Astronomy questions from kids, Part 1

[willbirful]

very interesting thanks

[darththork99]

When you said there are most likely more planets like earth. I immediately thought of Gliese581 D. It looks alot like Earth, and is in the goldilocks zone.

[digitalking1000]

if your a astronomer do you have the right to call yourself a doctor?

[spacehopperballs]

I thought this guy would have just hid after Joe Rogan clowned him.

What an idiot What a NASA shill :-(

[Futurecop2012j]

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[9hello123]

@NASAvsPETE No he has evidence, something that none of the hoax followers have.

[westcoastlife4show]

I got a kid question DO u think the universe has a purpose?

[islanders084]

pluto is a planet!

[alaric63]

Yer already in space Phil.



[pomfrit93]

Thats it!................ I subbed!!! :D

[coldarc]

phil plait is a moron. he look like his head is gonna explode any moment now..

[TheVisibleWind]

@coldarc I bet he would become a lot smarter if he had a blank expression and talked in a monotone.

[MyMainMan09]

omg i lost my baseball playing in space D:

[youmydumdum]

funnyass questions lol

[alexashlei1]

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[Conorsfeet]

Kids have posters of sports stars in their rooms i wana poster of Phil

[Afraid0fGhosts]

My question!! What do astronomers do???

[anonymouslybeautiful]

Just wanted you to know I Just sat here and watched all of your "Kids Questions" videos with my space-obsessed 5 year old nephew. He was enthralled with the way you explained things. When I went to show him another video about space he yelled, "NO! I only want the guy in the red shirt!" haha. Thank you for making science interesting. We made a homemade Space Camp bank last month and he has been saving up. I think we may have a little astronaut on our hands. :)

[AbdulRButt]

Thank you for answering these questions

[monkeyboy4746]

Questions I have gotten from children while actually outside using a telescope:

"Do the stars burn out in the daytime when the Sun comes up?"

"That (Orion's 3 belt stars rising on the horizon) isn't stars, it is a radio antenna"

"How do you get your telescope in your car?"

"My daddy has one like that, but he doesn't use it on the sky"

[kungfro]

I once asked a friend, "did you hear? Pluto's not a planet anymore!"

Her response was, "What, did it blow up??"

:(

[mattrix2007]

Hi, what would be the affects on earth if we got hit by a mass coronal ejection? if it was strong enough to penetrate the ionesphere would gamma rays give us radiation, or would it simply just knock out all our electronics? and is this possible it could happen?. thanx friendly guy.

[BitnikGr]

What?! He wasn't teached in school about other planets in solar system? After 1995 astronomers found other planets?!!!! Gimme a gun, I'll shoot myself!

[kidzcontrolRS]

at about 7:00 you start to talk about the type of telescopes you had a a kid, i was wondering if you could maybe show us the telescopes you have now?

[Gengar10000000000]

They're yes or no questions, you idiot.

[UneX100]

Damn , you're really friendly :)

[marker853]

high school teachers are dumb

[tietziano65]

cool, he's Harald Lesch's younger brother ?! 5***** >>Harald Lesch, Prof. d. Astrophysik, Observatorium München , Moderator v."spacenight" Radio Bayern

[XSk8guyX]

It would be fun to throw water in the space

[andytom]

If Pluto would be a planet, then Eris would have to be one as well....

[kungfro]

And Sedna. And Charon! And Ceres. Ceres was considered a planet once, then it was discovered that it was the largest member of a belt of objects, called "asteroids." Same EXACT thing happened to Pluto.

If anyone still "thinks" Pluto is a planet, they HAVE to concede that Ceres is one too.

And since Pluto and Charon both revolve around a common center of gravity, you can't regard either as the true dominant body; they'd have to consider Charon a planet too.

But... they're not.

[andytom]

Yeah, and Makemake and Haumea.

Although, if anyone even considers making Sedna a planet, he should be hung and dismembered. Just look at it's crazy orbit.

[Germanboy567]

and sedna

[rumidom]

he still there you know? just because is not a planet anymore does't mean you should ignore him

[702LowDown702]

Europa has sexy mermaids.

[Countdown1990]

I already knew most of this stuff but it was entertaining. Subscribed, keep it up man

[gul11and]

what the difference between apogee and perigee

[elkabong2501]

apogee is when the moon is farthest from the earth, perigee when it's closest

[ZeromusIV]

underground oceans.. sounds cool

[jaygee514]

bad astronomer almost sounds like bad ass =D

[pandracchio]

You're a great speaker. Wow. I didn't study science, but I love it, and space is one of the most interesting things for me :)

Thanks for all these infos!!!

[gul11and]

ill see you sokn pandracchio i want to be an astronomer

[wiilixx]

Really really really really really really...

[StahnKage]

Every area of science can be exciting, like chemistry is absolutely amazing to me, but most people say "eww" well I tell them my program. It's about relating it to the audience and you TheBadAstronomer can relate Astronomy well.

[Cfigginslz]

yeah i love astronomy, but there are no classes at my school, so i took chem, and i love it now!!!

[AppleItems247]

you should read this guys book its called death from the skies its about how the world will end like when the sun dies and stuff

[RJL738]

Scientists estimate that their are more than 400 billion stars in our galaxy and that their may be almost a trillion galaxies. The sun is a very average star ( small for a star and fine tuned for life, but average ).

[373724]

I really love your talking shows on youtube, sadly it's not being watched that much and if you compare to other video's on youtube you should have much more views. This information you give is for me of such a high value, that's why i really love this.

[BroodwarManiac]

omg this should have more than just 7,000 views -_-

over 100,000 :p

[gul11and]

yes i study these and all i need is a telescope you know i hope ill go there to space maby some day

[Lienssiss]

Outstanding pieces of info :D

[gul11and]

i want a hubble telescope

[huha112]

Wow great video, im 12 and before i watched this video i already knew all of this information i already understood this subject clearly i never really learned from this though but good video.

[Antfeedsonvids]

This is great for kids...it's shows a good use for youtube in an educational way. Well done Phil!

[kipland771]

interesting to watch and not just for kids.

[redshift40]

Great job Phil. My son loved this.

[Herufaia]

It's techinally 1992 good sir.

See also pulsar planets THEY COUNT DAMNIT!!! Even if there completley uninhabitable.

[benlonglands]

would he really tell kids that?

[alexmlb408]

ur kool

[adioskate62]

i like jupiter best cus its a giant storm basicly.and u couldnt even land in there without burning up or disinigrating <--- however u spell that

[Yoshiro83]

imaging the earth in jupiter size.the distance between Sydney and Tokyo would be 480.000 miles instead 4.800 miles. awesome vid!!!!

[JeanMichelAbrassart]

Very nice video. Keep up the good work!

[Mjhavok]

Keep doing stuff like this Phil. It is worth while.

[gnorville]

Nice work, Phil. I especially like the way you don't talk down to kids :)

[Bluesscaleboy]

I would love to have a video on THE EXISTENCE OF TIME, like I asked earlier. Just keep on asking I think...

[Mattnesss]

redcommistar: Carl Sagan's books "Cosmos" and "Pale Blue Dot" are the best at showing how wonderful our universe is. :)

[acs1978au]

Welcome to reality paranoid conspiracy theorists. Lovely video Dr. Plait. Very nice job. Hopefully, in some way your message can inspire young minds to venture into astronomy and space science.

[SpreadingtheMuse]

"Tell me, did any of those kids ask about Operation Dirty Trick?"

Oh Pul LEEZE. STOP being a big fat cliched predictable whiner for at least ten minutes out of your life.

Plait is respected, and you're not. Instead of blaming him, perhaps you should ask why peddling refuted and ignorant conspiracies doesnt win you any respect.

Or any friends.

[Mjhavok]

You are a nutjob. Seriously crazy.

[peacekid]

He's answering questions, not trying to be a stupid pointless 'conspiracy expert', where you accomplish jack shit, dickweed.

[sirscutter]

Oh man, now I'm going to dig up my old telescope I had when I was 10 (over 10 years ago)

[YoutaMottenai]

Very nice BadAstronomer. Anyone who spreads science, education and knowledge deserves thumbs up. Bigger congratulations for showing kids how awesome Science is.

[shootshoot]

Thanks mate, I want more.

[CivilHuman]

Awesome stuff thanks allot cant wait un till I get a telescope woot.

[stefanod2402]

hey, ive seen all of your videos and i think your awsome, im in high school and i love astronomy. What can i do to get a bit more involved with astronomy or even get a degree like you???

[Moelyaxe]

If you are interested, there is a series on History Channel called "The Universe". It is a great show, makes cosmology & astronomy very easy to understand.

[Moelyaxe]

I agree with MichaelJG9, you are clear & make a difficult subject easier for an old guy like me to understand.

Thanks!!

[MichaelJG9]

Very nice, keep up the good work. Your explanations are very clear and easy to follow.

[leporidus]

Wonderful explanations. I just wish you could show pictures from the books you have. We know you have them, Dr Plait! :-)

[TheBadAstronomer]

Heh. Yeah, but the total running time of these videos (all five parts) is about 4 minutes, and it would have taken hours to insert images and such. I wanted to get these up before school is out for the students! Thanks for the kudos, too. :-)

[TheBadAstronomer]

Oops. Typo; I meant "40" minutes.

[BuckeyeSparky]

interesting video phil

[Prepoceros]

Neat! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.

[grassnake]

why do kids always come up with the best questions??? Great vid looking forward to part 2

[EmperorofCartoons]

@grassnake Because children, generally, have not yet reached the point where their own arrogance and hubris directs them to replace a love of facts with the love of their own opinion.

[RossPK81]

Great video, Phil.

[Brianswers]

Great job answering these.