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  • Опубликовано: 31 янв 2025

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  • @StarTalk
    @StarTalk  8 месяцев назад +108

    What should Neil explain next?

    • @SageRites
      @SageRites 8 месяцев назад +22

      I would love a talk about magnetars and pulsars.

    • @michaelccopelandsr7120
      @michaelccopelandsr7120 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@SiriusDogStar369 I think it'd be better to start with you, little buddy. What's with the rage hate?

    • @Obito_RL
      @Obito_RL 8 месяцев назад +25

      How to read the night sky without a telescope

    • @nj590
      @nj590 8 месяцев назад +5

      The theory of the fateful encounter, how the first single cell organisms became multicellular

    • @joyce696
      @joyce696 8 месяцев назад +2

      Stars. Sun. Supernovas and how they effect planets?

  • @tudorpodea5027
    @tudorpodea5027 8 месяцев назад +105

    A live audience would have burst out with serious laughter a couple of times and end with some well deserved applause. Beautiful show!

  • @MysticJhn
    @MysticJhn 8 месяцев назад +112

    When Neil wants to, his voice is just so relaxing and smooth. Man could probably read the dictionary to you and still be relaxing.

    • @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw
      @JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw 7 месяцев назад

      he is like James Earl Jones.

    • @MysticJhn
      @MysticJhn 7 месяцев назад

      @@JohnEastmanExAttyAtLaw Some people just have a naturally perfect voice.
      Of course, James Earl Jones' voice was also boosted by his incredible acting.

  • @lorisfoucart2475
    @lorisfoucart2475 8 месяцев назад +98

    Episodes are feeling like treats lately !
    Love from France

  • @Darqueness
    @Darqueness 2 месяца назад +4

    Dude seeing Chuck come to so many realizations over the years with this channel and how much he's learned is just so inspiring. Seeing his evolution from juist comic relief to actually asking and even answering things correctly and being so insightful with his observations just reflects that anyone with an open mind and willingness to learn can become so much more than what we were.

  • @GalacticHQ
    @GalacticHQ 8 месяцев назад +237

    Neil and chuck are great together it’s crazy

    • @Greggoggry
      @Greggoggry 8 месяцев назад +1

      exactly !

    • @DivineVegan
      @DivineVegan 8 месяцев назад +1

      So cute

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 8 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, both of them are very smart and funny African-Americans.

    • @tonysalmon4361
      @tonysalmon4361 7 месяцев назад

      No they are actually quite embarrassing. Such a pity because Neil has an amazing wealth of knowledge to share.

    • @pleasuresunknown1615
      @pleasuresunknown1615 3 месяца назад

      I prefer Neil on his own I just don’t find the other guy funny maybe that’s part of it

  • @tommyclark2709
    @tommyclark2709 8 месяцев назад +32

    Every StarTalk video is awesome, but guys…. You blew this video outta the water! Amazing description and understanding for all! And terrific story time!

  • @billionsandbillionsofstars
    @billionsandbillionsofstars 8 месяцев назад +30

    These two have the best bromance!❤

  • @ChiefRxcka
    @ChiefRxcka 8 месяцев назад +40

    As much as I love Neil's office, I really like the new set. Very clean and sleek looking.

    • @littlebitstrouds
      @littlebitstrouds 8 месяцев назад +1

      It’s the Meta NYC office studio. They were probably visiting.

  • @DustinDoesStuff
    @DustinDoesStuff 8 месяцев назад +11

    The chemistry between these 2 are great. I'm laughing so hard and learning random bits about our planet's orbit.

  • @TheRabbitRonin
    @TheRabbitRonin 8 месяцев назад +19

    12:25 Just like how brothers would act with each other haha and that's why these two work so well with each other even though they are not actual brothers.

  • @terryl7874
    @terryl7874 8 месяцев назад +14

    I have learned more about space and time than I ever did in school. Well done sir!!!

  • @jjames_010
    @jjames_010 8 месяцев назад +75

    i needed neil to tell me a story tbh

    • @Experion121
      @Experion121 8 месяцев назад +5

      I put his documentaries on when I can’t fall asleep

    • @sonant6622
      @sonant6622 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@Experion121 i thought i was the only one lol. Startalk gets me lost in thought and i fall asleep so quickly

  • @ashisuto3437
    @ashisuto3437 8 месяцев назад +3

    Love the video! To everyone on the team who is able to make this happen, thank you!

  • @robertwhitemoto
    @robertwhitemoto 8 месяцев назад +8

    You guys are perfect together !! Thanks for yet another lesson !!

  • @t-fuelernienotoriousmisfit7449
    @t-fuelernienotoriousmisfit7449 8 месяцев назад +7

    I love this explanation. Gentleman, I applaud you. I will share this with my family as a teaching tool 💫💯👌

  • @SuperManning11
    @SuperManning11 8 месяцев назад +6

    I wish I could learn all science this way. These two are golden!

  • @lindafox1679
    @lindafox1679 8 месяцев назад +3

    I just love you guys!!! Always a a learning laugh that makes me smile ❤❤ Great bday gift too! Thank you ❣️

  • @the_meccaneer
    @the_meccaneer 8 месяцев назад +32

    Neil’s dance at 6.16 never gets old. 😂

  • @thesuncollective1475
    @thesuncollective1475 8 месяцев назад +12

    The ground is heated and radiates, thats news . Love it. Makes sense now😊

    • @AndrewBlacker-t1d
      @AndrewBlacker-t1d 8 месяцев назад

      But remember that the reflected light is infrared.

  • @michaelccopelandsr7120
    @michaelccopelandsr7120 8 месяцев назад +146

    Neil and Chuck for 2024

    • @tmmalone1986
      @tmmalone1986 8 месяцев назад

      What? Trump 2024. Neil talks stars. Trump run these streets. Wtf you talking about

    • @Paine137
      @Paine137 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@tmmalone1986Do you also bleat in your sleep or only while awake. Orange Dumbbell runs the streets the same way he runs his failed companies, into the ground.

    • @xyo224
      @xyo224 8 месяцев назад +2

      How about we don’t bring politics into something like this and just leave that to your own personal thoughts

    • @shaunanderson158
      @shaunanderson158 4 месяца назад

      Neil only

  • @mariellemendez
    @mariellemendez 8 месяцев назад

    Absolutely LOVE Neil's videos. And this tandem is a 2 in 1, funny and educational. Never get tired of them!! Please never stop posting!!
    Just wanted to make an observation regarding the graphics, a few times the rotation and translation of the earth is depicted inverted 😊 Just thought it was worrh to mention so that people don't get confused ❤
    Love you guys!

  • @wabisabi6875
    @wabisabi6875 8 месяцев назад +4

    Always so much fun learning stuff with these guys!

  • @rago795
    @rago795 7 месяцев назад

    this was amazing! im loving your explainers more every time, thanks for an amazing time learning from you !

  • @puriatabari7176
    @puriatabari7176 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing niel and chuck. The addition of animation makes ur Channel grow even faster. Been following u for years. All the best
    Love from Toronto

  • @LlamameJazz
    @LlamameJazz 8 месяцев назад +1

    This video is beyond beautiful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! 😊

  • @andrewslat7283
    @andrewslat7283 8 месяцев назад

    Great talk on the seasons! I grew up near the southern shore of Lake Ontario in western New York. The effect the lake's surface temperature has on surface temperatures on land (if you're close enough to the lake) is quite substantial in the spring and very early summer. And the opposite occurs in the fall and early winter. 🙂

  • @OmniVenom
    @OmniVenom 8 месяцев назад +2

    I love the new set! And this video was great and very educational.

  • @jussihanski6034
    @jussihanski6034 8 месяцев назад

    Good stuff. Fast-paced and enough visualisations. Great way to start a day.

  • @tw1nn319
    @tw1nn319 8 месяцев назад +2

    I need Neil to read that entire book, so soothing when he speaks

  • @BonsaiBlacksmith
    @BonsaiBlacksmith 8 месяцев назад +5

    The Chemistry between you two is like you took your normal hang sessions and turned it into a show. Keep up the great work and keep fighting for Pluto Chuck!

  • @tatertot4810
    @tatertot4810 8 месяцев назад +3

    Damn. That was great. I learned a bunch in such a short and fun time. You two together are the best duo science educators. Thanks for everything!

  • @TheSouthernSiren
    @TheSouthernSiren 8 месяцев назад +4

    ⭐📖 Not ashamed to say that Startalk bedtime storytimes are my absolute favorites❤.

  • @n07y0ur5
    @n07y0ur5 8 месяцев назад +2

    All right this is absolutely amazing! 🎉🎉🎉 And this is one of the reasons I will always stay tuned lol!

  • @mikeh720
    @mikeh720 8 месяцев назад +1

    love that you're back together in a studio!

  • @stanleydelano9169
    @stanleydelano9169 8 месяцев назад

    Great episode, like it when both of you are together rather than zoom!

  • @Eltoca21
    @Eltoca21 8 месяцев назад +5

    When one talks about the planetary tilts, how is horizontal and vertical determined in space? What is the reference point or what are they measuring it against to determine horizontal and vertical? Not sure if I am asking this question correctly but perhaps someone will understand what I am getting at lol.

    • @mriandecker6533
      @mriandecker6533 8 месяцев назад +5

      So, when we describe the tilt of a planet, it's with respect to that planets orbit around the sun. So, take the Earth. Assuming that its orbit is 0 degrees, Earth tilts 23.5 degrees off its orbital plane. For describing a tilted orbit, it's with respect to the sun itself. Assuming that the sun's tilt is at 0 degrees, any planets orbit is measured from that. That being said, there is no universal reference point. Everything has to be measured with respect to something else, in this case, the sun is that reference point. Hope this helps you to understand!

    • @Mark_Bridges
      @Mark_Bridges 8 месяцев назад

      @@mriandecker6533 A tilted orbit such as Pluto's is usually specified in relation to either the Earth's ecliptic (orbital plane) or the invariable plane which is the average orbital plane of the entire solar system. The Sun's equator does not match either of those. Neil said Pluto's orbit is tilted 17 degrees, that is relative to the ecliptic. Look up 'invariable plane' in wikipedia if you want more information including the sun's tilt in relation to both the ecliptic and invariable plane.

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 8 месяцев назад

      The reference is to the plane that contains the planets. Yes, all planets are located in the same plane.

    • @jeepliving1
      @jeepliving1 8 месяцев назад

      The measurements are all relative. As Einstein described in his famous theory. 🙃

    • @Mark_Bridges
      @Mark_Bridges 8 месяцев назад

      @@alani3992 Roughly the same plane, but not exactly. The orbital planes of each planet vary by a few degrees.

  • @michaelwaller9561
    @michaelwaller9561 8 месяцев назад +1

    I love these guys. So informative and entertaining.

  • @xuevgermanist
    @xuevgermanist 8 месяцев назад +12

    11:59
    I don't know about you, but I'm saving this sound effect.

  • @jonathanjones35
    @jonathanjones35 8 месяцев назад

    This was great, as always. I love Star Talk. Neil, you and Chuck are the best.

  • @katesmiles4208
    @katesmiles4208 8 месяцев назад +2

    I loved the visualisations. 😊

  • @EarlAlvinDaniels
    @EarlAlvinDaniels 8 месяцев назад

    Good format, good banter, good pace. Already knew the topic, still enjoyed.
    NEXT topic: what happens when light/radiated energy "hits" the edge of the universe and/or otherwise slows down? Wouldn't e=mc^2 say it turns into matter? Albeit so widely dispersed so it might appear dark? 😮 And before you answer that energy doesn't slow down.... Are you sure? How would you prove that?

  • @arthursimmons5919
    @arthursimmons5919 8 месяцев назад +1

    You guys are awesome... very enlightning!

  • @redrobotdubz
    @redrobotdubz 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love the new setup, gentlemen!

  • @d.charlespyle
    @d.charlespyle 8 месяцев назад

    Kudos for the animated graphic of the earth displaying the correct direction of the tilt! I see so many images, memes and analogies all over the Internet that get that wrong!

  • @sikhanyisokhambule2118
    @sikhanyisokhambule2118 8 месяцев назад

    My Geography teacher didn't explain this so eloquently and more understnadably than Neil has. Cheers to Neil.

  • @phelipbarrospeixoto6426
    @phelipbarrospeixoto6426 8 месяцев назад

    I would love a video on what Tyson thinks about the orbit of the planets and the orbit of electrons on an atom being displayed so similar.
    Thanks Sirs! Love this channel.

  • @davygravy5802
    @davygravy5802 8 месяцев назад +3

    freakin weird that i searched up why/how we have seasons for the first time ever, and then not one day later this video comes out...

  • @SlammedZero
    @SlammedZero 8 месяцев назад

    This was a fantastic episode. Even though I knew some of these things, it's still fun to check your knowledge on. Keep fighting that fight for Pluto Chuck!! haha

  • @davidmanning7052
    @davidmanning7052 8 месяцев назад

    As unusual, outstanding presentation! Thank You both...

  • @AMadd3RHatt3R
    @AMadd3RHatt3R 8 месяцев назад +4

    😂😂😂 The Pluto interruption lmao! ❤🎉🎉

  • @carrito1981
    @carrito1981 8 месяцев назад

    Loving this new format!

  • @LouisGabrielThibault
    @LouisGabrielThibault 7 месяцев назад

    Such Grace! Many Nice!! ❤
    I could not stop smiling, great job!

  • @billcaptain7500
    @billcaptain7500 8 месяцев назад

    hello sir may i offer a suggestion to have terrence on the podcast? i realize the specific facets of his theories are likely off track, but what he is doing thats so valuable is exemplifying to the world how to take all these pieces of science and think differently with them. we have say a million physicists in the world and all we get from them is incremental "progress". now imagine we had a million people thinking like terrence.. one of them will think in a way that leads humanity to the next fundamental breakthrough. if einstein stuck to following the science in his 1905 textbooks he never would have thought of revolutionary concepts he did. in any event all respect and honor to you for everything you are doing for humanity, thank you.

  • @dawnhansen7886
    @dawnhansen7886 8 месяцев назад

    Educational Entertainment
    to the MAX ❗️
    I Love StarTalk ❤

  • @tomreillyart
    @tomreillyart 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video Neal, but I wish the tree in the graphic had some individual leaf motion

  • @aliiddrisu3448
    @aliiddrisu3448 7 месяцев назад

    The final phrase raps up everything about cosmic dance. 💯 Come to Africa especially Ghana and enlighten myself and people more on physics and cosmology. Bless you 🙏 🇬🇭

  • @usefullprintables
    @usefullprintables 7 месяцев назад

    Very very clear and entertaining! Greetings Belgium

  • @853massey
    @853massey 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love this channel, really love it.

  • @adi91216
    @adi91216 7 месяцев назад

    You make Physics accessible to common people. This has to be a TV chat show with a live audience.

  • @BloodTithingsGaming
    @BloodTithingsGaming 8 месяцев назад +1

    Only Startalk can completely intrigue me one moment and then make me laugh out loud the next.

  • @rrr215gt
    @rrr215gt 8 месяцев назад +1

    That's what I'm talking about... Amazing Studio!!!

  • @donnavogt433
    @donnavogt433 8 месяцев назад

    I loved the bed time story. !! Well put!!

  • @MrKennyroger
    @MrKennyroger 8 месяцев назад +5

    Degrasse called Pluto soo many time, Pluto was shaking in its orbit thinking "am I getting relegated again??"

    • @bocotton4419
      @bocotton4419 8 месяцев назад

      I'd like to have been a fly on the wall when Chuck found out neil killed Pluto

  • @WilliamRavisburn
    @WilliamRavisburn 20 дней назад

    I'm so glad this video exists.
    I could never have properly explained this to my Indonesian girlfriend in a way she could understand without it.
    So few high school graduates even know this stuff.
    I used to think dropping out after middle school was my biggest mistake in life, but I'm seriously beginning to reconsider that position... 😅

  • @mrpearson1230
    @mrpearson1230 8 месяцев назад

    This new setup is amazing 👏🏾

  • @tylerc161
    @tylerc161 8 месяцев назад

    12:16 I literally laughed so hard right now it made my chair unlock the recline. This was so good guys.

  • @vedagirishankar59
    @vedagirishankar59 Месяц назад

    Nobody can explain science better than Neale nobody can bring context to a subject like Chuck, thanks guys.

  • @isatousarr7044
    @isatousarr7044 6 месяцев назад +2

    The changing seasons result from the Earth's axial tilt, which causes varying angles of sunlight throughout the year. This tilt, combined with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun, creates the seasonal variations in temperature and daylight that we experience. How does the axial tilt of the Earth relative to its orbital plane influence the distribution of solar energy across different latitudes, and what implications does this have for climate patterns and seasonal changes?

  • @lairo9776
    @lairo9776 4 месяца назад

    Really enjoy the video😊

  • @LW1Tok
    @LW1Tok 3 месяца назад

    Chuck and
    Neil should have a live audience for one of thier episodes and record it and release it. Even better Netflix should jump on this idea!

  • @MwendaMchizi
    @MwendaMchizi 8 месяцев назад

    I would love to know your thoughts on Terrence Howards discoveries.

  • @uncontested123
    @uncontested123 4 месяца назад

    What an amazing show, best channel on RUclips ever.

  • @denisenj7648
    @denisenj7648 8 месяцев назад

    It's interesting that the heat of summer is not caused by how close we are to the sun, even by an increase of several million miles, but by the angle of the rays and how consistently we get then. Sun overhead day after day warms us up. Sun at an angle low in the sky day after day cools it down by a lot. The angle of the rays is more significant than the distance. Weird .

  • @VikasDAce
    @VikasDAce 8 месяцев назад

    I'd love an explainer on why May is the hottest month of the year rathar than July in the southern part of India(between equator and tropic of cancer). Is monsoon the answer?

  • @matthewv.580
    @matthewv.580 8 месяцев назад +1

    I never knew the tilt of the Earth faces the same direction year round! That is cool, thanks for explaining and illustrating.

    • @alani3992
      @alani3992 8 месяцев назад

      Always pointing to the Pole Star.

    • @martink8080
      @martink8080 8 месяцев назад

      @@alani3992 Wait about 12,500 years and it will not be pointing at the Polaris, instead Vega will be the target. Guess we'll have to transfer the nickname.

  • @gianttwinkie
    @gianttwinkie 8 месяцев назад

    You all should do a show on how small the factors in the "Goldilocks" zone are compared to what is out there. For instance temperature, radiation, availability of non salty water, and such.

  • @HunterLynch333
    @HunterLynch333 8 месяцев назад +3

    Amazing. More more more

  • @BM1982.V2
    @BM1982.V2 8 месяцев назад

    On the west coast here our hottest part of the day is usually 5pm. I'm guessing this is because of the higher heat capacity of the ocean compared to land so it takes longer to heat up compared to land so the closer you are to the water the longer it takes to warm up in the day. I would love to hear Neil's explanation of this though but its definitely noticable cause i used to live in the prairies and the hottest part of the day was 1 - 2pm but on the coast its way later.

  • @XEyedN00b
    @XEyedN00b 7 месяцев назад

    Question: if rotational axis tilt origin in early Solar System collisions how did the gas giants get tilted? How do collisions with gas giants work?

  • @Chris-hx3om
    @Chris-hx3om 8 месяцев назад +4

    It's not a time delay thing. It's the fact that the sun doesn't just stop heating at midday/mid-season, it keeps heating as the day/season continues, albeit at a reducing rate. It's accumulation not delay.

  • @michaelarrington2345
    @michaelarrington2345 8 месяцев назад

    Another great episode ❤

  • @charlessukati4866
    @charlessukati4866 8 месяцев назад

    Brilliant lesson from these two ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

  • @melindaflynn2110
    @melindaflynn2110 8 месяцев назад

    🎉 lovely explanation 🎉 thanks ✨️ to yous beautiful strong soul for sharing ❤

  • @danielletanguay7272
    @danielletanguay7272 8 месяцев назад +2

    Love to Chuck and Neil from Canada! 🇨🇦

  • @dougalmcalpine6804
    @dougalmcalpine6804 8 месяцев назад

    That was so really extremely awesomely fantastic.

  • @mmgiii7328
    @mmgiii7328 8 месяцев назад

    Matt from illinois here, I've always wanted to ask lord Nice how you too became such good friends. But my question is on one of your videos you were telling a story about drafting behind a semi giving you better milage, but what would the effect be on the semis mileage is what I'm curious about. Because your increasing the semis drag are you not. Thanks and sorry for the outta place post. Keep looking up.

  • @loisrossi841
    @loisrossi841 8 месяцев назад

    Great storytelling!

  • @ScottDincorn
    @ScottDincorn 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a fantastic episode

  • @crunson2000
    @crunson2000 8 месяцев назад +1

    LOoks like a comfy new shooting location for Neil to read Chuck his bedtime stories lol

  • @rays2794
    @rays2794 8 месяцев назад +1

    Neil, I absolutely love everything you do. I’ve read several of your books and love the way you explain stuff so idiots like me can understand.

  • @deenice616
    @deenice616 7 месяцев назад

    Never fails this great dose of knowledge

  • @JesusRodriguez-ku9kg
    @JesusRodriguez-ku9kg 8 месяцев назад

    May I suggest not to explain it as a time delay but as rate of change in the temperature. During the solstice, the longest day, the rate of change of the temperature is the fastest but since later the days are still longer than the night, the temperature continues rising, slower but still rising, hitting the peak in the middle of the summer, and then the same thing happens in the other direction in the winter and a similar cycle every day.

  • @denverbraughler3948
    @denverbraughler3948 8 месяцев назад

    Solar noon depends time zone, latitude, longitude, and day of year.
    While in New York City, solar noon is around 13:00, in Marquette, Michigan, it can be as late as 13:56.

  • @fourleafcloverr3135
    @fourleafcloverr3135 8 месяцев назад

    Hi, will this be a room change? well lit and quality on point, but we lack books and vintage looking / rustique look of the old one

  • @NoName-cx3gk
    @NoName-cx3gk 8 месяцев назад

    At a lower angle, the light must also travel through more atmosphere. This attenuates it (by absorption and scattering) further reducing insolation at the surface.

  • @blockbyblock4078
    @blockbyblock4078 3 месяца назад

    At 9:44 Neil asked what part of the Earth get more direct rays. Could someone please explain me what he meant by "more direct" and why it was middle ? I mean sunlight is reaching all that part so where is it "more direct" and where is it "less direct". What does that really mean and how do you determine that ? Please if someone can explain it to me ?

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 Месяц назад

      By 'more direct', he is referring to the angle at which the sun's rays are hitting the earth's surface.
      During the winter months, the sun is much lower above the horizon than it is in summer, therefore the amount of energy the sun gives to the earth when its angle is so acute is much less than when the sun's rays hit the earth's surface at less of an angle and is more perpendicular (upright).

  • @haggailubala9385
    @haggailubala9385 7 месяцев назад

    Nice explanation

  • @richardfurness7556
    @richardfurness7556 8 месяцев назад

    One factor Neil could have added is that when one of the Earth's hemispheres is tilted away from the Sun the insolation it receives has to pass through a thicker layer of atmosphere and is therefore more likely to be reflected back into space by clouds, absorbed by water vapour or scattered by dust and pollution before it reaches the ground.

  • @pdude1911
    @pdude1911 8 месяцев назад

    You guys are intellectual rockstars! Salute from Holland 😊❤