Which MCU Planets Could Really Exist?

[@SimonClark]

Many of the recent comments have been with regard to Asgard, so I'm going to pin what I replied with to one such comment here: It is conceivable that Asgard is actually more like Sanctuary, being one large, unusually shaped asteroid with artificial gravity. We didn't consider this for a few reasons. Firstly, to make this argument would require extensive discussion of topics such as artificial gravity, hydrostatic equilibrium, rotational forces, etc. As the first planet to be considered, we didn't want to go super heavy and intimidate the viewer, especially as some of those topics are better covered in a few other planets, such as Sanctuary. Secondly, the purpose of this video was never to be 100% accurate and cover every eventuality - you could wrangle an explanation about pretty much any planet in the MCU with enough thought and hand-waving. The point of the video is to communicate planetary science, and so we picked our battles with what to cover and when to cover it, while still being as accurate as we can be. So Asgard served as a neat intro to planetary rotation, which can then be returned to in future planets considered. Lastly, Asgard is a planetary body with an infinite supply of water and some kind of atmosphere which is retained by some unexplained method (it ain't gravity), as well as having days and seasons without a star. We could have picked a number of things to have ruled on impossibility, but with respect to my previous point we felt that considering rotation made the most sense for the rest of the video!

[@Creeder4]

Well said!

[@ijeetyou]

A-kon is not surrounding a star there that's all destruction caused by seeds sown by Ego.

[@Nobody1613]

Quick question regarding Vormir. If the astrophysical jet is caused by a massive black hole and the planet being so close to it, couldn't we theoretically say that the orbits stay in balance due to gravitational time dilation of the black hole?

[@themeatpopsicle]

you should have just said that the planets couldn't exist _without technology_

[@ianmccreary331]

What about how morag floods every couple of months and giant structures are just submerged, is that realistic?

[@benle1681]

Can’t believe he forgot Star Lord’s planet, Missouri.

[@abdmin3268]

"Thats earth dipshit"

[@sillypuppygirl621]

I am a total and utter fool

[@Saimeren]

@@sillypuppygirl621 He was correcting the quote. If you're going to quote something/someone, at least get it right. Or else you run the risk of being corrected and look like an idiot.

[@sollyroger4119]

@@sillypuppygirl621 wow this must be awkward for you

[@insertname3885]

@@abdmin3268 r/wooooosh

[@FridgeWithPickles]

"Asgard is shown to be a flat disc" *Flat earthers liked that*

[@thesteaksaignant]

For them Asgard is actually the only one that's realistic

[@Zero11s]

that's not the flat earth model you troll

[@christianali5431]

Nikita Borodins Asgard looks like a flat disc. Norse pagans like that. That’s probably one of the only reasons why they made Asgard a disk, because that’s what ancient Germanic people believed the world looked like.

[@NoSubsWithContent]

@@christianali5431 it's made with supports which are made of some godly metal and at the small city scale of asgard that weight is nothing

[@StraightEdgeHeathen]

I always wonder if there are a few idiotic Asgardians who insist that Asgard was a sphere.

[@reverse-flash9769]

Asgard is clearly of artificial design. There is literally no exoplanet that could conceivably exist like that in nature

[@osmosisjones4912]

Looks like an island thejna planet fact you can see the Buildings. And Zakar night &Day could be Artificals. And volemeer sky could just be momentary conditions

[@hochimane6535]

Except Earth which is flat

[@AssistantCoreAQI]

@@hochimane6535 And Your Intelligence Is Flat As Well. But I? I Am r/Whooooshing Myself In A Futile Attempt To Make People Laugh.

[@KtrlAltWin22]

True geologically it cant exist

[@dannybenhur6123]

It's just a flat piece of rock with an artificial atmosphere...

[@alexescalanteb]

Svartalfheim does not have an eclipsed sun. It is stated in the movie that it is actually an accretion disk of a black hole.

[@tahuraharmain]

Oh...i must have missed it.. When actually

[@humanman2358]

Wait. Won't Svartalfheim get sucked because of how close it is to the black hole?

[@liammargetts]

@@humanman2358 it could orbit the black hole, but if it's too close it'd just be ripped apart into dust, so a maybe on that one

[@abinmohan3675]

In svartlheim, its not a star, its the outer ring of a black hole. It was explained by the production crew

[@gustavsantos6225]

@@humanman2358 Is extremaly possible for a planet to orbit a black hole. however the light disk arrond the black hole impplies that it is absorving some kind of star, maybe the star where the planet was formed since is super super hard for a black hole to formate a solar sistem.

[@andrewjohnson6716]

Side note: When Thanos was originally introduced in the comics in 1973, he was from OUR Titan. The moon orbiting Saturn. With the scientific knowledge of the time it seemed feasible to comic book writers that it could have been terrestrial. In the 21st century that was just not going to be accepted by the audience.

[@pedroalitovar6624]

Well, It would be strange that a lot of things are happening on that Saturn's moon and we don't know absolutly nothing about it

[@davidbjacobs3598]

Honestly I've always taken the MCU Titan to also be our Titan, just a radically different version of it that bears no resemblance to the actual one. I mean I already accepted that there's gravity in Ego's core, so this is like "whatever."

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Anyone up for terraforming Titan? Earth’s been on the fritz for a while now, and I’m looking to upgrade.

[@paperexplain9342]

Titan titan have shit ton oil than earth do just ask the US military if you know what I mean. (joke okay no one trigger please)

[@skrainbodak]

Let’s Attack...On Titan! ROFL

[@sophiethesnail]

Yooo they made Earth from the MCU into a real thing

[@FierceDeity35]

I'm such a big massive marvel fan I actually moved to it

[@user-pi4fb9ht5i]

Omg they did That's so cool

[@memistcentral2044]

Bruh, they also made people! WHAT?!

[@SouryuuLangley]

Kowalewski, analysis

[@FierceDeity35]

@@memistcentral2044 holy crap, I juuuuust realized that. Crazy huh?

[@breotan]

When Starlord said the planet was 8° off it's axis, it's possible he could have meant that it's shifted from what the axis is supposed to have been. So, a + or - shift of 8° and not actually 8° off true north.

[@Webi]

They said that in video turning a planet by a few degrees does little in the long term

[@breotan]

Knocking a planet off its current axis by 8° would actually cause a lot of damage to the stuff on the surface. Think about it. What sort of force would it take to do that? The axial drift that the Earth does takes millennia and is gradual. You can surmise that what happened to Titan was sudden and required a lot of force.

[@JC_Cali]

@Brainjock but she did allude that if it happened in a short enough time frame it could cause damage

[@SuperSMT]

The 8 degree tilt could be a symptom of whatever caused all the damage, such as a massive asteroid impact

[@DjAirsurfer]

@Brainjock I've never had an 8 degree shit that was too bad

[@viejosauce]

16:30 it isn’t a blue star, is the effect of the ego plant growing in the planet

[@robertgarcia6610]

Cristóbal Quiroz thank you for pointing it out it’s kinda obvious

[@robertgarcia6610]

I didn’t meant to sound mean towards you I mean the people making this video should have known that it’s obvious not a star

[@viejosauce]

Robert Garcia then why they based the whole idea on it being a blue star?

[@robertgarcia6610]

Cristóbal Quiroz I really don’t know at all. It’s kinda obvious that blue light was ego

[@firebreath266]

ikr, that looks nothing like a star.

[@James-gv7nt]

I think when star lord said its "8 degrees off axis" I think he meant 8 off from its original axis like it was moved, but that would take a lot of energy so who knows what would cause it.

[@jackpreston9236]

Possible asteroid? but theres no aftermath of a large asteroid collision

[@historymysteries4134]

That’s how I took it. 8 degrees off the recorded axis.

[@Bryon_Turner]

I took it to mean the planet's axis isn't going straight through the center of the planet. It's 8 degrees off center. It's day/night rotation is no longer a perfect spin. Spinning trough space more like a lopsided dodge ball spins in the air.

[@zechfallen8771]

The watchers from the fantastic four comic books gave the Kree technology and they destroyed many many civilizations. Although Thanos states they were on the brink of collapse because of too many people maybe they also had gotten intermixed with the Kree and the deviants (Thanos is half deviant half celestial) which are why they are why the planet is 6 degrees off its axis. I just realized I’m way late to reply

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

@Bryon Turner My brain immediately jumped from this idea to ‘they were mining their planetary core for resources towards the end.’ It would fit in with Thanos’ motivations and backstory.

[@mmmmmmolly]

-Do you wanna talk about the role of magic in planetary physics? - *NO* _I like this one._

[@Stigvandr]

I would like to point out that Nowhere is the size of a large asteroid, not a small planet.

[@doopdacoop4054]

Stian Bekken they already say”and nowhere which isn’t technically a planet but we’ll roll with it “

[@Algoe1]

@@doopdacoop4054 but they then say at 10:12 that it is the size of a planet

[@doopdacoop4054]

lavakraken good point

[@idkwhy8594]

It’s a celestial skull or something

[@kultkaiser]

Idk why yeah its a mining colony in a celestial skull

[@ben_1]

"8 degrees off axis" - Now you know how programmers feel during every hacking scene ever...

[@loffl3r170]

@@LucasCarter2 true

[@ThePrimevalVoid]

I was thinking... could they have meant something like 8 degrees off from the general planetary elliptical plane? In which case, highlighting its absurdity... does make sense.

[@johnnygreenface]

HACK THE PLANET

[@ben_1]

- "I need ten minutes" - "You have five!"

[@ThePrimevalVoid]

@@ben_1 - Move over!! (more hands on the keyboard)

[@Hollowbarista]

Rea is 100% accurate. It has Calcium atmosphere and rock people living there! Rock forming element!

[@DrewLSsix]

So.... it’s their poop?

[@Jay-qb9gi]

It's more like Silicates and Silicon

[@HITBnn]

Oh shit that makes sense..

[@shauntumeke]

So korgs home planet?

[@HITBnn]

@@shauntumeke yeah

[@SuperExodian]

i feel like asgard is more of an artificial megastructure than planet though, given that it's from a magical/scientifically advanced civilization. so you could probably treat it the same as sanctuary also, a planet i want to see in sci-fi, diamond planet. and people fight over ownership of it. purely so they can say they own the universe's biggest gem. (IIRC that exists right?) you could probably break off bits of diamond with future tech fairly easily too? if diamond has any real worth anymore at that point that is.

[@lauragodridge8966]

Lokrohk yup

[@dionemoolman]

The closest I’ve found to a diamond planet in fiction is the Adro system in the book Tiamat’s Wrath. It’s a diamond the size of Jupiter that is essentially a giant computer storing the data of an entire Alien Civilisation.

[@svchineeljunk-riggedschoon4038]

@@dionemoolman Jupiter is theorised to have a diamond core, I think Arthur C Clark mentions it. And regarding the original comment - I don't see why diamond would have much value in the future, we can already manufacture it with our current tech.

[@niranjanr8075]

Just conquer jupiter. It rains diamond there

[@Heroo01]

Diamond already doesn't have much worth. It's significantly less rare than jewelry companies would have you believe. It's just throttled and released into the market slowly so it keeps its value. It's why bought diamonds lose their resale value the instant you buy them. They really didn't have much to begin with. Have you ever wondered why diamond coated sandpaper or diamond drill/cutoff bits aren't as expensive as jewelry? They're incredibly useful because of their hardness, however. In grinding and other such subtractive industrial methods, diamonds are fantastic because they can scratch any other material and don't get scratched themselves. Cody'sLab actually made a video about scavenging diamonds from highways after construction work because they fall off of the concrete cutting equipment. They're yellow and small, so they wouldn't really have much value, but it's really interesting nonetheless. GIANT uncracked bits of diamond would surely still have immense value though, at the very least because of their rarity and/or novelty, so I'd imagine a diamond planet would still be very profitable for whoever "claims" it. Hopefully could also make non-industrial diamonds more affordable overall if we provably have such an excess

[@rubblerage1101]

16:33 Are we sure that that is a blue star and not Ego's expansion?

[@soumyaok3709]

Its expansion

[@ParadoxNerdHLM]

"Things got a lot more interesting in "Thor the Dark World"... Said no one ever"

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I didn't hate that one. There were some "No it doesn't" moments, but overall a fun watch.

[@Eltaurus]

The second Thor movie is actually one of my favorites out off all MCU. It is so stylish and beautifully done.

[@Eltaurus]

@Brainjock The 3rd is too wacky and all-over-the-place. I was very disappointed with it, while the 2nd one I saw 3 times just in the cinema.

[@Eltaurus]

@Brainjock I still do)

[@wyattjenkinson450]

Eltaurus do you have the taste of a charred walnut. The third is pretty universally acclaimed for its humor and falling out of the drab boring kingdom of Asgard in fact the main criticisms are out of the movies control such as having to wrap up Asgard to move onto more interesting space adventures.

[@twat240]

Think earth could be real. Not too unrealistic tbh Holy crap thanks for the likes lmao.

[@XMysticHerox]

Hmm idk a species fucking its own planet with pollution seems a little ridiculous.

[@naivety]

you twat

[@MichaelSHartman]

He only has two cities New York City, and Los Angeles. 😁 Actually, only one Vancouver (Canada).

[@osmosisjones4912]

@@MichaelSHartman askard shot looks like island .and Zackar night and Day as well as atmosphere could be Artificals .volimar could be momentary

[@hochimane6535]

Definitely possible

[@PRIMEVAL543]

“Your ancestors called it magic and you call it science, where I am from its both the same” - Thor Enough said

[@ronpetersen2317]

That can mean they pretty much treat magic like you would science. Magic in fiction pretty much always has it's own rules, especially in the Marvel Comics. Magic is just hacks or loopholes exploited in the laws of physics. Magic isn't real but that is how it usually is in fiction. Besides the Science in Marvel is more magic the way it works than the actual magic is.

[@gajbooks]

@@ronpetersen2317 Maybe it's the fact that both are the fundamental forces of the universe approached from different perspectives?

[@ronpetersen2317]

@@gajbooks I wouldn't say "in fact" but within fiction, especially in a modern day or future setting that has magic ... sure

[@slightgrinful]

Calla Mett I see sunrise and sunset and call it magical nuff said!

[@God-nv7cp]

We're primitive

[@landonkryger]

15:10 Because the 4 moons are in different places in the sky, they should be showing different phases. They can't all be full moons unless they're lined up together.

[@landonkryger]

​@@joopmoop4089 There's way more then just "arcseconds" difference between the moons in the video. It's tens of degrees. If you draw a triangle with a point at the star, the planet, and a moon, the angle at the planet is what matters most for the phase, not the angle at the star.

[@aayush_789]

11:13 "Sure, why not?" The most positive attitude towards Alien tech by a scientist! 😅

[@15jeam]

Simon Clark: Which MCU planets could really exist? Me: earth?

[@charleswesthoff5954]

That one is questionable

[@Hupailija]

I am not quite sure whether MCU Earth could exist. Requires bit too much believe to some hypersuperfantastic materials and magic

[@memistcentral2044]

No

[@theevermind]

Earth? They just talked about someplace called "earf."

[@elmoisacocainaddict557]

No it couldnt exist you dumbass like there are weird things like puppy’s they are waaaaaay too dangerous so no earth cant exist

[@ObjectsInMotion]

“And Anaheim ... no wait hell.” Me: What’s the difference?

[@TheMarionick]

I hope we're gonna see the Knowhere Celestial getting decapitated in the Eternals movie

[@edwnx0]

doubt it, since the one that cuts the head is a character related to Venom.

[@owenhermann6332]

@@edwnx0 in the comics

[@kingofanything3703]

Knull decapitated that Celestial

[@Ixe2077]

@@owenhermann6332 The Necrosword can still come in a different way.

[@Ixe2077]

@@edwnx0 Symbiotes don't always mean Venom. But mabye they can collab with Sony again to get to use the Clyntar and the Necrosword.

[@KilliaTHPWhami4506]

First ever video I’ve watched on this channel and I just gotta say it’s probably the best thing I’ve seen on this site beautifully edited!

[@morlath4767]

This video was a random suggestion in my sidebar and you've already got me subscribing. Not only was this a fantastic scientific video stripped down for the non-scientists, but you came at the subject from a fan's/respective perspective in terms of making things enjoyable as well as educational. Great mix and the two narrators play off each other really well.

[@dionemoolman]

3:26 You said no spoilers but you literally showed Asgard Exploding.

[@SimonClark]

Yeah I guess we should have specified no spoilers for Endgame haha

[@pranavmoghe3192]

I mean it's a 2 year old movie

[@falconsite]

Boi that’s an OLD movie. If you haven’t seen it then it’s your fault. Heck, by now if you haven’t seen FFH it’s your fault.

[@dionemoolman]

@@falconsite Yeah you're right. It was more of a joke than a serious comment.

[@DonEBrooke32]

dude, if you haven't seen Ragnarok, then you need to crawl out from under your ROK! -__-

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yoooo, what about Subnautica's planet, 4546B? Like, the whole extinction event timeline and stuff. Is the distant-past lore of the planet realistic?

[@iCore7Gaming]

The ending of subnautica is nothing like how real life works. Fyi in below zero the space station should be moving and yet let alone it shouldnt be that size. Devs have no concept on how space works or simple geometry

[@BallistX]

DanDeMan it's to make it interesting, in real life it would look like a fast moving star

[@lotharschmal7991]

DanDeMan Oooor...they just don’t fucking care

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

Half real half not real, like the moon is too close first of all but Mini Neptunes (Super Earths) are common.

[@RandomPerson-jo7cw]

@@iCore7Gaming yep, like the ISS is barely visible and it's probably smaller than the planet Earth

[@Krayfishkarl]

Apparently, both Morag and Xandar are located in real star systems in the Andromeda Galaxy as shown by those strings of numbers that first appear when the planets' names are shown onscreen in GotG. I thought that was a nice touch.

[@bastienpabiot3678]

"Earth,represented by america" lol

[@snipperjoey1151]

Y'know what kind of planet I want to see more in sci-fi? Rogue planets, those that don't orbit a single star and instead just roam the galaxy forever.

[@SimonClark]

Something that Hannah wanted to put in this video is that almost all MCU planets seem to lack an obvious star - apparently Marvel agrees with you ;p

[@boaz7028]

They would be extremely cold, probably colder than -100 C

[@snipperjoey1151]

@@boaz7028 Unless a civilization developed some kind of internal planetary heating system. Either way there would be a lot of potential.

[@EnyaShello]

How do u expect anyone to see anything

[@snipperjoey1151]

@@EnyaShello Just because you don't orbit a star doesn't mean there aren't any stars nearby. As the planet travels through the cosmos it would be illuminated by random stars. Either that or just use a flashlight.

[@Beeba10]

Star-Lord says Titan "is 8 degrees off *its* axis", which I always assumed meant there was a record of it before it ended up the way it is now, and that it NOW was 8 degrees off of its ORIGINAL axis. Don't know much about planetary science so I don't know whether or not this would affect the planet at all, but that's what I assumed when Quill said that.

[@matthewkreps3352]

Also Star-Lord is many things, but a scientist is not one of them.

[@I.C.Weiner]

When they said Titan is 8 degrees off its axis. The important part is when he said its. Implying that some force moved it from its proper axis to the new one.

[@apatheticdeity6030]

There is an anime called "Astra: lost in space" that showed a tidally locked planet. Just thought you guys might want to know.

[@vanteal]

The thing about the sancuary where Loki meets with Thanos is that they're only there in mind, not body. Loki didn't suddenly transport himself to the meeting, he just sent his consciousness. As I'm sure Thanos and his little buddy are doing as well..So there wouldn't need to be any kind of breathable air or laws of nature. It's just all in their heads. So they can make it look and feel however they want.

[@Alvaldong]

Ego: *Is a living organism with the shape of a planet, has a human brain as a core, can control its own surface, has a face, can create a replica of other species as an avatar of himself, can create literal life by reproducing with literally any species* Simon Clark: "Yes, it definitely could exist!"

[@gajbooks]

He could just be like a giant ball of moss on a big rock. That just makes it even weirder.

[@thanalincoln]

Sounds like an Atropus planet from Starbound

[@timothymcqueen8095]

Alright, but how plausible is it that EVERY single planet in this universe has a gravity so ridiculously close to Earth that it isn't ever considered when shooting these movies?

[@mexanx]

"Reality can be whatever I want" said the directors

[@rayawira]

Correction: Every single planet "shown" in this universe. As far as we know, they could just so happen to show us some planets that are habitable. There are most likely many more other planets that's so bizare, dangerous, etc. It's just so happen that our heroes haven't gone there yet. Why would they, right?

[@jesusmora9379]

maveth has higher gravity than earth, but they didn't cover the tv shows.

[@krishna29791]

They show planets with these gravitational force same as earth cos that is what makes the planet habitable maybe? there are millions of galaxies we dont know. so anything can be possible.

[@nightowl9818]

@@rayawira Jotunheim and Muspelheim can not be habitable by Humans in the mcu they would instantly being on those to planets

[@BlueXenon7]

"No Spoilers!" *shows Asgard exploding*

[@StaySqueezy12]

That was from Ragnarok not Endgame

[@thanosthegrape5543]

That beam of energy has to have something to do with the storage of the soul stone Also all the planets could be possible. I mean it’s not like all planets have to follow the same rules some could be extremely strange or be an exception to the rules.

[@theminionmemer8603]

agreed

[@nerovanguard846]

In the start of the video, they clearly explained that it would be based on actual science from our understanding. Based from that, those planets and phenomenon couldn't exist. Unless you have a better scientific explanation with those "rules" you're referring to

[@theminionmemer8603]

@@nerovanguard846 still though, the claim vormir couldn't exist due to the soul stone's properties while ego's planet can makes no sense

[@pranit_33xa91]

LoL your username

[@RamdomView]

3:19 OBJECTION! The inhabitants of Asgard are clearly shown to have highly advanced technology, therefore Asgard need not be a natural object.

[@divyamjoshi7381]

being artificial can't help it not being rounded by it;'s own gravity unless its smaller than a city.

[@EnchWraits]

Did you see how small the thing is?

[@nightwing5398]

Asgard is not a planet, but a different realm a pocket dimension, but that’s according to the comic books. I’m no expert and I’m just a typical nerd. Great video btw! Interesting stuff!

[@devalphamon7289]

Asgard is a place that can be physically traveled to in the mcu it's physically in the universe as well as just being a floating asteroid

[@cthomas025]

@@devalphamon7289 Asgard is not a place at all, it's a people.

[@z.z3925]

😁 Gone are the days of the awesome marvel. Now we got time travelin experts😁😁😢

[@KRYMauL]

@@devalphamon7289 Agreed Asgard is an astroid that's been chistled away at

[@kylemccormack1785]

23:59 - You can assume the forge is made out of Uru metal, which is a hyper-dense fantasy metal. Assume it to be of a potential density of homogeneous, even crystalline structure when cooled. This is what Thor's hammer is made out of.

[@SaulOhio]

But you need to use the power of a neutron star to forge Uru. So how did they build the thing in the first place?

[@jasonjason6584]

It is like a Dyson sphere

[@redholm]

@@SaulOhio Magic. It's Marvel. They could magic Something Something Science it.

[@self-satisfiedsmirk5544]

At the very beginning, they prefaced this video by stating that they would *not* be trying to account for the stated or implied magical properties of the various locations that had it. They were attempting to deduce how plausible these locations (as a few are not planets or moons) under our current understanding of known science.

[@redholm]

@@self-satisfiedsmirk5544 Which is a dumb thing to do. And probably added because they knew people would call them out on it. We can't say a planet is not possible just because we don't have the tech possible currently. Also they set things as plausible because unknown Alien materials anyways. So they did take into account tech we don't have sometimes. They are just not consistent with it.

[@HaruXen]

No spoilers, nice! Oh 3:26 asgrad will get destroyed.

[@cortster12]

Neither of these things happen in Endgame, which is the spoilers they are obviously referring to.

[@cortster12]

@@Zotemann Then there would be zero footage from any movie ever. Context is important in language.

[@thanos6635]

@@Zotemann Infinity war and Ragnarok are a year and 2 years old so it's not a spoiler 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@jasonjason6584]

Have you not watched the last few movies, they are years old who cares idiot. If you didn't see them then , then you probably won't see them now Ps, Thanos kills iron man

[@TherjshowBlogspotme]

@@Zotemann with your logic so iron man 1 has a spoiler too

[@TheNeptuneArc]

"There will be no spoilers in this video" *Proceeds to show the destruction of Asgard* 😑...

[@Manananggal-oe8gs]

How is it a spoiler?🙄

[@Aaron4thw]

No spoilers from endgame

[@thonk1914]

Did you not see thor ragnorok

[@runed0s86]

What's a Thor?

[@JC_Cali]

"Hannah, do you want to talk about the role in planetary physi-" "NOPE." 😂😂😂

[@arnoclaesen8105]

the planet with the permanent dayside and permanent nightside apears in ben 10. I am useful

[@Eltaurus]

Also Ryloth from Star Wars.

[@CJDM310]

@@Eltaurus yeah Ryloth came to mind when she mentioned that.

[@Ketraar]

Remus (Romulan Empire) in Star Trek is also tidally locked.

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

And Crematoria from The Cronicles of Riddick

[@osmosisjones4912]

Asguard Looks like a City then an entire planet maybe Zakar has Artificial Night and day and environments

[@reecerobin8413]

You'd think that would be out of the budget of a trash planet though.

[@osmosisjones4912]

@@reecerobin8413 but get of materials from digging through junk piles

[@redholm]

@@reecerobin8413 I would think the Game Master has a near unlimited Budget. Being so damn powerful and all.

[@artemisorwhatever9828]

I imagine that artificial day/night systems and atmosphere generators/moderators are fairly common in a galaxy where there are literally artificial planets everywhere. Even if not, Zakar more likely than not had the ability to create one from scratch with what they were given, considering that there are certainly engineers capable of doing so. I mean, there are starships on Zakar that are arguably more advanced than that of Asgard and its tech. And Knowhere obviously had to have its own atmosphere to become the striving colony it once was. So in the MCU, I believe it would be relatively easy for an engineer with entry-level experience to create artificial atmospheric generators.

[@NinjaBearFilms]

It spins under the various Einstein Rosenberg Bridges where they all dump garbage but some emit more photons than others.

[@N173M43R]

So you'll concede to scifi gravity devices, but rule out saccar despite real world air purification and recycling systems that would easily do the job.

[@VCYT]

''cough''

[@redholm]

Don't forget the guy ruling the place might be able to something about it. With said tech with ease.

[@co1onial_fish962]

13:05 I feel like in a sci-fi setting like this and a faction as advanced as the sovereign along with the ability to have gravity on craft with having to barrel role constantly then the sovereign would be able to have mass drives or something similar to keep these planets from oofing

[@nixian_zwaylus]

i like this. an analysis with the editing humor of a film review. surprisingly fun!

[@HapeFS]

Nice video! Just a question: In the MCU, Morag is said to have tidal periods of around 300 years would this also be possible?

[@ManishKumarMishra6016]

It is an interesting question. I thought about it and I would say it is possible, not for Morag though. It seems unlikely for several reasons though. Having a tidal period of 300 years means that the planet has its moon quite far away from it. A planet like earth will need to have a moon around 97 million km away from it, in contrast, our moon is 384000 km away from us. Also, there should be no other body around because then that will have the dominant effect on the tidal cycle, this is clearly not the case on Morag as several planets can be seen from the surface. Where is this mentioned though?

[@artemisorwhatever9828]

It could still have an effect on a theoretical planet's tidal forces.

[@matthewkreps3352]

It is mentioned outside of the film. I think a tie in comic

[@DystopiaJunkie]

Phenomenal video - wonderfully explained for a non-specialist. Thank you Dr Clark and Dr Wakeford!

[@michaelpattie9248]

29:14 Remus in Star Trek Nemesis was tidally locked. The people lived on the night half, but mostly underground. Seemed like a tough place for to evolve though so maybe they came from somewhere else.

[@brianbierlein4747]

It's also why they're photosensitive. They lived in perpetual darkness. There was also a tidally locked planet in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Broca's Divide". It wasn't visually portrayed 100% realistically but I assume that was due to TV budgetary constraints.

[@timothystamm3200]

They did come from somewhere else the entire Romulan race are exiled Vulcans. Reamens are just further changed Romulans.

[@shaunmeldrum4302]

The subtle humor was great! Thanks! 9:38 as an example

[@tnvmadhav2442]

Kudos to the production quality and scientific insight

[@blenjamin]

Time to plug this everywhere I can

[@needhelp4002]

Would love to see a video like this about the planets from mass effect

[@artemisorwhatever9828]

I think most of the ME planets are plausible, with some being irl planets.

[@KurNorock]

"Absolutely no spoilers!" Promptly shows Vision wielding Mjolnir, and Asgaard exploding.

[@nerovanguard846]

Endgame spoilers idiot. By your logic then then Ironman 1 which premiered on 2008 contains spoilers

[@ashleycat4]

@@nerovanguard846 From what little information you have on this random person on the internet that you just called an idiot, is them being an idiot really a fair statement?

[@imasianstayaway2922]

uhhh yeah like these movies were a long time ago who tf would care. so yes

[@KurNorock]

@@imasianstayaway2922 What are you like 12? A long time ago? It hasn't been that long.

[@imasianstayaway2922]

Kur Norock it was 2 years ago. If you haven’t seen it that’s your fault

[@zionberry1553]

Now I’m bout to go watch all the MCU movies

[@temugebagira6592]

Watch it again

[@11kele]

I see that you skipped Zen-Whoberi, the home planet of our favorite Zehoberei gal, Gamora?

[@The_Boulster]

"We will not be showing any spoilers" 3:26 *shows the destruction of Asgard* Honestly though great vid keep it up!

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

The Boulster Didn't look like a destruction, but thanks for spoiling what happens in that scene.

[@memistcentral2044]

Its in ragnarok

[@memistcentral2044]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 its in ragnarok

[@ronpetersen2317]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 It shown Asgard exploding ....

[@jackpreston9236]

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 it literally explodes

[@rosat8395]

Huh, I always thought Vormir actually orbited a black hole, and the light from around it was the accretion disk.

[@artemisorwhatever9828]

You could be right, however I doubt it. Accretion disks usually have a tail leading to a body it just ripped apart and ate.

[@CubicApocalypse128]

@@artemisorwhatever9828 They don't have to, though. It might have completely destroyed a star, and all that's left of it is the accretion disk.

[@liamscienceguy8153]

So like mini Gargantua

[@andyhartley]

Shortly after this video had been edited, exported, and uploaded to KZbin, Simon dropped dead of exhaustion.

[@andyhartley]

Did you, did you, ... did you just credit yourself??

[@ThePrimevalVoid]

@@andyhartley ...did you just reply to yourself?

[@296jacqi]

This was immensely entertaining for a person who is obsessed with both exoplanets and the MCU. Thank you.

[@SentinelGhost]

7:01 People watching in 2019 "lol that's a beer" People watching in 2020 "REEEEEEEEEEE!"

[@Being_Unidirectional]

Corona in latin means crown👑 okay

[@SentinelGhost]

@@Being_Unidirectional Yeah dude. Im fairly certain that's common knowledge. It was a joke...

[@aaronmitchell2281]

Would love to see you tackle some of the worlds of Star Trek!

[@SimonClark]

Perhaps another in this series!

[@VCYT]

....that video would be 23 hours long.

[@aaronmitchell2281]

@@VCYT You say that like it's a bad thing

[@Ernest4502]

Awesome video !!! As James Gordon would say "Not the video we need, but the one we deserve" I want to hear about more PLANETS !!!!!

[@adriftwoodking]

Wow, this video was so well done, massive respect.

[@donovandelaney3171]

Planets don't have inner cores and outer cores. Planets are hollow with a central sun in the center. The true core of the planet is actually in between the mid mantle and the lower mantle.

[@idraote]

Why do I like scientists tearing apart fantasy world's concepts while at the same time loving fantasy and fantasy worlds with all their impossibilities?

[@russianspy5007]

“22 films” Far from Home: Am I a joke to you?

[@StaySqueezy12]

@Evan Conway Those aren't part of the MCU

[@Biomeducated]

Love this prospective, futuristic approach to science! You're looking into the future of potentially discovering and traveling to planets we didn't know existed (but want them to), so on an astrophysical level...Me, on the other hand, I'm often wondering: "What if someday the Neogenetic Recombinator by Dr. Connors could be reality, and we really could crawl walls like Spidey, or have some sort of symbiotic armour like Venom or Carnage. So I'm pondering on the biotechnology side. Just imagine. Would be so cool! What a source of power that would be... and what an amount of responsibility would need to come with it ;)

[@ItsLebza]

I've never enjoyed an education video like I did this one !!!! even after it ended I wanted more !!!

[@steampunksloth0059]

This is an amazing video you guys worked on, I never knew much about the planets of the mcu like this

[@zarahandrahilde9554]

Super smart people getting down to my level. I love it. Thanks guys

[@poirotmysteries]

The amount of research that went to this is amazing! Enjoyed it a lot :)

[@daveonarock6996]

The earth in the thumbnail looks like it has buff arms.

[@LauraDFTBA]

That was interesting, I have nothing to add so take this comment to please our engagement algorithm overlords

[@fireblade295]

22:38 yes, what is THAT? I was almost scared by it being pointed to me.

[@khsabia]

"Do you want to talk about the role of magic in planetary physics?" "Nirp"

[@marvelous_saint6887]

You forgot Zen-Whoberi, Gamora's home planet.

[@God-nv7cp]

Zehoberei

[@qwertyrainetmir7743]

Too little information.

[@nickhuffman3177]

Just out of curiousity, in the case of the worlds with seemingly perpetual eclipses, could it not be possible that th body blocking the sun isn't a moon but a larger celestial body (planet) closer to the sun with a slower, similar orbit that could, in theory, cause eclipses that could last decades? I mean inevitably the orbits would progress the eclipse similar to how the moon eclipses progress but if the world was large enough, closer to the sun and moving in a near synchronized orbit it could be feasible? It would assume of course that they happen to visit these worlds during the time in question, but the window could be so huge as to be likely as well. Neither of the worlds that were eclipsed seemed to bear great amounts of life, possibly having died off early in the eclipse cycle, but the Dark Elf would gave rise to a sentient species which suggests that there was a long enough period prior to the perfect alignment for life to have evolved before the die off..

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

Unfortunately, the speed of an object's orbit is determined by its proximity to the object it orbits, not its mass or other factors. This means that synchronous orbits of planets at two positions in the solar system are effectively impossible.

[@pranit_33xa91]

I think you haven't watched Thor : The Dark World. It is mentioned that Svartalfheim orbits a Black Hole

[@Lemman12]

asgard is its own pocket dimension with yggdrasil connecting the 9 realms together

[@fenrisulven5324]

Well done. Perfect blend of technical details and humor. And Dr Wakeford did a great job of translating the science into common :)

[@matthewffunaro]

This is one of the best informational, theoretical, video I've probably ever seen. This was absolutely fricking awesome. New sub and new big fan. Def sharing this vid with my brother, another geek like me, just smarter. Anyways, great stuff.

[@sagebias2251]

7:26 The permanent eclipse would be stable if the "moon" existed at the L1 Lagrange point of the planet. Or at L2 if if you swap the small bodies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point#/media/File:Lagrange_points_simple.svg I know that L1, L2, and L3 are unstable equilibriums, but this could be accounted for by using a using a lissajous orbit or some space magic.

[@James-zs3vm]

Loved getting to chat with you a little at yogcon simon! Thanks for another brilliant video (excuse the pun)

[@lEGOBOT2565]

Achon isn't orbiting a blue star, that blue spot is Ego trying to take over the planet

[@PieRowManiac]

Scrolled down to see if anyone else noticed this too.

[@kellenwong1321]

Also, they said it's an O-type star(even though that's Ego and not a star). But if it's an O-type, shouldn't it be much bigger and much farther away from the planet? But if it was a white dwarf, it wouldn't make sense either since, Aakon would be way too big and way too close relative to it's star.

[@richardbourton4523]

Your choice of quote from each film was PERFECT. And the whole concept was fascinating but I’m bowled over by cryovolcanism, that sounds incredible.

[@dionemoolman]

A potential solution to Svartalfheim is that it is actually a moon of a major gas giant at the L2 point. At L2, an object will remain directly opposite to the star relative to the planet, which could cause a permanent eclipse provided the gas giant’s shadow extends that far. While the Lagrange point L2 technically isn’t stable (as over time bodies will drift away), this can be solved by saying there’s some form of magical orbital adjustment using some unknown power source, which isn’t impossible considering the enormous amounts of energy used and possessed by the Asgardians.

[@titan-1802]

well, considerably, Svartalfheim was confirmed to be orbiting a Black Hole, which means that most of the information that you've said is sadly outdated...

[@Danilego]

Wow, I always thought Thanos was from the actual Titan, Saturn's moon. That would make sense considering there are other moons nearby, that Thanos even threw at the Avengers

[@plagueincandglitch776]

They would die. Its to cold

[@celem12]

You could talk about jupiter in Jupiter Ascending! Love to see if it would be scientifically possible!

[@nickname6949]

1:45 we all know that ultron was science and mcu was vision

[@punxsu]

Best Video I've seen in a while! Best of both worlds: Entertainment AND Science. Love it!

[@burstfireacademy4495]

I just found this video and channel today. I have been waiting for this all my life, hahaha. Go Science!

[@frasqai23]

Awesome video Simon! Though there is one planet that only features in the MCU TV series, Maveth from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which might also be quite interesting. Also for a future video maybe take a look at Stellaris is with it's planet and star classes and the various anomalies you can find.

[@HannahWakefordastro]

I did want us to include Maveth at first but it would have been a tangent to the narrative set up so we decided to take it out of this video.

[@mmonnens]

"Flash Thordon" You have made my day! FLASH!!! NAAAAHH!!!!!!

[@zuhayrroha4392]

Some of the astronomic stuffs went over my head but i got all the MCU reference. Btw my reflexes are too fast and i caught most of them

[@iampaulzy]

Uh..sorry. The graphic used at time code 1:21 refers to chronology, NOT the enumeration of planets within the Marvel Universe.

[@adia7017]

"Copper turns blue when oxidized" *shows picture of the now mostly green Statue of Liberty* Nailed it