Imagining Extrasolar Planets

[sirLEVITSKY]

It's after watching videos like these that the debates between Theists, Deists and Atheists seem rediculous. We have been civilized for only thousands of years, and industrialized for hundreds and still have to use artists to sketch out planets light years away because they won't fit in a single pixle of our current instruments, and we have the audacity to claim that we know exactly how we came about. A universe infinite in size from a perspective of what is a dot in a tiny solar system.

[SARMA1956]

alright that was cool

[devilpizza123]

"it would be shitting some of its outer atmosphere into a gassy disc around its star?"

[junkers1337]

All the planets we have found so far are in a metaphorical stones throw from our system. Knowing this, I know there are other species out there, somewhere in this vast galaxy of ours.

[shmuli9]

I am really surprised planets haven't been detected around the closet sun to us.

[sbergman27]

@shmuli9 The topic is somewhat non-intuitive. Being closer to us sometimes helps. But there's a lot more too it. Perhaps the most important factor is the orientation of the system. If the system does not happen to be edge-on WRT us, then we will never be able to detect with the transit method. And Kepler is only looking at distant stars, anyway. The radial velocity method can handle more variance in the angle. But if the plane of the system is perpendicular to us, we'd never detect planets.

[shmuli9]

@sbergman27 I'm not sure in which direction Alpha Centauri A and B are oriented...

[sbergman27]

@shmuli9 "I'm not sure in which direction Alpha Centauri A and B are oriented"

Nobody does. If we detect planets orbiting a star, using either the radial velocity or transit method, we can say something about orientation. Otherwise not. I believe that the transit method (Kepler) tells us more about orientation. Statistically, I think it works out to something like 1 in 100 systems having an orientation such that the transit method will work. But please don't quote me on that. I didn't verify it.

[treasuredroperX]

This makes meh pee pee throb! ! !

[hotrodzwife]

soooo TIRED of being told i have to IMAGINE expoplanets but that i'm a stupidass because i believe in God. Whatever. I'm not gonna IMAGINE JACK SHIT. I Love space videos and will thumbs up any WHERE I ACTUALLY SEE but I don't go for THEORETICAL BULLSHIT-it will always get a thumbs down from me. sorry. Scientist have been WRONG WAY TOO MANY TIMES for me to believe their bullshit. :)

[maximkazhenkov11]

@hotrodzwife You do know that all this (just like EVERYTHING) was made possible by science? Especially space travel and space observation requires more science than anywhere else, so you might wanna give science a bit more credit.

[sbergman27]

@hotrodzwife Then you should reevaluate your irrational beliefs. (Hint: Your mother was clearly wrong.) In fact, the data confirming the existence of exoplanets is quite solid. Their gravitational effects on their parent stars is now easily detectable. And Kepler's use of the transit method of detection is nothing short of brilliant. If you are tired of being a stupid-ass, then stop being a stupid-ass. Simple as that. QED.

[Thushanth20]

LOVE you videos :) keep em coming please :D

[asch243]

We love you Spacerip

[kn1b1s95]

I dont get it, if we cant se the planet (just the dim when it pases infront of its star)

How can we know how they look like

[StealthClaw1]

@HotKisses4739 WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU POST THAT ON A GODDAMN SCIENCE VIDEO!!?? i mean SERIOUSLY! NO-ONE wants to know that, and nobody asked. More importantly,Why the FUCK would you WANT to do that?!

[christarasthegreat]

2:32 best picture!!

[WaiWu]

4 people religion is showing....

[trLmos]

I love the the speech tempo and sound of voice of the narrator! It's very soothing, and not so > I'm sorry < hollywood-american, which is a good thing. Also, interesting videos and keep up the very good work!

[bizarewigga]

this channel has helped me out in school

[then33k4]

4 people believe the earth is flat and science is the same as fiction

[Deliwio]

Thanks for all the brilliant vids, Spacerip. It is a great inspiration for young people like me and helps me to illustrate the vastness of space in my head. It is to a very large extent poetic and wounderful :)

[rifliflih]

Une superbe Année à tous

[qotsaandsoadfan1]

SpaceRip videos are among the few on here that don't decrease your IQ.

[Benswerts]

That is awesome ! 

[tubester4567]

Subscribed bcoz i like spacey stuff. hmmm the narrator sounds like the guy from another channel i watch, cant remember what its called

[epicguitarsolo]

Its scary how few people care about astronomy, considering its discoveries are key to the most important questions we can ask. its a shame really.

[theresaAzamar]

Im the next Astrophysicist<3

[WRanon]

I love you SpaceRip

[ticrisse]

Best and most fascinating youtube channel ever! Don't ever stop!

[jon204]

is the HD system 1080 p???

[Metroidhunter07]

I like how all of your videos do not end abruptly but with a nice conclusion.

Happy New Year!

[PAULOcbi]

that was great, you certainly would have to be a fool to believe we are the only life bearing planet in the Universe. That said 'it is a strange evolution when people have come to believe that we are the universes` greatest collusion ,when really were just a collection of cells ,over-rating ourselves,and avoiding the truth.'

[ticrisse]

@PAULOcbi Dave Matthews! or did DM get that quote from someone else?

[PAULOcbi]

@ticrisse no,no, Im always stealing quotes to make a point. Dave said it.

[artur23MJ]

this is SpaceRip's 150th video on youtube

[mrluvs2spooge1]

i realy like your vids

extreamly informative

[ximbomike]

His voice looks like SeaNanners' :O

[vatefsly]

Nice video. I was wondering if you did, or could, make a video about stars that have been ejected from galaxies, or planets ejected from solar systems. Always been interesting to me, these "ronin" objects...

[aceshows]

It's funny because even though I don't know half the things your saying sometimes, I still enjoy your videos! :D

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[luv4drums1]

love ya SpaceRip. this channel inspired me to get into astronomy, and I've decided I want to work for NASA when im older(im 16 now). i live in florida so kennedy space center here i come :D

[FlaaldtheSeneschal]

"...all too small and distant to fill even a single pixel in our most powerful telescopes..."

I thought a handful of exoplanets had been directly imaged. For example haven't exoplanets been directly imaged around the star HR8799?

[azmanabdula]

you poor Astronomers.....

looking at an ocean through eyes capable of seeing only a droplet......

you must get tired, great video and happy new year.

-Peely

[ViperstudiosNG]

Why doesn't the Bible tell us this stuff?... oh wait because it was limited to Primitive man knowledge

[kansasisaband]

@ViperstudiosNG the bible tells more about the stars than most people can recognize. While the knowledge of certain scientific data was not available regarding the universe (perhaps) back then, they were not ignorant or "primitive" in their respect to the stars and the universe around them. They have inspired peoples for centuries past and will continue to do so for centuries to come. We are made of space stuff. I think they realized that back then too. Peace.

[endejan]

@SpaceRip Oh, and happy new year!

[endejan]

@SpaceRip You guys are awesome, probably the most high quality astronomy videos on Youtube (then again, I'm not sure). Just wondering when your next Cosmic Journeys video will come out.

[SpaceRip]

@endejan "probably" the best? definitely the best!

we are shooting for end of January for another episode. We're tackling the prospects that a "gravitationally-locked" planet like Gliese 581G can be life bearing. There are many interesting questions about atmospheric circulation, lack of day-night cycles, and more. So stay tuned! And thanks for being interested.

[endejan]

@SpaceRip Lol, Yeah, they are :D

[demonhunter9980]

@SpaceRip ur the best =)

[HighOnHerb]

@SpaceRip Sounds great! can't wait.

[KevinsHope]

@SpaceRip I don't know. Tdarnnel is doing incredable, inspiring videos here on YouTube, and they are, at least, as good as the videos you guys are making. He is a team of one and his videos are wonderful. You guys should hire him and then you will be the best...hands down...no debate.

[MASTERLINKX123]

@SpaceRip I'm very interested in your videos im really only 11! ^^ They inspire me to maybe even be a astronomer someday. Keep them coming!

[vamponular01]

@SpaceRip you make the best video's ever,ever,ever,ever,ever!!

the gliese 581g is called first alien planet,right, if not, whats it called

[Theonegamefreak]

Augh.. it's so beautiful...

Are there wallpapers of these pictures?

[D119heavy]

totally awesome, this just rekindles my belief that there HAS TO BE life outside of our solar system, I mean its just mathematically certain, given the number of stars and planets that we know about and can see, let alone the ones we don't know about and/or can't see . . . the drake equation etc. etc.

good god damn I can't wait until we find proof of extra-terrestrial life

thanks for uploading all your vids SpaceRip, I surely appreciate your efforts at spreading knowledge and wonder

[Appleball]

Disliked due to bad graphics.

[mrmaciejm]

So many interesting an beautiful worlds. When will we get there?

[yapanuwan]

@mrmaciejm Wait.. First of all me must try to see them...

[NewtonX2]

Thank you for your wonderful videos! Happy New years!

[killallianceftw]

Not only does art and literature fill our imagination video games and movies do a grea job as well, I just love this, Space is so interesting in many different ways.

[darkbluemars]

almost all planets imaginable are possible

[MolotovSolution117]

I think it is awesome that all of these exoplanets are out there and I hope we can explore them one day, but I also love how they so mysterious and open to individual imaginative interpretation.

[JaveDMode]

How on Earth, or shall I say, how in the universe did they find those planets around the pulsar?!

[darkwhitedirewolf]

I am glad we have this technology. It is better than chasing animals with a stick so we can eat.

[bmd900]

SGU PLEASE BE REAL!!!!!

[XtremePh33rz]

Anyone else smelling the planet "Reach" in Epsilon Eridani?

[LostMusicalMeanings]

Planets scare me O_O

[skybite95]

The Universe is just awesome!

[wyrmbuster]

really really beautiful pictures

[vkorinfsky]

amazing :)

[njer]

Wonderful



[gayglue]

Why are you guys so awesome. 

[isakilla1]

be with us in 2011

[loki0100]

bom video..

[225USAboy]

Thanks SpaceRip, always look forward to your video's. great editing and amazing to watch, happy new year. And may next year be a great year for space exploration.

[Constableify]

Hey SpaceRip;

I really enjoy the selection of videos the to which my subscription to your channel provides me.

Thanks !

[Constableify]

Hey SpaceRip;

I really enjoy the selection of videos the to which my subscription to your channel provides me.

Thanks !

[xFaruzx]

Spacerip, I nominate you for best science video creator of the year.

[kazzdude1]

listen at 1:37 "It would be sh*tting some of its outer atmosphere"

[Potts132]

@kazzdude1 shedding

[psychodelicdragon]

the best channel in the west, as the saying goes!!!

keep us informed and i'll go xploring space anytime your ready! haha

wishful thinking!

[PinkProgram]

@CS5TutorialsMaster if you walk clear around the globe then yes. At the current fastest attainable speed its a 20 year trip :D

[TOMPSAR]

Thank you SpaceRIP, my opinion is that you have one the best space videos there is in youtube.

[STARCO1231]

I hat ehow I am gonna die RIGHT before the 2100.

[schmidtbag]

these are actually really cool looking illustrations, i find them impressive

[reviathon360]

EPSILON ERIDANDUS?

Planet Harvest yes? Now we are about to be nuked by aliens.

[edt22210159]

very nice.

[jrtorres1337]

Zefram Cochrane WHERE ARE YOU? I know you're out there somewhere....

[masaw9]

Thanks for the videos. We can learn about what is visible and discoverable in space around us. You have talked about the universe or universes. However, what about space itself? Is there the end and the beginning of space? Is space that we are in enclosed or not? Or can we say" space is limitless"? Is it fruitless to talk about the nature of space. Please give us lectures on space.

[TheRoadofDestruction]

The Info in this was a fail. The first paragraph was repeated. Please fix it

[PlanetBongoSan]

who the fuck is gona hit dislike on a video like this?

[champsinger]

301st viewer

[Aliendude82]

That was beautiful... I <3 SpaceRip

[ThisBoyTV]

Thank you for a great year of awesome videos SpaceRip..cheers

[SpaceRip]

@ThisBoyTV Happy New Year Everyone!

(and don't forget to hit the "FAVORITE" and "LIKE" buttons.)

[987654321stars]

@SpaceRip I love your videos, i learn so much ^-^ Thanks and have a great year!

[ThisBoyTV]

@SpaceRip

and add to a play list :)

[TheFreeMan1994]

@SpaceRip nice videos dude :D

[segrum]

thank you for ALL your efforts!

[DoMiNaToR2465]

Thanks

[Quartrez]

On NASA's planetquest website, it states 500 planets discovered... And none are earth-like yet... You know what that means ? It means other Earthlike planets are freakin' far !

[ytmoog]

@Quartrez

The reason no earth like planets have been discovered yet is because the methods used to find them work best for the Jupiter sized worlds.

We do not yet have the technology to find worlds as small as our own.

[chopin65]

@ytmoog It seems likely they are out there, however.

[Armedias]

@Quartrez You do realize that the only exoplanets discovered are giant gas planets right?, there gravitational pull is strong enough to move the sun slightly and small black dots might be seen as well. Earth size planets are just to small.

[RyuDarragh]

@Armedias: For now and using Earth based telescopes and instruments that have to peer through Earths crappy atmosphere.

[Quartrez]

@Armedias I know. But mind you earth-size planets move stars too, in fact anything that orbits another thing, however small it is, moves the object it's orbiting with.

[RyuDarragh]

@Quartrez: None verified as Earth like. Quite a few are candidates we need better instuments for, like Gliese 581g.

[PinkProgram]

@RyuDarragh Gileese 581g is close enough to earth-like to be a likely candidate for colonization from the information I have seen... and at 20 lightyears travelling at 50% (the fastest possible speed I can see us attaining) it is a 40 year trip. More than likely between 40 and 80 given time for acceleration and deceleration.

[RyuDarragh]

@PinkProgram: 50% is probably a bit slow for most missions. More likely they'll push it to relativistic speeds and it'll be 5-10 Years for the travellers. As much as some folks panned Avatar by Cameron, his ship and its specifications/design are as close to parctical as you can get (he made extensive use of a web site called "atomicrocket", which I highly recommend for an excellent treatment for all things releted to present day ideas on travel to the stars).

[Chimerical93]

The space is just so amazing.

[2stroke4Me]

Now i would love to see a video about PSRB1257+12 ! Please?

[cosmica]

why can't we all just get along? :)

[FreedomValentine]

To everybody:

If you believe in God, believe in God and thank God for everything and for our inclinations toward knowledge. If you believe in something other than God, believe in whatever you believe and thank it for the same things. If you don't believe in God at all, then just go straight to thanking humanity for bothering to know stuff. After you've taken your respective route, shut up.

@SpaceRip I love you for all the videos you've put up at no benefit for yourself. Thank you very very much.

[callmesmorz]

@FreedomValentine 11 thumbs up (or more) in 21 minutes..... not bad lol

[FreedomValentine]

@callmesmorz Haha, I actually came back to check if it really was so! Unfortunately, no everybody likes being adviced on preferred behaviour so I'm down to three or so.

[togusa75]

Put the James Webb Space Telescope in orbit already!!!

[AreaQNH870]

There seems to be a lot of removal of comments going on here

[mikehawktv]

wow.... if it wasn't so dangerous, I would love to live on a planet orbiting a pulsar... that'd be sick

[TheDmNtd]

No words can describe how beautiful this is!..

[pr0kris]

FTL drive, PLEASE BE INVENTED!!

[RyuDarragh]

@pr0kris: That's what things like the LHC will lead us to figure out. First comes the science, then comes the engineering which is applied science :)

[Wyndstarthedruid]

@RyuDarragh then comes a small black hole that grows and destroys the earth. fucktard. you do realize what they are doing right?

[PinkProgram]

@Wyndstarthedruid you do realize that if it was going to happen it would have done so already right?

[Wyndstarthedruid]

@PinkProgram actually your wrong. t hey havent started up the part where it actually could create a black hole.

[PinkProgram]

@Wyndstarthedruid ummm are you sure about that? Actually they will never start up the part that creates a black hole because the machine isn't really designed to do that. There are plans for a starship engine that uses the pulse from a collapsed singularity to reach near light speed but that is a different thing entirely. ^_^

[Wyndstarthedruid]

@PinkProgram WHAT THE FUCK. k guy. i guess you live in a different dimension. didnt realize youtube was interdimensional.

[PinkProgram]

@Wyndstarthedruid the noosphere is within this dimension ^_^

[RyuDarragh]

@Wyndstarthedruid: Why, yes, Mr. Troll. You sir, are an uneducated and ignorant child. Go try and provoke a reaction somewhere else. You are not welcome where adults are duscissing science.

[Wyndstarthedruid]

@RyuDarragh ROFL. you are such a sad....sad little person.

[RyuDarragh]

@Wyndstarthedruid: Sorry to dissapoint you, kid. Not all of us have our heads so far up our asses we have to vomit in order to express an opinion. When you grow up, maybe you can have a rational discussion with people. "ROFL" ? Sure sign of an immature mind.

[FlUdDeStRoYeR94]

@pr0kris Whats that?

[ashlh1]

@FlUdDeStRoYeR94 a method of traveling faster than light (FTL).

[Phelan666]

@pr0kris Get off your ass and go invent it. We could always use more scientists.

[uut0]

@pr0kris well, at least there is a theory on how to do it. but it requires HUGE amounts of energy :O

[pr0kris]

@uut0

Such things always do, it seems. No worries, I have a four-step plan.

1. Figure out cold fusion

2. Invent FTL drive

3. ????

4. PROFIT!

[TheDeathMetalFan666]

@pr0kris 3. have a wank

[uut0]

@pr0kris that made my day lol

[abermouse]

PSRB1257+12 is without doubt my favourite pulsar!

[Salladsdressing]

Simply beautiful!

[MniToster]

Can you make a vid on pulsars?

[ivanxdxd2008]

God is magnificent.

[Nerdykid95]

@ivanxdxd2008 Not gonna work

[ivanxdxd2008]

@Nerdykid95 what

[Nerdykid95]

@ivanxdxd2008 The, ahem, trolling. And I'll leave it at that

[ivanxdxd2008]

@Nerdykid95 Am I trolling?

[togusa75]

@ivanxdxd2008 Actually, yes.

[ivanxdxd2008]

@togusa75 I just say that god is magnificent and we start to argue. I don't see the trolling you troll

[togusa75]

@ivanxdxd2008 Religious comments in an explicitly scientific video, with the hidden or suspected intention to cause reactions in people more sensitive to these things... I would say it can be classified as "trolling".

[ivanxdxd2008]

@togusa75 yeah, ok.. you got me... i don't even believe in God xD ... I was trying to troll xD... happy new year lol

[togusa75]

@ivanxdxd2008 lmao, the same to you.

[TheBeeFart]

@ivanxdxd2008 yea, lets thank him for joy, happiness, Cancer, aids, and evrything else

[ivanxdxd2008]

@TheBeeFart yes, there is pain in the world, deal with it.

[djscottdog1]

pulsars are really cool

[barakuda1111]

Didnt i already see this? OMG I traveled back in time!

[Ademys]

Damn, I want to go to space so bad!

[tERtasdf]

the universe is beast

[MoSxyxnr24]

no homo but i love SpaceRip

[TheSubliminalGenius]

Niiiiice

[creamtornado]

ooo