Hot Planet Discovery

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[TheSanovita]

i really like this video

[ctopdirs]

the best

[JeniTheBat]

Nice Gan

[TheJatmikoo]

Cool Video, So Cute <3

[xtremetom180]

haha who names these planets. call it bruce

[MyDavidsun]

cool

[andreeaweed]

very informative video

[gadionson1]

very hot .. wew !!!

[Chuichupachichi]

I guess NASA has two different science departments... one conducts real science so that they can go to outer space without blowing themselves up... that is, once the shuttle disconnects from that technologically, cosmically, primitive, big, orange bomb, upon which, they catch a piggy back ride

The other, simply serves the purpose of feeding the public all of this non-scientific, heaping pile of rubble that they threw at everyone from within this video

[Chuichupachichi]

{"rethink entirely how we believe stars and planets formed"}

I don't see why it must be such a mystery. Anybody being simply of average intelligence & degree of scientific knowledge, should realize that the answer is scientifically elementary... obviously, they formed in the complete absence of Entropy... how else?

[paulkawsek]

Can you prove the earth goes around the sun? Is the solar system heliocentric? or geocentric?

[Kranda123]

She is so FUCKING HOT! omg

[SuperBUGGzBUNNY]

@Kranda123 LMFAO WHAT?

[grywacz]

"Mass in cars" truly shows there's something wrong going on with NASA. :P

[derman077]

We should start shedding cars also, we have too many and the fumes make it hard to breath in cities

[psb1964]

And are the cars the Gas Giant is shedding Impalas? or the smart and stylish Chevy Aveo Sedan,with better fuel economy than a Hyundai Accent? Scientists speculate that the next generation of telescopes will be able to detect planets that shed Hybrid vehicles, but there is no hope of detecting planets that shed beanie babies, pop tarts or dental floss without some sort of technological breakthrough.

[superdau]

100000 cars? How much is that in elefants (which are a way better unit for mass)?

I also didn't get the distance. At how many football fields is the planet orbiting it's star?

[Kainlarsen]

ONE HUNDRED-THOUSAND CARS!!!!!!

[Phyle9]

cars/sec ? LOL

[cpjangofett]

Let's colonize it!! XD

Better idea, let's let creationists colonize it!!

[CookieMonzta1995]

Ah so first we have HD tellies now HD planets

[didjabringadidjalong]

100,000 SUV's or 100,000 Mini Metro's?

[n8style]

I only use units of Eiffel Tower masses per hour...anyone know the calculation?

[logolou]

mass, cars, hot planets???? Dont ya just love science :-)

[detlefius1]

herp derp cars

[krebul]

I'm curious to know how a planet like that formed. If it loses that much mass per second, how did it form in the first place? Maybe it formed further away from the star, and it is on a spiral orbit with the star?

[ohgrx]

@krebul I would guess that it most likely formed further away and was much larger.

[yellowhue30]

So it's loosing mass at nearly the same rate America is growing the defecate, which surprisingly is also best measured with cars. That sun is like a giant helium-filled China!

[bowlsallbroken]

@yellowhue30

"America is growing the defecate"

Well isn't that a shitty situation?

[Farf420]

To put their numbers in a better perspective, think of it this way. A car is equal to about 1000 bicycles and a bicycle is equal to about 4 unicyles and a unicyle is equal to about 100,000 paper clips. So the planet is losing about 120984149812341902348123918234­92394823904202412894398234234.­234934 paper clips a second!!!

[crazylegoguys]

@Farf420 how the f@#* do you caluclate that

[Farf420]

@crazylegoguys my math is solid dont question it.

[Bastimon]

@Farf420

Man, stop being so unscientific. You know that for such huge numbers we don't use paper clips, we measure it in the big office paper clips, which surely would be 4157217156

[derrick713]

@Farf420 your humor is quite refreshing

[dbx2soha]

oh cmon guys he's just trying to put the mass in context, if you say "10 billion lbs per second" you don't really get the idea.. Go watch penn and teller's numbers.

[robertwc82]

@dbx2soha lol, and you can picture 100 000 cars in your head? it makes no difference, cars, grams, if its not a number you can count on your fingers and toes you wont be able to picture it

[chekchamon]

100, 000 cars!!!

Who the fuck is that wanker?

Surely it's 250, 000 houses with all the occupants standing downstairs.

[julsHz]

If the matter being flung off the planet was detected by the spectrograph, surely they can determine the composition of the matter. Personally, I'd be more interested in What this planet is losing, rather than how much, but that's just me. Anyway, it's good to know the COS is reporting data.

[derman077]

@julsHz I wonder if it is molten mass from the planet or gas from around the planet.

[julsHz]

@derman077 Fine facts about HD 209548b,

The atmosphere: Complex: sodium in the lower atmosphere, evaporating hydrogen detected in upper atmosphere, oxygen and carbon also in the upper atmosphere.

Evaporation mechanism so tremendous that a whole new class of extrasolar planets, the chthonian planets - the cores of evaporated gas giants, is proposed.

Hydrogen tail is 200,000 kilometres long.

The press release was in early 2004!

[julsHz]

@julsHz sorrry HD 209458b...

[derman077]

@julsHz Well said thank you for the specs. I always wondered what a naked Jupiter would look like. wow that came out wrong, lol

[julsHz]

@derman077 ... but just as well said... that's exactly what it is!

[MindAndMarzipan]

WOW! They make cars on that planet too!? Haha

Maybe you should have added a little cartoon showing a planet spitting out cars?

[S0chan]

Thank you for treating your viewers like idiots Science Magazine.

Who counts mass in astronomy through cars? Are you serious?

[Kloxboy]

"w w w"

Really? Still with w w w? And this is coming from NASA, no less.

I'm surprised he didn't finish that line with "via the Interwebs".

[jackfucker1]

i love this

[Oddessuss]

Whats with the cheesy music? Its hard to enough to show the plebs that science is cool ... the cool facts speak for themselves, no need to make it sound like a cheesy infomercial

[CMLAFLAMME]

@Oddessuss I agree completely! Why do we always have to put such terrible music in the background of these exciting science videos. When I was a kid the cheesy music in all science videos made scientists seem goofy and out of touch. Now I a bit older and am just starting to realise how amazing science is. Every one of these videos should have a hollywood budget for a soundtrack. It would in my world ;)

[TheBigMclargehuge]

Why rethink? Just say "god did it!" and you can understand that the motion of a distant planet is just part of HIS plan!

[teemuruskeepaa]

Oukey!

[brianl9944]

soon or later, we're gonna find a planet that harbors life... when will it be?

[7thwiew]

@brianl9944 Most of us have found one allready! :)

[IdoloR]

TWAT N... sorry ^^

[shtakett]

@IdoloR asshole

[linkleisure]

im loving the new nasa vid" look" a litle bit vintage with new news ,great

[anzdf]

Muy interesante.

[settlefornothink]

I find it funny how he converted the weight its losing into... "cars per second". LOL. gotta simplify things for the american public. dumb yanks :/

[om3gadagg3r]

@settlefornothink With all do respect, Go fuck yourself asshole. That is all.

Ω

[sattanhellsing]

@settlefornothink HAHAHAHA! SUPERB COMMENT !! THUMB UP

[jab0805]

@settlefornothink I find it funny how you find it funny that dumb yanks need things simplified so it's easier for them to grasp. That's freaking hilarious... No seriously, that's funny! You're so witty. How do you come up with that stuff? It's great! You must be european. I mean, You must know everything. If only we could all be as witty and smart as those on the other side of the pond. Wow!

[commerceskate]

@settlefornothink how stereotypical of a European to stereotype Americans as being dumb...ha

[tommytalks77]

@commerceskate How about a brazilian, who's lived in the IUS for a while, went to school there, and also who lived in a few countries in Europe for almost a decade? Am I a stereotypical brazilian if I too say that americans do need to have things dumbed down for them in order for them to half understand it?

Sorry mate, but compared to an average european, the average american is like a door...

[stillstandin4you]

@tommytalks77 generalization is your first mistake - you should be smart enough to know that the average is only average and that there will alwayz be those who give any category a bad name and then there will all be those who stand out from the crowd

[commerceskate]

@tommytalks77 i never said the stereotype was false, stereotypes are correct quite often. i live in america, i'd have to be blind to not be able to see the stupidity. but to go around just saying americans are dumb to feed your ego is pathetic. this conversation is pointless.

[nishbrown]

@settlefornothink

You would think he's explaining it to a bunch of WOW players, huh?

[Kossimer]

@settlefornothink You do realize that NASA is an American organization, and the scientist featured was probably American? Not everyone is familiar with the metric system or the american system, but almost everyone can easily imagine the size of a car. That would be the reason for it.

[TheBigMclargehuge]

@Kossimer I think I would be better impressed with percentages. What percentage of the planet's weight is 100,000 cars?

[karadan100]

@TheBigMclargehuge it is probably easier with the car analogy as 100000 cars probably only represents 0.00000000000000000000000001% the mass of Jupiter.

[shtakett]

@Kossimer I can imagine the size of one car, three cars. But 100000 doesn't help.

[robertwc82]

@settlefornothink so you can accurately visualise any measurement in your head?

tell me how many sqaure metres would 3489 tons of golf balls cover?

.....yeah thats what i thought!

[JesterAzazel]

@robertwc82

1,143.6 meters squared..

That's if we're talking american golf balls.. British golf balls are 1.5 millimeters smaller..

(I cheated)

[robertwc82]

@JesterAzazel how did you cheat?

[JesterAzazel]

@robertwc82

"so you can accurately visualise any measurement in your head?"

I didn't visualize it in my head, I did the math..

[Probewitch]

OK. I'm getting out my telescope.

[Ebuverthebicepcurler]

Cool, for some. Admittingly it's hard for me to care, but the more we learn the more we know, even if some facts fail to fascinate.

[MrThomch]

awesom

[AtheistKharm]

sexy name

[DackIsBack]

Stupid Planet... Why's it so hot?

It needs to calm the fuck down.

[noxtimor]

@DackIsBack By far the best comment here.

[niriop]

This is why I sub to ScienceMagazine: that little shot of optimistic awesomeness every other day!

[anonymityismyname]

That's totally awesome.

[davelantor]

its a tiny DOOMED planet ..

[jorn1233]

it's in high defenition

[truvelocity]

Stripped off by 100,000 cars per second A full on double scorched planet! It's almost a triple scorched planet! OMG. What does this mean!

[Tounushi]

saying "dubya dubya dubya" is very redundant these days..

Just say nasa.gov, and ppl will find it.

OH, I forget, this is for the usual american audience. And they have to be walked hand-in-hand through everything. Please...

[CO2Junkie]

@Tounushi - Why hate on Americans? What population of above average primate are you from?

Anyway... doesn't w w w & h t t p sometimes give different results? Walk me through it, oh great oracle.

[Tounushi]

@CO2Junkie

I'm from the most internet-oriented land on earth.

And typing w w w is basically default when it comes to internet use. Firefox and other browsers AFAIK add the dubyas if it is the only option that fits. Try on your browser just typing nasa.gov. Go ahead, see that I'm right.

[CO2Junkie]

@Tounushi - I'm not doubting that you're right. I was wondering why the prejudice against a whole nation :D

And I think I've come across some instances when putting in the w w w after the h t t p actually caused a problem for locating the site. But that's me. Maybe it was an old browser.... and now we're off the topic of the video. So take the last word if it makes you feel better.

[Tounushi]

@CO2Junkie

Thank you.

What I meant was that, though the US has the smartest people around, the American public as a whole is on the level of elementary students. Everything has to be labeled, so that thinkerboxes don't hurt, and so that no-one is offended or left out of the loop. That was the point I was driving.

The people who do these clips should trust that their audience has some basic understanding how to do things; not make things so that even simpletons understand. It is insulting.

[CO2Junkie]

@Tounushi - You ever heard of an IQ curve? A standard distribution? What would be so horribly wrong with dumbing something down as to make it informative to a larger segment of society?

If you're such a genius - AGAIN I ASK YOU - WHY ARE YOU GETTING INFO ON YOUTUBE? Go pick up a current peer-reviewed journal on astronomy or physics. Go work on publishing your latest research... or just go. Go go go, away.

[Tounushi]

@CO2Junkie

I do subscribe a monthly science magazine. To me the vids are merely to inform that something has been found. If I find the subject interesting, I read further.

[Tounushi]

@CO2Junkie

contd.

Even though I admit that some of this material IS meant for elementary students, they are often too simplified. E.g. counting mass in cars? Who came up with that?

They should trust their audience to understand things without resorting to neighbourhood analogies and hand-puppets.

[CO2Junkie]

@Tounushi - Why is that so offensive? "OMG! Mass in cars!?!? OMG Kill that man! He's so stupid he doesn't deserve to live!"

WTF is wrong with you? It's a visual aid. It was meant to show the mass as compared to the output of a large car factory. It was clever. You have some hang up about your IQ that you need to prove via the internet? Get a life dude. You've spent how long now picking at this analogy? Why weren't you working on a cure for cancer or HIV instead of wasting time here?

[Tounushi]

@CO2Junkie

I have no training in medicine (beyond battlefield first-aid), so curing cancer would not be up to me.

The car analogy is too nebulous to function well. Do the mean small peugeuts or huge humvees? Why not use some other well-established heavy object with little ambiguity? Such as a large liquid container (e.g. barrel, tanker, etc.).

Or how'bout just give a straight tonnage.

[HongKongGhost]

When did we start measuring mass in cars?

[truvelocity]

@HongKongGhost We started measuring mass in cars as one more step above measuring speed by horses. Horse power, ya know?  (pun intended).

[niriop]

@HongKongGhost It's for a general audience; most people I suppose can visualize a car better than some abstract measurement in a weight they might not have heard of.

[lazyperfectionist1]

@HongKongGhost I may be mistaken, but I believe it was about 0.3 movie seasons ago.

[evolucion250]

that is not one step closer to proving to people that do not believe in aliens wrong

[ebaltrace]

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. John 10:16

Now we know why Jesus hasn't been around; he is probably collecting sheep on other planets.

Ebal the Atheist

[PAIRANORMALGUYSINC]

great post the universe is a true wonder

[jihadpizza]

So cool !!

[2DRonaldo]

This is probably happening to our planet as well.. The Gravity of the Sun pulling us in.

[commerceskate]

@2DRonaldo the earth is actually slowing moving away from the sun. 

[commerceskate]

@commerceskate slowly* ha 

[2DRonaldo]

@commerceskate

Is it?

I've always heard reports that were being drawn towards the Suns Gravity?

I know the Moon is moving away from Earth's Gravitational Pull.. I must go on a knowledge hunt.

Thanks for the info.

[commerceskate]

@2DRonaldo ha yes, had i not already known that, your logic would have made perfect sense. and also as buzz said the sun is swelling, and will eventually engulf the earth! haha. that'll be fun.

[2DRonaldo]

@commerceskate

Gives us a chance of a good tan. ;-)

[Buzzlybonk]

@2DRonaldo .The sun is swelling and will push earth outwards as it grows as skate says

[2DRonaldo]

@Buzzlybonk

Thanks for the insight, looks like I need an upgrade.. Old Theories past their sell by date ha ha!

[firewallx]

Why don't they ever show the actual Hubble data? Even if it's a few pixels or a graph, it's much better than treating all viewers like retards.

[n8style]

@firewallx I could be wrong but the only reason they can tell there is a planet there is bcause of it's parent star's wobble, iow there aren't any pictures to show:(

[refuckulate420]

@firewallx

Planet discovery really is a tricky thing but they are getting better at it.

[SKOSHI7]

@firewallx Most viewers ARE retards

[stevokwhl]

@firewallx

because we ARE retards