Please note: any proponents of the "electric universe" hypothesis who want to promote their views in the comment section, please do so without insulting me or my viewers. If you cannot do this, I will delete your comment. Thank you.
They're brainwashed by insulting pseudo-scientific Young Universe Creationists that deny gravity and nuclear physics. A good policy for all science vids... and yours is interesting, factually informative and well narrated... Cheers.
@PrivateSi & @Twirl Of The Mists - I don't agree with them either, but notice how you managed to insult them with your comments. I assume @ParallaxNick would prefer that neither side insult the other. We should keep it at debate level with no aggressive statements.
@@you99tubejimking .. Fight Fire With Fire! Seriously, their whole gang insult so much they deserve a bit of their own medicine.. Balance... Karma and all that... +ve and -ve!
I'm subbed to all the usual suspects of astronomy channels on yt, but nobody goes into full background research mode like you. It's greatly appreciated and such a pleasure to listen to.
Dude I don't know how you only have 5k subs, these videos are absolutely fantastic, super informative and you narration is well paced and mellow. Keep em coming, I've cleared almost your entire your whole catalog and need more!
I am also a big fan. not a member of his fan club as I never knew there was one. I did start the marvel fan club. Foom. I suggested the name , Friends of Marvel and it stuck with Stan Lee.( another space and sci -fi nut)
Sorry to contradict, but Blish never wrote any Star Trek episodes. He was, however, the official novelizer of classic Trek episodes while the rights to do so were owned by Bantam Books. He did write one original novel that used the Trek characters, though.
I was lucky enough to meet James Blish when he gave a talk to the university sci-fi society. I think he spoke about the use of "Art in Science Fiction", having also written on "Science in Science Fiction".
The amount of detail and research you put into your explanations of the physics and chemistry behind planetary formation is second to none. I’ve binge-watched a good chunk of your catalogue the past few days and am so happy I did. After one gets tired of the popular-but-less-informative cosmology and space videos on YT, your channel is a breath of fresh air. Thank you!
Honestly man, I love your videos so much. Always very informative and you sound like you know what you’re really talking about unlike a lot of other channels that seem to just be reading off scripts that were handed to them. You definitely deserve so many more subs!
Great video, I think I found a small mistake at 6:41 though. You said that a high moment of inertia meant that mass was concentrated near their cores, but its the other way around, its low angular momentum that indicates a concentrated core since most of the material has a smaller distance to travel.
As someone who has only recently discovered your channel and is a longtime enthusiastic laymen of such things, I delight in your sprinkling of subtle yet strikingly relevant minutia in your histories (e.g. the hints of Uranus being on its side so much earlier than I expected was a minor revelation for me)
Dude, Such passion in the way you communicate information in these amazing videos. Which keeps me coming back. If only i had teachers like you.....anyway very happy i found this channel keep it up as i try to figure out why You Dont Have Millions of Freaking Views & Subs YET!!! Oh But there will be.
Wow... I'm not sure how I just managed to discover your channel only this evening. Great videos, man. I simcerely hope RUclips starts recommending your channel more.
My two favorite planets! I've always dreamed of living on Triton or Miranda.....imagine the views. I think we should at least send a probe to these planets or a permanent satellite so we can watch them live! Thanks for another great presentation
Andrew James Sorry to be "that" person but watching from any extraterrestrial body live would be impossible as light can take up to several hours to reach us from Uranus and Neptune.
Another amazing video. I admire the detailed work in your videos. As always, thank you very much! Please keep up the good work and I am eagerly waiting for your next video. Cheers!
Another excellent show. BTW: Mendel stated that his reasons for entering the clergy were circumstances (poverty) and education, not conviction. In Galileo's time the church was the only way a woman might get an education as was the case with his daughter.
Steven Kolins science and religion are total opposites and cannot be harmonious. It is like oil and water. What you are watching is pure science. No need for religion here...
It appears that your 2001 video has been blocked in the US. I was looking forward to your take on the film, it is my favorite sci-fi. Now I'm a little bummed.
Lovely writing. informative, entertaining, witty. Full of your own personality without abandoning scientific objectivity . You use a much smaller range of imagery than would supposedly be available to big-budget documentaries, to much greater effect than they do. Subbed. Already, the limitations of electromagnetic observation are being broken. Soon, gravitational waves will tell us more.
Very good. I really enjoyed this video. I am glad to see some up-to-date material on Uranus and Neptune. I also hope for a Uranus/Neptune orbiter mission. I also believe that it may possibly come from the private sector.
So good, so good, so good :3 So informative - Uranus is still my favorite of the two, though. Can't wait to hear about the moons, and to hear about _2001,_ one of my least favorite films of all time :p
Imagine if it turns out, after all this time, that Uranus actually does smell like a stink bomb. The sheer mass of irony would produce gravitational waves.
RE: a possible mission to the ice giants. I'm actually debating with myself whether this is a good argument for privately funded space exploration. A decent Neptune orbiter could be made for $500 million or so, which could be covered by advertising and sponsorship.
Sorry to be a killjoy, but I think "advertising and sponsorship" are ill suited to raise such large sums for such "application free" scientific endeavors - even $50 million will be almost impossible in my judgment. Maybe sponsorship by the growing class of filthy rich billionaires might get you there, but still, this will be a "one off" mission... That's like putting a lot of effort into moving one single object, and then having to rest to gather strength again. IMHO the key solar system exploration is not raising incredibly large sums to do one off missions - if you want increased solar system exploration, you need to get costs down. The first order of business is launching stuff from the Earth at much lower costs; think reusable launch vehicles with reduction in cost of at least 2 or 3 orders of magnitude. Now this is like getting one large force multiplier, where you can move with little effort many objects, now for $500 million you can do several missions - this will open up possibilities!
Heck, just selling the data to institutions would pay the bills. The biggest hindrance right now is launch capacity, with Musk leading the way there. However, it's time to admit that chemical rockets ain't gonna get us where we want to go in the mid- to long-term exploration of the solar system. Time for fresh thinking.
32 years since flying past Uranus and almost 29 years since flying past Neptune. Meanwhile, the powers that be continue to obsess over the Moon, Mars and Jupiter. I was 15 years old in 1986 and 18 in 1989. I want to still be alive by the time these idiots realize it is long past due go back to U. and N.
I believe you have the planets reversed, but point well taken. Uranus' axial tilt and its moons' orbital orientation is a baffling puzzle. Neptune's over-unity radiation deserves much deeper investigation. But another question no one addresses (including Jupiter) is why major storms prefer the 20th parallel on all the giants. Have to admit, though, that Juno's data is absolutely incredible. The polar vortices not only there but on every planet with an atmosphere is something that will become increasingly important to understanding the Universe in the near future.
I do not, no. However, I do believe they are motivated by ROI, so gathering data that no one else has and selling it to the highest bidder is well within the purview of for-profit organizations. Yes, it's a steep investment, but commercial consortia do similar projects Earth-side for the same reasons. There's always an angle that makes everyone happy.
NICE video, you present all these interesting facts very well for my brain to soak up like a sponge :-) I am glad youtube suggested your channel, and predict your channel will grow a lot in 2019. You have a lot of good videos, that must have been a lot of work.
Not sure that the background music adds to the overall experience. Your steady voice and whimsical (yet technically accurate) choice of words are all we need. No lie. :-)
Incredibly well researched and expertly edited together! You are one of those reasons RUclips is great! And thanks for reminding me it's the 50th anniversary of 2001, that's a very good reason to get some friends together and watch it again :-)
Another great video. Thank you. Could you clarify how a "double strike" on Uranus would tilt the moons too while a single strike would not? Are you saying that the ejecta created the moons?
The basic idea (there are a lot of caveats) is that a double strike meant that Uranus's tilt was more gradual, allowing the proto-lunar disc to migrate with it as it shifted.
Pressure is not a problem for life, or complex chemistry. On the contrary, it may stabilize molecules that would fly apart, even explosively, at lower pressures.
I would love it if you did a “documentary” on Mercury, I feel like most people label it as the boring planet, but it’s more interesting that some think
Great video, as always, and a real treat to watch. I was just thinking about you these days wondering when the new upload would be. Thanks and keep up the good work.👍 👍 👍
Phrenomythic Haha. I'm just saying, that's how those planets are classified. It wasn't invented in this video. And I didn't need to watch this video to know that.
Thanks! That was truly fascinating. I hope that NASA or ROSCOSMOS eventually sends orbiters to both Uranus and Neptune for some detailed study of these intriguing planets.
Another interesting thought for Uranus, what if it and much of its moons are an early extra solar capture? This could equally explain its vastly different orientation including its moons and its cooler interior due to it being a far older body? I’m sure this has been considered, but it’s an interesting ponderance when we’ve yet to have the same probe visitation. Something we really should address.
Cool! Another video uploaded and as usual the production quality and writing is fantastic. BTW I've heard several channel owners mention the Moon is tidally locked to the earth i.e showing the same face towards us. Well it may look as if it is but I was told the moon indeed rotates on it's axis 1 time every thirty days. Also if I remember correctly the moon takes approx 30 days to make the trip around earth. Hoping you can do a episode explaining whats the correct statement, thanks.
Both those statements are correct. The Moon is tidelocked; it does only show one face to us, and it does rotate. If the Moon did not rotate, then we would see every side of it over the course of the month.
I still don't understand why two hits to Uranus would solve the moon plane problem. If Uranus was hit once, why wouldn't the moons shift in their orbits? Of course, it would take geological timescales, but as I understand it, objects want to orbit around the planet's equator.
This channel is much underrated. Great stories, narration and explanations. Thank You. I hope yt algorithm will promote you properly, as the content is superb!
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Please note: any proponents of the "electric universe" hypothesis who want to promote their views in the comment section, please do so without insulting me or my viewers. If you cannot do this, I will delete your comment. Thank you.
They're brainwashed by insulting pseudo-scientific Young Universe Creationists that deny gravity and nuclear physics. A good policy for all science vids... and yours is interesting, factually informative and well narrated... Cheers.
In my experience, they CAN'T do it without tge insults. Rudeness is apparently central to the theory. (It's the only part they can prove.)
@PrivateSi & @Twirl Of The Mists - I don't agree with them either, but notice how you managed to insult them with your comments. I assume @ParallaxNick would prefer that neither side insult the other. We should keep it at debate level with no aggressive statements.
@@you99tubejimking We're both right.
@@you99tubejimking .. Fight Fire With Fire! Seriously, their whole gang insult so much they deserve a bit of their own medicine.. Balance... Karma and all that... +ve and -ve!
I'm subbed to all the usual suspects of astronomy channels on yt, but nobody goes into full background research mode like you. It's greatly appreciated and such a pleasure to listen to.
Thanks for making these fantastic videos. Can't wait to watch them all. As a sci-fi writer I love to get inspiration from videos like these :)
Dude I don't know how you only have 5k subs, these videos are absolutely fantastic, super informative and you narration is well paced and mellow. Keep em coming, I've cleared almost your entire your whole catalog and need more!
You have gotten it right! I totally agree, on your points! Love this guy's work!
Agreed. Top stuff ! :-)
Yea me too, I just found it :)
@@taytu100 Yup, just found it. Subscribed.
I love James Blish! Founding member of his fan club, membership, one. He wrote Cities in Flight, and several original Star Trek episodes.
Maybe it's time for a Blish revival.
I am also a big fan. not a member of his fan club as I never knew there was one. I did start the marvel fan club. Foom. I suggested the name , Friends of Marvel and it stuck with Stan Lee.( another space and sci -fi nut)
Sorry to contradict, but Blish never wrote any Star Trek episodes. He was, however, the official novelizer of classic Trek episodes while the rights to do so were owned by Bantam Books. He did write one original novel that used the Trek characters, though.
I was lucky enough to meet James Blish when he gave a talk to the university sci-fi society. I think he spoke about the use of "Art in Science Fiction", having also written on "Science in Science Fiction".
The amount of detail and research you put into your explanations of the physics and chemistry behind planetary formation is second to none. I’ve binge-watched a good chunk of your catalogue the past few days and am so happy I did. After one gets tired of the popular-but-less-informative cosmology and space videos on YT, your channel is a breath of fresh air. Thank you!
I love your videos. They're probably some of my favorite on youtube and I like the longer format. Keep up the great work!
Honestly man, I love your videos so much. Always very informative and you sound like you know what you’re really talking about unlike a lot of other channels that seem to just be reading off scripts that were handed to them. You definitely deserve so many more subs!
Great video, I think I found a small mistake at 6:41 though. You said that a high moment of inertia meant that mass was concentrated near their cores, but its the other way around, its low angular momentum that indicates a concentrated core since most of the material has a smaller distance to travel.
Thanks! I noted it in the description. I should pin that probably.
Great, thanks.
I really dig the professionalism that the credit roll adds to your videos.
As someone who has only recently discovered your channel and is a longtime enthusiastic laymen of such things, I delight in your sprinkling of subtle yet strikingly relevant minutia in your histories (e.g. the hints of Uranus being on its side so much earlier than I expected was a minor revelation for me)
Dude, Such passion in the way you communicate information in these amazing videos. Which keeps me coming back. If only i had teachers like you.....anyway very happy i found this channel keep it up as i try to figure out why You Dont Have Millions of Freaking Views & Subs YET!!!
Oh But there will be.
Wow... I'm not sure how I just managed to discover your channel only this evening. Great videos, man. I simcerely hope RUclips starts recommending your channel more.
Superb!! The single best treatment of one of my favorite planet types I've ever seen.
Like, subscribed. Best video on the Ice Giants I have ever seen!
My two favorite planets! I've always dreamed of living on Triton or Miranda.....imagine the views. I think we should at least send a probe to these planets or a permanent satellite so we can watch them live! Thanks for another great presentation
Andrew James Sorry to be "that" person but watching from any extraterrestrial body live would be impossible as light can take up to several hours to reach us from Uranus and Neptune.
Ollie Lewis You know what he means.....
I agree. I wish we wouldn’t blow our budget on that dead, dusty rock called Mars. The gas giants are far more interesting, including the moons.
So do I. No matter if the “livecam” is delayed about few hours due to the distance
Another amazing video. I admire the detailed work in your videos. As always, thank you very much! Please keep up the good work and I am eagerly waiting for your next video. Cheers!
Really been enjoying your stuff! I love the detail and full presentation style. Looking forward to the next video
These are great videos, very well done and keep up the good work sir.
Great video, i wish both planets were more easily viewed through telescopes
Looking forward to new video, you still are the best youtube channel... Thank You - Joe
Very impressive. Checking through your other videos now
Your, "learning on the fly" is absoutely spectacular! Thank you! :)
Another excellent show.
BTW: Mendel stated that his reasons for entering the clergy were circumstances (poverty) and education, not conviction. In Galileo's time the church was the only way a woman might get an education as was the case with his daughter.
Alright, looks like I've found my next RUclips Channel to binge-watch. Really enjoy your work, and appreciate the eloquence.
finally a comment that science and religion can be harmonious! yay!
Steven Kolins science and religion are total opposites and cannot be harmonious. It is like oil and water. What you are watching is pure science. No need for religion here...
Please listen especially between 4:56 and 5:17, and beyond for all the work that religious man, "Father Angelo Secchi" (yes he has a wikipedia page.)
at 19:55 you can see the birkland currents connecting uranus to the sun.
Another great video! Nice to hear my own theme in there too :P
It appears that your 2001 video has been blocked in the US. I was looking forward to your take on the film, it is my favorite sci-fi. Now I'm a little bummed.
Lovely writing. informative, entertaining, witty. Full of your own personality without abandoning scientific objectivity . You use a much smaller range of imagery than would supposedly be available to big-budget documentaries, to much greater effect than they do. Subbed. Already, the limitations of electromagnetic observation are being broken. Soon, gravitational waves will tell us more.
I always learn something I didn't know from your vids thanks for making them :)
So do I, which is what makes doing this simultaneously so rewarding and yet so frustrating.
This guy loves space and so do I.
New subscriber!
Extra points for using music by Holst and Debussy.
What about Uranus' Great White Beret and Neptune's Great Dark Spot, Wizard's Eye and Scooter Cloud.
I love finding space RUclipsrs and binge watching all their videos
Very good. I really enjoyed this video. I am glad to see some up-to-date material on Uranus and Neptune. I also hope for a Uranus/Neptune orbiter mission. I also believe that it may possibly come from the private sector.
This video is fantastic. You're a true talent Parallax. :)
So good, so good, so good :3
So informative - Uranus is still my favorite of the two, though. Can't wait to hear about the moons, and to hear about _2001,_ one of my least favorite films of all time :p
Very, Very well done.. And thankfully, you're not done!
Great job, I really like the ice giants and hope fervently for a mission there.
wah wah kay, this man is a true citizen of da belt, OPA for life
Imagine if it turns out, after all this time, that Uranus actually does smell like a stink bomb. The sheer mass of irony would produce gravitational waves.
What!!!!! How have I only just found your channel
I think of Nick like Venus… hot enough to melt lead the would crush and suffocate you. What a morning star.
Uranus and Neptune are considered as the planetary ice giant fraternal twins.
RE: a possible mission to the ice giants. I'm actually debating with myself whether this is a good argument for privately funded space exploration. A decent Neptune orbiter could be made for $500 million or so, which could be covered by advertising and sponsorship.
Sorry to be a killjoy, but I think "advertising and sponsorship" are ill suited to raise such large sums for such "application free" scientific endeavors - even $50 million will be almost impossible in my judgment. Maybe sponsorship by the growing class of filthy rich billionaires might get you there, but still, this will be a "one off" mission... That's like putting a lot of effort into moving one single object, and then having to rest to gather strength again.
IMHO the key solar system exploration is not raising incredibly large sums to do one off missions - if you want increased solar system exploration, you need to get costs down. The first order of business is launching stuff from the Earth at much lower costs; think reusable launch vehicles with reduction in cost of at least 2 or 3 orders of magnitude. Now this is like getting one large force multiplier, where you can move with little effort many objects, now for $500 million you can do several missions - this will open up possibilities!
Heck, just selling the data to institutions would pay the bills. The biggest hindrance right now is launch capacity, with Musk leading the way there. However, it's time to admit that chemical rockets ain't gonna get us where we want to go in the mid- to long-term exploration of the solar system. Time for fresh thinking.
32 years since flying past Uranus and almost 29 years since flying past Neptune. Meanwhile, the powers that be continue to obsess over the Moon, Mars and Jupiter. I was 15 years old in 1986 and 18 in 1989. I want to still be alive by the time these idiots realize it is long past due go back to U. and N.
I believe you have the planets reversed, but point well taken. Uranus' axial tilt and its moons' orbital orientation is a baffling puzzle. Neptune's over-unity radiation deserves much deeper investigation.
But another question no one addresses (including Jupiter) is why major storms prefer the 20th parallel on all the giants.
Have to admit, though, that Juno's data is absolutely incredible. The polar vortices not only there but on every planet with an atmosphere is something that will become increasingly important to understanding the Universe in the near future.
I do not, no. However, I do believe they are motivated by ROI, so gathering data that no one else has and selling it to the highest bidder is well within the purview of for-profit organizations. Yes, it's a steep investment, but commercial consortia do similar projects Earth-side for the same reasons. There's always an angle that makes everyone happy.
Great vid. I want twin cassinis for U and N with a lander for Triton.
This was great, and so was the music :) thanks for all the hard work.
Thank you too!
NICE video, you present all these interesting facts very well for my brain to soak up like a sponge :-) I am glad youtube suggested your channel, and predict your channel will grow a lot in 2019. You have a lot of good videos, that must have been a lot of work.
Not sure that the background music adds to the overall experience. Your steady voice and whimsical (yet technically accurate) choice of words are all we need. No lie. :-)
Incredibly well researched and expertly edited together! You are one of those reasons RUclips is great!
And thanks for reminding me it's the 50th anniversary of 2001, that's a very good reason to get some friends together and watch it again :-)
zapfanzapfan so it's 2051?
Sean Bailin: Ha, ha, ha :-)
Another great video. Thank you. Could you clarify how a "double strike" on Uranus would tilt the moons too while a single strike would not? Are you saying that the ejecta created the moons?
The basic idea (there are a lot of caveats) is that a double strike meant that Uranus's tilt was more gradual, allowing the proto-lunar disc to migrate with it as it shifted.
Great job. Sent over here searching through Frasier Cain, Issac Arthuo, Joe Scott and Astronomy Cast ....this is just as good keep it rolling.
Amazing video! Keep doing this! You are very talented!
Another amazing video. Better than any scientific documentary I've seen on any news channel!
Pressure is not a problem for life, or complex chemistry. On the contrary, it may stabilize molecules that would fly apart, even explosively, at lower pressures.
Outstanding work! 👍🏻
I would love it if you did a “documentary” on Mercury, I feel like most people label it as the boring planet, but it’s more interesting that some think
When I finish my documentary series on the Sun, Mercury is next.
Great video, as always, and a real treat to watch. I was just thinking about you these days wondering when the new upload would be. Thanks and keep up the good work.👍 👍 👍
Great video! The term "Ice Giants" is indeed much more suitable.
Or "Frost Giants"...
"Frozen Fart Balls"
Phrenomythic
That's how these planets are classified.
Jupiter and Saturn are the "Gas Giants". Neptune and Uranus are the "Ice Giants".
Matthew Smith I know. I watched the video too.
Phrenomythic
Haha. I'm just saying, that's how those planets are classified. It wasn't invented in this video.
And I didn't need to watch this video to know that.
Another great video ! I love the history mixed in with the current information. Look forward to 2001 and the all videos to come. Thanks !
You have a very groomed narrator's voice, but you do need either a better recording location or better recording equipment.
Thanks! That was truly fascinating. I hope that NASA or ROSCOSMOS eventually sends orbiters to both Uranus and Neptune for some detailed study of these intriguing planets.
Another interesting thought for Uranus, what if it and much of its moons are an early extra solar capture? This could equally explain its vastly different orientation including its moons and its cooler interior due to it being a far older body? I’m sure this has been considered, but it’s an interesting ponderance when we’ve yet to have the same probe visitation. Something we really should address.
Excellent documentary. Thanks for sharing
Learned so much. Thank you !
The background music is overwhelming the narration
Cool! Another video uploaded and as usual the production quality and writing is fantastic. BTW I've heard several channel owners mention the Moon is tidally locked to the earth i.e showing the same face towards us. Well it may look as if it is but I was told the moon indeed rotates on it's axis 1 time every thirty days. Also if I remember correctly the moon takes approx 30 days to make the trip around earth. Hoping you can do a episode explaining whats the correct statement, thanks.
Both those statements are correct. The Moon is tidelocked; it does only show one face to us, and it does rotate. If the Moon did not rotate, then we would see every side of it over the course of the month.
Dawww that face you drew at the end was so cute!
I still don't understand why two hits to Uranus would solve the moon plane problem. If Uranus was hit once, why wouldn't the moons shift in their orbits? Of course, it would take geological timescales, but as I understand it, objects want to orbit around the planet's equator.
Very informative and well presented.
We need to see how many probes we can fit in Uranus.
thanks nick
Thank you, great video!
Thanks very precious , go long if it serves the story , Goode works!
Great informative doco - really enjoyed it. Thanks.
This channel is much underrated. Great stories, narration and explanations. Thank You. I hope yt algorithm will promote you properly, as the content is superb!
Great videos! Just subscribed.
Hot damn! Very information dense! Great content!
Good job love the video, hope we send orbiters to Uranus and Neptune like we did with Jupiter and Saturn.
Brilliant, thank you.
Yea buddy!! Your content is dope!!!
Best background music. Period.
Nice hearing parts of Holst s Planets Suite, especially the Uranus piece, as part of that background music.
Amazing vid, merci merci! :)
Hyper dense ice. Damnz.
Amazing!
what does liquid diamond look like?
Liquid diamond... I didn't even know that's a thing XD
fantastic presentation. Subbed!
It's been a month...jonesing here...
My 2001 script is coming up on 11,000 words. Trust me I didn't think it would take that long to sort through either.
looks like toosie roll in the center 2 me !
Science is spectacular!
Yes! Now my weekend is complete *gets popcorn*
Neptune and Pluto freak me out..looks like you could fall into them and drown
Pluto is pretty solid...
This channel is a gem glad I found it. 😊
I love these
That's my fav movie, too 👌🎥♥️
@ 28:31 2001 A Space Odyssey ... I like it for the true A.I. of HAL 9000. Not the purported A.I that is claimed today!
Hello. Very nice info loaded video. I like your mellow style and the fact you let the science speak rather than a personality! Thanks very much .
Ice giants
Jotnar
Now I can't get the image out of my head of an irate immortal ginger attacking planets with a magic hammer...