Brady has a really good grasp on the "art" of asking questions about science topics by now. I am not sure I could name somebody better - and I am a big fan of BBC/PBS style documentaries and many comparable youtube channels. He keeps the questions simple enough to make the topic accessible, yet still gets to the heart of the topic, occassionally forcing the scientists to think for a bit, because the question may be simple, but not easy.

Sol: The feeling when the mold on one of your shiniest planet gets snarky. #2Lazy2Flare

I used to get some great solar observing in when I was a kid with my 70mm refractor. It had rudimentary filters (very unsafe!) and a little table projection screen, where you could put paper and draw. I remember I had done sketches of sunspots on consecutive days. I wish I still had them so that I could roll them up into an animated gif.

I'm very happy that he has made YT videos his (real) job, and that the ads allow him to keep making them.

In my opinion our star is the most fascinating one, because we can observe it in most detail, detail which we could only dream of, observing other stars (that is not to say that this will not happen at some point in the future)

Good old Brady asking interesting, relevant questions as usual. Thanks mate!

Thanks Brad ! I was waiting for that part Deux. Amazing interview !

These questions are fantastic! I was fully engrossed listening :D

I love the sun. It's definitely my favorite star! Superb video by the way, I'm so glad there are more videos on this channel, I find the universe such an amazing place and these videos just make me sit in awe. :)

Thank you so much, I will check them out :)

3:15 it is the Goldilocks star!

I chatted with Pete on Twitter. He clarified that the Sun is average in terms of the type of star that it is. It is in the middle of the evolutionary main sequence. However, it just so happens that the occurrence of other types of stars is higher.

it was worth the wait ;)

Don't forget the Maunder Minimum where there was little activity on the Sun from 1645 to 1715 coinciding with the Little Ice Age.

Well, now I've seen every single deepsykyvideo uploaded. I can go outside and play now. Best one? Planet hunter. Made me look at some graphs and try and look for an exoplanet. :D

I wish there was a way to donate and have no more ads in exchange though.

no ads help users watch videos.

I did a little search on horizon episodes and found three titles: "Horizon: Supermassive Black Holes" (2000), "Horizon: Who's Afraid of a Big black Hole" (2009) and "Horizon: Swallowed by a Black Hole" (2012-2013)... hope it helps :)

You guys should do a vid about the solar maximum - and about how it seems theres a downward trend of sun activity in the last 100 years - a bigger cycle than the 11 year one - perhaps we are heading to another 'little ice age' like in the medieval times - i read that was a long period with very few sun spots.

We have examined many many stars out there, and from the wide range of different types of stars we have examined the sun is more in the average category compared to the other massive stars, and dwarf stars. So it's not average because we're used to it, it's average because we see more stars out there like our own, than we see massive stars, or dwarf stars.

Agree, maybe Brady could help us out ....

"interesting time" how very british. :) great video

just instal ad block plus, no more ads on the internet anywhere.

I disagree with his take that the Sun isn't "special." Sure, it's pretty much your "average" yellow dwarf, but it's also very unusual: - It's a single star (most come in pairs or triplets). - It's not associated with a cluster. - It's fairly inactive for a star of its age/type (not subject to violent outbursts like most stars). - It's the only star we know of with life (intelligent or otherwise) despite centuries of searching.

@Arcsecant

7 жыл бұрын

magicstix0r Also, since it's larger than 90% of all stars (most are red dwarfs) it's not a dwarf, and it's not average. It's huge.

can you discuss brown dwarf stars?

There's a bit of misinformation at 3:00. The Sun is now thought to be brighter than about 85% of the stars in the Milky Way galaxy. So, it's not actually an average star.

I think the Sun is special in its so called average-ness, because if it weren't temperate, we wouldn't be here.

Can we discuss the very important role that super-massive black holes have on galaxy dynamics, I watched a wonderful Horizon prog about this.

Based on the contents of all the videos in the rest of his channels, it's entirely possible that Brady is actually a sentient AI developed by the combined science departments at Nottingham to better understand human behaviour and Final Cut Pro. If so, I'd imagine Haranbot 1.0 would require recharging for a few hours after every operational cycle.

Interesting guy

Brady, are you going to do a video anytime soon about the discovery of a new moon orbiting Neptune?

I've got a great example of the sun being compared to the rest of the stars! Try asking this one to some of your friends: What is the brightest star in the sky? Most people will mistakenly say "The North Star", your more knowledgeable friends may even say "Sirius", but one with the right mindset will correctly say "The Sun" :) “The more you over-think the less you will understand.” ~ Habeeb Akande

Do you remember the title of that Horizon episode? Thanks!

Not as long as it remains in its orbit, as it is fully expected to do. Up until the time that the sun expands to include Mercury within its bulk.

8 months later

I don't think he would really want to observe something extraordinary from the sun - as it would probably be the last thing he, and everyone else, would get to observe.

Yep it's called Swallowed by a Black Hole, it's on iplayer bbc co uk/iplayer/episode/b036bv0z/Horizon_20122013_Swallowed_by_a_Black_Hole/

That is true, but I think I implied as much in my comment ;)

Maybe we think the sun is and "average" star because we are already used to it.

Why should they?

because they are bad. I think the vertical mouse is a much better option than the trackball mouse to be honest, at least they arent as one dimensional in terms of use as a trackball

vaporized!? A bad day.

I change what I want to see, with AdBlock.

While what you say is true, that's nothing to do with the star itself - just that we are very close to it. If it was a star 20,000 LY away we wouldnt give it a second glance.

do I see a trackball mouse.... -sigh- why wont those things die!

If we looked at night sky through these filters, would we see stars? They are using hydrogen too, after all

Could the sun vaporize Mercury?

@Psyfi85

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t really have an atmosphere to vaporize. It will end up engulfing Mercury & Venus eventually and perhaps Earth. Let’s hope if humans are still around by then our orbit changes.

but our star isn't ordinary, it is unusually stable. Only 10% or so of stars out their are even in the same spectral class. An ordinary star would be a common star and that would be red dwarfs. We only think ours is ordinary because the scale is zeroed out on the most observed star, ours.

I almost didn't believe youtube.

Yes it was. He made far less videos, of less quality. It is VERY clear that since going professional with his channels they stepped up.

If you define a "real job" as earning money, I do. I assume that his main revenue comes from YT, and this is what allows him to make the videos.

Bet Pete is really bummed out these days with the grand solar minimum....

@bazpearce9993

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Which never happened eh?

Please don't kick the sun. Thank you.

Hi the sun is not yellow it is a green star

and you run adverts on your videos because....?

don't kick the sun, you'll burn your foot

hmmm the sons of the sun? ^^ Naw they're more like the sisters. But the other thing sounds cooler

All comments: (0) Is that a first? :D

I hope he did ;-) Nothing in life is free, I guess before the ads the University payed for the videos. Now that we pay them by watching the ads, the University can use the monney for other projects, the students. It does not matter. The content of the internet is payed by ads, get used to it because its simple. No ads no free content. Using an adblocker is not clever because it destroys free content on the long run.

"KZread is suppose to be FREE and it NOT free if you add ads" - Factually wrong. Assuming its true that you and spend hours creating entertainment and education for others, for free and not just because you enjoy making videos. Good for you. What does that prove? You think everyone else should work for free because u do/can? KZread content was nowhere near what it is now, in quantity or quality, before they implemented the youtube partner scheme. Its a good thing for viewers, not a bad thing

Perhaps if you make a point of saying "LOL" in full caps, and using "!!!", and being as patronising as you possibly can, it will mean that you are right despite actually being completely wrong.

And it's ok for you to do this, but not for Brady, because???

Lol, watching (or skipping 5 secs in) an ad is hardly worthy of bitching.

but he did say "on an astronomical level" .... Douche comment, I know. sorry, I'm out. *runs away*

Yes he really is a gready guy. Shame on him! Here is a thing why don't you quit your job. Then you do some science Videos on youtube. Now try to pay your rent. But no Ads, because they are so evil.

I just checked your channels. Brady is a professional producer and video editor who spends vast amounts of time producing very high quality educational videos & entertainment, using expensive high quality equipment. It's his job. YOU on the other hand are someone who mostly films himself paying computer games, train spotting, and some other hobbies. NOT the same thing. You don't like watching adverts? Then don't watch his content. You are not in the right by demanding that he works for free.