Saturn Struck By Lightning

[NightmareCinemas]

i like to see the surface of saturn

[iLOVENATURE2011]

i learned a lot from this video...im a curious person, so this vid interests me a lot.

[jhayfaust03]

Jhayfaust gained +50 intelligence

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[sjw40364a]

Perhaps that space isn't so electrically neutral after all despite modern cosmology's claims to the contrary? Hmmm, maybe it is an Electric universe after all.

[TheChrisducky]

Did anyone's right eardrum suddently began hurting after hearing Saturn's thunder?

[veronicats100]

Something is clearly wrong here. This "scientist" seems to state and uses the word sound, that the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn, is hearing the noise of lightning.

He must know that is impossible. What the heck is he talking about!

[ParasiteJR]

@veronicats100 He is not talking about a sonic boom like we would hear on earth, but a radio frequancy.

Unlike sound waves, radio waves can travle space.

[halo3bomm]

on saturn if theres lightnig and if the lightning strikes were would it go

[KungFatty]

do we have any close up pics of the rings ? there always milky and blurred into a solid , i cant find any

[SAGEBOT500]

@KungFatty The problem is that if they flew Cassini close enough to see the ring particles there's a chance the ship would get hit by one of them.

[ryoma639]

wow doesn't rain cloud produce lightning??? 

[PEKADORSANCHEZ]

lightning?? only one thing means !!!!!! is raining

[edgars112221]

W8 was the saturn gas planet???

[swchoi89]

So... how did the noise get caught? did the satellite get THAT close and catch all that noise?

Also, when it records the sound, how fast does that data transfer from the satellite to earth? at the speed of light?

(OMG I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS< SPACERIP CAN U HELP ME)

[ethanrwebergmail]

spacerip how did you learn so much about space?, ive seen atleast 10 to 20 videos of yours

[mickyfrombybh]

i still dont understand how the sound of lightning travels through the vacuum of space!

[Rogerjak]

@mickyfrombybh It's not sound.... electromagnetic waves. They explain it in the video.

[JmeA468]

i dont get it so does hubble take video camera scense of what it sees or does it take pictures of planets and are they realy that colore?

[weldinstud]

Science is boring. Except for the fucking awesome parts!

[MarvelousFiles]

Best Way to Learn Science Exposed:

Google -> Video -> Long (20+min)

[dianyee]

very nice..i gain some knowlegde

[sojitoji]

at 0:58 it sounds like a marsian song or something

[gembalaartoni]

WOW !!!

[666kerk666]

Anything science can do to advance imagination, and anything imagination can do to advance science is a benefit to every one. Excelsior!

[cosmos60]

Thank you for sharing, I never knew...

[depletable]

Can you tell me if finally discovering lightning exists on Saturn can benefit us in any way? Not tryna be a douche -- I am wondering if it's just curiosity or we needed that to some degree.

[SpaceRip]

@depletable You may not know this, the Cassini mission has sent back enough information to spawn over 1000 scientific papers. The discovery of lightning may not affect you personally, but it's part of a vast expansion of our knowledge about the universe over the last few decades. Some may disagree, but I'd argue that this ultimately betters humanity. Anyone else wish to weigh in?

[adrianotbm]

@SpaceRip Nothing to add, just my complements on always bringing such interesting videos to your channel. And thanks also for answering our questions! Thumbs up!

[TheRedneckAtheist]

@SpaceRip @depletable

The reason space exploration in all forms will always be one of humanities greatest endeavors is because of the simple fact that it results in a gain of knowledge and you can never know when or how that knowledge will become beneficial.

Just look at General Relativity, at all the time and effort it took to "prove" gravitational lensing, without that bit of knowledge validating the theory GPS wouldn't have gotten off the ground, so to speak.

[MCOvronnaz]

@SpaceRip I can prove that: lightning actually "steals" just a few lives, but it was the reaction that created (and is still creating) important gases that every living being needs. My 2 cents on the matter! :)

[weldinstud]

@MCOvronnaz yeah, it actually creates ozone. Interesting no?

[MCOvronnaz]

@weldinstud We would say AWESOMELY interesting! :D

[HeliosStation]

There's also the fact that as we learn more about the atmospheres and environments of other planets, we also learn more about our own. Our initial understanding of the greenhouse effect, for example, came about due to our trying to understand Venus's high temperatures.

[chazmeistro]

@SpaceRip hell to the yeah XD

[fcfilms2]

pwned.  Full agree.@SpaceRip

[paradoxfox93]

@SpaceRip Studying space is pure mind expansion without any hocus pocus God baggage. This particular or even MANY of the discoveries may not be particularly relevant to daily life here on earth but it MIGHT lead to something that is.

INcidentally, Space exploration is also like war in that its pursuit has provided us with by-product lifestyle benefits. Personally I'd rather watch your channel than some Atheist vs. Theist debate, which incidentally, has not provided us with any such benefits.

[123ilikecheese456]

@SpaceRip Are you a compeny, or just one person?

[LEXthaTREX]

@depletable ya if theres lightning theres maybe a surface it has to hit

[Europhoria]

@LEXthaTREX There doesn't have to be a solid surface to hit. There is plenty of cloud to cloud lightning strikes here on Earth so I'm going to guess the same happens on Saturn.

[MCOvronnaz]

@Europhoria Saturn does not have solid surface, but beyond cloud to cloud reaction, there is also cloud to inner surface there, since Saturn is completely composed of gases.

[Quouar]

@depletable If we see things in space, it can also help us better understand things that occur on Earth.

[Irishsnout]

@depletable I guess its about discovery and then asking questions, Then finding answers and using that knowledge. Radio waves come to mind. Totally useless imo.

[normangbates]

@depletable Lightning storms in different atmospheres with different gasses under different pressures than here on earth could even yield unsuspected results.

The physics involved could lead to better designs from plasma turbines onto other fields.

[nybotheveg]

@depletable understanding physics better will help us devolop products at home and understanding astronomy will enable us to use other planets as examples for what might some day happen to earth

[XklecksmonstaaX]

@depletable if we are starting to talk about what we need and what not, you´d live at the end without any pleasure. Why do we need some freaking dumb television series? Why do we need hobbys? All that we need to survive, is a warm place to live, something to eat and to drink, and sleep. So why have we all the rest? Well, because it makes us at some degree happy, and it´s what we are interested in. It´s important to force missions like that, cause some people of us want to know whats it all about

[NAWRARESNAW]

Wow cool!

[brechtjah]

Man that guy looks like he's going to die any second now, no offense ;-)

[fredjhenzel]

Amazing, to think we just watched animation with audio that was taken directly from lightning on Saturn

[pandykc]

i don't get how does the space probe record the sound since sound requires a medium?

[Nails077]

@pandykc It does not record the sound directly. They stated in the clip that they picked up radio waves from it. I take it that it means a lightning strike also emits a radio signal, and this is what the probe picked up and then translated into sound waves.

[Nails077]

@Nails077 Actually maybe signal is a bad word since that is mostly used to describe an intelligent or purposeful transmission but I am sure you know what I mean. Lightning makes radio waves but I am sure they are not trying to communicate with us :P

[pandykc]

@Nails077 Thanks for the explanation mate! I wasn't paying attention to what they are saying i reckon haha!

[culwin]

Science!!

[frazzzer8888]

zzzz

[00snipe00]

Very nice...as usual.

[suPERCUTE99]

hey do space cloud is a real thing??

[paladinofblade]

my professor at college works in the Cassini project, its wonderful to see hard work getting publicity.

[AIRampage]

u heard the lightning? wow that takes some skill

[19Tranc3r92]

Whoa, nice!!

[RockXStarEvan]

This is very intriguing.

[citi0rhythm]

i wonder what it will look like to c the ring in saturn surface

[suPERCUTE99]

@citi0rhythm maybe you'll get suck by it like a w_ore suck penis

[azndarkdanny]

Lightning is created by the static electricity of clouds rubbing together. And Saturn not having any solid surfaces, just gas, theres gotta be lightning.

[darkbluemars]

I wonder if you can also see the lightning in earth from the space?

[azndarkdanny]

@darkbluemars That's interesting. Probably only when its dark though.

[gunnar045]

woah. saturn just got more dangerous

[SuPahPetaa]

they could be UFO's...

[nickv999]

a better sound to use is your mom eating a full chicken in one bite

[iPodLocK3R]

hey SpaceRip are you a teacher or something?

[Russoft]

I think picking a popping sound would've been more appropriate, since that's how lightening sounds over VLF on earth. But what do I know.

[LordNapalm]

Science is interesting. If you don't agree you can fuck off! :)

[rontayan]

@LordNapalm Dawkins

[MCOvronnaz]

@LordNapalm I agree with you; we have to know more & more about our space so we can live better & better!

[MrCloudisgay]

@LordNapalm Ye-yeah :P

[AETrainingDavid97]

@LordNapalm Yay, there's 111 smart people with YouTube accounts!

XD

[Krygeryo]

@LordNapalm Haha, isn't that a Dawkins quote? :)

[LordNapalm]

@Krygeryo Kind of. He's actually quoting someone else. Look it up on youtube. It's pretty funny.

[Krygeryo]

@LordNapalm Yeah, I remember the clip. He's in a debate I think, and he quotes some guy, and everyone laughs lol.

[NomadSpirit555]

How can get lightning if there is not a solid surface on saturn?

[darkmiles22]

@NomadSpirit555 Most lightning on earth begins and ends in the clouds, in the water droplets and other particulates. We only see the small fraction of lightning that leaves the clouds and connects to the ground.

[AleximusMaximus]

@NomadSpirit555

***Warning, amateur science below***

Lightening, as I understand it, is a discharge of energy from an area of high charge to an area of low charge. On Earth, that'd be from the clouds (I don't know how they get charged) to the ground (no charge).

Consider lightening that goes horizontally across the clouds. It doesn't have to be a solid, it's only charge difference between two places that's important. If the difference is great enough for lightening to cross the gap, it will.

[TheCaptainLulz]

@AleximusMaximus Yes thats how lightning works. its about electron differential. But it never has to equal zero on a large planet, it can be in flux forever.

[StickyTank]

another cool video. fullfilled my nerd-needs for the day :)

[vivalaresistanc]

These are horrible pictures. We need better telescopes!

[AppleHack23]

@vivalaresistanc Would you rather have nothing at all?

[Tsuki28]

@vivalaresistanc go and build it yourself if you think you can do better -.-

[ZbassDJ]

Science Instruments we build does't look like Futuristic movies from the 70's and 80's

ROFL 0:37

[rhn94]

jupitar is a failed sun .. right ?

[DrDoe1]

@rhn94 - I believe so... I seen a vid where I think the guy called them proto-stars, I believe there's evidence of jupiter heating up too so it might not be a failed star but a slow starter. They've found other planets circling duel and triple star systems but they were also huge.... to be fair though they can only see huge planets because the smaller earth sized planets are very hard almost impossible to detect.

[Darkconis]

@rswipeable There is no land in jupiter or any of the gas giants that we know of. The chemical composition of the gas giants doesn't support a theory for land. So you could fly right through the planet if your ship would withstand the immense pressures.

[anzdf]

Muy interesante ver una tormenta de rayos en el planeta Saturno,

Tu canal es Excelente.

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

Your channel is fantastic!  Thanks for posting this video.

[DaTrixta999]

You think we could live saturn if we get too overpopulated on Earth

[Rswipeable]

@DaTrixta999 no we would go to mars right?

[goreziad]

I hope we someday discover floaters down there... :)

[JixMa]

The quality of your videos is superb -- and I watch them in the lowest 360p setting! What format are they in that you upload to YouTube and what encoding method are they in?

[EwBriii]

Beautiful quality, as usual! :)

[valdezmiguel2]

SpaceRip, Why is the moon no longer a planet? is it dangerous? what is it?

Yours very truly,

valdezmiguel2

[DrDoe1]

@valdezmiguel2 - There's a really good vid on here somewhere..... The galaxy was full of proto-planets colliding into one another forming bigger planets until there path was cleared and had no more to hit. The moon was just one of many collisions but was probably the last to hit earth. It could be dangerous to our way of living due to tidal waves and such but most likely not to the planet itself. saturn has 30+ moons and jupiter has 50+...

[Craigipedia]

SpaceRip, you really kick ass

[walkersea]

I love you SpaceRip.

[absentmindedprof]

Would there be hydrogen rain storms on Saturn and/or Jupiter?

[mancredsp]

Audio is fixed yeeyyy! :D

[12GaugeLosAngeles]

Space is so confusing... i laugh at it.

[Rswipeable]

SpaceRip you know in Jupiter there is that red oval shape. what is it? is it dangerous?

[Nazglim]

@Rswipeable

If I remember correctly, that is a massive storm cloud.

Yeah, it's very dangerous.

[DavidPlim]

@Rswipeable its a huge storm that has been going on a very long time

[SpaceRip]

@Rswipeable It's dangerous if you fly into it! Otherwise, it's a storm that rages in the atmosphere, possibly driven by the planet's internal heat source. It's been around since humans first observed it, 400 years ago.

[SNoRRo]

@SpaceRip

Hehe, Jupiter is dangerous to go into even without that big storm.

[Rswipeable]

@SpaceRip how long does it take to get to jupiter because i got told jupiter is a gas planet and if you fly further into jupiter there would be some sort of land you could stand on is this true or do i have to have a word with my science teacher haha?.

[ratattarace]

@SpaceRip i thought it was from the planets fast rotation?

[fpsd0minat0r]

@SpaceRip

if saturn is a gas giant with the flamable hydrogen, shouldnt the lightning ignite it into flames?

[Rahavin1]

@fpsd0minat0r the three req of fire is Fuel (here hydrogen), Heat ( lightning), and Oxygen.... I dont know if there is a significant amount on Saturn

[fpsd0minat0r]

@Rahavin1 oh yh.....silly me. thanks.

[zeruel31]

@SpaceRip Why is it dangerous to fly into the red oval shap on Jupiter.

[LibertyFire2010]

@zeruel31 If I'm right... YOU'D DIE VERY QUICKLY from winds so powerful :)

[mistulac]

@Rswipeable dangrous? man, don't breath inside it!

[NAWRARESNAW]

@Rswipeable U didn't know?lol....

[doom1soldier]

Good job, it's in sync now ;)

[SpaceRip]

OKAY... AUDIO SYNC PROBLEM FIXED.