A day in the life of an astrophysicist

So many people have asked me what it is that I do in my job. Here is the somewhat short answer. Hope you enjoy!
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[@IJaybenI]

I love how oliver prioritises things in his mind 1.)friday 2.)outer wilds 3.)birthday

[@Maki_prime]

Friday is always a top 5

[@pattenzitting2234]

everyone say "happy birthday oliver" happy birthday oliver

[@tacofitness1876]

happy birthday oliver

[@Shaeffen_]

Exit womb Oliver

[@pattenzitting2234]

not quite but you've got the spirit@@Shaeffen_

[@HannahG_x]

Happy birthday!! 🥳

[@aureole6383]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LIVER !! !!!!

[@jaspin555]

You did it, you mad lad!!!! additionally it is very strange to see a body mimicking the voice of Oliver! My current theory is this is the work of an advanced neural network processing the voice of oliver and spitting this out. Very impressive, however i am not so easily fooled!

[@BeanGarbonzo]

Nah, I’m a fan of the evil twin theory

[@maaria_w]

I had the same feeling! Like, there's this familiar voice but a totally unfamiliar face. Like... Why did Oliver dub this man's vlog?

[@mysteriousshadow395]

Yeah I always expect a different face from the voice alone compared to the actual face

[@Rexmine]

An insight into the life of Outer Wilds' best player

[@SystemBD]

The lack of a Nomai table in your apartment is concerning. Have you been lying to us all this time?

[@black_crest]

Oh man I remember it now. Where is the table a liver?

[@Ethan_Cubed]

and he didnt have microwaved potatoes for breakfast

[@yanwittmann]

Ever since that Outer Wilds playthrough, I was hooked to the way you play games. You allow them to take their space, you take time to understand what they want from a player with all your theory-crafting and on top of that you're also just a really good gamer! I'm sure to watch whatever you will be doing next!

[@guydudething2795]

Those are my exact thoughts!! No matter how long it takes, we'll be here waiting for you to play our favorite game, Oliver!

[@Eprosis]

"I love induction." This man is too freakin' cute.

[@dgarro]

"Spectroscopic analysis is the tits!" - Oliver (Subnautica #6)

[@Xaph24]

Happy birthday and thank you for the endless hours of entertainment! I never used to watch Let's Plays that much, but ever since I found your channel, I've been hooked.

[@AboutOliver]

Hey Xaph! Thanks for the kind words and the donation. It is my absolute pleasure! Have a great day!🤩

[@amstan3896]

Oliver looks at a galaxy: "What's this? .... Diorite!"

[@Deelia]

oh you made me laugh so hard :'D

[@Zejoant]

lmao

[@black_crest]

This is one piece of a perfection. This is EXACTLY how I had expected you to make it. The music choice, the camera work, your way of talking etc everything is PERFECT. It has similar vibes to the self awareness videos you did long ago which I absolutely adored! In a nutshell, you made the vlog perfectly Oliver. It couldn't have been any better! Expecting more vlogs in the future

[@Taycatte]

I'd just watched your OW playthrough a couple weeks ago, played it years ago myself and suddenly got the urge to "replay" it vicariously. I loved your analytical and insightful commentary. And here I am looking forward to spending more time on this channel. Cheers and happy birthday!

[@SapphirePhoenix7]

it is certainly interesting to hear about the intricacies of astrophysics, would love to hear more about it if you ever have time in the day!

[@meridiasbeacon7669]

THIS IS SO COOL Oliver you've got such a charming personality you're probably the first person I want to watch a vlog of, also your job is genuinely fascinating imo. Astrophysics is cool af! Edit: ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY + OUTER WILDS PLAYTHRU ANNIVERSARY

[@Maiden.less.]

Wow, I am amazed Oliver found the way back to his work and back home again; that's a feat he did not always manage! :p

[@TheRealSpuff]

6:50 -- for your models with black holes, do you have a way to simulate what would happen if you were to... plug the hole?

[@Iiberated]

What a cursed way to brew coffee. I'm here with my aeropress and cheapo hand grinder, paying an arm and a leg for specialty beans, pretending to taste those grapefruit notes... Actually, instant coffee might be fine.

[@mcalaru]

Happy birthday, Oliver!!!

[@WhosNiall]

My most anticipated video yet. Much love to you Oliver (You've heavily inspired me to follow my love for theoretical physics ❤)

[@Dan0RG]

Happy birthday, Oliver, and thank you. I think your Outer Wilds playthrough finally put my crippling Outer Wilds playthrough addiction to rest, it was that final good hit that I needed. Your other let's plays have been so uniquely delightful as well, you appreciate so many things about the games I like that most people never talk about. Your explanation of the science you do was great. Just keep being yourself!

[@roops2277]

love the minecraft series, just watching through it all now

[@Rbaronii]

Happy birthday, Oliver. I hope you have a good one. As a PhD student myself, your routine is very relatable.

[@HugoBaesJr]

Yes! Happy Birthday!

[@kk-in6hy]

I'm so jealous of how bike and pedestrian friendly it is there!

[@hellabisys]

Thank you for a year of great, funny, entertaining, and comforting videos. Here's to many more!

[@Cubemil]

Wow this video just made you so much more sympathetic. Im studying computer science right now, but my heart belongs to space currently. Hearing you talk about this being your job is the coolest thing ever. Hoping one day I have enough experience to take a step in this direction :)

[@m0wkiee]

That was one year already? Wow. Time flies.. Cheers and Happy birthday Oliver!

[@SlyFoxFo]

Tillykke med føzdagen, Ollie!🥳🎉 It still feels like yesterday when you said that this whole playing games for KZbin was a one-off thing. Since then, you've just been showering us with such novel perspectives on some of the best games gaming has to offer! I'm so glad we coerced you to keep going! We couldn't let such a silly damp unge get away without entertaining us some more ;) Kærlig hilsen fra Færøerne

[@louiseb3146]

I can relate on so many things as a planetology student. I'm mostly shocked to learn Oliver lied to us during so much time... With his low, powerful voice, I always thought he was a great astrophysicist, a professor with hundreds of students... He's actually a PhD student. It gives hope for me to find one I suppose... Thanks Oliver for this interesting, informing and really fun video.

[@nllpnterexception]

Happy birthday Oliver! Absolutely loved every series you've done so far, especially Outer Wilds and Rain World.

[@AboutOliver]

Glad you enjoy the series! 😊

[@buttonasas]

You undersell yourself - your video shooting and editing are top notch. I can't believe you made this in just one day in such a high quality.

[@lewallpaperperson]

Happy Birthday Oliver. 🎉🎉

[@AboutOliver]

Thank you!!!

[@MikeFromStream]

Aw man, this was so cool to see! I spent a year working at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz Austria, and the whole vibe, architecture, and atmosphere of your university gives me such nostalgia. I miss Europe, and hope to come back again one day. Here's to another great year for the channel, with more southern observatories, more diorite, more bottomless swamps, and more cans of coke!

[@RyleyAtk]

Happy birthday Oliver!

[@christopherdass8217]

Happy birthday Oliver!! Hope you had a special day! Keep the vlogs coming. You're a natural. And it's amazing to see what you do!!

[@emilieburnham1837]

Yoo!!! I also work on AGN/galaxy SED modeling! Here’s to Astro 🍻

[@woodenmonkeyfox]

Your job sounds like a dream ! I know how to code in python and C, I love space and I always want to know more about it, about physics and how the universe work. But I'm bad at math... That's why I just learn programming to code and not physics to study space. Great vlog by the way ! I love the way you drink coffee, then you think about outer wild and THEN you work.

[@itsmeseanie5763]

Happy birthday, Oliver! I've been such a fan ever since I discovered your Outer Wilds playthrough and am so happy to see you and what you do when you aren't gaming, it's very interesting! It's great to put a face (and a very handsome one, might I add; though I don't want that to come across as weird) to the voice now! Thank you for this video and I'm looking forward to exploring more of your content in the future!

[@bigdog91paper]

You have one of those voices that could easily be picked out from a million people. Thanks for a peek into your day to day. Also happy fuckin birthday duders, here's to another year closer to the death of our own sun!

[@immortalmaps]

Happy Birthday, this video was an absolute delight, you’re very good on camera and I hope to see more of these :)

[@AboutOliver]

So happy you liked it. I was a bit anxious putting my life out there like that, but it's just nerves I guess!😅

[@CODENAMEDERPY]

I like to imagine that the camera, us, is actually a little Mark, that just follows you around.

[@silverchariot2463]

Happy birthday!(Happy birthday)

[@gummywormking]

Happy birthday A liver!

[@Skelebrr]

Happy Birthday from Canada Oliver!🎉

[@johansws]

Hello from a fellow physicist in Lund, just on the other side of the border! Happy birthday and have a great weekend!

[@tinnie75]

We're birthday twins! It's so strange to see the voice I've listened to for hours coming out of an actual face but so fun.

[@mrxsaimon]

Happy Birthday, Oliver! You're amazing!

[@goldenemi]

Happy Birthday Oliver! Thank you for sharing!

[@Jograu1]

Happy birthday Oliver!! Thank you so much for your content!

[@BloodyMastersword]

Happy Birthday! 🥳 Friendly advice: you might want to censor the names on the sign. Typing this into google reveals a lot of information including your phone number. I'm sure nobody in this current community has any mal intent but you never know how large your viewership may grow.

[@ChickenLiverNuts]

Happy Birthday Oliver. Looking forward to seeing your channel continue to grow! Whatever kind of videos you enjoy making i am sure we will love to enjoy watching. Vlogs, analysis, black hole stuff, or just video games. ::)

[@RavenWarrior]

Happiest B-Day to you, Oliver! How very interesting you are. Thanks for sharing!

[@non-existant8944]

Happy birthday oliver, you're genuinely one of a kind lp'ers, keep doing the amazing work, hope you have a great day 🎉🎉🎉

[@NeoChampion]

Happy Birthday Oliver!!

[@JeztheNull3467]

This was so great! Happy birthday Oliver! :)

[@blankyw]

Happy birthday Oliver! This was such an interesting video, loved it.

[@toka8748]

Happy Birthday Oliver🫡 Discovered this channel through your Outer Wilds walk through and I've been watching ever since. Wishing you the best in your endeavours!

[@em_gamez8805]

Omg happy birthday!!

[@Tryforce8000]

Happy birthday, Oliver! Thanks for this! It's cool to see where you live and work! I've never been to Denmark or even seen pictures of it.

[@rattlepostgaming]

This was absolutely amazing! Keep being you Oliver, you’re awesome! And happy birthday!

[@rinshiwell]

Happy birthday! I found the explanation of your work at 6:00 really entertaining. This was a really cool vlog!

[@dratini1247]

This was great! It would be amazing to have this be a series!

[@clancybevan9805]

Happy Birthday Oliver! It was interesting to see what a day in your life looks like. I've wanted to be an astrophysicist for as quite some time now, but I've never actually seen what the work looks like. Thank you for posting this.

[@HackMcMack]

Happy birthday Oliver!! This was a wonderful blog and I loved the descriptions of what you and your fellow astrophysicist were doing 😍

[@Cernunn0s90]

Props to you man. Your Outer Wilds playthrough was legendary, and I am working through the Hollow Knight playthrough and it has been a great journey! Cheers from Norway

[@crowater]

Happy birthday man, hope you had great day! This is really well edited for such a short time after recording it.

[@danielrobles1742]

Loved this content. Been following since Outer Wilds playthrough and this was awesome to watch :)

[@entomologyenthusiast]

Happy birthday Oliver, you’ve been a great source of joy in my life this year, I hope to follow your channel for many more years to come, you’re a comforting wonderful person!! Your content and personality are wonderful!!! Have a good day Oliver

[@OMEGAXD303]

Happy birthday oliver, I'm so glad i found your channel in time

[@doctor_whoey3857]

Happy Birthday Oliver!

[@black_crest]

HELL YEAH FINALLY. THANK YOU OLIVER

[@CuddlePuddle98]

Happy Birthday Oliver! This was such a wholesome and interesting vlog, thx for taking us along

[@ParotrickIa]

Happy Birthday Oliver!!!!!

[@FractalLaw]

Happy Birthday, Oliver!

[@Ghost_Hybrid]

Happy Birthday Oliver! The quest to refine our knowledge of black holes and AGN is awesome. Black holes have been a fascination of mine since I was a kid. I must to know more :) Thanks for showing us around. The University of Copenhagen is beautiful.

[@vixenphoenix122]

happy birthday oliver!!! thanks for the content and this vlog was a very nice surprise indeed!!! :)

[@puckmin3487]

currently aiming for a masters in physics and astronomy so to have one of my favorite youtubers do this is amazing also happy birthday!

[@ytmikelol]

Happy birthday! So nice to learn cool things About Oliver

[@yueningzhang7475]

Happy birthday Oliver!!

[@CODENAMEDERPY]

Happy birthday, Oliver!

[@BeanGarbonzo]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVER!!!!!

[@pirat87pl]

It's a pretty good vlog! Congrats on the full year!

[@xephon3000]

Happy birthday! Thanks for deciding to start uploading! Your gameplays have been great!

[@ejm25]

happy birthday oliver!

[@austenefe]

Happy birthday Oliver. I actually wondered how these things work in practice

[@bakerr5517]

happy birthday!!! i love how you play games and i love how you made this vlog too! thank you for everything :)

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

this was really interesting and relaxing, glad you decided to go through with the vlog request! cheers from canada oliver 😁

[@gregory13579]

Happy Birthday! Amazing Video.

[@Eimelt]

Happy birthday, your Outer Wilds playthrough is the best I've ever watched.

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Very cool to see you. I loved your outer wilds playthrough!

[@minehappysky]

OLIVER VLOG LESGOOO!! Happy one year since the start of Outer Wilds... and less important Happy Birthday

[@MrHalo898]

Happy birthday oliver!!! Loved your outer wilds playthrough I plan to start watching your subnautica playthrough soon can't wait!

[@francjirachi]

Happy birthday! Damm that is a nice looking house btw, and also real good vlog, I would definitely love to see more

[@rabelaisian-crow]

Happy birthday mate! Here's to another amazing year

[@SlashDE]

This was awesome

[@tinkererofwands]

happy birthday oliver !!!!

[@droycon]

Happy birthday Oliver! Also I must say your videos are entertaining even in vlogs

[@shakewell42]

This is exciting! I'd love to see more of these, sir potato man!

[@sungvin]

Happy Birthdaaaaaaaay! Great video!

[@JhUaN566.]

Happy birthday oliver!!!