There is no damn way I was gonna scroll past this thumbnail lol 😂

@hayfordsarfo1646

3 жыл бұрын

thats the only reason i clicked

"I'm an astrophysicist, we know how to kill stars" -NDT

@johnblake2483

4 жыл бұрын

He's an ass. Just a clown.

People missing the point science can be fun

@chic0latin0

5 жыл бұрын

Iamgodsarmy or like in this video a complete waste of time

The answer is always 42, rounded down.

@duburakiba

5 жыл бұрын

its always 42

@kaos_3849

5 жыл бұрын

I love how this has 42 likes

@Fazzel

5 жыл бұрын

If it were DC Comics it would probably be 52

@DanielAndersson80

5 жыл бұрын

Well according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the answer to life and everything is 42.

@fabycho6791

5 жыл бұрын

😮😮😮😮

Every element heavier than iron was formed in the heart of a dying star so...

@Raptor828

5 жыл бұрын

totally wrong. these elements are not formed in the heart of these stars. And also, they are not always formed when a Star dies. A Supernova doesnt mean certain death, because the star might continue its life as a neutron star. Furthermore, these heavy elements are not only formed in supernovae, but also in the outer layers of lighter stars that are in their giant-phase.

@BTHession

5 жыл бұрын

Very true

@Monochromicornicopia

5 жыл бұрын

@Raptor828 You are completely wrong. Elements more massive than iron *must* be formed during the "death" of a very massive star or as a result of beta radiation within a very massive star. Also, neutron stars are no longer "alive". They are just as dead as a white dwarf. Furthermore, thermonuclear fusion can only occur in the core of a star. That means your nonsense (about heavy elements forming in the outer layers) is completely ignorant.

@Raptor828

5 жыл бұрын

@GDI well it depends what you define as death of course. Since Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs still have radiation, they are "alive", just in a different form than before. There are 2 ways to get heavier elements than iron: First, the r-process, where these atoms are created by decay, not fusion. The exact location within a star where this happens is not yet known, but its not at the core, because the core at that time is already in a degenerate state. Second, the s-process, which happens in red giants, where these elements are also synthesized by decay, not fusion. So you are the one talking nonsense here...

@Monochromicornicopia

5 жыл бұрын

@Raptor828 The entire scientific community defines a star to be "alive" while it is undergoing thermonuclear fusion (converting less massive elements into more massive elements). The exact location within a star where this happens is not a hotly debated topic. The entire scientific community knows it occurs within the core, because we know the conditions required for fusion only exist in the core. Your quote: _"elements are also synthesized by decay, not fusion"_ - Not only have I already mentioned beta decay/capture, but this would also occur within the core of the star or during a supernova.

Tyson's answer is scientifically more fun. I love him for researching it....But yes, it's magic that keeps that hammer down. There's no way Cap could even slightly budge that hammer if it was all about mass and gravity. Still, again. I love that Tyson looked into it, and just decided(of course he did this on purpose) to ignore a preposition.

@LongToad

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was all for fun. If it weighed as much as Tyson said there would've been some disastrous results over the various movies- with it falling through pretty much everything Thor put it on. Then again, a lot of stuff in these movies don't make a lot of sense- like the god of Thunder being inhibited by a static charge in Thor: Ragnarok.

@mystirboy

5 жыл бұрын

Not just falling, the hammer would theoritically have greater gravity than earth. O_O. Imagine the hammer actually pulling people towards it. edit: since it's more denser than earth it would more right to say that Earth would fall towards the hammer.

@cj.9738

5 жыл бұрын

Guy Person it was clarified in Infinity War that is not made with the heart of a dying star as a material. The heart of a dying star is what powers the forge of Nidavellir, the actual metal Mjolnir and Stormbreaker are made out of is not known, for now at least. Edit: according to Norse Mythology, is made out of an iron-gold alloy that the dwarven brothers (Eitri and Brokkr) threw in the forge.

@CrniWuk

5 жыл бұрын

If you think about what kind of energy the hammer would release if it ever broke considering the density if it was keept realistic ...

@AlindBack

5 жыл бұрын

The real kick, would be if Tyson had then gone ahead and figured out various properties of the mentioned 'Uru' metal based on the forces used to forge it. *That* would have been the perfect one-upping.

Also it was forged in the heart of a "dying" star, not a dead star. Aren't all stars which are "alive" in the process of dying? -Just like we are all dying, just some slower than others.-

@ZealStarMedia

5 жыл бұрын

LyricWulf We are not all dying, that only goes for people who have stopped growing: adults, elders, etc. children, teens, and young adults are actually growing

@HansenSWE

5 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself. I am immortal until proven otherwise.

@LyricWulf

5 жыл бұрын

Your argument is: Those who are growing cannot also be dying.

@charliejones8912

5 жыл бұрын

Andreas Hansen me too, it fuckin sucks

@kaister901

5 жыл бұрын

Wrong.... Biologically...the moment you are fertilised you ever so always moving towards death. A thing called telomeres in your dna. They prevent damage to your dna but with each cell division they got shorter. Until not much is left and you age.. Your cells can no longer divide as well. You are by nature designed to die. You cannot live forever. Well at least till we discover to make our telomeres last forever. Immortality?

Forged IN a dying star, not out of one. Theres a huge difference, the material is not mentioned.

@YumiSumire

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Odir said it himself at 0:49 So i'm sorry to say that Neil Tyson was wrong on this one.

@YumiSumire

6 жыл бұрын

*kaiden8701* Mjolnir was casted spell by Odin so that only the worthy can lift it.

@YumiSumire

6 жыл бұрын

*kaiden8701* I don't know. Maybe just ones who are worthy in Odin's perspective.

@veritasetaequitas983

6 жыл бұрын

Who forged it in the dying star? How were they able to sustain the heat of the star? White dwarf surface temp of 100,000 Kelvin, Neutron star surface temp 600,000 Kelvin.

@YumiSumire

6 жыл бұрын

*Veritas et Aequitas* Have you seen Infinity War?

How can anybody dislike this man?!?!?!? I WISH there were more teachers, professors that were as entertaining!!!! I had a Western Civ professor that made we want to teach so bad! It is a gift!

@Patriot46426

Жыл бұрын

He's wrong

Neil makes science FUN

@brammurti

5 жыл бұрын

cheezl 2 lol, troll these days

@larontaylor4975

5 жыл бұрын

Bimo Murti yup

That's the most click-baitey thumbnail I've EVER seen. You get a like just for that👍👌😁

@pareshpanchal91

5 жыл бұрын

Best thumbnail on youtube

@jacksonkorn2538

5 жыл бұрын

you obviously haven't been around the fortnite community

The picture of the video alone deserves the thumbs up. That is awesome!

I wonder if Thor's Hammer would have a visually noticeable gravitational effect if it weighed 300 billion elephants?

@frankreynolds445

6 жыл бұрын

The hammer would shoot towards the Earth's core due to the gravitational attraction between the Earth's core and the hammer's immense weight.

@HawkFest1

6 жыл бұрын

The Earth would collapse onto Thor's hammer. On the other hand, Marvel is inconsistent : if it weighted 42.3 pounds, then not only Hulk, but also most people wouldn't have any difficulty to lift it up.

@williamjackson9057

6 жыл бұрын

HawkFest RoG It was enchanted by Odin and therefore can only be wielded by someone “worthy”.

@yshouldifoogle6724

5 жыл бұрын

exactly. i had pictured in my head all the people falling towards the hammer face first.

@theCodyReeder

5 жыл бұрын

I just did the calculation and it works out to about 11million m/s^2. So the gravity of the hammer if made of neutron star would be a million times stronger than earth.

Marvel comics are NOT a good source for Norse Mythology!

@frequencydecline5250

5 жыл бұрын

It is when the Thor you are looking at is the one from the Marvel comics.

@dr.zoidberg8666

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't talking about Norse mythology. He was talking about Thor from the MCU.

@edlaprade

5 жыл бұрын

He's talking about Thor's hammer. Made of gold by the Dwarfs. And it is a WARhammer, not a freakin' SLEDGEhammer! Do it right, or don't do it at all.

@jamescotter

5 жыл бұрын

edlaprade That's a ridiculous argument, so many popular mythologies and mythic stories have been updated throughout the centuries with huge pop culture changes each time. Even the old Norse pagan beliefs were loose and varied from place to place. It wasn't even codified (if you can call it that) till Snurri Sturluson in the early 13th century.

@samrulz8231

5 жыл бұрын

Donald Schneider stfy

Man, can't get enough of Prof Tyson. Such a captivating educator

this is the greatest explanation of Thor's hammer ever. Just the fact that he took the time to do this is awesome. the best part is he totally undercuts it at the end. Neil is the man!

"...the geek-o-sphere knows no limits." - NdGT new fav quote. ty Ty.

who has a blacksmith shop in a dying star? how long till it closes?

@qualitytbf3483

6 жыл бұрын

Francisco Gamboa Thoses dwarfs in The Last Avengers movie

@kly2266

6 жыл бұрын

Those dwarves that happens to have the body shape of one but is in fact 5x larger than you..

@dionysianapollomarx

5 жыл бұрын

Francisco Gamboa as long as the dwarf is there you're set

@wyndhamcoffman8961

5 жыл бұрын

From a rough estimate of the thermal mass of a dead or dying star. The celestial forge will still have heat for another 15 trillion years. It takes so much time for a White Dwarf to cool down, that there are no known Black Dwarfs in the universe as of yet.

@oduneyeman

5 жыл бұрын

An hour after sun down.

Thor can lift it because it has an enchantment on it, "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor". Also Thor mentions that it takes a lot of physical and mind strenght to wield weapons made out of Uru in Infinity War.

@Patriot46426

Жыл бұрын

That's why Steve could wield it

Come on Neil, your better than this! He didn’t say forged “of” the heart of a dying star! He said forged “in” the heart of a dying star! Meaning it needed to be that hot to melt the special metal that the hammer is made from!!

Cinema Sin and Neil secretly working together.

@Wisewolf_of_Avalon

5 жыл бұрын

MaskHero Zo I love their collaborations!

@TheClassicWorld

5 жыл бұрын

No. CinemaSin is terrible. Neil is great. The difference is notable if not an idiot.

@Wisewolf_of_Avalon

5 жыл бұрын

Nice opinion you have there.

“I concede” is the best part of this

Also Mijolnir is enchanted to only be wielded by the “worthy”. It basically will make itself heavier then the force being applied to lift it.

Thanx again for the whole Pluto thing dr Tyson

The Hammer weight isn't the issue with lifting it; it's the spell Odin puts on it that prevents the unworthy from wielding it. Hence why Hulk couldn't lift it....nor could Loki move when Thor set it on his chest when he lay on the Bifrost. Hela is deemed worthy as she was the previous wielder of the Hammer.

@sean9923

6 жыл бұрын

datboyjeff yes people seem not to know that

@abutreka45

5 жыл бұрын

So why is vision worthy, because of the mind stone? If not, the why is Cap not worthy?

@datboyjeff

5 жыл бұрын

Viper Vision is an android. Different rules. Cap does wield it in the comics....actually quite a few people do. It's not as uncommon as you may think

@jenkem4464

5 жыл бұрын

Viper: As an easter egg in one of the Avengers movies Cap., to the surprise of Thor, actually managed to budge it a tiny bit.

@MH-ty7fb

5 жыл бұрын

Viper vision can lift it because he is a thing, not a living being. Lifting it and “wielding” it are different though. He can’t use any of its powers.

Forged in the heart of a dying star not out of a dying star.

@JesterNR1

5 жыл бұрын

But... he did specify **IF** in his tweet about the weight. IF it were made from neutron star matter... so his math is correct for the parameters he set.

@MrEherndon5

5 жыл бұрын

WITLESSMASS right

@kittymcpaws4862

5 жыл бұрын

yes. It was a metal that only melts at the heat of a dying star.

It is not a matter of weight - the hammer senses if you are worthy. It is a story of magic, not science. 😀🍹🇵🇭

@franqueee

5 жыл бұрын

Tito Tim's Videos Thank you. Alot of people keep debating about the weight. Truth is, Its as heavy as it looks. Put it on a weighing scale, probably shows around 7kg and not break the scale. But normal unworthy beings couldn't lift it not because its "heavy and dense", its simply because its cast with magic that forbids them from picking it up.

@RoadRunner217

5 жыл бұрын

It's not magic. There is no magic in the MCU. Just because there are things we don't understand yet, does not make it magic. Easy Example: Imagine you were a person from the 18th century and held a smartphone in your hand. Clearly a work of god, right? Well, we know better. In the future, try to look at things from another perspective! :)

@RoadRunner217

5 жыл бұрын

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Thor in Thor 1: “Your ancestors called it magic, but you call it science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.” After all, magic is just science that we do not understand yet, any magic that is real, is not magic but science. If you refer to the "multiple upon multiple of occasions" as Dr. Strange, watch the movie again and again until you understand what the "magic" actually is, because it is in fact not magic. :) And I was refering to Thor's hammer and the spell on it, just because we don't understand, does not mean that it is beyond. What they could refer to as magic, could just be advanced technology beyond them. Again, I want you to really dig into the meanings of magic and science and how they stand to each other.

@misterken03

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Dr. Strange.

@kevinblack8222

5 жыл бұрын

Therapy did u look up thor 1 before u commented?

I’m glad I’ll never have to watch a movie with Neil. He could take the enjoyment out of anything.

Caption alone is worth the watch!

That thumbnail was enough for my like LMAO

Uru....which does NOT come from a star, is a mediocre metal at best for its own physical properties. Its ability to absorb magical enchantments goes unrivaled in Marvel COMIC BOOK lore. I just had to get that off my chest.

That thumbnail is godlike.

Best thumbnail ever!!

Being both a scientist and a socialite is ridiculously difficult on a world-famous scale... I respect this man no matter what.

Dr. Mathaudu was my P.I for a summer internship. Awesome guy.

:16 wrong. The hammer is NOT bound by the rule, "No one can wield it but Thor". It is bound by the rule, Only the worthy can wield it.

@jonathankehn9202

5 жыл бұрын

If you place it in a elevator...

@TheClassicWorld

5 жыл бұрын

The elevator won't move. I guess.

@jonathankehn9202

5 жыл бұрын

Someone doesn't know the MCU...

@Onnarashi

5 жыл бұрын

Someone dosn't know Norse mythology. Who gives a f*** about watered down Yank MCU nonsense?

@kant12

5 жыл бұрын

Elevators are worthy tho.

As speculated by other science Geeks, it's believed Thor's hammer contains a hence undiscovered particle called a graviton. This is what allows it's mass to change at will. For instance, its mass can be very small and light as Thor spins the hammer. Then the mass can become absolutely huge and heavy and it will propel Thor through the air. It's only through Thor's immense strength and durability that the hammer does not rip his arm off as he goes flying through the air. Neat stuff.

@RyanCogar

6 жыл бұрын

If you mean gravitonium (the element that creates graviton in AOS) then yes it could well be a factor. It wouldn't be the most ridiculous theory. Maybe the dying star is needed to melt the ingots as shown in infinity war with stormbreaker but it could also expel some very small quantities of gravitonium from within the star which would then be infused/contained within the hammer? if you wanna go down the more realistic road rather than "it's magic bro"

@vgman94

5 жыл бұрын

I really want a particle like this to actually exist. Holy shit, it would change everything.

Where can i get the full conference?

The hammer can weigh 1 pound or a 1000 pounds but what allows a person to lift the hammer is the fact that their heart and their will to protect the greater good must out weigh their own personal greed and desires. Such as how Captain America chose to save the greater good instead of having what he desired the most, the right dancing partner.

It’s not made ‘from’ the heart of a dying star, it’s made ‘in’ the heart of a dying star. Presumably (as we now know from infinity war) the star was used to heat the material that actually makes up the hammer. Edit: never mind. I didn’t finish the video.

Love this man!

Forged in the heart of a dying star by a dwarf superstar with a humble heart.

This guy makes me want to go back to school to get my pHD in science.

The guys screaming 300. “Oh oh oh we just found a mistake, we got him now bois, take him down”

Thumbnail alone is worth a like! Lol

That thumbnail is legendary

Lol when he said 30 billion and somebody in the crowd shouted 300

The problem with the idea of Mjolnir being Neutronium (Neutron Star Matter. Basically, all the protons, and electrons fused into Neutrons, so it's a massive nucleus) is in The Avengers "Hulk couldn't lif it." In the hanger of the Helicarrier. I don't think it's Mass, because suddenly taking the extra mass of 18 thousand billion tons when he set it down (And therefore somehow it reverted to it's normal Weight) then the Helicarrier engines would probably have to work a bit harder. Remember, this is the scene where 1 of the engines is being restarted by Stark, and if they lost another, they would be flying like a cartoon Anvil? (How do you think they get up there in the first place?) Well, that's when he set down the hammer, Hulk couldn't lift, and added an extra 18,000,000,000 tons of mass to the ship that could barely stay in the air as it is.

Thumbs up just for the thumbnail.

That thumbnail. I want that as a poster.

btw thats the coolest thumbnail ever...

Iron is death for a star. That's ultimately causes it, fusion gets to Iron, it can't fuse any further, and collapses. Carbon is in there too, but Steel is Tempered by Heat, and Pressure. So, it could (Hypothetically, we're talking about a comic book adaption of a myth here) just be very dense-ultra tempered steel.

I don't see why people are claiming it to be a magic hammer. It's obvious a miniature space ship with some added artificial intelligence that determines who can use it. It can be seen flying around in space by itself in the movies. Given the engine strength required for this kind of flight, it would be super easy for the hammer to stay stationary if it wanted to, no matter how much you jank at it. The engines is also why it's such a powerful weapon; it assists with the swings.

I love science! Neil should write a book that breaks down movies with science!

NDT... love you man.

I love that i searched this specifically for a comment from you & found it. I actually wanted to know what you thought about the 5 realms in Thor the dark side... dark universe.... something... whatever...i just watched last night🤣Clearly I'm not an enthusiast just a fan that caught on way too late

I always thought the hammer had sentience and could detect when someone "worthy" came into contact with it, at least that's how the comics and cartoons always portrayed Mjolnir. Giving the hammer meaning and a scientific explanation in a way takes the mystical properties of the hammer away and just leaves it as a really heavy hammer from space. But you can tell Neil's having a blast attempting to make sense of the already confusing as fuck Marvel Universe.

I love this man

Neil... Man, it's not forged from a dying star, and it's Odin's magic that prevents others from wielding it.

Where does he make this shows?

Meu Meu!

What talk or lecture was this from?

WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER, IF HE BE WORTHY SHALL POSSES THE POWER OF THOR

📚 What Inspires me most about Neil deGrasse Tyson is that he's a Marvelous example of an "Only in America" kind of success story. He obviously enjoys making SCIENCE fun & accessible to the public. And personally, I'm "Beyond Delighted" that he's also a Black Man.🗿🇺🇸 (San Francisco)

Well, according to Doctor Who, Dwarfstar Alloy is so dense that it halts the flow of time itself. Coat your ship in it to carry a load of time sensitives as slaves and you have the heaviest ship in existence, getting stuck in a rapidly-shrinking spatial anomaly (Warrior's Gate episode, old series).

They’re both right. It’s a trick question. The hammer is Tyson’s calculated weight if you are *not* worthy. Not accounting for the movement of the planets, the hammer cannot be moved from its point in space unless you can lift Tyson’s calculated weight. However, the hammer is around 40 pounds if you *are* worthy.

Thor's hammer has always been about the strength of someone character and worthiness of the soul in order to lift it, so it would probably paralyze one muscle and making it seems heavy and unbudgeable when an unworthy soul would try to lift it, It was never really about its weight, but at the same time in the first Thor movie, it seemed to be about its weight because not even a bulldozer could budge it.

I need that poster.

It does not matter how heavy it is to pick up it is o ly able to be wielded by those who are worthy, so if you're not worth you physically can not pick it up.

I'm sure everyone knows by now that Thors hammer can only be moved if it is 'willing' to, and considers you worthy. Most anyone could lift the amount of weight of the hammer.

I think the dying star was the forge itself, not the matter making Mjolnir. But still, the gravity alone, you would never remove it from the forge.

I hope that Neil deGrasse Tyson saw the Avengers Infinity War :D

Bro i fucking died when i saw neil as Thor that was good one

It's not that Thor's hammer is heavy. I mean, it's a big dense chunk of metal, it's got some good heft, but the reason it can't be lifted is because the hammer chooses not to be lifted. It anchors itself in its location in reality via magic. Also, formed IN a dying star, not OF a dying star. As in, the forge is located in one so it can use the star's heat to make cool things like magical hammers.

My Prius was forged in the heart of a dying star. It is unbreakable, and the thing is so heavy - I can't lift it.

Whoever said Thor's hammer was heavy? I thought it was just enchanted? The hammer might only weigh 40lbs but if you're not worthy then strength doesn't matter. At least that's how it goes in the comics.

Love u Neal

10/10 on that thumbnail

If Neil said it's heavier, THEN IT'S HEAVIER!

Love the thumbnail sub for that

2:42 , that's heavy and in the end the geeky numbera. Oh my gawd 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

yes it is made out of uru a metal that has a boiling point so high that it can only be achieved in a dying star. but the reason that no one can pick it up is bcz of magic. Mjolnir is enchanted just like Storm Breaker. only the worthy can pick it up, being worthy depends on some comics but generally not being evil is worthy. but thats not always the case lol. i recommend people read Thor comics he is one of my favorite marvel heroes and has many many amazing stories and adventures in the comics.

Isn't Iron made in the heart of dying stars (isn't Iron the element that makes the star die?)

@jasonyoung7705

5 жыл бұрын

He was on the right track. Iron and nickle are the elements at the boundary between fission and fusion. This is when the stars fuel gets used up.

@Monochromicornicopia

5 жыл бұрын

All elements heavier than helium are made in the core of a star. All of them

@Monochromicornicopia

5 жыл бұрын

@Jason Young Obviously the heaviest elements known to man have been created in a laboratory, however the naturally occurring elements can only be created by stars.

@jasonyoung7705

5 жыл бұрын

Can I go all hippy on you and say "But aren't we all stars"?

@Monochromicornicopia

5 жыл бұрын

@RADDeathTRAP That's the dumbest thing I've read since visiting flat earth comment section. If you knew anything about chemistry, you would know there can't be elements "between" elements on the periodic table.

The dying star is the fuel that powers the star forge. The Hammer is not made of the stat itself. It's made of Uru, a rare metal.

THE GEEKYSPHERE KNOWS NO LIMITS

Thor's was not able to be lifted by anyone unworthy. This is a function of its enchantment.

The thumbnail of this video is everything nightmares are made of.

In myth, it is made out of iron. It’s made in a furnace by a pair of dwarves/dark elves in svartalfheim, and the handle is actually supposed to be much longer but one of the dwarves made a mistake in its production.

I know Tyson doesn't like to be wrong, but what makes the hammer difficult to pick up isn't the actual hammer's weight. It's the magic that prevents those unworthy of using it to pick it up. The guy he quoted was correct.

Hysterical....

As a comic book nerd i know marvel put out a card set and it states that mjolnir weighs 42.3 lbs

It weights about 15 pounds. It's made of Uru. Uru is superlight, even more than vibranium and has psionic/magic abilities in on itself.

Hi. Only the worthy can lift Mjolnir. Worthiness is very heavy. God bless, Proverbs 31

The title picture. Lmao. Roofl!

I'll go with Neil on that one!

I need to see the card for myself!

Yes but it was forged there but thats just the metal not the curse on it. Same as thanus gloves. The material is just strong enough to sustain the power. Its only those worthy it and pure. Thats why vision could lift it.

It doesn't matter how much it weights it's if your worthy to weild it. It's not about strength...

Reading the comments section I see much in the way of debate. Let me say this... Marvel comics are clueless about Norse Myth. Any discussion about the hammer outside the source material is moot. That said, I like how Tyson makes science both interesting and fun. I'd like to see his explanation on the binding of Fenris.

lol the thumbnail😂