +2

      @@PjKneisel He talks about it like it wasn't what people mean. When people say planetary alignment, they mean conjunction. He should have been talking about conjunction the whole time, while explaining that the proper term is that rather than alignment, since he knows that's what people mean. He references conjunction as a side note. The point is not that he never mentions conjunction, but that he explains alignment, instead of explaining conjunction, even though he knows that people use the wrong term all the time. I wanted to know if there was some sort of gravitational influence when planets are all on the same side of the sun. But he did not talk about that at all. He talked about how the planets are all on the same plane, therefore always aligned. Do you understand now?

    • @kellyrobinson1780
      @kellyrobinson1780 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, nothing happens. You have to remember that the sun is like, what, a thousand times more massive than all the rest of the solar system combined. So even if all the planets from Mars to Neptune were in a straight line directly away from us, opposite the sun, the gravitational effect on Earth would still be negligible.

    • @Muhahahahaz
      @Muhahahahaz Місяць тому

      I think you’re missing the entire point here. The media literally makes a big deal about “events” that are not conjunctions at all! It’s quite literally the entire point of this video
      If they only made a big deal about actual conjunctions and happened to call them an “alignment” instead, then we wouldn’t be having this discussion
      But the vast majority of the time, these news stories are about 3-4 planets showing up in the same half of the sky, almost nowhere near each other. Events like that will happen every year or two, and are not rare at all, but they’re common enough to give the media something to grasp at once in a while 🤷

    • @Muhahahahaz
      @Muhahahahaz Місяць тому

      @@robr177but he *is* talking about it like what people mean (or at the very least, what the news media means, who are constantly hyping up these “alignments,” most of which are not conjunctions at all… See my above comment)

  • @SacredOwl
    @SacredOwl 11 місяців тому +9

    Would be cool if you talked about how space weather effects health.

    • @nycbearff
      @nycbearff 11 місяців тому +1

      They have in the past. It doesn't seem to have any effect on health.

    • @SacredOwl
      @SacredOwl 11 місяців тому +2

      @@nycbearff My wife's migraines are triggered by solar flares. I created a shielding room to stop ring current induction and it mitigates her migraine and surprisingly seizure and Fibromyalgia. Nice study last year in solar flare activating endothelial and inflammation, I think from. Harvard.

  • @23Fibonacci
    @23Fibonacci 9 місяців тому

    Great explanation for what occupied my mind figuring out as I tried to fall asleep at night.

  • @crystalmckinney3151
    @crystalmckinney3151 11 місяців тому +1

    I enjoyed this so much i subscribed 😊

  • @x_capt_x9584
    @x_capt_x9584 11 місяців тому +3

    How do you do this explainer and not include the once in a however many years event when all the planets ARE all on the same degree radially(obviously im not sure the right way to put that)around the sun?

    • @lizsteilkie
      @lizsteilkie 11 місяців тому +1

      Conjunction

    • @x_capt_x9584
      @x_capt_x9584 11 місяців тому

      @honestsage yes...if all the planets are in conjunction from the the sun's pov

  • @bubbablue1100
    @bubbablue1100 Місяць тому +3

    April 2024. No changes. I'm still going to work, paying taxes, suffering inflation.

  • @danholmes5309
    @danholmes5309 11 місяців тому +1

    "changing definitions of words is a great way to talk down to people while seeming like you're the only one that knows something"
    ---Neil, probably

    • @lo-fillama
      @lo-fillama 11 місяців тому

      The Greek word for wanderer is περιπλανώμενος (periplanómenos)?

  • @bharat7917
    @bharat7917 11 місяців тому +1

    10:40 -- Ancient Indians (more ancient than the ancient Greeks & Romans the "western" world can go back to) had a name for this "segment" of the sky. They divided the sky into 27 segments (termed as "Nakshatras") of 13 1/3 degrees each and had a specific name for all of them. In fact, ancient Indian calendars are said to have been started from a point when there was a rare planetary conjunction in a specific Nakshatra.

  • @vladimirius84
    @vladimirius84 11 місяців тому +7

    I usually love listening to these... never in my life have I expected for these two to so mischaracterize a subject.

  • @k1j2f30
    @k1j2f30 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for 'splaining that Neil, always great 'splanations!

  • @lovelywaz
    @lovelywaz 11 місяців тому +1

    This quote saying "It's NEVER gonna be the same night ever again" brings me back to the Time Travel is impossible theory that I have mentioned in the past and hopefully Mr. Tyson will one day talk about it if/when he discusses time travel again.
    Since we are moving in the space at an extremely fast speed (our solar system is moving within the Milky Way and galaxy itself is moving in the space etc.. etc..) Why on Earth this is never brought in the equation when it comes to even theoretical time travel possibility? If we can somehow travel back in time, say only a year in past, our planet Earth would physically be millions of miles away in the space hence we will also have to find a way to travel at whatever the speed is required to "appear" in the exact same spot when time traveling. And that's what makes it impossible to time travel. 😵😵😵

    • @jonathanfenton8695
      @jonathanfenton8695 2 місяці тому

      This is a good way to explain time travel in Terminator. You end up in a random place instead of the exact place you left from beause SkyNet had taken this variable into account.

  • @carlosbarahona8609
    @carlosbarahona8609 11 місяців тому +1

    Kudos 👏 ❤ To Neil Tyson Degrasse. Did he just speak Spanish? Naming the days of the week? Actually again 100% right. In spanish we do name them after planets. In Greek is Planetes. In spanish they are called planetas. Days of the week. Lunes = Moon = Monday. Martes= Mars=Tuesday. Miercoles= Mercury, Wednesdays. Jueves= Jupiter=Thursday. Viernes= Venus= Friday. Sabado=Saturno=Saturday. Domingo= Sol=Sunday. But only Sunday I think In English one nails it. :)

  • @biosebito26
    @biosebito26 11 місяців тому

    Loved this episode

  • @adamflores4206
    @adamflores4206 11 місяців тому +1

    I love explainers...
    Niel, you have some splaining to do...

  • @TJ_Low
    @TJ_Low 11 місяців тому +1

    I watched this at .75x speed the second time around and it was one of the best decisions i’ve ever made. It’s like two buddies getting drunk and talking about space.

    • @chrishamilton9027
      @chrishamilton9027 7 місяців тому +1

      I did not slow it down and I think Neil was drunk.

  • @ugandiumpermanganate8202
    @ugandiumpermanganate8202 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks Neil! I am learning Spanish and I always struggle to remember the days of the week but you have no idea how much this has settled it for me✌

    • @StarTalk
      @StarTalk  11 місяців тому +1

      Fantastic! Of all things, we had no idea we'd be teaching you Spanish.

    • @ugandiumpermanganate8202
      @ugandiumpermanganate8202 11 місяців тому

      @@StarTalk 🤣🤣🤣...you never know where help is gonna come from. I did not click on the video to learn Spanish either but it is what happened.

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt 10 місяців тому +1

      @@ugandiumpermanganate8202
      Yep same. I just looked them all up.
      I only knew
      lunes - moon
      .
      Imagine my embarrassment discovering Sunday was named after _THE SUN._
      And Saturday named after SATURN
      🤣🤣

    • @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk
      @WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk 7 місяців тому

      @@StarTalk I wish Neil degrasse tyson was my teacher

  • @thomasgalloway6862
    @thomasgalloway6862 2 місяці тому +1

    I do seem to remember "someone" said that voyager 1&2 were launched at a time when the mission could be tweeked to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment for pictures n movies to be recorded.

    • @Hobbes746
      @Hobbes746 2 місяці тому

      Yes. The Voyagers took advantage of the alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which happens once every ~176 years, and allowed one spacecraft to visit all 4 planets.

  • @imahti
    @imahti Місяць тому

    Chuck's news presenter voice was Incredible

  • @ggriffaw
    @ggriffaw 11 місяців тому +1

    I think when people say the planets are aligned they mean a conjunction. Those planets are more or less in a line from the earth. When looking from above the plane of the orbits, several planets form a line from the sun.

  • @stephengillenwaters1950
    @stephengillenwaters1950 11 місяців тому +2

    You guys are great man!! I love sharing the knowledge I learn, with my son and the people at work. They always look at me cross-eyed, thinking how does this dude know this?!..lol..

    • @helenedesmarais8697
      @helenedesmarais8697 11 місяців тому

      It's called educating yourself. Big big lack of it these days and even despised. Keep at it and NEVER loose that curiosity.

  • @cazl2875
    @cazl2875 10 місяців тому

    I figured that out when I downloaded the Skymap app. It's brilliant to look up at the sky with the app and see the planets align, then take a screen shot. It's way cool! 😊🌎

  • @PrinceAlhorian
    @PrinceAlhorian 11 місяців тому

    Getting excited on a "planetary alignment" is about as exciting as seeing the three hands of an analog clock eclipsing each other.

  • @iansclone
    @iansclone 11 місяців тому +1

    "The planets are always aligned. -Neil De Grass Tyson" is a t-shirt I would buy.

  • @davidsykes6584
    @davidsykes6584 11 місяців тому +1

    I've been enjoying the conjunction for the last few weeks of Mars, Venus, and the Moon. Every night I enjoy looking up. Even with all the light pollution.

  • @pushinkeys
    @pushinkeys 11 місяців тому +1

    Yes!! Neil and Chuck!!

  • @SiyabongaMalinga
    @SiyabongaMalinga 11 місяців тому

    On this chanel I feel like I am getting wiser by each video

  • @michaelpurnell8292
    @michaelpurnell8292 6 місяців тому

    Thanks for the enlightening 😮😮😮

  • @JMoroccoMisterBoy
    @JMoroccoMisterBoy 11 місяців тому

    Chuck & Neil:
    Tks., much appreciated.

  • @douglaswilkinson5700
    @douglaswilkinson5700 11 місяців тому +1

    Neil, you are talking about the ecliptic. I think the question was about a *linear* alignment of the planets.

  • @gralfca
    @gralfca Місяць тому

    Conjunctions are like an eclipse, amazing phenomenons of nature.

  • @laskatz3626
    @laskatz3626 11 місяців тому

    I learned something. Thanks. Funny too! Thanks for that. ♥️♥️

  • @benshook4643
    @benshook4643 10 місяців тому

    Instead of thinking everyday is boring just because we don't have a special event we should look up thinking everyday is special and look forward to every day with the same wonder and awe

  • @hedonepicurea4327
    @hedonepicurea4327 11 місяців тому

    Thanks. I didn't know about the planets aligning topic. I learned.
    Great video. "願いです君が持ってる未来利益."
    -鎧愛

  • @andrewsabado453
    @andrewsabado453 11 місяців тому

    Everyday is rare! And extraordinary!! Keep looking up!

  • @Aluren00
    @Aluren00 11 місяців тому

    I just loved seeing Neil say out loud "lunes martes miercoles jueves..."

  • @tommy2064
    @tommy2064 10 місяців тому

    🤣🤣🤣 6:24 "I dont know how else to bring the news to you" I love his teaching style
    Also, thats so deep when he said every night wont happen... that's a reason to look up at night, not ONLY because of a "rare" alignment . so true

  • @joyl7842
    @joyl7842 3 місяці тому

    I once looked through a small telescope while visiting the southern coast of Sweden. It was the first time I saw Jupiter and its brightest moons. Spectacular.
    I often see Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the ISS, newly deployed Starlink-satellites, etc.

  • @bossjes
    @bossjes 11 місяців тому

    Chuck - I got your “conjunction junction what’s your function” reference 😊.

  • @joemiller8482
    @joemiller8482 11 місяців тому

    Love this......I have still a million questions

  • @Msvalexvalex
    @Msvalexvalex 11 місяців тому +1

    "Something can be rare but completely uninteresting." Yes, also, something can be normal but absolutely magnificent. (Points at sky.)

  • @williamgagne9463
    @williamgagne9463 2 місяці тому

    Thank you NdGT for your plain plane explanation.

  • @jeffdrew625
    @jeffdrew625 11 місяців тому

    👀 “Don’t Look Up!” A documentary? 😂 too funny!

  • @pablovillamichel9296
    @pablovillamichel9296 11 місяців тому +2

    My understanding was that a planetary alignment meant that all planets were in the same radius of a circle with the sun in the middle (all in the same plain). ☀️ 🌎🌔🪐

  • @ManaBDew
    @ManaBDew 11 місяців тому

    In commute yesterday morning I was just thinking of the planets 🪐 and, how man has figured it out. Neat

  • @Watcher1852
    @Watcher1852 11 місяців тому +1

    U GUYS ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH, THANKS FOR THAT, SHARE, SHARE

  • @bloodymarvelous4790
    @bloodymarvelous4790 11 місяців тому

    My mom fell down the stairs backwards, and had a hole in her skull.
    Took her a couple of months of recuperation, but she turned out fine. No lingering effects.
    She said she thanked God every day for making it through that.
    I asked her if she also thanked God for pushing her down the stairs.

  • @shawnwebb9502
    @shawnwebb9502 11 місяців тому

    Good one..

  • @nozomusho
    @nozomusho 28 днів тому

    This discussion made so little sense that it finally made sense. Took so long for me to understand the "alignment" Neil speak of is that if you project the spatial position (in 3D) of the planets onto a 2D surface, then it's a line.
    I don't think that's how normal beings think

  • @joyboricua3721
    @joyboricua3721 11 місяців тому

    Great epizodiac

  • @ryvyr
    @ryvyr 11 місяців тому +2

    In 18 years precisely, the planets will align ever so nicely~

  • @soun.slayerTTV
    @soun.slayerTTV 11 місяців тому +1

    Neil definitely is the most chill around Chuck. lol

  • @TC-fq7pb
    @TC-fq7pb 15 днів тому

    You guys always make me smile when I watch your content. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and positivity with the world. By the way I loved your son on Claim to Fame! Very obvious the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  • @cnex1
    @cnex1 11 місяців тому

    The persuasive power of "perspective" is literally what matters in everything.

  • @77cricker
    @77cricker 9 місяців тому

    U 2 are intellectually funny, adding a new level of teaching. This could b a future "thing", these are informational and worthy of developing in the Future.✌️

  • @paulwalsh9680
    @paulwalsh9680 11 місяців тому

    Yes, the planets are visually in alignment along the plane of the ecliptic. I think what the media get confused about are conjunctions. I don't know how often (I suspect _extremely_ rarely) the planet's line up so that if you imagine a straight line out from the Sun, all the planet's (and Moon) would be on that line, so that looking out you see Mars in front of Jupiter in front of Saturn etc., or looking inwards (with suitable equipment of course) you see Venus and Mercury transiting the Sun at (more or less) the same time