Can The Hulk Jump into Space?

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The Hulk's strength is incredible, but is it enough to launch him into space? Kyle makes the leap on this week's Because Science!
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[@shago00]

you know what is stronger than the hulk? his pants

[@goreobsessed2308]

Those purple pants are the most powerful artifact known to the marvel universe lol

[@avishalom2000lm]

The Cartoon Hooligan channel has a series of videos "What If The Hulk Ripped His Pants?"

[@lukasbland6992]

I gotta say it........Chuck Norris

[@firespark5048]

@@avishalom2000lm GGGAAAAYYYYYY

[@bryanmiller476]

Pretty sure Bruce banner has his pants on auto reorder on amazon lol

[@ashleyferguson3115]

So if you’re nearby when Hulk claps, you die or go deaf. You’re close enough to see him launch into space, you die. Too close when he transforms and goes into a rage, you’re definitely due for a trip to the ER. He is singlehandedly the best and worst Avenger. 😄

[@chaosryans]

With the force of shockwaves, it implies he moves way faster than the speed of sound when he claps, meaning that if you are near when he claps you probably won't get to see the motion. XD

[@ashleyferguson3115]

Chaos Shepperson so you won’t even realize that he’s why you went deaf? 🤣🤣🤣 analyzing his powers is just funny.

[@chaosryans]

Ashley Ferguson it is rediculous. I was thinking about how jumping works, and it involves accelerating the body upwards and letting the momentum carry upwards. So to launch at escape velocity means from a squat he basically moved his torso from 0 to a portion of light speed within a few feet.

[@ashleyferguson3115]

Chaos Shepperson .....woah....

[@edvance1030]

Wait, if it's about speed, can the Flash do it too?

[@theworldofchachundar5628]

The strongest material? -Not Diamond -Not Adamantium -Not Vibranium -Not the metal by which Thanos's blade was made -But........Hulk's pants!!!!

[@smartart6841]

Ik its a joke but actually its not the material that makes it so strong but instead its just VERY stretchy i think

[@masterblaster642]

What about Superman’s clothes. Dude flys into the sun and they stay fine. Not a scratch or a burn

[@majinbuu8972]

Now if my teachers were like this I'd be way more interested in school. This dude is teaching using the hulk while being funny. Great video bro

[@theexperimentalist3777]

He punched Time..., I felt that one 😂😂0:54

[@josiahhager6069]

There was only one problem I could find with this episode. You said that if he was able to jump into space and out of the solar system, that he would be floating out in space "naked because his pants burned off". If you know anything about the hulk you should know that his pants are more indestructible than he is. Actually, the genius in the Hulk comic was talking about the incalculable strength of Hulk's pants.

[@RovingTroll]

Also, because of how stronk he is (assuming he has more power than the universe has energy) he could just punch any stray particle he comes across hard enough to propel himself wherever he wants.

[@MrZ_la]

@@r.r.r.r.r.r.r. OMG bc he has the only pair...like Mjonlir.... "Whomsoever weareth these pants, if they be angry..."" -Mind blown

[@MrZ_la]

@@RovingTroll Or the energy he releases from throwing a punch in general should do the trick...

[@MaxGideonActor]

@@RovingTroll truth. Plus Time's always around if he gets irritated at it again.

[@mma6055]

His pants are made from the same materials as the fantastic 4s suitsb

[@theCodyReeder]

Newtons impact penetration laws would imply that the iron plate could only have reached space if it had turned sideways to intercept the air edge on or was deformed into an elongated shape. (which I determined to have been possible from some crude tests that I would like to repeat.) Likewise the air would stop the hulk if his cross sectional area intercepted his own mas of atmosphere; so assuming the hulk is a similar density to normal flesh he would need a length (height) of at least 10 meters to punch through.

[@anthonydavidson6139]

Cody'sLab hey bubba, don’t inhale that halon. I like your videos so I’d like you to stick around to make more. It’s toxic! Also, correct me if I’m wrong but wouldn’t hulk trying to jump off of earth that hard be pretty much the same thing as a cricket trying to jump on water? Isn’t the earth too squishy for him to really put that kind of force on?

[@SirLoinTheBeefy]

i think you might find this interesting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_formed_penetrator

[@MarginalSC]

Hulk's mass and density increases the angrier he gets.

[@seanpeery7780]

The Hulk was dense enough to remain footed while stepping so hard that a city could feel it. So an increased density should be assumed.

[@opi_is_me1576]

Hey it's cody, love your vids man keep it up.

[@Sergiosvm]

Hulk would just land on the moon and then jump back to earth like one punch man

[@randomplugs]

Planet Hulk, ok it wasnt earth but he did exactly that

[@TheMannyG]

If hes accurate enough. Saitama was lucky that time and it's the closes any villain ever came.

[@SamantaUwU_97]

I don't know if the moon would be enough to stop him (in the case he happens to come across with it perfect~timed)

[@kevinchavis2755]

You could fit every planet in our solar system between the distance from the earth to the moon and have still have space left over. Hulk shouldn’t be able to jump to the moon and back let alone overcome gravity

[@grimmwright9682]

Or put a hole through it

[@DarkCurow]

Hulks strength is incalculable. Source: Dude trust me.

[@orale_]

Let's this man speak

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Until Thanos beats him up..

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Or if thor didn't have an electric charge on his neck hulk would've lost the fight too..

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Also vision could yeet him.. iron man made a suit that beat him.. caption would die.. so would bucky, falcon, loki, panther, Hawkeye.. but widow could calm him down.

[@Sumit_Sinha347]

@@DisturbedGeneration dude I bet you seriously don't know about comic's hulk 😎😎🔥🔥🔥

[@NinjaBearFilms]

This reminds me of an old joke from college. If the Hulk gets stronger as he gets angrier. And if he gets angry about not being able to lift Mjolnir… Can Hulk get angry/strong enough to not lift Mjolnir… but push the Earth away from it?

[@jamesbizs]

NinjaBearFilms push earth away from it? Lol how

[@asadstrangelittleman9655]

Maybe not, the ground would be to weak to hold him, he'd just sink into the ground most likely.

[@DavidHanniganJr]

No, he'd only pull him self, and consequently cause Mjolnir to sink itself, into the Earth.

[@timothyheimbach3260]

james pogrebetsky equal and opposite force. When you pull up on an object you push down on the earth equally. If he is pulling up on Mjolnir he could potentially move the earth away from Mjolnir instead of Mjolnir away the earth.

[@azimalif266]

Timothy Heimbach Ya but when you push to things opposite to each other it's the same.

[@Teraphas]

So that's why the Deathstar fires green? It's not really a laser but hulk jumping? The focusing beams are actually tractor beams positioning and providing a "platform"for big green to jump from. BRILLIANT!

[@Tassadar237]

+

[@solomonsetarin7615]

OMG, this is the best coment ever

[@MrJawzx]

That is also what destroyed the deathstar, they just have tech to store the energy from his jump for a while, but eventually, boom.

[@af-aftech6029]

That "My pants ripped off" line was great. Actually made me laugh out loud.

[@AssafStone]

"A brilliant, burning BANNER shooting into space..." I see what you did there...

[@WarlandWriter]

It's funny. I was thinking about the issue you mentioned on your last video, about the conservation of banner's momentum when leaving the planet. Assuming that Hulk weighs about 10 times as much as an average human male (800 kg), the maximum speed when the Hulk jumps - 11200 km/s - gives him a total momentum of 8.96*10^9 kg m/s. This change in momentum would also be transferred to the earth, meaning that the velocity change of the earth v=p/m=8.96*10^9/5.972*10^24=1.5 fm/s. A little over one femtometer (10^-15)m/s. Guess that on a global scale the hulk is puny after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oh yeah, that was funny somehow. What I found funny about that, is that the nuclear explosion created by the Hulk's jump is probably more destructive than the force of the jump itself. And - I have to admit that I haven't seen the movies all too often or recently - I think we see a similar thing happen in the movies as well, where the hulk just uses his raw force to smash stuff, only occasionally blowing vehicles up by deliberately crashing them into one another. But as is demonstrated here, by using physics, hulk could do so much more with his power. If only Banner and Hulk worked together to smash stuff, they could be all-powerful. Now hulk is just wasted potential. (Yeah, the guy that literally punched time is wasted potential, shut up.) Another thing I thought of: Kyle, you mentioned that Banner would not be able to move once he got to the vacuum of space, but I think Banner is in the unique position where he can actually change his momentum applying external forces or removing mass from his body (such as undressing or ripping off a limb). This is depending on whether he can control his transformations perfectly, can transform partially and the mass of the hulk's limbs actually increases, but let's assume that for a second. If banner is floating in outer space, and he kicks back with his hulk-legs, the legs gain some backward momentum, and the rest of his body gets an equal amount of forward momentum. When a regular, non-shapeshifting human is floating in space, these momenta cancel each other out once your legs are fully stretched and you will be still in space again. However, if Banner kicks back with hulk-legs, and when they're going fastest, transforms them back into his human legs, his legs will lose some momentum (as momentum is the product of velocity and mass), whereas his body still has the same momentum as before. This means that there is a net change in momentum over his entire body, allowing him to 'swim' through space.

[@becausescience]

Super nerd-worthy again -- KH

[@WarlandWriter]

Because Science I'm glad that you appreciate it. I'm also glad that my 2 years of studying applied physics is finally starting to pay off, right here in the KZbin comments

[@PortgasDdude]

This has to be the Super Nerd comment :D

[@benmorton3153]

WarlandWriter bruh y u want to kill us

[@jahelcaromedina3620]

That is the best thing ive heard he basically rip's his legs off to fly in space

[@asadstrangelittleman9655]

Here's the real question: How does he make such precise jumps? He never jumps too low, never over shoots, always on point. How?

[@kevhill1587]

A sad, strange little man holy fucking shit that's a great question

[@demoneon9527]

Bruce helping a little in the background for the jump calculations??(idfk)

[@Lorenzo_631]

Probably got better at it over time.

[@btchbgd8786]

Because he's part cat?

[@jamesbizs]

btchbgd you must not own cats

[@quintincastro7430]

I always wondered why super strong characters like hulk don't go flying from using so much force

[@southsportsoutdoors7522]

They should let this guy write one of the comics. It would be scientifically accurate and that would make it much cooler in my opinion.

[@ProfAzimov]

The characters would die in 10 seconds

[@torotteson]

I would like to point out The hulk never explicitly ripped apart or even dented adamantium. While Wolverine's bones are coated in the metal, from his ability to retain flexibility in his back it is clear each vertebrae remains independent, meaning the hulk most assuredly ripped apart the cartilage/ligaments/muscles/etc that hold those bones together, but he never explicitly damaged that metal.

[@internetguy692]

Hulk has ripped adamantium, he ripped a pure adamantium statue of himself as savage hulk

[@itsdangeroustosayyourrealn5737]

I googled that panel, and he lifts it, doesn't brake it, I could be wrong tho since I didn't actually read the comic. But also, according to other nerds, proto-adamantium(like cap's shield) and true-adamatium(like Wolverine) can't be broken by any other than a cosmic being, like phoenix, All-Fathers/All-Mothers, the infinity gauntlet and blah blah blah.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Marvel team-up 18. Adamantium crushed by Hulk.

[@itsdangeroustosayyourrealn5737]

@Brad Smith, was it True- or Proto-adamantium tho?, Hulk can't break those(supposedly), every other type of adamantium is no problem to him.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

It did not state given this was at the 20 cent comic era.

[@LocalMaple]

13:46 If Hulk can jump off the earth with that much force, and Earth somehow survived, then he wouldn't be jumping into space. Earth would be thrown away from him. I guess we found Chuck Norris's pushup partner.

[@ktoliman]

"Times a googol..." I never laughed so hard at a math equation.

[@xenoblad]

"He punched time" What does that even mean?

[@archivis]

I'm guessing time probably annoyed him.

[@originalmilk7286]

I punch my clock a lot

[@seosamhrooney4819]

It means world breaker... Just accept it

[@NoahmassMulti]

@@seosamhrooney4819 actually it means dimension destroyer YEP A DIMENSION a infinite void of time or what type of dimension

[@davidozab2753]

@@archivis 'Hulk, you're late.' 'HULK NOT LATE!!!' BOOOOOM!!! 'Hulk, you're early.' 'Hulk always early.'

[@seanbaugh3239]

Hey Kyle....... I think the real question that needs to be asked is..... Is the Hulk's poop radioactive? People have pondered this question since May 1962 and it is you're responsibility to use your knowledge to provide people with the answers they deserve not the answers that they need....... BECAUSE SCIENCE !!!!!! 😮😣💨💩😌 *"NUFF SAID"*

[@commandline6749]

Sean Baugh he ate wolverine once. Giant sized wolverine: old man Logan

[@cherrydragon3120]

If he is so filled up with gamma rays. Then yes. Probably it is

[@deathcloudgaming5288]

Hulk wouldn't asphyxiate is space. In the comics his abilities allow him to mutate in order survive many different situations. He can survive underwater, he can survive in space, ect.

[@_Not_Retarded]

but can he survive radiation?

[@chris14786]

Came to the comments to say this lol

[@SaladSentinel]

@@_Not_Retarded Hulk has been proven to be immune to the negative effects of gamma radiation in the comics and a few tv shows.

[@deathcloudgaming5288]

@@bobthebuilder609 Well I disagree completely if you know how comics work then you know there one off, alternate universities, and canon stories. Sure the Hulk has only created a major earthquake with a single stomp once (which this video uses as an example by the way) but it is constant and consistent that this is one of hulks fundamental powers, proved canon multiple time and constintly talked about in fact it's more cannon then most things brought up in this video. Just because you don't know doesn't make us wrong.

[@jar_knight]

Don't you mean Doomsday?

[@thetimelspsechannel1738]

Kyle, Since we're on superpowers, I was wondering - Would Wolverine's healing factor make him immortal or would it actually cause a premature death? And for that matter, is this type of rapid regeneration plausible at all? After all, It has always been my understanding that the liver is the only organ in the body that truly regenerates. The rest, with the exception of embros, use mitosis to replace themselves. Also, wouldn't his regeneratibe powers, especially the ones we see in the movies (which are more extreme than his comic book abilities) , have the potential to trigger the cancer cells that lie doormat inside every human being? You thoughts please. Ben

[@jtscustomcutlery317]

“Naked because his pants burned off” I’m dying 😂🤣🤪

[@ColecionaveisGT]

4:49 ---- Ripping Wolverine in half wouldn't take as much strenght, Kyle, since his joints aren't covered in adamantium! Only the bones are coated, otherwise Wolverine wouldn't be able to move at all. So... Hulk would most likely need to generate the same force as to rip an average body in half, since he didn't rip the adamantium itself, only the joints and muscles and skin etc.

[@indominusolympus8802]

Eduardo S Nah, it'd take much more force considering Wolverine is much stronger a and tougher than your average human

[@Snst-404]

And the hulk literaly hold two planets from collition on a comic

[@indominusolympus8802]

Isaac Rios He also punched apart an asteroid bigger than Earth.

[@ColecionaveisGT]

Indominus Olympus Yes, sorry maybe I wasn't clear enough hahah I meant to say it would need force, just not as much as the estimated tensile strenght for the adamantium.

[@TheNightcatsmeow]

You beat me to this one. Good job

[@gamemeister27]

I'm gonna be a bit nitpicky here, but I know you love it. The title of the episode, as well as the stated premise, differs from the content discussed. Namely, jumping into space, or reaching space in general, is different than reaching escape velocity. To jump into space, The Hulk would only have to reach the Kármán line, the definition of the boundry between earth's upper atmosphere and outer space as recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, which is 100 kilometers above sea level. After his entire body passes that distance from earth, he could fall back to planet and still have jumped into space, no flying through the endless void for all eternity required.

[@seanpeery7780]

Nitpicking the nitpick. The question proposed is only "can he". So demonstrating that not only can he dot whatever it is, but more so, sufficiently answers the question. Making the title still, technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[@cirelancaster]

I was going to comment on this, I was very confused when I saw the title and he started talking about escape velocity. A better title for the video would've been "Could the Hulk Jump to the Moon?" or "Can the Hulk Planet Hop?". Or if they kept the title they could've taught about how much acceleration it would take to get to various points, such as the Karman Line, the ISS Orbit, and even GEO. They could even talk about how much weight the Hulk could carry with him into space and then throw into an orbit (although it would have to be less than his mass otherwise he'd stick himself in orbit too).

[@brokenwave6125]

Wolverine's spine isn't a solid, adamantium rod though so your math there is way off. Using your logic, breaking a humans spine would be AT LEAST as hard as breaking a femur. But spines are segmented, not solid bone (or metal). So Wolverine's spine is still only as strong as the ligaments and muscles holding it together.

[@SuperSuperman1976]

Broken Wave I was going to say the samething

[@Jodat1]

He is still capable of feats of strength way beyond that of break wolverines spine, when he became heart of the monster hulk his strength way beyond that of celestial such as galactic and if he continued he would have surpassed even stronger beings of existence

[@aaronmoody7404]

I think he was implying that the adamantium coating made wolverine’s spine effectively a rod, and that the calculations were going to do what were needed for the episodes

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

What I'd like to know, is with his limited range of motion, how fast would he need to spring? He would need both speed and power, to escape the Earth. Short of creating fusion, are there surfaces that would possibly absorb his energy & prevent him from reaching escape velocity? It would be hard for him to jump to the moon, if he were in the ocean. Would dirt, topsoil or concrete suffice as a launch pad?

[@akizeta]

10:30-ish How strong do the Hulk's pants have to be to never rip from his hips?

[@bradsilvers5793]

NelC best comment question

[@Hedshodd]

If we're talking about how strongly they have to 'grip' on Hulk, they need to be literally be at least as strong as him. When he jumps, due to Newton's First Axiom, his pants want to stay where they are. In order to stay on his hips, they need to apply enough force to compensate for Hulk's upward force, thus, staying attached to his hips.

[@twice1962]

TommyB Surely Hulks pants need to be made from a material that can withstand the force of such rapid acceleration and speed. His Pants coming off may not be a problem...but them becoming threadbare certainly would be. The real question, what colour does The Hulk turn when He’s embarrassed?

[@Sketchy_Dood]

NelC I think it’s answered in the movies it’s because he wear elastic pants

[@xj9779]

It's Censorship Power Man this guy is awesome noone heard of him before but he's always here to keep Americans purity safe. He just failed twice, once on Dr. Manhatten and second time on Janet Jackson.

[@mcmitch1000]

Listen here, young man. Of COURSE The Hulk can jump into space. He's too strong for things like your paltry math and physics. He punched TIME. Is he strong enough....how dare you. HOW DARE YOU SIR. Show some respect! Good episode though!

[@NinjaBearFilms]

Interesting point… if he can punch time… can he kick gravity?

[@PeteTheGrouch]

Or, alternatively, comic book writers just don't understand physics... ( _The last 2 minutes of this vid pretty much prove this decisively_ )

[@Numberidge]

The editor of these videos is so talented.. GREAT JOB

[@michaelmooney4024]

I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Robert Brownlee before his passing in May of this year. He was a good man with many stories to tell. It's funny that you mention operation plumbbob. I could be misremembering, but one of his stories involves that test. When they were setting up the site the nuclear payload wasn't ready yet, so they used a wooden mockup as a replacement fitting. Obviously, they replaced it before the test, but several years later Dr. Brownlee visited a military surplus shop. Sitting in a corner was the wood mockup. Nobody knew what it was, so he picked it up cheap and put it in his living room. He was also into making stained glass windows. I'm at least 90% sure the story was plumbbob, but it has been a while.

[@estebanvega3016]

Actually in the comic where Hulk faces Wolverine he isn’t breaking the adamantium in Wolvy’s spine, he is simply stretching the intervertebral fibrocartilage until he breaks it. So... wouldn’t the first strength of the Hulk calculated be much much muuuuuch less than 3*10^8N?

[@Gamingbros-ce8vk]

Esteban Vega same

[@sametgurkanozkul6446]

Esteban Vega but the dude punched time

[@JustinY.]

So that's how the third impact will occur. Not with some weird aliens, but with an angry green man.

[@chrisjimenez2192]

*Go fuck yourself*

[@harshsrivastava9570]

Justin Y. Our lord and savior Justin Y. is here!

[@harshsrivastava9570]

I shall protect Justin Y. from haters.

[@dmanthetiger7179]

Hi justin

[@jamesrexus8555]

Angry boi

[@AlexVitus]

Absolutely love that you used the Jump sound from Quake 1 or 2.

[@thomassmith6580]

I’m suddenly very curious about the appearance and after-effects on regions left behind from Hulk jumps. How many Hulk footprints are around the world and do they have military building applications for bunkers or vehicle armor? Assuming safety in handling and ability to join... And how many Hulk space jumps until a change in earth orbit around the sun could be noticed?

[@james_xl_quest7251]

Hey Kyle Awesome episode, my kids and I found it very entertaining and educational. :) Question: With those incredible feats of strength, my son made and interesting comment, he said "Wow, if the Hulk is that strong then when he threw the tank in the movie that must have been super easy for him." Question being, dialing down the Hulks strength to the average strength of a person, how easy was it for Hulk to throw a tank? Would it be like an average person throwing a bicycle? Or would it be equal to throwing something even lighter? Thanks. Take Care and Be Well.

[@seanpeery7780]

It would depend on how angry he was. In world breaker mode his steps (without trying) shake Manhattan. Meaning that for Hulk in that state, walking through Manhattan is equivalent to a human walking on a glass coffee table. So how easy it would be for you to do x with the coffee table, that's about how easy it would be for the Hulk to do that with All of Manhattan. At world breaker Hulk, throwing a tank is close to throwing a strand of hair, it wouldn't even have the density necessary to move as fast or as far as Hulks upper limit would allow with a denser or larger object. In the movies though, he is only at the level where he is jumping several miles at a time. Short of doing acutal math we can assume that he is operating at a level that is best described as metal to him feeling like how cardboard is to us. So the tanks would just be large cardboard boxes.

[@james_xl_quest7251]

LOL Thanks for that :) I'm sure my boys will love to make some cardboard tanks to pretend to be the Hulk :D

[@SciencewithSteph]

I counted 2 Wilhelm screams in under 6 minutes. Well played.

[@sigiltech]

I've been thinking about how to calculate the initial velocity needed to breach the atmosphere. The drag equation is F = 0.5 * rho * v^2 * C * A where F is drag force, rho is air density, v is speed, C is drag coefficient, and A is (usually) the projected frontal area. Now, for speeds near Mach 1, the drag coefficient depends heavily on velocity. However, when traveling at several times the speed of sound, the drag coefficient levels off to become roughly constant. For a blunt object such as a sphere (and, presumably, the Hulk), this hypersonic drag coefficient is around one. The important thing, though, is that the drag coefficient is essentially constant for objects traveling many times the speed of sound, e.g. at escape velocity or faster. So what happens when we travel some infinitesimal distance Delta_d? Let us multiply both side of the drag equation by Delta_d. The left side of the equation becomes F * Delta_d = - Delta_E or the infinitesimal change in kinetic energy (the energy change is negative since the force opposes the object's motion). On the other side of the equation, we can combine rho * A * Delta_d = Delta_m which gives us the total mass of air that we have to push out of the way in order to travel the distance Delta_d. The full equation then becomes - Delta_E = 0.5 * C * v^2 * Delta_m and since kinetic energy is 0.5*M*v^2, where M is the mass of the projectile, we can re-express the equation as Delta_E / Delta_m = - C * E / M which is a differential equation. Solving this equation gives us E_f = E_i * exp( - C m / M ) where E_f and E_i are the final and initial kinetic energies, C is the drag coefficient, m is the total mass of air that must be pushed out of the way, and M is the mass of the projectile. Using E = 0.5*M*v^2, we get v_f = v_i * exp( - 0.5 * C m / M ) or v_i = v_f * exp( 0.5 * C m / M ). If we want to punch through the atmosphere, then the total mass of air to move is m = (1.03 kg / cm^2) * A where A is, again, the projected frontal area. The MCU Hulk is a little over 8ft tall, so let us assume that the Hulk is 2.5m tall, 1.0m wide, and 0.5m deep. Jumping straight up, then, gives A = 1.0m * 0.5m = 0.5m^2 = 5000cm^2. We don't know the Hulk's mass from the movies, but I've read that in the comics it ranges from 1000-1400 lbs. Let's assume, then, that the Hulk weighs about 700kg, or more than 1500 lbs, to give him the best chance of punching through the atmosphere. The final two numbers we need are the drag coefficient (we will assume C=1, the value for a lot of blunt objects) and the final velocity, which we will take to be escape velocity. Plugging in all the numbers, we find that v_i = 39.6 * v_f = 443 km/s. Of course, this is in the best case scenario; if the hulk is a bit less massive, say, 500kg or around 1100 lbs, then the required initial speed is around 170 times escape velocity, or 1900 km/s. Fortunately, this is still nowhere near relativistic speeds, but . . . yeah. Moving through air takes a whole lotta work.

[@spcraftsman2656]

About wolverine spine, it is not a hunk of adamantium. There are pieces of bones attached together with muscle and ligaments that make up a spine. So wolverine spine would be a spine made by connecting bones plated with adamantium, connected with humanly muscle and ligaments. Ligaments and muscles are not even strong as iron, graphene is far away.

[@MikeeVee]

Another great episode, thank you nerd Thor.

[@tiacho2893]

Yeah, comic book companies do not normally have physics advisors on staff and continuity is not a universal concern. Look at the multiple retcons and DC's multiple universe wide revisions. I think the most difficult thing is not achieving the actual escape velocity (Hulk comic book logic) but achieving the escape velocity in the distance from bent knee to straightened knee. This is in comparison to space craft that have extended periods of thrust to reach escape velocity. I am assuming that the increase in altitude does not play a significant role in reducing escape velocity (though I may be wrong). Assuming that the initial velocity is at rest (0) and the final velocity is 11.2 km/s, and the extension of Hulk's leg is 1m (for simplicity) then the acceleration is 62.7E6 m/s/s, using v(2)^2=v(1)^2+2aD. It is no where near Planck Acceleration but I doubt that it is possible for any physical object. It is beyond me, but I wonder what is the largest acceleration recorded at the LHC for comparison.

[@LotsOfFunyoutubechannel]

4:14 Thor punching thor!! XD

[@tc2241]

After all that math, my brain is Thor

[@benignrabbit1882]

After all that math, my brain is thorn...no? IDK 😋

[@ILike2PlayBass]

Lisp... like it =p

[@DeathsHood]

"You're Thor?" "Well, it hurth!"

[@ashleyferguson3115]

🤣 poor Hawkeye

[@FRPlayerOne]

Who ?

[@it6647]

Is that some endangered bird?

[@ashleyferguson3115]

Pratik Sonavane 🤣🤣🤣 he just might be

[@cherrydragon3120]

The only avenger that no one liked~

[@Ichsukatanuka]

Yes, he just pushes the whole earth down.

[@Gamelycan]

with that kind of force, he might be able to actually knock the earth out of it's orbit and, depending on which direction he jumps from, launching it out of the solar system (or into another planetary body).

[@seanpeery7780]

Joseph Reynolds Nope, he would need an intense amount of mass to do something like that. The Earth is really really big and you are talking about having enough energy to knock the Earth out of the gravity/speed well it has around the sun. A moon size impactor would have a hard time doing something like if it only came at Earth at escape velocity.

[@becausescience]

You do that whenever you jump too! Technically -- KH

[@coryculbertson2807]

Hulks strength grows with his increased rage. He has no cap on his power love your channel

[@Sefilenginar]

Given the distance he must create and apply the force to jump is maybe a meter or two, (from squat to standing posture) the material he's standing on should be able to create the reaction pressure by compressing and providing that peak force within that very short distance under about the area of bottom of his feet. There is no common everyday material that can do that, so whatever he's standing on, be it asphalt, concrete, steel, etc. he'd be limited to maybe a few hundred meters vertical capability at best. He needs either to have VERY big feet (large area, less pressure), to be VERY light (low mass, low reaction force) or to be VERY tall (long legs, less acceleration, less reaction force) to be able to pull this off, preferably a combination of those. Another way to look at it could be to imagine how deep would a 1 ton object harder than anything and unbreakable, in-stretchable, would penetrate solid earth if it was thrown at it with that speed? It could easily penetrate straight through Lithosphere, all the way to the Mantle.

[@RedX-ox3vl]

*IDEA FOR AN EPISODE* Is Hulk strong enough to move the Earth with one punch?

[@RedX-ox3vl]

Tecron -I mean significantly move it

[@seilaoquemvc2]

well, if you use that last line when he was able to generate a 123 richter scales earthquake as your baseline, then he'd be able to completely destroy earth without even flinching.... lol

[@gadielgonzalez2755]

He destroyed a planet with one punch

[@graduallyomelet3553]

If he could create a 123 Richter scale earthquake, he could probably destroy the universe by blinking his eye.

[@checkthenutz]

Idea for an episode Can hulk move ur mom with one punch?

[@megatronusorionpax4900]

t's important to know that the feat of the Hulk ripping Wolverine in half was in the Ultimate universe where Wolverine himself as well as his skeleton is significantly weaker compared to the main universe Wolverine. Also, Hulk was in his world-breaker form when he almost broke the easter seaboard. That is his most powerful form so far, but I'd wager that Hulk could still go to space via jumping despite this

[@silverwhistle247]

MegatronusOrionpax 137 yeah ultimate adamantium are trash

[@elijahbrown1976]

No Heart of the monster hulk is way stronger then world breaker

[@DorianJones_PBA]

Young E *Heart Of The Monster

[@internetguy692]

Hulk has ripped adamantium, he ripped a pure adamantium statue of himself as savage hulk

[@the_alvex]

Pretty amazing Ep. Kyle! This ep. got me thinking, how fast does the Bifrost make us travel? And most importantly, what would happen if we got thrown at that speed into the earth, like what happens with Hulk on IW? Keep up with the amazing work!

[@kelceydane5874]

Ummm, actually, Wolverine's spine isn't a bound piece of adamantium, it's metal coated vertebrae tied with tissues that would be easy for Hulk to rip. I always figured they should have tied his bones with adamantium string, which would be "unbreakable", so it wouldn't be as likely he could be ripped or cut into pieces.

[@BrokenTwinkie]

This... This is what I subscribed for. Perfection

[@mma6055]

Bruh just imagine a giant green monster glowing and flying 😂😂😂

[@residentfacehead3465]

How much does smoughs armor from dark souls 1 actually weigh?

[@omkarbarve1974]

U r da best sci teacher man....I watch these kids not only coz I love science n comics,but It also helps me apply concepts

[@jordancrooke254]

5 percent the speed of light... A thousand times the escape velocity of earth.... But is it... Enough...?

[@insu_na]

Got the baseball bit from xkcd's what if?

[@becausescience]

Yep! That's why I drew the stick figure! -- KH

[@michaeldijoseph4000]

I went looking for this comment 'cause I thought of the same thing. That book is amazing!

[@shadycactus6146]

the very first what if ever made :,)

[@dynamicworlds1]

what-if.xkcd.com/1/ for those that missed the gem

[@sinteleon]

Some more XKCD what-ifs would be nice. Like what actually happens when the hulk jumps into space, you only briefly mentioned the nuclear forces, but how about the ground hes leaping from and etc?

[@terrybullspellr8319]

I was thinking hulk augment his jump and control where he land by flapping his arms. Sounds ridiculously cartoonish but he is incalculably strong and powerful. Provided he can generate enough speed with each arm swing it maybe possible. Also if clapping his hands ✋ could cause shockwaves,its also concievable that may also be able give an extra push.

[@dolphinwizard6804]

That drawing of Tom Hanks is absolutely terrifying. Thanks

[@topheye6318]

What about the effect on the earth? How much would it move the earth?

[@wumbocalypsenightofthewumb2486]

Pretty sure hulk wouldn’t die in space from lack of oxygen since I’m fairly certain he can breathe in both outer space and underwater in the comics I mean he has fought on the moon before

[@byjars3248]

He adapted to breath underwater but yeah, he wouldn't die

[@protorhinocerator142]

He can't breathe in space, but he can hold his breath for a very long time. If this were to happen in a comic book, he might pass out and then land on an alien planet and start breathing again.

[@cullysloy2705]

7:10 BRU-BANN

[@hiimerni5908]

Finally an mcu video again. What i subbed to you for, but ofc the other vids are awesome aswell.

[@Speetlebeetle]

I only understood the non-math of this video, but I still loved it!

[@thomashuber4818]

Kyle you keep hulking out during this episode. Why are you so angry?

[@FriendB]

He's remembering the Vibranium physics

[@user-oe1bd3fd7d]

That's his secret. He's always angry.

[@Gadalac]

Bruce could bring something like rocks into space with him assuming they don't burn up when leaving the planet and he could throw them really really hard to control his direction

[@everythinggoodsfeckingtaken]

Causing the eastern seaboard to sink is based on fault lines already storing immense amounts of pressure energy. All the Hulk might do is pull the trigger as it were. To continue with that analogy, you are effectively attributing the person who lights the fuse or pulls the trigger with the force expelled by the subsequent chain of events leading to the explosion.

[@DodgeStealthRtTTInMetallicSand]

So if his pants didnt burn off, could he throw his pants hard enough in the opposite direction in order to come back to earth.

[@TiagoTiagoT]

He could probably spit with enough strength to propel himself in any direction he wants; hell, he could probably spit with enough strength to make his mouth a nuclear rocket for a few moments if he manages his saliva well.

[@caseywellington4761]

Yes. See the double-jump episode.

[@heisenbergvk]

Even if the hulk could in reality release that much evergy from his legs is there really any platform that would be able to support that much pressure? I mean the ground would certainly break under that much pressure and wouldn't that result in a significant energy loss? Or would that energy loss be insignificant in front of the hulk's incredible might? And if i make it into footnotes then fuck yeah! Love your show!

[@mortisCZ]

I thought the same but all that matter would need time to move away and compress so if the Hulk released his energy in a frame of just a few nanoseconds, he would lift off even before the platform could start to properly deform and it would just go nuclear dozen nanoseconds later. There would be significant energy loss but the faster You release the energy the smaller that loss would be. If he tried to perform his jump in thousandth of a second, he would go practically nowhere, just punch his feet through the platform and flop some short distance away.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Hulk is use to jumping miles at a time. Each time he does this I'm sure he compresses whatever surface he's jumping from. It only means that he will wind up jumping from a newly created hole instead of the original surface. Depending on the level and consistency of the bedrock, he would be jumping an extra few feet. Not really a significant difference compared to the distances he can reach. Besides, whatever surface he jumps from is gonna explode, and earthquakes will occur. Heck, he probably has started a volcano or two during his existence.

[@jwhite5008]

He will probably cause an nuclear explosion similar to the one that killed dinosaurs, but concentrated - so immense that it would be the explosion itself that he will be jumping off of. He won't just jump - rather the air around him will become superheated plasma, making him into a rocket temporarily. With such energies and speeds he might as well be just climbing air as if it was solid.... somehow. It's not possible to output this amount of energy in such small volume so fast anyway. This is simply a "shooting a cannon to the moon" question, with Hulk being cannonball. At very high speeds air is solid, a lot of speed is lost to literally compress its molecules, so even more is needed, and even more is lost. This generates insane amounts of heat, radiation, light etc. I'm not sure if any kind of theoretical material is able to withstand such heat and not be vaporized - probably, not. Hulk will be invariably immensely irradiated too, anyone ever coming anywhere near him will quickly die of radiation sickness. That is if the jump itself does not kill every human altogether.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Well, Hulk has hit objects hard enough to have them leave Earth orbit. And, he has jump almost into low orbit. That was long ago when he was weaker. He could do it, but Banner's persona probably keeps him from doing it.

[@peterjobb8938]

I've read that his gamma energy pool is infinite, he just wasn't able to channel it in the movies properlly or at all (eric bana's hulk at the end maybe) so we've seen nothing of his potential in cinemas. And he was still crazy strong there. Just something to add to the math and to realize his cannon strenght/power level I guess

[@christophertexler913]

A great comparison for this scenario is the Parker Solar Probe which launched recently. The Parker Solar Probe is, as the name suggests, a probe which will pass through our sun's corona and gather data on things like why our sun's corona is a blistering 1 million degrees celsius while the actual photosphere or "crust" of the sun is only 6000 degrees celsius. To do this, the probe needs to not only reach the escape velocity of the earth, but then needs to "slow down" so it can be on an elliptical orbit trajectory that will have a perigee of only about 3.9 million miles from the sun and a maximum velocity of 194.444 kilometers per second. The probe achevis this trajectory by launching on a rocket called a Delta IV, the Delta IV is a huge rocket commonly used to put the nation's largest satellites into a geostationary orbit. However in this case, it will be used to accelerate the probe to 33.5583333 Kilometers per second. This isn't as fast as the hulk would be going or even the steel disk in operation plumbbob, but the probe is still going 15 times the escape velocity of the earth by the time it reaches 200 kilometers above the earth. To put the delta IV into perspective, it could send the Hulk into a geostationary orbit trajectory. On a side note, when Kyle mentioned operation plumbbob it sparked something in my memory, if you do the math, you would find that the steel disk wouldn't have made it to space as it was. However, the shockwave from the blast could have deformed the disk into a much more aerodynamic conical shape, Cody'slab explains this in much more detail though. One thing thing that I am curious about is this, if the Hulk was pushing down on the ground to generate enough force to reach escape velocity, wouldn't the ground just compress, thereby absorbing most of the energy generated by the hulk's legs? Because if that was true that the hulk might just be left standing in a crater instead of reaching escape velocity.

[@demonichunter7925]

I'm sure hulk could survive space his body constantly adapts to what's around him

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

11:46 There always has to be a Sky-Beam.

[@ghoulshangel9866]

Hey kyle ive watched a of because science videos and I have to say they are really great and they bring a smile to face any time i watch them no matter how down im feeling but i just wanted to know how to be intelligent and stuff like that

[@mechsupernova]

That steel cap, they caught it on one frame of the highspeed camera, it was really moving. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it's actually the furthest man made object from earth.

[@iansell8466]

Kyle can you calculate the Amount of food a dalamadur would have to eat per day to live?

[@barrybend7189]

sup dude sell how about goku from dragon ball.

[@anthonydavidson6139]

Wouldn’t hulk jumping in the direction of the moon or sun reduce the escape velocity needed due to them having there own gravity pulling? Also he could never reach escape velocity. The earth isn’t solid enough of a material for him to jump off of. It would be like a cricket trying to jump on water.

[@Takao0815]

Anthony Davidson to " The earth isn’t solid enough of a material for him to jump off of. " hulk has superspeed and can increase it. The breaking ground takes time. in the same way running flash on water.

[@anthonydavidson6139]

Carsten Gräbe hulk is fast like 200 mph fast, but he does not have super speed like the flash or quicksilver. Oh and my original post, I know the difference between their and there and they’re stupid auto correct.

[@Takao0815]

Anthony Davidson 200 mph? maybe in the beginning. If he can lift 90 tons. But he can increase all his powers. Hulk is a speedster static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11121/111213429/4516964-6709668585-34749.png static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/11112/111124216/3474908-ih7.png static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/79470/2868841-2453417-hulk_vs_superman.jpg static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11113/111137681/3522361-hulk+has+superspeed+2.jpg

[@twice1962]

If Hulk jumps, then removed his pants and throws them at the floor as he reaches the Apex, he could perform a double-jump to jump into space...?

[@mjolnirgod]

I think Kyle's comparison to Project Plumbbob was apt, and shows us why the ground would not need to be able to support the jump. Hulk is basically adding energy to the ground, enough energy to be comparable to a very large explosion. He would be flung into space by the force of the blast, which, while not a jump in the traditional sense, would accomplish the task easily.

[@RadCommieGamer]

I am not a comic books fan at all, but I do love your videos! Great work! Keep at it, you are doing it right! =)

[@shreyanshanchlia]

The escape velocity will probably be less because earth will also be pushed back if u are considering such high amounts of energy show the escape velocity will certainly be a little less.

[@POtterAAngERagon]

Wait a minute, you just wasted an opportunity to be like the Collector. At 12:20 you should have said "Beautiful" as when the Collector looked at the power stone; and then Rocket would mock you :)

[@becausescience]

I almost did, but I didn't want to redo the bit -- KH

[@POtterAAngERagon]

Because Science well, but can you do it in the Foot notes video? Please please do it (this now sounds like Palpatine, right?)

[@chaos_SKG5]

Kyle please please please do a video on how strong Goku is now . His and beerus’s clash in battle of gods had enough energy to rip apart the universe. I’m super curious to see the numbers on that🙃

[@MrGurruk]

First love the videos. Second I play a game called Warframe and in it there is a character/Warframe called Rhino. His 4th ability is the rhino stomp and the description is as follows "Rhino stomps with force sufficient to disrupt time, tumbling enemies around him in stasis." I was wondering if you could do an episode on what kind of force that would require and if that's even possible. The fact the hulk punched time got me thinking about it.

[@name-uh5ee]

Love the animations in the videos

[@dragonhearthx8369]

To rip Wolverine in half, you would not need to break adamantium. Wolverine flesh and spinal column is what's breaking/tearing. No bones. Edited. Spelling.

[@internetguy692]

Hulk has ripped adamantium, he ripped a pure adamantium statue of himself as savage hulk

[@dragonhearthx8369]

David I don't know anything about that. But the example given has some faults.

[@ERROR-ne7cd]

I was thinking after reading the title, " Of course hulk can jump into space, he's basically a god in the comics". But I forgot....this "Because Science".

[@DRob_22]

It's amazing. I haven't been on this channel in a while, but *I WAS SUBBED.* Now I see I've neither notifications nor a subscription to this channel...hmmm... Because Science??? Or because KZbin???

[@anthonyw5261]

This explanation was awesome!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

Want to know how powerful the Hulk really is? Really, really is? Here's a relatively recent feat: The Hulk, at the end of the World War Hulk storyline, when he returned to Earth from Sakaar more pissed off than he had ever been before, fought the Biblical Angel of Death, the Creeping, slay every first born son, Death, a creature with the power of a million exploding suns (a.k.a. The Sentry), to not just a stand still, but started to gain ground. The Hulk, when angry enough, can literally defeat death itself. And people wonder why the heroes and villains of Earth collectively shit their pants when the Hulk comes calling.

[@Takao0815]

Krishnath Dragon WWH? look the monster's heart. In WWH hulk has held back.

[@yoshikagemari1566]

World Breaker Hulk and The Sentry knocked each other out it was completely even

[@Takao0815]

Warning! All Nighter Ahead! Sentry never fought the WB hulk.her last fight was a few seconds before the transformation

[@bazzmusic4952]

Carsten Gräbe no it was a fight until sentry and the hulk went all out and transformed back into humans

[@Takao0815]

BeSo Official Music please read correctly! Sentry never fought the WB hulk.her last fight was a few seconds before the transformation. sentry fought green scar hulk. Hulk transforms into his human form. in that form he defeats sentry. Seconds after the victory, hulk transforms into the world-breaker.

[@Duraludon884]

In Total Drama: All-Stars, Alejandro's legs fall asleep and don't wake up for a long time, so he spends the entirety of the episodes standing on his hands. Would this be any kind of possible?

[@victorsandeen2694]

It's probably some sort of paralysis.

[@PickledMelon]

Hey Kyle, I have an interesting question for you about the human body in a vacuum. I know you've already talked about what would happen to the human body if it were exposed to the vacuum of space, but what would happen if your body was in a controlled vacuum chamber box, but your head wasn't inside the chamber because there's a hole for your head to come out of the box and is sealed air-tight around your neck?

[@TiagoTiagoT]

If you did an episode about Dr. Manhattan, would you be able to use his powers to escape the Void? Or is the Void more like what fictional realities are from an outside perspective, potentially infinite yet shielded from us out here for anything besides pictures, sounds, words and such, sorta like a leaky blackhole?

[@KingBongHogger]

I don't think he would be able to unless he starts his jump on a titanium or tungsten plate. Ever try jumping or running in sand? Your feet sink and you barely go anywhere. Hulk would turn the ground to dust and his feet would just sink. Sure, he'd get some hang time, but even solid rock wouldn't be solid footing under that kind of force.

[@jong2359]

Don't try to use your earthly materials in this conversation. Sand, titanium, tungsten... all materials are virtually the exact same when faced with the amount of pressure this would cause.

[@thebehemoth4951]

He's jumped into space twice

[@fehmeh6292]

At those speeds, air would be a solid enough kick off point.

[@Katerine459]

"He punched time once." Wow. Yeah, that's... that's pretty ridiculous! Silver Age, right? I'm guessing Silver Age. :D

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Like religion, with early comic book writers, you had non-scientists writing how they interpret the world. And, I'm trying not to put down religion. But, if you think about it religious science, the WWF, and comics are all about the same.

[@Kenroy_Tatoute]

I hate when comics put crazy shit like that in there punching time surviving several supernovas outrun instantaneous teleportaion

[@josephstalin6860]

1st thing Kyle; the Hulk doesn't need to breath or even eat or drink ever while in the Hulk form. 2nd thing Kyle; the moment he jump up and caused the nuclear style explosion, wouldn't this amount of energy being released at once cause a shift in the rotation of the earth, or even worse break the earth or even the state/country/continent that he jumped from. 3rd thing Kyle; I love your channel and videos, you are definition of intelligence and i wish you were my teacher for every year of school. 4th thing Kyle; if the Hulk is able to physically tough time, then could he time travel or cause the end of the universe Video Ideas 1(The Science of the Predator; preferably after the new movie)-> you already did the science of the Xenomorph 2(Could Thor throw or summon Mjolnir thru earth or a star) 3(Could Hulk move the earth out of orbit of the sun or change the distance of the earth from the sun by any means; a punch, ground pound, etc) 4(Could a force user stop a star ship from going into light speed)-> might not be able to answer this one 5(Having all the knowledge in the universe vs Having all the power in the universe)-> power=strength, speed, energy and matter manipulation, etc

[@michaelthomas5470]

Can you do an episode about how destructive his hand clap would be and how fast it would move?

[@Wingdnadlla]

Can you talk about how slip space works from halo

[@I86282]

I'm not even going to watch this one. This is an obvious YES. The Hulk can jump to the Moon.

[@mr.almezeini647]

he leaves that whole galaxy man😂

[@danguillou713]

The biggest difference between Hulk and other big strong types like Ben Grimm or Colossus seems to be how he can use his superstrength ability to improvise all kinds of weird effects like shockwaves, almost-flight and so on.

[@kratosdescendantgamingchan408]

"A nuclear powered gun pointed at space" hell yeah 'Merica!