The Closest Alien Planets

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As the James Webb telescope becomes operational, we'll soon start receiving more data than ever before on the exoplanets nearest to us. The only problem is.... what ARE the exoplanets nearest to us? Today we're taking a look at our closest neighbors to see what our chances of finding alien life are close to home.
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exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-wor...
astrobiology.com/2019/12/simul...
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astrobiology.com/2019/10/no-sn...
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www.nas.nasa.gov/SC19/demos/d...
climate-dynamics.org/videos/t...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
arxiv.org/pdf/1405.1025.pdf

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  • @ianlarm1588
    @ianlarm1588 Жыл бұрын

    Normal people: Is Australia a continent or an island? A. Pro: Australia is a Geographic Realm and Planets are Islands!

  • @andrewmurray1550

    @andrewmurray1550

    Жыл бұрын

    both

  • @calsta619
    @calsta619 Жыл бұрын

    The red dwarf being more common is a dual factor, of which you only mentioned one. A smaller star requires less gas to form, i.e. more can be formed from the same material available aka more are created. They also burn dimmer but for longer than the larger stars do, therefore the ones formed stick around for longer. So more are formed, and the ones that are formed stick around for longer, giving us two reasons to see more of them

  • @richarddemeter860
    @richarddemeter860 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad you made a channel like this! You are one of my favorite geography content creators, and now you've crossed over into my other favorite topic of astronomy! Please keep up the amazing content. I can't get enough!!

  • @WackChen

    @WackChen

    Жыл бұрын

    i almost thought i was on atlas when he played that intro

  • @amberlandball

    @amberlandball

    11 ай бұрын

    finally another person who likes both geography and astronomy

  • @FrankiePhoenix
    @FrankiePhoenix Жыл бұрын

    Astrobiogeography?? You madman. I'm with it.

  • @eeeniveee
    @eeeniveee Жыл бұрын

    Love the term Astrobiogeography! It just now needs its own Wikipedia page and journal.

  • @maxmassetti2392

    @maxmassetti2392

    Жыл бұрын

    Go ahead and start it!

  • @corrinflakes9659

    @corrinflakes9659

    Жыл бұрын

    Or Bioastronomy?

  • @mtgoat179

    @mtgoat179

    Жыл бұрын

    @@corrinflakes9659 if plants are alive and we find green planets plants have cells cells are alive aliens?

  • @mtgoat179

    @mtgoat179

    Жыл бұрын

    @@corrinflakes9659 or do we specifically have to find animals for it to count

  • @corrinflakes9659

    @corrinflakes9659

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mtgoat179 Why are you asking me? I’m not an astronomer, physicist, etc. I literally go to school for art, space is just pretty. Unless you want a public opinion, then I think plants definitely count as life. Thing is for reference of our own history, animals evolved shortly after plants but only after fungi already did, as we are more closely related to a hallucinagenic mushroom that’ll give you a good time than the hemp that provides the cannabis. If a planet is more resembling to fungus, that counts too. But regardless, plants indicate life more as animals move around all the time, a plant is reliably stationery.

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Жыл бұрын

    Atlas Pro > Astro Pro > Atlas Pro

  • @CasualMitosisCollective

    @CasualMitosisCollective

    Жыл бұрын

    So Astro Pro is both better and worse than Atlas Pro. How, though?

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w

    @user-gr9fq9gt9w

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CasualMitosisCollective Yes

  • @hannahbrown2728

    @hannahbrown2728

    Жыл бұрын

    Ouroborgator or however you spell it

  • @atlasisimaginary

    @atlasisimaginary

    Жыл бұрын

    me

  • @justanotherbob69

    @justanotherbob69

    Жыл бұрын

    Atlas bro

  • @tilesmhomas
    @tilesmhomas Жыл бұрын

    Commenting to increase audience engagement/ algorithm recommendation junk. One of my favorite creators!

  • @peterbailey254
    @peterbailey254 Жыл бұрын

    Love the not-so-subtle reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender!

  • @loppp7254
    @loppp7254 Жыл бұрын

    This always has been one of my favorite videos on the main channel. Really looking forward to more such great videos on both space and geography.

  • @argh523

    @argh523

    Жыл бұрын

    What is the main channel?

  • @kirkkork

    @kirkkork

    Жыл бұрын

    @@argh523 Atlas Pro. There's a duplicate of this video too. I assume this channel is supposed to be astronomy specific.

  • @lukazzmatizz4378
    @lukazzmatizz4378 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice space engine in background

  • @solehsolehsoleh
    @solehsolehsoleh Жыл бұрын

    What the heck? I just binge-watch your whole channel just last night and this channel just showed up this morning (in my time zone) with videos from 12 hours ago? Immediate Subscribe.

  • @AD4LY
    @AD4LY Жыл бұрын

    This Channel is a WELCOMED addition to KZread. great stuff, keep it coming

  • @cillianwalsh9244
    @cillianwalsh9244 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this style of your content especially so happy there's a dedicated channel for it now!

  • @MrNobodyMoto
    @MrNobodyMoto Жыл бұрын

    Look forward to seeing alien planet close up pictures.

  • @Salt_Master_Queue
    @Salt_Master_Queue Жыл бұрын

    8:43 Water. Earth Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived in harmony, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

  • @jackniessen
    @jackniessen Жыл бұрын

    I’m really excited for this bew channel man, good luck and keep on producing phenomenal content

  • @licsipondi
    @licsipondi Жыл бұрын

    Came here to see if people noticed the ATLA reference. Was not disappointed!

  • @hertogyarno746
    @hertogyarno746 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see more of this, man!

  • @OreoAndJeans
    @OreoAndJeans Жыл бұрын

    I love astronomy this video is amazing

  • @ameliasparks8120
    @ameliasparks8120 Жыл бұрын

    I'm loving all your videos so far!

  • @Arizona_Ice
    @Arizona_Ice Жыл бұрын

    Everyone asks “what da dog doin” but no one is asking “how da dog doin”

  • @perrywilliams5407
    @perrywilliams5407 Жыл бұрын

    Actually, the JWST wasn't primarily designed to sus out exoplanet details. It can do some of the work, but only if that work can be done in the infrared spectrum. TWINKLE, PLATO, ARIEL, and hopefully in the future, HabEx, are specifically designed to characterize exoplanet atmospheric composition and other relevant parameters to quantify habitability.

  • @JohnSmith-kf1fc
    @JohnSmith-kf1fc Жыл бұрын

    Your two channels are my favorite between all those im subscribed to. Your videos are a treat! And I'd absolutely love an astrobiography video

  • @Faidrs
    @Faidrs Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic you made this channel! Can't wait for new videos.

  • @drydenstewartenterprises
    @drydenstewartenterprises Жыл бұрын

    Love the Chanel! Its great to have someone finally covering the topics you do! One thing that I always think about when I hear about new planets being discovered is wanting to go and explore them somehow someway, but when you realize that the mass of the planet, also equates to the gravitational force on the planet (1 earth mass = 1 G of force) so if a planet has 4x the mass of earth, it is going to have 4 G of force on it, an average 200 lb man on earth is going to weigh 800 lbs on the new planet, so it's not like you would be able to pick yourself off the ground let alone walk around on this new planet. I am going to watch your video on habitable exoplanets next, hoping you have this in the equation in that video

  • @howardX81
    @howardX81 Жыл бұрын

    Discovered your channel! Great job keep up the great work!

  • @rachellebrydon253
    @rachellebrydon253 Жыл бұрын

    i love the space videos, keep em coming!!

  • @K.Maroon
    @K.Maroon Жыл бұрын

    Your channel is criminally underrated

  • @vincentcleaver1925
    @vincentcleaver1925 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't remember watching this a few months ago, but I liked it over there so I assume that I did. I had always thought of the astro side as a continuation of geography and biology, but you do you, bro

  • @RedBlaze45
    @RedBlaze45 Жыл бұрын

    7:43 "...and while technically we haven't found any exo-MOONS yet..." Kepler 1625-b-I and Kepler 1708-b-I: are we a joke to you?

  • @simonj1971
    @simonj1971 Жыл бұрын

    Great video... Thanks!

  • @PhailingMath
    @PhailingMath Жыл бұрын

    Didn't know you had another channel! Awesome!

  • @ronaldrobrahn8862
    @ronaldrobrahn8862 Жыл бұрын

    I love all of your information and dedication.. Do you want todo any videos on ancient archeology.. Like Puma Punku? Your attention to detail and focus on it makes me explore it vicariously through you.. Thanks for all your hard work! Did i mention im a big fan?

  • @maxwalker1159
    @maxwalker1159 Жыл бұрын

    Love this channel

  • @NeroPiroman
    @NeroPiroman Жыл бұрын

    the avatar movies are set on a moon around a gas giant in the centauri system, which is quite interesting

  • @SeanA099
    @SeanA099 Жыл бұрын

    A lot of people never noticed that in Avatar, Pandora is actually a moon of Próxima C

  • @peeperleviathan2839

    @peeperleviathan2839

    5 ай бұрын

    A moon of Polyphemus which is a gas giant orbiting Alpha Centauri A, not proxima

  • @bicivelo
    @bicivelo Жыл бұрын

    I’m a gas giant after eating spicy Mexican food!! 😅😅 awesome videos. Hope to see more. I’m burning through them 😊

  • @AnnabelleBeaudoin
    @AnnabelleBeaudoin Жыл бұрын

    Great video 👍

  • @kairon156
    @kairon156 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. it'll be awesome to see probes going out to other solar systems some day or science exploration ships.

  • @SamuelJoyner
    @SamuelJoyner Жыл бұрын

    8:54 I see you are a Avatar: The Last Airbender Fan. I am in good company. 👊🏾

  • @CokeCheese
    @CokeCheese Жыл бұрын

    Great video and good work. Like you stated, many of these systems likely harbor smaller worlds and moons that we simply cannot yet see due to our technological limitations. Even Alpha Centauri A and B almost certainly have one world according to the data. It has simply proven a difficult system to investigate.

  • @zimriel

    @zimriel

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember hyping the Alpha Centauri system when they mooted it in the mid 2010s and... getting burned, when they retracted their findings. (Our host might have flashed a screencap or two about the hype, but I'm actually glad he didn't, because I might have started weeping. What an embarrassment that was.) Proxima's system by contrast has held up.

  • @ATJonzie
    @ATJonzie Жыл бұрын

    not enough videos, they are addicting

  • @MatthewZimmerman-om5yi
    @MatthewZimmerman-om5yi Жыл бұрын

    I wonder if any life out there in a different system, has observed our planet and talks about how intriguing the possibility of life on it could be....

  • @trifectaofchris
    @trifectaofchris Жыл бұрын

    First video of yours I’ve stumbled across and loving the content so far! A question I wonder about the potential habitability of Proxima Centauri’s planets (barring radiation death), is what effect does the primary sun being a red dwarf have on biological bodies? I’m assuming it’s giving off less heat and light in general, as well as a creepy red glow over everything.

  • @trifectaofchris

    @trifectaofchris

    Жыл бұрын

    If the distance between Proxima Centauri and A & B isn’t massive, I suppose the other stars could supplant the necessary light requirements?

  • @NikD7
    @NikD7 Жыл бұрын

    Super video!!! Saludos de España... :)

  • @plutoidrepublic2765
    @plutoidrepublic2765 Жыл бұрын

    i love that ur using space engine!

  • @matthewmckinnon-gray9957
    @matthewmckinnon-gray9957 Жыл бұрын

    I’m dying to know what happens next on Chip & Dale. More Astrobiogeography please!

  • @tomkelly6374
    @tomkelly6374 Жыл бұрын

    ATLA reference 😅

  • @joshDilley
    @joshDilley Жыл бұрын

    At 2:00 i said out loud "i like that idea" !.. cool video awesome info. #YOLO

  • @ericandrewadamsnester6398
    @ericandrewadamsnester6398 Жыл бұрын

    I love your exoplanet videos, you actually answer a lot of questions that I have. I wonder if you could answer this question, why doesn’t io Jupiter’s volcanic moon, have a substantial atmosphere?

  • @gantick

    @gantick

    Жыл бұрын

    Jupiter's gravity is strong enough to take most of the gas for itself.

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio Жыл бұрын

    Request to make a playlist with all your videos. I like to watch your content in a series.

  • @joshjones6072
    @joshjones6072 Жыл бұрын

    Yes, please do an astro bio geography video. I love how exoplanet studies are cross pollinating science disciplines! 🌎 🌟 💫 ☀️

  • @Nieosl
    @Nieosl Жыл бұрын

    this guy deserves so much more than 10 mil subs...

  • @stephenbaugh2041
    @stephenbaugh2041 Жыл бұрын

    Aegir? Missed opportunity as the most famous fictional planet of Epsilon Eridani is Vulcan!

  • @titan-1802

    @titan-1802

    Жыл бұрын

    *but that was located in 40 Eridani, not Epsilon Eridani*

  • @arthurstevens7988
    @arthurstevens7988 Жыл бұрын

    This is excellent channel with a phenomenal host

  • @FinallyAnAnswer
    @FinallyAnAnswer Жыл бұрын

    Love this one, really inspiring!

  • @dys1525
    @dys1525 Жыл бұрын

    Like for the disclaimer at the beginning. Most Media Outlets forget these.

  • @gabeshaw3721
    @gabeshaw3721 Жыл бұрын

    There are barely any comments on here. I feel like I got here early but I’m here 2 days after it posted

  • @verdi2310
    @verdi2310 Жыл бұрын

    There is video in the Cool Worlds chsnnel showing that none of the exoplanets detected so far are really considered habitable. Some headlines like "new earth, earth 2.0" are just to catch public attention.

  • @zimriel

    @zimriel

    Жыл бұрын

    I hate to be the guy who asks "Link??" but, I'm honestly asking, I'd like to watch this. I was under the impression there was research about "Goldilocks Worlds" which claimed that K stars were better than even our G star here. Although there was some talk lately that K stars emit almost the same infrared as G stars so the "habitable zone" would likely be just another Venus zone. Anyway like I said, link plz

  • @feilox
    @feilox Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making the pluto and this video. It really bridges the gap in high school astronomy to the dense craziest of college astronomy where they talk endlessly about some planet or nebula billions of light years away with no meaning to us or relations towards our galaxy or solar system.

  • @professorracc.9780
    @professorracc.9780 Жыл бұрын

    you mentioned how one side facing the star (tidal locking) seems to be the norm for planets orbiting dwarf stars, this is because objects become tidally locked quicker when what they orbit is closer / bigger. This is why the moon is tidally locked to the earth, but earth will not be tidally locked to the sun for perhaps many billions of years, though Venus and mercury are.

  • @JoseRodriguez-qs6qi
    @JoseRodriguez-qs6qi Жыл бұрын

    Can u do a video on what’s the solar system boundaries

  • @xguesswho2224
    @xguesswho2224 Жыл бұрын

    Some scientists now think red dwarfs may only flare at their poles. This would make the habitable zone plants safer from radiation

  • @youtubeuser1993
    @youtubeuser1993 Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @shoam2103
    @shoam2103 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what happens to the older videos. I had them saved and downloaded 🤔

  • @1969kodiakbear
    @1969kodiakbear Жыл бұрын

    Astro Pro 😁

  • @enriwhat4204
    @enriwhat42042 ай бұрын

    in the back ground i see that you use space engine. i love that game

  • @petermitchell4689
    @petermitchell4689 Жыл бұрын

    New intro? Doesn’t matter to me, just curious, love the work!

  • @ShubhamThakur-2002
    @ShubhamThakur-2002 Жыл бұрын

    wow quality content right there on your both channel sir keep it up👍👍👍

  • @johnxiii
    @johnxiii5 ай бұрын

    I hope you create more videos =(

  • @tyujg7495.
    @tyujg7495. Жыл бұрын

    You are underrated

  • @christimehl7532
    @christimehl7532 Жыл бұрын

    Atlas pro = Astro pro

  • @deleted-something
    @deleted-something Жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @spacemonkey1071
    @spacemonkey1071 Жыл бұрын

    More like this

  • @OreoAndJeans
    @OreoAndJeans Жыл бұрын

    The blue purple pink planer is so pretty

  • @quiladog9302
    @quiladog93029 ай бұрын

    any updates on the jwst for exoplanets?

  • @jhtrq1465
    @jhtrq1465 Жыл бұрын

    14:34 Tidal locking can also be on a 3:2 resonnance, like Mercury or Venus, and the planet could have a (quite slow) day/night cycle, which would help to regulate the temperature on the surface quite a bit. 24:50 O and B stars are very unlikely to have any planets around, for 2 main reasons. One, their intense light and UV radiation quiclky blast away and ionize the protoplanetary disk around them, makin acrretion of materials very difficult, if not impossible. And lastely, their very short lifetime (especialy for Early B and O stars) is incompatible with the time necessary to form planetary bodies.

  • @tanker1425
    @tanker1425 Жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @MoonfirePone
    @MoonfirePone9 ай бұрын

    I liked coming back to this after Starfield released to see how many of the discovered planets were in it given the catalog name of the stars in the game

  • @KaneCanGame
    @KaneCanGame Жыл бұрын

    You the best

  • @zupergraauwkegames8640
    @zupergraauwkegames8640 Жыл бұрын

    Space AND biology yes pls

  • @anguscovoflyer95
    @anguscovoflyer95 Жыл бұрын

    would the tidally locked planet have an active dynamo at all?

  • @MaximRedin
    @MaximRedin4 ай бұрын

    Thank you. Very interesting. Btw I am watching you from Russia

  • @LazyRare
    @LazyRare8 ай бұрын

    Epic

  • @allones3078
    @allones3078 Жыл бұрын

    Hey chummer you do not have that Why Would Kepler 186f be Red video on your channel can you post a link

  • @lukazzmatizz4378
    @lukazzmatizz4378 Жыл бұрын

    22:26 panspermia?

  • @ibtehajshaikh
    @ibtehajshaikh Жыл бұрын

    Okay, we have like 4 new vids on this channel, are these reuploads from the og or new stuff? Sorry I'm too sleepie n wanna pass out to his smoooooth voice

  • @Merlingrimm
    @Merlingrimm Жыл бұрын

    I want to know more!

  • @SimonDouville1
    @SimonDouville110 ай бұрын

    However convenient is the naming protocol for exo-things is, we gotta gives them catchier names then Proxima Centauri B

  • @TigerzClaw
    @TigerzClaw Жыл бұрын

    What is the outro music ? I've listen to all of the tracks available the AtlasPro's SoundCloud as well as the 2 attributed to Kevin MacLeod. Can't find it D:

  • @josephgardner5891
    @josephgardner5891 Жыл бұрын

    Has anyone gotten time to find Planet X. Tracking the proposed orbits focusing on its likely distances and then farther and closer . the three prong approach would make many other discoveries along the way to proof to its existence or fantasy.

  • @stevejohnson3357
    @stevejohnson3357 Жыл бұрын

    An amazing channel. Not only do you not use the words Shocking Discovery in the headline but it's your real voice and sartorial elegance. More importantly, the question you raise are interesting. How would a being living in a twilight zone measure time? And how does the age of a system effect things? I think Epsilon Eridani is a quite young system.

  • @shoam2103

    @shoam2103

    Жыл бұрын

    Sartorial. 🤔🤨🧐

  • @thiccskips2416
    @thiccskips2416 Жыл бұрын

    I like how much your hair bounces when you talk

  • @pumfeethermodynamics3286
    @pumfeethermodynamics3286 Жыл бұрын

    what about a gas giant in the habital zone? its possible moons could be more likely to harbor life.

  • @MatthewZimmerman-om5yi

    @MatthewZimmerman-om5yi

    Жыл бұрын

    I don't think gas giants are typically in the habitable zone for some reason...

  • @peeperleviathan2839

    @peeperleviathan2839

    5 ай бұрын

    It would have to be much larger than Jupiter, possible 10 times as massive and bordering brown dwarf

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 Жыл бұрын

    Re: Proxima D is likely thoroughly scorched? I dunno. Remember we're probably talking about a tidelocked world. There could be some pretty unexpected stuff happening so long as it can maintain liquid water on the margin or on the cold side and doesn't enter a moist greenhouse state.

  • @poland-lithuania

    @poland-lithuania

    Жыл бұрын

    Likely is an important part. It may be what you said but it is probably not. Also, it is too close to its flare type star.

  • @cwdiode4521
    @cwdiode4521 Жыл бұрын

    Please please please make an astrobiogeography video

  • @maddoxmonteza
    @maddoxmonteza Жыл бұрын

    17:10 i like how they named the planets in a order that pronounces ghef

  • @espasmemuscular
    @espasmemuscular9 ай бұрын

    All these types of videos should start with the disclarmer "life as we know it". We know so little, it's best not to make too many assumptions about how life can or can't occur out there. Also I can't image how it would be to live in the moon of a gas giant, and what crazy mythos might emerge from sentient races living in them.

  • @tank2003
    @tank2003 Жыл бұрын

    (This may sound weird) First time viewer here. I noticed somethign about this was.....off. Then i noticed that the narrator's eyes kept darting to his left (stage right) about every 3 seconds. I get why. he is probably glancing at notes or something. It just stood out and now its all i can see

  • @jeffanderson5396
    @jeffanderson5396 Жыл бұрын

    Cool topic - subscribe Also: Is it easy to load GIA data into MySQL on a cheap PC?

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