The Most Astounding Fact - Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?" This is his answer.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson http://www.facebook.com/neiltyson
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
...for their inspiration.

CREDITS
Narration: TIME Magazine's "10 Questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOwqD...
Music: "To Build a Home" by the Cinematic Orchestra feat. Patrick Watson
http://www.cinematicorchestra.com/

Video (in order of appearance):
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Orion)
http://www.imax.com/hubble/
Yellowstone: Battle for Life (Tree & Waterfall)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcdml
Supernova to Crab Nebula
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/...
BBC: Wonders of the Solar System (formation of the solar system)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb
Accretion and First Eukaryotes from the 2011 film "Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretio...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_o...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline...
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/200...
http://www.twowaysthroughlife.com/
BBC: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/
"Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" by Ayrton Orio (Model: Xharon Kendelker)
http://vimeo.com/9505354
"Afghanistan - touch down in flight" by Augustin Pictures
http://vimeo.com/31426899
http://lukasugustin.de
"mongolia!" by wiissa
http://vimeo.com/27876709
http://wiissa.com

Excerpt from "Outside In", Copyright Stephen van Vuuren/SV2 Studios (Saturn's moon Mimas)
http://www.outsideinthemovie.com
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Inside Orion Nebula)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Ne...
Shuttle Launch from 1985 IMAX film "The Dream is Alive"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drea...
"Earth -- Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over -- NASA, ISS" by Michael Konig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls9yJT...
http://koenigm.com
Excerpt from "The Island" - La Palma Time Lapse Video by Christoph Malin
http://vimeo.com/27539860
http://christophmalin.com
Galaxy Map and Galaxy Formation by NCSA's Advanced Visualization Lab
http://avl.ncsa.illinois.edu/
"Mars sunset" captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageg...

Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer

Neil goes on to say "For me, that is the most profound revelation of 20th century astrophysics and I look forward to what the 21st century will bring us, given the frontiers that are now unfolding."

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[omaroji]

Don't trust atoms, they make up everything

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

I don't blink when I watch this.

[Michael James]

Atoms actually only make up 4% of our current understanding of the universe, 23% is known as dark matter, and the other 73% is dark energy. Also on the topic of percentages, we also only know around 2% of how DNA functions...

[God]

I can't comprehend why anyone would dislike this video, no idea where to ever start. The animated video vividly captures how beautiful and majestic this universe is. I loved this video, thanks you for putting it together.

[ecos889]

Nope only 5% of the universe really!

[babasime]

if you like this /watch?v=4PN5JJDh78I&list=FL70­Z3_CnZ8u25vo7KHBo2SA

[Rui Medina]

:D

[Stefan Leenaars]

Oh please! Name them! Roman tax censuses don't make notice of such trivial thing such as a "passing pair, one pregnant", but even if they did, that is hardly proof of the story of mary and joseph. But every credible historian agrees that there is nothing to suggest that this census actually existed at all. the whole thing is just a plot device. There isn't even a single record of jesus his life or his death for that matter that isn't either biblical or christian written years after the fact.

[rob whee]

Do you realize that the tax collectors from the ancient Roman empire came to the not only the town to collect,but the household.This negates travel from Nazareth which not only did not exist till at least a century later,but the star of Bethlehem is actually the comet of 44 bce.I refute existence with actual historical fact,and not wishfull thinking,People that push the lies of the adult equivalency of Santa fairy tales,are the ones that need to be silenced.Keep it up I have far more evidence.

[zimeron1]

You do realize that the Roman Census recorded the passage of a man and a woman, the woman pregnant, into the town of Bethlehem in 1 B.C. The Romans kept very good records of those people in their empire, and also those they executed. The death of one Jesus of Nazareth by crucifixion is a historical fact, whether you believe in his divinity or not. People like you who refute historical evidence base on your feelings on religion should not be allowed to speak.