What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?

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Today we are answering an age-old very scientific and important question: What if the moon crashes into earth? It’s more interesting and weird than you probably think. Let's start with the basics: Why isn't the Moon on its way to crash into us already?
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[@SpaceWafflerYT]

When moon hates earth

[@cheezyjames3864]

Nice

[@mahadevkanodia]

Ok

[@marat1737]

Yes

[@Yes-en6fv]

Nice

[@ThatMumboJumbo]

I too, have pondered this.

[@cakefrombfb6928]

because..... Hermitcraft Season 8?

[@talongaming8905]

I've been scrolling for like five minutes looking for a "MOON'S BIG" reference. Wasn't expecting the first one I saw to be from the Potato himself xD

[@ThatCubicBoy]

look it's the mustache man

[@DrowningInPool]

this is dope

[@KestrelMC]

Ah seems like the hermits are enjoying commenting on this

[@sottozen]

A little too high a price to pay in order to have a view like Saturn! Loved this one so much!

[@theoutergod8666]

Nah, rings are worth any sacrifice.

[@danielstatler954]

@@theoutergod8666 agreed

[@sapphire5475]

I am sad today I didn't got a single subscriber 😭😭😭😭.......................,...

[@Gebieter]

I prefer getting them by some smaller asteroids that are in the right time at the right point with the right speed. 1/1000 that none of them destroys the earth, but with a lot of luck it might work.

[@razi_man]

True.

[@deirenne]

"According to science, the Moon is big and very massive" Spoken like a true master of sciencing 💜

[@musicnoah861]

Big and massive? That depends on perspective

[@Eli-uu4vt]

A true Renaissance man. I see you've brushed up on your Douglass Adams.

[@zzz9952]

Well, size and mass aren't synonymous in scientific terms. Mass has to do with the amount of material a thing is made of, rather than its dimensions. A hollow sphere the same size as the moon would not be as massive, while a neutron star, which is much smaller than the moon, is nevertheless more massive, because it has more material, densely packed into its tiny frame.

[@temporaryname3208]

moon big

[@nameless1016]

yeah, its getting too "general audience" why not look ahead to moscovium and dark matter

[@PAK_NG-Shorts]

“I’d like some planetary rings please!” ”That would be 1 moon.” “Okay!”

[@America-Landofthefree]

LOL

[@michelegionno]

W comment

[@goodtheme-wl1he]

Bruh

[@gustavomagalhaes2730]

Man, how can Steve Taylor convey so many emotions in a so stable voice, gets me thinking from "Haha very funny" to "That's terrifying". Love the channel, congrats to all.

[@_Ht]

Wait, the narrator HAS A NAME????

[@Greeeenmoss]

@@_Ht i meann - its on description box duh

[@JohnJones1599]

You’re a dork if you know his name

[@huttonberries768]

@@JohnJones1599 ok edgelord

[@hampter162]

why would anyone be looking at the desc and see that the narrator is named that??

[@McHeisenburger]

This episode was absolutely spectacular. The animation of the moon collapsing into a set of rings was extraordinarily well done.

[@AbiRizky]

Right? I even said "whoa" out loud during that animation

[@gordontaylor2815]

Any remaster of Sonic Adventure 2 needs to reference that animation for their own uses.

[@laszloparoczai7654]

Music selection is a great choice too

[@murppyisdurppy1816]

RATIO + GILBERT McCRIDDLES BETTER

[@wochan7193]

i cried

[@AssortedGarbage23]

This was actually a lot more interesting than what I expected from this video, which was just having the moon thrown straight at the earth. It’s obvious how that would end, so I enjoyed this slowly decreasing orbit scenario much more.

[@gordontaylor2815]

A variation of the decreasing orbit scenario SHOULD have occurred in the Sonic the Hedgehog continuity after the events of Sonic Adventure 2. The shock of half the Moon being blown apart would very likely eventually cause the rest to disintegrate into chunks that, in turn, would form into a ring system of debris orbiting around the planet. (Any "official" explanations to the contrary should be taken as BS, BTW.)

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

@@gordontaylor2815 That is a missed oppertunity to have longterm effects on the series. A similar issue happens with Symphogear, as now there's a large crater on the moon in the show after the first season, when in reality it would've shattered the moon. Dragonball funnily enough, has long-term consequences due to the longer days and almost stationary sea tides created by the Moon's destruction.

[@AdamS-nd5hi]

yeah, gave me a decent head trip trying to imagine it. theres a movie about to come about revolving around aliens making the moon crash into the earth.

[@yuanalcantara6578]

Hermitcraft season 8 ending belike finale

[@ndskuse]

Exactly how I felt! This was way better than the 'way bigger than the dinosaur extinction level event' video I was expecting. Great 'twist' ending too!

[@TheLavenderPerson]

"Not only will it slow down the delivery of Kurzgesagt products, but less exciting things, like food." 💀💀💀💀

[@ルミンtheInkyVhenshun]

Nah that’s wild 💀💀

[@Dudeke]

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[@Tapakapa]

Wow. This did not end the way I thought it would.

[@alduinfr]

same, it's basically impossible for the moon to crash on earth. but it still could beat the cratures to death anyways.

[@moarsaur]

It ended the way I thought it would, because I've read Seveneves.

[@Kevin-sr8yx]

Didn’t end the way you “thought it would,” or the way you “wanted it to?”

[@dreye3215]

IKR, the one thing I was expecting was a moon crash, and it didn't happen. On top of that... life on Earth survived?!?

[@JS-lz5mt]

@@Kevin-sr8yx shut up

[@pivotkid85]

If only the plot of Moonfall was this good. The movie focused too much on why the moon was falling and not enough on the effects it would have on earth and civilisation.

[@justsomeguy4260]

Becuz my vids are better than kurssegat

[@feenyarf1133]

@@justsomeguy4260 Sure yours are. Then why are you subscribed to them, hmmmmmmmmmmm???

[@Thumb_]

@@justsomeguy4260 go away

[@juicy_oranges5529]

@@justsomeguy4260 I have trouble understanding your KZbin "concept". Is it really just trolling? Or is there a huge, genius plan behind it, that I don't understand? Either way... what the heck is the point? The goal?

[@Diovaynes]

You telling me that Science would make that movie better? What a concept.

[@gooseghost4099]

10:24 Not sure if this was already mentioned, but the organ playing in the background is just so perfectly chilling 😅

[@Megamind_of_MetroCity]

This would actually be really great for a movie. The stages the earth go though almost mirror the creative decisions that directors use to make the story entertaining lol. It’s also an epic topic

[@aa-id7li]

It is effectively the plot of the story Seveneves which is a book and not a movie but is worth checking out.

[@dreasmile]

I was just about to say that!

[@noahs414]

The movie Moonfall is out right now, and it has this premise, but unfortunately it isn't based in science AT ALL and was really disappointing.

[@ZAPRandom]

@@noahs414 damn after this video I wanted to see it...

[@doppadeuce]

@@aa-id7li Great book, but wish the "2nd half" was a separate story.

[@nakulaman]

This is a really interesting concept for a videogame. Every day you have to scavenge for resources before the tide comes, and as the tide grows taller, there are less and less resources. The game could end with the moon's disintegration.

[@Herearetheundead]

Well there is a reference to a game that kinda has those mechanics, Zelda majora's mask. It at 1:57

[@goosequillian]

There are already video games based on this concept.

[@nakulaman]

@@goosequillian I know there are survival games where you scavenge during the day and rest during the night. What I meant is that it would be interesting to see a game on this specific topic, and how it could be an excuse to make the game more and more difficult.

[@goosequillian]

@@nakulaman But this is exactly the topic on which several games are based. To my knowledge, at least. To give you a brilliant, example, I recommend checking out 'Don't Escape: 4 days to survive'. Let me quote a bit of a foretaste from it. 'Following a bizarre cataclysmic event that cracked the moon in half, the Earth is struggling with the environmental fallout. Everything is already dead or dying... except you. Or so you think.'

[@mariustan9275]

Yeah, I think you could make an open-world type thing where you have to find certain materials, you can either scavenge the cities, or you could sail the ocean looking for some. You can even rescue people if you want and bring them to your bunker. And if you think this isn't enough, you can make it so there are random pirates along the ocean, cthulhu-type monsters woken from the changing tides and a guy wearing Majora's Mask making the moon fall.

[@pbj-5583]

"according to science, the moon is big and very massive" thank you kurtzgesagt, this is the kind of scientific insight I subscribe for

[@jacob4920]

@Poor Quality Gameplay Which is why I can't understand the "hate" that science gets, for stripping Pluto of its' "Planet Status." Facts are facts.

[@dontaskaboutmyname6876]

@Poor Quality Gameplay europe is ont bigger than the moon.. surface area and radius are diffrent things

[@PandaThe2nd]

@@dontaskaboutmyname6876 Europa is a moon of Jupiter champ. They said Europa not Europe.

[@dontaskaboutmyname6876]

@@PandaThe2nd thats not changing my point,europa is bigger than our moon if i remember correctly and the radius of the moon is bigger than russia isnt it?

[@PandaThe2nd]

@@dontaskaboutmyname6876 then you don't remember correctly because our moon is bigger than Europa. Regardless, your point was to correct someone for something they didn't say and you either misread, didn't know existed, or were just wrong about.

[@Rupitash]

That Majora's Mask reference caught me off guard and I love it lol Edit: The thing about the rock being squeezed explains why on the 3rd day in Majora's Mask, the earth shakes after every hour, it always had me confused as I at first didn't understand why the approaching of a large object would make the earth shake, finally learned why

[@maulikosuri8255]

Wut

[@donaldhammond627]

2nd best game of all time (Ocarina of Time being 1st)

[@The_three_best_friends]

Woah, never expected a Zelda reference in a Kurgezart video! Only noticed after I watched the second time

[@gettergee1817]

10:24 is so chilling. The image of Earth with rings around it paired with the sudden jarring dissonant organ chords is great cinematography. I love it.

[@wingedbeegoddess7392]

It's beautiful

[@bloodlust_9890]

Can we make this happen so we can see the rings?

[@adity.atiwari]

(organ chords not piano)

[@Nopacience]

@@bloodlust_9890 but if it happened you would most likely be dead unless you somehow find a bunker with food

[@vonmeier]

It is amazing.

[@peterlane7128]

You know what the crazy thing is? My wife was watching a HermitCraft season end video yesterday where the moon crashes into the planet, and I thought to myself; "I wonder if Kurzgesagt has done a video on the moon crashing into earth yet?" And if I had acted on that thought and searched 12 hours ago, the answer would have been no.

[@sapphire5475]

I am sad today I didn't got a single subscriber 😭😭😭😭.......................,...

[@Sir_Budginton]

When they talked about whether you would float up to the moon, hermitcraft was the first thing that popped into my head

[@prvt.harumi6821]

@@sapphire5475 stop self promoting

[@somegamer7268]

@@sapphire5475 And....? Try to make content that is at least on the bandwagon of the latest trends.

[@SlizMaster]

@@sapphire5475 good

[@MewPurPur]

This was very packed for a fun scenario video, I loved that. It's clear you try to sneak in things to improve our understanding of science and general knowledge. - How orbits work - How tides work - Internet & underwater cables - Satelites & orbital corrections - Tectonic effects - Geosynchronous orbit - Just lots of physics stuff - Roche limit

[@valisthevaliant]

Now that you list it out like that, it's amazing how I learned all those concepts in this video without even realizing I was learning them. This will always be my favorite channel!

[@kindlin]

@@valisthevaliant What does it mean if I didn't learn anything, but enjoyed it all it thoroughly, anyways? I think I watch too much KZbin. Or maybe, just enough.

[@ckl9390]

Is my thinking correct that the Roche Limit would be different for a different orbital body? Or relation between any two given orbital bodies that is. And I also assume that the tensile strength of the object with respect to the ratio of gravitational pulls has some part in it, but likely only significantly important when the object is smaller.

[@AaronShenghao]

@@ckl9390 At scale of Planets and Stars, tensile strength are negelatable. Roche Limit only calculates the mass of involving bodies and yes, depends on what the two bodies are the Roche Limit Radius is different, most famously involving black holes swallowing stuff, stars break up planets, and planets break up moons.

[@gencergg]

-how planet rings emerge

[@wisteriablossom2730]

My toxic trait is thinking I could survive this.

[@wwerules000]

Well if you got into a submarine u might, I'd say load it with food though and enough to last till u can get out of there, probably take a big submarine full of 1.000 people with 30 days worth of food, so about 50 subs would be 50.000 people. Could save quite a few people.

[@JonnySublime]

Hard to say till it happens

[@victory8928]

@@wwerules000the issue there then is maintained and other issues this isn’t some month long event it has been happening for a year no one is gonna have enough food or resources to survive a whole year with that many people plus then you are at risk of little to no proper maintenance of the submarine which could lead to your deaths. It is kinda bleak. Sure you just need enough food for 3 months but that means you need to find enough food that can last 3 months you can’t fish, most of agriculture is dead or dying shipments are having hell if you were unlucky you already died in the first 3 months due to living in a low lying area. Try to escape to somewhere that isn’t flooded. Probably gonna be killed by the residences who don’t want to deal with all these hungry mouths. Like submarines are only the dream if they can go for months on end with no repairs or need for refueling which is already gonna take a lot of supplies so let’s cut that number down to 150 as a good number. That is still 150 people not all of whole would know how to live in a sub most likely nor how to navigate. I leave my chances in the highlands

[@Lora_of_Lore]

They said the surface of the earth freezes solid. So being in a submarine but trapped in a glacia doesn't sound too fun.

[@Confron7a7ion7]

It was actually surprising to hear that the answer isn't "Impact destroys the planet". I never considered that it was possible to survive the moon falling. Edit: Since some of you don't seem to understand what "possible" means, yes, you PROBABLY die. Between the tides, complete destruction of several food webs, shortage of drinkable water, earthquakes, super volcanoes, and chunks of moon that will impact, survival is not probable. What's surprising is that the probability is any fractional amount above 0% because I assumed the Moon falling would mean Mars gets promoted to the 3rd planet.

[@nesciusplayground]

We probably won'T survive it. If you are interested this scenario is the plot of the book "Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson. Spoiler: it doesn't end well for people on the planet.

[@jamesmichael7448]

Assuming any Humans survived this, it’s hard to say how long we could survive without the moon. The moon helps stabilize our axial tilt. Without it our tilt becomes random. “I don’t think rings would compensate for this” so our normal seasons are gone. Life is most certainly able to survive after this, but any complex life that has evolved a dependence on seasons are probably toast.

[@jaybonn5973]

Possible yeah probable no plausible ehhhhhhhh..... magic.

[@Runetrantor]

Tbf if instead of a year long fall, it just came down directly, odds are then we do get obliterated and Earth is no more, at least in any form recognizable.

[@DarthBiomech]

@@jamesmichael7448 I don't think anything on the planet will feel these sorts of consequences of a missing moon shorter than in a few hundred thousand years.

[@aarent3604]

The animators for Kurzgesagt must love their jobs. The animations in this episode was awesome.

[@mikesallai]

In my opinion, making animations is their obsession. A kind of mania. They’ve made spectacular animations so far but the best is in this video. The music is also perfectly good but it is made by others…If I remember correctly.

[@TheDarkstar3601]

I like their art direction.

[@hatlingtype6763]

Ik it’s so hard to make and loads of hard work but it’s really cool when it’s finished

[@MewPurPur]

Definitely. There's no half-assing here

[@kuale]

Especially when the moon tore down

[@rachelhogan2868]

Back in high-school, I read this book, 'Life as we Knew it' where the moon got hit by an asteroid and moves closer to earth and a lot of the events in the book match up with this video. I never realized how scientifically accurate that book was. I need to go reread it.

[@realsheep42]

I remember that book!

[@Null-here]

Where can I buy this book?

[@bananatheo3796]

@@Null-here The internet knows everything, i'm sure you can find somewhere on the web

[@fallongarens6734]

We did too. Always kinda hated that book tbh.

[@moarsaur]

Neal Stephenson's Seveneves is a just slightly different scenario, with largely the same result we see at the end of this video. In the first line of the book, something shatters the moon in its orbit.

[@DJ5un]

I keep coming back to this one. This is probably my absolute favorite Kurzgesagt video. Just wonderfully told

[@correypeta]

Well, because it's one in which we MIGHT survive. haha

[@GamerGod353]

I had a constant reoccurring nightmare at some point of my life where the moon crashes into the planet, seeing this example kinda blew a huge wall and I can't help but just feel relieved by it all.

[@robertjenkins6132]

It wasn't a nightmare. You were playing Zelda: Majora's Mask on N64.

[@benonaru]

@@robertjenkins6132 no

[@eduardopintojimenez2598]

there is a movie called moonfall btw.

[@uCruz_]

@@eduardopintojimenez2598 Dude, tysm, didn't know about this movie.

[@Yasviele]

yeah I want a ring now

[@ferretzim8694]

There's a certain morbid beauty with that ending. A sort of rebirth of Earth, going from a planet with a moon, to a planet with a spectacular ring around it. The survivors would tell stories to the new generations of how Earth used to have a moon, and how the world changed forever in just a year.

[@thewall4069]

When is a dedicated novelist who's really good at worldbuilding gonna pick up on this?

[@technicolormischief-maker5683]

It feels like a warning, or a revelation- that something like this once happened to other planets with rings. That ultimately, this sort of frightening thing is a natural process, and not an especially uncommon one.

[@cooperbacon476]

@@technicolormischief-maker5683 makes you wonder about all those great flood myths

[@revanofkorriban1505]

@@technicolormischief-maker5683 It's never gonna happen to us, cause the Moon is drifting away from the Earth.

[@elitehumpty3603]

Technically, the Rings would clump back togethor to form a new smaller moon like it did when Earth smashed with Theia (small mars-sized protoplanet)

[@paulrus-keaton439]

In order: -Serenade of Water (2:16) -New Wave Bossa Nova (3:28) -Song of Storms (4:34) -Borelo of Fire (4:56) -Nocturne of Shadow (6:38) -Song of Double Time (7:49) -Oath to Order (8:43, 10:02)

[@SuperShadowmetal]

OMG, trueeeeeeeeeee!!!

[@lowmax4431]

yoooo i didn't even notice those in the frames!

[@vakiza]

Thank you!

[@axkee1418]

I didn't notice this easter egg!

[@Edoorardo]

I don't get it, please explain

[@tsarplantinum]

4:31 the fact that the bird fed the pig instead of eating it is so wholesome

[@trees5182]

Who also wants to see a game set in the post-apocalyptic setting that this video depicts? Volcanos, flooded ruins, broken society, bizarre and vibrant ringed skies with occasional meteor showers of space debris. Would be awesome

[@sburandt]

Wasn't it kinda like that in 90s Cowboy Bebop?

[@awaixo1262]

omw to make a minecraft texture pack for the sky

[@renanmm]

We need a survival game of this. The story could revolve around you somehow altering the way the moon breaks at the end with some high tech equipment (that probably made the moon fall in the first place) and you have to do it on a year or less while surviving the high tides, earthquakes, and lack of food/potable water. if you manage to do it, you get the hopeful ending with a bright ring around Earth and the hope to start anew. If you don't, you die to a meteor shower on a red colored frost desert.

[@MetalKenna66]

Last oasis

[@BauerHouse]

No Mans Sky, while not dealing with a single planet, isn't all that different from what you are hoping for. minus to the post apocalyptic aspect.

[@grfrjiglstan]

When these guys say "science won't work, so let's use magic," it always concerns me how confidently they say it. I'm fairly certain they actually could.

[@MrMan-np9jg]

It would probably take the souls of about 4 virgin goats to do so, and also the left thumb of 1000 babies

[@Sweet_poison478]

They could, but not with any technology of our time or with any that we have discovered yet.

[@MrMan-np9jg]

@@Sweet_poison478 no explosion powered thruster (car engine) is or ever will be strong enough to move the moon. Rocket thrusters are the same in kind of idea. Only kind of

[@kademate6888]

You can calculate that amount of energy required to slow the moon down. I’m sure it’s not possible

[@isaiahgeorge906]

@@kademate6888 Indeed, it most likely isn't. Just because they can calculate it doesn't mean it's possible. Calculations are what they are at the start, theoretical work, and not every theory becomes a reality.

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

We need part two where you just stop it completely and let it drop in one piece :D

[@Miranox2]

Not much to talk about with that one. A big boom and everyone dies, the end.

[@nothcial]

it's like 1+1=3

[@WhoIsTechFour]

Y’all love chaos huh

[@HydraulicPressChannel]

@@Miranox2 It has to take some time to go through atmosphere? What happens during the last 80km? how long is it take to die on opposite side of earth etc?

[@Slavicplayer251]

@@HydraulicPressChannel few minutes maybe an hour

[@holdenroberts6973]

"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive" Best line.

[@phasmicide]

Can you imagine if this was an apocalypse survival game, and at the end, the final scene is emerging from a bunker to the view of moon rings and the sunrise? That would be awesome.

[@Adorablepizza146]

Really cool!

[@blitzwaffe]

Moonfall, Lunapocalypse, Tidal endings.

[@pixelPantsuu]

Devs: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@blockyhour4224]

@@blitzwaffe holy crap Tidal Endings sound amazing

[@ghifariasoka8272]

@@blitzwaffe These are all good names and I can already imagine the logos for them, especially Moonfall; both of the Os are replaced with the Earth and the crashing Moon, with chunks of dust and rocks circling the logo

[@travisdunlap4526]

I was very surprised that this is actually survivable! I mean, obviously for only a fraction of people, but the fact it doesn't necessarily just rip the earth to pieces is still really interesting.

[@brokenyellowstone7799]

Yeah but only the luckiest will get to see the earth. ;-;

[@sebagomez4647]

I mean survivable is really a bit of a strech. we would be lucky if in the whole world there are a hundred thousand people left. I always imagined this situation as if the moon actually got to hit the earth. but that didnt even happen and it still nearly wiped out everyone. I forgot that once upon a time the moon was actually a ring of dust orbiting earth. so it became what it once was

[@dpilcher]

I was surprised that volcanoes and earthquakes didn’t start picking up in frequency earlier. I had imagined the the oceans would have started boiling by month 7.

[@benricmapula5891]

Hate to break it to you but the probability of the poor and middle class will be possibly wiped out due to food shortage but if your rich then your good to go because resources, connections and money is everything when it comes to this situations

[@javidpena1506]

just wait till the global cooling makes it impossible to grow anything

[@babayaga3064]

Man the music when the moon started to become earth's own ring literally gave me the chills, what a turn of events, best most authentic content on KZbin, hats off kurtzgezagt!❤️

[@Gregorius421]

Starting at 8:56 it reminds me of "Oxygen - Open | Soundtrack by Robin Coudert" (find on youtube). I wonder if there was some inspiration. Or "Majora's Mask - Terrible Fate".

[@Thorsten-S]

I think the video's music is a tribute to "What if we Nuke the Moon?" which is pretty cool. There are similar themes and instruments used like the organ.

[@soumyasinha2783]

10:22 Here you go

[@babayaga3064]

@@Gregorius421 thanx buddy will check it out.

[@yaltschuler]

Dammit bruh this comment gave me spoilers because it's the top comment, meaning that it's right below the video on mobile.

[@stephaniecotten2650]

9:29 that view is hauntingly beautiful, amazing artwork.

[@silikei1810]

Check the Wikipedia page on "The sublime" in art 😊

[@Theshabadaman]

This needs to be made into a movie NOW. Imagine following a group of survivors through the whole year. Interstellar vibes.

[@callhimtim3188]

yes

[@lukafilm]

Well, Moonfall is coming out soon!

[@noahs414]

@@lukafilm It's out! Unfortunately it was not science based at all, so this video was way more interesting.

[@wildwadew8878]

It isn’t a movie, but there is a book called Seveneves that has a very similar premise to this and uses real science and physics

[@EliasSchnetzer]

@@wildwadew8878 And a game called Zelda: Majora's Mask. While that isn't sience-based either, it's totally worth playing! :)

[@thatgun6726]

"According to science, the moon is big and very massive." They really are answering the real questions here.

[@ambiguousduck2333]

Forgive me for my sin of breaking that unholy number. My crimes against the internet are many.

[@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440]

@@ambiguousduck2333 what

[@AstralArbourSys]

@@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440 I'm guessing they liked the comment when it was at 69

[@immunity0792]

That right there really blew mind!🤯

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

According to science, the moon is big and very massive. [citation needed]

[@samuelthecamel]

I never considered the fact that the moon would rip to shreds before it even hit the Earth. Great video!

[@righty-o3585]

The moon is moving away from the earth, not towards it. Whoever made this video doesn't know what they are talking about

[@OnePolishMoFo]

That's what happens when two celestial bodies meet. The one with the greater mass thus gravity rips the other asunder once it gets close enough. I guess there's also the possibility that if the two had similar mass they'd simply collide. Earth has a similar event in it's ancient past and is the origin story of the moon.

[@Lucas-xn5bn]

@@righty-o3585 "What If"

[@righty-o3585]

@@OnePolishMoFo That is not a possibility

[@tntorsomething9758]

@@righty-o3585 you must be fun at parties

[@RollingFishball]

This is so cool! Although the process is so scary, but I hope someone can make some sort of immersive experience for the scenery after, that would be so cool to see!

[@gydorack]

Only Kurzgesagt could make an astronomy thought experiment into a moving human drama that delivers more feels than any modern Hollywood disaster movie.

[@ressljs]

I'm ashamed to admit, I kind of want to see that Moonfall movie. As dumb as it was, I enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow. But I'm still recovering from the brain damage inflicted by 2012. God, that was awful!

[@neegas3490]

This is great

[@2112jonr]

True, but the addition of Bruce Willis, or at least his soiled vest, would have made it all the more worthwhile.

[@necr0n17]

*bird drama

[@tszeyrox5399]

@@ressljs I watched the moon fall movie if you want I can give you a recap

[@LuisSantiagoDiazPfeil]

There's no calculations that can quantify how much I love this channel and all the work behind it, thanks for being here with us

[@1tubax]

A happy ending for once, every episode leaves me with an existential crisis. This one just left joy on my face.

[@Hex...]

Very much agreed

[@sanstheskeleton251]

Agreed aswell

[@caglarizci1105]

Now that I read it, I can do a formula... Good content = Emotions Proof: COMMENTS

[@connorjohnson8590]

This was strangely beautiful. Earth having it's own saturn-like rings is incredibly interesting to visualize, and the fact that the survivors would have a shot at rebuilding civilization under that kind of sky is weirdly inspiring.

[@riemanneconomy7688]

We are already in the process of building earth’s rings with the enormous amount of satellites

[@wolfsebastiensolon6178]

@@riemanneconomy7688 lmao

[@justasillyentity]

@@riemanneconomy7688 yeah

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

@@riemanneconomy7688 sad

[@greg1030]

Sounds like death wish perversion.

[@Dodgered_playerfe2]

2:16 Tsunamis and Tides 4:34 Satellite disruption 5:48 Earthquakes of strong magnitudes and volcanism 6:38 Frozen tides and moon squish 8:09 Faster moon and daily eclipses 8:53 A Breakup on moon

[@Foxintox]

I’d love to see a movie about that ! If only some hollywood director was creative enough to think of that !

[@wistian6245]

I know right????? such a creative topic

[@alphateam3326]

There’s a Minecraft smp that has a moon crash at it end so I guess it’s really not that common

[@cyrotic1557]

Yeah i wonder there totally isnt some sort of movie based on that haha

[@tankergrizz]

Moonfall just came out

[@glare2765]

@@alphateam3326 yeah and theres a mustache man who build a mountain that looks like a chair

[@williek08472]

Man, that final shot of a ringed Earth was hauntingly beautiful. Your animation has gotten so good! EDIT: Wow, 1.4K likes...

[@rasinq.._babies1705]

No it’s scary I want this to never happen

[@hydrosphagus9672]

They even gave us pipe organ for that, how sweet.

[@xordux7]

I'll Shake my body like a belly dancer.

[@udhavvarma7097]

@@xordux7 very unlikely, don't underestimate difference of orders of magnitude.

[@largebigmacmealwithfanta]

@@xordux7 1:45

[@deschia_]

This could've been the entire plot of a movie / a book. I'm especially intrigued on the part where humans trying to scavenge during low tide and rest during high tide. That specific part could be a good game mechanic of some sort

[@sansaraee]

The worldbuilding would be so cool. Civilization relies on manmade islands that can adapt to high and low tide.

[@LacieWhy]

This is the plot of a young adult novel. I vaguely remember the title tho.

[@aj_says_hello]

This reminds of a book series “The End of Days” where instead of the moon, and asteroid crashes into earth.

[@prasannarn946]

There is a book called Seven Eves on the plot (not exactly the same, but almost)

[@thymic1761]

@@LacieWhy Life as we knew it?

[@W1sp_y]

I love how the visuals during the Moons journey near the Earth are so similar to how Raft looks from a lore perspective

[@oscarwashere15]

I would most definitely read a post-apocalyptic book about this. It would be interesting to know what a good author could come up with after watching this!

[@parkjiminliesalot2642]

Lmk if you find one

[@oscarwashere15]

@@parkjiminliesalot2642 ofc!! :D

[@Chromefall]

Actually there was a book like this, where an asteroid smashing into the moon, pushing it much closer to earth, changing climate drastically and volcanism Life As We Knew It is the title

[@TheMnataur]

There's a book called 'Seveneves' by Neal Stephenson that deals with something similar. There's a lot more 'before the end of civilisation' than 'after' though.

[@oscarwashere15]

@@Chromefall Oooh!!! I'll have to see if my local library has it! Thank you so much!!

[@renatocorvaro6924]

"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive." That's the hard-hitting research I want to see more of!

[@backpackpepelon3867]

"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive, even igniting billions of rockets engine all over its surface would barely move the moon" It do sounds stupid if you cut the point in half, but the reason for the whole sentence is that its impossible for us to move the moon according to science, hence the use of magic here is justified.

[@imibuks-replit]

So mumbo was correct "moon big"

[@renatocorvaro6924]

@@backpackpepelon3867 I feel like maybe you thought I was insulting the channel, when I meant my comment as a compliment to a good joke.

[@cuttingham_1232]

Could you imagine surviving a year of absolute misery to see the most beautiful thing any human will ever see? That would be enough motivation for me to survive

[@wren_.]

@beenguy5887 I think your socks might be a little damp

[@SimonIsVeryHandsome]

I think it is true What you said

[@gachabloxgirl3958]

I love how the main concern in the replies here is wet house and damp socks rather than no wifi and slow shipping, or even worse, human extinction

[@JigsaW-goat]

@@gachabloxgirl3958 let me guess, you're 6 years old? And u dont have the slightest taste of humour

[@Iamjjoe]

@@gachabloxgirl3958 wifi mid frfr

[@vardhanshah2810]

0:48 Can you see how well they explained it by comparing the ball with the moon alongside their orbits? This channel never fails to amaze me

[@retinas2001]

Yes, it was very obvious

[@Shmidershmax]

@@retinas2001 idk, I might need a red circle

[@muradm7748]

This what is taught in schools. In other words:"Moon is falling towards Earth but always misses".

[@nlsoy]

Oh! I didn't notice the moons orbital path in the background until you pointed it out! That is incredibly clever!

[@neuro-3778]

Their animation keeps getting better too.

[@junkcodes]

i love how this channel goes into depth about the societal impacts of the moon too. its not just "here's the impact, here's how it blows up," its actually "what happens to communication when the sea level rises? how will countries react? how long until a complete societal crash?"

[@elitehumpty3603]

countries?? hahaha. There would probably be wars because of food shortages and land issues from water

[@frostyvoid827]

He didn’t mention the ramifications of Yellowstone erupting, so I’ll say them here: America is very, very dead (whether u think I mean North America, South America, both, or just the states)

[@jacob4920]

@@frostyvoid827 Yellowstone isn't the ONLY Supervolcano on Planet Earth. They'd ALL go off in this scenario. Everyone is screwed, no matter where they live.

[@frostyvoid827]

@@jacob4920 yep, we’re all dead

[@mariustan9275]

@@jacob4920 So... you might already know but there's this giant ring of volcanoes calle dthe ring of fire that goes from the west coast of America to east Asia so everybody living in Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, New Zealand, America, Mexico, South America (especially Chile) while be in for abad time.

[@jacksonfunke8230]

wow, this is a surprisingly mild outcome for what was actually happening. I expected something along the lines of: The moon goes to earth, big waves. Moon hits earth, big boom, everybody dies, and the video is just explaining the magnitude of the boom. But the fact that the moon crumbles letting society still have a chance of living is unexpected.

[@joshsargent9599]

Yeah it’s a suspiciously positive ending for their videos

[@dhpz]

Well in this scenario, probably at least 95% of life form have died, if that makes you happy

[@infinity5288]

there's no real way for a deteriorating orbit to hit its host planet if its not going fast enough

[@leinine1834]

@deagleninja did you even listen to the physics explanation behind the moon not hitting earth? lmao "they fudged the ending to give this a happy ending" wha

[@masterchief9291]

@deagleninja "it's why I don't watch this channel anymore" Curious. Yet here you are 🤔

[@aufschneidertv-gaming]

Would be so cool if kurzgesagt would make a podcast

[@Souljiro62x]

2:17 Serenade of Water 3:28 New Wave Bossa Nova 4:34 Song of Storms 4:56 Bolero of Fire 6:39 Nocturne of Shadow 7:50 Song of Double Time 8:44 Oath to Order The Zelda fan in me is most pleased. Thank you Kurzgesagt

[@auntmaysbajanpeppersauce359]

at 10:10 the birds come out of vault 111. fallout 4 reference

[@stars_3.]

Ah i was waiting to fin a Zelda fan in here!

[@labrat256]

I tried translating 1:59, but I don't get it... I transliterated the Hylian into: ahiru ni kohan --- saru moki kara ochira --- akuintsuka --- haka wa shinanakiya naoranai Which google tells me is, in Japanese Lakeside on a duck --- The monkey is also a tree --- Evil cause --- The 7th term of the grave is not fixed

[@fakename287]

Is there a name to the song that starts at 8:56? Sounds like something from Majora's mask Edit: oh shit you mean the arrows at the bottom of the title cards lol my b

[@divinedragon17]

lol yeap, they sure man in culture a well

[@Crowbar]

Imagine if the movie Moonfall actually portrayed this. Instead of being a dumb movie, it could be an epic movie with incredible cinematrography. It could even have a beautiful ending, where the people emerge from the rubble and witness an incredible view with the disc around the earth. It would be sad, sure, but it would also be beautiful.

[@rashidabegum9206]

That would've been a thousand times better than the shitshow that we got

[@DrSmugface]

and a massive flopp ... by the way moonfall also flops right now because apparently only super hero movies like marvel stuff gets people into the cinema.

[@JustCallMeHorse]

I thought it was good at the start of the movie then rushed in the middle and ending was ok...

[@inqix5367]

watch "Last Impact"

[@StatementEnds]

Might I recommend the film Melancholia? It’s absolutely beautiful.

[@Alexander59059]

that was a surprisingly hopeful ending, I really didn't expect it to peter out like that. I absolutely love how beautiful a sight it'd be after the onslaught ends.

[@desther7975]

I knew that it would break up before reaching earth, but I was not expecting Kurzgesagt to offer up a scenario wherein the moon continues to orbit the earth. I was assuming that it would be treated more as a straight-on collision, in which case even after breaking up, those pieces would still hit earth. In that event, most if not all life would be extinguished and earth would be molten at the surface for a long time due to all of that kinetic energy.

[@PuffTheAzurill]

@@desther7975 Which is a much easier and less interesting story to tell. I'm glad they picked this instead.

[@core4090]

@@desther7975 yeah he played the scenario of slowing the moon to roche limit in one year, but it never crashed into earth. needs to change the title.

[@core4090]

@@PuffTheAzurill yes but title is clickbait. which is unlike kurzgesagt

[@Flashisgreatfr]

hey guys im a kid and did u know that more people get killed by sharks than the pigs?!! if u liked the fact and want more content like this sub to my channel

[@infamoussoapconsumer3870]

Did anyone notice the ending credits disappeared? The video just cuts off in 10:27 , including the audio itself

[@jora9655]

I never ever would have expected this ending. I thought that whatever happens to the moon, there would still be chunks left big enough to wipe out all life on earth, or at the very least cause a global cataclysm. Fascinating that it could go differently.

[@sponggg_7096]

Thats exactly how it would go, huge chunks of the moon would continue raining down into the atmosphere and all the impacts would literally vaporize the entire surface of the earth, nothing would survive, this video assumes the Moon loses its velocity and starts falling towards the earth and then right when its about to crash, it magically starts orbiting, that's not how it works unfortunately.

[@Wheagg]

@@sponggg_7096 what are your calculations? It does not crash because it gets split apart by gravitational forces if you were paying attention.

[@voidgaming3700]

@@sponggg_7096 they never said the moon stopped orbiting it was literally still orbiting, they literally said that the moon starts orbiting faster than the earth, RINGS ARE LITERALLY MADE THAT WAY something gets too closed and are THORN apart by the planets gravity while still orbiting the planet. The moon would not just go into the earth because it still has speed going to the side, you know that for 2 planets to hit each other they have to be equally attracted or one is a rogue planet with no orbit going straight into the other. If a planet has a stronger magnetic field that the other object just like they said it will length and will crumble since it still has speed going to the side a ring will be formed.

[@vt4979]

@@sponggg_7096 watch the video again

[@alexmoorehead8501]

@@sponggg_7096 you clearly didn’t watch the video closely enough, the whole point of this video was to describe the moon only losing enough speed to spiral down over the course of exactly one year.

[@WarsunJurei]

As a Legend of Zelda fan, I approve of this video with every atom of me, purely for that little nod to the series. And you lot make really fun videos, so I approve for that reason too

[@macroxela]

I seriously wasn't expecting a Majora reference but it makes sense

[@utuberaptor]

That "A New Month" on a white background was a nice extra touch at the end too

[@arvindhmani06]

There's some really neat Zelda references sprinkled into many Kurzgesagt videos. I'm only a recent fan but when I caught one on an older video - not sure which video but the reference was of the sound effect on GB/GBC consoles when you get a powerup or an important object - I just loved it!

[@MrTeddy12397]

As a King of the Hill fan, I don't care.

[@loganscottstevens]

Agreed! That was so awesome!

[@CM.25]

I'll never get tired of saying that Kurzgesagt has THE BEST content on KZbin. As usual, the ideas and animations are well beyond anything I could come up with myself. I'll be honest, it's a little refreshing to see the Moon not straight up crash into the Earth but instead slowly fall into its demise into Earth's own ring. Probably my newest favorite video just because of it's beautiful and amazing storytelling and animations!

[@unitedfools3493]

OK maybe you need to watch Podawful.

[@216trixie]

Cliches

[@thesuperintendent4290]

Maybe Oversimplified or Lemino?

[@CM.25]

@@thesuperintendent4290 those are really good too

[@StMike27]

I looked this up since a Discord group was going to watch Moonfall together. I had already seen it, and I forgot the name of the Roche Limit, but I remembered the movie isn't really good about the physics of what would happen (even though there's an outside force driving the moon closer). This was a super good watch, and I love the video game references. Can't believe I've never come across this channel before.

[@6flyingguillotine765]

I think a lot of people still don’t know how hard and time consuming it is to animate those videos, I know a lot of people do but still I wish more would, this animation level is top tier, those animators / motion designers need more credits

[@muradm7748]

It is hard but with modern tools it not super hard, a lot of stuff is reused and repurposed

[@known_questionmark]

@@muradm7748 Even with reused assets, it is still extremely hard to do especially with the quality of videos they produce. Notice how on many of the scenes they dont really look reused/repurposed? that takes a lot more skill than anybody realize

[@muradm7748]

@@known_questionmark it is a job, they hire professionals and pay them money. It is not that hard and not that easy, just another job.

[@echoofdawn7209]

the hardest part doing the math, Infographics show doing half of like this but upload twice everyday.

[@neuro-3778]

I'd imagine the science is the hardest part, while the animation is just extremely tedious and time consuming. They're getting more skilled, and usually more skill means more speed, but they're increasing in quality instead of speed, which I like. Quality over quantity suits this channel. If it were reversed, this channel wouldn't be a success. I digress on that part. The science and math would be the most stressful part. As for time consumption, I can't say for sure, but a single math error can ruin every calculation to come after it. If you make one mistake early on, the entire video changes. Math may get easier as you become more skilled at it too, but it stays stressful when doing massive amounts of equations that all depend on each other. The animators are very good at what they do. I'd imagine the most efficient way is for the math people to get started, and the animation team works on what the math team has so far, so they progress together after math starts, then animation finishes the job. I can't say any of this for certain though, but I'd imagine math and animation put in around the same effort, with animation taking more time and math taking more stress. I haven't watched their actual explanation as to how they do things, so take what I say with a grain of salt. It would be less efficient, but safer, for them to just have math team do all of their work and have animation do all of theirs after math finishes.

[@LordOfNothingreally]

It's actually kind of stunning how much better, smarter and more entertaining this video was than the entirety of "Moonfall" which had a 140 million dollar budget

[@RGC_animation]

And with much, much less budget.

[@DrSmugface]

different audience

[@galiogp5174]

That's because the Moonfalls didn't use math!

[@dreadpiraterobertsnumba5]

I Really enjoyed Moonfall. It had great characters, stunning action, fantastic visuals, an emotional sacrifice made by the best character of the film, and the hilarious conspiracy theories that the film embraces whole-heartedly, not too many to feel stupid, but just enough for it to basically go "Yeah, we *know* it's stupid".

[@AGENTMARIEAKA-AVENGER2236]

@@galiogp5174 true but hey the director didn't want to make it as rushed or fake so basically he made it as a disaster movie ( at which point some of the actors are pretty ANNOYING ) but still great movie great disaster movie not best not the worst but it above average and under excellent

[@rosestar1324]

Literally just had a dream where the moon crashed into earth. Good to know that what would happen in reality was much much more scarier than my dream. Thanks!

[@vanilla4983]

At least the moon drifting away instead of coming closer and humanity will be long gone before that even becomes an issue

[@leereredone9418]

A game has explored this scenario - Don`t Escape: 4 days in the wasteland. Markiplier did a series on it, very recommend

[@krio1267]

The Moon is a captured star.

[@toddboyce3599]

What did your dream say would happen? A massive explosion that heated the entire planet up so much, that everybody becomes plasma? Maybe that would happen if the moon actually hit us, but again I ask, what did you expect would happen? I mean, I saw the tides thing coming, but other than the tides, I didn't know what to expect.

[@aadii._.2]

@@krio1267 MoonFall 💀 Reference

[@derekslagle7780]

OK. The graphics and their integration into each explanation is nothing short of stunning here. I am amazed by it.

[@m00sician]

Man, I was hoping for a Majoras Mask reference and I'm happy we got one. Edit: So many Zelda song references as well. I love it. Cool Video.

[@enternlv0id]

Ikr

[@NeoDragoon159]

It's interesting to know that, the earthquakes were accurate.

[@totallynot572]

Ok

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

Du hier moo?

[@NaturalBornCamper]

Huh? I missed it, where was it?

[@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849]

The best thing is, we might actually have more mass on the rings in such a small surface area. The rings on Saturn are estimated to be around 40% the mass of Mimas, and Mimas is both smaller and less massive than The Moon, having at least 2000 times less mass. And because Saturn is obviously a big planet, the rings stretch out so much, so if it's on Earth, it would probably be much, much brighter, and have much more material What I'm saying is, if the Moon does become a ring, it might be far more beautiful and impressive than Saturn's own

[@antiisocial]

Sounds very cool. I'd like to see that.

[@whyubullyme2874]

@@antiisocial uh no, you wouldn't want to. because you'd be dead

[@beziimusic]

that'd be dope if you lived to see it lmao

[@ashtonhoward5582]

@@whyubullyme2874 then he wouldn't see it, now would he?

[@eveakane6563]

Ha! Take that, Saturn!

[@PauxloE]

One thing to note: for this scenario to work, we'd need a continuous application of the magic force to slow down the moon, not just a one-time slow-down - that would just result in a more elliptic orbit (with lower perigee, same apogee). And this magic force would have to stop once the moon broke up (otherwise the rings would finally also fall down).

[@derlangsame4471]

@Seek Vapes because it's.... magic

[@gigachad2481]

@Seek Vapes we do not question magic

[@HalcyonSerenade]

I think the magic force in question is whatever it needs to be to make the moon fall in the spiral described, lol. Hence it being "magic," after all.

[@fefek1]

I love how "magic" played a huge part of this video

[@Luigicat11]

Well it's magic so it probably relies on specifics. It was applied to "the moon" so once there's no more moon, there's no more spell.

[@smashdriven1640]

I love the Majora’s Mask reference!

[@pauloandrade8060]

Me too

[@betterchapter]

What if the moon gets too far away from us?

[@Dhorannis]

At some point, the moon would simply leave earth's orbit, but as its gravity does mainly effect the tides, it would probably not change that much, apart from the lack of tidal forces. Well, that would be bad for some marine organisms and power generation in some costal areas and it might have some negative effects following these changes, but I am no expert in this field.

[@sankarsshanansundararajan8829]

No more tides i guess :(

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@Dhorannis It would have a bigger effect than just the tides. The Moon also stabilizes Earth's axial tilt. Without it our axis would be disturbed, which would have major effects on the seasons and our climate in general. An Earth without the Moon would be a very different place. Earth is a fairly unique planet in that our Moon is pretty large relative to us. Most moons are tiny relative to their host planets. Btw, the Moon actually IS already retreating from us, just very very slowly.

[@undefinedvariable8085]

@@sankarsshanansundararajan8829 No eclipses either.

[@Dhorannis]

@@ArawnOfAnnwn Good point, I forgot about that part.

[@Bismuth9]

Of course, throughout the entire video, I was thinking about Majora's Mask, and the nod at 10:02 felt even sweeter because of it.

[@jackganger-spivak5160]

Even more of a nod at 1:57

[@Bismuth9]

@@jackganger-spivak5160 I must have been looking away at that moment!

[@DergyQT]

yes

[@Swift_The_Leapzard]

Even more of a nod through, well the entire video, within every transition about the months, and not just to Majoras mask. at 2:16 , the first month there's Serenade of Water from Ocarina of Time in the bottom of the screen. at 3:28, the second month there's New Wave Bossa Nova, and so on, for each transition of the months

[@Torttelini1]

That and Cowboy Bebop, were a portion was blown off and earth is destroyed and has constant meteor showers.

[@i0am0superBlast]

Kinda wanna see a sci-fi series about after something like this happens. Sounds like it would be pretty interesting.

[@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440]

yeah, the series could last like 12 episodes, each one being a month or something idk

[@jfraley80]

Check out Neal Stephenson's novel Seveneves

[@RonBest]

@@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440 Yes. 12 Seasons with 30 episodes each season!

[@danhammond8406]

Cowboy bebop, the moon was destroyed and rained down on earth.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Imagine how beautiful the special effects could be.

[@Sm_WoolyPlayzz69]

I almost shivered my timbers.Thank goodness this was posted 2 years ago.😅

[@NovaRuner]

So in the end, the moon does not really crash into the earth. However the effects of gravity do cause an apocalypse level catastrophe as moon get closer then moon shatter into ring system before actually hitting earth. Good job on this video. Keep up all the good work. Please give us more videos like this. In the category of “cool science stuff simplified for normal people “

[@lorencproductions]

My question is how did Theia (Luna's precursor) actually crash into the Earth when its not possible for the moon to do so? I suppose it's because Theia was never actually orbiting Earth, so there was no build up period beforehand and the two just collided before one or the other could've been broken up?

[@thejadedcommenter7371]

Bruh you spoiled the plot /j

[@makhwn]

@@lorencproductions This is because the hypothesis of Theia was it having an initial velocity pointing towards the Earth. It swept pass quick enough through the Roche radius before being ripped apart into smaller pieces by Earth's gravitational pull (tidal pull to be accurate, as they are fundamentally entirely different). Basically, Theia is a meteor strike but at an extremely large scale. The situation in the video, however, is completely different. The moon is approaching the Earth by slowing down along its orbital path (this is the only way to reduce ones orbital radius btw). Theoretically, objects in circular motions has a net null velocity perpendicular to the orbital path. Thus, by definition the moon has zero net motion pointing towards the Earth at each instantaneous point in the orbit, & will simply not & can't cross the Roche zone. Therefore, if the moon somehow acquires a high enough velocity pointing towards the Earth (e.g. an enormous inward radial kick where the perigee of the new orbit lies beneath Earth's surface. Which is absolutely impossible to be achieved by current technology as stated in video). It can still crash into Earth.

[@captainchaos1311]

Yeah i always thought that it would just smash into earth destroying everything. In reality the apocalypse comes the closer it gets

[@cachalotreal]

And at the end, earth gets a ring.. is it worth it?

[@noldor3442]

Hey! Just wanted to say, your book Immune is one of the best books I've ever read, the illustrations are amazing and the text is so incredibly well written that i just couldn't stop reading, thank you so much for the experience!

[@RGC_animation]

I know right!

[@galiasgm9749]

What! I didn’t notice 😂 thats soo cool! I did the the Majoras Mask reference, of course 🙌🏼

[@lorisperfetto6021]

I completely agree, an amazing masterpiece

[@masternobody1896]

that is the question what new ton ask

[@pokepoke1889]

Thanks for the review, I’ll be buying it now

[@Gmodifire]

Literally everyone: what *does* happen if the moon crashes into earth? Kurzgesagt: it won’t Literally everyone: yea but, hypothetically- Kurzgesagt: *it wont*

[@blazethekid7144]

@Lilkitty bingbings it wont

[@prodigiousbob6599]

@Lilkitty bingbings well, it won't

[@matemeszaros109]

It probably would if the initiating magic spell would slow it down much more.

[@mndel8509]

@@matemeszaros109 nope

[@JanG859]

@Lilkitty bingbings It wont to do

[@austinboston671]

Love this guy he does a lot of space videos which is my favorite subject I wanted so much from him❤

[@RoseVerdict]

*And now, the ocarina melodies by timestamp and month-into-armageddon:* 2:16 (Month 1) Serenade of Water 3:27 (Month 2) New Wave Bossa Nova 4:34 (Month 3) Song of Storms 4:56 (Months 4+5) Bolero of Fire 6:37 (Months 6+7) Nocturne of Shadow 7:49 (Months 8,9,10,11) Song of Double Time 8:43 (Month 12) Oath of Order 10:02 (A New Month) Oath of Order (again)

[@Taima]

Whoaaa

[@demonandfoxyplay6880]

Nice, but majora’s mask is on switch now!!!!!

[@skylerbrown359]

@@demonandfoxyplay6880 for $50 a year tho?

[@howiestillgamez5326]

i did not expect a zelda reference in a kurgzegat video

[@lolliii5477]

how u do dat? kurzgesagt: a bit of insanity, and sone *math.*

[@lajoswinkler]

By far, the most useful part of this video is the start where you explain what an orbit is. SO many people don't understand it and think "there's no gravity in space" and "things float in circles". Orbiting = falling sideways.

[@Pineapply_Queen]

Orbiting is basically moving sideways so fast that the earth falls away beneath you thanks to it's curvature, at the same rate gravity pulls you down.

[@francois-xavierdessureault8039]

@@brocken_errors4186 ... no there doesn't? unless you're the kind of person who requires a "creator" for there to be a "creation", in which case I might suggest realizing that the Universe need not conform to our syntaxic brain's proclivities

[@Pineapply_Queen]

@@brocken_errors4186 Technically it is falling towards the sun, it's just that the same principle keeps it from actually landing on the sun.

[@Toasteeei]

@@francois-xavierdessureault8039 what he did is called sarcasm

[@francois-xavierdessureault8039]

@@Toasteeei that might have went over my head then :/

[@SilvethTheRadiant]

The Majora’s Mask references made me so happy. My favorite game ever and moonfall as a concept seems so cool to me. Frightening to see just how terrible the moon “crashing” could be, but amazing and insightful work!

[@phantommaximus5600]

I was searching for this :-)

[@cumeman5113]

You should see the movie Moonfall, just came out. Kinda bad but it had some scientific accuracy

[@GeckoMTGA]

This is going to blow your mind, the moon is actually slowly moving away from the earth each year by anything from less than an inch to anywhere up to 10+ inches. This Lunar retreat changes and doesn't stay constant, but it does happen each year.

[@marandrhette1079]

It was an AWESOME reference! A "are you old enough to get this" kinda thing BTW there was a also a Captain America shield in there that made me laugh pretty good.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

There was also a Fallout reference in this video as well, and you really had to be paying attention to notice it. 8-)

[@iwatchamazingvideos]

This was awesome! I wanted them to keep going on explaining how the world would be different with rings instead of a moon (no tides, destabilized axis, etc.)

The amount of editing that goes into a Kurzgesagt video is insane

[@amudeas]

Bot ?

[@FireWyvern870]

@@amudeas yes, bot

[@Dminsk]

They got much better through the years. They used to be pretty simple and minimalistic. Their evolution is reputable

[@SolThax]

I almost fall for it. Comments section belong to the ̶n̶o̶r̶d̶s̶ ,humans!

[@DipanGhosh]

@@SolThax A fine day to you friend.

[@ollie20071ify]

"Not only does this slow down deliveries of Kurzgesagt products, but also less exciting things like food" kurzgesagt you make my day 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂

[@9542008]

yes

[@justanerwinwhoisdioforfun6847]

Yes

[@zaram4135]

Yes

[@redmask5769]

YESSSSS 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@PackingPeanut_87]

Yes

[@JoshuaClarke]

I would love to see a sequel to this that covers what happens in the three aftermaths: the oceans freezing, the atmosphere burning and the almost impossible, perfect scenario

[@Xanthous_Vasilios]

Exactly

[@Sashazur]

The last perfect scenario is only perfect in that humanity survives. But for civilization to come back to present day level would take hundreds or thousands of years.

[@pessskychaos4874]

*mere hundreds *of* years Even if the moon is falling towards us, i dont think we are smart enough to do anything

[@pewonswitch1857]

@@Sashazur with that much time, we could fix what we did wrong the first time

[@Tra-vis]

@Esphaeras Praestans while true, the biggest aspect will be whether these 50 or 500 people will be in the same general area, let alone know they’re not the only ones left

[@HernanJoeyRey]

1:55 this is one of many reasons because I love this channel

[@Zenn3k]

One thing that wasn't mentioned, is that we'd quickly notice the moon rotating during this, as it losing speed and falling to earth would break the "tidal lock" it has now. We'd see the "dark side" of the moon in the months this happened.

[@lamp7587]

the tidal lock would not be broken because the tidal lock is because of gravity in the same way the tides are its that earth is pulling on the moon not allowing it to turn to its other side it getting closer would only make that effect more significant and as such the tidal lock would actually be even stronger

[@Zenn3k]

@@lamp7587 No, that is incorrect. Tidal locking is the phenomenon by which a body has the same rotational period as its orbital period around a partner. So, the Moon is tidally locked to the Earth because it rotates in exactly the same time as it takes to orbit the Earth. If its orbit around Earth changed, AT ALL, we'd see it rotate. The moon isn't stuck, it does in fact, still rotate, we just can't perceive it from our view point on Earth.

[@lamp7587]

@@Zenn3k while it is true that tidal locking is when an orbiting body is itself rotating at the same rate as that of when it goes around its host keeping one side facing the body its orbiting around the most common cause of a tidal lock is gravity making it rotate at that specific rate due to a reduced resistance while the moon is not "stuck" it cannot point in any other direction than the one it is due to the tidal lock "locking" it in that orientation relative to the earth if the moon was closer and orbiting slower a tidal lock would very likely develop again after a short time although not instantly if the only relevant factor to a tidal lock was a body rotating in the same time it orbits the chances of tidal locks forming would be excessively rare

[@Zenn3k]

@@lamp7587 Sure, Tidal locking is basically something that will eventually happen to any moons in a stable orbit, it just takes a long time. All rotation eventually slow down as a result of the gravity of the object they orbit. Even Earth's rotation is slowing down because of its Orbit around the Sun, it has for Millions of years and will continue until it no longer spins (in billions of years) The time frame of this video is not enough time, bottom line, we WOULD see it rotate.

[@lamp7587]

@@Zenn3k yeah thats true i wan't really thinking of the timescale of the video lol i was more thinking of a stable orbit but yea you right sorry lol

[@IshuBansal9]

I was expecting some grotesque ending, but this was the most beautiful ending of an apocalyptic event on this channel.

[@GameLeaderR]

At least for those that survived lol.

[@a564-c3q]

They did it on purpose, however it's inaccurate. *There are not going to be any survivors.*

[@divyanshgupta5376]

@@a564-c3q hmmm....why?

[@molamola8305]

There won't be survivors.

[@divyanshgupta5376]

@@molamola8305 but why though? Can you give an explanation?

[@C_Beaty]

9:45 The book Seveneves actually explored a very similar possibility about the moon breaking up and heating up the atmosphere as the pieces fell. Super interesting to see that explored here also!

[@jacobms911]

Just what I was thinking about. Very interesting speculative fiction, Neal Stephenson is a good semi-technical writer.

[@DiMacky24]

We would still have small tides due to the sun's gravitational pull, but they would be just a fraction of the moon's tides.

[@HgSpartan]

I loved this book. Speculative apocalyptic sci fi meshed with transhumanism.

[@Aelcyx]

I wonder if the submarine at the end was a reference to Seveneves

[@superluigibrosanimations6086]

9:57 this makes me feel an emotion that doesent exist

[@TurtleShroom3]

I love how you approached this as if the moon's orbit, which is always spiraling anyway, slowed. I was hoping to learn what would happen if the moon directly crashed within a few months like in video games, but this was WAY more entertaining.

[@JohnnyShagbot]

Very fucking large explosion, firestorm melts the entire planet's surface, then weeks later when everything has stopped exploding, the smoke cloud that results has likely frozen the Earth for a while. A lot less interesting but very flashy, to be sure.

[@yadragongirl38]

We’d die

[@deaconstjohn4842]

We would blow up and something similar to when the Moon first formed, would happen again. It's like more than impossible.

[@isaiahshall]

@@deaconstjohn4842 definitely no way we’re surviving Thea 2.0

[@unkindled6410]

if it came crashing down rapidly like a meteor, firstly it would be an absurd speed, the moon is VERY far, light speed takes a few seconds of delay to reach it. this would mean even if it took a few days, we could speedrun a few of the proccess mentioned in the video, the tides would rise A LOT very suddenly and the earth would start shaking with the massive gravity shortly before impact. the high speed would mean it wouldnt desintegrate completely into a ring, but big chunks would still part from it, meaning a large piece would hit the earth at extreme speeds while many others fall around it, which would most likely crumble the planet almost completely, turning us into a new ring of asteroids for the sun instead.

[@andreasgustavsson3861]

I was hoping for a Majora's mask reference. Kurzgesagt, like always, never fails to deliver!

[@martontauber8213]

@@prmisioyahe3631 wtf dude?

[@guardian962]

Same here. So happy to see that reference

[@prmisioyahe3631]

@@martontauber8213 For the lost sheep.

[@yets0]

Where?

[@thedr2024]

@@yets0 1:58

[@bolitetown7891]

I love this channel. A voiceover of a man who talks about incredible scientific stuff, a trembling sense of fear and existential crisis, and an ad that makes learning sound fun.

[@dont9866]

DONT READ MY PROFILÉ PICTURÉ :))))

[@ministerievanstudiecollege5788]

I'm pretty sure that voiceover is done by a bird, like the rest of the Kurtzgesagt team.

[@sapphire5475]

I am sad today I didn't got a single subscriber 😭😭😭😭.......................,...

[@hypermaeonyx4969]

Yuck, bots everywhere

[@HypnosisBear]

@@ministerievanstudiecollege5788 yeah gotta agree. But still it's hard to believe that a Bird 🐦 can have such deep voice and so human-like voice. Must be a highly trained parrot 🦜

[@damian_groovy_boys_drummer_man]

A game where you have to scavenge during low tide during this scenario would be a really fun

[@jobezbriggs7240]

The animation in these videos is genuinely becoming so breathtaking. I really want Kurtzgezagt to make a feature documentary some day.

[@lapis591]

It's cutesy but it looks like Flash animation or something from BrainPop. 'Breathtaking' is a huge overstatement.

[@hasher22]

@@lapis591 lets see you do better

[@FeralHydra75]

@@prmisioyahe3631 too long, didn't read

[@mayflower-emjay]

@@prmisioyahe3631 too long, didn't read

[@prmisioyahe3631]

Moment of silence for the foolish people who boast about their willful ignorance. Many woes unto them.

[@InoGamerz]

The animation is god tier but the music and sound effects are criminally underrated. Massive appreciation to all the team effort.

[@Tieigo0]

Hell yeah, ear candy.

[@NguyenMinh792]

👍

[@mekingtiger9095]

I just wish there was somewhere to hear the songs alone separately, though. The only I've managed so far was "War" and that's about it.

[@spinosaurusiii7027]

@@mekingtiger9095 Epic mountain music.

[@JCstock]

Would love to make a game based off this premise. Could make it a survival rouge like, where you're sent to an earthlike planet to explore, and after the first week of exploration a cosmic anomoly causes the moon to fall, and the rest of the game takes place over the year of chaos. When the chaos is over and you finally leave, you're greeted with a view of the new ringed planet.

[@slime9877]

That does sound like a great idea!

[@BuilderB08]

Or maybe arriving after the event, and trying to find out why it happened.

[@hazlnut]

@@BuilderB08 how about miraculously living through the event (as the prologue) then having to survive in a post apocalyptic (possibly frozen) earth... though i feel like this has been done before just with a different scenario

[@medstarofficial]

How about you're the cause of the event

[@useyoutubevanced-itsadfree5579]

Throw in a few more ideas and I'll make a game out of it. Should be more survival like subnautica / dying light and co.

[@FakhriaNoori]

I love the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Easter eggs. Caught two of them - the moon’s scary face and ‘A New Month’

[@richiewitkowski7142]

Anyone notice they put the Legend of Zelda Ocarina songs at the bottom of the time cards? 2:16 - Serenade of Water 3:28 - Great Wave Bossa Nova 4:34 - Song of Storms 4:56 - Bolero of Fire 6:38 - Nocturne of Shadow 7:49 - Song of Double Time 8:44 - Oath to Order 10:03 - Same as the last one

[@Tamson1]

Wow dude i really didn't notice that till i read your comment! Man great love for detail 👏👏 Your comment deserves way more Attention , really appreciate you acknowledging this! 👍

[@boblybob74]

Lol also at 1:58 it’s majoras mask on the left, literally while talking about the moon crashing down

[@raptoredwb7631]

*majoras mask

[@zaydyoussef2564]

There was also a majoras make reference

[@isaacgraff8288]

I did not but that is amazing!