Carl Sagan Christmas lecture 2 - The Outer Solar System and Life

[@MrBILLSTANLEY]

I'm 80 yrs old. I've followed Carl Sagan's career, read his books, gained much of my initial knowledge of the universe and been inspired by him. If he were alive today he would be 87 yrs old. If I could talk to him now I would tell him about Voyagers 1 and 2; tell him they have left our solar system and are now beginning to traverse our Milky Way. But, that's just the beginning of the adventure! Our sun and the earth will be gone and the Voyagers will spend several billion more years before they reach the end of our galaxy. Oh how I wish I could talk to him, to hear his thoughts about the universe and the momentary nature of our existence. I would gladly give the the rest of my life to have just a few hours of conversation with him. Oh hell, I'm greedy. Since I'm dreaming anyway, let me have that conversation when the Voyagers reach their destination. Hmmm. . . if they don't make it, let me know just before that happens. Ok, I'm done.

[@mikasa3356]

That's really inspiring sir I'm 20 yr old girl i recently know about Carl Sagan and it's one of the best thing happened with me i will look forward to his all the book available and extra things When I see people like u i feel inspired honestly saying buz where I live here people are not curious they don't wanna know anything new and try to avoid when I told them about our universe how big it is but anyway it's there choose but i wanna be like sir Sagan . ✨

[@alesscav99]

Science unifys generation and fill the gaps between them. I am 22 and I met Carl about 3 years ago due to Neil. I can definitely put it that way that it was life-changing. I love he had existed and still influences generations after his death. He lives on withing us, Carl Sagan lives on.

[@bishwajeetpal2323]

Bill, I see your interest and excitement to meet Carl Sagan.

[@sebastiankorosec8791]

Bravo, dear sir. I share your admiration for Carl Sagan and I believe that the world is a much better, kinder and curious place, because of the time he has traveled with us and innuendo he has so eloquently expressed. I sometimes feel genuine gratitude for him having existed. Have a good life.

[@Henahanir]

@@alesscav99 you sure you met him

[@brynnplant]

He was a magnificent lecturer. He made it both engaging and clear without talking down to the audience. One of a kind

[@augustinemmuogbana3382]

This guy was a gift to humanity.

[@CeciliaAbreuTeixeira]

yes it gift from God

[@gehtkeinenwasan8087]

@@CeciliaAbreuTeixeira what god? Thor Zeus Odin? the Jewich cristian alah? Quetzaquatle? Ra? Horus? Anubis? pick one and prove it...

[@meat96]

@@gehtkeinenwasan8087 Nothingness is immortal.

[@globextradingsystemsllc1740]

In denial on UAPs.

[@aquaflow1264]

Believe hlf what u hear and none what u see

[@skatepark1ful]

2-15-23. He WAS, IS, and ALWAYS WILL BE FANTASTIC!!!! Cheers to all good people

[@TX_BoomSlang]

Cheers! The way he dances along with the children is great. Many people, much fewer scientists wouldn't ever do that.

[@pmichael590]

Interesting to see how much science has progressed since this lecture, particularly with planetary imaging.

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

We need 100,000 more Carl Sagan - sorely missed.

[@westyavro]

We need more Carl Sagan's and a lot less politicians.

[@stewartmoore5158]

Sagan was a genius for communicating science. He made his talks accessible and enjoyable for younger audiences, but he didn't hold back on the details.

[@birdeee461]

His accent is quite lovely. One of the best humans ever born.

[@shadeburst]

How much Humanity's knowledge has advanced since 1977! And our technology.Carl Sagan entertained and taught us without us being aware that we were being taught.

[@brucekalter4206]

Wonderful to be able to see this now. Thank you.

[@gulzarkareem794]

great pleasure for humanity to have teachers like Carl sagan wish him all times company amen

[@kennethsnyder9236]

Carl Sagan: Such an intriguingly, ahead of time and a stepping stone as now we live-

[@stevemarks1511]

Like all genius’s of their time CS is on top and the best teacher. He makes the listener to want more and ask questions!!! We all mis his one of a kind personality. CS spoke his mind on his observation that man is killing man. He spoke out on the subject of NASA lack of funding; makes every tax payer think about that problem of man kind!!!

[@christopherwelch136]

Simply brilliant.

[@reedr7142]

38:58 I’ve been in love with space & the solar system since my childhood, and I’ve never come across the fact. Mind blown 🤯

[@ap8409]

The guy was an awesome speaker.

[@admojoremdeigloriam]

These lectures are current to the Artemis generation, it is worth restoring the video quality to something worthy of the timeless information.

[@TomNovak2113]

I love that he mentions Galileo satellite, which launched the year I was born, in 1989, over a decade earlier. Shows how long it takes to develop these incredibly technically challenging space programs.

[@tanveerkhan-mi2zr]

He teaches Simple but he was extraordinary incredible unbelievable person 🇺🇸👌👍👏👏👏👏

[@barbarahunt8784]

There will never be another one like Dr Carl Sagan. Personally miss him so much. 🔭📡🚀🛰️👽🛸

[@cameliacraciun3992]

If all humans were like him we would have a better world and go beyond limits of the universe.

[@publiozinj4882]

It would take million of years at the speed of light to even reach Andromeda and 87000 just to go across our galaxy.

[@CeciliaAbreuTeixeira]

I am

[@russianaloha4576]

I would have actually learned in science if he was my teacher. He was Brilliant!! 1 of a kind!!

[@BrandonHardaker]

Such an amazing teacher!

[@terrondt]

He explains the complex subjects into simpler terms where anybody can understand

[@tanveerkhan-mi2zr]

Great scientist and teacher Carl Sagan 🇺🇸👌👍🇮🇳👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@r.h.0101]

Thank you so much for this.

He was the "Bee's knees"

[@seesnap]

Looking from Ireland ☘️

[@BryonBlackArtistOnTheLoose]

Great video. So much, and not so much has changed since then.

[@juancastillo8948]

The great Carl Sagan!

[@julir3754]

"(...)the universe is red (...) a chemical, not a political remark"...💥😂👏🏼 Witty, as usual. I just love it!

[@userwl2850]

I wonder what he would make of what's going on now. What a guy.

[@BryonBlackArtistOnTheLoose]

He's famous (in part) for very accurately predicting what's going on now.

[@markragus7030]

I’m an oak tree and my pronouns are lumber and bark.

[@dCash117]

4K resolution and the James Webb telescope among other things, I think he would be filled with excitement and I'm sure a bit of disappointment

[@damiengriffiths8934]

Enthralled by the technological advancement….not so enthralled with some human effort

[@jdkhaos4983]

@@markragus7030 I think he'd be more concerned with the rampant Christian white nationalism.

[@akane8476]

Big love from Japan

[@lunarcontact]

The protein dance 🤣❤️

[@alfredoayon3655]

All Saturns images are illustrative mainly, let’s hope we can get something more accurate nowadays. Great videos! Love them

[@ilokivi]

The Cassini mission has provided many more detailed images, and a library of data besides. As Carl Sagan once said, science is an intergenerational collaboration to explore, understand, explain and predict the cosmos. Sometimes there are giants involved, often there are ordinary people standing on their shoulders to see a little further.

[@js2010ish]

Incredible!

[@yonimoskowitz6958]

Bunny!!!!

[@Idontknowhowtobehuman]

All the love from Florida!

[@MrGelly70]

I miss him so much

[@DrummerJacob]

Rabbits convert lettuce into more rabbit. I never would have thought about it like that. Thanks Carl!

[@telfordguy34uk]

Was this a Royal Institution Christmas lecture ?

[@backyardbob1]

First credit at the end says Royal Institute.

[@jaymac7203]

I used to love these Christmas lectures every year 😭 lol Carl Sagan was of course a favourite of mine. While a more modern lecturer I enjoyed doing the lectures was Brian Cox.

[@normal_media]

Not just life.... a million variations of it. We are flooded with life on this planet.

[@swainscheps]

All those grinning kids are now in their 50’s and 60’s. I wonder if they still remember the protein dance…

[@MrBadassheavymetal]

@24:45 reeeeeeeee😂😂😂

[@tishahouse846]

Listening from the ukwales❤️

[@jlinnlinn4241]

Yes. Listen to what he says. Let's DO something. Anything. Now. Not. ....oh I'll get around to it.... NOW.😊

[@159church]

Just occurred to me how similar Carls voice was to Mr Smith in The Matrix

[@dCash117]

Also Jeff goldblum

[@rachelmarie8841]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ3TqnqedqeLiKM 😁😁😁

[@xfunnyx15]

How did the rabbit appear?😮

[@roberth721]

Rather coyly with a wink over one shoulder.

[@roberth721]

Rather coyly with a wink over one shoulder.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

Wow-although this talk was mainly for children, this geezer actually learned something! The Universe is mostly RED! I never really thought about that, but I suppose it's true. Here's what I don't think Carl actually said: The night sky looks almost entirely white when you look at it on a very dark night. But that's only because, at very low light levels, your eyes do not see color. Everything LOOKS white. But raise the levels to daytime values, and you would see it's almost all red. Yeah, the East is red. And so is the West, North, and South.

[@cheesecop9321]

So cool he rips on Christianity in a Christmas lecture. So clever. So cool he did it in front of children. Sorely missed. I’m crying. I wish he were my professor. Sorely missed.

[@DrummerJacob]

Are you okay?

[@918HUMAN]

love!!!

[@TGQwerty]

NGL that rabbit's cute AF>

[@jonnymoka]

How about those bees knees

[@BrandonHardaker]

We, human beings, are the least important beings on our planet.

[@TheScarfaceKillaa]

45:33 if there is a surface its far below' its funny he didnt knew at that time but jupiter doesnt have a solid surface its a gas ball

[@myriaddsystems]

Sorely missed

[@Jason_Laster]

Damn 1977 is the year i was born. Gotta stop watching. Starting to feel old

[@rehanjamshed3661]

Where does the “sense” comes at all levels: Cosmic, Planetary, Micro or Nano. How come the two creatures displaced in time and space “affect” each other ?

[@silvergalaxie]

audio ok,visual es awful

[@Generichjm]

What would a Game Warden, do, Game Boy?

[@RuskSophia-h8d]

Miller Jeffrey Williams Cynthia Brown David

[@YerkesVeronica-e3m]

Lee Ruth Smith Angela Walker Donald

[@Arfabiscuit]

One of the greatest republicans to have ever lived

[@danfield6030]

It doesn't matter what his political beliefs are. This is about science. Jeez ! 😅

[@karlzimmer683]

No way! Listen to his later lectures. He lamented the behavior of politicians trying to dismantle education.

[@jack0cat]

When you realize that he was probably stoned as hell doing these lectures it makes you wonder how he wasn’t cracking up all the time.

[@ryan59480]

You could presume that about anyone, ever?

[@alexanderwinegarden2801]

@@ryan59480 Carla Sagan was a big time pot smoker, well known

[@harrietharlow9929]

How did you come to that conclusion? He doesn't look stoned to me.

[@jack0cat]

@@harrietharlow9929 He was an admitted heavy dope smoker

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@jack0cat Doesn't mean he was stoned when giving hius lectures.

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

I have NEVER seen any evidence of a whirling, twirling, hurling, hurtling, wibbling, wobbling, zipping and zooming, spinning space ball, "planet" earth and NEITHER HAVE YOU.

[@roberth721]

I've never seen evidence of you.

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

@@roberth721 We are told that the deepest anyone has ever drilled into the surface of the earth is roughly eleven kilometres (6.35 miles) down yet we are also told that the core of the earth is twenty nine hundred kilometres down. Earthquakes are measured with a seismograph up to a depth of only seven hundred kilometres. Ground penetrating radar can only reach a maximum depth of one hundred feet (or thirty meters) in dry, low conductivity, materials and that is in the best of conditions. It's usually much less. Try to find some evidence that verifies that the core of the earth is made of and doing what they tell us that it is made of and doing.

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

@@roberth721 How are they able to tell us what supposed planets and stars that are supposedly millions and billions of supposed light years away are composed of right down to their supposed cores?

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

@@roberth721 Gravity is unevidenced.

[@TheRealNewWhirledOrder]

@@roberth721 If you melt a magnet, it loses its magnetic properties. Try to find some evidence of molten metal (of any type) generating a magnetic field.

[@sentientflower7891]

The origin of life isn't at all easy, nor is it at all possible.

[@whirledpeas3477]

I knew one of you would pop up.