It’s a small world after all, because today, we’re shrinking Earth to the size of Pluto. But if our planet was this tiny, how would it alter the atmosphere? Why would the Earth get hotter? And how would gravity affect our water supply? Would we be tidally locked to the […]
YouTube FanFest with HP in Mumbai: http://www.youtubefanfest.com/india/ Follow Michael Stevens: https://twitter.com/tweetsauce SOURCES BELOW Guy (editor/production): https://twitter.com/guylar music from: http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com Celestia 3D space software: http://sourceforge.net/projects/celestia/ Another great visualization of star locations in 3D space: http://moebio.com/exomap/viewsofthesky/2/ minutephysics video about why it’s dark at night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJ4M7tyLRE my video on moving illusions: […]
DISCO BALL MOON INFORMATION: The large mirror-tiles are 150km squared, and the small ones are 100km squared. They are all 10 km thick with glass (with an IOR of 1.56) There are 3012 mirrored tiles When as near as the ISS, the Earth surface to disco-ball-moon surface distance is 420 […]
In 1919, a total solar eclipse helped redefine gravity. Thanks to Raycon for sponsoring this video. Check them out at http://buyraycon.com/vox Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, published in 1915, defined gravity as the influence of massive objects, like planets and stars, curving space […]
Stay turned for our new exciting Saturday episode where Peter, our host, will do a real life What If challenge! One of the lucky viewers of that episode will get a chance to meet the What If team. This blue, marble-like planet looks just like Earth. But only five seconds […]
http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce http://instagram.com/electricpants Sources and sites to learn more below!!! dolly zoom effect: http://filmmakeriq.com/lessons/introduction-to-the-dolly-zoom/ visual angle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_diameter https://xkcd.com/1276/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_angle http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/A/Angular+Diameter great visual angle / angular diameter chart: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Comparison_angular_diameter_solar_system.svg moon terminator illusion resources: rogers and olga naumenko (2014): http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v1410275 moon tile illusion [PDF]: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~amyers/MoonPaper20June.pdf http://www.upenn.edu/emeritus/essays/MyersMoon.html http://www.astropix.com/HTML/L_STORY/MOONILL.HTM http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php?39035-Why-does-the-moon-s-terminator-not-appear-orthogonal-to-the-direction-of-the-sun the (more famous) moon illusion: […]
***NOTE*** This video was originally uploaded in 2013 but has been unavailable for more than a year! Basically, a channel I shouted-out in the first version asked to be removed. That’s okay! Now, in a slightly re-edited version, the video is back! And space-ownership is STILL a major unresolved issue […]
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Titan. The most majestic of Saturn’s many moons. And the most promising for life too. It’s got a beautiful view and liquid lakes on its surface. The only problem is those lakes of Titan aren’t filled with water. They’re filled with liquid methane. Your mission is to take a 5-second […]
Watch Nat Geo’s MARS Monday 11/14 at 9/8c: http://makemarshome.com/ Watch Kevin and Jake’s videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_MhErD-EA0&index=2&list=PLiyjwVB09t5xDxwO8KpwJA2HTA13xarpf *Thanks to Nat Geo for sponsoring this video* Earth and Mars size comparison: http://www.space.com/16871-how-big-is-mars.html calculate how much you’d weigh on Mars: http://www.exploratorium.edu/mars/yourweight.php Martian ‘sun dial’: http://www.universetoday.com/96930/curiositys-sundial-carries-a-message-of-hope/ http://mars.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactives/revealing-mars-before-after-image-comparison-slider/rover-opportunity/ Touching Mars images (walnut regolith): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2005/dust_devils.html Pascal Lee: http://www.pascallee.net […]
