Why Space Over South America is Deadly for Satellites

[@rizdalegend]

The radiation belt graphic was hugely helpful.

[@LordGryllwotth]

I hope your satellites survive!

[@davetoms1]

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[@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588]

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[@trippsmclovin]

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[@Macaraccoon]

x

[@aljo8200]

Satellites: NOOO I DON'T WANNA GO TO BRAZIL

[@2k7u]

It's just brazil's anti-spy satelite super weapon.

[@sircheesy1350]

I WANT TO GO TO DISNEYLAND

[@AlfexYT]

Beat me too it damn

[@CM-NightDK]

HAHAHAAHHAHA!!!! yes come to brazil children!! HAHAHAHA!!!

[@MazevG]

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the Brazil meme

[@Maicowerk]

5:00 This is why NASA sends up three astronauts at a time, so if 2 agree and 1 disagrees they go with the two because obviously a particle has knocked the sense out of the 3rd guy.

[@GustafXI]

!

[@ricardomaco]

Particle Turned the third guy into a Democrat

[@fumu776]

@@ricardomaco OWNED THE LIBS!!!!

[@anteshell]

@@ricardomaco I don't think you know what democracy and in extension what a democrat means. It literally means that majority of votes win. You figuratively just managed to shot into your own goal and declare yourself as a winner. ;D

[@anteshell]

@@fumu776 You forgot "by" from between the words "owned" and "the".

[@TARS..]

"COME TO BRASIL" they said

[@nomnombr]

if you want to, good luck

[@FunnyFany]

Just don't go to Rio and you'll be fine

[@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958]

No, it's wrong. If you read the text, it's written "be welcome". Be welcome to my blog to read my theory. No interest at all in you coming to my country, no interest at all in going to yours.

[@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958]

@@nomnombr See my answer to TARS, it apllies to you too.

[@FelipeKana1]

This country is so doomed that even satellites can't handle flying above us

[@NewMessage]

So.. there's a bermuda triangle in space? Come on Sci-Fi writers, pick up this thread!

[@scottanderson8167]

New Message a Bermuda Rhobmus

[@Castroxlmao]

Yeeeeeeees pleaaaas

[@hueyiroquois3839]

God damn it. I just posted the same thing, but now I have to delete it, because it looks like I copied you.

[@UltraHuman]

@@scottanderson8167 pretty much the first thing I thought 🌌💕⭐🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SMunro]

Dark matter asteroid impact.

[@Swenthorian]

These single-event upsets happen on the surface, too! They're one of the reasons why your computer becomes unstable if you go too long without restarting, and why good servers use special RAM.

[@VKSgtSLaughter]

MRAM is used, as its more resistant to power surges, cosmic-rays, radiation, and charged particles from the sun.

[@lucianmihail584]

Interesting.

[@anullhandle]

Single event upsets come in a few flavors. Error correcting ram and other data redundancy methods are one level of protection. Voting circuits that send the loser back to recalculate. Error mapping to block off permanently damaged cells. Hardware and software watchdog timers to reboot locked up systems etc. There's also many hardware protections. Ditching cmos for bjt. Ditching silicon for GaAs. Putting silicon on sapphire. Ultrapure materials for encapsulation with less residual radiation. Depleted boron shielding etc... Space is trying to kill you, and your electronics :)

[@ElementofKindness]

Ugh! I'm having flashbacks of Windows 98

[@bryanjk]

@@VKSgtSLaughter is this similar to ECC ram?

[@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958]

The cause of the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly (as we know it here in Brazil) is not an inexplicable difference in rotation of Earth's core. It's just an unbalance on distribution of iron ore near in the mantle. This concentration was caused by an asteroid impact at the South Pole, uplifting the iron-rich magma. I have recently published and illustrated this theory in my blog - The Permian Extinction caused by an asteroid impact at West Antarctic. The South Atlantic Anomaly explanation is presented on the post Consequences of the Permian impacts - Part 2. Be welcome!

[@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958]

Well, you will not find the blog only by the title. Use the address (without spaces) permian extinction by asteroid dot blogspot dot com

[@LennerPOPPADOPALIS89]

@@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958 interesting

[@Igor-ls1qq]

Tu é brasileiro?

[@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958]

@@Igor-ls1qq Brasileiro e paulista... tem versão do blog em português (sem espaços): extincao permiana por asteroide ponto blogspot ponto com

[@Igor-ls1qq]

@@jeffersonwagnerdessordi8958 Caramba velho, que massa! Sou baiano. Estudo Engenharia de computação, mas é aquilo, ciência é ciência e eu acho linda de ler

[@nannyoggsally]

Man I love Reid's voice!

[@2ethefirst318]

Computers that vote? *Evangelion has entered the chat*

[@massimookissed1023]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoSogIuIgbijjMU (3mins)

[@seanathanbeanathan]

*a cruel Angel's Thesis intensifies*

[@CarthagoMike]

*Komm Süsser Tod* intensifies

[@NaschAzure]

Can't wait for my orange soda

[@SanctuaryReintegrate]

Just gotta hope one of the computers isn't haunted by someone's dead mom.

[@ThrottleKitty]

It's because we killed the dodo birds, they were an important part of the local magnetosphere.

[@MagnakayViolet]

We are indeed a cursed species yet so resourceful.

[@jonathansauceda589]

Duh

[@adi8724]

OMG I was just about to day that , great minds hey..

[@genghiskhan6688]

Dodos lived exclusively on the Indian Ocean's island of Mauritius, tho. There has never been a single one in South America or the South Atlantic region.

[@Markle2k]

@@genghiskhan6688 It shifted the anomaly westward. Duh!

[@screenplaya4562]

The voices in my head want me to ask about the origin of the voices in my head.

[@starshot5172]

When we learned to read, we started doing this. Just like you're doing right now

[@cluerip]

@@starshot5172 not everyone has a voice in their head though.

[@birri-birrikay4546]

Alexa play Voices by Stray Kids

[@ipissed]

Do you have a voice in your head that just always constantly talks about farting? So annoying.

[@Johnnyy832]

That’s schizophrenia bud. You need to go the hospital and get checked out.

[@BBBrasil]

WOW, I really like when Reid isn't trying to be funny. His jokes and mannerisms are awkward but when he is serious he builds confidence. SAA is a serious topic and he firmly conveyed the seriousness of it.

[@bobbyharper8710]

The Atlantic Triangle!

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

Kinda want to call it the Cthulhulian Triangle. I don't know, Lovecraftian stories have been on my mind and it seemed appropriate for the mythos to prevent the spread of knowledge. Too bad it ain't over the pacific ocean since Cthulhu sleeps under there.

[@colinfranks1442]

tlantic Triangle..

[@colinfranks1442]

Sorry for the above. What I wanted to say was that the Bermuda Triangle is also in the Atlantic.

[@JamesOKeefe-US]

I love how accessible SciShow Space is. Thank you for helping us better understand our universe!!

[@darenohanlon4617]

This is another aspect of the south Atlantic magnetic anomaly that cursed shipping for 50 years ,the south polar magnetic lines of force erupted into a buckle,that WAS way out in the south Atlantic,but about 10-15 years ago,the buckle began to move and hit land in south America,there is a valley somewhere,where they get around 500 lightening strikes everyday

[@ls200076]

When Thor and Zeus decides to take a vacation in South-America.

[@PityYouFoolz]

I wish this guy would do more videos. Such an awesome voice and demeanor..... Very calming and easy to follow.

[@cassiorichiniti]

nah they get stuck in Curitiba customs office xD

[@johnellis8401]

What happens if all three computers disagree?

[@miguelfernandez6767]

Mexican standoff

[@23AlexandreJ]

*plays old west duel song *

[@IceMetalPunk]

That's so incredibly unlikely... but if it happens, I think generally the response is "take no actions until they all agree again".

[@sdfkjgh]

Alexandre J.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoqsYWyGgrOUsNk Then, at the climax, the three computers draw, and: 01000010 01100001 01101110 01100111 00100001

[@NaschAzure]

The third impact

[@themeatpopsicle]

"sometimes we want satellites there" yeah like when we want to provide satellite-based services to the millions of people in South America

[@OrchidAlloy]

Yeah this video acts as though people only lived on the northern hemisphere lol

[@OrchidAlloy]

@Swampy As a tribal kid that doesn't like COD, I'm offended

[@leogama3422]

Do you realize that satellites don't need to be physically over the places they provide services to. Right?

[@kirtil5177]

satellites like that (like gps for example) orbit at geostationary orbits or close to it, which is at 35k km, waaaaaay above the anomaly, the problem is for the closer satellites that have faster orbits

[@victorfergn]

@@leogama3422 Do you realize that satellites don't NECESSARILY need to be physically over the places they provide services to. Right?* (some do)

[@niagarawarrior9623]

i really like sci show and its sci show sub categories, overall this is great channel. i like all the presenters for their corresponding sci show segments, but this guy is really good.

[@CarthagoMike]

I bet HAL has been through such a belt one too many times.

[@martinpakes5436]

9000 times?

[@Vicartje]

Open the pod bay doors HAL

[@Alexagrigorieff]

@@Vicartje Sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that

[@chinatype2bassrocker809]

My guess: HALs had quite a few belts.

[@LegoEddy]

probably one of its variables bit-flipped. Like some "supportMankind = True" was altered to False.

[@piguyalamode164]

The SAA, aka the something awful area

[@warrenchu4612]

survive the rt trip jnb to sao paulo.

[@prtcgv5105]

As a Brazilian, I want to apologize! This anomaly is due to our corrupt politicians.

[@trollfacegaming1111]

Lol

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Considering the state of the world, we should be able to push the anomaly somewhere else with the amount of corruption we can use to pull at other places.

[@TaeSunWoo]

America and like 20 other countries need to apologize too then

[@charlessarver1637]

😆🥁😆🥁😆🥁😆🥁😆🥁😆🥁😆🥁😆

[@LasloCanadi]

I’m fascinated by how low and deep the narrator’s voice gets at the end of each sentence. It’s a very beautiful finishing tone, after all those various higher pitches.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Nice presentation describing the Van Allen Radiation belts, and their relatedness to the southern anomaly! Maybe you could do an entire episode just about them (if you haven't already done so!)

[@chakyikac6781]

0:52 Every speed is supersonic in vacuum.

[@aaronridley1603]

This is nerdy, but in the near-Earth space environment, there is no perfect vacuum. It is just a question of how low of a density exists. The speed of sound at low Earth orbit is about 1,200 MPH.

[@axelord4ever]

I mean, it's technically correct. And, also, if this was actually compared to sea-level supersonic speeds it would also still be correct, I guess? _How fast is the speed of light?_ _Somewhere over 100kph_ True, but not helpful.

[@raedwulf61]

Except for the speed of sound.

[@chakyikac6781]

@@raedwulf61 ... in vacuum...

[@raedwulf61]

@@chakyikac6781 There is no speed of sound in a vacuum. Ergo, it cannot be supersonic.

[@keithduff6312]

4:46 - We currently launch mostly from Kazakhstan, not Russia.

[@vonfaustien3957]

The facility is Russian owned isnt it?

[@jorandax9059]

This is made for Americans. How many of us can look at a "-stan" country and think of anything other than terrorism? Also it has a "kh" in there! Scary!

[@JoaoOstroski420]

It’s soviet territory comrade.

[@JoaoOstroski420]

Brennan358 hey! Don’t say that most of us Americans in the south part of the continent aren’t like that. Btw why do people always think the U.S.A is called America? It’s like calling if people started calling Germany “Europe” and Germans “Europeans” Maybe it’s some sort of conspiracy.

[@giggoty4926]

@@JoaoOstroski420 in alot of languages usa has no demonym. You can't say usa er but you can say american. They are also the only country in the americas(2 continents not one) that have america in their name

[@Danielstoner]

Great voice, tone, and volume to watch at night. I enjoyed this episode very much. Thx

[@michaeloppliger2518]

Reid, I enjoy how put your voice to work! Especially to emotion at 0:15 :-)

[@herranton]

Beard Reimers, Thank you for hosting this video! That's all I got.

[@Shaden0040]

Isn't the SAA not only a magnetic anomaly, it is also a gravitational anomaly?

[@nthuq]

Fantastic video! I've passed it on to my team members to help them understand this problem further, as it something we'll have to deal with in the future!

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Not sure why there are dislikes, this is a great episode.

[@rolandsier1201]

Well explained and great voice 👍🏼

[@MOKPT3]

What qualifies as "supersonic speeds" when referring to space? 0:55 Probably not the best choice of terms to refer to the speed of something in a vacuum where there is no sound. I do like your videos. Keep em coming.

[@omargoodman2999]

Any speed is supersonic in space.

[@jazzfan1994]

The sparse gases that are pretty much everywhere in space can support large-scale pressure waves (aka sound waves although you couldn't hear them) so a sound speed in space does make sense though I'm not sure that's what they mean here. But you can definitely get gas flows greater than the local sound speed that result in shocks somewhat like those that cause sonic booms on Earth.

[@storygirlunknown5008]

Your voice is so soothing I accidentally started meditating.

[@VestedUTuber]

Just an interesting bit of info, tropical cyclones are also almost entirely unheard of in the South Atlantic with only one ever on record. Probably just a coincidence.

[@regular-joe]

Could you have Mr. Reimers host a Crash Course series, please? He's hugely talented and relatable, and would be an amazing teacher.

[@michaelcall-kirkendoll3004]

I was listening to the channel on background mode and was wondering when scishow hired Pen from Pen and Teller to host.

[@carazy123_]

Really well put-together video. I learned a lot.

[@Nozerone]

3:42 Planning an orbit over the NASA facility in Maryland that doesn't fly over South America isn't hard. You have 2 choices, 1 where the orbit goes close to the north and south poles, which then yea it would go over South America, or the orbit travels more west to east which would avoid going over South America, and instead go over Africa. The only orbits that would be hard to plan for would be orbits that have to travel close to the area, because the service they provide is meant for those areas. Of course, satellites meant for countries like Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and other places in that area would be impossible to avoid. For the most part, planning an orbit that doesn't collide with another satellite is probably a lot harder to do.

[@christopherjuhasz4204]

Draggon Reaper the thing is satellites in low earth orbits cannot do what you’re suggesting because a satellite in LEO need to be going faster that the earth rotates to stay in orbit and since this anomaly ranges from a latitude of 0 to -60 and a longitude of -90 to 40. Sense it’s such a large area any satellite orbiting at the same altitude as the anomaly is going to go through it. However if you were to put a satellite in a elliptical orbit that is just under the altitude of the belt then it may just work but you can’t just change a satellite orbit the large amount that would need to be changed to avoid the anomaly.

[@christopherjuhasz4204]

Also you got to remember that the earth is huge and these satellites aren’t that big making distances between them are huge I’m talking hundreds of miles.

[@Nozerone]

@@christopherjuhasz4204 I wasn't talking about speed at all. I was talking about the course the satellite takes as it orbits. Moving west to east, the course would cause it to not pass through, or over the anomaly. I'm don't know what you think I was suggesting, but based off your comment I do know I wasn't suggesting whatever it was you thought I was suggesting.

[@robertcuthbert8095]

If it goes over 40 degrees north, it also goes over 40 degrees south, there is no way around this

[@Nozerone]

@@robertcuthbert8095 40 degrees south isn't only on this side of the world. Ok, so the Nasa facility is near 38.991 , -76.852. The opposite side of the world is -38.991, 76.852 and that is located near the half way point between Africa and Australia in the Indian Ocean. How ever -38.991, -76.852 is about 300 miles west of Chile on the southern end of South America. An orbit that flew over 38.991, -76.852 going west to east would NOT go over South America, and still go over -38.911, 76.852 which is the opposite side of the world from the NASA facility. An orbit that flew over 38.991, -76.852 going noth to south or vise versa would go over its opposite point, but also go over -38.911, -76.852 which makes the satellite go over South America and through the anomaly. There are 2 ways to travel around the world, one would take you through the anomaly, the other won't. If you're still having trouble with this then google "opposite side of the world". Click the first link, and put in the coords for the NASA facility. Scroll all the way out till you see the whole world, and plot a path from NASA to the point on the other side of the world from it. You'll find that 1 path (past the poles) goes through South America, while the path that would be west - east Only skims the anomaly. I will admit though, I was wrong in saying that it would completely avoid it. Found a better picture of the anomaly, and didn't realize it actually stretches across the Atlantic and into Africa a bit. Even still though, a satellite on a west-eastern trajectory would only skim the anomaly, while a path running north-south, or south-north goes right through the area the anomaly covers.

[@theosib]

I did research on SEUs during grad school. My dissertation includes a high performance forward error correction code for CPU caches that is able to correct some multi-bit upsets in L2 and L3 SRAM caches. For those interested, look for "Parichute" on Google Scholar.

[@FluidKaos]

Supersonic speeds.... in space. I know what he means, I'm just being a pedant

[@limiv5272]

If you want to be pedantic, then the speed of sound is just a name for the speed at which sound travels through dry air at 20C. This specific set of conditions has no cosmic meaning or importance. It's like calling 20Kkm/h John, objects and people other than John can move at John speed

[@momentary_]

Supersonic speed doesn't mean the it's making sound. Supersonic speed is just a speed.

[@carlosandleon]

@@limiv5272 Actually temperature and pressure is actually considered when measuring the speed of sound. That's being pedantic

[@chaoswarriorbr]

Yes, spersonic speed will be higher or lower depending on atmospheric factors. Technically you reauire atmosphere to have sound, hence be able to break the sound barrier. The narrator probably meant "equivalent to supersonic speeds at sea level and standard conditions" (1atm 20°C at sea level?). You actually can only stay in low orbit if you're moving that fast to maintain the centripetal acceleration that combined with the gravity at that height, allow to maintain the same orbit.

[@AdrianParsons]

@@chaoswarriorbr How's this for pedantic? An atmosphere is *not* required for sound. Sound can travel through liquids and solids (and plasmas) as well as, and usually better than, through gases.

[@Nostradamus_Order33]

Great job with the video graphics

[@johntakolander8613]

Does this anomaly have any connection with the nearly constant Catatumbo thunderstorms? It fits nearly geographically.

[@leechowning2712]

Actually my question would be starfish prime. I wonder how close the western tip is to that.

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

I HAVE A QUESTION. WOULD IT STILL EFFECT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IF YOU WERE TO TURN IT OFF WHEN IT APPROACHED THIS AREA AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AFTER IT LEFT? NOT SURE HOW HARD THIS WOULD BE BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF IN THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME IT MIGHT SAVE THE CHIPS ?

[@socoracingtv1934]

Satellite systems cannot be shut down for any length of time. They are also up there doing specific thing. I the case of triangulation for gps if one shuts down the network will now and the accuracy will go down.

[@TheDevler23]

Digging the beard!

[@TheDevler23]

@@gratefuldeadmau5610 well THAT was unnecessary...

[@tyrstone3539]

Grateful Deadmau5 xd

[@iamfromindia4971]

@@gratefuldeadmau5610 well that was weird

[@RRM_Personal]

This dude's voice could kill a god. So soothing yet so powerful

[@dukegeche]

That magnificent beard

[@pepinillorick5741]

He has more beard than hair

[@lucianmihail584]

This guy hosts the most interesting videos on this channel, in my opinion; i'm curious if he has an input in the content? Anyway, congrats! Keep it up!

[@BrokebackBob]

Reid, you've amped up your inherent sexiness with that magnificent beard!

[@mryea6954]

LMAO XD

[@markokkare]

Your jump cuts makes me crazy!

[@Draxis32]

It's just the *HU3* effect on the upper atmosphere

[@Misack8]

HUEHUEHUEHUE! BRBR?

[@Carlos_Lennon]

BRBRBRBRBRBR!

[@inseut]

If you, fellow Brazilian, still laugh at "huehuehue brbr" and use this laughter on the internet, you're totally stuck in 2013. Our contemporary memes are way better. Our shitpost is much more advanced. Let's move on from that cringe lol

[@furinick]

@@inseut have you heard of ironic memes? Its when you use something old and unfunny and use in a nostalgic kind of throwback, along with joking about people that still use it Besides, its already our international way of representing ourselves, like the dutch when they say gekolonizeerd or the swedes using börk

[@holamovie9343]

this was super easy to follow and was really interesting. 👍💕💕

[@exoplanets]

NASA, please, don't make the *James Webb Teslecope* orbit over that area

[@michagrill9432]

Nah it will probs be in one of the legrange points

[@jasonlewis4438]

Which is also why space debris isn't that big of a problem, because 99.99% of it is in Near Earth Orbit, while James Webb is past the Moon

[@kaelandin]

You don’t think they would have factored this into account, even if it were in LEO, which it isn’t going to be.

[@gordonstewart8258]

The same method was used for navigation back in the 19th century: ships carried multiple chronometers and the captain compared them to get a more accurate reading for the noon sighting (used to determine longitude.)

[@BATTIS94]

3:17 I mean... We're also making and launching satellites in South America. So there is that.

[@aninjaunicorn4315]

I could listen to this guy talk for hours

[@comment.highlighted]

“Sometimes they just up and reboot.” Why can’t scientists just admit that the Aliens keep pressing the restart button? 👽

[@lordofthecats6397]

No, the satellites just do that to clear their browsing history.

[@comment.highlighted]

@LordOfTheCats Well, those scientists need to leave the Alien’s browsing history alone. They only watch those sites for human procreation studies 👽😂

[@GreenZapperZ]

The aliens are just trying to help out by updating Windows 10.

[@Ciech_mate]

A decent episode thank you

[@smungahh]

I usually try to focus on the science but damn, that's a fine beard.

[@manishhamza]

Wow... So conveniently done... 👍 Ur logic and deductions deserve 7🌟... That should keep u happy boy.

[@osmosisjones4912]

Wonder if any or how much of the mass of super Earth's include sattlites and or moons we don't detect. If alien had their own Kepler teloscopes but couldn't travel to earth would they over estimate Earth's mass with moon also tugging on same sun

[@23AlexandreJ]

If their kepler couldn't detect the moon as a separate entity, they kinda would, but wouldn't make that much of a difference, cause the moon has only 0.01% of earth's mass

[@massimookissed1023]

Compared to its parent planet (Earth), our moon is quite big, but it's still only 1.2% of Earth's mass.

[@osmosisjones4912]

@@massimookissed1023 but what if any super Earth's had two moons

[@robertt9342]

Osmosis Jones . Why stop at 2, why not 5 or 10.... Jk

[@sagacious03]

Pretty interesting! Thanks for uploading!

[@kingjames4886]

if we really want to progress we need to learn how to deal with radiation and cancer so we can even explore the cosmos using dense energy sources that are all radioactive anyways...

[@lachlanchester8142]

And so we can heal cancer patients

[@kingjames4886]

@@lachlanchester8142 that too. if it were a simple issue we could ignore so many other roadblocks though.

[@Roberto-REME]

Great video!

[@rogeriopenna9014]

- "It's too heavy and expensive to launch satellites with metallic shields" - SpaceX Starship has entered the chat

[@boulderbash19700209]

- let's send three computer instead.

[@andrewbaker5081]

Nice presentation.

[@ethanc94]

Santa sends all of the naughty kids on a one way flight to brazil

[@reulingue8151]

So, that's why the sun burn my skin only few seconds exposed, even in the winter? I'm from South of Brazil

[@mossponsol]

The Neil Degrasse Tyson is strong in this one.

[@timhyatt9185]

there's been discussion of how the magnetic field has been changing and documentation of that shifting.. Has the SAA shown corresponding changes that seem to coincide with the changes in the overall planetary field??

[@handlebarfox2366]

the magnetic north pole has recently been moving significantly away from Canada and towards Siberia, what effect would that have on the Van Allen belts?

[@susantheberge4731]

You win the prize for your good question. N & S magnetic poles are moving more rapidly than they have in thousands of years. My understanding is THAT is the cause of the South Atlantic Anomaly. It is opposite (on the globe) of the approximate meeting point of the N & S poles. You my friend should get acquainted with SuspiciousObservers.org for tons more cutting edge science on this and related fields.

[@Uselesssinfo12]

This mans voice is so soothing.

[@Knee-Lew]

Now I'm worried for Starlink's satellites... Wait... will those satellites be okay? Because some of them will get through this belt (600km) in really close altitude (550km)...

[@janpeternelj2309]

Yeah 50km in space is basically nothing :/

[@avroarchitect1793]

Maybe, but there are going to be many overlapping at any given time. And they are designed to be cheap and disposeable. So the standard redundancy system should be more than enough

[@jecadventure]

You all are amazing.

[@christopherjuhasz4204]

Uhh high energy parties is radiation the literal definition of radiation according to Oxford radiation is the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles, especially high-energy particles which cause ionization.

[@tyrstone3539]

Different kinds of radiation are present in space than on Earth

[@moncivaisroel]

Awesome Beard dude.

[@killerbite_]

but the real question is when the hell did he grow that beard

[@Walk_on_Part_In_a_War]

He's inspired by Simon Whistler. Here come the coloured shirts...

[@joshurlay]

I came to the comment section to make sure I *wasn't* crazy

[@shandya]

@@joshurlay me too! hahaha

[@ryugo7713]

killerbite_ he hasn’t always had a beard?

[@joshurlay]

@@ryugo7713 God I'll settle this once and for all. Time to look at old episodes.

[@nancychace8619]

Good explanation.

[@Azoryo]

0:53 super "sonic" speeds?

[@JimFortune]

Faster than the speed of sound on the surface of the sun?

[@muthegameonline]

Faster than the speed of sound, what's the problem with it

[@dsc4178]

So many factors affect so many things. Too many people like to think there's only one thing that matters, and ignore all the interactions and what they all mean as they interact, the full impacts.

[@Tockrellman]

Can we talk about the “signals” from 500 million light years away that are supposedly being sent to earth every 16 days???

[@MariaMartinez-researcher]

Not "sent" to Earth. Just caught here, because we are listening to everything. From that distance, is highly improbable someone is trying to contact *us,* since those signals, travelling at light speed, were emitted about 500 million years ago... Still extremely interesting, but most probably, not aliens. At least, not aliens trying to contact us right now. 🖖

[@dnomyarnostaw]

Nah. Not aliens. The content of the signals is definitely some kind of natural source.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The signals likely aren't targeted, and just happen to be pointed in our general direction every 16 days. Maybe it's a pulsar orbiting another star, and the 16 day window is when it's not obscured.

[@GeminiS...]

This gentleman has a great voice

[@charleshamilton9274]

South American Anomaly: Brazil suddenly realizes it has a problem even worse than Bolsonaro.

[@sohopedeco]

Bolsonaro is a problem that is pretty hard to beat.

[@fatetestarossa2774]

@@sohopedeco I disagree leftrurds are going down : )

[@GustavoBeta32]

You guys should just shut up and get lost

[@diegoteixeira2003]

fate testarossa é tudo farinha do mesmo saco

[@Malfunct1onM1ke]

Thats one awesome beard

[@trodat07]

Hm, that’d explain why my powers don’t work here...

[@Triadii]

well explained, I could understand it pretty easily

[@Master_Therion]

Satellites have to keep their electronics warm enough to function and South America is just too Chile.

[@SekiLapse]

Get out

[@23AlexandreJ]

​@@SekiLapse u need to chile

[@SekiLapse]

@@23AlexandreJ oh Jesus...

[@rickharper4533]

Seki Lapse, dude, take a chile pill, you need to calm down

[@SekiLapse]

@@rickharper4533 why should I listen to you? I don't Bolivia at all

[@gymnodinium9]

I live in this zone and didn´t know about it, great vid thanks!

[@jslater6425]

Didnt we already "venture beyond near Earth space"? Like 50 years ago...

[@IceMetalPunk]

Our robots did, but we did not.

[@jslater6425]

@@IceMetalPunk Neil Armstrong was a robot?

[@JimFortune]

@@jslater6425 The moon is considered "near earth space".

[@kantoorhandook6595]

Near earth studio*

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@jslater6425 The Moon is near-Earth space. In fact, it's the nearest body to Earth that's in space.

[@knyghtryder3599]

Wow another outstanding video, question could space have mass and could that mass vary with the type of space ???????

[@GraveUypo]

nah that's just my power interfering with the magnetosphere. i live in the center of the anomaly.

[@kanjaukko6075]

Inside a fat man?

[@killaj419]

I learned years ago that this area actually has opposite polarity and very weak areas. Meaning the field is reversed in spots and in others isn't very strong so auroras happen sometimes. The increased radiation closer to the surface is the result.

[@Jessegalang]

Broke: The South Atlantic Anomaly Woke: The Something Awful Area

[@walop]

I don’t know how this would affect a transmission satellite, but I’ve had satellite TV from 1997 through 2013, and maybe only once or twice I had warnings about sun waves interfering with the signal, I don’t recall if it actually did anything .

[@archenema6792]

Nah. The cartels just got their hands on some SAMs back in the 90s.

[@nicholascecil6733]

This guy sounds like K. Trevor Wilson. And that's what's I appreciates about this video

[@jasonland455]

Why can’t this be explained by a hot chick

[@Krebzonide]

So the belts rotate around earth following its rotation? I didn't expect that.