Neil deGrasse Tyson: Life on Europa, Jupiter's Moons, Ice Fishing and Racket Sports | Big Think

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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  4 года назад +16

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  • @nesano4735
    @nesano4735 7 лет назад +183

    That's actually kind of mindblowing: The fact that we could theoretically survive without a star because of other sources of energy, like he mentioned at the end.

    • @buda3d2007
      @buda3d2007 4 года назад +8

      Even when the sun dies this stuff could potentially still be going on

    • @RensSpace
      @RensSpace 4 года назад +3

      Nesano sure life can but we couldn’t.

    • @RensSpace
      @RensSpace 4 года назад +9

      CannedCherry when the sun dies everything around it dies with it. Nothing can survive in the system during the process of a supernova or red giant

    • @ianbowler3603
      @ianbowler3603 4 года назад +8

      RensSpace actually when the sun turns red giant Jupiter and it’s moons will be in the habitable zone meaning Europas ice would melt and because the atmosphere is oxygen (but still far too thin for humans) it could harbor more advanced life. Also when the red giant phase of the sun dies it will become a white dwarf, which is very dim so it would go back to the icy/ underground ocean state of before, but it would probably have the same microscopic life as it might be supporting right now.

    • @Nickah37
      @Nickah37 4 года назад +1

      @@RensSpace the sun will only expand to the orbit of Mars roughly, the outer planets will be fine (maybe more radiation, but they won't be swallowed by the red sun)

  • @SachinTripathi
    @SachinTripathi 7 лет назад +1053

    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." - Neil

    • @m9nd45
      @m9nd45 7 лет назад +6

      Sachin Tripathi only scientism my friend. Anthropology is a science and it is a provisional truth. Same with astronomy. Some factors.

    • @AaronGRandall
      @AaronGRandall 7 лет назад +21

      True, but think about how many times it has been wrong. Just take a look at history and there is the answer. Just because it is true today, doesn't mean it won't be fiction in the future.

    • @magiclion
      @magiclion 7 лет назад +33

      Aaron G. Randall You obviously don't understand the quote.
      Science doesn't change. People practising bad science and making scientific errors doesn't mean the science is wrong.
      The Greeks were quite accurate in knowing the shape and size of the earth using physics and maths.
      Such knowledge was lost to religious retarded people in the middle ages but Colombus went to the Americas thinking that he had landed in India. Educated people with an understanding of maths and physics always knew the world was round.
      Einstein's laws were only verified ~100 years after he formulated them.
      2+2=4 always even if people are unable to compute it.
      Physics and mathematics of the universe doesn't change as far as we know.
      Maybe in black holes or parallel universes.

    • @AaronGRandall
      @AaronGRandall 7 лет назад +6

      Sachin Tripathi We live in a universe of infinite possibilities, therefore the expansion of the universe can change how physics works.
      Nothing is permanent and all things experience change. Even our experience of truth.

    • @jeannytse2654
      @jeannytse2654 7 лет назад +4

      Trump > Tyson

  • @fksara7708
    @fksara7708 7 лет назад +346

    We need more guys like this

    • @regalragaci7250
      @regalragaci7250 7 лет назад +3

      sin of lust

    • @kd1s
      @kd1s 7 лет назад +5

      Yes indeed. I truly believe that liquid water exists throughout the galaxy. And if that's so well there's the Drake Equation - and we're filling in values for many of the variables in that one. What the Drake Equation says is the probability for intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy, Universe, Dimension etc.

    • @truthseekercanada
      @truthseekercanada 7 лет назад +3

      kd1s Given that the most common elements in the universe are; Hydrogen, Helium, Oxygen, and Carbon its a mathmatical impossibilty that liquid water is not common. Neato fact: Top three elements in the human body are Hydrogen, Oxygen and Carbon.

    • @tronmichaelstheblackshawnm6007
      @tronmichaelstheblackshawnm6007 7 лет назад +2

      Nigga high as shit.

    • @tronmichaelstheblackshawnm6007
      @tronmichaelstheblackshawnm6007 7 лет назад

      I can see you uh oh peoples we gots a badass ova here

  • @markbossman5103
    @markbossman5103 7 лет назад +16

    I'm never disappointed listening to Neil

  • @JiggyWiggyASMR
    @JiggyWiggyASMR 7 лет назад +182

    I've been eagerly waiting for the exploration of Europa ^_^

    • @garrtrigger
      @garrtrigger 5 лет назад

      No love for Mars?

    • @jamescarter5042
      @jamescarter5042 5 лет назад +9

      According to NASA , they will launch the Europa clipper around 2023. It is equipped to search for life in Europa;s ocean.

    • @cloroxbleach7377
      @cloroxbleach7377 5 лет назад

      Don’t forget that nasa’s going to sent some probes to not just search for water in Europa, but also search for water or ice on other moons of Jupiter which is a lot

    • @jamescarter5042
      @jamescarter5042 5 лет назад

      @Dovyeon I suggest you check out this article about digging beneath the ice on Europa.NOVEMBER 14, 2018 BY MATT WILLIAMS
      ARCHIMEDES: Digging into the ice on Europa with lasers. After you read it tell me if you think this method can dig through the ice,

    • @faiaazfardin1596
      @faiaazfardin1596 5 лет назад

      nasa is going to send probes to europa in 2024

  • @zagros24
    @zagros24 7 лет назад +85

    the camera is too much zoomed in, I wanted to see his hands expression.

  • @annecarter5181
    @annecarter5181 2 года назад +5

    Dr. Tyson truly understands his subject and can clearly explain it. His sense of humor makes me want to listen to him all day!!

  • @1pierosangiorgio
    @1pierosangiorgio 7 лет назад +132

    Neil was very tired that day, and probably with a cold. kudos for doing it none the less.

    • @MMAoracle
      @MMAoracle 7 лет назад +6

      It's his job to talk about it, and it's his favourite interest. Don't feel too sorry for him :)

    • @bobhunt5820
      @bobhunt5820 7 лет назад +3

      piero san giorgio Science would demand that you prove he was tired and had a cold, therefore your statement is a random guess with no evidence or proof whatsoever.

    • @johncairns5069
      @johncairns5069 7 лет назад

      piero san giorgio he just did hot ones before hand

    • @madzmorgie5048
      @madzmorgie5048 7 лет назад +2

      Bob Hunt He sounds congested and his eyes are watery and red.

    • @pubiclice8680
      @pubiclice8680 7 лет назад +3

      kinda looks like he just finished smoking a joint.

  • @claysipod5help
    @claysipod5help 7 лет назад +98

    We need a hand motion cam.

  • @UnremarkableSteve
    @UnremarkableSteve 7 лет назад +37

    I'll watch anything with Neil in it!

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 7 лет назад +21

    So with all this energy being put into the moon to melt the water is the moon decaying in its orbit or is Jupiter's rotation slowing down? The energy has to come from somewhere...

    • @LOGOS_Official
      @LOGOS_Official 7 лет назад

      Cody'sLab, both I'm assuming

    • @farmerjohn7756
      @farmerjohn7756 4 года назад +2

      At first I was going to suggest looking up tidal locking, but when I looked into it, it makes no real sense. Europa is almost tidal locked (synchronous), it's apsis has a difference of 2%, and has a tilt of 1%. I don't see how it can steal angular momentum in the form of heat. Either it's core is extremely soft (like putty so small changes in gravity field can affect it), or the gravity field surrounding Jupiter is uneven. If anything I'm thinking it's IO's gravity that's causing it.

    • @lindawuorio5466
      @lindawuorio5466 3 года назад

      @Bob De Baviaan This i want to know this

    • @hellfire0332
      @hellfire0332 3 года назад +5

      @@farmerjohn7756 Europa has an elliptical orbit around Jupiter, thus the gravitational pull from Jupiter varies as the moon orbits, creating the tides that flex and relax the surface.

    • @nyalan8385
      @nyalan8385 3 года назад +1

      Europa is tidally locked and has an elliptical orbit lasting about 3.5 earth days. This means twice a week the planet is essentially being compressed and released (generating heat just like any other form of conginuous stretching) through the force provided by jupiters immense gravitational pull on the moon, so it's not stealing energy from somewhere unless you count standing on earth as stealing energy from earth

  • @laxus7764
    @laxus7764 7 лет назад +6

    His explaining style is so aawsome

  • @Prodigious82
    @Prodigious82 7 лет назад +91

    No mention of Enceladus? I'm a bit surprised.

    • @VGNAL
      @VGNAL 7 лет назад

      whats that

    • @Sal3600
      @Sal3600 7 лет назад +1

      ahhaha this is great

    • @mykofreder1682
      @mykofreder1682 6 лет назад +1

      Yes I saw a geyser photo, you could close orbit and collect samples removing the hundred year/maybe never wait for the money to produce something to melt through miles of ice.

    • @santhoshsandy7186
      @santhoshsandy7186 4 года назад

      U hurts Titan's feeling ! 😯😯😯

    • @augustinemmuogbana3382
      @augustinemmuogbana3382 2 года назад

      Enceladus is the moon of Saturn not of Jupiter.

  • @Superninja-gc6yy
    @Superninja-gc6yy 7 лет назад +14

    the way Neil de grease Tyson explains things so interestingly

  • @RyanMason7
    @RyanMason7 7 лет назад +27

    I couldn't have clicked faster after seeing "Neil" in the title.

  • @caryr.7089
    @caryr.7089 7 лет назад +85

    Twelve people who believe the earth is flat disliked this video.

    • @TelxGaming
      @TelxGaming 7 лет назад

      Cary R. And those 12 liked your comment :)

    • @ronburcham5902
      @ronburcham5902 7 лет назад

      The earth is round , Tyson is flat !

    • @ayra_c3781
      @ayra_c3781 7 лет назад

      The earth is an apple

  • @socialmediaaccount4206
    @socialmediaaccount4206 5 лет назад +25

    Neil is the only scientist I can understand without having to look up every single word another scientist says 😂

    • @youngalitwo
      @youngalitwo 2 года назад +1

      “If you can’t explain it to a 4 year old you don’t understand it enough “ -idk but someone said it

    • @Silverdragon517
      @Silverdragon517 2 года назад

      I like Michelle Thaller too

    • @socialmediaaccount4206
      @socialmediaaccount4206 2 года назад

      @@Silverdragon517 😂🤣 that’s what I’m talking about

  • @t0m_mcc
    @t0m_mcc 7 лет назад +18

    1:41 perfect trombone

    • @theronroland1452
      @theronroland1452 7 лет назад

      ahahahahah just keep smashing 1:41 its legit perfect XD

    • @WRoark
      @WRoark 6 лет назад

      I love it

  • @PONYBOYonline
    @PONYBOYonline 7 лет назад +20

    I find it hilarious how people in the comments are so triggered and in denial about all of the "crazy science" Neil talks about. Yet here there are...on RUclips...a website that wouldn't be possible without an extremely advanced understanding of software, hardware, physics, electricity, electromagnetism, etc.....things they have zero clue about. Yet they take all that in depth science at face value simply because it allows them to drool over their keyboard and post about how flat the earth is...

  • @mrdgenerate
    @mrdgenerate 7 лет назад +17

    ok... if there is liquid water... and turns out no life... should we plant microbial life forms that favor that environment to see if they take hold??? Creating our own 👽

  • @skylarirvine1247
    @skylarirvine1247 7 лет назад +19

    I actually like the hypothesis that life could also be in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter it's self. I'd be very surprised if Europa didn't have some sort of microbial life on it

  • @leadersuccess3761
    @leadersuccess3761 5 лет назад +4

    Neil Degrassi Tyson is a very smart and funny guy we need more scientists like him ☺

  • @tmcb2000
    @tmcb2000 3 года назад +1

    If cellular life exists on Europa it would support the hypothesis that hydro-vents were the point of origin here on Earth. If no life exists despite the presence of favourable conditions, then the alternative 'hot spring ' hypothesis is indicated, in which it has been shown that lipid-encapsulated polymers can be synthesized by cycles of hydration and dehydration to form protocells.

  • @noobsmoke79
    @noobsmoke79 4 года назад +1

    I love Neil because even though he has a vast and complex academic background, he can really break science down to make it easy to grasp and make it very interesting to the average Joe. Also, you can have chemosynthetic life forms(like "tube worms") in deep sea hydrothermal vents - if you have such undersea volcanic activity on Europa. It's amazing that extreme gravity can be a source of energy that can potentially support life (in place of light and radiation). I also love his Goldie Locks analogy - i.e. this porridge is too hot (close to the sun) to support life and this porridge is too cold (far away from the sun) to support life, etc.

  • @fortyseventen
    @fortyseventen 5 лет назад

    Io: Fire / Europa:Water / Ganymede:Air / Callisto:Earth
    Shared resonance - 28:14:7:3

  • @Morphick
    @Morphick 7 лет назад +27

    i'm going to europa who's with me

    • @johnnyjosetar2693
      @johnnyjosetar2693 4 года назад

      You gonna get destroyed by those mudraptors

    • @soravg6018
      @soravg6018 4 года назад

      Watch europa report, a film on europa moon.!

    • @elfraca_06897
      @elfraca_06897 4 года назад

      In spanish, europa means europe xd

    • @unorig1nal656
      @unorig1nal656 4 года назад

      Hell yeah let's go find the deep stone crypt

  • @MysticJhn
    @MysticJhn 7 лет назад +4

    This made me think: Suppose there are macrobiotic species, animals, things with eyes and a brain, that live on Europa.
    Or probably more correctly inside Europa, in that ocean between it's surface ice and whatever is the core of the planet (I don't assume it's 100% an ice-covered water ball).
    What would the ice sheet look like when you looked up to where we would normally see sky?
    Or would it be so dark on the inside, so little light if any that would penetrate deep enough, that you couldn't see a thing?
    Do you think the interior oceans of Europa get any light at all?
    Would a macrobiotic animal even evolve to have eyes in such conditions?
    I know Earth has fish with eyes that live at depths that are so far down light doesn't reach, but perhaps a Europan fish wouldn't.
    It could be even darker in the depths of the Europan ocean than the deepest of Earth's oceans.

  • @deepakpatidar8462
    @deepakpatidar8462 7 лет назад +5

    This is the first time I've watched Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about Europa without mentioning "Europians".

  • @mbw59
    @mbw59 7 лет назад +1

    'All These Worlds Our Yours - Except Europa - Attempt No Landings There.' I know, I know, no black monoliths and Jupiter hasn't been turned into a miniature Sun, but, damn, wasn't Arthur C. Clark a great science fiction writer, scientist, and scholar. Oh, and major props to Neil and Big Think for this vid.

  • @pikkuadi
    @pikkuadi 7 лет назад +3

    Neil shows up when he's got a new book to promote. Not complaining though!! The world needs him.

  • @franjustor2423
    @franjustor2423 7 месяцев назад

    This man is so interesting to listen to and what a voice !

  • @nels6991
    @nels6991 7 лет назад +2

    Enceladus is a moon of saturn with a big liquid ocean and gravitational heat as well. Plus we just found some other great signs of life (organic compounds and H2 gas production) there during the Cassini mission.

  • @edmundmichel7489
    @edmundmichel7489 5 лет назад +3

    very well explained, it's simple and it makes sense!

  • @fortyseventen
    @fortyseventen 4 года назад

    4/28
    Jupiter's Big 4 motors have a Resonance together, from Io to Callisto
    28:14:7:3

  • @DanSoldierGuy
    @DanSoldierGuy 3 года назад +3

    I swear, Neil could describe taking a dump and still make it mind-blowing.

  • @Dayz3O6
    @Dayz3O6 7 лет назад +42

    He is wearing the same outfit as the one in Hot ones. I bet he did this talk before he went there.

    • @PaulBularan
      @PaulBularan 7 лет назад +15

      OR after, hence the teary red eyes lol

    • @kingartison
      @kingartison 7 лет назад

      Paul Bularan possibly

  • @alexanderhawk2659
    @alexanderhawk2659 7 лет назад +4

    Can planets which are too close to the star and ,thus too hot for water, be somehow tempered by other natural phenomena to cool it down to be habitable? Say, a dense asteroid belt which would partially reflect sunlight?

  • @fortyseventen
    @fortyseventen 4 года назад

    Io 🔥 Europa ❄️ Ganymede 🌪️ Callisto 🗿
    Collective Resonance - 28:14:7:3

  • @kght222
    @kght222 7 лет назад +1

    what is funny is that azimov wrote a book before he died that was never tied into the robot/foundation series entirely, but was mentioned in a later foundation book at least once, about a world in a brown dwarf system that was orbiting a super massive gas giant that had a livable breathable atmosphere through tidal force. the name of the book is nemesis (it probably also triggered some of the planet 9 style apocalypse conspiracies, because the star was on a collision course with earth in the book, lol, even gave a semi realistic amount of time, well over 1000 years after detection it would impact our system and make a big enough mess to make it unlikely that earth would remain habitable)

  • @RockolaO
    @RockolaO 5 лет назад +15

    I pray that in Neil's lifetime he gets to see alien contact and can assist with developing modes of communication and understanding.

    • @Catlily5
      @Catlily5 2 года назад

      Be careful what you pray for.

  • @pikkuadi
    @pikkuadi 7 лет назад +16

    Where ma Cosmos fanboys and girls at line up!

  • @sandro5535
    @sandro5535 2 года назад +1

    A moon naturally gets warmer due to tidal heating and add extra green house gases and a moon could be quite far from goldilock zone and should still thrive in life.

  • @user-de1xi2uf8d
    @user-de1xi2uf8d 7 лет назад +1

    the Goldie locks zone is redundant, a planets core temperature could possibly keep liquid water, if it has enough core temperature of course

  • @Sophistry0001
    @Sophistry0001 7 лет назад +1

    When people talk about the heat death of the universe, does that include these tidal forces? I understand that the last stars will have burned out after a long enough time, but could you still have moons around gas giants that have these tidal forces keeping them warm?

    • @ANineOne
      @ANineOne 7 лет назад +1

      Good question.

  • @akabaker98
    @akabaker98 7 лет назад +2

    I love listening to Neil' brain.

  • @Emannn835
    @Emannn835 3 года назад +2

    We all want to go to Europa and colonize under the ice and become ice people

  • @Silverdragon517
    @Silverdragon517 2 года назад

    One of the best videos ever

  • @MrBennie2069
    @MrBennie2069 7 лет назад +3

    That is pretty freaking cool!

  • @adamJKpunk
    @adamJKpunk 2 года назад

    “It’s not a science problem it’s an engineering problem.” What that means is that it’s within the laws of physics and we have the technology to do so, we just haven’t done the math for that specific problem yet. Keep it up, professor! We need ya!

  • @johnathan3373
    @johnathan3373 7 лет назад +1

    love Neil

  • @John77Doe
    @John77Doe 7 лет назад +5

    Europa has liquid water. 😮😮😮😮😮😮

  • @moomoomoo33ass
    @moomoomoo33ass 7 лет назад +1

    What a genius !!!!! God bless America!!!!!!

  • @Fnidner
    @Fnidner 7 лет назад +48

    Life on Europe? Impossible. I'm in Europe right now, and it's totally ded..

    • @reinforcedpenisstem
      @reinforcedpenisstem 7 лет назад +6

      Fnidner You mean Eurabia?

    • @Fnidner
      @Fnidner 7 лет назад +8

      predictable and uncreative. this black physicist has a surprising number of racist fans

    • @mobeenzaffar4434
      @mobeenzaffar4434 7 лет назад

      TheNutSlapper69 Fuck you

    • @zo5679
      @zo5679 7 лет назад +1

      TheNutSlapper69 we talk about universe not about religion

    • @Timon898
      @Timon898 6 лет назад

      Joel Landman If you question that, you must be a moron

  • @ThinkLiveLaugh
    @ThinkLiveLaugh 7 лет назад +6

    In other words, no need for the Goldilocks Zone in the search for life

  • @gctdonyre
    @gctdonyre 7 лет назад +193

    He looks high af.

    • @onthewall119
      @onthewall119 7 лет назад +49

      Knowledge is the best drug

    • @colethomson7267
      @colethomson7267 7 лет назад +3

      Bob Fergisoon no he doesn't

    • @bcmasur
      @bcmasur 7 лет назад

      astrophysicist, not astronaut :)

    • @bcmasur
      @bcmasur 7 лет назад +8

      or maybe too many hot wings ;)

    • @syok1107
      @syok1107 7 лет назад +5

      That hot sauce was like marmalade to him!

  • @connorstegner9155
    @connorstegner9155 6 лет назад +1

    I love you Neil

  • @dwaynepitts6545
    @dwaynepitts6545 7 лет назад +2

    HOW DO PEOPLE NOT LIKE THIS?
    what are they hate science?

    • @reinforcedpenisstem
      @reinforcedpenisstem 7 лет назад +5

      Dwayne Pitts Because they prefer their religious teachings.

  • @clintwolf4495
    @clintwolf4495 6 лет назад

    Fantastic video. Thanks.

  • @Prog47
    @Prog47 5 лет назад +2

    PLEASEEEEEEE I NEED EUROPA TO HAVE LIFE. I WANT TO BE ALIVE DURING THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY

    • @TheDemisemismiles
      @TheDemisemismiles 5 лет назад

      Prog47 launch for the Europa Clipper is scheduled for 2025 so we shall see!

    • @simonkendra3079
      @simonkendra3079 3 года назад

      @@TheDemisemismiles but that won’t drill into the ice so it’s unlikely it’ll find life. It will confirm the ocean theory at best.

  • @nikolakolchakov5691
    @nikolakolchakov5691 4 года назад +3

    Just think about what creatures could live there under kilometers of ice in a pure darkness having in mind our glowing deep sea fishes.

  • @kokofan50
    @kokofan50 7 лет назад +6

    A molten salt reactor with heat exchanger into a large copper head will melt straight through kilometers of ice no problem.

    • @dustman96
      @dustman96 7 лет назад

      A problem to solve is the ice refreezing above the probe, assuming it will be tethered. Not sure if it is possible to send data wirelessly through kilometers of ice.

    • @OnceIHadAPony
      @OnceIHadAPony 7 лет назад +2

      Going to need a lot of energy for that

    • @kokofan50
      @kokofan50 7 лет назад

      Greg Blank, well, that's why I'm talking about using a nuclear reactor.

    • @khalid1158
      @khalid1158 7 лет назад

      kokofan50 Don't wanna risk the death of life on a planet let alone before even researching them.

  • @jasondean88888
    @jasondean88888 2 года назад +2

    I just want more answers.

    • @matthewviramontes3131
      @matthewviramontes3131 2 года назад

      Well the Europa Clipper mission is set to arrive there in 2030, so you gotta wait until then.

  • @archados
    @archados 7 лет назад

    Wouldnt a thick layer of ice surrpunding Europa lead to unstable exchanges of important chemicals and gases and therefore things like anoxia?

  • @janhendrixs1888
    @janhendrixs1888 6 лет назад +1

    Yes there is life on Europa.. I live there

  • @aethelwolfe3539
    @aethelwolfe3539 2 года назад

    My hypothesis is there is no native life on Europa, because electricity is essential to developing the more complex organic molecules.

  • @neverforget727
    @neverforget727 3 года назад

    I can figure out how to get threw the ice With a clever device and plus make outher gadgets.

  • @MlokLik
    @MlokLik 7 лет назад +1

    Honestly? We need to create an artificial atmosphere in Europa, then make it have some greenhouse effects to warm it up. We will have lots of water before we even know it.

  • @erick6102
    @erick6102 3 года назад

    Why we haven’t put all of earth’s efforts into an expedition to Europa’s oceans is beyond me. The most exciting human prospect of all of time

    • @matthewviramontes3131
      @matthewviramontes3131 2 года назад +1

      Wouldn't even take all of Earth's efforts. Maybe like 50 billion dollars would do the trick. And that's nothing to the quadrillion dollar global economy

  • @DirtyAzathoth
    @DirtyAzathoth 6 лет назад

    Why would you need to tunnel through the ice if the vents are shooting water vapor into the sky wouldn’t that mean that thats an opening to the sea underneath and a drone could just go in from there?

  • @dylannewell1914
    @dylannewell1914 5 лет назад

    Love this guy

  • @wendellramcharan6365
    @wendellramcharan6365 3 года назад

    can a planet be classed as orbiting bodies with a atmosphere compared to a moon that orbits a planet with no atmosphere and planets that orbit a sun since titan and europa are planets orbiting a planet and we do know pluto is a big rock not classed as a planet anymore what you guys think?

  • @TheUnatuber
    @TheUnatuber 7 лет назад +1

    There's no life on Europa. Life *in* Europa is an entirely different matter.

  • @Snagglefratz
    @Snagglefratz 5 лет назад

    Good stuff.

  • @Ian64
    @Ian64 7 лет назад +5

    Is it possible for other chemicals to be used as an equivalent to DNA in possible alien life? Like, could a different chemical be used as an equivalent to DNA on a different world where DNA itself can't form? In that case, then life could truly be anything.

    • @cablecar10
      @cablecar10 7 лет назад

      Ian 64 It is unlikely. But there are probably conditions where this could be true.

    • @omegasrevenge
      @omegasrevenge 7 лет назад +2

      Absolutely, the next possible chemical is silicon. Carbon is the most chemically active though, so it's significantly more likely than all the other elements.

    • @Pyriold
      @Pyriold 7 лет назад

      DNA may not be the only replicator. In fact we modified the foundations of DNA already. Scientist created DNA with 6 base pairs instead of the usual 4 and it worked and replicated just fine. So our usual DNA is just one example of what is possible.

    • @brianstaley6391
      @brianstaley6391 7 лет назад

      abschussrampe while It would be interesting to see silicon based lifeforms, it's much more likely to a another Carbon one due to the sheer amount of compounds available. I do think, however, it's likely that we see a code completely different from DNA.

    • @lt5334
      @lt5334 7 лет назад

      abschussrampe silicon is absolutely possible, but the chance is carbon given the abundance of that anf hydrogen. silicon is pretty heavy. it is about as fertile, but carbon is just more likely

  • @Pousti29
    @Pousti29 7 лет назад

    Its quite scary that for all we know, we are the only life in the universe which is really depressing that the universe is infinite in all directions and that we seem to be the only life

  • @MetricZero
    @MetricZero 7 лет назад +2

    So you're saying, when all the star in the universe are used up, we can harness the power of black dwarf stars squashing planets and generating heat for trillions of years?

    • @omegasrevenge
      @omegasrevenge 7 лет назад +1

      At that point draining black holes of their energy would become more efficient. Those would be viable power sources long after entropy ate all galaxies and all the stars.

  • @kingzerk6409
    @kingzerk6409 4 года назад

    I think the key sentence for me is "life as we know it"

  • @MUHOHAHA
    @MUHOHAHA 4 года назад

    4:11 … fish*

    • @simonkendra3079
      @simonkendra3079 3 года назад

      Person x people x peoples
      fish x fish x fishes

  • @cinfirefly3058
    @cinfirefly3058 5 лет назад +1

    WHERE WERE YOU NEIL IN THE 80’s..... because all my earth and sciences biology teachers did was show movie 🍿. That had nothing to do with anything relevant to the subject. We never used the big telescopes 🔭 , the classes were a waste... I wanted so much more ..

  • @marvluebke
    @marvluebke 7 лет назад +1

    Imagine we just had earth. Nothing else.. no moon. Spinning around the sun all alone.

  • @swgriff1
    @swgriff1 4 года назад

    What about heat from jupiter? Could it behave like a very small sun

  • @jediwarlock1
    @jediwarlock1 5 лет назад +1

    We should move all the Ice Moons to the Goldilocks Zone, melt and clean the water then add engineered plankton and algae.

  • @olegeivar
    @olegeivar 7 лет назад

    Деграсс как всегда прекрасен.

  • @PetarStamenkovic
    @PetarStamenkovic 7 лет назад

    Kinda cool. I'm curious what we'd find in Europa

  • @JMPTHEGUN
    @JMPTHEGUN 7 лет назад

    the ice hole could be melted with a laser, that would keep the hole unable to re-freeze for operations

    • @dustman96
      @dustman96 7 лет назад

      Another problem may be that the weight of the ice may be exerting pressure on the water underneath so when the probe or laser or whatever breaks through water may gush out of the hole. Don't know...

  • @erictaylor5462
    @erictaylor5462 7 лет назад

    If there were intelligent beings on Eurpoa, with a technology about even with outs, would they have any way of knowing there was anything outside their world?

  • @RalphsLegend
    @RalphsLegend 7 лет назад

    Woooooow. It's already known that light is not needed to sustain life by the discovery of marine life at the deepest parts of the ocean, but is light needed to create life? In the darkest parts of the universe, can there be life created and sustained solely by "alternate" energy sources? If so, is it possible for it to evolve into intelligent life? Such an interesting topic.

    • @dustman96
      @dustman96 7 лет назад

      As far as I'm aware the first lifeforms on earth were chemotrophs.

  • @SailingSarah
    @SailingSarah 3 года назад

    Just 50 years from now man will wish he hadn't gone ice fishing on Europa! D:

  • @ultramandyna4377
    @ultramandyna4377 6 лет назад

    if life IS under the ice surface of Europa, what kind of life do you think it'd be? because it probably doesn't need light (i think).

    • @agrape2887
      @agrape2887 6 лет назад

      Probably not sentient.

  • @BiRDiEHere
    @BiRDiEHere 7 лет назад +1

    What about Enceladus?

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 7 лет назад

    Jupiter was able to form due to it's orbital path around the sun. So I suppose it IS traceable to some extent.

  • @Anonymous247n
    @Anonymous247n 7 лет назад

    Yo one question... if Europa is receiving energy... what's losing that energy?

    • @kokofan50
      @kokofan50 7 лет назад

      Europa and Jupiter are losing kinetic energy.

    • @yellowfish27
      @yellowfish27 7 лет назад

      They get energy from the gravitational effect of Jupiter and its moons.Europa expands and contracts continually,causing heat.Listen again to the tennis ball analogy.

  • @onehitpick9758
    @onehitpick9758 7 лет назад

    It's not all gravity-based tides. There is a lot more electricity involved than what's suggested here. Learn.

  • @cantseeshadow
    @cantseeshadow 7 лет назад +1

    "Where there is liquid water there is some form of life"
    Ever wonder why a lot of UFO sightings are reported to be spaceships hovering above a body of water?
    That's if the sightings are real, of course.

    • @Mixppmix
      @Mixppmix 4 года назад

      no. There is a time in history when UFO was reported and from there on, people were litteraly "inspired". Also, after the first sighting, one guy refered to his sighting as "saucers" and litterally all of the sightings followed changed the shape for decades from orbs and triangles just to saurcers.

  • @nlitenurmind
    @nlitenurmind 7 лет назад

    Hey Neil, why are we currently observing changes on all of the planets, not just Earth? Why are the magnetosphere and ionosphere weakening?

  • @Speedy300
    @Speedy300 4 года назад

    I thought that engineering problem is also a science problem but its more hands on.

  • @icehunters6662
    @icehunters6662 6 лет назад

    I searched this after I heard about Shark life on Europa

  • @Thaden0
    @Thaden0 7 лет назад

    In regard to 'Energy can not be created or destroyed, only changed.' ... What energy is lost during the creation if the Europa heat? I assume the orbit is stable so this gravity energy appears to my laymans mind to be free at first glance.

    • @omegasrevenge
      @omegasrevenge 7 лет назад

      In Quantum Mechanics, all forces act by using particles to exchange energy. Gravity has the Graviton. They fly from one planet to the other, slam into it and spend their energy. The host planet loses a bit of energy and rotates a little slower and falls a little closer to the sun.

    • @berzerius
      @berzerius 7 лет назад

      Len Waugh. yes, energy is being leeched from Jupiter and other moons. orbits are relatively stable but not completely stable because this kind of energy exchange takes place.
      this is similar to tidal forces on earth. moon is leeching energy from Earth's rotation and gradually increasing​ the orbital​ radius. It will continue until the moon escapes​ Earth

  • @MyCatIsNamedChubmuffin
    @MyCatIsNamedChubmuffin 7 лет назад

    Liquid Water