Welcome to the Universe - III: The Size of Things

Part III: The Size of Things

In this episode, we take a brief trip through the Solar System and beyond to see the size of the Universe.

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[LutzDerLurch]

Is there any Part IV? Or is it upcoming? This is a very promising Series.

[AndromedasWake]

@LutzDerLurch Part IV will happen eventually. Be patient :o)

[peterm3964]

luna is a planet . It is part of a two planet system . Earth/ luna . The moon is not a satelite

[AndromedasWake]

@peterm3964 Not so; the barycentre of the Earth-Moon system is located inside the Earth, and Luna is a natural satellite.

[Zed1967]

Is there going to be a part IV: In The Beginning?

BTW I did a double take a few weeks ago when I saw you on The Sky At Night chatting to Sir Patrick Moore. :)

[AndromedasWake]

@Zed1967 There will be part IV. Sky at Night was fun!

[simw7]

@PractiseIslam hahahahaha what the fuck r you smoking? What fossil record disproves evolution and how the hell does evolution disprove itself, cuz you should know that darwin came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection which is supported by a mount of evidence fossil record, biochemical evidence, laboratory evidence, medicine etc..? and there are 7 heavens? what? and how do you kno that? what evidence do you have to prove it?

[Ahuc899]

In fact I think this is from "A Brief History of Nearly Everything"

[Ahuc899]

This feels kind of like I've heard this before. I don't think the author of the video is the author of this piece

[zeroMPUA]

Thank you for the film. It is so beautiful

[Forcefield23]

this is awesome but it's hard not to watch this and feel like an irrelevant worthless sack of water and carbon :(

[realblublu]

This is such good stuff. Your pleasing voice combined with the music and the awesome material brings a tear to my eye. I've watched parts 1-3 several times now and am wondering whether this series will ever actually continue.... if there were infinite episodes of this, I wouldn't do anything else with my life but watch it.

[billskeets123]

When is part 4 coming! I can't wait!

[mchance27]

I've watched this a bunch of times... it never gets old.

[british123able]

the universe must be infinite because when it was a singularity it was infinately dense. it makes perfect sense :)

[1234yersiman]

After you can grasp the concept of how big the universe is, then my response to "miracles" is that it is a miracle that I am living in such a time where knowledge is rewarded over ignorance, and you are not persecuated or chided for trying to understand your surroundings, and that our knowledge of the universe is not limited to some books written thousands of yaers ago.

[1234yersiman]

@PractiseIslam Oh yea, the koran is just so advanced in its writings, that it goes as far as the say the universe was "raised up" and the mountains are holding the earth in place. The koran contains nothing but a bronze age understanding of the universe. If there truly is a god out there, I am sure he would not care what you do with you sexual organs or where you pray.