What we found when we went looking for another Earth

[@Vox]

Thanks for watching! Astronomers have found planets that make it around their stars in just a few hours. The planet K2-137 b completes 5 of its “years” in a single Earth day. And the exoplanet with the slowest orbit? That’s COCONUTS-2 b - which takes 1,101,369 Earth YEARS to circle its star. By the way, COCONUTS is short for COol Companions ON Ultrawide orbiTS. -Adam

[@gabrielmoralesgonzalez6471]

Thanks for making this video. I love the universe because it is just a vast and endless mystery with so many posibilities of life.

[@asicdathens]

can you post a link to the chart you used? I would like to frame it

[@nolimit9846]

THATS TRUE BUT WE/SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS LYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

[@EugeneBuvard]

Why didn't you mention the two scientists that received a novel price for discovering the first Exoplanet next to a sunlike star?

[@taterkaze9428]

A million-year orbit? Wow, great excuse to get nothing done 'till next year.

[@deadlytsg2792]

This does not change the fact that in Antarctica there are 21 million penguins and in Malta there are 502,653 inhabitants. So if the penguins decide to invade Malta, each Maltese will have to fight 42

[@MB-ny8dn]

I just love this random comment

[@hippojuice23]

The Maltese Penguin!

[@TylerSolvestri]

Penguins are white and black supremacists, and we amongus army can't tolerate that!!!

[@saltyveteran4304]

I’ve been training my entire life for such a moment. Crackin bottle top beers like necks. Steven Seagal would be beside himself if he could only witness my raw efficiency.

[@gabor6259]

So that's why 42 is the answer to the universe, life and everything. 😮

[@WaitUpBrett]

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C Clarke

[@Anicius_]

The first one is more terrifying than the latter

[@kenny2006sp]

There is no way life doesn’t exist elsewhere. Even if it’s not at our stage of life. It could be that it exists as single cell organisms under an ocean.

[@WaitUpBrett]

@@kenny2006sp I completely agree, the mathematical probability is that even if life exists on 0.00001% of planets, there would still be life on thousands of planets just within our super cluster of galaxies 🤯

[@SarukiLIAS]

@@Anicius_ truly , it’s almost like purpose with no purpose

[@blacklavoux]

It’ll be super bizzare that we’re the only living being in this universe. We probably milkyway away from other living being out there.

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

Part of me wishes that we had more sci-fi films and series that focus on alien environments and how humans have adapted to living on them. From big things like food production and social hierarchy, to the subtle cultural impact of seeing multiple planets in the sky or a giant one. So many stories could be told on these worlds. Edit: I've already watched The Expanse and I've heard of All Tomorrows. I've watched Raised by Wolves and Avatar.

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

You're thinking of melodysheep😊

[@tomhappening]

@@DyslexicMitochondria ur username made me click on ur profile. Your channeI is so underrated man

[@faheezsyed]

Lol

[@simonlee-plunket5005]

@@faheezsyed Read Leguin's The Dispossessed

[@karenjeandiez6331]

YASSS

[@dgcp354]

Every time they try to find another planet I get really amazed how earth is so perfect for us and get immediately sad how we're destroying it.

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

Exactly how are we "destroying" it

[@cylaura]

@@Ryan-eu3kp how are we not?

[@sirpicklestien1436]

@@Ryan-eu3kp did you graduate from a dumpster dude? 😂 you gotta be special bruh

[@jake_break9185]

​@@sirpicklestien1436he's in denial lol

[@ねこ男の子]

​@@sirpicklestien1436Hey, he couldn't have. He would have had to take a class on recyclables. And well. Yeah.

[@Housewarmin]

QUESTION: How would we find life on other planets with the way light years work? When we look at distant planets and stars that are millions of light years away, we are seeing them essentially in the past. The light has taken thousands of years to get to our planet. So if we did find life, how would we know if they exist right now, if they are millions of light years away? By the time we see the planet, the life might be extinct. Question also applies to our planet, Is that the reason ET's have never visited? They are too far away, and don't even know we exist yet?

[@Jasondurgen]

We have no way of knowing for sure unless we walk up to their door and see unfortunately.

[@Dios_of_Autumn-1999]

we dont even know if theres life in europa (a moon from jupiter). A way to know to send a high altitude sattelite like the one from earth and move it to an altutude where we can continuously observe it.

[@chrisbulan]

great question! i don't have an answer unfortunately.

[@benderoo6433]

Sadly, we can’t fix this problem with modern tech

[@byrlink]

Extremely interesting what you said. Following that thought, imagine there is an advanced civilization with tremendously powerful and precise telescopes that they can point in our direction and could actually see at the scale of the creatures living in our planet. If they were located about 65 million light years away from us, that means that they could be, or close to, witnessing the asteroid hitting earth and the subsequent extinction of the dinosaurs, live, real soon.

[@michaelmiller7928]

We seriously need more content like this. Exoplanets are incredible as well as astronomy as a whole. Giving us hope in a world where it seems like its dying.

[@iomeliora9430]

Hope for what? Even at light speed the closest planet is a 25 years trip.

[@strider117aldo9]

First, the world can still get awful without being on the level of [insert exaggerating disaster sci-fi work]. Second, unless we get the Alcubierre drive up and running, it's gonna take tens of years to reach those.

[@hermeslein6614]

We Europpeans and Canadians feel bad for Americans that they live in the worst country or terrible at least

[@strider117aldo9]

@@hermeslein6614 Terrible certainly, but not that much compared to lesser-world countries. Definitely a low point in the developed world.

[@gamecokben]

@@strider117aldo9 never going to happen

[@notabadcookie]

I'm excited about what possibilities JWST could unveil for us. Things we couldn't imagine before. Thanks, Vox for covering this in an elegant and understandable way.

[@mushroommcfarmer1766]

Same here! So excited to see new images and discover new details of our solar system, galaxy, and universe. I just hope my expectations aren't greater than the JWST ability to zoom in.

[@notabadcookie]

@@mushroommcfarmer1766 I certainly wear a healthy optimism that the pros got all the calculations right and backups kick in as expected...learning from Hubble, Arecibo and the like, lol.

[@hermeslein6614]

To Be Honest Im Excited For America Complete Fall Me as A Canadians I feel bad for Americans that live in the worst country

[@ollllj]

JWST is specialized on infrared, which mostly looks as FAR away as possible for a long time at first (and also can better look through dust into places like the center of the milkWay). It may coincidentally find extragalaxtic planets in other galaxies, but that is not too useful. It more likely may find out more about black holes and VERY large scale structures. To find/see exoplanets (and likely even measure their atmosphere composition), you need a different telescope type, and more likely just a starshade-filter.

[@troll2637]

@@hermeslein6614 troll. 😂

[@pragyaraj4206]

I don't know about y'all but I'm way more excited these days about the JWST. And the next 6 months legit feels like eternity for me.

[@positive_mind7401]

I'm excited too about it lets hope we get to find some interesting things in it

[@hermeslein6614]

To be honest as A canadian I felt bad for Americans that live in a world worst country

[@paisis123]

in 6 months KSP 2 will come out. keep waiting!

[@bedwarspro1917]

@@hermeslein6614 ?

[@BroAnarchy]

Yeah, i feel the same. I really wish it could be less than 6 months (i mean, _really???_ to adjust one Space Telescope??? Ahhh... Well)

[@luxemas1282]

Would be insanely cool to read a science fiction/high fantasy novel with the setting of an eternal day on one side of the planet and an eternal night on the other side (like the one in proxima centauri b), with all the other fictional elements you can fit into that premise.

[@joshuagibb1651]

I believe your looking for the book “Proxima”

[@PsyphaX09]

Romulans?

[@DanielVerberne]

Luxemas, indeed that's an awesome premise. The region between the 'eternal night' and 'eternal day' is the terminator. The size of the terminator could be an important factor. If that region is sufficiently large, it might constitute it's own biosphere, with life eventually using that area to its advantage to evolve over time. Perhaps hardy life could adapt to some of the extremes at the edges of the terminator, being able to cope with the severe cold (on one side) and the oven-like heat of the other edge - who knows whats possible!

[@simonbirch8689]

Tidally locked planet

[@prestigev6131]

Just set the story In Antarctica and you get the same thing

[@flyinggeovishapthatcanswim2377]

"What's the point? Why are we doing this?" *"It's human nature to explore"* I expected a technical and profound answer, but her answer is better (or even the best). Simple and genuine, yet explains all of it :)

[@geshovski]

Yep, the same drive that helped us explore less that 20% of the oceans.

[@larrythecableman6963]

@@geshovski it’s mostly because we don’t need to specifically go out of our way to do so? Also why explore the ocean when you can explore space

[@tanishka3839]

@@larrythecableman6963 saying that is equivalent to "why study about human brain?"

[@larrythecableman6963]

@@tanishka3839 why be monke bad

[@larrythecableman6963]

@@tanishka3839 bad

[@JeroAlmufakir]

It's awesome you got Prof. Seager for this, she's a crucial authority for planetary sciences and her work has been really influential 👏🏽

[@leecowell8165]

yeah she appears to be one of the more interested scientists that are targeting dwarfs rather than trying to find a much rarer Earth like planet. Our sun is just not that common. I personally believe that targeting tidally locked planets is the way to go as they're most certainly gonna be much more common.

[@DanielVerberne]

@@leecowell8165 Lee, I think that planets around red dwarf planets are a good bet given the sheer longevity of those types of stars, but we need to know more about them. For instance, there was once a fear that red dwarf stars might flare too often to allow life to survive long-term, but that apparently no longer seems to be a deal-breaker. As for planets being tidally-locked .... I think we should try to learn as much as we can about such worlds. A big question for me is - is the terminator (the area between the light side the dark side) survivable? Is it large enough to support a potential variety of life? Is there any evidence that that planet's tilt could change and cause the terminator's position to change suddenly (on geological timescales) Imagine a planet that has a thick-enough atmosphere and winds that allow heat to be evenly transferred around it. You could potentially have a tidally-locked world where the temperature is still consistent all over because the atmosphere and winds spread that energy evenly.

[@JP-br4mx]

How are people so smart

[@NightDocs]

God the editing in this is unreal

[@tomhappening]

Fr

[@pardontillinghast4989]

Lol it's funny that you consider this editing.

[@nickpeterson8659]

@@pardontillinghast4989 From another comment here with hundreds of likes "Thanks, Vox for covering this in an elegant and understandable way." = Nice editing Vox.

[@bens4801]

@@ylstorage7085 looks like a gas/liquid simulation with a filter and then covered by an inverse of a circle

[@adamcole138]

@@ylstorage7085 I used this third party program called EbSynth - 1) Create a vector animation in After Effects 2) Export each frame as a .jpg 3) Hand-paint a single reference frame (in that sort of crayon style) 4) EbSynth attempts to apply that same style/texture to all the frames in the clip 5) Import these newly styled frames into AE as a sequence

[@unoninguno]

As usual, excellent job here. Something that worries me by the fact of being explorers is the fact that it doesn't makes us conserve and value what we've discovered. This planet is our only home.

[@ranadheermitta740]

Can we appreciate that when Vox explains they always do it in a unique fashion . Got to admit the animation team kills it every time with the simple but effective presentation style!! ❤️ P.S : JWST is finally at L2 point , looking forward for cosmos to unfold !!

[@therealtalk000]

*I think Vox reminds people how amazing the universe is*

[@nanananaxhhd4330]

kurzgesagt does that too

[@wrathofgrothendieck]

I am the universe

[@dn8226]

@@wrathofgrothendieck your mom says that looking in the mirror

[@chrisbulan]

@@dn8226 uncalled for

[@boredom4475]

and also how terrifying it is

[@leafrika6520]

I love how Vox breakdown the different complex elements, into down to earth information, with real world reference, whilst linking it to pop culture and real world experiences Thank you for great work VOX

[@JackieisOk]

You’re welcome

[@kuimiko]

@@JackieisOk who are you

[@hermeslein6614]

As a Candian I felt bad for Americans that they live in a worst country

[@justastudent5346]

@@xchickonuggo146 who are you

[@jk-gb4et]

@@hermeslein6614 i am Canadian too the US is not a bad country

[@besmart]

This video is so Adam, you've got a style my man!

[@2dwatermelon302]

Hello Be Smart! I love your videos!

[@banditapattanaik3179]

Hi!

[@nziom]

Hello

[@Harigawa]

bot

[@besmart]

@@Harigawa no you are

[@ojasbhagavath5484]

"How amazing would that be?" "It would be amazing." Finally someone with my level of communication skills.

[@Asian_Boii]

8:48. She said we explored *most* of the ocean while in reality, we barely breached the surface. We only discovered 25% of the ocean.

[@geshovski]

Exactly! I'd say even less than 25% (depending on the source). I'm pretty sure what she really thinks is that this work will help increase our civilization level on the Kardashev scale. Which is a lot more difficult to explain.

[@teatree5633]

The animations are adorable and makes the concepts easier to understand.

[@myfinevoice5158]

Vox makes astronomy looks so interesting for everyone with their easily digest informations and awesome video production

[@wittyboy64]

"I'll tell you one thing about the universe, though. The universe is a pretty big place. It's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space. Right?" -Contact(1997)

[@hermeslein6614]

Haha true to be homest me as Canadians and my fellow Europeans we felt bad for Americans that they live in a world worst country that is a bout to decline and collapse to China

[@wittyboy64]

@@hermeslein6614 shut up troll! Your reply doesn't make any sense to what I commented

[@tomhappening]

Hmmm

[@jf8188]

@@hermeslein6614 boooo

[@leecowell8165]

BIG isn't even the word. we cannot imagine the concept of something being infinite. we don't even know if this is the ONLY "universe".. there could be zillions of them for all we know! so why not let our imaginations run completely amuck?

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

"It's human nature to -explore- exploit, finding another planet like us is a step in the right direction."

[@sheldonnez09]

👍🏽

[@captainelgato8313]

Okay edgelord

[@danielt7165]

Ayo

[@warishae.9143]

@@captainelgato8313 don't be so belligerent

[@captainelgato8313]

@@warishae.9143 i honestly didn't know why I wrote that comment

[@MalaysianTropikfusion]

There's a lot to love about this seemingly simple video: The jungle-lakeside-campfire interview setting which provide a more intimate, human feel to the astrophysicist; the neat animated illustrations which aid understanding; but mostly, the knowledge of where research is heading in the next decade or so, which I wasn't expecting when I clicked on this video. Can't wait for more information about TRAPPIST-1's exoplanets from James Webb.

[@jiminboo]

This video is beautiful. Imagine… under a different sky, pair of extra terrestrial life forms, enjoying their equivalent of s’mores under a fire pondering about life on other star systems…

[@c4sualcycl0ps48]

Can I interest you in the indie game, Outer Wilds?

[@sarssars-hm2ox]

If we put a telescope on Mars then we could have more of an option of planets like earth. If those things are eating s'mores then I thing it's our duty to duty to enslave them. Humans enslave human a we see it's wrong. But slaving plants and animals just to eat them. seeing a difference is difficult Plants Bird Apes Dolphins plants and sea creatures All theses animals use tools and show intelligence. Some plants release it's seeds when it's dying they climb things to get better sun/food they help their young. When we see these terrestrial we will test their intelligence. But it doesn't look good cause humans are tested to this day

[@cameroncalzone8860]

our planet and star system may very well be mentioned in some alien textbook on a planet light years away. our star might have dozens of different names to all the different civilizations that can observe our star

[@jeng9927]

@@cameroncalzone8860 thinking about this makes me happy 😊

[@TravisD.Barrett]

He left half the marshmallow on the stick on 7:19, I give that s’more a 6/10.

[@tianosbits]

Thats a technique, so you can make 2 s'mores, so less marshmallows!

[@seans5056]

I'd love to ask scientists the plausibility of habitable single biome planets as regularly depicted in science fiction. I.e. tatooine and arrakis being desert planets or the ice planet in interstellar

[@bens4801]

I guess the existence of mars can answer that question

[@MrClemlenoir]

@@bens4801 Mars has a low atmosphere, i'll guess he refer to liveable planets.

[@gabor6259]

I don't think it's possible. Around the poles the sunrays hit at a shallow angle, around the equator they hit perpendicularly. That makes a big difference.

[@sjl4212]

@@bens4801 Mars only has two biomes (poles and desert) because it has next to no atmosphere to support any sort of variance.

[@lostonearth7856]

The issue with Tatooine is that in the Star Wars lore, it's single desert biome is artificial as the planet was bombed until everything was turned to glass or something... Wait no, I think that is legends and not cannon.

[@masterreeses]

You really given some Outer Wilds, campfire s’mores, vibes going in this video about planets. Nice

[@vasilerogojan4520]

This video is another proof that the Universe is so amazing and deserves more exploration.

[@MAGAman-uy7wh]

To me, the main reasons to find an earth twin is to provide a destination for colonization and secondly to learn if we are not alone. The knowledge gained by those two objectives would be immense beyond our current comprehension. The third reason is to answer the question "what If".

[@sample.text.]

This was *excellently* done.

[@calebsykes357]

Getting hard outer wilds vibes from talking about exoplanets while toasting marshmallows

[@Lumiobyte]

Best game

[@deniserafaeli]

The weird thing is, the earth is perfectly aligned to the moon's and the sun's movement. How odd that our galaxy is unique in its own too.

[@azhmir4586]

Why do you find it odd? Intelligent design is all around you. “It is Allah who erected the heavens without pillars that you [can] see; then He established Himself above the Throne and made subject the sun and the moon, each running [its course] for a specified term. He governs [yudabbir] [each] matter; He details the signs that you may, of the meeting with your Lord, be certain” [ar-Ra‘d 13:2] “And He it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating” [al-Anbiya’ 21:33]. "The sun and the moon [move] by precise calculation" [Ar-Rahman 55:5] (Interpretations of the meanings)

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

@@azhmir4586 Please refrain from pushing your religious beliefs unto others.

[@azhmir4586]

@@Known_as_The_Ghost No, because my beliefs are based on clear evidence

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

@@azhmir4586 Okay. What book do you believe in?

[@azhmir4586]

@@Known_as_The_Ghost the Qur'an

[@MegaHAZE21]

As cool as this video is, the claim that we've "surveyed all the land on earth and most of the oceans" isn't exactly true, *especially for the ocean.* 95% of the ocean is undiscovered and considering the technology necessary to explore it would mean making scientific research equipment that can see and identify things in areas with little to no light, as well as survive extreme temperatures and pressures, it feels like it would be of some use for space exploration. Also regarding the land, Its true we've taken a look at an overwhelming majority of it, due to things like satellite imaging, but that doesn't mean we've *actually been there and taken document of all the species of plants and fauna that live there,* which I think is what some people might take away from what she said. For example it is estimated that there remain 160 species of land mammals, 3,000 species of amphibians and 30,000 species of plants undiscovered in the world's rain forests. And this is before we get into caves. There's still a lot to do on earth. But unfortunately the opportunity to truly see it is vanishing due to a lack of action on addressing the climate crisis.

[@samleefarrell7643]

love this comment

[@Lumi_Land]

I wish to study at MIT. I love the enthusiasm and pactrical-ability of students wishing to make their dreams in the field of science to come true !

[@Lumi_Land]

*Practical*

[@Deastrisk]

Amazing how human ingenuity has taken us this far

[@tomhappening]

It sis

[@m4yh3m121]

I hope the JWST finds a potential planet and that we as a human race work together (for once) to study this planet in great detail and do whatever we can to go there or send a probe (but at current technological limits it's unlikely it'll happen in our lifetime)

[@TheLYagAmi]

James Webb is in its 6 month calibration run don’t give up hope just yet

[@sparticuzj19]

They left out the fact that we are looking at these planets as they were thousands of years in the past and not as they are in present time.

[@DanielVerberne]

Vox, this little episode is very well done. I wouldn't describe this sort of science as being your 'main gig', but you did a great job on it here, asking the right questions, explaining relevant concepts and getting Prof. Seager, kudos!

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

This video has increased my anxiety for James Webb telescope... Astronomy is thrilling... Waiting from here in Kenya

[@ilmagodiloz]

Amazing content - easy to understand and well illustrated!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

“It’s human nature to explore…” We just know they want to colonise a planet, and maybe have s-eggs with aliens.

[@therealslimshitty5186]

Ayo?

[@Dios_of_Autumn-1999]

*vine boom*

[@AndrewPonti]

LOVE the format of this video ... very casual discussion under the brilliant starry night sky, with the amazing animations and story telling about something many of us are very passionate and curious about (especially those of us Trek lovers!).

[@CheeseCora]

The amount of effort you guys put into editing this video is just so AMAZINGGG!!!!

[@matthewstamey8275]

" You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should." One should ask if we destroy our own planet do we deserve to take over another?

[@Oldstalk]

We won't, we can't. Everything is too far apart in the universe. All this research is only meant to answer one question : are we alone?

[@vinodk9123]

How lucky are we to be in this era, life evolved on this planet from Single cell to a fully grown human who is trying to find another life on exoplanet.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

Within few hundred years humans will let go of old biological evolution and become sci fi cyborgs

[@SuperPrem]

The world is infinite, so there has to be another Earth-like Planet or Alternate Earth, It's just too out of reach for us.

[@fasterslower6778]

Its out of our reach now

[@positive_mind7401]

I don't think it's infinite it's huge very huge but it does have its extent..

[@GunwantBhambra]

@@positive_mind7401 whats beyond the extent. Space? more Space??

[@positive_mind7401]

@@GunwantBhambra it must have its boundry How can it be infinite? 🤔

[@organicfarm5524]

@@GunwantBhambra does the surface area of sphere has boundaries? Then how it's finite?

[@BigLRestInPeace]

This video was a milestone for me. The first KZbin documentary about space, exoplanets and possible life in the universe, with Sara Seager in it, and the JWST actually HAS launched! Watched the same day the JWST hit L2 even!

[@RiskyNights]

Please do more of these videos about the James Webb telescope. They’re so well done and easy to understand. Love watching them with my daughter.

[@Stupiddd6553]

I agree!

[@spycrab3723]

With the new James Webb telescope, we may find a planet with alien life. That would be both the greatest discovery of all time, as well as being the most horrifying one.

[@ATW99]

Why would it be horrifying? It would be more fascinating than anything

[@drakedrones]

Depends on the type of alien. If they are just a primordial soup with no higher/intelligent species then …

[@spycrab3723]

Viruses, invasions and more. They could be extremely paranoid or aggressive or transmit viruses and diseases

[@isaacjohnson3404]

Bacterial life yeah, intelligent life probably not, it’s not uncommon among scientists to think that here may only be a handful of intelligent life forms in the universe or indeed that we are the only one

[@theirst8586]

It’d definitely call into question ALL religions, lol. The world would have a slight breakdown

[@shubhammaurya3671]

When you dig into science and math's discoveries that have changed our life today, you would surprised to know that author intention was not changing the world or making someone life better. It was for their pure curiosity and strong will to explore the unexplored. Same goes for exoplanet discovery missions.

[@damonchampion823]

In a way I hope we don’t find a “twin earth“ as we are too basic and unevolved and can’t be trusted to take care of our earth 🌏 Great video, really enjoyed

[@matthewhicks8919]

It’s super cool that you did the interview outside. Made the whole thing more special and I think she enjoyed it

[@debojitkakoti8021]

2:51 That animation 😂

[@aidanhamidon6325]

Was the video game, outer wilds, an inspiration for the setting of this video? It almost looks like the cover art in some of the shots. The campfire and the marshmallows. All that was missing is the theme song.

[@mardesoushi]

I came here in the comments just to say that. Just finished the game, and then this video bumped. They even talk about a "poket solar system", just like that in the game haha. Amazing!!

[@zu1590]

I keep seeing people say how terrifying it is if we aren't alone in the universe, I feel that it would be simply just too sad if we found a similar civilization to ours even just a few hundred lightyears away (which would still be incredibly close considering the sheer scale of the observable universe) because by the time our fastest vessel arrived, that civilization would likely be either nearly nonexistent or completely wiped out by whatever in the plethora of civilization-killers that come and go and we would likely find nothing but ruins, the way a telescope works is almost like magic, closer to peeping into the past, we receive photons that bounced off something and carry that specific visual information almost like a time capsule, so to expect for our vessels to arrive to the exact image we are seeing in our telescopes is a total misunderstanding of the currently proven laws of physics, we would in essence have to learn how to teleport to get that result, which is nearly impossible.

[@basiclemur7823]

feels very anthropocentrism like of you to think that the same wont happen to humans, like I dont know yellowstone blowing a load

[@standardannonymousguy]

Thank you for the outer space update! Easy to understand, and thought provoking!

[@periurban]

Sara is wrong when she says the ocean is mostly explored. It's actually about 5% explored. Which means we have not explored 65% of our own planet.

[@NiX_aKi]

I love the Star Trek and Star Wars reference!

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

I did too. So cool 😎

[@singadorito7802]

Fun Fact: Venus has a habitable zone inside the atmosphere because space is cold and humans could build planets inside venus atmosphere at around 70°C to 20°C

[@alexanderrobins7497]

Sounds great until you have a gas leak, but I like the concept.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

@@alexanderrobins7497 yes then 👻everyone

[@zzzonline]

I just love it when vox does space realted videos! As someone who's very much interested and respects the universe, I just loving watching these videos. Thank you for making the videos realted to space and universe

[@baileyenergy1839]

If there are other advanced civilisations, i’d love to know simple things whether they have their own forms of music? Sports? Like, what is their entertainment? I think it would either be surprisingly similar to us, or so different we could never find any common ground with them.

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

DNA will be common ground or they also most likely made with carbon

[@baileyenergy1839]

@@gamingcreatesworlddd2425 Yes but i’m considering the more mundane stuff. Like, how similar is their daily life to us? Do they party, & if so do they party when their sun goes down like most of us? Do they play videos games? Do they have big buildings in which they buy groceries from? Do they appreciate a walk on a beach? I’d love to know how aligned our lives are.

[@kirakira1212]

I love how positive this segment is. Bec I've read somewhere that our universe is slowly going farther apart. So if we can't find any life in other planets within a certain amount of time, it'll be more diff to do so in the future

[@gamecokben]

"I read somewhere" lol you sound so uneducated. The universe is expanding at an increasing rate. Whatever magical threshold you imagine is long gone.

[@nathanaelidundun]

An exceptional video. The graphics are great and so easy to understand, the research is top notch and it's so fun with the sci fi references. Really Great job guys!!

[@trex5863]

Great video. It is human nature to explore and learn more!

[@danishsawant7154]

Before we even find a planet like that we might end up destroying our own and killing ourselves 🗿

[@Romans6_23]

If only people would want to learn more about why they are here and where they are going.

[@gamecokben]

@@Romans6_23 everyone wants to know that. The different conclusions are why we all hate each other. Looking for space rocks doesn't answer that question in the slightest.

[@Romans6_23]

@@gamecokben try to understand why everyone opposes each other. The Jews deny Christ as the Messiah even though hundreds of people saw Him resurrected. The Muslims deny Christ was crucified even though we have scholars who agree that this event was historically accurate. If over 500 people saw Christ resurrected and then died martyrs…they must have believed whole heartedly in what they saw. The Hindus worship the fallen angels that the Old Testament talks about and so do many other religions. Jesus Christ is the only one who proved to be EXACTLY who he said he was.

[@GNARFIELD]

I love this video. Really neat, and has an Outer Wilds feel with the camp fire

[@jacobdbuckley]

Trappist especially looks like a real life Hearthian system! Hopefully JWST doesn't see anything resembling a Bramble...

[@impatrickt]

Some might say this isn’t possible, to which I say “no, it’s necessary”

[@isaacbrewer1174]

the animation in this is amazing gj vox you guys had some not so great videos for a little bit but this is a masterpiece

[@adityakrish]

Kudos to editors and graphics artists behind this amazing video!

[@AlienWithInternetConnection]

What if humans is the first intelligent life forms to exist?

[@mishogen4081]

can't agree no more

[@SHAILESH506]

More space stuff please!

[@lucyrigler7387]

Amazing video and very thought provoking! I was wondering where I could find the poster of the planetary systems of the known universe (1:49)? I would love to look into this in great detail!

[@stephenbrennan5469]

If you search equatorial star map you can find similar, not the exact one but close

[@adamcole138]

There's now a link in the video description to the map I made, and the editable, more detailed one it's based on by Jim Cornmell

[@siddharthmenon8715]

@@adamcole138 Thank you for sharing the map, Adam! I had one question around how to read the map, is the map drawn from the perspective of Earth/Our solar system looking outward into the universe and marking the positions? Like I tried to see where our Sun was in the map but couldn’t find it! Sorry for the basic question! 😅

[@adamcole138]

@@siddharthmenon8715 Yes - this map is the sky as seen from Earth. The green line in the middle of the map (the ecliptic) is the apparent path of the sun over the course of the year. Because we are orbiting the sun, it appears to move relative to the distant stars.

[@siddharthmenon8715]

@@adamcole138 Thank you so much, Adam! 😊🙌🏻

[@ModernDayGeeks]

These stunning edits and visuals got me giddy as to what's in store on the universe as we know it. Truly a great video!

[@LeoSpaceman69]

Incredible editing, amazing graphics, great S'mores!

[@danielcarmi305]

Excellent video! I used to be conflicted about subscribing to Vox due to political differences of opinion, but I decided to set politics aside and stay subscribed because every now and then Vox makes a video like this. Really eye opening and enjoyable to watch! Keep up the good work👍

[@gamecokben]

Maybe you could learn something. Sounds like your politics are wrong.

[@positive_mind7401]

I sometimes thinks of planets that might resemble our Earth and there might be living on it too and the aliens living on it might know that our planet Earth do exist and they might also know that there is living on Earth but they don't have enough technology to come here or they might not want to come here they just searching for other planets... This all thinking makes my mind blow 🤯

[@joshuagcwong734]

Since when have we surveyed most of the oceans? Thought it was like

[@Lumiobyte]

We're looking for aliens and the oceans are in earth

[@joshuagcwong734]

@@Lumiobyte yes.

[@atmadeepdey1339]

This is not editing. This is masterpiece

[@venkateshshenoy4888]

I've been watching and been subscribed to Vox for years, and this is one of the best videos I think on the channel. The universe is captivating.

[@paganiriccardo]

Hey, I like that sky-map! Where can I find it?

[@adamcole138]

There's now a link in the video description to the map I made, and the editable, more detailed one it's based on by Jim Cornmell

[@paganiriccardo]

@@adamcole138 Hi Adam, thank you for taking the time to answer and for posting the link to the map. Now that I have seen the map in Illustrator I am even more curious... 😃 I was wondering whether you used a script to generate vector objects in the right positions and later you "styled" those objects in Illustrator.

[@letsdoodlesomethinghome3404]

Finding all these exoplanets but as ‘perfect’ as Earth. Just shows how lucky we are.

[@strobe5849]

Where do I get one of those maps @ 1:51?

[@adamcole138]

There's now a link in the video description to the map I made, and the editable, more detailed one it's based on by Jim Cornmell

[@strobe5849]

@@adamcole138 This is unbelievably cool! Thank you so much :)

[@nelsongonzales1263]

I have dreams of being on planets with amazing skies filled with suns moons and galaxies, this is so cool.

[@auliasalsabella5513]

Loved this very much, I would love to watch an entire TV series about exoplanets in different solar systems!

[@Hhyyghíkttwwqwf]

8:40 have we really explored most of the oceans in the planet?

[@ferminalvarez5186]

Where can I find this map of planetary systems?

[@adamcole138]

There's now a link in the video description to the map I made, and the editable, more detailed one it's based on by Jim Cornmell

[@ryanbonnett9851]

Good video Vox. Also to the question of why do this work? I’d just ask in return “why not”? Seems like more meaningful work then working in a cubicle in some office.

[@BavoDebraekeleer]

This is like real life Outer Wilds (an awesome videogame about space exploration) marshmallows and all! I love it!

[@taiyebahmed4539]

0:27 Her: "How amazing would that be" Him: "it would be amazing" Idk why that made me laugh

[@asicdathens]

Does anybody know where I can download this map?

[@Mahealani56]

I also want to get a copy of the sky chart shown here.

[@jotamaceda4641]

Same idea! I couldn't find any information on the internet, it's probably a map for learning purposes only (universities).

[@adamcole138]

​There's now a link in the video description to the map I made, and the editable, more detailed one it's based on by Jim Cornmell

[@asicdathens]

@@adamcole138 You are awesome

[@asicdathens]

@@adamcole138 The map also has all the Syncscan alignment stars in a separate layer

[@ninjasiren]

Most likely if there are aliens there, with possibly similar-ish either a millennia beyond us or below us in technology, or similar in our current technology. They might be doing the same thing, mapping the skies and finding similar planets like their home planet. We might never know we might find an Earth-like planet with intelligent beings also doing the same thing.

[@leecowell8165]

that's unlikely. what are the odds of "them" being at the same intellectual level as ourselves? remember that just 120 years ago Tesla was just "giving" us A/C electricity. before that we all went to bed once it got dark. so say thank you Mr Tesla for cranking up the World for the rest of us.

[@chengyiq3066]

Imagine we found another solar system with lives, would the aliens be passive or hostile?

[@Mushroomlau]

if some aliens land on earth, would you be passive or hostile to it? same question for us or them

[@Wolfknight16]

@@Mushroomlau Your assumption is that they think like us, is just a theory. We have no idea how they would react. We have no sample to judge from.

[@bb5242]

It won't matter if it is really far away

[@sydn2698]

Hostile. Look at Columbus and the Natives

[@bl2528]

Hopefully they’re not anything like humans and are peaceful and mind their business

[@BaderAaron]

The idea of the "habitable zone" has always been interesting to me. Why are we only looking at planets that can support OUR specific style of life?

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

Me too. Space and 🌌 galaxies are so interesting. The fact there could be infinite sets of our earth out there.

[@GuyInc0gnit0]

Absolute banger this video! Informative, great pace, funny, GORGEOUS animations! Loved it! Please make more!

[@MrFixItTV2]

Since when did 3-7 percent become most of something?

[@soumitrapoddar3162]

Vox videos discuss about those questions maybe aren't much important for us....but we require to know the answers to those questions

[@TheTechAdmin]

8:34 I think the best reason to find other intelligent life in the universe, is to destroy religion's foundation on Earth; and finally as a species live in peace far from the segregation of wars of religion.

[@BrightEyes8513]

Having detailed maps of our Mother Earth, the solar system and everything beyond helps me experience the wonderful gateway

[@olefella7561]

The fact that we get free documentaries on KZbin by Vox is truly a gift. 👍