Astrophysicist reacts to funny SPACE MEMES | Part 3

[@BrettWMcCoy]

My dad was a NASA scientist in the late 60s and all through the 70s, and we lived in Titusville FL, right across the river from KSC. I saw every single Apollo moon launch and they were the most spectacular things imaginable, way better than what any movie could produce!

[@vvanheukelum]

“Orions belt only gets 3 stars” But it does deserve the constellation prize.

[@hughgordon6435]

Did yall just pull that outta uranus?

[@davidburroughs2244]

Great way to 'geuse it up, well done!

[@thewantondogfish5088]

I once drove to Barnard's Star to test my eyesight.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@hughgordon6435 That joke fell flat on its asterism

[@kurtsnyder4752]

Getting drunk on the Beetlejuice served in a Big Dipper?

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

Aliens discovering Earth: “Hello, I have just discovered a new planet, it has life on it.” “Great, what should we do now?” “I was thinking we could try to communicate with its creatures and find out how they live?” “Nah, let’s just fly around there in front of some cameras.”

[@williamderkatzen8987]

“They land in front of some person no one will ever believe and strut back and forth making beep beep noises… rather childish really”

[@maisiesummers42]

@@williamderkatzen8987 H2HG FTW!

[@LordAmerican]

"Better yet, let's prank them by drawing some dicks on their planet!" And then farmers discovered crop circles.

[@BlackEpyon]

They land at ComiCon, and nobody notices.

[@jiubboatman9352]

I once heard it described as; they have either come to earth to let us know they are here or to covertly observe. Either way, they are terrible at it. Alternatively. Any species that can cross light-years in a reasonable span of time (Not allowing that they live for millennia.), is going to consider the life forms on the earth beneath notice and they are simply emptying their chemical toilets and taking selfies on safari.

[@ejd53]

Stargazing always makes me think of Gandalf's words to Bilbo at the end of "The Hobbit". "You are a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I am very fond of you; but you are only quite a little fellow in a wide world after all!" "Thank goodness!" said Bilbo laughing, and handed him the tobacco-jar.

[@sandrasnow-balvert7766]

how about this one. A star cluster is never late it's always seen on time :D

[@TheTripfantastic]

Bruce Lee, do not concentrate on the finger, or you miss all that heavenly glory.

[@kylecramer8489]

That Orion’s Belt exercise is brilliant.

[@davidburroughs2244]

Completely awesome, I love having those exercises helping make these things clearer for me. And, I've wondered if Alpha Centauri is far enough away to make the zodiac appear different, too?

[@nathanberrigan9839]

I can show it to people when I try to explain why the Stargate chevrons can't be constellations. In the movie, each gate address is a series of constellations that are used to triangulate a planet. That can work with pulsars (a la The Golden Record) but can't work with constellations. Trying to explain why never goes well.

[@1nelsondj]

Perspective is everything.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

There was a DOS program like that back in the 1990s that did it for hundreds of stars. You could set it for a target star, then turn around your 'camera' and watch the 'sky' change as you travelled the light-years. It got eerie when you went out 100 light-years and the Sun was no longer visible ...

[@dragonrune6800]

Read Friday by Heinlein. In it, the MC talks about the trip they are on. If it was in 3D, it would be like her Orion display.

[@georgepucula9034]

Literally, just finished watching Memes parts 1 and 2. I think I should go back to work. Ooh, Memes 3 was released 6 minutes ago!! Thank you for presenting science in such an engaging way!

[@PM-pizzagamer]

if i take my glasses off a Pigeon is a UFO to me...

[@Tuning3434]

what Pigeon?

[@Gojo-hl7iu]

@@Tuning3434 if I take my glasses off, then a pigeon looks like a ufo to me *

[@2010alemania]

Dr. Becky, you have expressed the same thing that I feel when looking at the night sky, the impressive thing is not how insignificant we are, but the infinite possibilities that are out there

[@jeremymathias2280]

Whenever someone asks Brain Cox about whether there is life elsewhere, I always appreciate his responses, and they leave me with the feeling that "We are probably not unique, but we are rare, and that has some specialness too"

[@SeaTacDelta]

4:12 that's an absolutely awesome demonstration. Really gives you some perspective on our perspective.

[@danielvroom2949]

Dr. Becky, as a 74 yr old American, who nearly failed freshman Algebra but has always been interested in Science, I greatly appreciate your ability to make the fantastic advances in space science understandable. I hope you find a real satisfaction in your real work and your communications to us who hope to glean some understanding of the cosmos!

[@jiubboatman9352]

I'm glad they have changed UFO to UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon). As the words flying and object denotes some kind of agency and fuels fallacious reasoning.

[@EnglishMike]

I really don't think it made any difference in the end. Same old claims and conspiracy theories abound.

[@alexandrsoldiernetizen162]

Why is it fallacious to think self-replicating robotic probes created hundred of thousands of years ago by an advanced civilization could number in the millions all over the galaxy and some made it here? We send probes. The other option is some modern day Captain Nemo, unlikely, or some natural phenomena, even more unlikely.

[@realdragon]

Yeah, UFO changed its meaning

[@jiubboatman9352]

@@alexandrsoldiernetizen162 :) It's difficult to spot sarcasm in the written form. But, I am going to assume this is that.

[@alexandrsoldiernetizen162]

@@jiubboatman9352 You seem to lack a certain spark of creativity, curiosity, and insight.

[@ijones1153]

When it comes to the feeling of insignificance while stargazing a scene in a show called Babylon 5 that always comforts me is... Delenn: "Then I will tell you a great secret, Captain. Perhaps the greatest of all time. The molecules of your body are the same molecules that make up this station, and the nebula outside, that burn inside the stars themselves. We are 'star stuff.' We are the universe, made manifest - trying to figure itself out."

[@shookings]

That's almost a Carl Sagan quote

[@DrBecky]

“Supernova poop” is my preferred term 😂

[@thorsteinmortensen4399]

i always liked the term "star snot"

[@caw25sha]

@@shookings It's exactly a Carl Sagan quote. "We are made of starstuff".

[@tarmaque]

We are stardust, we are golden We are billion year old carbon...

[@charles_the_elder]

I was born and raised on the space coast of Florida. My father worked at Cape Canaveral. I have watched literally hundreds of rocket launches, from the small ones to the Saturn V and Space Shuttle launches. You could hear and feel the rumble inside the house and all of us would run outside every-time just to watch them go up. It never got old. I no longer live in Florida, and I miss the excitement of watching a rocket launch. As an added note, the launch of the moon missions on Saturn V rockets was so loud it could be heard 30 miles away, and it always felt like an earthquake. I share your joy at watching rocket launches.

[@DrBecky]

This is so wonderful - thanks for sharing 👍

[@seantlewis376]

That Orion model you made is so cool! I used to have glow-in-the dark sticky stars on my bedroom ceiling, and I used my amateur star map to ensure that I got the northern winter constellations right. 🙂

[@PagsPayback]

"You guys had clear skies?" Oh, yes. I can finally relate to british Astronomers and Astrophotographers. The last 12 months were abysmal where I live. Rarely a night without clouds and even if it was clear, it was nearly always during full moon. But gave me time to image a few globular clusters I had neglected before.

[@SakuraKuromi]

Hello, thought I share a short fun thing about me: I have 5 small moles on my left cheek. Disliked them as a teenager... At least until I got interested in stars and found out, they look like a mirrored image of Cassopia (just mirrored and turned sideways a bit, but if you take the foto from the right angle, it just looked like a mirrored Cassopeia) Don't think I need to tell you, that I love my Cassopeia-Moles by now xD

[@DrBecky]

I do the same with my moles 😂 very jealous of your Cassiopeia

[@HotelPapa100]

@@DrBecky Y'all may want to watch "Serendipity"...

[@SakuraKuromi]

@@DrBecky It's a fun way to look at moles. I have a cluster of small moles on my right shoulder. Hope I find something that fits them as well ♥ (And thank you for answering. It made me really happy :) ) I always loved the stars and everything about them. Sadly it's kind of hard to teach yourself without help (as I know no people with knowledge in this field), so I learned most out of documentaries and I read a few books. But finding your channel had helped me to grasp the details a bit more and understand how all these things I learned about interact with each other (sorry, I'm bad at explaining) Just wanted to thank you for all your work and helping people like me to understand astrophysics a lot better ♥

[@caw25sha]

Professor Dumbledore has a London Underground map on his leg.

[@wildmanjeff42]

I think thats cool , male or female. You have a connection with the stars!

[@WhiteSpatula]

I like to say, “Explore with humility; Discover with gratitude.” For me, that describes the spirit of the scientific method when properly deployed toward the noble human endeavor to lie neither to oneself, nor to others. Cheers, Dr Becky! -Phill, Las Vegas

[@charlesgarber5911]

Love you Dr. Becky! Seriously, I'm glad you're out here talking about the various aspects of astronomy & astrophysics that are of interest to those of us in the non-scientific community. As someone that lives by the maxim that one should learn one new thing every day, & I've literally used that phrase with my bosses, it's awesome to tune in and get informed on something that I hadn't thought of before. As someone who has been curious about the universe from a young age, I've consumed a huge amount of scientific media, everything from TED talks to abstracts to various reference materials, so I always appreciate it when I come across someone that can make the material fun, engaging, and understandable from a non-maths based reference point. I look forward to seeing what you do going forward, and from an old stargazer & philosopher, a very sincere thank you. :)

[@peacekeeper9840]

That Orion recreation looks amazing. You just gave me an idea for a science project, thanks.

[@davidburroughs2244]

Belted it out of the park, didn't they?

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I saw a DOS program like that back in the 1990s.

[@innocentbystander3317]

Reminds me of the throne room in _The Fountain_ with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weiss..

[@3characterhandlerequired]

4:14, I got a flashback from BSG, there was a scene where all 12 colonies had constellations as their symbols and they realized that Earth is where you can actually see all those constellations at the same time. It was great moment in series, and also nice science bit for noticing that constellations are not the same everywhere you go (in space).

[@kittysparkleeyes]

i love this channel and it helps me so much to watch physics and astronomy content as it was always my passion and if my mental health hadn't seriously deteriorated in my late teens I am sure I would be a scientist too. Having a terrible week with panic attacks this week and this content is sooooo much more life affirming for me than guided meditations and the like. Maybe I am just weird but I am sure there are others!

[@DrBecky]

Panic attacks are a bitch. I’m so glad I can help in a little way!

[@BalkanaB]

There are others, no worries. Similar personal history also.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

I am weird, tend to take life too seriously and it feels like all eyes are on me. I also tried meditation, among other things, but at some point I realized that channels like this are the best way to get some distance from the aforementioned feeling. Distance from a feeling on this planet through the unbelievable vastness of the observable space, that's extraordinary weird though🤷🏿 PS: Love this channel too. Greetings from Germany.

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

You do the same for me, you're such an inspiration

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

Us science nerds are here for you

[@larryzimmer1350]

@ about 10:40 "The last, (first mission to visit them (Uranus & neptune) was Voyager missions, back in the 1780s, right?" I knew the Voyager probes were launched a long time ago, but I had no idea. It must have taken a Lot of gunpowder to launch a probe that far. Regards

[@Cybernatural]

"... the FACT that you are insignificant." I love that quote.

[@Roozyj]

I'm so happy that you manage to explain astrophysics in an understandable way. I'm more a language person than a maths person and when I see an equation with more than 1 letter in it, I'll just assume I won't understand it and move on. I'm really interested in astronomy though, so thank you for helping me learn :D

[@danjoseph9581]

When I stargaze, I try to realize that I'm made from the same elements as the whole universe. I am the universe witnessing itself from within. So are each of you!

[@MrChannelnamehere]

I'm with you on the rocket launches Dr. B. Watching the SpaceX Falcon9 stage 1 booster land on the drone ship never gets old!

[@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus]

Thank you Dr. Becky, for describing your feelings of hope when you look at the night sky, showing that amazing astronomical mobile-type model of Orion made with baubles that you helped create, the reminder that UFO does not mean aliens (the media does get carried away in their attempts to grab attention; one must always take that into consideration), and everything else about this video! -edited for punctuation.

[@BiggerBear]

A series I’d pay to watch. I hope this becomes a continuous thing! The education is so fascinating as a science and space lover. Good job Becky!

[@Nightey]

I would argue as a hobby astronomer that Cassiopeia is among the top three constellations including the Big Dipper and Orion. Also the Pleiades are extremely iconic :)

[@physicscraigo]

Periodic Table of the Elements for Astronomers...LOVE IT!!!

[@rksnj6797]

The last meme is spot on!!! I love how you explain subjects to us non physicists without "talking down" to us.

[@TheHades1311]

I love the stars in your eyes when you talk about the ones in the skies. Keep on shinning!

[@greyed]

Astrochemists, "Matter heavier than helium is pretty metal!" *headbangs & air guitars*

[@katdoral5277]

I've only recently found this channel, but really, I'm loving it! Thanks for all the work you do!

[@zimmy1958]

Dr B your enthusiasm and love of science and great intellect never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for all you do, I love it from the toenail moon to the black hole.

[@AkiSan0]

for paper skimming: i do it the other way around. select them properly and read them by absorption. and i love rabbit holeing. i.e. looking at the cited papers in a paper and read them, do it again, and again... and again.. until you are like 10 paper quotations deep. this is actually much more helpful to find "true" papers. you easily google a paper that has your "general topic" in it, but with going through the sources you might find ones that are specific to your field/question.

[@jamiedalke1331]

Your enthusiasm towards Astrophysics reminds me- "If you find a job you love, you will never work another day in your life."

[@Dichedo]

Honestly, I find it SO unbelievably unfair the tiny number of subscribers and views your channel gets, cause it's surely BRILLIANT (pun intended) how you dissect complicated scientific topics and make it sound easy and understandable!

[@delskioffskinov]

You could make paint drying fun to watch! your bubbly, smiley, happy presentation style keeps us interested in your field! A natural 'space communicator' you are lol!

[@adriancopping1253]

Becky i know exactly how you feel, I’m the same, out there is sort of our home, but then again is really, as were made of star dust? Errm, well dust, it is our home and i love it.

[@Otone360]

The Orion joke. Me, a non-stargazer: I understood that reference!

[@stevenpine1939]

I have no clue what your talking about 95% of the time, but your smile and enthusiasm is very contagious

[@wesleturgez]

We can't possibly express how much we appreciate you and your channel :)

[@tdoubt100]

Here's my favourite meme.. An amateur astronomer dies and is stood at the pearly gates in front of St. Peter. St. Peter looks at his list and say's " You were an amateur astronomer in the UK? Come right in my son. You've suffered enough already!"

[@armyofshea7941]

Just finished your book last night. Loved it! Your ability to take all of the Doctorate level information and make it understandable for the masses is amazing. Thank you. As for your videos, I told a colleague of mine I could listen to you describe paint drying and be totally enthralled. If you ever get bored, I’m in. (She is as well). Keep up the amazing content.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

The ability to explain science to laypeople are essential for any scientist in need of funding.

[@brereton_]

that stargazing speech was so inspirational getting a little tear to my eye

[@caribbeanman3379]

I also think aliens exist. Seems highly improbably that they wouldn't given the sheer size and age of your universe. But the idea that they're visiting us seems a bit far fetched. The strongest, most impenetrable border we know of, likely separates us from them: unfathomable, unsurvivable distances.

[@imanoustube]

Hi, I'm a physics junior and an astronomy lover, really, and I believe you are cutest astronomer I have known, really!

[@arctic_haze]

Great content. I also appreciate how much fun you had doing the video. I wish I could do such a project in a week full of meetings and review work.

[@SirKnasher]

I live vicariously through you Becky. I'm probably one of the dumbest people in my country with zero hope of ever having a job in any space field so it's nice to be able to watch your videos and learn about the things I'm most interested in. Thanks for all your hard work

[@trespire]

Regarding the noise, just wait for the first orbital launch on a Starship + Booster stack. There are 29, yes that's 29 Raptor engines on the first stage booster. This will be the biggest most powerful rocket ever, capable of lifting a whopping 150 metric tons in to orbit.

[@tando6266]

Given it was meant to happen in 2018 (Musk in 2015) its going to be a long wait.

[@danieljensen2626]

@@tando6266 Not much longer anymore actually, it will probably happen early next year. They already have most of the hardware ready, the biggest limitation is just waiting for FAA approval at this point. Possible it will even happen before the end of the year, although I wouldn't bet on that. (Granted it will be a pared down test version without any landing capability.)

[@deltalima6703]

The second engine will be out of phase with the first, and the two running together will be completely silent...

[@davidcadman4468]

I'm looking forward to Booster 4's - 29 Raptor v-1 engine Static Fire of + or - 3-5 seconds. That's going to "SHAKE" up MSM in and around Brownsville, TX

[@stargazer7644]

Starship is now expected to carry 100 tons to orbit. Saturn V did 140 tons.

[@letthetunesflow]

Am I as crazy as I think I may be because of just how much the way you pronounce “Dust!” absolutely tickles me?! I simply adore the way you pronounce… “Doughst!!” 🤣 You rock Dr. Becky! Your passion is infectious, and everyone I know that loves astrophysics absolutely loves watching your fantastic KZbin videos! Keep on crushing it!!!

[@Valdagast]

You should look up the Cosmic Hunt story. The oldest story we know of (more than 10,000 years old) and it's about the stars.

[@JimmyMFP]

14:10, so relatable. This is what Notes sections are for XD and chucking anything vaguely related into a Bibliography! 13:56 takes the ticket for me.

[@Hailfire08]

I feel the same when stargazing; look how far we've come on this tiny mote of dust and look how much more there is out there. I can't imagine the incredible things we might be doing in a thousand years - that is, if we haven't destroyed ourselves by then...

[@jnrickards]

With regard to the size of the universe relative to us/me, I think Douglas Adams said it best. Ford Prefect was being punished by being put in a box that showed the entirety of the universe with an arrow pointing to him. All others who were punished similarly went insane because they felt so insignificant, Ford exited the box feeling wonderful because he interpreted the demonstration as, out of all of the possibilities in the universe, he was so important that he was singled out.

[@desertfish74]

Total perspective vortex :)

[@stewartcameron3595]

And it was Zaphod

[@stewartcameron3595]

And of course he had been transferred into a pocket universe which HAD been created just for him, so there's that. But his ego is the size of any number of universes, so he is pretty impervious to any imposed perspective. I first heard the radio play version of HHGTTG when I was 16, now 59, still totally obsessed.

[@jnrickards]

Sorry, it's been a few years since I read it

[@stewartcameron3595]

@@jnrickards No, no, sorry - yours was a great observation - I am just being an annoying pedant - I re-listen to the radioplay, watch the movie, and re-read all six books of the trilogy every couple of years - ignore me! As I say, I fell in love with Douglas's work, and remain obsessed.

[@kenhelmers2603]

I get a big grin hearing about your earlier years getting excited/interested in space stuff!

[@arthriticgamer3484]

Astrophysics: There's Hydrogen, helium and everything else is a metal. Chemists: Just no. Jupiter: Chuckles in metallic hydrogen.

[@littleamygdala2281]

I can relate to the scientific paper meme. I’m watching this video while I’m taking a break from writing a literature review. Hehe, so true! 😂 But now I’m thinking about all the papers I have to wade through to write something coherent. The struggle is real 🤓📚

[@i12bcd8d_now5]

I love the fact that you have this channel and being since I'm just visiting this planet I like the knowledge you give me when I take it back to my peoples

[@marknovak6498]

Douglas Adams did have the satirical execution machine in one of his books that basically showed you, if you really saw how insignificant you are in the universe, you would just cease all biological functions on the spot. (yeah in all scifi, there was a workaround).

[@EnglishMike]

It's called the Total Perspective Vortex. (Doesn't work on narcissists...)

[@marknovak6498]

@@EnglishMike Yeah and they put Author in a pocket universe where he 'was the most import thing in that universe so he could surveve' Then it was ... nevermind.

[@BordersJambo]

@@EnglishMike Yeah. Zaphod was just fine after.

[@davestephen7647]

The baby Yoda meme! I grew up just East of Orlando during the Apollo days. Every time there was a launch the whole neighborhood would head out to the front yard to watch. Occasionally we would catch site of a military launch. Then came the Shuttle days, even more exciting! The excitement never diminished. I still get goosebumps when I think about some of them.

[@c9brown]

Glad to hear that other researchers "survey" papers like this. I thought I was just lazy.

[@claudehebert3131]

6:30: related: not so long ago, we thought lightnings were only possible in the troposphere. Then, someone in the ISS realized some of these gamma rays were coming from the atmosphere itself (from behind them as they were observing away from Earth). They then found out about positive lightnings, sprites, blue jets and elves. People (airline pilots, mostly) did tell scientists about some occurrences beforehand, but were promptly dismissed.

[@NathanMN]

Rocket launches do get old. I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB for 2.5 years, and at first I made sure to watch every launch from a good vantage point. Eventually, they became annoying. I remember one launch in particular that woke me up at 4:30 AM.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

So much for the conspiracy theory about 'clandestine' Apollo lunar launches from Vandenberg. LOL

[@NathanMN]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yeah, there's nothing clandestine about rocket launches. They can be heard from 10s of miles away, and the flames and smoke from the exhaust can be seen even farther away. That's beside the fact that the Pacific Coast Highway (California 1) runs right through the base.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@NathanMN Still trying to figure how a polar orbit can head out to the Moon ...

[@djschultz1970]

I thank you for sharing your knowledge, skill, ideas and creativity. And that you bring all that to bear against some of the problems of the universe. Some very hard problems. To help everyone understand the natural universe a little better.

[@nagranoth_]

8:50 what I don't get is how martians catching a cold on earth and dying because they have zero tolerance also wiped out all life on their home planet... We should definitely still find them. The war wasn't that long ago!

[@randombloke82]

Remember, they only invaded because Mars could no longer sustain them. It was a desperation play and they f**ked up.

[@bobd2659]

I've read somewhere where it might be better when narrowing down what studies to look further into while researching is to read the conclusion first. Of course, that could bring bias into it where you ONLY go in depth on studies that confirm what you want them to, but I think the idea was more to find and narrow down studies that conflict/confirm with others, or even have conflicts within a single study. This would only work with studies that have a well written synopsis to start, or if you're reading a study that was quoted elsewhere.

[@slicerjohn1897]

I laughed when the us UFO report came out, they are something from somewhere talk about a waste of time lol.

[@scs130773]

Hello from Bermuda! Just stumbled across your channel...yeah I stumble sometimes, and happily adding it to my other spacey, timey-whimey science channels. Love your content! Cheers!

[@klaxoncow]

I like that part 1 was called "Astrophysicist reacts to funny space memes" but now we're on part 3, it's "astrophysicist reacts to space memes". The expectation that these memes will actually be funny has somehow been lost along the way.

[@KyleDagg]

I really appreciate your videos and the way you explain such complicated concepts in ways that... bring them down to earth :D

[@Imogen_V]

can't wait for this video 😀

[@paulmiddleton8699]

When did astronomy in my teens and twenties I USD wonder at tiny chance of the photons being collected and focused into my eye after the enormous journey they had traveled, it felt kind of special. Great channel thank you.

[@-_James_-]

Feel free to put out a hardcore science video full of maths and physics once in a while. I'm sure I'm not the only armchair scientist who watches your videos. :)

[@timbeaton5045]

Yep. I'll go along with that. The overall content of your videos is great, covering as it does, everything from simple planetary observations, to deeper stuff about cosmology, black holes, etc. etc. But an occasional deeper dive into some specific topics would be welcome. To anyone who watches, say, the PBS Space Time channel, for instance, they are not afraid to give us a bit more technical stuff, which, even it of takes several viewings to get to grips with, means you have a better understanding. Maybe a second channel, with the occasional posting, but one with, dare i say it a bit more maths, and physics? I'd watch it in a heartbeat.

[@christiantillmanns]

Yes, please. I did an astronomy course on EdX a few years ago and all the maths made things so much clearer. Even if they are sometimes just back-of-the-enveloppe calculations, it really helps.

[@FerDelRio]

I always feel upbeat and happy after watching your videos. I love science, love the way you explain it. Cheers!

[@WilliamFord972]

I’m a simple man: I see Grogu, I upvote.

[@hibatica]

This guy reddits

[@DaBlondDude]

Egads, I've been exploring academic literature for years now, slowly climbing the learning curve of jargon, new concepts, etc (masochistic perhaps but I'm curious and I like to understand how we know what we know). It's honestly made my poor blond brain ache and can be pretty eye-watering stuff lol Your explanations are pretty easy to follow, your enthusiasm is contagious and I love the 'history' and 'great debates' where you dive into how we know what we know and the paths it took to get there.

[@caw25sha]

Rocket launches are nowhere near as impressive as rockets landing, Wallace & Grommet style.

[@stonesie81]

I like the Starship flip-n-burn... Even though it's really a burn-flip then keep burning, not sure I would be near the front of the queue to get on one though. SN-15's bellyflop through the cloud base was incredible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5Ccd416o6iUpbc

[@carolinesix7304]

And yet no cheese....

[@alexandrsoldiernetizen162]

Propulsive landings were conceived in the Buck Rogers era.

[@jolan_tru]

As an aeronautical engineer, I have my doubts that the rocket from Wallace and Gromit is completely scientifically accurate.

[@drewrubtheMando]

Spaceship landings ala Anakin and Obi-Wan (SW:RotS)

[@quietman71]

0:45 I've gotten hooked on watching live video of Falcon 9 launches lately.

[@YodaWhat]

Looking at a dark and starry sky makes me feel HOMESICK.

[@blocksmithforge7841]

I love that when you look at the stars you see hope Dr. Becky. That's a different perspective that I'm going to take note of. 💖💖💖💖💖

[@frederickwoof5785]

Here's a interesting question. Does anyone know of two, naked eye visible stars, that are a similar distance apart as they are from earth? Like an isosceles triangle in the sky.

[@johannageisel5390]

I think there are maps of our local stellar neighbourhood. Try finding one of those.

[@Askalott]

Learning about space makes me feel the same way. Anything is possible. Exactly. Like I can help create the world I want to live in. Like I'm insignificant and significant at the same time. I'm nothing and everything.

[@pranjaltiwari1663]

In the reallife model of the Orion constellation, they coloured the Betleguese red which is an actual red giant. So that was a nice little detail

[@KillerBill1953]

About being insignificant, I remember someone, possibly a scientist, possibly on KZbin, but I can't remember. He said "Just think abut the amazing chain of events that led you to being here at this place and time. If just one had been different you'd be somewhere else or not even exist." I'm glad of the chain of events which led me to being able to watch Dr. Becky. Thanks. You aren't insignificant to me.

[@Pixxelshim]

My grandson is in love with you. Thank you so much for stoking his interests in astronomy, cosmology, and the life of a scientist.

[@wolja]

Thanks

[@majorbruster5916]

Whenever I hear the constellation of Orion, I always smile and think of a play I heard on the radio some years ago entitled 'The Constipation of O'Brien'.

[@pucktf]

As a chemist I'm not really that anoyed by physics&friends calling most elements metals. Funfact: Hydrogen can in special cases act as a metal, it's on the left side of the PSE after all. So only Helium is the undisputed non-member of the metals. I'm more anoyed by getting my favorite science called "the little sister of physics", "the physics of the electronshell", or things like that, BUT: Normally we just tease each other in a friendly fashion, we are scientists after all, and I like all natural sciences, I just picked my profession different than some others,...

[@TucsonBillD]

Me: You do know that chemically speaking, due to it’s location on the periodic table, Hydrogen is considered a metal… Dr. Becky; (mind blown!)

[@lightwoven5326]

Although not peer reviewed, it is likely that metallic hydrogen has been produced in a lab about 2018 at 350GPa and above. The reasoning is that Jupiter class planets have a metallic hydrogen core which produces an insane magnetic flux.

[@3Space1time]

I am also a physical enthusiast I learnt a lot of new topics in physics and maths topics just to learn more abt interesting topics like black holes Seeing some interesting results first made understanding motivation of many mathematical tools and physics topics even easier

[@multivariateperspective5137]

You're straight awesome. I wish I knew women like you growing up, woulda helped me tremendously because I wouldn't have thought they were so much like salmon running in predictable ways and at the same time as dangerous as a black mamba.

[@danlewellyn6734]

I spent a few clear nights at the Grand Canyon. Northern Arizona has, by law, low light pollution. It was amazing! The next weekend I went to the Lowell observatory!

[@osmosisjones4912]

If there were warp drives going off in space would we be able to detect them

[@Anacronian]

We would literally have no idea what to look for.

[@ridefree4076]

I like your take on the scale difference making people feel insignificant. Mine is a bit different, I'm more like: isn't it so amazing that I'm so tiny and so puny but I can still look up and wonder and learn and question and enjoy and..." so combine that with your infinite possibilities and maybe it's not such an insignificant rock after all :)

[@uschi414]

"...one of the most famous constellations in the Northern sky, at least after the Plough." Did you really just call the Plough a constellation and not an asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major? :)

[@danieljensen2626]

She's making videos for the general public, most people will call the big and little dipper constellations (and I think in most countries the general public doesn't really recognize the rest of ursa major/minor, I certainly don't know how to pick the rest of them out).

[@DrDeuteron]

astrophysicists literally don't care

[@jeffreychandler8666]

Hi, I just want to say thank you for the science, and the knowledge that is steadily unfolding as I write this Dr. Becky. Secondly, I appreciate the sprinkles of humor and the serious laughs. You are a surveyor of the Cosmos, however, you are down to Earth. Thank you, for this video presentation !!

[@zlamanit]

Ah, astrology memes are my favourite

[@zlamanit]

"Conjunction of rain clouds and the Orion belt will make your observations impossible"

[@peterkelley6344]

Belt of Orion/Star distances: Really GREAT point about astronomy. Wish more people could perceive that information.