My Lifelong Love for Astronomy

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[@TheGatrGamr]

Now this is the TEG video I’ve always wanted

[@q2.076]

As someone who works for NASA and loves hockey, I see this as an absolute win!

[@WyldStallion-bs9oo]

Ooh my wife says SHE wants to be the first woman on the moon and that if it is any other woman, that she'd be PO'ed. Can you help!

[@Mike_Poppe]

Learning about black holes at 8 years old then thinking they were a daily threat was devastating for about 2 weeks as a kid.

[@HunkDrangus]

The Pale Blue Dot photo and Carl Sagan were life-changing for me. It really made me think about how truly insignificant we are, and why we should just be cool with each other.

[@neeltheother2342]

Not even a minute in and this is already the most relatable video ever lol. I too wanted to discover the universe and work on probes, but hated high level math and the grind of academia, so it was just a fantasy.

[@WyldStallion-bs9oo]

Good point he made. They know so much more now than they did in the 1990s for instance. But dang it we need to get the exploration going again. Artemis hopefully will do this.

[@neeltheother2342]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo My fantasy wasn't about human exploration but using telescopes and probes to conduct research. I wasn't as excited about putting humans on Mars and things like that.

[@WyldStallion-bs9oo]

@@neeltheother2342 I was excited about exploration in the 1990s. That faded over time and technological advancement became about smartphone addiction.

[@neeltheother2342]

@@WyldStallion-bs9oo grandpa, technology isn't all about phones lol

[@TheMerlotLine]

The first 40sec of this video describe exactly why my first year of college went so poorly 😅

[@deanm375]

Back in the late 1970's several of my buddies all got Meade Telescopes for Christmas. I spent the next few years helping them with their old school astrophotography. One of them who I am still friends with is still heavily involved in the field as a amateur. He moved to Arizona and built two separate observatories on his property. For years he let students from Arizona State access his telescopes remotely. Now he's in New Mexico with an 8 telescope capacity observatory. But I've loved astronomy ever since those days in the 70's.

[@norsecelticpagan978]

Man, I just became a fan all over again. I'm a hockey nut and a huge space nerd. Very cool sharing this.

[@EskimowSC]

If you like channels that take down scammers, I gotta suggest Jim Browning. He doesn't just waste a scammers time and get them angry, he gets into their CCTV and gets footage of them, tracks their location, finds out who they are, and gets them arrested by local authorities. It's absolutely nuts.

[@thatguywatchingyou17]

“Solar system is so humongous big, right, but if you see that like our solar system and like our galaxy and like on the side, it was so small, you can’t even see it. Our galaxy is huge, but if you see the big picture, our galaxy is like small tiny. Like dot in the universe. And you think, like, we have some problems here on the Earth that we worry about? Compared to like … nothing. Just, be happy. Don’t worry, be happy right now.” -Ilya Bryzgalov

[@ziggyoickle3445]

Between how unique the moon is, the diversity of life, the bright blue colour from the massive amounts of liquid water on our surface, the diverse weather patterns, geologic activity, it's hard to say earth isn't my favorite (it's also where I happen to live)

[@BroncoKnight34]

You remember when you were a kid, and everyone asks you what you want to be when you grow up? Other than a football player, my first choice was always an astronaut. I’ve always been so fascinated by the planets, the moon missions, the space race, etc. 2001: A Space Odyssey is my favorite film, and when I was young, when repainting my room, we used a stripe of orange called “Jupiter Orange” just because of the name. Astronomy nerddom rules!

[@gobeethoth]

carl sagan's cosmos gave me a true love of astronomy. and then i learned how to be a sailor. and the stars were my guide to where i was on this vast ocean. and then i looked into egypt. and then i realized people from 5000 years ago were like me and loved to look at the sky. and they knew how to navigate by the stars. and then i realized humans have always been just as perplexed by the universe as i am. but asking these awesome questions opens the mind to so many questions. questions are the beginning of answers. and by the way...you're impression of sagan was so spot on. i had a good belly laugh. thanx !!

[@boblikesfood862]

I agree with you on seeing the eclipse. I took the day off work last month to travel to New Brunswick for it, definitely worth it.

[@JeffKing310]

I’m totally with you on this TEG! I love astronomy. Fascinating stuff.

[@sIayerz]

I've been getting more interested in learning about space lately, so I'd love to see more of these types of videos. It's fascinating to learn and think about.

[@ryguy6577]

i did a project in grade 5 on Jupiter and it’s been my favourite since then

[@ryanwagner7833]

I love astronomy! Wow, with wrestling, hockey, and astronomy your channels are perfect for me!

[@mjboyle691]

Incredibly relatable. I 100% wanted to be an astronaut as a kid.

[@tombraider2500]

I’m a hockey fan and my daughter is studying at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, got you covered both ways.

[@wimleybuckets]

I don't know if it was a thing in Canada. It was on a PBS affiliate when I was growing up. But another show I watched a lot was _Star Gazer_ (formerly _Star Hustler,_ which was changed for obvious reasons), hosted by Jack Horkheimer. Kind of a weird guy. And the SFX were beyond cheesy, even by low-budget '80s standards. But that's part of why it worked, somehow. It was focused almost entirely on observation. He helped everyone track the planets, find constellations, and things like that. Invaluable if you had a telescope and had almost no idea what you were doing with it.

[@user-um6ki3te7g]

Favorite planet has to be Uranus!

[@starscream7755]

I recently learned about the overview affect and now really want to see the earth from space

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Pluto is still a planet in my book.

[@neeltheother2342]

It isn't in mine and I agree with the IAU's assessment in that if Pluto were still a planet, than we would have thousands of object classified as planets with the vast majority of them being KBOs, which doesn't make sense. You can still like a minor/dwarf planet and still accept it's not a planet.

[@AproposOfWetSnow]

I'm a huge astronomy nerd too! We're really on the frontier of this science, new things come out every week. I highly recommend the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. For youtube channels, PBS Spacetime is amazing.

[@goaliecoachmike]

V The Series & The Final Battle were quite unscientific but the theme was intriguing!

[@quag311]

“And my secret love for CREED” Ha. Alright. I’ll go back to bed.

[@jsullivan5823]

Love this kinda stuff! Thanks again man!

[@caylinf]

My favorite planet to look at thru a telescope is Saturn. I used to work at a brewery that did science outreach and we would put out a telescope for people to look at and their reaction when they first saw Saturn was wonderful. You just knew it would be something they remembered for the rest of their lives.

[@artzikiii]

Yeah more this, space so interesting. And you make it even more interesting, so I'm in! 😊

[@artzikiii]

And I would subscribe instantly to The Astronomy Guy

[@kjells3578]

Love astronomy, many thanks for the show recommendations! What if we went searching for life on.. Europa?

[@tee_es_bee]

Loved the pictures of Pluto. Hopefully, we get another Voyager type vessel out there and get some higher resolution pictures of all the big boys and their moons! 🧡💛🧡

[@zachary37]

Wow I've been watching lots of space/astronomy vids and had no idea this would be one from you! If you like to read Sci-Fi novels, I would highly recommend Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's a beautiful and fascinating look at evolution and a twist at first contact, and understands the absolute insanity of how big space is.

[@folppki2256]

You should check out John and Hank Greens crash course they're doing a great astronomy series. He's an awesome author

[@JPMadden]

Born in 1970, I do remember the excitement in the late '70s and the '80s when the Voyager spacecraft would be approaching the next planet. I'm still interested in astronomy; it's part of my greater obsession with space exploration, both manned and unmanned. I should rewatch "Cosmos" after all these years.

[@Merlin_From_Shrek_3]

I got a small telescope in 2021 and haven't regretted it one bit!

[@AproposOfWetSnow]

My favorite planet is Venus. So much left to be discovered, and probably a better contender for terraforming than we think.

[@tIhIngan]

Get a telescope and start a new channel: The Astronomy Guy. How's the light pollution in your area?

[@Merlin_From_Shrek_3]

Pluto is a planet! Come at me bro!

[@bryannewcombe858]

I absolutely LOVE Astronomy for the same reason you do, it really is fascinating!! I think it's shameful the ignorance of astronomy in humanity. It's one of the most humbling experiences you could have and if more humans knew astronomy, I think it would make people easier to get along with. It led me away from religion and God belief as well. I think the biggest thing about astronomy is that humans just cannot fathom in their brains the enormously large distances in space. No one can imagine the distance you have traveled by traveling at light speed for millions of years. Titan is my favourite place in the Solar System (besides Earth). Experiencing Earthlike terrains with rock solid water ice and methane and ethane lakes and rivers would be a site to see!! I always bring up the "Solar System rejects" when people bring up Pluto. Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Ceres are planets too. Eris is bigger than Pluto and you don't bring it up either. Lots of people scratch their heads at that. Astronomy is the best, it will surely be the science that will continue on likely for forever. With a universe this big, there will ALWAYS be something new to discover.

[@Merlin_From_Shrek_3]

My favorite planet is saturn

[@ugiswrong]

Fraser Cain crossover at a Victoria bc minor league hockey game plz

[@johnparker7191]

good stuff shan

[@ryanguzek361]

amazing

[@boxercourage4384]

The 9th planet is where the aliens are.

[@d-imes4844]

I always knew TEG was an alien, he body snatched THG

[@colleenhands6059]

Pluto. I refuse to accept its demotion.

[@DragonmasterAlex]

Shannon: This is a coincidence but I had recently started Neil's Cosmos and the sequel called Possible Worlds and it started to actually make me more religious (instead of zero% like when i was young/naive). And i dont mean religious as believing in one of the deities made up by thousands of religions. I Just mean that we can only perceive 1 dimension and theres FAR more to all of this than we can ever think possible.

[@gobeethoth]

my fav planet is earth,. life ya know

[@markhanson6563]

I love Astronomy, too - I'm an Aquarius.

[@neeltheother2342]

that's astrology bro

[@markhanson6563]

@@neeltheother2342 Typical Taurus...

[@neeltheother2342]

@@markhanson6563 I'm not even a Taurus lmao I'm Scorpio

[@not2tees]

The investigations into bending space have turned toward bending human minds, much easier.

[@markhanson6563]

Uranus pronunciation killjoy!!

[@adamchastan2703]

I'm going to have to say Saturn is my favorite.

[@habinations]

i liked space as well.so in high school i decided to take a course with lots of math. that wasnt advertised as having lots of math. i didnt like it .

[@CepheidMadEngineer]

Strong recommend to the YT channel "PBS Spacetime" - lots of cool things going on there. Great blackhole playlist. One episode poses the question - if you had warp technology... could our gravitational wave detectors pick up their movements? Fun thing to ponder

[@insulin801]

Neutron stars ❤️