The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

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.

Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer. Please subscribe to his channel for more great videos! http://www.youtube.com/user/MaxSchlick

CREDITS
Narration: "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.youtube.com/watch?v=bjjc59...

Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer

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.twowaysthroughlife.com/
BBC: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/
"Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" by Ayrton Orio (human eye)
http://vimeo.com/9505354
"mongolia!" by wiissa
http://vimeo.com/27876709

Saturn from Cassini Spacecraft
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...
"The Island" by Christoph Malin
http://vimeo.com/27539860
"Mars sunset" captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageg...

Neil DeGrasse Tyson 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."

Special thanks to Carl Sagan, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Reid Gower, and NASA for their inspiration.

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[Krisgaar]

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: We Stopped Dreaming. I cry every time.

[MrClamps14]

Then watch "Charlie Chaplin, greatest speech ever made" Very inspirational!

[Alex Bee]

This song is beautiful

[hertigenafholm]

Neil might be cool but were's the swag ? #YOLO

[Cláudio Fonte]

can't be more poetic!

[hertigenafholm]

well this is the most astounding video.

[hertigenafholm]

he does have an opinion.

[mondo78]

Well I would say that the two We Stopped Dreaming episodes rate a very close second to this one. It would be so awesome to sit and have a beer with Neil and talk about such things.

[mondo78]

For some reason every time I watch this video I feel good. There are those that ask what can an atheist celebrate? I would have to show them this video. This thought, this fact is what I celebrate and makes feel that I am connected to the universe.

[edvolve]

Those aren't the best reasons to reserve liking someone who is as fluent a communicator in areas such as these.

[j Garcia]

I want to like Dr Degrasse, but he wont have an opinion on extraterrestrial life and visitors and backs ups the official govt statement

[kmbrlybrntt844]

he is, and it woud seem innately so at that!