Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Mercury in Retrograde

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

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  • @tjentertainmentstudio
    @tjentertainmentstudio 4 года назад +112

    Neil, you're an amazing instructor. Please don't ever die.

    • @teof99
      @teof99 3 года назад +15

      I second this petition.

    • @MrSuperaptor
      @MrSuperaptor 3 года назад +6

      Elon musk will reassure he won’t

    • @Eye.Am.Divine
      @Eye.Am.Divine 2 года назад +8

      Great sentiments! A lil morbid but, I 100% agree! 😆

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 года назад +1

      what did he explain exactly? he knows nothing about what mercury in retrograde means other than watching a telescope

    • @clydeoquendo7147
      @clydeoquendo7147 2 года назад

      Begins funding for the “Freeze Neil” project

  • @rlsd420gamechat
    @rlsd420gamechat 4 года назад +414

    instead of telling someone see you another day could we all start saying see you next rotation.

    • @atlantamore
      @atlantamore 4 года назад +1

      RLSD420 Gamechat too many syllables

    • @anubis63000jd
      @anubis63000jd 4 года назад +3

      @@atlantamore Lets say "tomorrow"
      Nah.. still too many syllables.

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 года назад +8

      Later Dude

    • @benl8962
      @benl8962 4 года назад +2

      I am def gonna do this xD. Sounds awesome

    • @addamriley5452
      @addamriley5452 4 года назад +3

      Why even bother talking... consciousness is a singularity. Everyone in the universe is the same person in a different shape arranged to pre set morphologies. Why not try learning to interface with your other selves, the way ETs do... ETs aren’t allowed to be public until we figure it out anyway 😏

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 4 года назад +34

    I love it when these guys get together! They take a seemingly complicated question and break it down into simple answers.

  • @michaelsaxton7966
    @michaelsaxton7966 4 года назад +161

    Dr. Tyson. Your choice of wall art is impeccable. Outstanding move.

    • @filthyprimary
      @filthyprimary 4 года назад +3

      Anyone know what the south american/native American art is?

    • @stacywalpole6826
      @stacywalpole6826 4 года назад

      @@filthyprimary I was wondering the same. Central American?

    • @vallerygroenewald4694
      @vallerygroenewald4694 4 года назад +5

      @@filthyprimary inuit.com/collections/vendors?q=Jane%20Kwatleematt%20Marston

    • @lilitheden748
      @lilitheden748 4 года назад

      Indeed it was the first thing I saw. I like the native art.

    • @cook1756
      @cook1756 4 года назад +9

      @@filthyprimary it's Coast Salish art, on the west coast of BC Canada, and extending down the coast into the states. It is one of a few bigger nations on the west coast. We are their neighbours, I am kwakwaka'wakw, a bit more northern from them, but still coastal.

  • @lekanswansons3646
    @lekanswansons3646 4 года назад +284

    My kids will watch old cartoons and Neild Degrasse Tyson every day growing up.

    • @novabova07
      @novabova07 4 года назад +6

      He'll be the next gen's Bill Nye

    • @ikitclaw7146
      @ikitclaw7146 4 года назад +10

      So your gonna to force what you like on your child rather than letting them develop their own tastes and discover the world their own way? some people shouldn't be aloud children.

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 года назад +48

      @@ikitclaw7146 If you're going to act superior to somebody, please learn the difference between aloud and allowed.

    • @hatezis
      @hatezis 4 года назад +21

      @@ikitclaw7146 he or she didnt Say that, only that he or she will show these to the kids. The forcing was your addition, and you made yourself angry. Pretty funny actually 😉

    • @markstewart8171
      @markstewart8171 4 года назад +10

      @@ikitclaw7146 Some people shouldn't be allowed to think. Jab jab.

  • @thebassrogue
    @thebassrogue 4 года назад +30

    I love how this channel teaches science in a light-hearted and spirituous manner... So that dumdums like me can be interested and understand

  • @aaronseet2738
    @aaronseet2738 4 года назад +167

    "It is human to err. It is more human to blame it on others." ~ carving on random coffee shop table

    • @toastytoast9800
      @toastytoast9800 4 года назад +2

      Lucky, all i get is gum on the underside of the table

    • @tach5884
      @tach5884 4 года назад +4

      That sounds Mark Twain Adjacent.

    • @ilarious5729
      @ilarious5729 4 года назад +5

      I have errare humanum est tattoo, hmm to be continued I see

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 года назад +1

      @@reallymysterious4393 Technically humans are horrible and narcissistic by nature (in the view of someone with a sense of right and wrong). All in the name of survival of the fittest and the species. Though society has come to a point where that behavior isn't necessary, and is frowned upon by others. Some people are just born with old genes I guess.

    • @whoshotdk
      @whoshotdk 4 года назад

      Yes, you spelled "error" wrong.
      ;-)

  • @hatezis
    @hatezis 4 года назад +50

    science + wisdom + humor = StarTalk

  • @_Jude-St.-Francis_
    @_Jude-St.-Francis_ 4 года назад +40

    These talks keep me up all night!
    Wondering,
    Dreaming,
    Imagining.

  • @jerroncrowder6261
    @jerroncrowder6261 4 года назад +31

    That train analogy was quite genius and informative. Neil thank you sir

  • @michaelfraley3841
    @michaelfraley3841 4 года назад +112

    When he explained where the name planet came from , my mind just exploded.

    • @rravitejamavr6650
      @rravitejamavr6650 4 года назад +4

      That's why he always say we are the decedents of Astronomers.

    • @Surmoka
      @Surmoka 4 года назад +8

      Why? About half of English vocabulary comes from Latin (Roman) or Greek.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 года назад +2

      @@Surmoka Some of it is a mixture of both. Words like television, and automobile, have half their word as Latin and half their word as Greek.

    • @aaronseet2738
      @aaronseet2738 3 года назад +1

      πλάνης

    • @pedroakjr2371
      @pedroakjr2371 3 года назад +3

      literally tho?

  • @Geez01
    @Geez01 4 года назад +14

    Watch this 3 times to be sure I didn't miss anything. I can listen to Mr Tyson all day.

  • @quahntasy
    @quahntasy 4 года назад +55

    *These guys are at it again*
    Love these talks. Keep em coming please.

  • @enricocurcio1610
    @enricocurcio1610 4 года назад +80

    Neil: It was 7 planets and lost 2 so now it's 6
    me: What... well he might be right, and in the end... HE WAS, i love u man.

    • @Hibiki_vtuber
      @Hibiki_vtuber 4 года назад +5

      You do not question the astrophysicist's maths lol

    • @Hibiki_vtuber
      @Hibiki_vtuber 4 года назад +7

      @worldmadebyphysics1 yeah, we got that

    • @faisalbantog4704
      @faisalbantog4704 4 года назад

      And he added the earth so it's 6

    • @ViratKohli-jj3wj
      @ViratKohli-jj3wj 4 года назад +1

      @worldmadebyphysics1 thank you mr obvious

    • @broomemike1
      @broomemike1 4 года назад +1

      @@ViratKohli-jj3wj He's just correcting an inaccuracy... That's part of the point of this story. If no one checks the "facts" then we will just believe in heavy objects falling faster, lol.

  • @anthonypawelek6298
    @anthonypawelek6298 4 года назад +175

    Ok I understand what you're saying but my question is when Mercury is in retrograde how much toilet paper and paper towel do I need to buy?

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 года назад +13

      Your bowels will be in retrograde

    • @nkm901
      @nkm901 4 года назад +4

      He said CV didnt happen when mercury was in retrograde but that actually makes CV look like a planned event because it happened right after Merc Retro ended. That wouldn't mean much but when the merc retro in Dec 2019 ended Nancy Pelosi did her Trump impeachment fiasco and when the one in Aug 2019 ended the El Paso Wal-Mart shooting happened. I know us humans are wired to try and find patterns in everything but if a serious event happens during the week after the end of this current retrograde (which ends July 11th) then it has to be more than just a coincidence.

    • @ARandomInternetUser08
      @ARandomInternetUser08 4 года назад +1

      @@nkm901 but we have to admit, some things just do clearly come together sometimes.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 года назад

      All of it (everything) you will NEED!

    • @sondrajean955
      @sondrajean955 4 года назад

      😆😆😆

  • @felipedumar7796
    @felipedumar7796 4 года назад +84

    Neil: speaks
    Chuck: oh oh

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 4 года назад +5

      Also works the other way around. Neil always "forgets to add one more thing" especially when Chuck is already talking lol

  • @JeanVermeersch
    @JeanVermeersch 4 года назад +68

    I love how Chuck is always faking super well the surprise when Neil is explaining to him for the 15th time that wanderer in ancient greek is said "Planetes" 👍🏻😁

    • @kiznkel
      @kiznkel Год назад +1

      Go back even further …. Africa ,Egypt the moors

  • @benjaminbrewer2569
    @benjaminbrewer2569 4 года назад +27

    I’m going to write a sci-fi novel where there are astrologers on the outer planets who discuss the psychological effects of earth in retrograde.

  • @rebecatimoteojb
    @rebecatimoteojb 4 года назад +61

    NEILL YOU'RE SO FUNNY I LOVE ASTROPHYSICS BECAUSE OF YOU

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar 4 года назад +35

    Interestingly, it was Aristotle who had the idea of the scientific method. He had the idea of going by the facts, formulating hypotheses, and testing them through logic against the facts and continuing the cycle. He also had the idea of finding principles of operation, i.e. essentials. That is, the idea of "without which not," which means what particular things give rise to this thing. John Herman Randall wrote a book titled "Aristotle," that describes this, published circa 1960.
    Aristotle also talked about testing ideas out against reality. I don't know how that squares with his ideas on physics. It is true that if you drop a feather it will fall more slowly than a rock, so perhaps air resistance was what made it difficult to figure out.

    • @November8888
      @November8888 4 года назад +1

      Well mentioned.
      Epic book too. Must read Nicomachean ethics

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 4 года назад

      exactly.
      Pre-discovery of what 'air' was...we have to start somewhere surely.
      This confuses many of Newton's equations which take place in hypothetical non-earth places.
      He also though force was equal to mass*speed because to know it need acceleration: well first you need to know that with friction/air resistance an acceleration is applied for a NET constant speed, and secondly to apply mathetmatics and understanding of dimensions and calculus to the assumption of 'no instantaneous action'.
      But in a vaccuum an object can move at the speed it started out as with no additional force.
      If it were speed then a force would seem to immediately act- reverse the equation, there must be time taken for the force to be applied. an extra dimension.

    • @daieast6305
      @daieast6305 4 года назад

      there probably have been many persons to have thought all of that and more as every step you take is on sacred ground

    • @معراج-ل4ب
      @معراج-ل4ب 2 года назад

      Nah let neil deGrasse Tyson tell u that only people in the last 400 years thought of that 😂

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 года назад

      dude you totally blew your comment. go write a book about nothing

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe 4 года назад +54

    Wooohoooo....became a Patreon yesterday! Happy days! Lunch is on me fellas! 🍕🍻

    • @nicholaslynn2944
      @nicholaslynn2944 4 года назад +1

      Grats.

    • @gtbkts
      @gtbkts 4 года назад +1

      Nice

    • @TheBlueprintsOrlando
      @TheBlueprintsOrlando 4 года назад +1

      Woohoo indeed!

    • @thomasthompson5613
      @thomasthompson5613 4 года назад +1

      I mean... I can send you my Venmo...
      I could use lunch.

    • @smitabhandari9327
      @smitabhandari9327 4 года назад

      Congrats bro
      Can you ask them a question from me bro pls
      Is the universe flat or is it in layers and what is outside the universe?

  • @everblu
    @everblu 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for editing out and muting some of Chuck’s mid-thought interruptions. I was able to flow Neil’s points much easier. I don’t know whose call it was, but thank you.

  • @creativename6767
    @creativename6767 4 года назад +45

    When you’re so early you comment before the video ends
    “When you’re faster than light the only thing you can see is darkness”

    • @malfi8867
      @malfi8867 4 года назад +1

      What...? So, if I’m late, I can’t comment until the video ends?

    • @jonathanaragones6888
      @jonathanaragones6888 4 года назад

      One part of Law of limitation.

    • @dierandomdie
      @dierandomdie 4 года назад

      I'm 10 hours late and commenting before the video ends. Science!

    • @firstlast-fr1le
      @firstlast-fr1le 4 года назад

      @@dierandomdie Witchcraft.

  • @mokgethwamosoma382
    @mokgethwamosoma382 4 года назад +21

    love this channel SOUTH AFRICA

  • @knifetoucher
    @knifetoucher 4 года назад +125

    "Unimpeachably smart" I see what you did there!

  • @sirinorthpaw3993
    @sirinorthpaw3993 4 года назад +41

    Thank you for making me feel insignificant and that I cause all my problems...
    No but seriously this was super interesting. And inspiring

  • @stelioscharalambides8194
    @stelioscharalambides8194 4 года назад +26

    To the one dislike the video has while I'm watching: I don't know who you are. I don't know why you watched. I know you believe in astrology and I'm sorry you got upset about the video. I'm also sorry you believe in astrology. Humans are better than that

    • @rdspam
      @rdspam 9 месяцев назад +1

      I’m sorry you get annoyed by how some stranger feels. Interesting that you think you know what they believe in though. I’m sorry that you believe in ESP.

    • @SatanSplainer
      @SatanSplainer 9 месяцев назад +2

      Damn bro. You made me cry

  • @peerlessportraits
    @peerlessportraits 4 года назад +2

    Look at the backgrounds behind these two. It's perfect for how they present themselves on the show. Neil's monochromatic background suggests a life driven by study, while Chuck's vibrant background suggests improvisational methods. These two compliment each other so equally.

    • @mk1st
      @mk1st 4 года назад

      I like Neil's retro "hoop" phone on the shelf behind him. A cheesy 70 sci-fi movie prop.

    • @BrandonWilliams-ez1ng
      @BrandonWilliams-ez1ng Год назад

      Those coast Salish paintings are sweet!! Swan and salmon

  • @abbaskabir333
    @abbaskabir333 4 года назад +17

    Hello Dr. Tyson,
    I love to watch your videos and learn about astrophysics. I am a PhD student in pharmacology in NYC. I had a few questions about the solar system and would love to hear from you.
    1) Does the sun revolve and have an orbit or is it 100% stationary and is just floating in space?
    2) How can we tell whether its Earth that’s revolving around the sun or the sun revolving around Earth?
    3) Can you discuss the proof of solar-centricity of the solar system or dis-prove the geo-centricity of it?
    Many thanks. Would love to hear from you.
    Thank you for all the knowledge you share.
    -Abbas

    • @creativename6767
      @creativename6767 4 года назад +8

      Flat Earther?

    • @thesars101
      @thesars101 4 года назад

      The scariest thing is we are moving around the sun. But i think we are moving away from it.

    • @Digger513
      @Digger513 4 года назад +6

      Hello Abbas, to answer your first question, the sun does move... EVERYTHING in the universe moves. The sun has an axis it rotates on, so in a way it has its own "days"... although with it's composition different parts of its surface rotate faster than others. And the sun orbits the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Our solar system, the planets, asteroids and moons are all being dragged along by the Sun (properly called Sol) at a velocity of about 828,000 kph. But at the distance from the center of the Milky Way that we orbit, it takes a few hundred million years for Sol to do one orbit. So if you measure Sol's age by how many times it has completed orbits of the Milky Way, our solar system is only 16 years old 😉 4.5 billion Earth years (age of our solar system) divided by 280 million Earth years (time it takes Sol to orbit).

    • @rahulchahal5360
      @rahulchahal5360 4 года назад +2

      Are you serious?

    • @Bruno-xc3du
      @Bruno-xc3du 4 года назад +6

      The Sun orbits the Black hole in the center of our galaxy.
      To the other stuff: We had no direct view of Earth until the dawn of the Space Age. Finding physical evidence that our planet revolves around the Sun took some clever thinking to prove that this heliocentric model of our solar system represents reality.
      The idea is ancient. Around 230 b.c., the Greek philosopher Aristarchus suggested that this was the case. He was an outstanding observer and based this idea on careful observations. Still, without direct proof that Earth moves, Aristotle’s Earth-centered universe remained the dominant model for centuries.
      In 1610, Galileo turned his new telescope toward Venus. To his amazement, he saw the planet pass through phases just like the Moon. Galileo correctly surmised that this could happen only if Venus had an orbit closer to the Sun than Earth’s orbit.
      With improved telescopes, astronomers started looking for another proof of Earth’s motion around the Sun, stellar parallax. Earth’s orbit is huge - some 186 million miles (300,000 kilometers) in diameter. If an astronomer measures the position of a nearby star, and then measures it again six months later, the star’s apparent position against the background of more distant stars should shift a tiny amount.
      Observing this would prove that Earth in fact is not stationary. It wasn’t until 1838 that an astronomer finally detected this shift. That year, German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel successfully measured the parallax of the star 61 Cygni.
      And there’s yet another proof. Imagine standing still with rain coming straight down. To stay dry, you just hold your umbrella directly over your head. As you begin to walk, however, you need to tilt the umbrella “into” the rain, even though the rain is coming straight down. The faster you walk, the greater the tilt needs to be.
      As Earth orbits the Sun, we can detect a “tilt” of incoming starlight. English astronomer James Bradley discovered this phenomenon in 1725 by accident - while he was searching for stellar parallax! This aberration of starlight, as it is called, is a result of light having a finite speed and Earth’s motion around the Sun.

  • @williesmith9832
    @williesmith9832 4 года назад

    Jesus... this was just a BEAUTIFUL episode! I look forward to watching new episodes everyday but, this one was fire!!!

  • @suefalls1600
    @suefalls1600 4 года назад +8

    We need you more now than ever! Thank you!!!!

  • @shubhamkalikar5141
    @shubhamkalikar5141 4 года назад +2

    Idk why I come here everyday.... And listen everything this man says....

  • @PSBosses
    @PSBosses 4 года назад +22

    I would love to see Neil`s reaction when he find himself in another dimension when he passes away...

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 года назад +11

      probably become a TV physicist in that dimension. Fill the void they have.

    • @kodomotachi1
      @kodomotachi1 3 года назад

      He'd probably start studying and analysing the reality around him. Questioning, testing, and thoroughly loving the process of knowing.

  • @carlatteniese2
    @carlatteniese2 Год назад +1

    Great explainer! I loved this one, especially in your explaining the vault of the stars and planets; I read about this when I was a kid (always read about space--and still do), but weaving astrology in there was great.

  • @thelyrebird1310
    @thelyrebird1310 4 года назад +50

    I would love to know how Neil would rename the astrological terms and vocabulary if we never those original incorrect concepts of space and the solar system.

    • @christophero3869
      @christophero3869 4 года назад +4

      Instead of Mercury being in retrograde, you’d say Mercury is going vroom vroom.

    • @swarnimanand5179
      @swarnimanand5179 4 года назад +3

      @@christophero3869 no mercury is doing a back flip

    • @tka5383
      @tka5383 4 года назад

      We might have ended up naming the seven days after the seven dwarfs.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om 4 года назад +1

      I think you have it around the wrong way. The terms used in science/astronomy should be considered the proper term, and any astrology wants to use would be the ones needing a new name.

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 4 года назад +1

      usually we just stick the word "apparent..." before if anything is based on our view from earth. Apparent retrograde motion, apparent magnitude, etc.
      Although the edge of the universe is very much based on our view as observer but that's much further away.
      Not to mention quantum physics used "observer" and borrowed everyday language, whilst its not entirely analogous....just remember a 'science word' is usually borrowed from everyday words and yet holds a different specific, technical meaning.

  • @MeanaBeana391
    @MeanaBeana391 4 года назад

    Wow...your closing statements are outstanding! ...paraphrased: not abrogating your responsibility for YOUR behaviors !

  • @rjysraelsalinas6183
    @rjysraelsalinas6183 4 года назад +18

    Chuck's Ex when Chuck mentioned her: 🥺
    Chuck's Ex when NDT roasted her: 😳

  • @JJ-de9vf
    @JJ-de9vf 4 года назад +2

    Watching at 3:49 Am from Nairobi Kenya. 🙌❤️

  • @SeanKennardRN
    @SeanKennardRN 4 года назад +9

    "Unimpeachably smart" - my favorite new description of myself 🤓

  • @pityparty9955
    @pityparty9955 4 года назад +1

    His explanations are so, so clear.

  • @leatherface4133
    @leatherface4133 4 года назад +45

    Everything stops when Neil pops up 😂

    • @JessMirrkat
      @JessMirrkat 4 года назад +3

      I paused my audiobook as soon as I saw the notification

  • @RythmGkwd
    @RythmGkwd 4 года назад +1

    These videos make my day as bright as Chuck's pearly whites 😇

  • @ethandunn7026
    @ethandunn7026 3 года назад +13

    I actually had to explain this to my mother once. I knew how mercury moved, but not if it actually effected everything. I used the car analogy, so I was happy to hear the train analogy 😂
    But now I can tell her that her electronics just suck and mercury has nothing to do with it

  • @positivemanda
    @positivemanda 4 года назад +1

    I love your use of language and analogies.

  • @gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796
    @gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796 4 года назад +10

    So Dr Tyson has the ability to hear what the other person is saying and he can wait until the other has stopped talking to continue talking himself. Fascinating

    • @Crabnebula23
      @Crabnebula23 4 года назад +1

      Ya but we should just let GENIUSES talk as they like. He has to get it out verbally sometimes...like a mad scientist on a chalkboard. I'm sure his goal is to HELP us expand our minds with different backdrop views ; )

  • @jantomandl40
    @jantomandl40 4 года назад +2

    One of the best chemistry I have seen in a long time.

  • @pannadarao5583
    @pannadarao5583 4 года назад +7

    Dr.Tyson
    Master of science...the way he explain science is just awesome. You always blows my mind,every video I learn something new. Such a big inspiration to the science community.

    • @joeblow6100
      @joeblow6100 2 года назад

      he literally said nothing.

  • @Uathankicks
    @Uathankicks 4 года назад +5

    Couldn’t agree more with the “offloading of accountabilities”

  • @josephjeon804
    @josephjeon804 4 года назад +3

    The ad for this vid was literally neil's masterclass

    • @JustSomeCanuck
      @JustSomeCanuck 4 года назад

      Every video Neil puts up is a master class, even if it isn't a MasterClass.

  • @chaitanyapk8686
    @chaitanyapk8686 4 года назад +37

    Me: Listens to How Neil explains the retrograde phenomena and debunks how it has affected in my life and agree to everything he explains.
    Also Me: Checks out my horoscope right after this video to see if I can survive the Coronavirus Pandemic

    • @benl8962
      @benl8962 4 года назад +2

      But why do you do that? I'm really interested to hear your answer.
      You know it's fake but still check it, i find that very fascinating

    • @swarnimanand5179
      @swarnimanand5179 4 года назад +2

      @@benl8962 imo he is just scared

    • @michgingras
      @michgingras 4 года назад

      definitely not

  • @michellea9471
    @michellea9471 4 года назад +2

    ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE
    KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK MY FRIENDS !

  • @tluets
    @tluets 4 года назад +42

    Neil's eyes in redtrograde

  • @LMFAO0710
    @LMFAO0710 4 года назад +1

    I wanted to put my OPINION out there, Gravity is not a force pulling on objects. It is a FIELD that is constant, it persists thru matter and space. The more dense the matter is, the more it effects the field. So, with other objects that have less mass, they have a smaller effect on the field. So just like two water bubbles, one large and one small, as they come closer together the faster they attract. The masses have to move through the field and the larger one is more difficult to move because the interaction to the field is like an anchor and the anchor in is larger (Greater effect.) This seems to say that two items dropped at the same time would have DIFFERENT speed falling. Remember the force pulling the two objects is the Earth, and the difference between the Earth and the objects is so massive that there is no perceivable difference in the masses of the two objects. So the mass difference between the objects is irrelevant and might as well be equal. Again just my opinion.

    • @jonathanaragones6888
      @jonathanaragones6888 4 года назад

      Wow great analysis, Just to add Gravity can be defined as the result of two or more objects moving in relational pattern in the space that holds a time of its own. And that where we can measure the difference of attraction and sometimes defined as pulling and pushing. Inertia will be the force to discribe the difference. Just to ask, Will Inertia be defined in Gravity or by the object? Just for a thought, what will be the force if there is no Inertia?

  • @cyrielwollring4622
    @cyrielwollring4622 4 года назад +24

    Neil de Grasse Tyson is a Libra, Scales, that´s why his answers are balanced. ;-)

    • @aungthuhein007
      @aungthuhein007 4 года назад +4

      Exactly! And Chuck is a sagitarius. That's why they get along with each other so well

    • @GGora
      @GGora 4 года назад +1

      I'll analyse his chart next. Done Feynman already.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 года назад

      Libra is the only Zodiac constellation that doesn't live up to the root word behind the term zodiac that means animal. All the rest are either animals, humans (Aquarius & Gemini), or human/animal hybrid mythological figures (Sagittarius).

    • @johnzimmerman5892
      @johnzimmerman5892 3 года назад

      For the record, he thinks astrology is fluff.

  • @kennethvegas1
    @kennethvegas1 2 года назад

    Thanks

  • @caonabo2
    @caonabo2 4 года назад +14

    Thank you! Now I know what to tell my wyfe when she's yelling and gossiping me: Mamacita, you're in a retrograde state today, please get back to me when your orbit get prograde again!😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @VentDeux
      @VentDeux 4 года назад

      She gone file for divorce you dont stop being corny.

  • @zealest2011
    @zealest2011 4 года назад

    This is one of the best program online..👍

  • @MrLovolovo
    @MrLovolovo 3 года назад +5

    the pictures behind tyson not being perfectly parallel is driving me nuts...

    • @TheAngiepangie424
      @TheAngiepangie424 3 года назад

      Haha, I noticed that too!
      It’s due to the rotation of the Earth. 😁

  • @louspawn10
    @louspawn10 3 года назад

    You gotta love when you listen to Neil speak Greek, coming from a Greek fan!

  • @BlessinVarkey
    @BlessinVarkey 4 года назад +25

    Chuck, the difference is that he was ‘unimpeachably’ smart.

    • @markstewart8171
      @markstewart8171 4 года назад +2

      Trump is too.

    • @jasonwilcher4670
      @jasonwilcher4670 4 года назад +1

      @@markstewart8171 Woah, easy there buddy. Don't you know you aren't allowed to express conservative opinions online?

  • @ABetterWeapon
    @ABetterWeapon 4 года назад +1

    Love astronomy, hate astrology. Love Neil, like Chuck.
    Luck comes to those who are prepared. That is correct.

  • @raseenapa7916
    @raseenapa7916 4 года назад +16

    Me watching this from india in early morning....!! (മലയാളികൾ അടി like)

  • @vjr5261
    @vjr5261 4 года назад +1

    Yay!! A real explanation of retrograde. Thank you

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 года назад

      I always see Mars used as an example of apparent retrograde motion, and I thought that was something that only the outer planets do.

  • @adityashukla9197
    @adityashukla9197 4 года назад +4

    That "paper fortune thingy" is called "Tippi-tippi-top" in India 😂

  • @christinawooten5137
    @christinawooten5137 4 года назад

    Sooooo many delicious points here. Well said, gentlemen.

  • @photovi
    @photovi 4 года назад +6

    Can’t imagine a world without star talk 💭🤍🖤

  • @Jdowling357
    @Jdowling357 4 года назад +3

    I used to look up at Venus(in the infancy of my cosmic interest) doing its crazy retro disco in the sky and thought“yeah that has to be a ufo” . Immediate did some research and came across the retrograde phenomena . Excellent train analogy!

  • @atulkishan3752
    @atulkishan3752 4 года назад

    I was explaining tis to my little sister yesterday only... Thanks neil for putting it so beautifully and interestingly

  • @Astraeus..
    @Astraeus.. 4 года назад +9

    Neil, my guy, I always enjoy the explanations you give but sometimes the analogy should be where you start for the sake of people having the right picture in mind from the start. The train was a pretty decent analogy, but for me personally trying to explain this to people (which I've maybe done all of about 3 times in my entire life) I'll go with vehicles on a multi-lane highway. Whenever the vehicle you are in overtakes a vehicle going the same direction, that vehicle "appears" to be traveling backwards.

  • @rochelledais6413
    @rochelledais6413 4 года назад

    Thanks for the explanation. Very informative. I always wanted the true definition. Hello from STRIVE! Hello Chuck!

  • @synt4x3rror13
    @synt4x3rror13 4 года назад +6

    I've never been this early 😱

  • @setharora521
    @setharora521 4 года назад +1

    Great closing statement 👏

  • @BarcaFan-fg4cw
    @BarcaFan-fg4cw 4 года назад +15

    So this is more like
    "Rippin' off astrology"

  • @PafMedic
    @PafMedic 4 года назад +1

    Do People Come To This Channel Just To Thumbs Down The Video..Wow..Thank You Dr.Tyson,and Chuck
    ❤️🔭❤️.Mercury Can Be Where He Wants,as Long As I Get 4 More Hours Data On Andromeda..Then I Can Finally Process My 1st Andromeda Image❤️🔭❤️

  • @ryanallen7511
    @ryanallen7511 4 года назад +4

    mercury is orbiting further from the sun slowly over time

  • @KBWeeds
    @KBWeeds 3 года назад +2

    Just discovered this channel. Mind is blown & heart is full! Thank you Neil & thank you Chuck for awesome talk!

  • @IxodesPersulcatus
    @IxodesPersulcatus 4 года назад +3

    Fun fact: on Mercury you would be able to see the Sun in retrograde.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 года назад +1

      That's because Mercury has a special kind of resonance with the sun, between its spin rate and its orbit rate. If an otherwise-identical planet were in Mercury's place that spun as fast as Earth or Mars, that wouldn't happen. Whether a planet could do that in Mercury's place is another issue entirely, because it is the tidal forces of the sun and Mercury's greater orbital eccentricity that make this happen.
      At one point, we thought Mercury was tidally locked to the sun. It was a reasonable hypothesis, because that's how most moons work with their host planet. It turns out, that it was only our luck of when we had the best chance to see Mercury that it appeared to always make the same face to the sun. Radar measurements showed the actual state of affairs is a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance.

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT 4 года назад

    Words are so important and forges civilization’s way of thinking, that it is important to keep room for the unknown (yet).

  • @edwinrobert7192
    @edwinrobert7192 4 года назад +25

    Smoke DaGrasse Tyson

  • @chardey8807
    @chardey8807 4 года назад

    Enjoyed that very much. Concise!

  • @furiousgeorge024
    @furiousgeorge024 4 года назад +13

    Fun exercise: Watch this again and replace astrology with religion.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 года назад

      /nod

    • @prototype8137
      @prototype8137 4 года назад +3

      Then replace that with athiesm. To not believe in a higher power is very narrow minded and short sighted.

    • @ryanx9372
      @ryanx9372 4 года назад

      @@prototype8137 dude...your putting your toes in some tidal waters, keep safe ;)

    • @ejmtv3
      @ejmtv3 4 года назад

      @Samael means his using big words.

    • @furiousgeorge024
      @furiousgeorge024 4 года назад +2

      @@prototype8137 Yeah, so this video was about how applying the scientific method to develop a better understanding of our surroundings through science and tangible proof has challenged long-standing misconceptions. Not knowing why things happen is uncomfortable, so we've historically made false associations from limited observations to compensate...was their point. What's your point about atheism, exactly? Criticizing others for not sharing your "belief" without offering any evidence shows you clearly missed the concept. Next time try to comprehend before you condemn, buddy.

  • @ToyaF82
    @ToyaF82 4 года назад +4

    You blow my mind Mr. Degrasse Tyson.

  • @PrinceLemantis
    @PrinceLemantis 4 года назад +9

    "For EVERYONE over 80..." LOL

    • @TalenGryphon
      @TalenGryphon 4 года назад +1

      Hah! My students *still* do that. Its a schoolchild's recurring meme

  • @salty82ndveteran
    @salty82ndveteran 4 года назад

    And the history is ON POINT 👉 Awesome awesome job again guys!!!

  • @mrs.morris5506
    @mrs.morris5506 4 года назад +10

    Now. I can articulate why astrology is nonsense.

  • @AlexanderCummingsMusic
    @AlexanderCummingsMusic 4 года назад +2

    There is something to be said about the way Dr. Tyson can debunk Mercury retrograde in real time with no diagrams, script, or special fx graphics and still convey orbiting planets in our solar system in an accurate and engaging way with just his voice and his hands. THAT is some fine communication right there. Thank you guys!

    • @FaithfulGardnerDNP
      @FaithfulGardnerDNP 2 года назад

      I am going to manifest that I communicate like Dr. Tyson

  • @139amjad
    @139amjad 4 года назад +1

    Chuck Nice is the best co-host, that Neil Degrasse Tyson can have on his show..

  • @barbaralachance5836
    @barbaralachance5836 3 года назад +1

    I post this video on my Facebook feed every time Mercury is in retrograde now! I can't believe people think it has anything to do with what happens in their lives

  • @VJ_7137
    @VJ_7137 4 года назад +1

    Cool video 👌... Viva !!!! Neil And Chuck... Mercury is retro now.... Neil is a Libra friendly gentle loves laughing highly rational....

  • @Juankarosemena
    @Juankarosemena 3 года назад

    This was a great video! Thank you for sharing

  • @spsrini
    @spsrini 4 года назад

    Awesome..you both make it so interesting.

  • @TravisGilbert
    @TravisGilbert 4 года назад +1

    This popped up in my feed as I finished my videos about copernicus

  • @vjr5261
    @vjr5261 4 года назад +2

    Exactly, however do you really think that there is no effect on earth’s process and stability with all that planetary movement? I do agree on the accountability.

  • @janicepedroli7403
    @janicepedroli7403 3 года назад

    Thanks for the scientific explanation of that.

  • @kylekyle1805
    @kylekyle1805 4 года назад +1

    2:03 this is a huge misconception. Here on Earth things don't work that way. If you drop a piece of paper and a rock at the same time they will obviously fall at different rates. This is not because of gravity but because of air friction. This is why someone can jump out of a plane and survive using a parachute rather than plummet to their death at terminal velocity. Terminal velocity by the way would not exist in a vacuum. You would continue to accelerate indefinitely. In other words things to do fall at the same rate in a vacuum with the same gravitational pull. I only bring this up because this is a hindrance on developing Minds. To not include friction in a calculation could lead to dire consequences such as the breaking up of a spacecraft on reentry into the Earth's orbit.

    • @hareecionelson5875
      @hareecionelson5875 4 года назад

      going by the passion of your outburst, you will enjoy this:
      ruclips.net/video/Rzz8M83iUcw/видео.html

  • @3togetready
    @3togetready 4 года назад

    Whenever I have a doubt about something I look for Neil's take on it. I know he'll be straight with it.

  • @juanitagartley937
    @juanitagartley937 3 года назад

    The trains was what I immediately thought of. Great point of reference.

  • @SwtHoni357
    @SwtHoni357 4 года назад

    I could listen to him lecture all day. I gotta say, after viewing this episode and seeing that donut phone on the table in the back, I fell into a deep "crush" with you sir! :)

  • @n3crobard
    @n3crobard 4 года назад

    Even if it’s not substantial in the case of Mercury during its apparent “retrograde”, the proximal gravitational and electromagnetic influences of celestial bodies in even just our solar system has real effects on our planet and the others. It’d be interesting to analyze that in relationship to significant planetary orbital / impact / em events and cross reference with historical data. Causality is certainly a subjective element to consider, but it can’t hurt to explore how our local space bodies may effect our motivations or act as a catalyst in our sensitive and often emotionally-driven actions.

  • @Zerolink30
    @Zerolink30 4 года назад

    I wonder if i would have care more for science back in school if i had had a teacher like Neil DeGrasse Tyson