Why are Stars Star-Shaped?

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @WintersunForever
    @WintersunForever 8 лет назад +1896

    "By shining lasers in peoples' eyes" Science is fun!

    • @naraera
      @naraera 8 лет назад +44

      +WintersunForever GLaDOS likes this

    • @mihirjoshi7655
      @mihirjoshi7655 8 лет назад +4

      +WintersunForever was just about to say that :)

    • @iambecomechaos
      @iambecomechaos 8 лет назад +11

      +Tundzar SHE ALSO LIKES NEUROTOXIN! WE ALL LOVE NEUROTOXIN!

    • @5ZRable
      @5ZRable 8 лет назад +17

      So if I do it its a crime, if a dude in a lab coat does it it's science

    • @naraera
      @naraera 8 лет назад +4

      FrankGam3r 's ofc, neurotoxin ftw

  • @el936
    @el936 10 лет назад +1749

    "as researches have confirmed by shining laser in human eyes"
    well that sounds nice...

    • @Kaepsele337
      @Kaepsele337 10 лет назад +241

      I was looking for exactly that comment :D
      "Dude, you're blinding me"
      "It's for science!"

    • @bigglessy
      @bigglessy 10 лет назад +71

      Guest6265+
      But blindness...
      But science! Now hold still while I get my velociraptor out here...

    • @SieghartVonReich
      @SieghartVonReich 10 лет назад +2

      Forgive me if I sound ignorant but aren't lasers used to treat some eye problems?

    • @bigglessy
      @bigglessy 10 лет назад

      Indeed they are. Laser eye treatment.

    • @Kaepsele337
      @Kaepsele337 10 лет назад +18

      Calm the fuck down... Yes, but "shining laser in human eyes" doesn't sound like surgery. It sounds like "Boys playing with a laser-pointer".
      But yes you can use laser to carve the cornea into a lens.

  • @samwallaceart288
    @samwallaceart288 8 лет назад +99

    Being an illustrator, this kind of stuff interests me. The thing about making each and every star the same shape once you've chosen one is something I never thought of before, but I'll make sure to never forget.

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter 2 года назад +3

      cool

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 3 месяца назад +1

      You could even use a change in star shape to subtly signal a different point of view.

  • @TheOrthodoxWaffle
    @TheOrthodoxWaffle 10 лет назад +492

    "As researchers have confirmed by shining lasers in people's eyes"
    Oh sure, but when i do it it's "A danger to other Delta Airline passengers"
    Typical...

    • @NessaOfDorthonion
      @NessaOfDorthonion 5 лет назад +5

      Underrated comment. Made me cry laugh a bit lol

    • @johntheux9238
      @johntheux9238 5 лет назад +1

      Not the same power xD

    • @klobiforpresident2254
      @klobiforpresident2254 5 лет назад +9

      @@johntheux9238
      So you're saying I need more laser? Good.

    • @johntheux9238
      @johntheux9238 5 лет назад

      @Jaeden Vaithianathan Try this one:
      ruclips.net/video/IzUoe-9bKa0/видео.html

    • @CitadelOfVoid
      @CitadelOfVoid 4 года назад +1

      Omg i read this comment right as he said that

  • @razerage1
    @razerage1 10 лет назад +52

    0:50 the robot voice is so satisfying, how to edit like that?

    • @zacharytaylor190
      @zacharytaylor190 4 года назад +12

      I know i'm very late, but a combination of bitcrusher and vibrato. In digital creation, an LFO modulating the pitch parameter for the Vibrato and a basic bitcrusher VST.

  • @Forssa1
    @Forssa1 10 лет назад +459

    Don't try shining lases in your eyes yourself, tho.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 10 лет назад +291

    Great Video Henry. I have a question about the colored star points though. Wouldn't the Red stack up with the blue and Green? Would this create something like white light towards the center, yet still allow the longer diffraction colors to "poke out" around the white?
    Also, I really liked the music in this video. Great job man.

    • @davidmadden8931
      @davidmadden8931 10 лет назад +26

      I knew this about camera lenses but did not know about suture lines in the eyes, especially that no one is alike. Very cool. Could suture lines be the next fingerprint?

    • @HungryTacoBoy
      @HungryTacoBoy 10 лет назад +13

      David Madden "Could suture lines be the next fingerprint"
      That's actually a pretty cool question. I wonder? :D

    • @davidmadden8931
      @davidmadden8931 10 лет назад +8

      HungryTacoBoy Most likely. Seems that movies and stories lead the way to what technologies get developed. I think I will write a book on all the things that I want and see what comes true.

    • @lilyrose3143
      @lilyrose3143 7 лет назад

      S

    • @terdragontra8900
      @terdragontra8900 7 лет назад +6

      If there is the same amount of every frequency of light, then the red light will be spread out more, hence there will more blue in the center than red. So the center won't be perfectly white; it will have more blue light than green and more green light than red, and appear "blue-ish" probably.

  • @buciallstar
    @buciallstar 10 лет назад +245

    Why do I have the feeling that the entire point of this video is to make rainbow colored stars a thing?

    • @Manelneedsaname
      @Manelneedsaname 5 лет назад +2

      I'm in for it

    • @JoeKurr5
      @JoeKurr5 5 лет назад +12

      buciallstar i donno seems kinda gay to me

    • @corpo9310
      @corpo9310 5 лет назад +3

      @@JoeKurr5 better than homophobic

    • @JoeKurr5
      @JoeKurr5 5 лет назад +1

      Maximilian Schell that’s all about opinions.

  • @niaei
    @niaei 8 лет назад +27

    Dude. what kind of sorcery is this?
    I just found answers for two different questions that I asked myself within last two months in your channel.
    Thank you. Very very thank you.

  • @Wafflical
    @Wafflical 10 лет назад +109

    So really, the stars are in your eyes?

    • @xeno1912
      @xeno1912 4 года назад +6

      That’s kinda romantic

    • @greatmeetings1565
      @greatmeetings1565 3 года назад +1

      0:27 i have an astigmatism, meaning my eyes bend light weird and thus i can actually see those lines with regular vision.
      and btw an astigmatism is a normal thing

    • @MeetRayka
      @MeetRayka 3 года назад

      @HLVR are you still using RUclips after 6 years?

    • @Wafflical
      @Wafflical 3 года назад

      @@MeetRayka I'm still here. Why do you ask?

    • @MeetRayka
      @MeetRayka 3 года назад

      @@Wafflical out of curiosity

  • @TheSerbianEnderman
    @TheSerbianEnderman 10 лет назад +21

    0:50 This scared me

    • @MeetRayka
      @MeetRayka 3 года назад +2

      hey where are you after 6 years? How's life going?

  • @ZyphLegend
    @ZyphLegend 9 лет назад +127

    Shining lasers in people's eyes? That just reminded me of high school, lol.

  • @Miumiu0404
    @Miumiu0404 10 лет назад +281

    What about the heart? Why is the heart shaped like that when the organ heart looks different?

    • @rudrapandya2603
      @rudrapandya2603 10 лет назад +95

      Minute"physics"!

    • @InorganicVegan
      @InorganicVegan 10 лет назад +176

      Look at a woman bending over from behind.

    • @Willpower60
      @Willpower60 10 лет назад +46

      I think its supposed to represent two organ hearts put together (side by side, you can probably find an image), which explains why it is a symbol of love

    • @tomasfernandez9045
      @tomasfernandez9045 10 лет назад +12

      The heart shape was meant to be two hearts fusted together.

    • @Dicska
      @Dicska 10 лет назад +43

      Human hearts have a different shape. But look at a crocodile's heart. Egyptians used this shape because of that. It might have spread throughout the centuries.
      dfzljdn9uc3pi.cloudfront.net/2013/60/1/fig-2-2x.jpg

  • @inevitable008
    @inevitable008 10 лет назад +5

    Thank you! I was driving home a few nights ago and have been trying to speculate why when I look at street lamps they have the round rainbow coloring to them (once you are close enough, otherwise you get the diffraction pattern like mentioned in the video) ! Keep up the great work, Henry. I always look forward to your next video and continue to rewatch your past ones!

  • @Splox5
    @Splox5 10 лет назад +10

    I've been wondering about the rainbow coloring thing for quite some time now and never bothered to look up the reason. I am incredibly near-sighted, and so I wasn't sure if that was the main cause of it or not. I am pleasantly surprised to have learned the answer to that particular mystery. Thank you.

  • @Federico84
    @Federico84 9 лет назад +95

    who colors stars in rainbow? o_O

    • @jimday666
      @jimday666 9 лет назад +6

      +Tecnovlog kids and you.

    •  8 лет назад +7

      +Tecnovlog Nobody, but apparently that's a problem.

    • @PaulMagnusSrensenClark
      @PaulMagnusSrensenClark 8 лет назад +5

      +Tecnovlog I'm TOTALLY gonna do that from now on!

    • @ruiyingwu893
      @ruiyingwu893 8 лет назад

      +Paul Magnus Sørensen-Clark SAME

    • @dorothychai5338
      @dorothychai5338 8 лет назад

      I'm an artist so... I can't do that XD

  • @priitsan
    @priitsan 10 лет назад +30

    Yes! Finally! I have spent so many hours squinting at streetlights and stars trying to figure this out.This has had me scraching my head for at least 20 years and finally you helped scratch that itch. Oh and does it feel good, thanks a lot! :)

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 2 года назад

      As someone wearing glasses, street lights have never been simple balls of light for me.

  • @thecuriousengineer
    @thecuriousengineer 10 лет назад +9

    loved the "interfere with each other" part. Awesome as always. :)

  • @shenghong90
    @shenghong90 10 лет назад +74

    How about "why are hearts heart-shaped?" :)

    • @GoddoDoggo
      @GoddoDoggo 10 лет назад +26

      I can answer that. The dented shape of the heart is actually based off of the leaves of popular medieval plants, like ivy, water lily, and bohdi leaves.
      Such leaves were often implemented into medieval and Renaissance Christian artwork as symbols of love, and were eventually combined with the more anatomically-correct symbol of "offering your heart" to someone.
      Thus, we now associate hearts with romance, and romance with the dented, cartoony version of the "heart."

    • @TheZALGOisCOMING
      @TheZALGOisCOMING 10 лет назад +4

      LloydieLynn That's one theory, the other two are that it's based on ass or testicles.

    • @GoddoDoggo
      @GoddoDoggo 10 лет назад +1

      Behind TheWall
      Ha, that's true, but from studying medieval art, the transition from using a literal, anatomically correct heart to using leaf shapes to represent love seems pretty clear.
      If there's anything I learned from two years of art history and medieval culture, it's that... and also how to talk like an old-timey asshole.

    • @TheZALGOisCOMING
      @TheZALGOisCOMING 10 лет назад

      LloydieLynn "transition from using a literal, anatomically correct heart to using leaf shapes"
      Are you saying we actually found medieval art of anatomically correct hearts being used like that or that you're deducing it? Because if we found that, awesome let me see!

    • @GoddoDoggo
      @GoddoDoggo 10 лет назад +2

      Behind TheWall
      Well, "anatomically correct" for the time, at least.
      Here's a picture of a knight giving a chick his literal heart. Like, from his chest, not just his love:
      upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Roman_de_la_poire_heart_metaphor.jpg
      Here's a painting from the 1700s depicting Jesus' giant, magical heart. This one manages to be somewhat cartoonily "heart-shaped" and also more or less anatomically correct:
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_%28symbol%29#mediaviewer/File:Sacred_Heart_1770.jpg
      It also has a crucifix coming out of the main artery!
      Pretty exciting stuff.

  • @Manfred_Messer
    @Manfred_Messer 10 лет назад +1908

    physics can be so awesome, but why is school physics so booring?

    • @Wool_Scarf
      @Wool_Scarf 10 лет назад +380

      Because teachers fail at delivering the material in an interesting or engaging way. Here you see a slide show with a person talking, music going etc. in class mostly books are used.

    • @bigglessy
      @bigglessy 10 лет назад +354

      Because it's designed to reach exam board check boxes and quotas, not to actually educate young people on the universe around them.

    • @Manfred_Messer
      @Manfred_Messer 10 лет назад +41

      i mean we had a lot of cool subjects like nuclear physics, but why can't teacher make it interesting?
      yanj465 year maybe this is it^^

    • @Tetrahelix
      @Tetrahelix 10 лет назад +219

      Because school physics is supposed to be about learning how to *do* physics, while things like MinutePhysics are more about presenting some of the highlights. It's sort of like the difference between an art class that focuses on teaching students to draw, paint, and sculpt clay compared to a class that focuses on the work of famous artists.

    • @Merthalophor
      @Merthalophor 10 лет назад +128

      Tell me how you would teach the laws of newton as interesting as this video.
      It's not that school fails, it's just that it offers much _more_ and _complete_ knowledge. MinutePhysics is great, and it is motivating, but it will never teach you how to do physics.

  • @livin4thelamb499
    @livin4thelamb499 8 лет назад +18

    the science nerd in me is crying tears of joy.

  • @dancoulson6579
    @dancoulson6579 8 лет назад +5

    I knew it had something to do with the eye!
    I remember blurring my eyes, and looking at points of light coming from a few LED's close to each other. Each blurred LED light had exactly the same shape blur to it, with the little lines and ridges etc.

  • @deltaA320
    @deltaA320 10 лет назад +16

    Holy crap, this actually really awesome to know in general!

  • @ryancalkins1707
    @ryancalkins1707 9 лет назад

    Thank you for this video, you just got yourself another subscriber. Not only did I learn something about my own eyes and about how light works that I genuinely didn't know about, but I also was given a good website to help me save money while I'm currently in college. Keep up the good work, I love all that your channel produces.

  • @joshyoung1440
    @joshyoung1440 2 года назад +1

    Henry, can you please write like an actual textbook? Not just one that lets us grasp shockingly complicated concepts with shockingly little background, but what if you actually taught those concepts too? I'm rather smart, if I weren't I wouldn't have made the academic accomplishments I did... but some overwhelmingly disruptive life events kept me from finishing my education. Actually I almost died a few times... but I know that I could ACTUALLY grasp these concepts if Henry were doing the teaching. Please Henry. You're too valuable. I don't want to squeeze you like a golden goose (is that how one operates a goose? I don't know, I am not a goosesmith), but I must make my wish known.

  • @channelnotinusesubtoyourav4141
    @channelnotinusesubtoyourav4141 8 лет назад +52

    How about hearts and how there shaped

    • @nyolaa
      @nyolaa 8 лет назад +1

      Hearts used to be used for death or Satan...

    • @jacob810
      @jacob810 8 лет назад +7

      They're based off a butt.

    • @its_a_poncho
      @its_a_poncho 8 лет назад

      thats a better question

    • @Anna-hp4zq
      @Anna-hp4zq 8 лет назад +8

      it was two hearts fused

    • @MultiWilliam15
      @MultiWilliam15 8 лет назад +1

      Yeah, the heart shape is actually two hearts fused together.

  • @mitigiant5328
    @mitigiant5328 8 лет назад +49

    0:50 Oh fuck! my ears!!!!

  • @jcalerre
    @jcalerre 10 лет назад +19

    "As researchers have found by shining lasers in people's eyes." I'm just curious as to way they were doing that in the first place.

    • @GoddoDoggo
      @GoddoDoggo 10 лет назад +9

      For science!

    • @heireau_
      @heireau_ 10 лет назад +8

      SUBMIT YOUR BODY PREPARE FOR SCIENCE

    • @Sgrunterundt
      @Sgrunterundt 5 лет назад

      Have you ever heard of laser eye surgery?

  • @Alephandros00
    @Alephandros00 10 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much. You actually answered a series of self made questions I had today about the refraction of light trough curved glasses and those 'tiling shaped openings not seen quite often-windows', and left a smile on my face.
    Greetings :)

  • @hololightful
    @hololightful 9 лет назад

    this channel has gotten so incredibly awesome since it's beginning!

  • @rachelkim5861
    @rachelkim5861 9 лет назад +4

    As a little kid, I always wondered why stars are referred as ★ . Besides the fact that stars are actually round balls, they unmistakably look round in the skies. Thinking of that, same goes for heart-shape... heart doesn't look cute like a heart shape

    • @leikfroakies
      @leikfroakies 9 лет назад

      The ventricles do (n and v shapes)

    • @littlefoxfanpresents2377
      @littlefoxfanpresents2377 9 лет назад +1

      Unless u look at my ultrasound
      They snapped it just at the right time, so my teeeny tiny premature baby heart actually looked like a ❤️

    • @rachelkim5861
      @rachelkim5861 9 лет назад

      LittleFoxFan Presents That's cool of you.

    • @littlefoxfanpresents2377
      @littlefoxfanpresents2377 9 лет назад

      nuuu not a box a heart xD It was a heart

    • @Gingerninja800
      @Gingerninja800 8 лет назад

      +Rachel Kim Also the classical heart shape was based off the view of a woman bending over (eg, to pick something up) from behind.

  • @Sbutterfly911
    @Sbutterfly911 10 лет назад +3

    a sky full of stars is so beautiful to watch =)

  • @Arbitrary6104
    @Arbitrary6104 10 лет назад +5

    0:34 OMG I really see it extremely clearly!!
    Only to realize a second later you cheated me.

  • @Bimbambommel
    @Bimbambommel 10 лет назад +1

    This is easily my favorite episode, for both the choice of music and the topic you picked, as well as how you edited it. Very well done! Thats how i like to learn more about physics at 10PM :)

  • @joeguitargod
    @joeguitargod 10 лет назад

    This guy has such an awesome way teaching complex subjects that even people of single-digit age can easily understand. Good job!

  • @MunkyChunk
    @MunkyChunk 5 лет назад +3

    0:42 “This is all because light is a wave”
    Einstein: “REEEEEEEEEE”

  • @rans55555
    @rans55555 10 лет назад +5

    and people say sciens make the world less wonderful. this is amazing!

  • @ziazaidi3
    @ziazaidi3 10 лет назад +32

    why is no one commenting on 0:50?

    • @Tjousk
      @Tjousk 10 лет назад +14

      You just did...

    • @sena167
      @sena167 10 лет назад +1

      yeah, i mean wtf...

    • @thecuriousengineer
      @thecuriousengineer 10 лет назад

      Zia Zaidi tjousk I did. 4th comment. ;)

    • @Tjousk
      @Tjousk 10 лет назад

      hadn't quite read that far down yet (:

    • @OverlordZephyros
      @OverlordZephyros 10 лет назад +5

      I though for a moment my headphones broke lol

  • @ninjacrafter2215
    @ninjacrafter2215 Год назад +1

    “As researchers have confirmed by shining lasers into people’s eyes” is an extremely concerning sentence out of context

  • @Rockario
    @Rockario 10 лет назад

    That bit about 'suture lines' in our eyes has answered a question I've been asking since I was a kid. I notice the diffraction particularly well with car headlight, and the large yard-lights that are used on farms.

  • @TheVideoGameTriangle
    @TheVideoGameTriangle 10 лет назад +28

    What about the atmosphere? I thought that the atmospheric interference caused the stars to distort

    • @AruhiTheGreat
      @AruhiTheGreat 10 лет назад

      The same effect happens just looking at a light

    • @spoonikle
      @spoonikle 10 лет назад +40

      distort, not diffract.

    • @topherschultz
      @topherschultz 10 лет назад +14

      You are referring to 'astronomical seeing', the blurring and twinkling of stars as seen from the surface of the Earth, caused by the mixing of the air above refracting the light over time. Long exposures of stars from cameras on the ground need 'adaptive optics' to remove our friendly atmospheric distortion. Henry's topic of star optics is just one of the many factors that change the way stars truly look, and all of them are super intriguing! Science kicks ass. Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground!

    • @TheVideoGameTriangle
      @TheVideoGameTriangle 10 лет назад +7

      Woops, I remember now. I suppose the atmosphere just makes the stars twinkle, i always figured it diffracted the light too. thank you for clarifying!

    • @Nothinglastsforever
      @Nothinglastsforever 10 лет назад +1

      spoonikle Refract, not distort.

  • @beatrix1120
    @beatrix1120 10 лет назад +7

    Why are there so many flame wars in the comments? Seriously haven't people learnt that the internet isn't a good place to discuss: religion, political and ethical views? Especially when it has nothing to do with the video.

  • @AboboKing
    @AboboKing 10 лет назад +9

    Next you're going to tell me that hearts aren't, well, heart shaped.

    • @bananishmeal
      @bananishmeal 10 лет назад +5

      They are, vaguely.

    • @creditsunknown7974
      @creditsunknown7974 6 лет назад

      It actally said that Leonardo sawed a leef (or a butt) que and maked a drawing of it
      Qnd the chuch was like: i'm keeping this

  • @rattttooooo
    @rattttooooo 5 лет назад

    I love learning about physics because it helps so much with painting and art in general. Many people dont realize it but its absolutely vital to learn some basic concepts of physics to be able to make astonishing art.

  • @marcopartl9488
    @marcopartl9488 7 лет назад +1

    Please make more videos! They are the best on the internet!

  • @MyouKyuubi
    @MyouKyuubi 10 лет назад +16

    Stars are round.
    So technically, spheres = starshape.

    • @MagpieEpicdude
      @MagpieEpicdude 10 лет назад +7

      Stars aren't perfect spheres but so close the most spherical thing (a silicon sphere created by the EU to measure how much a KG is) is the only thing more spherical.

    • @MyouKyuubi
      @MyouKyuubi 10 лет назад +3

      xXxXComputrisedCupcakesXxXx Since when did i say perfect sphere?
      Since when did i ask you what the most spherical object is?
      Since when, did i care?

    • @funky3ddy
      @funky3ddy 10 лет назад +2

      Madao
      Since you crossed over into.. The Twilight Zone.

    • @MyouKyuubi
      @MyouKyuubi 10 лет назад

      funky3ddy xD

    • @MagpieEpicdude
      @MagpieEpicdude 10 лет назад

      *Throws Neutron ball at funky* No one talks of twilight NO ONE EVER.

  • @DavidB0000
    @DavidB0000 9 лет назад +6

    From my balcony sometimes I see a star that looks like it's blinking between green and red? why is that?

    • @MrPicklepod
      @MrPicklepod 9 лет назад +18

      David Batista That's a plane

    • @DavidB0000
      @DavidB0000 9 лет назад

      +MrPicklepod lol no, it stands there, perfectly still, all night, in the same spot every night

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 9 лет назад +25

      +David Batista Traffic light.

    • @naurunappula1
      @naurunappula1 9 лет назад

      +David Batista Satellite

    • @Chebab-Chebab
      @Chebab-Chebab 9 лет назад

      dodekeract Kek?

  • @mkwoutrage
    @mkwoutrage 10 лет назад +18

    This video has 2.5k like right now, how is this possible when there are only like 4 people on earth? im calling bots right now smh

  • @JonMascar
    @JonMascar 10 лет назад +2

    I really like the music and art style to this video. Keep up the good work Henry.

  • @Hoxeel
    @Hoxeel 10 лет назад

    Your voice is AWESOME.
    Watchin' your vids since... I think "there is no pink light", but I never noticed the awesomeness of your voice before. Keep up the good work!

  • @hweatspecs
    @hweatspecs 10 лет назад +5

    "that researches found by shining lasers in peoples' eyes" I always get in trouble when I try to be a researcher ._.

  • @haz6908
    @haz6908 5 лет назад +9

    Waaaaait. did he just say *It's actually surprisingly simple?*
    Where did i hear that?
    Umm..
    Oh now i remember!
    The video i just watched!
    I got someone's identity.. That's where he gets his contraptions!
    *Hoo-rray!*

    • @spec___
      @spec___ 5 лет назад

      it took me a while

    • @jeanpyr7036
      @jeanpyr7036 5 лет назад

      Was looking for this comment X)

    • @meta04
      @meta04 4 года назад

      Yay, you get 999.999.990 points!

  • @MightySuki
    @MightySuki 10 лет назад +4

    so everyone sees stars little differently :) COOL

  • @elizabethdarons1387
    @elizabethdarons1387 9 лет назад +23

    "As researches have figured out by shining lasers in peoples eyes." All so casual like yeah, sure, that won't burn the retina. XD

    • @XiaoYueMao
      @XiaoYueMao 8 лет назад +3

      +Elizabeth Darons Laser Eye Surgery? Sometimes Burning The Retina HELPS The Eye

    • @MisterTalkingMachine
      @MisterTalkingMachine 8 лет назад +1

      +Elizabeth Darons Perhaps it was a very low intensity laser.

    • @Blade.5786
      @Blade.5786 6 лет назад

      "Researchers"...

  • @TheMattHorton
    @TheMattHorton 10 лет назад

    Again (as always), I read the title and think "Oh, I know this, but I'll watch it anyway..." and then learn something new and awesome. Thanks for teaching me something every damn time. Cheers.

  • @maddikay5957
    @maddikay5957 10 лет назад +3

    Heart attack at 0:51

  • @felixbabuf5726
    @felixbabuf5726 10 лет назад +8

    For all of you saying that science is an atheist practice and thus isn't true, it's not. Science is a secular practice, meaning that religion is, at least ostensibly, not involved in it. Not all scientists are atheists (in fact, quite a number of them practice some form of religion, myself included).

  • @xiocron
    @xiocron 10 лет назад +8

    Why do you talk in staccato.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 10 лет назад +4

      Because it makes his diction clearer than if he spoke in legato, I assume.

    • @bleachcool1465
      @bleachcool1465 10 лет назад +4

      Because music is the best language in the world

    • @chrisgraham6031
      @chrisgraham6031 10 лет назад +1

      It's because there are actually a lot of cuts in his videos, with a new take happening with nearly every sentence if you look at some of his behind the scenes videos.

    • @heireau_
      @heireau_ 10 лет назад +1

      Nillie why not potahto

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 10 лет назад +1

      Heireau Melons In musical terms, _legato_ is the opposite of _staccato_.

  • @hoarfyt
    @hoarfyt 10 лет назад

    glad to see you are posting more frequently now, thank you

  • @TeraV
    @TeraV Год назад +1

    "As researchers have confirmed by shining lasers in people's eyes"
    dam physics can be brutal sometimes

  • @renren4236
    @renren4236 5 лет назад +5

    I can still just draw different shape of stars---------------just claimed that they are watched from different people

  • @Mountainair2975
    @Mountainair2975 8 лет назад +4

    stars were simple creatures before i watch this video

  • @evnwood
    @evnwood 10 лет назад +3

    0:49 that noise/voice in the background is really creepy

  • @Emberrs
    @Emberrs 10 лет назад +2

    2:32 wouldn't a give person be able to see 2 variations, since they have 2 eyes hence draw 2 star variations ?

  • @JimiDunlop
    @JimiDunlop 10 лет назад +1

    Excellent Video! One of the best definitely.
    Very Interessting case, good questions/narrative, and clear explanation.
    Thank you!

  • @story46
    @story46 10 лет назад +227

    Hey, person reading this, I hope you realize just how much I love you.

    • @cadkls
      @cadkls 10 лет назад +25

      Aww, thanks!

    • @story46
      @story46 10 лет назад +11

      ***** You are more than welcome, internet type lovely person :)

    • @cadkls
      @cadkls 10 лет назад +6

      bcuzfaqudatzy Oh u...

    • @story46
      @story46 10 лет назад +7

      ***** Duuuuuude NICE work on the word ''oasitic''. Not gonna lie I had to drop the Google bomb on that but I don't feel too bad because even spell check was like WUUUUT? Must be nice being smarter that my computer haha :D Now unfortunately RUclips doesn't provide me with a two thumbs up button :( So I had to settle for one, but we both know better :) Cool name, cool picture, cool word I shall take it with me. Hope you are havin' a good'n XD

    • @z0quetee
      @z0quetee 10 лет назад +3

      love you too baby ;3

  • @SoullessGingerFreak
    @SoullessGingerFreak 10 лет назад +5

    *******

    • @mwu365
      @mwu365 10 лет назад

      Ba dum tss!

  • @michaelmeissner3876
    @michaelmeissner3876 9 лет назад +11

    Why did you color them in with such scientifically inaccurate rainbows?!?

    • @BaeYeou
      @BaeYeou 9 лет назад +5

      Supernumary hue.

    • @littlefoxfanpresents2377
      @littlefoxfanpresents2377 9 лет назад +10

      Roses are red
      Some other roses are orange and shit
      The rest of the flowers are colors
      The end

    • @Buklen
      @Buklen 9 лет назад

      +Michael Meissner is that because there was purple in the middle, and rainbows don't technically have the color purple? maybe he was drawing the perceived purple from the red of the rainbow within the bigger rainbow.

    • @jade43296
      @jade43296 8 лет назад

      +LittleFoxFan Presents
      Roses are an assortment of colours.
      Violets are violet
      I fucking hate this rhyme.

  • @MISSDavina108
    @MISSDavina108 10 лет назад

    Loving the background music in this video, so laidback

  • @thesimstwice8891
    @thesimstwice8891 10 месяцев назад

    “every single eye on earth will see a slightly different starlike smear depending on the exact nature of the suture lines” so scientific yet so philosophical….. i love it here

  • @MagisterJake
    @MagisterJake 10 лет назад +4

    Scientists shined lasers on people's eyes? Isn't that dangerous?

    • @ShiroKage009
      @ShiroKage009 10 лет назад

      Depends on where and ho you shine them as well as, obviously, the intensity of said lasers.

    • @DontGiveUp_Skeleton
      @DontGiveUp_Skeleton 10 лет назад

      They perform eye surgery with lasers. The lasers are used to deconstruct or reshape irregularities in the eye.

    • @erelde_
      @erelde_ 10 лет назад

      Breadfan AND IT'S AWESOME, at least for me it was. FREEDOM.

    • @gorgolyt
      @gorgolyt 10 лет назад

      You should write them a letter warning them. I'm sure the professional scientists will highly appreciate the wisdom of a random kid on RUclips in their own field.

  • @doodelay
    @doodelay 10 лет назад +433

    So god didn't make them that way,it's just laws of nature?

    • @mrturtleguy23
      @mrturtleguy23 10 лет назад +385

      If we're being totally correct, god didn't make anything at all, ever. I'm sorry, but if you're asking a question looking for the truth, I'm going to give it to you.

    • @Sontraid
      @Sontraid 10 лет назад +214

      mrturtleguy23 If we're being totally correct, we don't know for sure whether god exist or not. So why not leaving people in their believes?

    • @LifeOfASmiley
      @LifeOfASmiley 10 лет назад +59

      Sontraid This is like saying, "We can say for certain whether dragons exist or that we made them up, like god, so they may exist and people may have killed dragons in the past. There are books that claim that knights killed dragons."

    • @videogyar2
      @videogyar2 10 лет назад +93

      Sontraid We dont know if God exist or not, but we do know the Bible is a fairy tail.

    • @kyon5867
      @kyon5867 10 лет назад +61

      Sontraid Same reason you don't let children believe in Santa forever. It's cruel.
      Not that I ever believed in Santa in the first place though.

  • @DanielLCarrier
    @DanielLCarrier 10 лет назад +30

    "We know stars are actually big round balls of plasma"
    Shows a false color image of a star that makes the surface look way more splotchy than it should, and completely the wrong color.

    • @ViolettaSachra
      @ViolettaSachra 10 лет назад +95

      Oh no, this totally ruins the video! And in no way can we see in a false-color-picture, that makes the star seem more splotchy, and false-colored, mind you, that it is big, and round! /sarcasm

    • @eyesofphysics97
      @eyesofphysics97 10 лет назад +56

      False color image is there because the real color would be mostly white with hints of white. It is hard to see the structure of the sun with all of it's solar flares and plasma gymnastics by just looking at the sun the same way that we do. Go ahead and try, look at the sun and see if you can see those things. I bet you cant. (It's harmful, so please don't, actually). If you want an accurate picture of the sun, based on what we would see at that magnification, take a piece of printer paper and look at it. That is all you could be able to make out. Also, the surface is that splotchy. That is reality, if you could dim the sun enough. And again, the color is so that you can distinguish the quirks of the surface of the sun, and not just see white on white.

    • @UristMcTubedwarf
      @UristMcTubedwarf 10 лет назад +45

      its still a picture of a big round ball of plasma so no problems there.

    • @666Tomato666
      @666Tomato666 10 лет назад +13

      I don't think it is a false colour image, dimmed by few orders of magnitude, sure, but Sun does look exactly like that on movies from SOHO and STEREO

    • @Binerexis
      @Binerexis 10 лет назад +10

      The colour really isn't important.

  • @BillySugger1965
    @BillySugger1965 10 лет назад

    Fascinating! I've always seen stars as points, not star-shapes, and at last I know why. My recessive eye (not the one I look through things with) has a small star-shaped image in Henry's image at 0:30, but my dominant eye (the one I favour), has such a small diffraction pattern as to be almost imperceptible. So now I know - I have one very good eye!

  • @MrBrightlight66
    @MrBrightlight66 8 лет назад

    What a great explanation. Only one thing to add. There is a better chance of seeing stars as "star" shaped as vision deteriorates and the image on the retina is slightly out of focus. The effect is greatly enhanced

  • @PRIC3LESSMPB
    @PRIC3LESSMPB 10 лет назад +5

    Wtf... 0:50

    • @Blade.5786
      @Blade.5786 6 лет назад

      Can someone please explain this?

  • @John_NYT
    @John_NYT 10 лет назад +134

    This is wrong. My priest told me that's just how god made the stars 10,000 years ago, and we were made to see them that way.

    • @Nerdthagoras
      @Nerdthagoras 10 лет назад +91

      well now we know where all Eliza's crack has gone.

    • @Animuldok
      @Animuldok 10 лет назад +136

      Obvious troll or delusional idiot.
      Either way, a significant underachiever.
      Please try harder.

    • @John_NYT
      @John_NYT 10 лет назад +72

      Animuldok Wait, if I'm an obvious troll, then why did you put "or delusional idiot"? Maybe it's not so obvious.

    • @buddatobi
      @buddatobi 10 лет назад +11

      I agree with Animuldok. but I have a question. Why do you troll nigel? Is it fun?

    • @Nerdthagoras
      @Nerdthagoras 10 лет назад +28

      Makes more sense like this.
      "Obvious, (troll or delusional idiot).
      Either way, a significant underachiever.
      Please try harder."

  • @VprojectpkzV
    @VprojectpkzV 10 лет назад +28

    god is truly amazing

    • @Leebabins
      @Leebabins 10 лет назад +24

      Lol.

    • @AznFoxBoi
      @AznFoxBoi 10 лет назад +20

      lul

    • @story46
      @story46 10 лет назад +39

      Isn't she?!

    • @playnow254
      @playnow254 10 лет назад +5

      bcuzfaqudatzy Good sir, you have invoked the terrifying power of the woman. Remember, women are always right. Run.

    • @story46
      @story46 10 лет назад

      playnow254 They're too fast to run from!! We need to make peace with them before it's too late!! The revolution is upon us.. My girlfriend, in failing to read my mind, has resorted to asking me what I'm thinking about every 5 fucking seconds.. Something is up I can feel it.. I'm.. I'm scared..

  • @DaScribbler
    @DaScribbler 10 лет назад

    Holy shit THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHAREING SLUGBOOKS WITH US
    . This is the thing I've needed since I started college

  • @Akakevin110
    @Akakevin110 10 лет назад

    Please never stop making videos beautiful work.

  • @arca5200
    @arca5200 10 лет назад +34

    Light is not just a wave

    • @nickeshchauhan5661
      @nickeshchauhan5661 10 лет назад +48

      It is, when you study at the quantum mechanical level, since you can't measure the exact time something arrives if you're certain of its energy, and vice versa. We just use the photon representation because it's easier to work with on the macroscopic level.

    • @spudzee111
      @spudzee111 10 лет назад +2

      it this particular circumstance it has** to be represented as a wave

    • @playnow254
      @playnow254 10 лет назад +5

      It's both a wave and a particle. Waves don't have momentum (light does, go look), but particles don't act the way light does in this video, with the whole hole thing.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 10 лет назад

      playnow254 If light is a wave and waves don't have momentum, light having momentum is a contradiction ;) One of those statements has to go and I'd vote for "waves don't have momentum" since light is the obvious counterexample. Light _is_ a wave and light _is_ a particle which is why ***** basically attacked a strawman.

    • @playnow254
      @playnow254 10 лет назад +1

      Penny Lane Okay, how about, waves that don't move through matter aren't affected by gravity.

  • @DefNotMilk
    @DefNotMilk 8 лет назад +10

    Yay my stars can be gay like me

  • @MAGNETO-i1i
    @MAGNETO-i1i 10 лет назад +41

    Why do people believe there is no God when they can't logically prove it? Isn't that faith?

    • @nemahs
      @nemahs 10 лет назад +2

      Because we dont, and the gods that we do claim don't exist have a liklier explaination for their origins

    • @CaiusTheShadow
      @CaiusTheShadow 10 лет назад +42

      Faith has nothing to do with a lack of belief. To be clear I am not trying to be rude so bear with me. First of all; you seem to be confused on what faith means. This is very easily remedied by looking in a dictionary or google. Put in the simplest terms, faith means to believe in something for no good reason. The key word there is believe. Since disbelief is the antonym of belief it by definition cannot be faith. Like wise if I where to say "Why do people disbelieve there is no God when they logically can't prove it? Isn't that Atheism?" I would essentially would be making the same mistake as you. Also you need to understand the concept of burden of proof. Basically it is the responsibility of the person making the positive claim to prove there point. This is because if we accept that the person making the negative claim must accept the burden then you end up in a situation where the conversation cannot progress. Let's say you don't believe something's real, could be anything at all really. Now ask yourself why you don't believe it. The likely answer is that you have never seen evidence or had reason to believe it to be true. Now I come up to you and try to tell you that said thing is real. When you ask me to show evidence I then say that you should tell me why you don't believe and that if you can't logically prove that there is no way it is real then I must be right and you must be wrong. But if you have simply never seen said thing and it turned out to be real then it's likely that if you just seen the evidence you would start believing it to be real. This is why the burden of proof is on the positive claim. If it is true it is possible to prove, but if it's untrue it is nearly impossible to disprove. Again not trying to be rude or insulting to you or your beliefs. I genuinely just want help the best I can.
      So the TL:DR version. No.

    • @jimmyhashat
      @jimmyhashat 10 лет назад +52

      heres why: If right now all of the science and religion vanished, slowly, over time mankind will recover all of science.
      religion as we know it however, is gone forever. no one will rediscover christianity. people will make new imaginary gods to explain what science hasnt yet answered.

    • @LutherusPXCs
      @LutherusPXCs 10 лет назад +34

      I cant logically prove that there are no Dragons, therefore I put god in that same category

    • @ADVscout
      @ADVscout 10 лет назад +21

      Why do people believe there *is a* God when they can't logically prove it?
      A void of specific logic will lead to people filling in the blanks with their beliefs.

  • @emilydu8933
    @emilydu8933 2 года назад +1

    im taking an intro to optics class at my university and one of our labs explored the FT patterns of laser beams! I noticed the patterns on the fourier plane looked suspiciously like stars and searched this video up! great video #welovesciencelol

  • @DaedricYankee
    @DaedricYankee 10 лет назад +1

    I thought the music for this one was really great! please keep posting videos, we all love to learn! :D

  • @mattresurreccion530
    @mattresurreccion530 8 лет назад

    Thank you soo much for the SlugBooks com link, Henry. You've given me an opportunity to save a ton of money for my future semesters. By the way, your videos are awesome.

  • @GuiiBrazil
    @GuiiBrazil 10 лет назад

    MinutePhysics, we need more frequent videos.
    Att,
    A big fan.

  • @MozartJunior22
    @MozartJunior22 10 лет назад +1

    Finally, this answered one of the questions I never had an answer to- why do these lines come out of street lights?

  • @TokrokK
    @TokrokK 10 лет назад

    Thanks for the longer/more in depth video!

  • @SkateZombie
    @SkateZombie 10 лет назад

    keep doing what you are doing please, this stuff is food for my soul.

  • @tempestokami3514
    @tempestokami3514 10 лет назад

    You guys and asap science are the best I've seen

  • @bathroomspider1992
    @bathroomspider1992 10 лет назад

    I saw this video 9 times more just to listen to that soothing background music. :')

  • @SciSchoolTomasOtero
    @SciSchoolTomasOtero 10 лет назад

    Great explanation to one of my questions when I was a kid. Awesome that every body see's the stars in different ways.

  • @IvyCheang
    @IvyCheang 10 лет назад

    I JUST thought about this the other day watching a program about the Hubble and James Webb. Thanks for saving me tons of Googling time.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 10 лет назад

    I came thinking "Oh I know this one already but it'll be entertaining nonetheless." I learned so fricking much!

  • @lukatolstov5598
    @lukatolstov5598 2 года назад +1

    Is possible to the relastic stars is a other fings on black background ( 0:13 ). (Maked foto about other fing with black background?)

  • @learnwiththomastoday4228
    @learnwiththomastoday4228 10 лет назад

    I can't believe more people don't watch minute physics. It really puts everything into perspective

  • @brianjames368
    @brianjames368 10 лет назад

    I've learned all this from Astronomy. One of the best classes I ever took.

  • @ballehossan
    @ballehossan 10 лет назад

    beautiful with the added music. Loved the video

  • @nDjification
    @nDjification 10 лет назад

    This video is awesome !! I've often noticed that both eyes gave each a different diffraction form but I couldn't figure why until now ! Thanks :)