The Closest Alien Planets

As the James Webb telescope becomes operational, we'll soon start receiving more data than ever before on the exoplanets nearest to us. The only problem is.... what ARE the exoplanets nearest to us? Today we're taking a look at our closest neighbors to see what our chances of finding alien life are close to home.
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[@ianlarm1588]

Normal people: Is Australia a continent or an island? A. Pro: Australia is a Geographic Realm and Planets are Islands!

[@andrewmurray1550]

both

[@Salt_Master_Queue]

8:43 Water. Earth Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

[@calsta619]

The red dwarf being more common is a dual factor, of which you only mentioned one. A smaller star requires less gas to form, i.e. more can be formed from the same material available aka more are created. They also burn dimmer but for longer than the larger stars do, therefore the ones formed stick around for longer. So more are formed, and the ones that are formed stick around for longer, giving us two reasons to see more of them

[@eeeniveee]

Love the term Astrobiogeography! It just now needs its own Wikipedia page and journal.

[@maxmassetti2392]

Go ahead and start it!

[@corrinflakes9659]

Or Bioastronomy?

[@mtgoat179]

@@corrinflakes9659 if plants are alive and we find green planets plants have cells cells are alive aliens?

[@mtgoat179]

@@corrinflakes9659 or do we specifically have to find animals for it to count

[@corrinflakes9659]

@@mtgoat179 Why are you asking me? I’m not an astronomer, physicist, etc. I literally go to school for art, space is just pretty. Unless you want a public opinion, then I think plants definitely count as life. Thing is for reference of our own history, animals evolved shortly after plants but only after fungi already did, as we are more closely related to a hallucinagenic mushroom that’ll give you a good time than the hemp that provides the cannabis. If a planet is more resembling to fungus, that counts too. But regardless, plants indicate life more as animals move around all the time, a plant is reliably stationery.

[@FrankiePhoenix]

Astrobiogeography?? You madman. I'm with it.

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

Atlas Pro > Astro Pro > Atlas Pro

[@CasualMitosisCollective]

So Astro Pro is both better and worse than Atlas Pro. How, though?

[@מ.מ-ה9ד]

@@CasualMitosisCollective Yes

[@hannahbrown2728]

Ouroborgator or however you spell it

[@atlasisimaginary]

me

[@justanotherbob69]

Atlas bro

[@RedBlaze45]

7:43 "...and while technically we haven't found any exo-MOONS yet..." Kepler 1625-b-I and Kepler 1708-b-I: are we a joke to you?

[@peterbailey254]

Love the not-so-subtle reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender!

[@richarddemeter860]

I'm so glad you made a channel like this! You are one of my favorite geography content creators, and now you've crossed over into my other favorite topic of astronomy! Please keep up the amazing content. I can't get enough!!

[@WackChen]

i almost thought i was on atlas when he played that intro

[@amberlandball]

finally another person who likes both geography and astronomy

[@tilesmhomas]

Commenting to increase audience engagement/ algorithm recommendation junk. One of my favorite creators!

[@loppp7254]

This always has been one of my favorite videos on the main channel. Really looking forward to more such great videos on both space and geography.

[@argh523]

What is the main channel?

[@kirkkork]

@@argh523 Atlas Pro. There's a duplicate of this video too. I assume this channel is supposed to be astronomy specific.

[@lukazzmatizz4378]

Very nice space engine in background

[@cillianwalsh9244]

Loved this style of your content especially so happy there's a dedicated channel for it now!

[@AD4LY]

This Channel is a WELCOMED addition to KZbin. great stuff, keep it coming

[@licsipondi]

Came here to see if people noticed the ATLA reference. Was not disappointed!

[@MrNobodyMoto]

Look forward to seeing alien planet close up pictures.

[@Arizona_Ice]

Everyone asks “what da dog doin” but no one is asking “how da dog doin”

[@OreoAndJeans]

I love astronomy this video is amazing

[@SeanA099]

A lot of people never noticed that in Avatar, Pandora is actually a moon of Próxima C

[@peeperleviathan2839]

A moon of Polyphemus which is a gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A, not proxima

[@perrywilliams5407]

Actually, the JWST wasn't primarily designed to sus out exoplanet details. It can do some of the work, but only if that work can be done in the infrared spectrum. TWINKLE, PLATO, ARIEL, and hopefully in the future, HabEx, are specifically designed to characterize exoplanet atmospheric composition and other relevant parameters to quantify habitability.

[@K.Maroon]

Your channel is criminally underrated

[@jackniessen]

I’m really excited for this bew channel man, good luck and keep on producing phenomenal content

[@bicivelo]

I’m a gas giant after eating spicy Mexican food!! 😅😅 awesome videos. Hope to see more. I’m burning through them 😊

[@AprillAcosta]

Lol I see what you did there 👍👏

[@vincentcleaver1925]

I didn't remember watching this a few months ago, but I liked it over there so I assume that I did. I had always thought of the astro side as a continuation of geography and biology, but you do you, bro

[@NeroPiroman]

the avatar movies are set on a moon around a gas giant in the centauri system, which is quite interesting

[@ameliasparks8120]

I'm loving all your videos so far!

[@SamuelJoyner]

8:54 I see you are a Avatar: The Last Airbender Fan. I am in good company. 👊🏾

[@stephenbaugh2041]

Aegir? Missed opportunity as the most famous fictional planet of Epsilon Eridani is Vulcan!

[@titan-1802]

*but that was located in 40 Eridani, not Epsilon Eridani*

[@CokeCheese]

Great video and good work. Like you stated, many of these systems likely harbor smaller worlds and moons that we simply cannot yet see due to our technological limitations. Even Alpha Centauri A and B almost certainly have one world according to the data. It has simply proven a difficult system to investigate.

[@zimriel]

I remember hyping the Alpha Centauri system when they mooted it in the mid 2010s and... getting burned, when they retracted their findings. (Our host might have flashed a screencap or two about the hype, but I'm actually glad he didn't, because I might have started weeping. What an embarrassment that was.) Proxima's system by contrast has held up.

[@ATJonzie]

not enough videos, they are addicting

[@plutoidrepublic2765]

i love that ur using space engine!

[@xguesswho2224]

Some scientists now think red dwarfs may only flare at their poles. This would make the habitable zone plants safer from radiation

[@Faidrs]

Fantastic you made this channel! Can't wait for new videos.

[@tomkelly6374]

ATLA reference 😅

[@JohnSmith-kf1fc]

Your two channels are my favorite between all those im subscribed to. Your videos are a treat! And I'd absolutely love an astrobiography video

[@gabeshaw3721]

There are barely any comments on here. I feel like I got here early but I’m here 2 days after it posted

[@matthewmckinnon-gray9957]

I’m dying to know what happens next on Chip & Dale. More Astrobiogeography please!

[@drydenstewartenterprises]

Love the Chanel! Its great to have someone finally covering the topics you do! One thing that I always think about when I hear about new planets being discovered is wanting to go and explore them somehow someway, but when you realize that the mass of the planet, also equates to the gravitational force on the planet (1 earth mass = 1 G of force) so if a planet has 4x the mass of earth, it is going to have 4 G of force on it, an average 200 lb man on earth is going to weigh 800 lbs on the new planet, so it's not like you would be able to pick yourself off the ground let alone walk around on this new planet. I am going to watch your video on habitable exoplanets next, hoping you have this in the equation in that video

[@professorracc.9780]

you mentioned how one side facing the star (tidal locking) seems to be the norm for planets orbiting dwarf stars, this is because objects become tidally locked quicker when what they orbit is closer / bigger. This is why the moon is tidally locked to the earth, but earth will not be tidally locked to the sun for perhaps many billions of years, though Venus and mercury are.

[@joshjones6072]

Yes, please do an astro bio geography video. I love how exoplanet studies are cross pollinating science disciplines! 🌎 🌟 💫 ☀️

[@verdi2310]

There is video in the Cool Worlds chsnnel showing that none of the exoplanets detected so far are really considered habitable. Some headlines like "new earth, earth 2.0" are just to catch public attention.

[@zimriel]

I hate to be the guy who asks "Link??" but, I'm honestly asking, I'd like to watch this. I was under the impression there was research about "Goldilocks Worlds" which claimed that K stars were better than even our G star here. Although there was some talk lately that K stars emit almost the same infrared as G stars so the "habitable zone" would likely be just another Venus zone. Anyway like I said, link plz

[@howardX81]

Discovered your channel! Great job keep up the great work!

[@ronaldrobrahn8862]

I love all of your information and dedication.. Do you want todo any videos on ancient archeology.. Like Puma Punku? Your attention to detail and focus on it makes me explore it vicariously through you.. Thanks for all your hard work! Did i mention im a big fan?

[@Nieosl]

this guy deserves so much more than 10 mil subs...

[@NikD7]

Super video!!! Saludos de España... :)

[@simonj1971]

Great video... Thanks!

[@kairon156]

Awesome video. it'll be awesome to see probes going out to other solar systems some day or science exploration ships.

[@ericandrewadamsnester6398]

I love your exoplanet videos, you actually answer a lot of questions that I have. I wonder if you could answer this question, why doesn’t io Jupiter’s volcanic moon, have a substantial atmosphere?

[@gantick]

Jupiter's gravity is strong enough to take most of the gas for itself.

[@SimonDouville1]

However convenient is the naming protocol for exo-things is, we gotta gives them catchier names then Proxima Centauri B

[@1969kodiakbear]

Astro Pro 😁

[@AnnabelleBeaudoin]

Great video 👍

[@christimehl7532]

Atlas pro = Astro pro

[@vanessameloche8531]

just casually mentioning the tragedy at Wolf 359... poor Picard

[@MoonfirePone]

I liked coming back to this after Starfield released to see how many of the discovered planets were in it given the catalog name of the stars in the game

[@espasmemuscular]

All these types of videos should start with the disclarmer "life as we know it". We know so little, it's best not to make too many assumptions about how life can or can't occur out there. Also I can't image how it would be to live in the moon of a gas giant, and what crazy mythos might emerge from sentient races living in them.

[@rachellebrydon253]

i love the space videos, keep em coming!!

[@MaximRedin]

Thank you. Very interesting. Btw I am watching you from Russia

[@PhailingMath]

Didn't know you had another channel! Awesome!

[@theexchipmunk]

Hey, Wolf 359, I know that name. There will be a great battle happening in a few hundred years.

[@pumfeethermodynamics3286]

what about a gas giant in the habital zone? its possible moons could be more likely to harbor life.

[@MatthewZimmerman-om5yi]

I don't think gas giants are typically in the habitable zone for some reason...

[@peeperleviathan2839]

It would have to be much larger than Jupiter, possible 10 times as massive and bordering brown dwarf

[@JoseRodriguez-qs6qi]

Can u do a video on what’s the solar system boundaries

[@feilox]

Thank you for making the pluto and this video. It really bridges the gap in high school astronomy to the dense craziest of college astronomy where they talk endlessly about some planet or nebula billions of light years away with no meaning to us or relations towards our galaxy or solar system.

[@tank2003]

(This may sound weird) First time viewer here. I noticed somethign about this was.....off. Then i noticed that the narrator's eyes kept darting to his left (stage right) about every 3 seconds. I get why. he is probably glancing at notes or something. It just stood out and now its all i can see

[@enriwhat4204]

in the back ground i see that you use space engine. i love that game

[@fanamatakecick97]

And to think, if nations could put their differences aside, we could already be well on our way to developing a space shuttle that could hold an entire colony of people and pioneer our way to these new worlds. Think about that. We focus way too hard on things that ultimately don’t matter, when we could come together for something much greater

[@Folfah]

Sadly the way things are going. The only rockets that fly will be ones that lead to our doom.

[@petermitchell4689]

New intro? Doesn’t matter to me, just curious, love the work!

[@johnxiii]

I hope you create more videos =(

[@cyrilio]

Request to make a playlist with all your videos. I like to watch your content in a series.

[@lukazzmatizz4378]

22:26 panspermia?

[@joshDilley1]

At 2:00 i said out loud "i like that idea" !.. cool video awesome info. #YOLO

[@thiccskips2416]

I like how much your hair bounces when you talk

[@bander-Coolb]

Finding trees would be a good start or actually if we find trees we already found life

[@tyujg7495.]

You are underrated

[@Planetkid32]

Here's the status of every planet listed in this video as of November 15, 2023 (from Proxima to GJ 1061): - Proxima Centauri: 2 planets (b & d) confirmed, 1 planet (c) unconfirmed - Wolf 359: b is now unconfirmed, and planet c does not exist - Lalande 21185: both planets (b & c) confirmed, new unconfirmed candidate exoplanet discovered (d) - Epsilon Eridani: 1 planet (AEgir) confirmed - Lacaille 9352: both planets (b & c) confirmed, new unconfirmed candidate exoplanet discovered (d) - Ross 128: 1 planet (b) confirmed - Struve 2398 B: both planets (b & c) unconfirmed - Groombridge 34 A: both planets (b & c) confirmed - Epsilon Indi A: 1 planet (b) confirmed - Tau Ceti: 4 planets confirmed (g, h, e, f), 4 unconfirmed (b, c, d, i) - Gliese 1061: 3 planets confirmed (b, c, d)

[@spacemonkey1071]

More like this

[@tanker1425]

nice

[@petersmythe6462]

Re: Proxima D is likely thoroughly scorched? I dunno. Remember we're probably talking about a tidelocked world. There could be some pretty unexpected stuff happening so long as it can maintain liquid water on the margin or on the cold side and doesn't enter a moist greenhouse state.

[@poland-lithuania]

Likely is an important part. It may be what you said but it is probably not. Also, it is too close to its flare type star.

[@josephgardner5891]

Has anyone gotten time to find Planet X. Tracking the proposed orbits focusing on its likely distances and then farther and closer . the three prong approach would make many other discoveries along the way to proof to its existence or fantasy.

[@borealis_3882]

*Timestamps* Intro - 0:00 / 0:01 Alpha Centauri - 3:30 Proxima Centauri - 3:57 Proxima b - 4:30 Proxima d - 6:38 Proxima c - 7:05 Wolf 359 - 9:13 Wolf 359 c - 9:52 Wolf 359 b - 10:10 Lalande 21185 - 10:52 Lalande b - 11:10 Lalande c - 11:22 Epsilon Eridani - 11:38 Ægir - 11:53 Lacaille 9352 - 13:06 Ross 128 - 13:20 Ross 128 b - 13:50 Struve 2398 B - 15:54 Groombridge 34 A - 16:04 Epsilon Indi A - 16:12 Tau Ceti - 16:24 Tau Ceti e and f - 17:09 Tau Ceti g and h - 19:08 Gliese 1061 - 19:47 Chip and Dale - 21:07 YZ Ceti - 23:55 Luyten's, Teegarden's, and Wolf 1061 - 24:03 Conclusion - 24:11

[@gbeo778]

I see that Universim in the back.

[@ethanisnotme]

sooooo who says if the chemical composition is right, gas giants can’t develop weird floaty life that we just struggle to imagine.

[@MuriKakari]

Cheers: This is your excuse. I'd love to see it.

[@dchristianharrison353]

"astro geo biology" - We're talking about life more than the places they live?

[@FinallyAnAnswer]

Love this one, really inspiring!

[@NetinoJuarezLeite]

Get ready to hit 200k subscribers by year's end.

[@shoam2103]

I wonder what happens to the older videos. I had them saved and downloaded 🤔

[@janicobrackenmillioniarely1617]

Keep in mind we’re looking at these planets in the past of its time line

[@howitusedtobe]

It’s tidally locked almost certainly and it’s year is up in 11 days …. Not a great place to develop life as we know it .. we need to be looking at solar analogs exclusively for a while

[@peeperleviathan2839]

Could be a 3:2 resonance which would give it a 7.333 day

[@maddoxmonteza]

17:10 i like how they named the planets in a order that pronounces ghef

[@zupergraauwkegames8640]

Space AND biology yes pls

[@Real_jseals]

They had faint aeger sounded like another word

[@Zero-4793]

you need a pop/hiss filter

[@KaneCanGame]

You the best

[@motleythewild]

My only hope for the universe is that there are plants and fauna on other planets having a good life without having to deal with us parasitic humans edit: 8:53 and all was calm until the fire nation had one of its temper tantrums and irradiated everything in orbit

[@Merlingrimm]

I want to know more!

[@thylacocoalthy6228]

Earth had only single celled life for the majority of life so far (the earth getting very cold might have been the trigger). Multi-cells are also a bit more sensitive, so being already extinct is quite possible.

[@Didyouknowthatiexist]

Astrobiogeography

[@anguscovoflyer95]

would the tidally locked planet have an active dynamo at all?

[@AprillAcosta]

Btw I made up my own star system and it should be about 1.93 lightyears away from our system.

[@TheDevian]

Well, we know water bears would be able to survive the trip from one planet to another.