Space Fan News #19: Hubble Turns 21, Still Can't Get a Beer in a Bar

[Anduy]

I had a mindgasm when the music started playing

[Spakaford1]

Music plz

[nuclearpuddin]

No galexies dont make and sound when they collide because space has no air so theres no way for the sound to go

[Helge129]

@nuclearpuddin That is actually a misconception. Put a membrane in a vacuum and point a laser occilimeter at it. You Will get sound. But it's far too weak for the human ear or a microphone to pick it up.

[seppomuppit]

@nuclearpuddin Nope, I can hear it right now bro.

[SquirrelFromGradLife]

Is that the actual sound made when galaxies collide?

[HappyHippoShit]

just a random thought/question for anyone that might know, is there stars or small solar systems just out floating around outside of a galaxy or are they all in one of some sort?

[Nekobe24]

@HappyHippo

There are likely stars and planets that got thrown out of their galaxies due to gravitational interactions with other stars, or during mergers of galaxies such as these two. I think it would be extremely rare for an entire solar system to be thrown out of a galaxy intact. It'd be much more likely that some or all of the planets would have their orbits disrupted and eventually go flying off on their own, away from their parent star.

[jessemaurais]

I love the 3D effect. In a related story, I saw the Hubble 3D movie at the IMAX, and was blown away. I was also incredibly high.

[deriamis]

I am exactly 10 years older than Hubble. ;-) One of the best things ever to happen on my birthday, in my opinion.

[BeefPies]

Another good one, Tony. And yes, the 3D part is pretty cool.

[LeHizik]

Hey! I'm really interested in pursuing a career in astronomy, so could you possibly recommend things to me, including schools, job dedication, etc.? i know it varies greatly with fields and stuff. But please reply. :)

[sneakerset]

@LeHizik You'd be picking a great career. Astro-science mentors are extremely helpful and enthusiatic. It's a demanding field (of multiple disciplines)..with a huge sense of duty,responsibility,and trust. The pathway: keen interest (at the onset),summer internship, graduate student internship,and finally...peer acceptance (with the willingness to share knowledge and ideas). The people in Astro-science make it look easy...because of the expenditure of a great deal of time,resources,and expertise.

[TheMadRaver]

Awesome! Nothing makes me feel less significant in the grand scheme of things that seeing a couple of galaxies ram into each other.

[RichieW]

mind boggling to think of the scale of that collision.. I wonder if any stars actually collided..

[knivesron]

@RichieW imagine the energy release/explosion if stars did collide. be like an asteroid the size of our sun hitting another the same size. then imagine how many galaxys are doing this theres another picture called the tadpole galaxy which i think is doing the same thing

[GoreTorn16]

Great video Mr Darnell. And I loved the blooper at 2:40 - 2:42. haha

[dutchbhproduction]

@tdarnell , what is the song name used at 3:00 ??

greets.

[yoshuayoshua]

I never thought that the Hubble was just the same age as me.. holy crap! Ever sense i was little, I've watched Hubble's pictures and of course loved em all. But I never thought we where the same age :P

[Tarlev]

Hubble <3

[toulouse666]

Another 21 years is pretty much the minimum I am hoping for, but know at the same time that its extremely unrealistic...

[leuigirl]

It's light blue and almost in the center @3:40 I guess it's a galaxy?? Looks weird though?

[Helge129]

@leuigirl I think all the dots in the background and foreground are galaxies :P

[filthyfun]

sweet vid dude!

[goreziad]

thx tony.

[leuigirl]

what is the large blue spot just to the upper left?

[moonasha]

@leuigirl which time in the video? If it has artifacts (the cross shape), it's prob just a star in the foreground... if not, it's prob a galaxy in the background.

Also, keep up the vids... love them

[piranha031091]

@sushanalone If it could be recovered, it should be safely stored in a museum for today's and future generations to see it, not torn into pieces!

[sonicskilz]

Given that James Webb will make deep infrared observations, it makes sense to keep Hubble for another 20 years, or at least until we design a space telescope that can cover both the visible and infrared ranges.

[dbrew2u]

Amazing ! And all of this happened millions of years before the Dinosaurs went into extinction .

[sushanalone]

The hubble should be safely descended and its parts recovered and sold as souvenirs. id buy a piece 1 sq inch for 500$

[sushanalone]

so the image is as if it was 300 million years back, that s not news its pre historic history :P.TY Hubble you have changed an insight of a generation.

[esamiga]

Impressive images! Thank you Tony for all this, very appreciated.



[WILDLEGHORN]

Any dickhead that dislikes this video, doesn't deserve to be a human ! Thumbs Up

[camdengreen]

Does the gravitational effect move at the speed of light? In the case of these two galaxies in the video, which are "tens of thousands of light years apart" is the gravitation each is feeling from the other from each galaxies present location or the location of tens of thousands of light years ago, where each galaxy was when the light left them?

Enquiring minds would like to know!

[nybotheveg]

@camdengreen as far as i know it moves with a finite speed. i would guess that it's the speed of light. it may be effected by the medium it travels through the same way light moves slower through glass than vacuum. but ofc that wouldn't matter in cosmology

[camdengreen]

@nybotheveg Thank you for replying!

[handplanty]

@camdengreen nybotheveg is right, gravity does move with the speed of light. The galaxies collided, of course, so that gravity from any star in one galaxy needed only little time to reach the other galaxy in this case.

[camdengreen]

@handplanty Thank you for taking the time to reply. Since the galaxies are tens of thousands of light years apart, that would mean the gravitation each is feeling from the other is from the location of the other galaxy many years ago. Hmmmm.

[ADYgr8]

what is the name of the song from 3:00 please somebody can tell me ?

[dutchbhproduction]

what is the name of the song in the end ?

[rpx1979]

happy easter

[EdouardDubois]

3:00

ALL aboard the starship of the IMAGINATION.

[itsasin1969]

21? send the Hubble a drink.

[DAZE192]

194-0 likes not bad tony, not bad at all

[Tomek0102]

I will own one of those galaxies soon!

[YMBatal]

A simulation for the interaction would be cool! Thanks for the updates.

[darkouljp]

You can`t stop saying "earlier this week" ...you better not worry about it.

It`s funny cause wherever I hear it I remember you!

thanks for the great video!!!

[njimko23]

Maybe someday we can pick up signals sent out from ancient civilizations that have transmitted time lapse videos taken over eons of time as the smaller galaxy slammed into the larger one.

[SomedaysDreamersBC]

Nice 3D that was defo worth seeing many thanks.

[Tosaden]

You are expanding my horizon with your input Mr. Darnell. Thank you.

[juniortore1]

Great video!

[rijkent55]

I have a premium NZ beer, Steinlager Pure, in my fridge, and I'd teleport it to you, if I could, but........ (=; Thanks for the great videos (=:

[meleder]

Great video thanks

[sephiman]

Hey Tony, great work as usual! Would you be able to tell me what that music is when you show the 3D video of the image?

[decay]

damn epic music

[IRLPOKERBRAT13]

wow tony that looks awesome

[glemmstengal]

Song title? it sounds epic (not using that word loosely!) and fantastic video as always TDarnell

[mrblisterfist]

"hot, young blue stars...", um, k.

:P

[handplanty]

@mrblisterfist Pandora's Beverly Hills :P

[dillinger9999]

thank you for posting this. I love watching this

[REDTEAM22003]

Sad that there is under 400 views for something that will last a life time......yet over a million views on Lady ga ga videos on something thats forgotten in 6months or less

[danbit5]

the dinosaurs looked up once i need more info:) any jupiter haley bomb it footage

[Bobajobimus]

always a pleasure tony

[ScienceIsKnowledge]

I'd much rather say "Happy Birthday Hubble" than "Happy Zombie Jesus Day"

[TheNorwegianSkeptic]

awesome video!

[cbhangale]

Thanks Tony for another wonderful video! If I may ask, what exactly do you do for the Space Telescope science institute?

[Tarlev]

@cbhangale Would be very intersting if he was allowed by his work to make a short film like these, at his work. A little tour so we all can get an understanding of his work, and where he get his information from :]

[sneakerset]

@Tarlev Access would be interesting,but NASA (like most firms)has a media division. Security issues precludes the general public's need to know. The tour guides for the various facilities (around the U.S.) smile and wave at the gate guards,but never let on to their guide groups that those guards are packing full-auto M-16s (on the down low side). The public trust placed on the keepers of nuclear power is awesome -Hubble's comm. links originate off TDRSS (DoD encrypted C and C birds).

[Edsan91]

@cbhangale I believe he works along side the hubble space telescope :), I think in the future he will work alongside the JWST The James Webb Space Telescope. He announced it once in a video and I was excited and proud, all of us viewers were! So that might answer your question

[silversobe]

The James web should be epic.

[oIIDAM]

So these images are 300 million years old, those galaxies are all merged up right about now then right ??

[Kromhoff09]

i wish i had hubbles looking power in my own eyes, that would be amazing

[silversobe]

@Kromhoff09 Hell yea

[Gibranmacias911]

@Kromhoff09 i wish i was the universe

[Ridleysama]

@Kromhoff09 That would be absolutely awesome!!!

[sirkyan]

@Kromhoff09 Only when looking into deep space. Ants would scare the hell out of you!

[HaZeEurope91]

@Kromhoff09 You don't say!

[nybotheveg]

@Kromhoff09 you'd be awesome at finding pennies on the street

[agurkas321]

@Kromhoff09 yeah, especially reading a newspaper.

[cowbell4kid]

@Kromhoff09 don't look at the sun lol



[bappo456]

The ending was so cool, thank you Mr. Darnell for these videos!

[Androsstudio]

that is not 3D

[Helge129]

@Androsstudio He never said it was. He said that "kinda 3d effect", with the stars and other galaxies being at a different distances than the two merging galaxies.

[Androsstudio]

@Helge129 I dont understand this word association they are kinda confusing.Astronomy is a science is not kinda science so you can not ascociate "kinda" with "3D"

[Helge129]

@Androsstudio What has giving depth to an image have to do with Astronomy? Nothing really. What he did is separate the celestials around the galaxies from the rest of the image, and create an animation where he has the celestials at different 'distances' to the camera...to give it a feel of depth, what he called the "cool 3d effect".

[Androsstudio]

@Helge129 is not a problem we can call it an airplane or superman or even Sancho Panza but still we dont have reason to asociate those words.3D mens depth heigt and width kinda depth, kinda height, kinda width is not posible.Nothing on a flat sceen is 3D it s only 2D

[Helge129]

@Androsstudio You do know that 3d in a video does simply mean "An illusion of depth", right? Not actual depth?

[bsherman2006]

Very cool, thanks a bunch!

[Nenshite]

Great video, as always. What was the name of the music?

[Vadalez8]

Those Galaxys are just breathtaking... Happy Bday Hobble! Thx for the vid Mr. Darnell!

[Jerry2665]

Thank you tdarnell. For all the good info. Keep looking up. Peace,,,,

[deathcreator]

omg are you tony stark?

[BrickUnit]

tony, do you believe in the andromedans?

[skaterkid1477]

LITU4!!!!!!!!!!

[nystagmus]

is that the real photo?

[yahboy25]

@nystagmus yes 

[nystagmus]

@yahboy25 well thats amazing!

[RealitysAdvocate]

Wow, 21 years in orbit eh?

Amazing.

Who knows how far along we will be in 21 more years! Maybe we will be able peer even deeper into the cosmos then what we are capable of now.

Thanks for sharing =)

[TheDivineWinds]

Music was entertaining.

[TheMikeyyyy]

amazing

[AmGoDDoGmA]

Cool photo! Thanks Hubble... Happy 21st Birthday!

[Tankmaster11]

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