The rivers of the Solar System

[@deltadesign5697]

My wife and I love listening to your vids in bed, drifting off to sleep with beautiful narrated stories of space!

[@Nah_Bohdi]

Just a couple listening to a hefty brit boy lul you to sleep...well....you to sleep...then he stops talkin and start feelin....

[@evoltide]

For the past year I have been on an youtube odyssey to learn about the universe. When I thought I have seen all the great content, I am proven wrong. You are a gem. This is what youtube should be. You let the amazing topics tell their story, while your narration explains even the most difficult concepts with the perfect amount of dry humor. Your Channel will grow immensly. When clickbait and shallow entertainment will eventually be seen for what it is, channels like yours will shine like a neutron star.

[@paulkita]

This channel is such a hidden gem, and you, Nick, are a master storyteller. Best wishes from a huge fan!

[@torcoAaAa]

@Meloveulongtime considering he's got less than 30k subs, I'd say from most people

[@BobbbyJoeKlop]

Yeah, the pacing and the timing of the narration is pitch perfect in additon to the narritive flow. The storytelling is truly phenominal.

[@Ctenomy]

I’ve been watching “educational” KZbin since the early days of vsauce, and I must say this is my favorite channel ever! Such a joy to watch and rewatch these videos :)

[@Ci.Ag.Wo.]

After watching to the first video I found. I just assumed he had 500 K to 1 million subscribers. He definitely deserves them and I hope he gets them.

[@translumination2002]

30K people who appreciate intelligent & well researched material. His water series is very profound. It never clicked to me that water was one of the main constituents in the Ice Giants, much more than earth. He also pointed out that water may be one of the most common compounds in the universe because it's elemental parts are so common. I never heard it put this way by anybody else.

[@trikkinikki970]

This channel gets me so hype every time you drop a video. This channel is absolutely something special. You have a one of a kind way of telling the story of science and it's absolutely delectable.

[@ezekielbrockmann114]

Me too. I see the notification and smile.

[@doctorkropotkin6710]

Brilliant video. I can only imagine how difficult this was to make but it's very much appreciated.

[@Agnes_Noby_sir]

An absolute labor of love. Great storytelling still exists on this platform.

[@V8.77]

I love that line, 'comets are playthings to planets.' It's so poetic and perfectly descriptive. Love coming back to these older uploads. Thank you very much for your hard work.

[@EVILJAMARR]

I love this channel and every video on it. Perfect narration, excellent voice recording technique. Don’t change a thing as far as production! I’ve watched every video about 10 times. Love this channel.

[@Steve-pf7jl]

Late to this party as the video is now 10hrs old, yet over 10% of your subscribers have already watched it. That is a truly awesome metric which shows how much your output is appreciated. Pretty sure I can safely say that no matter who watches, they will have learned something they didn't know and are grateful for the diligence with which you put these together. Thank you.

[@theforlanjoker4457]

Great comment

[@erichtomanek4739]

This video is: Awesomely Awesome in its Awesomeness!!!

[@johannesscharf6475]

A lazy Sunday afternoon and a new video from my favourite storyteller on KZbin. Can't get any better than that! Congrats on another great video Nick!

[@JMnyJohns]

So excited to see something new from you. Out of my 50 something subs you are the only one (that I know of) putting out long-form content at a consistently stellar (oof) level. Thanks again for sharing.

[@jeremymahrer1832]

Dear Nick, I have now joyfully accepted that you have your loyal fan base who love and adore your work,and that is how you should remain. I wonder if your subscriptions went into the millions if you would be the same ? I went gliding all day yesterday came home and went to bed,i woke at 3.00am in my normal panic....looked at my laptop and there you were with one more incredible piece of work,which calmed me down and transfixed me. Thankyou. You forgot to mention that us Dutch also left you the microscope !!! You are the best on KZbin for these things and your work is superlative once more i cannot heap enough praise upon you. Love Jeremy (your dutch pronunciation is pretty good, i'm sure you would manage Van Gogh as well and not as Van Go ....as other americans do, but then you live here. Have a good day ,Yours with love Jeremy.

[@parallaxnick637]

I have a Dutch friend on KZbin, so I should be doing better :)

[@ernestolombardo5811]

Saw the notification for a new ParallaxNick video, first minute in... and I'm listening to absolute poetry. One wonders what wonders lie ahead. Onward, then!

[@lisafolsom4947]

I was so glad to find a new video... listened to you while I was recovering from leukemia.. thank you, found your storytelling to be very soothing and informative.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

This is a brilliant video my friend. I'm already back for my 2nd listen.

[@exoplanets]

Great video !!

[@Yintii]

Yesssss! Made my week seeing a new vid posted!! Thank you Nick, your work is loved by so many!

[@OMADRevolution]

I love your voice and narration! Unlike so many channels, you don't sound like some sharp, slick-haired kid just looking to put a channel to grab a bunch of cheap "did you know"-style views. You, Event Horizon, and What Da Math are my favs!!!!!

[@thialove2121]

Thank you for the time you spent educating us.

[@book3100]

Few meet the standard. Only the best can set the standard. And then Nick does the exceedingly rare thing and exceeds that standard. Very well done Nick. Riveting, informative, entertaining, and as up to date as today (and just a tad ahead sometimes.)

[@Knobiknows]

Every time I see a new video from you I immediately put down whatever I'm doing at the time to be able to give you my undivided attentio. As always and extremely insightful and well researched video. If you ever manage to get your Patreon up and running again I'd love to support you. You really deserve it!

[@Jabranalibabry]

Screw it, I need this more than sleep! Great job as always, Nick!

[@thetruth45678]

Omg yay! My night was crummy, but this changes everything! Nick uploaded! :D Rodney Dangerfeild: "Good news, everyone. We're all gettin' laid!"

[@ernestolombardo5811]

I believe the exact quote is "Hey everybody! We're all gonna get laid!" Science demands precision.

[@darksunacquisitionsltd5298]

I just want to say a massive thankyou to you ParallaxNick. Your videos have gotten me though some very tough times. It is easy to get bogged down with life but you help me remember and marvel in the compexity and mystery of it all and I for one truely appreciate all that you have done. Thankyou you

[@parallaxnick637]

As someone who has been bogged down with life alot himself, that makes me very happy to know

[@karlbirkirflosason8190]

Wow Nick, I thoroughly enjoyed that. Love your style here, this is beautiful. Thank you so much.

[@fredi9204]

This is so good YT hit thumbs up when I pressed play.

[@mynciee]

I suffer from really bad insomnia and your narration is so good for helping me sleep. I also pay attention to them when I'm actually awake of course!

[@lisafox5535]

Fantastic video! Subject matter is extremely interesting in itself but it is your gentle poetic narration that truly transcends through science to chronicle. Thanks so much.

[@badmanners7274]

Hi, Nick. I feel compelled to tell you that this video is amazing and you are doing amazing work and I'm a huge fan! Hope this helps with the algorithm and all the best going forward. Namaste from 🇳🇵

[@BobMarshJr]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video, and thank you for the excellent detail!

[@MrandMrsGaSp]

Although it was hard to make, you did well, i enjoyed it

[@prototropo]

This is my first ParallaxNick experience, and I am so impressed with the veracity, depth and breadth index of the content, and the beauty of the writing. Browsing through even a dozen comments shows that this is a well-attended, much-admired series; it’s so reassuring to me that in these dark days for deliberative logic, empirical evidence and critical inquiry, tens of thousands, or millions, of intelligent Americans still love science. And Nick, along with Cool Worlds, are like ambrosia for us! My love of great metaphors is hinting that tides maybe work better than the river, I feel, for this video. The river is a great metaphor for the life sciences-evolution, speciation, human progress, cultural tributaries, the flow of history, etc. Coincidentally, the sphere, so iconic in cell biology-fusion of conception, fission of meiosis, mitosis and reproduction, invagination, germination and proliferative radiation-is a great recurring metaphor for its sister-earth science-given the shapes and processes ubiquitous in both astronomy and particle physics-accretion by gravitation or electron shell nesting, cumulative conglomeration in star and planet formation, the inevitability of angular momentum, atomic fusion/fission, stellar explosion, disintegration, new element diasporization and eventual reconstitution, etc. Both realms-the spheres of matter and rivers of vitality-boil down to, and emerge from, cycles. And cycles are both linear and arcuate-especially the pre-eminent, defining cycle, the spiraling helix, the “incarnation” of meta-matter-DNA-the architectural integration of matter generating information to generate matter. Whew! I think I have an oort-ache.

[@abiegala]

What a superb video about the rivers of the solar system. Thought I knew most about the solar system,shows how wrong I was, so much to learn here!

[@stewitr]

Brilliant video as always. Thank you!

[@konsfuzius86]

I like what you are doing, and you're doing it in a focused way. keep going!

[@IainGalli]

Thanks, Nick. Captivating like Jove himself.

[@empusa23bis]

As a non-native speaker of English, I thank you very much for inclusion on names on screen. That was something that I missed in some previous installments of this great series.

[@Sundaydrumday]

Love your videos nick! And 45 minutes too...freaking amazing!

[@craighewitt4674]

Woke up to see this in my notifications. Thanks Nick. Made my day. 😁👍

[@joethebassplayer]

Great video, looking forward to others to come... Hope you are well, thanks for all your work!

[@braddles8684]

just found this channel from my love of the cosmos. Love it thank you so much🤠

[@rebjorn79]

Absolutely fascinating, thank you for this. I do have some feedback; you can easily increase the output volume 10-20%. Otherwise, keep up the good work!

[@dustyphillips3166]

22:00 "An object must pass sufficiently close to the sun to produce a coma....." I would think that anything getting close enough to a star would eventually melt and begin losing material. Seriously though, I really like your channel and wanted to feed the YT interaction algorithm.

[@williamsjm100]

I have not watched this yet, I am saving it for a special occasion so I can give it the necessary due attention. Your work on these videos is remarkable and much appreciated.

[@theforlanjoker4457]

I'm on my tenth listen

[@andrewcockburn3227]

Fascinating as always! Brilliant work, Nick!

[@Hartcore11]

I think Gaia also found a Star had passed us around 2 million years ago and that it would take around 2 million years for the disturbed Oort comets to travel to us. Just mentioning it for added reference if it is true.

[@davidgifford8112]

Superb presentation, many thanks.

[@andrewmarr4387]

Finally got the chance to watch this. Can't wait!!

[@rbettsx]

So I came away from Leonard Susskind's Lecture 2 .on General Relativity having finally grasped what a tensor is! On about the fifth visit! But my head hurt. I'd saved yours up for a bit of relaxation. No way! The density of hard factual and anecdotal information this time is phenomenal. The amount of work you put into these things puts you head and shoulders above the competition. I'm going to have to goof out elsewhere :)

[@prototropo]

There are a number of details on orbital mechanics alone I didn’t understand before this video. Great pedagogy! And visuals.

[@juntaodagreat9262]

I love this channel, Nick stop making us wait so long for vids lol.

[@rpbajb]

The narrative of this scientific video borders on the poetic. Bravo!

[@magpieno9]

Love this guys channel, imaginative and informative 👍

[@steveh7505]

Excellent video and highly informative. I sincerely enjoy your presentations and l always look forward to another. Keep em coming.

[@RudolfHuber]

How the hell did I find you just now? I should have seen your channel much earlier. Outstanding work - I have a lot to catch up with. Thank you for your work.

[@theequivalanceofammotheory]

Late to the party, stoked to be back. ParallaxNick sends love letters from Earth.

[@juansalvemini9270]

You have he engaging style of bill Bryson. You should release these as audiobooks,they’d be a great success!

[@IanHutchings_KTF]

Thanks for yet another excellent episode in this series. A truly dynamic subject to ruminate on. Nothing better with a hot cuppa on a damp and chilly Sunday morning. The possibility of an interstellar comet population lurking around Jupiter is a new twist too. What a kerfuffle! Thanks, Nick for stimulating the grey matter once again. Hope you are surviving and keeping safe too. Regards from Ipswich.

[@rossmcleod7983]

Extraordinary stuff, strangely reassuring that we (you) know so much and can relate it back to people like me (dumber than a bag of hammers). Many thanks again.

[@charlottemarceau8062]

This is beautiful!

[@palfers1]

One of your best

[@kenchesnut4425]

THE PARALLAX HAS NO parallel..love the show..especially the longer ones

[@OriginalVenomZA]

Kapteyn, means Captain, a bit odd seeing we are talking about rivers.

[@rhoddryice5412]

Great video and I must say I love the analogy at 26:57

[@rhoddryice5412]

💓 This episode was f-ing brilliant. One of your best ever in all aspects. No apologies needed.

[@mikelfunderburk5912]

Great content. Keep up the content coming.

[@sowbirasmujo]

Thank you for another excellent video, sir!

[@Mortalrigger]

Nick, I love your channel, and you deserve more subscribers. That said, I am noticing a certain amount of distortion on your voice. This distortion is often due to a gain setting somewhere in there, often on the microphone pack (if you're using one of those), or in the gain setting for the mic channel coming into the mixer. People sometimes use the gain setting as a volume control, but that's not what you want. Gain controls the intensity of the input, whereas volume controls your output. If the gain is too high, it will overwhelm everything downstream of it cause distortion that send impossible to get rid of. (This is largely how Jimi Hendrix got his distinctive distorted guitar sound, by over cranking the gain knob) Try rolling the gain on your mic back a bit, and balancing your volume output for the individual audio channel instead. Again, awesome channel, awesome videos!

[@geisbuhlaron6969]

Amazing video, thank you so much for uploading!

[@kasv4103]

Thank you sir, awesome video, awesome channel.

[@alexcastro7339]

You done good... Lol Excellent video 😎

[@NinjaSebban]

I love you man, thank you for your videos!

[@joshcanttakeajoke2853]

Thank you so much for properly describing tidal forces. I dont know why but hearing some talking head mainstream scientist describe it as the moons gravity lifting the oceans water really ticks me off.

[@ryans4877]

Hey awesome, something good to watch over coffee

[@michalk1487]

awesome stuff, Thank You, Sir!

[@CessnaPilot99]

Another educational work of art. I'm going to sleep well tonight! Never change

[@ivarbrouwer197]

The pronunciation of Kapteyn is perfect!

[@fallingspecies9657]

Nice, very nice

[@AnonymousAlcoholic772]

Brilliance makes itself known. It needs no introduction. -Me (as far as i know)

[@alcuinai]

Impeccable narration

[@DMROCKAROLLA]

What great video content your channel is ! Thanks for the hard work I'm sure it is. I can't help but wonder since our Ort cloud extends out so far . Do other solar systems have their Ort cloud ? Extending out just as far. Then they are intermingling ? Sorry if I missed if that was discussed in the video.

[@parallaxnick637]

We think so, yes.

[@Faifstarr]

gonna use this for background ambience when goinf to sleep

[@OriginalVenomZA]

Loved it. Thanks.

[@jamesjeff4952]

Your pretty dope at what you do. Thanks for the knowledge 🙏

[@mags102755]

Great explanation!

[@alasdairwhyte6616]

9:17 the scale is misleading, the oort cloud does not nearly reach aCentari, it is probable aCentari has its own Oort Cloud

[@kabubagachugu7729]

As usual i like first, then I proceed. Quality guaranteed.

[@danielt6928]

Thank you for the latest adventure. You some how take us though space and time turning historic names in to real people. Hope you're well and staying safe. Ps30000 subs by Christmas

[@Uhtred-the-bold]

Kind of depressing to think that I saw Hale-Bopp when I was 15 and I’ll probably never see anything like it again

[@Laenthal]

Thank you.

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

Is it better the second time around? Let's find out!

[@theodoremartin2355]

Your awesome!

[@davidhenneberg2661]

Great video As always, thank you

[@randomname2159]

underrated channel!!!!

[@BumKnuckle]

Your smarmy, arrogant narrative tone is wonderful, and I'm here for it. Love this channel.

[@ericgulseth74]

When referencing old videos, could you put a link in the description or a flag in the video? Of course you could make people just go through your catalog and have to earn it.

[@sfcmathews32]

If our Oort Cloud reaches ~150k AU, wouldn't it interact with the "Oort Cloud" around the Proxima system at ~249k AU?

[@kahasson]

Yet another fascinating presentation! Thank you and Happy New Year!

[@Attlanttizz]

If an orbital change of 1 cm can drastically change the whole path, we should totally invest in trying to change comets' orbits. Will probably save us from an extinction event or two.

[@parallaxnick637]

You'd need quite a lot of advanced notice, though

[@Attlanttizz]

@@parallaxnick637 True, nothing is ever certain either. Still, if we make it past this millennium perhaps we'll get there?

[@oncaphillis]

exquisite as always