The most mysterious star in the universe | Tabetha Boyajian

Ғылым және технология

Something massive, with roughly 1,000 times the area of Earth, is blocking the light coming from a distant star known as KIC 8462852, and nobody is quite sure what it is. As astronomer Tabetha Boyajian investigated this perplexing celestial object, a colleague suggested something unusual: Could it be an alien-built megastructure? Such an extraordinary idea would require extraordinary evidence. In this talk, Boyajian gives us a look at how scientists search for and test hypotheses when faced with the unknown.
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  • @glashoppah
    @glashoppah4 жыл бұрын

    Actual scientist, speaking with precision: "one of the most mysterious stars in our galaxy." Marketing person working for TED: "The most mysterious star in the universe".

  • @yotube1ful

    @yotube1ful

    4 жыл бұрын

    Madeleine Dacey I think glashoppah was addressing the difference between “one of” and “the most” nothing beyond that.

  • @richardmalone3172

    @richardmalone3172

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yotube1ful Yes, but also the incomprehensibly huge difference between our galaxy and the universe.

  • @hansgulldhe8519

    @hansgulldhe8519

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you not thought about ignoring that what obscures the planet lies at a greater distance to the planet or closer to us watching the event

  • @cade8986

    @cade8986

    4 жыл бұрын

    glashoppah I thought the same thing

  • @bronnblackwater7950

    @bronnblackwater7950

    3 жыл бұрын

    indeed. sound like they know all the stars in the universe...theyre not even seen each and every in our galaxy

  • @nikolateslaize
    @nikolateslaize4 жыл бұрын

    I am one of those volunteers and I am really proud. Seeing eclipsing binaries and possible exo planets is beyond fascinating.

  • @stevegrimes21

    @stevegrimes21

    4 жыл бұрын

    And so u should be

  • @nikolateslaize

    @nikolateslaize

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stevegrimes21 :) it is very kind of you. Thanks.

  • @FireofGod7

    @FireofGod7

    4 жыл бұрын

    You know your looking at wormwood forming right?

  • @nikolateslaize

    @nikolateslaize

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@FireofGod7 wormwood or wormhole? :)

  • @spacecadet35

    @spacecadet35

    Жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work. The results of the volunteers have been impressive.

  • @Arsenic71
    @Arsenic713 жыл бұрын

    And she is too humble to mention that this star is named after her: Tabby's star. There are not many stars named after people, maybe a hundred in total (and I'm not one of them 😁)

  • @akibmahmud19

    @akibmahmud19

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dude, You are on the bloody periodic table !!!!

  • @Seekthetruth3000

    @Seekthetruth3000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@akibmahmud19 And a carcinogen!

  • @ArghyadeepPal

    @ArghyadeepPal

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@akibmahmud19 Lmao

  • @allstarwatt7246

    @allstarwatt7246

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ArghyadeepPal 😂

  • @Tenchi707

    @Tenchi707

    Жыл бұрын

    That's friggin cute

  • @mcs6330
    @mcs63303 жыл бұрын

    After watching this, I feel like earth might be the group project of alien students somewhere up there

  • @axlnightmare

    @axlnightmare

    2 жыл бұрын

    And...those students failed.

  • @HansLasser

    @HansLasser

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@axlnightmareYep, they will come back next year because of their crappy project!

  • @Hamza-tj5xq
    @Hamza-tj5xq4 жыл бұрын

    alien chef commander : " Bring me this Tabetha snitch "

  • @orlandogalan

    @orlandogalan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maze nice

  • @anthonybroussard1102

    @anthonybroussard1102

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @maddee6619

    @maddee6619

    4 жыл бұрын

    😆

  • @robf1801

    @robf1801

    3 жыл бұрын

    alien chef? what, are they gonna eat her?

  • @ivanzzz7610

    @ivanzzz7610

    2 жыл бұрын

    explain this boyyyyy : "alien chef" hahahahahhahahahahaha

  • @Beanie-Sandals
    @Beanie-Sandals5 жыл бұрын

    I really love what she ended on. "What will it mean if we find another star like this? And what will it mean if we don't?" If we don't find anything like this again it could possibly rule out natural phenomena, and lean towards a more alien hypothesis.

  • @Ericsaidful

    @Ericsaidful

    Жыл бұрын

    The idea of dysonspheres actually existing is...its beyond fiction. Using it as an explanation for this phenomenon is absurd. Most likely it's a body, or bodies, that are oddly shaped with an odd orbit due to a collision. The sphere would be a myth using our own perception of energy use. Considering we are 100 years removed from the use of fire as our primary source of energy, we are so far from reaching the ultimate sustainable source of energy that we have no idea what will and what will not be useful even on our planet in the next 100 years.

  • @kolian8765

    @kolian8765

    Жыл бұрын

    The problem with that is it is quite literally physically impossible to observe every possible star/star system that might imitate conditions similar to those displayed in the video. There are quadrillions of planets in our universe. So sadly, unless the cosmos throws a stroke of pure, absolute luck at us, ruling in extraterrestrial possibilities is and will remain something to strive for I get where your coming from though, it's always exciting when things like these pop up.

  • @kolian8765

    @kolian8765

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnfillmore why would it not be a sad or unfortunate thing? discovering something trivial (comparatively speaking) like an exoplanet is exciting in the astronomical world. If intelligent life is found elsewhere it would break the internet 💀.

  • @danielabilez3619
    @danielabilez3619 Жыл бұрын

    She is very good in her presenation. She is believably direct without being arrogant. Her voice moves and pulls you along. Good job. For her, the audience, the viewers: Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year

  • @glenbrisebois8239

    @glenbrisebois8239

    Жыл бұрын

    Merry Christmas Daniel!

  • @CaesarCassius

    @CaesarCassius

    Жыл бұрын

    That was a total letdown, she should have called this video the Most Clickbaitiest Title in the Universe

  • @ossiedunstan4419

    @ossiedunstan4419

    Жыл бұрын

    Watching this tin foil collaboration , it was a preposterous Christmas.

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    This is the worst presentation I've ever seen in TED, and frankly, I think, even on KZread in general. Her frame thesis is that "computers can't find this," but that's simply a lie. Computers can easily find things like this, if programmed to look. The REAL question isn't about the star, it's about what in the heck the NASA programmers were doing that their software didn't note these huge anomalies? Instead she peppers the talk with Star Wars-based theories that could have been shot down the second they were raised.

  • @vijaz5559

    @vijaz5559

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@@CaesarCassiusshe's not in charge of giving titles on this video. Are u dumb?

  • @shvmsaini
    @shvmsaini3 жыл бұрын

    Between October 2019 and December 2019, at least seven separate dips were observed, the deepest of which had a depth of 2%. By the end of the observing season in early January 2020, the star had once again recovered in brightness. The total combined depth of the dips in 2019 was 11%, comparable to that seen in 2011 and 2013, but spread over a long time interval.

  • @AzazeIlI

    @AzazeIlI

    2 жыл бұрын

    What does that mean ? Lol

  • @francineg2758

    @francineg2758

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AzazeIlI consistency, a pattern.

  • @AzazeIlI

    @AzazeIlI

    Жыл бұрын

    @@francineg2758 Exciting, isnt it!? 😳🫢

  • @francineg2758

    @francineg2758

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AzazeIlI absolutely!😊

  • @lycheelynn4841

    @lycheelynn4841

    Жыл бұрын

    @@francineg2758 how do you find info about this? I wanna keep up with this star and what ever comes out about the planets relatively close to it, but always have a hard time actually finding recent info

  • @breannathompson9094
    @breannathompson90948 жыл бұрын

    I got in trouble watching this in class, but then I showed my teacher and since it was science class, she let us watch it on the projector. #lucky

  • @breannathompson9094

    @breannathompson9094

    8 жыл бұрын

    Astrophysics is also my dream career

  • @Rookie_Rockounding

    @Rookie_Rockounding

    8 жыл бұрын

    Nice! That's a rad teacher

  • @jacobzu6655

    @jacobzu6655

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Breanna Thompson same

  • @greatsea

    @greatsea

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Breanna Thompson It is a win-win pursuit. If it didn't work out you could always crunch numbers for some corporation.

  • @corydunn2453

    @corydunn2453

    8 жыл бұрын

    lol nice

  • @tristanrylan
    @tristanrylan4 жыл бұрын

    "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." Take notes, flat earthers.

  • @knix7329

    @knix7329

    4 жыл бұрын

    •Tristanrylan• Lol rrrrriiiiiiigggghhhhttt

  • @majinregime1537

    @majinregime1537

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ummm...round earthers might wanna take notes

  • @viktorvasilik5477

    @viktorvasilik5477

    4 жыл бұрын

    what exactly was the "extraordinary evidence" for a spinning waterball when it was first *made up* (or as you call it "discovered")?? Start with just 1.

  • @tristanrylan

    @tristanrylan

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@viktorvasilik5477 We don't need extraordinary evidence if it's been proven for thousands of years...

  • @viktorvasilik5477

    @viktorvasilik5477

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tristanrylan that's what I thought your answer was going to be...sad because you don't have one...

  • @phil4893
    @phil4893 Жыл бұрын

    Mars is currently very visible at night from the UK, and on late night walks with my dog, I often find myself just staring up at it and the stars surrounding it. The word awesome is used far too easily these days, but the sky at night is, truly awesome.

  • @johnhough4445
    @johnhough4445 Жыл бұрын

    The older I get the more I realise my own ignorance. But, for me the biggest mystery is that of time and time alone must be properly understood before we can get anywhere with understanding anything else. This lady is gentle with us dummies, for which I am grateful; well done!

  • @superfan7052

    @superfan7052

    Жыл бұрын

    “Gentle with us dummies” ugh - she’s not pandering.

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia7 жыл бұрын

    This is absolutely fascinating! I had read a bit about it, but the way she breaks it down. As soon as i saw that 15% dip in light my jaw hit the ground!

  • @Otaner142

    @Otaner142

    7 жыл бұрын

    EQOAnostalgia she said there was a 20% drop 1 thousand times the area of the earth..... damm

  • @sknightro

    @sknightro

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it, what if its an mis-shapen asteroid that is closer to us and just seems big and its blocking it. I think they are just riding the hype train.

  • @10ahm01

    @10ahm01

    7 жыл бұрын

    +KNO a planet can't be this big and you're saying asteroid??

  • @brandonsarazin3257

    @brandonsarazin3257

    7 жыл бұрын

    there is alot of things bigger than you could conceive. like suns several times and than the entire solarsystem. Millions of miles wide.

  • @TheZahirNT2

    @TheZahirNT2

    7 жыл бұрын

    KNO because certainly none of the thousands of citizen enthusiasts or the teams of highly trained scientists who have looked at these data thought of that. You'd better write them. You may have cracked the case wide open!

  • @JMsoo
    @JMsoo7 жыл бұрын

    Imagine hundreds of years from today maybe this clip will be seen as: "This was the first time we noticed them".....

  • @jujuyee2534

    @jujuyee2534

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jivan Moulandi scary

  • @bassinblue

    @bassinblue

    5 жыл бұрын

    Definitely watching too many movies.

  • @Fortify2030

    @Fortify2030

    3 жыл бұрын

    "It was happy times, before they attacked us..."

  • @MegaPieru3000

    @MegaPieru3000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bassinblue It's possible although somewhat unlikely. But still possible.

  • @Dra741
    @Dra741 Жыл бұрын

    I never thought the photometer would be able to detect this so accurately, I thought that it would be interfered with with all types of stray space signals and everything but it works perfectly

  • @chrisromoser4341
    @chrisromoser43413 жыл бұрын

    thank you Tabetha, so interesting to hear of this

  • @rodionromanovich449
    @rodionromanovich4494 жыл бұрын

    Thought Christopher Walken was the most mysterious star in the universe

  • @BrookeSingleton

    @BrookeSingleton

    4 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Walken is TERRIFYING.

  • @Albertojedi

    @Albertojedi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@BrookeSingleton He's a psycho lookalike 🤣🤣

  • @brittoncarter5302

    @brittoncarter5302

    4 жыл бұрын

    BAHAHAHA made my day.

  • @Alexandra-xt1vf

    @Alexandra-xt1vf

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is

  • @whydoesitmatter6923

    @whydoesitmatter6923

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dude watch your mouth put some respect on his name seriously

  • @awoken2562
    @awoken25628 жыл бұрын

    Great, if we find aliens and they look into our history of extra terrestrial movies, they would see that 90% of the time, we kill them.

  • @TheHelghast1138

    @TheHelghast1138

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah not a good welcome sign

  • @psycheLiquid

    @psycheLiquid

    7 жыл бұрын

    :))))))))

  • @TheKajunkat

    @TheKajunkat

    7 жыл бұрын

    fortunately, they won't receive the transmissions for another 1400 years or so.

  • @johnmason1239

    @johnmason1239

    7 жыл бұрын

    usually only if they attack 1st,Iam all for intergalactic peace, but whilst your dashing out there-calling ETs in for lunch-a good probing via SETI,many are prepared for other potential evantualities.

  • @jefffarnsworth7678

    @jefffarnsworth7678

    7 жыл бұрын

    "How to Serve Man"

  • @PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm
    @PlanetXMysteries-pj9nm3 ай бұрын

    I can't express enough how grateful I am for your channel. Your videos have helped me understand complex scientific concepts in an easily digestible way

  • @parthsachan3140
    @parthsachan31403 жыл бұрын

    The kind of TED Talks we need more

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    This is frankly the worst I've ever seen. Her main idea is that "computers can't find this," but that's not true. Computers can easily find things like this, if programmed to look. The real question isn't about the star, it's about what in the heck the NASA programmers were doing that their software didn't note these huge anomalies? So: the entire thesis of the talk is incorrect. Why the heck do you think we need more such talks?

  • @aperson22222
    @aperson222228 жыл бұрын

    At 2:39 she says " . . . one of the most mysterious stars in our galaxy." That's a far more modest claim than the video's title promises.

  • @PresidentialWinner

    @PresidentialWinner

    8 жыл бұрын

    +aperson22222 i noticed that too

  • @paulsalterego8700

    @paulsalterego8700

    8 жыл бұрын

    At a little after the 6 minute mark. She says "We checked the data, but the data were good." There, I contributed.

  • @themshourya

    @themshourya

    8 жыл бұрын

    Most mysterious would the methulesa star. It is or at least was believed to be older than the universe itself (which is absolutely retarded).

  • @TobyShew

    @TobyShew

    8 жыл бұрын

    +CaseOfSpaides data is a plural word - she is correct as she is referring to countable data

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610

    @alexandrugheorghe5610

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Shourya Mehta "than the universe itself" is that the observable? ;-)

  • @trent8002003
    @trent80020038 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like it wasn't the star that was mysterious but the "thing" that passed in front of it!

  • @chriscrews5795

    @chriscrews5795

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dyson sphere lvl 3 civilation hundreds of millions or billions or years old

  • @hafsasharmin6980
    @hafsasharmin69803 жыл бұрын

    I'm here from a book where I've read about tabetha and I thought tabetha is a male person but she is 'she' 🥰🥰🥰And of course sooo much proud of you🥰 (I'm a bagladeshi so I couldn't catch the name)

  • @bluesmon54321
    @bluesmon54321 Жыл бұрын

    Would it be helpful to have the Webb telescope train its sights on the star for a while?

  • @BalefulHead
    @BalefulHead5 жыл бұрын

    I'm thrilled you gave this Ted talk. I've participated in various Zooniverse research efforts since my time in college Astronomy class. I hadn't heard any follow ups until this. Awesome. Thanks.

  • @odinsmeadhorn196
    @odinsmeadhorn1968 жыл бұрын

    "Dyson: we don't just do vacuum cleaners"

  • @kgtc

    @kgtc

    5 жыл бұрын

    we do spheres

  • @autohmae

    @autohmae

    5 жыл бұрын

    KGT UserCast actually, they are working on batteries and cars now too I believe. Who knows if they'll do spheres in the future too.

  • @damianwattimena4128

    @damianwattimena4128

    5 жыл бұрын

    Crack up

  • @purpletac.9423

    @purpletac.9423

    5 жыл бұрын

    this is good

  • @alexoelkers2292

    @alexoelkers2292

    4 жыл бұрын

    It really is a advanced vacuum cleaner...

  • @think2086
    @think20864 жыл бұрын

    How about going all the way and calling it "What the Flux!?"

  • @randomguy4421

    @randomguy4421

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's freakin genius 🤗

  • @charleslanot7080
    @charleslanot70803 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Summer, Rick is proud

  • @MrSean03839
    @MrSean038394 жыл бұрын

    Obviously a new death star weapon being developed by the empire.

  • @thecutestcuck7978

    @thecutestcuck7978

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, and we want to make contact. Is it just me or does that sound like a really bad idea?

  • @Snoogen11

    @Snoogen11

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe this time they'll cover the exhaust ports. I'm not holding out much hope though...

  • @MrSean03839

    @MrSean03839

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Snoogen11 Nah. When you develop the most powerful weapon in the galaxy you always would want to also build in an easy way to destroy it. LoL!

  • @ohonesixone

    @ohonesixone

    2 ай бұрын

    Maybe Disney can kill it just like the franchise?

  • @Achonas
    @Achonas8 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY. Something actually rooted in science

  • @johnnyfacchin6469
    @johnnyfacchin64694 жыл бұрын

    When is part 2 coming to us.

  • @Roybwatchin
    @Roybwatchin Жыл бұрын

    What if it's just one or more blackholes that are floating around in the "vicinity" and they are redirecting the light at a different angle for random periods of time?

  • @Threedog1963

    @Threedog1963

    Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't you see a gravitational lense effect rather than just a dip in the light from the star?

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you're half-right. It's probably just dust clouds floating between us and that star. Black holes absorb all energy equally, but this one is affecting different parts of the spectrum in exactly the way dust would. So, it's dust. We KNOW it's dust.

  • @alphalex88
    @alphalex884 жыл бұрын

    Her remarks at the end of the video about citizen astronomers put a smile on my face, as no one astronomer is less worthy than another; irregardless of credentials - because anyone can make an observation and anyone can hypothesize a theory.

  • @0076nicholas

    @0076nicholas

    4 жыл бұрын

    Alex Carreon irregardless is not a word

  • @t.j.sortino7844

    @t.j.sortino7844

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! I believe technology, meaning... easy to use/learn, affordable, cutting-edge at home technology is the future method in which experts in various fields will be made. Already this is happening! Our society is the problem though! Experts are only recognized as true professionals if they have one, or multiple very expensive pieces of paper! I don't think technical colleges, and internships will ever go away. Airline pilots, lawyers, judges, doctors, dentists, surgeons, etc... All professions that require hands on training, and is regulated by government agencies to keep us all safe; will always fully require a certification from an accredited school/corporation.

  • @jimrobin

    @jimrobin

    Жыл бұрын

    REGARDLESS* 🙄

  • @bhall675

    @bhall675

    Жыл бұрын

    The fact that the main mission had to move on and they had to rely on data from backyard astronomers is a vindication of the unsung scientists.

  • @wardjohnson2812

    @wardjohnson2812

    Жыл бұрын

    Regardless

  • @andy4an
    @andy4an8 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate that this star was found by amateurs. This is the sort of thing that I'd kinda like to hear a follow up on, but never expect to.

  • @superfan7052

    @superfan7052

    Жыл бұрын

    What is an “amateur”?

  • @andy4an

    @andy4an

    Жыл бұрын

    @Super Fan generally, those that do things for fun rather than add a profession. I watched this video 6 years ago and don't remember it.

  • @derekwiffen1115
    @derekwiffen1115 Жыл бұрын

    I would really love to see an update on where thinking about this star is today. What new evidence is there and what is the current thinking?

  • @alexislambert8039
    @alexislambert80394 жыл бұрын

    8:52 that was awkward 😅

  • @hoola_amigos

    @hoola_amigos

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol yeaa

  • @ismailadyaman5168

    @ismailadyaman5168

    4 жыл бұрын

    I laughed, then realised nobody else did. It was awkward for me too

  • @harshmathur4266

    @harshmathur4266

    3 жыл бұрын

    I felt sad for her

  • @hooked4lifeca
    @hooked4lifeca5 жыл бұрын

    I think I may have an answer to this problem. Imagine a system with three or four Jupiter sized planets. During their orbits there will be times when they align and as a result, the outermost will be over time, pulled inward toward its star. The orbit of this outermost Jupiter becomes increasingly elliptical and in the process, it disturbs the orbits of the other Jupiters. Eventually the orbit of the outermost Jupiter becomes highly elliptical where it plunges towards its star, passing very close, then speeds away. If the angle of its ellipse is just right from the view point of the Earth, we see the planet plunging toward its star followed by it speeding away behind its star. This orbit would match up with the long, slow period where the light from the sun is being slowly dimmed as the Jupiter plunges toward its star. At maximum star dimness, this Jupiter may be within the equivalent orbit of Mercury, which would explain the 20% drop in light. It then speeds away from its star, passing behind it from Earth's point of view, which results in the sudden increase in luminosity. As far as the double dip in the data, followed by another dip, that can be explained by the outermost Jupiter towing the inner Jupiters into highly elliptical orbits, so that the closest passing Jupiter is rapidly preceded or followed by a second one, then more slowly followed by a third. We should be able to prove this hypothesis via super computer, or by continued observation of the star when this behaviour begins to repeat. We could also see a very pronounced wobble produced by the gravitational tug of the planets as they speed by in their elliptical orbit.

  • @chrispatton4219

    @chrispatton4219

    5 жыл бұрын

    In this case, you can create models to recreate the orbits that would have resulted in this phenomenon and then accurately predict the next time any number of orbit related events should occur. I think what she was trying to say was that they exhausted all of the possibilities in naturally occurring phenomenon because of the behavior of the object.

  • @dorrianstone7264

    @dorrianstone7264

    5 жыл бұрын

    hooked4lifeca the final conclusion was it’s just a massive gas cloud.. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @nayak3105

    @nayak3105

    4 жыл бұрын

    here is another scientist trying to figure this out. man you have to understand something that it is really important to have the right tool to solve the mystery of the universe and right now you don't have that kind of tool. it is like a doctor cannot do surgery without having a surgical tool.so instead of solving the mystery, you need to make an invention that allows you to see behind the star as the star is right in front of you. by the way amen to that.

  • @nayak3105

    @nayak3105

    Жыл бұрын

    @Tabatha Tuszynski you are right. my comment was kind of toxic that I posted four years ago. 1st step is always very important even if it is a small step.

  • @groundcontrol-888

    @groundcontrol-888

    Жыл бұрын

    they will have to rename it hooked4lifeca 1 if you are correct !

  • @aeolisticwill
    @aeolisticwill8 жыл бұрын

    She's not saying Aliens but... Aliens.

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    8 жыл бұрын

    It's never aliens. It just might be aliens though.

  • @rodluvan1976

    @rodluvan1976

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mark William eh, she did say Alien Megastructures and Aliens

  • @Tbonyandsteak

    @Tbonyandsteak

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mark William The A word

  • @lessthanlucas

    @lessthanlucas

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Grizz Frank Dude. Pour yourself a glass of water. Is the surface (away from the edges of the glass) perfectly flat? I think you would find that it is. Blow on the water. It ripples, but does the average height of the water remain the same? It does. Try these things with a pail of water, then a tub. Do the properties remain the same? Look at a lake. Again, the surface, on average, is completely level. So why do ships on the ocean vanish over the horizon? They are still perfectly visible, yet they appear to be sinking down into the water. (All ships do this and this is easily verifiable if you are willing to spend a clear day at a port.) A flat earth would have flat water and you'd be able to see the ships until they were out of sight.

  • @lessthanlucas

    @lessthanlucas

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Grizz Frank Um, no you can't do that. The ship actually appears to be sinking. As in, from the your position, the deck appears to lower into the water at a steady progression. Vanishing perspective is a linear phenomenon, mapped with straight lines. A straight line could not cause an object's position to move out of plane. Plus, on a clear day, you can totally see things up to 10 miles away.

  • @chrisjpritchard
    @chrisjpritchard Жыл бұрын

    Observation 1 . There is an unimaginable actual tangible distance between us and this star with countless objects ,smaller than the resolution and sampling in the analogue /digital optical lens processor of Kepler. The aggregate of these objects can eventually create random clean and noisy transition signatures. Observation 2 . Remember that we are looking at a tiny, less than a fraction of space , and so this pattern will be repeated else where just by statistical calculation . Observation 3 : Large bodies orbiting other stars can create transition shadows as Kepler can not digitally distinguish the x.y,z axis profile of that space block at that distance using 'one axis 'of reference and relative observation. Even with Kepler orbit, this reference positioning for data acquisition needs to be extended by distance factor of x100 in all x,y,z planes to get more accurate data. Although its good to recognise a pattern its impossible to link any assumptions of Alien existence at this stage. We observe an anomaly to the 'typical' we can say.

  • @petes5863
    @petes5863 Жыл бұрын

    Is it possible that multiple planets crossed the field of vision at that particular time?

  • @cccmmm1234

    @cccmmm1234

    Жыл бұрын

    Multiple planets could cause the asymmetric dip. That's more likely than aliens.

  • @revan3841

    @revan3841

    Жыл бұрын

    Way too big and way too irregular.

  • @DexterHaven

    @DexterHaven

    Жыл бұрын

    @Umanfly Yeah, or space dust, an asteroid field, a part of a comet, Joy Behar, anything could obstruct the view.

  • @daymongray3516

    @daymongray3516

    Жыл бұрын

    If multiple planets were involved to don’t think it would be repeatable.

  • @davidpapitto6446

    @davidpapitto6446

    Жыл бұрын

    @@revan3841 Like brown dwarfs in a highly elliptical orbit? Like the one that has been hypothesized to orbit outside of our heliosphere?

  • @rrni2343
    @rrni23438 жыл бұрын

    We probably live in an alternate universe where those poor sods got selected to be terminated to make room for a new hyperspace express route.

  • @bistro4

    @bistro4

    8 жыл бұрын

    And they probably didn't even bother reading the plans that had been on display for 50 years. Apathetic bloody planet. I have no sympathy at all.

  • @MrDasmaster

    @MrDasmaster

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Cate Vogons! P.S Thanks for the poetry.

  • @iamtenzin4409

    @iamtenzin4409

    8 жыл бұрын

    +shayne g And all the fish!

  • @bistro4

    @bistro4

    8 жыл бұрын

    Now that's poetry. I can just hear the readers dropping like flies from the internal hemorrhaging you caused them. Just marvelous.

  • @rrni2343

    @rrni2343

    8 жыл бұрын

    My left side suddenly went numb after reading the first line.. and I seem to be missing my spleen. Oh?! I din't know I had this much blood...

  • @jtoddjb
    @jtoddjb8 жыл бұрын

    regardless of aliens or not I think the best takeaway here is citizen science. Citizen science isn't restricted by religion, politics, or whatever. It would also be much more difficult to control or filter a thousand backyard scientists rather than just a few recognized scientific establishments. The possibilities could be endless as technology brings more ability to the citizen scientist.

  • @patrickbyrne5070

    @patrickbyrne5070

    8 жыл бұрын

    Well said dude

  • @Combobreaker100
    @Combobreaker1004 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s the result of a stray solar system merging with this star’s system and causing multiple alignments from our perspective. With the second star appearing from behind KIC and the stray planets merging orbits in some binary system sort of way. Some planets collide with others, create debris, etc.

  • @cynthiaalways5663
    @cynthiaalways56637 ай бұрын

    Any updates on this?

  • @scene100
    @scene1004 жыл бұрын

    What if they are sending us a message using the light fluctuations...... 🤔

  • @davidtyson6869

    @davidtyson6869

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good evening show I would like to see you are connected 2 more than you know and they will never understand the disagreeable they understand the 666 year it's up the whole solar system it's rotating and changing have you not notice how the Earth within 20 years have changed and the flickering of light that they see it is not something getting in the way it is your ancestors am I nice who are on their way here thank you

  • @michaelkochalka3251

    @michaelkochalka3251

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@davidtyson6869 Proper use of punctuation in a sentence or paragraph is the key to convey a meaningful message.

  • @heretikal

    @heretikal

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big brain time =-O

  • @scene100

    @scene100

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelkochalka3251 man, I thought I was just trippin fam. Lmfao

  • @enroute6955

    @enroute6955

    4 жыл бұрын

    Morse code

  • @Xanderfied
    @Xanderfied4 жыл бұрын

    Again, turns out it was another moth. Just a moth.

  • @kellybottoms57

    @kellybottoms57

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @mqwerty9564

    @mqwerty9564

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Bell Curve by Charles Murray.... read it.

  • @alanpdrv

    @alanpdrv

    3 жыл бұрын

    We found the bug

  • @Xanderfied

    @Xanderfied

    3 жыл бұрын

    Would you like to know more?

  • @eiadhlal5145
    @eiadhlal51453 жыл бұрын

    I have a suggestion . What if the strange mater resulting from the collision of two neutron starts collided with a large amount in this star? Is it possible that it will negatively affect the light from it?

  • @robertklotz9319

    @robertklotz9319

    Жыл бұрын

    Like the periodic spots in our sun!?

  • @eiadhlal5145

    @eiadhlal5145

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertklotz9319 no. I mean, is it possible that the reason for this difference in the brightness of the star is strange matter?

  • @robertcase4995
    @robertcase4995 Жыл бұрын

    Blows my mind!

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    It blows my mind that she made such a bad talk. Her thesis is incorrect. Her point is "computers can't find this" but of COURSE they can. The talk should have been about: who at NASA managed to write software that didn't find this signal.

  • @sglonebird
    @sglonebird5 жыл бұрын

    Ever notice how all the instruments looking for intelligent life are pointed AWAY from Earth.

  • @xanderb6946

    @xanderb6946

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Ever notice how all the instruments looking for planets are pointed AWAY from Earth."

  • @JaydenAndJacob69

    @JaydenAndJacob69

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, you are really witty!

  • @jerryslater3447

    @jerryslater3447

    5 жыл бұрын

    on earth we can talk and listen, you may need a hearing aid...

  • @Joshua-notjosh-

    @Joshua-notjosh-

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jerryslater3447 do they also make "Thinking Aides"? Because I'm pretty sure you missed the joke.

  • @TheAlanX2

    @TheAlanX2

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's so cool. And I would point out that we also point our microscopes inward looking for intelligent life too.

  • @JAMAICADOCK
    @JAMAICADOCK7 жыл бұрын

    makes sense of why Stephen Hawking recently said 'don't make contact'.

  • @cris33311
    @cris333114 жыл бұрын

    when you look at something far away with a binocular and a closer object is trespassing your sight very close to your binocular , you will see that the object or person is blocking a lot from your view sight making it to look huge and endless. What if these blocking sunlight cuts off are caused by some random (closer to us) huge asteroids tresspassing the sight of the telescope sensor ? Is it possible ?

  • @manasyadav1993

    @manasyadav1993

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but what would it be orbiting around? It can’t be our sun otherwise you would see similar fluctuations around other stars as well in that deep field. The trouble with that explanation is how periodic that dimming signal is. I also thought the same btw.

  • @David-Field.Stuff01

    @David-Field.Stuff01

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly.

  • @ashokkemp1793

    @ashokkemp1793

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would say it could be the planets that are orbiting that star might have a similar orbiting time cycle and align every few years thus making it appear like the graph the scientist are presenting. Maybe, it requires extended period of observation to prove this.. But, just imagine even planets in our Solar system align every 1000 years in the same plane. If the star is young and the planetary system has just formed they may be circling the star faster and hence align more frequently.. Just a theory..

  • @affugter

    @affugter

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ashokkemp1793 hypothesis

  • @bonafide183

    @bonafide183

    Жыл бұрын

    P0o.

  • @sethbearry440
    @sethbearry4404 ай бұрын

    I had her for a class. Great professor. Learned a lot in her class.

  • @robby12320
    @robby123208 жыл бұрын

    I find it funny that this video is very simple and easy to understand yet many people in the comment section seem to disagree.

  • @JonatasAdoM

    @JonatasAdoM

    8 жыл бұрын

    I loved how she seemed to be defending the alien theory and leaning towards the end when bang she took the opposite route

  • @rogerstorrs8679

    @rogerstorrs8679

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@JonatasAdoM Well it's kinda fun.... (And it gets her clicks ;) )

  • @osiris5315
    @osiris53155 жыл бұрын

    I thought Tabetha Boyajian was the name of the star

  • @craigcase5766

    @craigcase5766

    5 жыл бұрын

    Osiris I did too until I read your comment.

  • @hrishikeshrajwade8208

    @hrishikeshrajwade8208

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @captaincringe2595

    @captaincringe2595

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, in a way you are correct. It is colloquially known as Tabby's Star.

  • @ShabazDraee

    @ShabazDraee

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahahahha bruh i died

  • @romeo34889

    @romeo34889

    5 жыл бұрын

    Osiris...dittos and kudos...

  • @bofpwet9500
    @bofpwet95004 жыл бұрын

    10:11 How and where would they find all the materials and energies needed to construct such a thing when they just happen to have no ressource and energy left for themself?

  • @ismailadyaman5168

    @ismailadyaman5168

    4 жыл бұрын

    just as we are able to build nuclear power plants which give us more energy before using the last bit of our current energy reserves, they could easily have applied the same principal to get energy from their sun. Nobody is that stupid as to deplete all resources without ensuring more will come.

  • @davidwilde4151
    @davidwilde4151 Жыл бұрын

    It does seem very simple to explain and it certainly does not involve 1. Aliens 2. Star Wars - Death Stars etc 3. Asteroid belts or 4. Black holes The strange pattern shown in the video of the Kepler effect is because we on earth are observing the planetary object passing the star in an elliptical orbit north to south travelling towards us. The other Kepler observations will be objects passing the same star at different elliptical orbits therefore creating smaller dips as they appear to pass more quickly to us as observers. I am certain that the results would be entirely different if observed from anywhere else except earth.

  • @MONSTERDR451

    @MONSTERDR451

    9 ай бұрын

    or maybe it's that Alien Threat POTUS Reagan was warning of at the UN...

  • @EdTube444
    @EdTube4448 жыл бұрын

    If I lived in a sufficiently advanced society wishing to send a message across the galaxy I would use my local star to send a message. We can see the light from stars thousands of light years away. I would use a flotilla of satellites stretching Mylar like sheets broad enough to block star light alternately.

  • @HungLionSmokes

    @HungLionSmokes

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Edward Owens still bounded by the speed of light and the delays therof

  • @EdTube444

    @EdTube444

    8 жыл бұрын

    Deviantfulness Of course. To communicate faster than the speed of light you might use quantum entanglement which is seemingly instantaneous. Problem with that is finding the right quanta being manipulated, figuring out how it is being manipulated, and then decoding it. Kind of like a quadrillion strings stretched for great distances and short distances and in no particular direction and plucking one or two and then finding the end of those particular strings. Unless an advanced society has figured out how to find quanta in the vicinity of another civilization or to listen in or eavesdrop on quanta from all over the universe. We will probably be extinct before we get that smart.

  • @MrTreebeard420

    @MrTreebeard420

    8 жыл бұрын

    So you are telling me we were getting a message in some type of giant star light Morse code, and right when communication was getting chatty Kepler stop and we will never get the message?

  • @EdTube444

    @EdTube444

    8 жыл бұрын

    MrTreebeard420 I'm saying that would be one of the best ways to send a message a good distance across a galaxy. Star light travels thousands of light years. It wouldn't have to even be a coherent message no more than waving your arms and jumping up and down is anything more than calling attention to yourself when stranded on a desert island and you spot a ship. When you think about it planets are islands in the cosmos.

  • @EdTube444

    @EdTube444

    8 жыл бұрын

    Also if you subscribe to the Rampaging Nano Bot Swarm Theory then then even if you had the technology to build a Dyson Sphere or more likely a ring, given the amount of material involved, is to invite attack. So even if you had the technology would you not use it for fear of drawing unwanted attention. Another possibility is shepherding masses of large asteroids and dwarf planets into close proximity to each other to produce the effect of alternately dimming star light and draw attention that way. Maybe it's a last ditch effort to draw attention to a dying world.

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd
    @DaveWard-xc7vd5 жыл бұрын

    Whatever this is........it happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

  • @miasma529

    @miasma529

    5 жыл бұрын

    the "galaxy far far away" is the Milky Way, KIC 8462852 is located in the Milky Way

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd

    @DaveWard-xc7vd

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@miasma529 I wasnt trying to be scientifically correct. But you are correct.

  • @Insane3OB

    @Insane3OB

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Furrowed Brow That was just a movie.

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd

    @DaveWard-xc7vd

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Insane3OB Thats what they want you to think. It was actually a documentary.

  • @Insane3OB

    @Insane3OB

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Furrowed Brow I never made a Documentary it was Art.

  • @fatty28uk
    @fatty28uk Жыл бұрын

    Could it be possible that the lack of symmetry shown in the graph is the result of a very large object being slowed down (to enter orbit? ) and then showing a different reading as it gained enough speed to reach escape velocity?

  • @andyharpist2938
    @andyharpist2938 Жыл бұрын

    It's a spanner that fell off the Hubble telescope slowly spinning infront of the position in space when it looks at that star.

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    You're probably close. I think the best fit is an opaque interstellar dust cloud slowly drifting between us and that star.

  • @jenmack8944
    @jenmack89444 жыл бұрын

    I really really enjoyed spending time in my evenings as a planet hunter. Thank you for putting it out there! ❤️

  • @cartoonkiller8805
    @cartoonkiller88054 жыл бұрын

    I know this will get lost in the comments but when I'm alone I like to go in my garden cover myself with dirt and pretend I'm a carrot....

  • @williamiannucci2740

    @williamiannucci2740

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @alfansosimon4230

    @alfansosimon4230

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best comment

  • @gregoryreese8491

    @gregoryreese8491

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, yeah okay, and?

  • @korolev-musictodriveby6583

    @korolev-musictodriveby6583

    4 жыл бұрын

    So what’s eating you , man ?

  • @tripzville7569

    @tripzville7569

    4 жыл бұрын

    love it

  • @Hucklenaut
    @Hucklenaut4 жыл бұрын

    Could it be three planets in line or in sync with each other having an additive effect in blocking light. subsequent readings could be measuring the same planets not lined up or closely lined up????

  • @melnasanchez4922

    @melnasanchez4922

    4 жыл бұрын

    same idea here!

  • @CM-qd6px
    @CM-qd6px4 жыл бұрын

    There were multiple structures passing in front of the star that moved from sync to un-sync to sync

  • @DustinRodriguez1_0
    @DustinRodriguez1_08 жыл бұрын

    Is there a particular reason why they don't seem to be suspecting the star itself? They did consider whether it was young and surrounded by a cloud left over from formation, but aren't there a lot of possibilities like the star having recently ingested something large (planet scale or larger), and still roiling and irregular due to that? I'm no astrophysicist, and don't know if perhaps something like what I suggested might have a characteristic signature that is missing, but given the almost total lack of consideration of irregularities in the stars output itself (rather than output being blocked) makes me think that maybe there is some evidence that establishes fairly clearly that the star is regular enough that it couldn't be any oddity with the star, but must be something between it and our detector.

  • @adamnelson5938

    @adamnelson5938

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Dustin Rodriguez this was my thought as well. I guarantee there is a "natural" reason for this data.

  • @f4k4

    @f4k4

    8 жыл бұрын

    watch 6:30

  • @kingkobra1978

    @kingkobra1978

    8 жыл бұрын

    They said they took all that into consideration

  • @DustinRodriguez1_0

    @DustinRodriguez1_0

    8 жыл бұрын

    Bearded Bard Taking into account what we already know about stars is not sufficient to rule out things we don't know about stars. Before scientists start looking to more outlandish possibilities, they always consider what sort of thing COULD cause what they see. If they discovered an explanation of why it is definitely NOT something unknown about star behavior, they did not mention it.

  • @Slingblade420

    @Slingblade420

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Outlandish possibilities" being the possibility of there being other intelligent life in the universe?

  • @firenationfiles2063
    @firenationfiles20635 жыл бұрын

    KIC 8462852 is 1,480 light years away. *We are seeing what it looked like 1,480 years ago.*

  • @firenationfiles2063

    @firenationfiles2063

    5 жыл бұрын

    I copied someone from 1,480 years ago?

  • @thomaskuiper3355

    @thomaskuiper3355

    5 жыл бұрын

    No bro

  • @thomaskuiper3355

    @thomaskuiper3355

    5 жыл бұрын

    Didnt they teach you science on school?

  • @HenryPerez_royal_hp

    @HenryPerez_royal_hp

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fire Nation Files what? No bro 🤦‍♂️

  • @thomaskuiper3355

    @thomaskuiper3355

    5 жыл бұрын

    No the expanse of space in the universe what means is that it is 3 times more distance

  • @shivPrakashPal108
    @shivPrakashPal1082 жыл бұрын

    Last line given me goosebumps

  • @AnubisEvalyna
    @AnubisEvalyna Жыл бұрын

    Always stick with the most rational explanation. It's another star nearby messing with the light using it's gravitational field. And sometimes their astroids collide making dust clouds. They are now called KIC8462852A and KIC8462852B.

  • @rayagoldendropofsun397

    @rayagoldendropofsun397

    Жыл бұрын

    There's no such thing as Gravitational Field, even better Gravity is a myth

  • @DexterHaven

    @DexterHaven

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayagoldendropofsun397 You can't even write 'gravity' correctly. 'Gravity' is a proper name, so who cares.

  • @rayagoldendropofsun397

    @rayagoldendropofsun397

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DexterHaven Proper grammar is important, keep it up ! Is that all U got in defense of your beloved Gravity ?

  • @DexterHaven

    @DexterHaven

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayagoldendropofsun397 You sound like an idiot and are stuck on stupid. You still can't spell it in lower case. And you are the one dodging your burden of proof, since you asserted that Gravity is a myth at the outset. On what grounds do you base that thesis, dummy?

  • @warcriminalforhire1828

    @warcriminalforhire1828

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rayagoldendropofsun397 look how disgustingly ad hominem and aggressive you are, typical for conspiracy theorists who have nothing to back up their feverdreams

  • @megachax3452
    @megachax34524 жыл бұрын

    The astronomer in me is so happy i clicked on this video

  • @nukeynuke1497

    @nukeynuke1497

    3 жыл бұрын

    On god

  • @user-eg5jr7qm4p
    @user-eg5jr7qm4p4 жыл бұрын

    A debris field of two collided celestial bodies (two large solid planets now shattered into pieces) in an elliptical shape trapped orbiting the star would create such a light diminishing pattern. As far as the time period. The closer the object is to the sun, the longer it blocks light. The further the object, the shorter the duration. I don't feel like doing the math to give exact times and sizes, but you get the idea, and using some calculations you could recreate the hypothetical cloud of debris. So, two planets collided and created a large debris field around what remains of their cores so that gravity keeps them and their debris dancing around each other in a tight elliptical orbit (think rings of Saturn on a massive debris scale and angled in such a way as to create this light pattern to observers here). Highly plausible considering there's a high probability of many rogue planets drifting between solar systems, ejected by larger bodies in their host systems to drift alone through space until a sun draws them in (an event that may have very well occurred in our own solar system to give our current planetary alignments to the sun). If aliens were sufficiently advanced to build a structure so large, they'd be more likely to build a Dyson sphere and you wouldn't see the star at all because they'd be absorbing most of it's energy.

  • @sliceofchee

    @sliceofchee

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or its a GIANT planet being formed from an asteroid belt which would eliminate the dust issue. These scientists are rather dim today.

  • @user-eg5jr7qm4p

    @user-eg5jr7qm4p

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sliceofchee Also highly plausible. Not all scientists jump immediately to fantastic conclusions. However, far too often 'experts' allow imaginations to override logical deduction. Eventually however they backtrack (once someone states the obvious) and begin thinking like scientists again. So there's always hope lol

  • @ernerwerkhardt9789

    @ernerwerkhardt9789

    4 жыл бұрын

    its

  • @2011Azure

    @2011Azure

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ernerwerkhardt9789 No, ... " it's ". i.e. a contraction of " it is ".

  • @ernerwerkhardt9789

    @ernerwerkhardt9789

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@2011Azure not that one, this one: "they'd be more likely to build a Dyson sphere and you wouldn't see the star at all because they'd be absorbing most of it's energy" Not "it's" but "its", the possessive form of it. The most common grammatical error in the English language. Made worse by autocorrect in all of today's smart phones, who will always autocorrect "its" with "it's".

  • @refnref954
    @refnref9543 ай бұрын

    Her mind is as clear as crystal. She knew each and every thing she was saying, even though i am a not a native english speaker, i understood her words very easily and clearly. I envy her🥺

  • @StellarPhotography
    @StellarPhotography Жыл бұрын

    Per Wikipedia, in January 2021, a distant stellar-mass companion was reported, making Tabby's Star a binary stellar system.

  • @harpodjangorose9696
    @harpodjangorose96965 жыл бұрын

    I felt a great disturbance in the Forrce. As if millions of flat-earthers cried out in horror and we're suddenly silenced.

  • @johnstitt2615

    @johnstitt2615

    5 жыл бұрын

    Harpo Django Rose good one...🤣🌎

  • @tenchu65

    @tenchu65

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes you were

  • @ronblouch178

    @ronblouch178

    5 жыл бұрын

    Grammar and spelling. If you are going to go after flat earthers I recommend spelling skills.

  • @sausagehappymealx9931

    @sausagehappymealx9931

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is earth flat?

  • @PFWYG

    @PFWYG

    5 жыл бұрын

    Harpo,... You believe a human being can see something that is said to be 1,480 light years away? lmfao - that is absolutely ridiculous.

  • @timhallas4275
    @timhallas42758 жыл бұрын

    Maybe what we are witnessing is not something orbiting that star, but something orbiting us. Now who's to say it is not.

  • @zulkifliali8832

    @zulkifliali8832

    5 жыл бұрын

    great new idea!

  • @thepirateshoots
    @thepirateshoots Жыл бұрын

    maybe a double star, or even triple star. of course the radiation from one star is blocked totally if it's behind the other; or it blocks the first star's light if it is in front of the other.

  • @camerongarrett6439
    @camerongarrett64392 жыл бұрын

    Now we know that this wasn't a Dyson sphere but it's still so freaking cool!

  • @lazyskull7949
    @lazyskull79497 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully the James Webb Space Telescope will give us more insight about this star in 2018.

  • @domsau2

    @domsau2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Launch reported.

  • @AyushKumar-yj1ll

    @AyushKumar-yj1ll

    6 жыл бұрын

    James space telescope will not measure flux

  • @sivarajkumar7287

    @sivarajkumar7287

    6 жыл бұрын

    2020🤐

  • @galaxy-wy9sd

    @galaxy-wy9sd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did it?

  • @eliassosa9530

    @eliassosa9530

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jacob - it's been delayed. JWST won't launch until 2021 now.

  • @glutinousmaximus
    @glutinousmaximus4 жыл бұрын

    ... Carl Sagan was paraphrasing Steven Weinberg - the originator of the quote: "Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary evidence".

  • @7788Sambaboy

    @7788Sambaboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or was it David Hume, or Pierre-Simon de Laplace, or Marcello Truzzi...or does it matter? One has to be quite famous and well know and published to have famous quotes

  • @World_Analysis-
    @World_Analysis- Жыл бұрын

    “The Great Void”. It’s very eerie that the blocking of the stars light coincides with the time people are viewing it on earth. “Someone or something” doesn’t want to be seen.

  • @dbarra-
    @dbarra-4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks TED

  • @shirleypena4133
    @shirleypena41334 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best TED talks I've heard in some time. :)

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    literally the worst I've ever heard. The entire talk is framed with the thesis that "computers can't find this signal" which is an absolute lie. The real question is why the software wasn't programmed to look for such a strong signal.

  • @ANIME2020X
    @ANIME2020X8 жыл бұрын

    Morty is messing around that star.

  • @DaLoopDiggerz

    @DaLoopDiggerz

    8 жыл бұрын

    +moniker127 Nobody exist on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody's gonna die.

  • @microaggressions
    @microaggressions Жыл бұрын

    I spent over a thousand hours on this project and was happy to be able to contribute data

  • @joelong925
    @joelong9252 жыл бұрын

    It was not mentioned if the shading pattern repeats, or was a one time observation. If one time observation, would a shower of space debris passing between the star at a closer distance to earth provide the pattern you are seeing?

  • @zerospin876
    @zerospin8768 жыл бұрын

    It's not a star, its the blinking eye of a giant cosmic space hamster.

  • @kebabji

    @kebabji

    8 жыл бұрын

    nailed it

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610

    @alexandrugheorghe5610

    8 жыл бұрын

    +zerospin If it would be, we would see the same U shape dim. Just sayin'...

  • @deschain1910

    @deschain1910

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Alexandru Gheorghe It just has a weird blink. Clearly it got something in its eye, proven by the erratic blinking toward the end of the data pool.

  • @peanuts2105

    @peanuts2105

    8 жыл бұрын

    +zerospin thank you for making me spit my tea put while laughing!

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610

    @alexandrugheorghe5610

    8 жыл бұрын

    Hihihi :-) so much fun!

  • @et7992
    @et79924 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation! We need more scientists like this!!! Thank you!

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    The presentation was basically a lie though. Why do we need more? The entire talk is based on the idea that "computers can't find this stuff" but of course they can. Her talk should have been about how NASA screwed up and didn't spot such a huge signal. THAT would have been a great presentation. If she left out the lame jokes.

  • @utkarshpitre1118
    @utkarshpitre1118 Жыл бұрын

    Could the variation in light be caused by internal causes like fusion reactions which absorb energy instead of emitting ? I don't know if synthesis of elements past Iron in the periodic table by fusion is endothermic ie energy absorbing instead of energy releasing

  • @DramOfScience
    @DramOfScience Жыл бұрын

    Imagine a civilization so much more advanced than ours that they just might be able to solve their energy needs by a means a little more practical than a colossal super megastructure Dyson Sphere.

  • @bhw6231

    @bhw6231

    Жыл бұрын

    Those mf's look at us like we're a bunch of ants

  • @steveg6978

    @steveg6978

    Жыл бұрын

    Remember they exhausted their resources.

  • @burtknighten4438

    @burtknighten4438

    Жыл бұрын

    Zero point energy would make all of this obsolete

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah Ben, easy to imagine. Dyson was the first to imagine it. But she's really misinforming the audience to bring up the subject. The change in the spectrum shows it's dust. It's not a Dyson Sphere. Just a red herring.

  • @IAmPobble

    @IAmPobble

    4 ай бұрын

    Olaf stapledon invented the Dyson sphere. Even Dyson credited him.

  • @spruxo
    @spruxo5 жыл бұрын

    "Planets are circular" Flatearthers TRIGGERED

  • @RJ67.

    @RJ67.

    5 жыл бұрын

    Riddle me this. Mickey, Why is it when I do a time lapse of stars the line I get from each and every star is the exact same length be them close or far away as if they are all in the same distance away? When a closer star should have a longer trail than a far star would. Yet my observation is always the same distance of trails. When the further star away should have a visibly shorter star trail on a circular pattern, if you follow what I'm saying. Should it not?

  • @CMDAO

    @CMDAO

    5 жыл бұрын

    call me a stick in the mud but why do people seem to mix "circular" with 3 Dimensional? I mean a flat circle is not at the peak of impossible things is it? Or is that not what you meant?

  • @spruxo

    @spruxo

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@CMDAO Flatearther, triggered!!!

  • @CMDAO

    @CMDAO

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@spruxo Lol typical reply. And here I was actually hoping you'd clarify your point so maybe it all finally makes sense. But I'll have to keep being a triggered flatearther instead I guess. Thanks for taking the time to give your 2 cents though. Definitely glad we got to have that intelligent discussion.

  • @spruxo

    @spruxo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Okay, ill entertain you. I should've said spherical rather than circular. There ya go bud@@CMDAO

  • @Jere616
    @Jere6168 жыл бұрын

    Don't remember where I heard this, but what if there is a civilization out there more advanced than us, by 20 minutes? -g-

  • @jotoenatehaaen

    @jotoenatehaaen

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jere616 whatever we think of, they would have thought of it 20 minutes earlier? that's scary...

  • @nicegoing1535

    @nicegoing1535

    8 жыл бұрын

    Then they probably have the next iPhone

  • @theholyherb420

    @theholyherb420

    8 жыл бұрын

    +jotoenatehaaen it sure is scary they even know what I did last summer

  • @Jere616

    @Jere616

    8 жыл бұрын

    +kicsimoe Yes, but it was just a joke.

  • @osamaghaedy1869
    @osamaghaedy18699 ай бұрын

    I hope with jwst we get new update on this star

  • @gdjones6325
    @gdjones63255 жыл бұрын

    I was with you all the way to extraordinary!

  • @juliaeve
    @juliaeve7 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool

  • @clvsidy
    @clvsidy3 жыл бұрын

    So nice !

  • @redharvst8638
    @redharvst86387 ай бұрын

    "Alien hypothesizes should always be a last resort..." until the US Dept of Defense confirmed their existence in 2021. So much for that line of thinking.

  • @MonoLith2049
    @MonoLith20497 жыл бұрын

    WARNING!! Flat earthers may find this content disturbing!

  • @lachdenan9875

    @lachdenan9875

    6 жыл бұрын

    I suppose I will worry about that more when they start censoring anti-flat-Earth content. Or perhaps when they take over government, media, and banking and create every problem worldwide--or even some problems. If they become a bunch of pseudointellectual tryhards afraid of debate like the typical college-goer, then I will be 100% in favor of going to war with them. Until then, they remain mistaken, but relatively harmless.

  • @joem80003

    @joem80003

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was going to say that too, If they are going to fake something they have to make up data so well it would be not seen as fakery from others.

  • @anarchyantz1564

    @anarchyantz1564

    6 жыл бұрын

    As long as you mention the disk is supported on the backs of 4 giant elephants which stand atop the great A'Tuin you have covered all the bases then :)

  • @iainmcmullan6049

    @iainmcmullan6049

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol at foil-hatters gone full Lizard- Earth's a toroid, wise-up!

  • @alunchurcher7060

    @alunchurcher7060

    6 жыл бұрын

    americans be warned trump is most probably a flat earth idiot, he believes in conspiracy theories and ufo's are alien ships. lmfao.

  • @onderozenc4470
    @onderozenc44704 жыл бұрын

    The phenomenon looks like a huge artificial lense orbiting the star to focus the energy to the orbiting planet behind.

  • @pimpslayer9109

    @pimpslayer9109

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just imagined this recently, imagine something like that could be possible for us, like a giant lense that sits on half of the sun amplifying its energy, maybe using a series of lenses or something, focussing it to a point, i think its theoretically possible but

  • @onderozenc4470

    @onderozenc4470

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pimpslayer9109 Yes, to focus the sun energy to collect in the lithium batteries in the orbit and use it back on the earth is an utopia for us at the moment because of our very limited mobility. But, this is how the developed extraterrestrial beings are satisfying their energy needs.

  • @timcountis9368
    @timcountis93684 жыл бұрын

    "Imagine a civilization that's much more advanced than our own." What's to imagine? Ant colonies are more advanced...and more civilized.

  • @icosthop9998
    @icosthop9998 Жыл бұрын

    6yrs ago 😳 Here I was thinking this happened no more than a few months ago. 😒 Yes we need an update ❗️

  • @feldhaser
    @feldhaser5 жыл бұрын

    have they ruled out an object blocking the light in a much much closer distance to us? Since then it wouldn't have to be anything as big in comparison

  • @unimornnbr1

    @unimornnbr1

    5 жыл бұрын

    An object large enough like this would have already been detected and would cause giant anomalies

  • @feldhaser

    @feldhaser

    5 жыл бұрын

    could you elaborate?

  • @hectorandem2944

    @hectorandem2944

    5 жыл бұрын

    It might be, but that alone doesn't account for the irregular (non-'u'-shaped transitions) they observed - which is the crux of the problem.

  • @feldhaser

    @feldhaser

    5 жыл бұрын

    since then size can be smaller, probability for objects not being round is higher, which easier fits the shape required to make the dents in the graph.

  • @feldhaser

    @feldhaser

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm not saying that is the case here, just trying to wrap my head around the video I randomly stumbled upon, and looking forward to hearing of someone knowing the space basics telling me why that can't be

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