Night And Day On An Alien World

[KarbineKyle]

AWESOME! These "Hot Jupiters" being stripped of their gases makes them out to be almost like massive comets. It's very strange how some planets can orbit so close to their star, and have such a short revolution. I wonder if Mercury was once the core of a gas giant? Maybe it was a moon? It would really be awesome to go back in time, to see how our Solar System formed, and what happened. Quite a lot, I'm sure! I hope I'm still around when we find E.T. life, or to travel to another planet or moon!

[Cuenca20]

There are aliens for sure but we can't prove it however, we can't prove there aren't either. Suppose the nearest ones are too far away to meet, no matter how many millions of years their technology is more evolved than ours, or maybe their technology is as far as technology can be evolved in comparison with what nature allows them... i still wonder what they look like.

[cmsalvagio]

Go UCF!

[camilosilvalindo]

Execelente quality, the universe is really an amazing place, and new discoveries of the last 50 years, made with the aid of telescopes and probes traveling through space, allowed greater access of mankind to uncover many of its mysteries, PH congratulations, by the beautiful images, note 1000.

[richmantck]

if this planet is like Jupiter & the sun is so massive looking as the video represents, wouldn't it be safe to say the sun was much smaller millions of yrs ago with more planets toward closer to the sun like our own solar system? because Our sun will engulf mercury,Venus, Earth, Mars then implode back in. But before it does this, wouldn't it be safe to say another Solar system like our own is looking at us by this time when were long gone saying the same thing as we are today looking at this vid

[ushlichao]

holy crap what if it explodes

[mrfoxtalbot]

Temperature distribution would also depend on the planet´s rotation speed (if any at all, beacuse it could be gravitationaly locked, like the moon is to the earth)

Nice vid!

[LDBeliMusick]

I hope they find life in another planet in my lifetime

[FreeMMOGameReviews]

@LDBeliMusick more like you hope they tell you they already have but lied to you in your lifetime lol

[LDBeliMusick]

@FreeMMOGameReviews lol true true but why would they hide it?

[LinkMyBoy]

@LDBeliMusick Because, its one big zionist conspiracy forged by the new world order, derp.

[LDBeliMusick]

@LinkMyBoy Ok, Ive seen all the new world order videos, sometimes I believe them sometimes I think it's all a bunch of B.S. and even if those theories are true what the hell are we ganna do? other than load up on guns and live a paranoid life waiting for "The day"

[LinkMyBoy]

@LDBeliMusick I dont think you saw the derp at the end did you?

[Tenebrous76]

@miclipz

"If science didn't rule...what would?"

Ignorance. We've been there and done that. It wasn't that great.

Science for the win.

[mrboo18]

Neat, thanks for posting.

[wickedlick]

Mind blowing

[Craigipedia]

science rules

[wildcatbungalo]

That "gravitationally induced wobbles" graph seems more like cheap artwork that a graphical representation of a wobble... pretty horrible and sad BOS.

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[wildcatbungalo]

@wildcatbungalo oh nevermind - that's supposed to be their dimming graph. timing of the image messed me up... carry on.

[sci0nparag0n]

Awesome video.

[Fragamuff]

BEAST!

[TomRCJ]

Hot Jupiters? Do I understand that they orbit in 4-5 days? How close are they? Must of missed where they said. But if it's real close, I'd picture a bubble from the star that's rolling on the star's atmosphere. That'd be so cool to find something like that. It'll be cool whatever it actually is though. And to think someday we'll find/build a way that'll let us see those planets like we can see the ones in our own solar system today. I can't wait. Hopefully in my lifetime.

[hooloovoo1st]

@TomRCJ I doubt anything is quite that close, at least not for very long. Friction from the surface and corona of the star would cause the orbiting planet to slow rapidly and fall inward, being destroyed.

[Kenjineering]

We'll visit them all one day

[pronoob1983]

@bulbinking if you want to talk about taxpayers dollars then just look to the military budget. 100 times that of NASA. not that this is the work of NASA.

[shandorejunk]

It wasnt that long ago thast the first exoplanet was discovered, i love progress ;)

[JixMa]

Fascinating!

[Reggis420]

turn down the background music. holy fucking annoying hell.

[Jerry2665]

Keep up the good work. Thank you for sharing.

[PlanetoftheAtheists]

now compare this info and discoveries with that of ANY religious person

[cdholder18]

what an excuse for a job.

[kibilz]

They depict the planet as spining on it's axis? Correct me if I am wrong but given it's distance shouldn't the planet be tidely locked to it's host star like our moon to earth or mercury is to the sun?

[bulbinking]

And how does this knowledge help anybody in anyway aside from quelling the curiosity of some invested scientists?

[ericbrown86]

@bulbinking

who says it has to have application in order for it to be worth investigating?

[bulbinking]

my taxpayers dollars say so

[Unlocktube]

@bulbinking

You have to look at the bigger picture....

[bulbinking]

which is? dont think I am not a man of science because im dissing astronomers, im dissing costly experiments funded by my taxpayers dollars that will likely not benefit anybody for a very long time, including myself being foremost

[w26895]

@bulbinking a lot of technologies used in everyday life were first developed to serve the astronomers. Progress of the astronomy, aeronautics, physics is the progress of the entire mankind

[bulbinking]

could you explain how any of this will help anybody not staring at stars like excited astro geek children wasting taxpayers money that could be used for medical/energy sciences?

[WWZenaDo]

@bulbinking Research such as this is done with an eye to the future; also involves a 'worldview' that considers humanity to be more than a terminally superstitious herd of creatures forever locked into an existence limited to just this planet... Also helps dispel misleading pseudo-science generated by followers of the "Johnny-come-lately" Middle Eastern gods currently being worshipped; said worship tends to limit intelligent questioning of centuries-old mythology...

[bulbinking]

@WWZenaDo

Ever watched House? he does a good quote that rings true...

If you could reason with the religious there would be no religion.

I don't think we should only be focused on our planet, but reaching out so far into a universe which will have no impact on us for such a long time while there are still so many mysteries about the world we live on seems like we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves.

[Koujinkamu]

@bulbinking I guess it would seem that way, if one didn't take into account that the people researching this aren't the only scientists on the planet.

[Hottides]

@bulbinking "Give him a drachma, if he must earn from what he learns"

- Euclid

Medicine, energy development and countless other disciplines may profit from modeling hot Jupiter dynamics. Consider that wind currents of Earth circulate the Sun's heat in a similar way to that postulated to be occurring on Hot Jupiter. By modelling its atmospheric dynamics, we may uncover terrestrial mechanisms useful for climatology, weather forecasting or harvesting wind power. All knowledge is profit.

[bulbinking]

I do understand this, the issue is most of the researching materials go into mapping out stars and galaxies billions of light years away which will in no way effect us nor will we have any ability to explore in the near future.

I'm all for study of our galactic cousins and near earth objects and space colonization ect ect ect... I just can't seem to find any practical reason for what is essentially star gazing with a trillion dollar telescope. (not saying it cant be used more practically)

[NoAntecessor]

Bulbinking, I appreciate your honesty in stating that you don't see any immediate practical applications for studying extremely far celestial phenomena. If I can, I'd like to put in a very important point of such studies: They are useful for examining our own models of physics. There are extremes that can be studied at immense distances that are nothing like what's in our local neighborhoods, and by studying these extremes we may be able to advance our own models and hence science here on earth.

[bulbinking]

I suppose that is a reasonable purpose for looking at physical differences in far off galaxies, and I cant complain too much then about what money is being used for that research considering physics is one of the more important branches of science. I never really think about astronomy that much so thanks for giving me some insight on the reasoning behind staring at pictures of little dots looking for difference in stars positions and whatnot.

[8DX]

Shouldn't you say "we have been able to advance our own models"? I mean astronomy has helped physics a lot..

[NoAntecessor]

Good point, 8DX. I never meant to imply that observations of far distant phenomena have not been of value to physics in the past.

[deedubya286]

@bulbinking When J. J. Thompson discovered the electron he thought it would never be of any use to anyone. What would our world be like today without that bit of knowledge? You never know what will come from an increase in knowledge and while a lot of it may never be of any practical use there is no way to determine the outcome beforehand. The only thing we can be sure of is that we miss 100% of the shots we never take.

[DSBrekus]

A valid question if delivered rather condescendingly.

First off pure science as distinct from applied science has nothing to do with practical applications, just the collection of knowledge, so collecting knowledge about the universe would fall under that mostly.

As far as practical considerations astronomy gives very useful insight into our universe and phenomena and how they work, this helps other fields such as physics which naturally leads to practical engineering.

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[w26895]

@bulbinking i cant give you an example right now, if ther is one and i agree that there are more urgent matters like healthcare, poverty, hunger but it doesn't mean that astronomy is useless and it's a waste of money. i'm sure that after some time it will be benefitial not only to astronomers and scientists but to other people as well, as someone said before, we should look at the bigger pictre, progress in one field is usually followed by progress in another.

[BigSwede7403]

@w26895 And, sadly enough, war. :(

[RazielKain]

@w26895 Dont get me wrong I know how important research is in every field of science (and astronomy is awsome) but could you name a few of those everyday life improvements from astronomy? ^^ Because of the top of my head I can't think of any

[thebrassdubliner]

@RazielKain First and most obvious one that springs to mind is peoples glasses, magnifying lenses that were first used in telescopes

[RazielKain]

@thebrassdubliner But the lenses existed before the telescopes (like you said) so astrology had nothing to do with their development

[epit0me]

@w26895 sorry about replying to a comment that's over a year old, but you also forgot about the military -- tons of commercial products that are a part of every day life originated from military research.

[dewinthemorning]

Those were gas planets, have they already foung a rock planet?

[StrapOnDildoSexRulez]

i met an alien once. They are one our planet all the time. He gave me a drink, i passed out. I woke up with severe pains in my butt. So he must have been an alien who abducted me and gave me a probe. There simply cant be any other explanation to what i just said.

[Ridleysama]

Sounds like you got anally raped.

[ThatOneQuestion]

Outstanding! Thanks for this!

[MilletGtr]

Love it! Can't wait for more like this.

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

Way cool

[TheOats]

Okay I think this is cool, but what do they actually get out of this?

[VeryEvilPettingZoo]

@TheOats

Scientific knowledge, and capabilities, grow in tiny steps. This shows us a new step.

[abdishtar]

Just wow, fascinating. Imagine if we found a planet much like our own and it actually had life? We wouldn't even know it.

[usagicullen]

amazing!

[nishbrown]

I found out what a roasting ball of gas is when I woke up this morning.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@nishbrown nasty

[teemuruskeepaa]

Not "measured", referred!

[sausage4mash]

bit depressing these things are so far away ,even at the speed of light it would take yrs to get to the closest stars

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

@sausage4mash

We need a mass effect field.

[666norton420]

damn...

while this was an interesting vid, i was hoping for for some sort of PoV animation of detail.... ohh... like the ending.

still cool.

;d

[chopin65]

The imagination pales in the presence of the universe. It is truly thrilling to hear of the work being done by astronomers today.

[Physk]

@chopin65 The imagination pales compared to the universe? You gotta be kidding me.... This universe probably wouldn't exist without imagination.

[TruthfulChristian]

Show me any verse in the King James Authorized Version 1611 that speaks of Aliens on other planets.

[BlackRaptor31]

@TruthfulChristian Its not like the bible is a reliable source. It cant even get history right, let alone things we have yet to discover.

It says the earth is flat. It also says the earth never moves in space.

[Ridleysama]

@BlackRaptor31: TruthfulChristian is nothing but a Creationist Troll that is brainwashed to the point where he uses the bible as his brain. He believes the Bible is better than science. So if a scientific study is done and it contradicts the Bible, he sides with the Bible.

He's just an idiot!

[TheRationalizer]

@chopin65

And as a kid I thought it was just looking at little white dots :D

[jebus6kryst]

That is really amazing how fast the science is moving in astronomy.

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@jebus6kryst indeed

[metaldave08096]

@jebus6kryst Yeah but it's to bad Obama is screwing it all up.

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

@metaldave08096

What is he doing? I've heard some rumors about NASA shutting down many of its public space programs due to a lack of funding, but I haven't heard anything about proposed legislation that does that. Unless it was done with an earmark in some other bill to cut costs.

Cutting costs in fields of science is just as stupid as cutting costs in education. Both end up costing everyone way more in the long run....

[anglaismoyen]

State education is broken- it's really irrelevant how much money you put into it. I know it's off-topic but the whole system of so-called education needs to be tipped on its head soonish.

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

@anglaismoyen

And trade it for what? A Zietgeist version of education? It's a matter of funding and a simple lack of emphasis on science and mathematics. Other countries have increased funding, and it has worked.

The problem is the United States is too focused on defense spending. Leaving education to the private sector and home schooling would be disastrous.

[easyben21]

@IFloridaMotocrossI  the reason some countreys cut funding is it makes the countrey more.. stupid and if u have a population of idiots, thats easier to keep happy than a population of smart people :/ is a conspiry

[anglaismoyen]

Gurgh. I don't want to get into a debate about it so I'll restrain myself. You're right about the defense spending but private and home schooling is not disastrous.

[netsoj]

Epicness has been had

[Koss42]

Mmmmm Spitzer Space Telescope.

[DracoScall]

Science!

[defect530]

@DracoScall 1000 years ago they would have called it witchcraft :D

[Jagent]

@defect530 "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

[abdishtar]

@Jagent

Yet more awesome than magic

[Movies96B]

Awesome.