Neil deGrasse Tyson On the End of 2020

Well, it’s the end of the year and Neil deGrasse Tyson has some thoughts. On our last StarTalk Explainer of 2020, Neil and comic co-host Chuck Nice look back on the year and explore some science you might not know that surrounds the holiday season.
Neill reflects back on The Great Conjunction, the “meeting” of Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky. We discuss why, in the northern hemisphere, this time of year has the shortest days. Then, Neil tells us why New Year’s Eve is a “time-zone charade”.
Find out why we have to move the South Pole every year on New Year’s. Neil also tells us why he’s upset about the inaccurate depictions of Santa’s workshop. All that, plus, Neil reminds us to have a Merry Perihelion!
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[@reynoldsmathey]

So, what you're saying is that we should be partying for 24 hours on Dec. 31st. Gotcha.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Yea Covid is no more

[@jihadjoe]

lol I expected advice that everyone agree to celebrate at exactly 0:00 GMT

[@hareecionelson5875]

@@jihadjoe Of course, London is the centre of the world. Okay, so we Brits were the ones who put the line there, but it still stands.

[@polianarchy]

In Philly they call it the MUMMERS DAY PARADE 👌🏽

[@eny933]

That's what I heard too

[@e.i.d.gproductions993]

Neil just argued "It's 5 o'clock somewhere" 😂🤣

[@TheOJDrinker]

But it's only 5 o'clock somewhere once every hour

[@whothehellsubbedtomewhydoi3435]

@@TheOJDrinker it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere

[@LewisLivingLife]

Snakepit album name

[@Asslover1234]

Like it's just amazing to see that there are many people out there who are nerds like me Keep the hard work and stay safe

[@Kakl4r]

@@HopDavid do you honestly believe that, so you have an example of something.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

^ @Hollister David, PhD in Astrophysics, World-Renowned Polymath and True Nerd.

[@dontbotherreading]

Not like you but still nerds, yes

[@madeonearth6506]

@@HopDavid yea, let’s see an example of this then. I think I only recall one thing ever that may have been worded wrong by him. He’s on top of his game. Let’s see some examples, and you better not run away. I’ll be waiting.

[@vincevvn]

@@HopDavid pretty accurate lol 😂

[@brunorondellifavero2648]

Happy New Year Professor and Chuck!!!!! Thanks for everything I have learned from you guys show.

[@mrpearson1230]

Happy New Year to Neil, Chuck & the rest of the Startalk family 😁

[@TheUrbanAstronomer]

Happy New Year Chuck and Neil! Love your videos. The great conjunction was definitely a once in a lifetime highlight of the year!

[@MeJackDaniels]

Happy new year to all Start Talkians.

[@MrBigguns101]

Stay safe, and lets hope we can conquer this pandemic. Thank you Chuck and Neil we need you .

[@DoveSimon]

Love this channel! I can't wait for the explainer video on BLC-1, once the data and source has been fleshed out. Happy new year to you both!

[@Galactis1]

Neil is amazing. Wisdom is know your specialization but, also know when you do not know enough about everything else. Neil, you're super fun... THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHUCK! AND STAFF.

[@kreoloskar9805]

Happy new year to all Star Talk crew ..thx 4 all your work ..its awesom

[@ianmusix6878]

"I don't wanna be the source of information, I wanna be the source of wisdom." Tyson, Neil. 2020 Some nice words right there, I gotta say

[@rameshmakati3052]

Then he wouldn't be a source of misinformation he would only be correct according to us humans unless u are a spaceman hes usually correct.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

@Hollister David It's OK, you'll have another Trump as president one day, I promise.

[@tyrellwilson2270]

@@HopDavid what has he said that's wrong exactly?

[@goranstojanovski5338]

@@HopDavid I don’t see many other scientists out there trying to educate us “ordinary” people. So just by doing this, Neil is one of the greatest that ever lived. If you think he gives us wrong facts, then maybe it’s better you go back and subscribe to Kardashians channel again

[@patrickgambill9326]

@@HopDavid Ok. He isn't really a historian though, and shouldn't be considered anymore of an expert on history than any of us. He is very knowledgeable about science however, especially physics and astronomy

[@raym6791]

Dr. Tyson blessing my timeline with another Startalk video yet again :)

[@alihasan17]

I love Chuck's self-depricating humour about his main profession :.D

[@Brokkoliverschwendung]

Yeah, he seems to be highly professional guy 😉

[@RandomVideoApparatus]

Self awareness usually leads to comedic gold

[@debnbuddy]

My best friend many years ago when we lived a time zone away from me and we sat in our living rooms "together for 24 hours and watched on the whole world celebrating the New Year on TV all night and day. I was wonderful.

[@boomer808]

Happy New Year guys. Thanks for the knowledge in my head, and smile on my face.

[@dizzydrc]

Love StarTalk. Watch every episode!🤓👍🏼😄. I wish everybody lots of health and prosperity in 2021 and beyond!🍀🥳✌🏼

[@chaosmarklar]

I remember when it turned 2000, new years was celebrated hourly on tv broadcast for every timezone the full 24 hours

[@ShawnNac]

Yes, I remember that year. The Y2K Doomsday! The worst thing that happened was some people had a 100-year late fee on their blockbuster rental. lol

[@chaosmarklar]

@@ShawnNac I had an end of the world party because why not party through the apocalypse that isn't happening

[@cautiousoptimist]

We partied like it was 1999...

[@stormrungaming]

@@cautiousoptimist I was watching the y2k south park episode.... they tried to ban it

[@sueelliott4793]

I remember too, was great

[@kanishk367]

Happy New Year Dr.Tyson and Chuck.. Thank you for everything🙏

[@deathbowlerOG]

This year I started watching you guys in this channel so it wasn't completely a lost year. HAPPY 2021 for you two and everyone. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, i really appreciate it

[@rodovanra6783]

Marry perihelion, happy new year, I hope next year becomes a better one from every perspective.

[@juliarekamie]

So grateful for Cosmos: Possible Worlds ! Can’t stop advising to watch IT to all the people I know, that’s an Art Piece, Mr. Neil!

[@AMikeStein]

I tried to dvr it on Hulu and I didn’t really manage to do it, except 2 episodes so I’m binging it now since it’s on there for free. :D

[@juliarekamie]

@@AMikeStein I prefer to think that eventually we will come to the point when All The Knowledge will be there Really open for everyone via published in web(( But 💰 is still our problem, unfortunately

[@Artie_D]

I watched it twice already and will watch again in a little while.

[@isabellalive2.081]

@@HopDavid Do you know how hard it is to get a Degree in Astrophysics, about as Difficult as unified Field Theory with all of it's relativity and interaction with matter a Quandary for the Ages I'm Afraid, knots in nine won't hold back the time, Line upon Line.

[@Artie_D]

Happy New 2021 Neil and Chuck!🎅🎄😎

[@mthokozisilanga4497]

Thank you and Happy New Year to both of you.

[@willekln]

These are the type of conversations I wish I had with people around me. 😂

[@UrsHarshaVardhan]

Startalk is indeed an inexhaustible source of information/Wisdom.

[@greggjohnson5634]

Thats the universe! You would think it's finite but its infinite in all ends of what we try to measure. From the smallest to the largest you can always keep going and find more details

[@asontaybrown5892]

Facts

[@blindvisionary415]

Thank you for sharing the greatest gift of all, knowledge. Look forward to more in 2021. Happy New Year!

[@duanehastrich1460]

I love this channel so much that I always hit the like button as the video begins. I already know that there will be quality content.

[@sideswipe1139]

Happy New Year and Merry Helium!

[@Quijanos1]

This is one of my favorite KZbin shows.

[@simonkibe7962]

Happy New Year guys. Thank you for making our year great

[@evonite841]

Happy New Year to you too Neil and Chuck! This year may have been tough for us all but it brought me StarTalk. And I am so thankful for the wonderful work that you do

[@robertgraybeard3750]

at 6:49 when you started talking about time zones I wish you had said that time zone are a recent invention. It was only about 150 years ago that we could travel fast enough and far enough to worry about it. Before railroads, every town set their clocks by local noon.

[@kingpen1179]

Advance Happy New year to Everyone 😊😊😊🇵🇭

[@bizh4x]

You to! Happy new year from sweden 🇸🇪

[@shadow112___]

Happy new year all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@amaankhan351]

Happy New Year from India🇮🇳

[@Gielderst]

It's not even the 31st yet. Why do you all say that. People are supposed to wish to have a happy celebration of the new year. And after the 31st of December on the 1st of January say happy new year.

[@dhiasmemyself]

happy year end to y'all... hope this year end, or at least upcoming years would be better than this 2020... if 2020 were on online sale, i would give it 1 star... and a very bad review...

[@julioperez1850]

Happy New Year Neil and Chuck!!

[@tomekdudzic]

Happy New Year Neil and Chuck!

[@Carlos-to5fn]

Thanks to physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers whom for which their continuous research diligence have contributed in the development of all medical equipment that continues to save lives. Let's keep looking up!!!

[@leanderbarreto6523]

And engineers

[@Carlos-to5fn]

@@leanderbarreto6523 just edited. Absolutely

[@Asslover1234]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a legend I wish I can talk to him one day that would mean the world to me

[@johnyepthomi892]

Yeah..yeah..get in line brother... ain’t happening before me. 😆

[@princeofallnegros4035]

You would probably ask a dumb question like what is H2O. 😂😂

[@magnetarstar9329]

Same

[@ehoncrack9413]

@@HopDavid what about him is misinformation mate?

[@Nidhi-wc3oc]

Yeah

[@electrikjimmy608]

You 2 are perfect together. I can't thank both you enough for the knowledge you have given me so I can pass it on to my daughter. People like y'all make the world a better place. You both have straightened me out on so many subjects. So many things I never considered to be different than they are portrayed. I wish you both nothing but the best. Thank you guys for so much wisdom and so many laughs. I'm always looking for more facts and opportunities to present to my daughter. I'll never forget when you 2 talked about the job of a parent is to present as many opportunities as possible for your child to find what they love.

[@FYS27121]

I accidentally discovered your channel and I am loving it! You are doing such an amazing job I can’t believe I didn’t find you earlier! I have watched already so many videos you’ve put up and I am enjoying every one of them! I learned so many new things, little things, small details that are just mind blowing! Things that you will not hear even from your school teacher or university professor! I’m stunned! And I just wanted to say thank you for everything you do, wish you a happy New Year and hope that the upcoming year will bring you more success, more viewers, more great ideas to talk about and educate people about!

[@raymondscalf2712]

You should definitely do explainer video on the seasons and Earth's Tilt

[@vihashah5975]

I think there already is.

[@raymondscalf2712]

I dont think so because he says in the video to let him know in the comments if He should do the explainer video on it

[@crazycatlady5523]

Cool. Some of us learned this in 7th grade science class😁

[@varunprasath9035]

Dr. Neil my humble request for you to release an astronomical calender! Happy New Year to you and Chuck!

[@Gymmeditator]

Appreciate the baked effort Star Talk! Legends!

[@dandychiggins3668]

This channel has definitely been a big source of wisdom and humor for me over the past months. Keep up the great work for years to come! Happy New Year and Merry Perihelion!

[@mih1961]

Happy New year guys :)

[@lisarice9337]

Happy New Years and Merry Perihelion to everyone!

[@francisjohnson665]

Happy New Year's . Love you guy's .Here's to a fantastic 2021 .🥂🥂🥂

[@shimmypolkaroo]

Happy New Year to you both, Mr. Neil, Mr. Chuck and everyone who listens to you! I hope all of you have a better 2021! 🎉🥂🍾 (I'm curious to know if you have done an explainer on the science of sustainable resources like solar arrays and wind turbines. I'm aware there's political and financial debates about it, but I would appreciate learning more about the science involved in those technologies.)

[@blackparadoxx9656]

So the 12 days of Christmas end on January 6th. Who else did not know that?

[@joule-trix]

I'm cool with that. Let's keep celebrating.

[@joesterling4299]

@@joule-trix In the Latin-American world, they certainly are. ¡Feliz día de reyes!

[@Mark_o_Helm]

"Glaciers a rivers of ice." Neill deGrasse Tyson/Elsa, Frozen 2. 😁 Did you guys know, that in addition to the South- and the North-Pole there was a West-pol for a couple of decades in the 20th century? It was located in West Berlin, because in every direction was East.

[@GodOfNoice]

Dr. Tyson and Chuck, happy holidays! Thanks for bringing us an amazing amount of incredibly interesting and funny videos!

[@James7Rowe]

love these 2, and happy new year to everyone here

[@Ptaaruonn]

In Europe we know Santa is from Lapland, happy Holidays.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

False. He is Canadian.

[@wisemonkey9858]

Eskimo

[@amaankhan351]

Happy New Year Everyone!!! Have a Great Year ahead!!

[@campFTW]

Wish you the same Bro😚😚😚🙃

[@bullettube9863]

Happy New Years Neil and Chuck, may the stars always shine upon you!

[@GoneTwitiching]

Happy new year to you too, love the show and science!

[@thedeviousdev5410]

Last time I was this early I witnessed the birth of the universe

[@irenefornari901]

Ahahahahahahah ahahahhah ahahahahaha

[@buttermanw]

@@irenefornari901 bruh chill

[@justmehere_]

oh so last Thursday?

[@learningisfun2108]

I prefer The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Great appetizers. Very pricey. Invest early.

[@pseudoname3159]

I have so many questions for you transcendental William.

[@stevesingkofer8879]

The pole is certainly moving toward the sea, but it's always moving north. :)

[@richardgratton7557]

The stick in the ice is moving....the pole is not!

[@jaffamanchang]

the magnetic poles move around like a drunken sailor

[@richardgratton7557]

Fingers Crossed I was referring to the geographic South Pole. It is fixed.👍

[@vivio3]

Happy New Year All of you! Great Stuff...

[@lovechriis8296]

Happy New Year Neil and Chuck. Love you Neil.

[@mw4262]

I need a visual representation of the South Pole explanation. My brain can’t handle all the angles, directions, etc😂

[@richardgratton7557]

When you move 10 miles away from the south pole, it doesn't matter what direction you take because you are heading straight north. Then you head east for 10 miles east (or west, it doesn't matter) you are still 10 miles north of the south pole. So when you then go south for 10 miles you get back to the south pole, which is where you were when you started. You have traveled in a triangle on a sphere (which the Earth is!). Happy New Year 2021 from Québec!

[@mleise8292]

No-uh, iz flat erf with crystal dome where buoyancy iz a force of nat'ur and ships diffract into the distance pretty plz 😭.

[@OmniphonProductions]

Picture a beach ball. Imagine placing your finger on one of the "end" points where all the different colors meet. Now, along the seam between any two colored sections, draw a line with your finger four inches long. Then, from that point, move straight _across_ to the left until you reach the next seam. Finally, turning left again, follow that seam for four inches. You've just made a 270-degree Non-Euclidean triangle...and ended up right back where you started.

[@knarfx4732]

“ I don’t mean to be the New Year Grinch, I’m just telling you” 😂😂

[@danielakwueze4605]

That got me🤣🤣

[@kellyrico4401]

Have a merry new year Dr Tyson and Chuck. Hopefully we shall have the blessing to continue getting wiser thanks to you. I appreciate your great dedication and passion very much. Greetings from Equatorial Guinea.

[@stevencooper2009]

I just wanted to try and give as much as a genuine thanks to you guys (mostly Neil but Chuck you're still alright) through a KZbin comment for not only this awesome video but also for the whole StarTalk channel. With the pandemic keeping everything outside of work and my/everyone's private residence just about on full pause, binge watching KZbin channels has become my go to time killer lately for my SanityMaintenance.

[@amandas.6500]

I love hearing them laugh! Its contagious!😁

[@dhindaravrel8712]

The New Year's time is at Greenwich, by definition. Everyone else is off. Not everyone, just everyone ELSE.

[@pebcak420]

That is a political standard.

[@dhindaravrel8712]

@@pebcak420 Internationally agreed upon a long time ago. When a 'year' begins and ends is just as much a social convention.

[@pebcak420]

@@dhindaravrel8712 relative. so not "correct"

[@joesterling4299]

@@pebcak420 We need to base it on something. Didn't have to be Greenwich, but it was.

[@pebcak420]

@@joesterling4299 basis does not imply factuality.

[@juliewood823]

Thanks guys -HAPPY NEW YEAR ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Mike-ef2kw]

Love this show and cant wait for what to come next year

[@johnathanmartin3392]

Dr. Tyson- so every year they move the stick to the new spot where the South Pole is. Me- * spits out drink * WHAT DID HE SAY?!

[@originalsandwich9041]

Moving* the stick to the new South Pole is the equivalent of moving the goal post. Ironic isn't it? lol 😅

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

It's a point. That's why.

[@bryanlinton5917]

Its a lie flatearth 🎯 the ice is melting they push it back to the beginning of its most solid part u can only go north towards the bullseye or northpole 🎯 if you go to the most southern point u be frozen vehicles cant make it past certain cracks the math they have is to guide u in a triangle according to Pythagoras relation to polaris where telling to start at your point go north then back south to north math a lie -101 are separated in steps unlike emc2 the south goes to the edge it doesn't have unlimited south stop

[@bryanlinton5917]

The main reason is our technology built on wrong math making coordinates impossible to believe to calculate for a land on a southern tip except make up something and to prove what someone else's made its to prolong propaganda for each country who signed Antarctica peace treaty for supremacy control over shape of earth own buy supremacy and other countries who benefit from the lie the United Nations display real earth as a symbol of peace if yur continent wont tell you but the earth flat thank un flag for the truth

[@ItsJaeJones]

Chuck, I like your new Tide commercial lol 😂 it was very cute!

[@Atmanyatri]

This show is fantastic , i can’t get enough , thanks for you neil and all the staff working on the show

[@metalolotea7244]

Happy New Year ....I love you guys!!

[@originalsandwich9041]

Tyson: "Equator is just there" is not a valid answer; F! Also Tyson: Perpetual Middle. *Speech 100*

[@bigsherk42069]

He’s an oblivion npc

[@RandomVideoApparatus]

Neil: Big whoop, wannafightaboutit??

[@arddup]

Santa Claus is from Finland!!!!!

[@morenofranco9235]

Neil and Chuck, thanks for all your fun and wisdom. Now 2021!

[@ratlips4363]

You two bring to the rest of us an amazing way of looking at the life around us. Such clarity and also one of those "ah ha" moments that I wish I had in days in school. At least now, after watching your videos, I can pass those "ah ha" moments on to the young ones that aren't being exposed to it where they should...thank you to both of you

[@dnkgy]

Chuck: Let's do a 2020 retrospective Neil: well Trebek died, and also it's cold now

[@sammygyk6347]

I'm still mad i couldnt see the conjunction, weather said no

[@crazycatlady5523]

Same here. It was overcast. But my son who lives there hours away saw it through his new telescope.

[@joesterling4299]

I'm still mad it skipped my mind until a couple of hours later. Too late.

[@ir0x539]

I always look forward to these

[@juliapardieutroyer9993]

Luv the simple, relaxed, normal banter of real ideas without over-intellectualizing. Knowledge & facts only rise to wisdom when we can integrate them in our understanding. These two make that process enjoyable

[@r277]

I'm dying laughing becaus I actually took my glasses off and looked at Jupiter and Saturn and they looked like one big a** star

[@noeraldinkabam]

Don’t think I ever saw Neil’s eyes so sad.

[@toddtrojek6521]

I notice that too at the end of the show! Thought maybe he’s tired or emotional.

[@AfrikanGod1]

THanks for the wisdom Dr.Neil!I love you from the bottom of my heart!Happy new year!

[@Believer_75]

I'm so thankful for this! Enlightened and comforted!

[@ethanliederman3727]

Neil needs a comedian with him

[@ronhazlewood1095]

If the Earth is closest to the Sun in December, does the Southern hemisphere have hotter Summers than the Northern hemisphere?

[@janette6]

I think that still depends on the distance of the location from the equator. Australia gets super hot, but the summers in NZ are cooler than in Europe. I read the UV is 7% higher at Perihelium which finally explains to me why Austalians and New Zealanders have such high rates of skin cancer.

[@coolhari2000]

I hope you understand seasons are caused by the tilt in earth's axis and not cuz it's closer or farther from the sun.

[@garytucker8696]

Happy new year to you both hope you both had a nice Christmas.

[@WhattEvery]

Happy New Year to you Two! 👌

[@stevestumpy6873]

It's my new year, I don't care about the rest of the world, just like when its my birthday. By the way I am the center of the Universe, I called it.

[@marianfrances4959]

Only if you are a Capricorn! Ha ha

[@tammystockley-loughlin7680]

A son, not the sun.😁 Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis

[@flamewingsonic]

A minor nitpick: the south pole brain teaser - go 10 miles north, 10 miles east, then 10 miles south, and end up were you started - actually has infinitely many solutions near the north pole. The "10 miles east" just needs to comprise an integer number of rotations around the Earth after going 10 miles north.

[@donaldvarnado2566]

Thank y'all for a great year of knowledge

[@davemoondoggie5942]

Love you guys, watched just about every video you put out. First got to know Chuck on the 10,000 Teachers webinar back in October, seems such a long time ago. I've been watching Neil on the Cosmos show since a few years back. It's been in interesting year, looking forward to a bright new year. Merry Perihelion from Indonesia.

[@donaldsmith8648]

Chuck is right.. BLACK try not too do COLD weather meaning going to where it's at LOL

[@ghrey8282]

Happy New Year to you as well.

[@robertbrowning7925]

Love star talk! thanks for posting this, great video!

[@Bob0sModelFabWorx]

I am so happy that these clips are out. I really enjoy the way the science is being taught. And now that Chuck is a part of it, I love the way you two interact. Both are a class act.

[@Crabnebula23]

Neil, you're MY source of wisdom for "The Records!" I truly "can not" thank you enough. I love your challenging vocabulary and knowledge that you behold. It does "more" than amaze me...it "moves" me. Thank you!

[@nagendrarane2012]

Happy New Year in advance to Dr Tyson & Chuck Nice. Please keep sharing your wisdom as always. 1 suggestion for an explainer - Why does water flow in Clockwise/ Counter Clockwise movement down the sink depending on your location above and below the equator?

[@TimeTheory2099]

Happy New 2021 Neil!! ☮️

[@rautikd]

Happy New Year!!!