Things You Thought You Knew - Naming Planets, Moons, & More with Neil deGrasse Tyson
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How did we name our planets and moons? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain all the things you thought you knew about the names in our solar system, the origin of the moon, and the constellations in the night sky. How did Uranus get its name?
Travel through time to the discovery and naming of Uranus, the first time an individual, William Herschel, discovered a planet. How did the planets get their names? Roman gods, Greek myths, and… a British King? Find out what Uranus was originally called and the story behind the naming of its moons. Is there a method to all these names?
We break down how the moon formed in our early solar system. What does Venus look like in the sky? Was the moon always as far away from the Earth? Take a journey to the early days of the Earth’s and the moon’s formation. What did the moon rise look like? What were early Earth's tides like? We get into the Earth and the moon’s rocky relationship. Is the Earth slowing? Was the moon always tidally locked to the Earth?
How many constellations are there? We break down the difference between the constellations in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Why is the Southern Hemisphere’s sky more beautiful? Is it really? What is an “asterism”? Discover the method of naming the features in our night sky. Octants, sextants, astrolabes; uncover the layout and nomenclature of the cosmos on another Things You Thought You Knew episode of StarTalk!
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Few things make me as happy as Chuck bringing Neil to hysterical laughter.
@dawnhansen7886
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100% Agree ❕️❕️❕️❕️❕️❕️❕️
@mubarakhayath
Жыл бұрын
So true😁
@Campfire_Bandit
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+
@atlasfeynman1039
Жыл бұрын
Neil laughs at everything... Chuck is overrated by his comment fanboys.
@tamtamtt63
Жыл бұрын
Me either...It's a go to place when I need a good laugh.❤
Leave a like for Neil de Grasse Tyson and his co-host Chuck Nice!!
@michaelccopelandsr7120
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Always do. As it should be
@bgbthabun627
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@@michaelccopelandsr7120 me too!!!
@Aaron.M.Solomon
Жыл бұрын
...and a comment, for the algorithms to see that people will interact.
@deadpool1162
Жыл бұрын
@@Aaron.M.Solomon yes we must please the overlord “the algorithm” for startalk
@Anthony-mi8pi
Жыл бұрын
For Chuck,and who ever this Neil guy is. Lol
The joyous interaction between Neil and Chuck is absolutely delightful. Can't get enough of it. 😁
I just lost it when Chuck called the naming of Uranus' moons a "Constellation Prize"!! Practically fell off my couch!! You guys are great!! Teaching fun science while making us laugh our hearts out!! :D
@itadapeeza9668
Жыл бұрын
I am not a western, didn't get the joke.. mind explaining..
@taishibikiqe8796
Жыл бұрын
@@itadapeeza9668 A consolation prize = constellation prize
@atlasfeynman1039
Жыл бұрын
@@taishibikiqe8796 Constellation = group of stars... their similarity to moons is tied only by space, as all things are. A consolation prize is a prize given to a loser to console him = Chuck.
@JaymanWuddup
Жыл бұрын
That was a great 1 from Chuck
@2REACTION4U
Жыл бұрын
Fella couch membas
Neil educates us and Chuck validates our emotions through comedy. I'm so happy to share an earth with these two!
😂😂 I'm crying laughing at Chuck's soap opera improv! 'As the world turns' was so spot on! Lmaoo thanks for making my Friday fellas!
I love how Chuck pretends not to know stuff Neil already explained 100 times before Chuck is the best
@atlasfeynman1039
Жыл бұрын
That is one of the things I really dislike about him... either he plays the fool or he IS a fool. Down with Chuck.
@ThunderMuffinMan
Жыл бұрын
@@atlasfeynman1039 wow. Who would you rather have? This better be good
@dustinavant2003
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@@atlasfeynman1039 Chuck is the lubricant to help people that don't know feel at ease at learning something they might be intimidated with. He pretends not to know everything to make people feel comfortable absorbing the information.
@atlasfeynman1039
Жыл бұрын
@@dustinavant2003 Agreed. Chuck is actually pretty knowledgeable in his own right (as is the audience) so I feel like this act insults his audience.
@2REACTION4U
Жыл бұрын
Well good that you point that out. I didn't know that! Especially good for ppl who are joining /watching/listening not as often
Chuck had my dying when he said that bit about having a foot placed firmly in George's "Uranus'
I’m leaving a comment for Chuck. Having him with Neil is the Galactic Gumbo I have grown to love.
literally tears in my eyes, i'm from the UK and you were killing me looooool, You guys are really the best this is why I will always say Neil DT is the only person that has simplified such a huge topic of Science and made it so much fun to learn and listen.
I come here for science and stay here for Chuck.
I don't know about the rest of you but i have a person astrophysicist as my friend thanks Neil.... also my personal comedian thanks Chuck!!! Love everything you two do together and with your other guests. Mad respect for all the knowledge bombs you're dropping!!!
22:03 had me in tears. It's hard to make me genuinely belly laugh anymore as an overstimulated, incredibly overexposed Gen Z where I see so much comedy online and have become numb to it. But Chuck? You did it. That is the hardest I've laughed at something in a really long time. So thank you so much for that. And to see Neil laughing that hard along with me made me feel so validated that I am interested in the same things and find the same thing absolutely hysterical when so often nerds are seen in a negative light in so many places culturally and historically. To have someone as well-known and loved as Neil deGrasse Tyson laughing just as hard at the same thing gives me hope that I can eventually pursue my passion that I nerd out about and make it into something so commonplace and respected as you do, but still not have to compromise doing what I love. So thank you for this video guys, this will be going at the top of my favorite episode list, 100%.
Well now we need Chuck to write at least one entire scene for "As the World Turns", and have someone film it!
I was lucky enough to be outside in perfect conditions yesterday afternoon to observe Venus near the horizon at sunset, east coast, USA. Saw the moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus all at once, before the sun had even fully set. That's a good day in my book :)
Hands down the best and funniest episode I've seen yet! 🤣 thank you gentlemen 👏
Chuck is by far my favorite comedic cohost!
You guys were on fire tonight, hilarious and educational. Well done 🌎🌛👍😄
Neil's laugh brightens up a day more than the sun.
I think this is one of the best, if not The Best, explainer you've ever done. Keep doing more long format like this. Thanks, Dr. Tyson and Lord Nice!
I love this Podcast. Very informative yet hilarious!! It's a double whammy!!
Only my third StarTalk. You guys are hilarious! Can't wait to look at some of your earlier offerings.
If learning in school was as fun as Dr. Tyson and Lord Nice make it. I wouldn't have skipped so many classes
these two make these subjects more fun than they already are.
Brilliant as always, and thank you for the time and effort you put into each production. It is interesting about the moon, as I am lucky enough to own a fragment of the moon (I mean a really really really small piece about the size of a pencil nib) It has an amazing effect on everyone who see's it and you can see a calming effect come over them when they look at it. How amazing is our universe !! Thanks again guys 10/10
I Woke up at 03.45 a.m. in Germany and Saw that there is a New Video from the best Prof of Physics and the best Doc of comedy. Very very good video guys love it !!!
I wish there were more teachers like Neil. Science would have been exciting
Imagination and discovery are the greatest human traits. Neil and Chuck are great ambassadors.
Y couldn't my generation have such a spokesperson like Dr Neil Degrasse Tyson who's so enthusiastic about the science subject and it's counterparts which in turn would of kept me in school and science and chemistry were my absolute favorites in Highschool I know having him as a role model to watch on PBS lol in the 90s and being able to KNOW HE ACTUALLY WORKS AT THE PLANETARIUM in NYC would of been EXPLOSIVE FOR MY TEENAGE BRAIN being that I lived in Brooklyn so I could at anytime met him and did my best to be mentored by him and could of became something more of myself instead of selling drugs and racking up felonies because the way the curriculum was taught was so blah blah n dull my mind and with my low attention span as it was lead me down the wrong path which I know in my heart if I was introduced to him and IF I HAD THE INTERNET THATS AROUND NOW BACK THEN I would be some kind of engineer or scientist or biologist chemist SOMETHING where my ideas can be put to use amongst my colleagues and like minded people SO Mr Tyson PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPARK THE MINDS OF OUR NEXT Generation of PROSPECTS WHO'LL CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER because me myself dropped the ball severely
@TheRealSkeletor
Жыл бұрын
Have you heard of Dr. Carl Sagan? He was the spokesperson for science before Dr. Tyson.
I hope these videos never end
@dawnhansen7886
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100 % Agree ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️
Sometimes amidst the very interesting facts and info about the universe that we tend to forget or not think about where the names of heavenly bodies came from and it's easily as interesting as the bodies themselves
I adore these two guys, they make learning fun. I've been wondering how the names of the planets & their corresponding moons fit.. they always seemed to be "related" somehow. Uranus's moons was out of left field for me. Thank you, Neil DeGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice! This is fun.
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us lucky enough to listen!
@skinnie2838
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Do not listen to these people. They just got blew up yesterday by lying about the 'pandemic'. Super untrustworthy people.
@2REACTION4U
Жыл бұрын
Luke U like2walk skys like Poles?
Future pinned comment from Neil: "Phobos and Deimos are the sons of the Greek god Ares and mean fear and dread, respectively. I have no idea where the horses came from; maybe from some tentative connection between war and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The only god whose chariot was pulled across the sky was the Titan Helios."
Chuck never fails to deliver humour to enhance Neils science. Laughing my head off. Thanks.
Youth are the best team for presenting this material. Looking forward to the premier of "As the World Turns".
Hats off to these chaps. I have really bad anxiety and the thought of being in front a video camera for any amount of time, would be a frightful thought.
Lord Nice gets half a constellation prize for getting the number half right lol. Love the show guys
Chuck, you are hilarious! And you you, Neil are so easily brought to hysterics. This is why you two guys work well as a team! Love it!
My idea for changing the stars includes Orion and Pleiades (Subaru). Take Orion's belt and Betelgeuse becomes the head with a baseball hat. Below the belt are two legs bending at the knee. The feet aligning perfectly with the ground and the 3 stars of Orion's belt align perfectly as the 3 fat belt loops on a baseball uniform. The spear pointing at Subaru is the bat being swung and Pleiades is the baseball flying away after being hit. Put it all together and you get, "THE ALL-STAR." In my case I see a left handed batter so I drew a 7 on the jersey to make him, "Mickey," but you can put any number you want. Let's change the stars to something relevant to our new millennium. I've figured out how to change the stars by stopping hurricanes. Don't worry, I've technically already done the easy part and changed the stars. My parents were teachers and for over 3 decades, they taught their students my constellation. Those kids will teach their kids. So on and so on. See, stars changed. I just need help to make it legit and with the rest. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I'm serious. I get 7 things. One of them being to change the stars and remember, crazy is a compliment. Figured Neil has taken on the IAU and won. He's the best place to start. If, rather when, it works it could be converted to a larger scale and EASILY regulate temperature, end drought, stop wildfires in the west. Let me know if you're interested, please and thank you. It'd be wrong of me to not, at least, try. This is me, trying. More, hopefully, to come.
I totally lost it at "As The World Turns" ^_^ Chuck's jokes were 100% on point tonight! 🤣
Nothing better than a summer night with a perfect view of the milkyway and the darkness littered with stars 🥰
I got to say, I love when Chuck is in the show. I laughed so much with him in this episode.
Beautiful pair. Thank you guys, all the time.
I wanna see them together on Rogan's podcast. I know Neil's been there a bunch but I'd like to see where the condo would go with them both there. GREAT SHOW FELLAS!!
Chuck was ON FIRE this episode lol 😂
Orion is also the only constellation that has even the slightest resemblance to the thing after which the constellation is named.
Sorry but Chuck is the only co-host Neil needs, he's the perfect mix of being in awe of new knowledge while being able to quickly turn that understanding (or lack thereof) in to comedy.
@jimr9499
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Funny, I just commented the same: Chuck is the only co-host we ever need/want.
23:04 I watched the explainers first and I must say, I am saddened that Chuck’s “As the World Turns” wasn’t in the explainer (or that I forgot about it) but I am just so immensely pleased that I got to listen to it now. I’m actually going to rewind to it and see it again. I bet new people wonder why it’s called rewind, or that they call it something else.
@ 9:45 We need some mythology experts to weigh in here. Neil, I am reading that Phobos and Deimos were the SONS of Ares. They were horrific, scary daimones who DROVE their war-god father's chariot into battle.....not the horses who hauled the chariot. Edit: 🤣 This was the funniest episode I've seen you two do. I really did laugh out loud a few times. Always a pleasure when you 2 crazy people get together and teach us something. 👍🏼 Edit: Y'all missed some great music in the late 1970s. CSN did indeed sing about the Southern Cross, but it was not really about astrophysics. Deimos is similar to, but not the same as DEVO, Chuck..... but when Neil said Deimos resembled a potato, I doubt that he knew the connection between DEVO and spuds. We live in interesting times.
nothing beats wake and baking to this two....
I did not know I needed an explainer on this topic. Thank You :)
Chuck Nice could be a great voice actor for animated movies
5:55 this show is truly amazing with chuck
One of My favourite channels on KZread
"As the world turns" made me very much really LOL
Just for the record: we don't want/need any co-host besides Chuck, ever!!
"As the World turns" got a tear in my eye 😂
You guys do a great job, bringing knowledge and laughter at the same time, keep on doing it, we the people love you for that
The banter in this episode is fantastic
Wow a 52-min explainer. Thnk you guys
Love this episode!😃
Love this.......❕️ I am hooked on these guys.
I love this show... I find things I didn't know, and as a bonus I get plenty of material for the next joke session with my smart friends....lol PS..... Why does Neil always look like he is at the same elevation as the space station?
The amount of joy in this video is unreal 😅😅
This series should be every twice a week more. :-) This is a more efficent way of knowing a lot. God bless, Rev. 21:4
These two together have chemistry like butter added to custard
Bruh the George jokes had me geeking in the car on the way to work😂🤙🏼 definitely helped my day go better!
This was a pleasure to watch! I'll keep looking up!
just discovered this channel......absolutely nerdy and weird fun
Like…..I love Startalk. No better than that I’ve learned from Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice.and expect to for a veerrrryyyyy long time.
There was recently a new simulation about the moon's formation (using a much higher resolution), showing that the moon formed in mere hours.
The only thing that would have made this show better is if Dark Side of the Moon had been playing in the background.
@skinnie2838
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Or if Tyson had actually be interesting to listen to for once in his life.
Always wondered what lb meant. Makes perfect sence! Enjoyed the show guys.
neil is a great story teller, he ought to dictate a screenplay to someone, I was ready to hear about the early Arab world by the end of that and the astrolabe device, and all the sea fairing, totally sounds like they are about to take over, 10/10
Awesomely timed explainer revisit!!
That was the most fun I’ve ever had learning!
Phobos and Deimos were the sons of Ares (Mars). Their names mean fear and dread.
@aregs11
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Wow 😮
Love you guys you are now both my family 💪🏽
We out here on planet George!!!!
Let's start making these in the planetarium again. I like the atmosphere of the planetarium.
I would love an explainer about our position and view (including southern and northern emispheres perspectives) of the milky way galaxy!
This was fantastic
I love love love the chemistry between these two🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for such a funny educational video!!! Love you guys!
You guys bring so much joy. Thank you. 😂 “As the world turns”😂
Best psychological interaction between host and comic as well as Earth and Moon. Amazing! Hilarious!
Chuck is hilarious
OMG, I was LMAO!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Only Dr Tyson and Chuck can bring scientific facts and couch them in humor. Splendid!!
But both are awesome as always
This show puts a smile on my face 😁
Chuck is an amazing natural comedian. I'm ctfu over here!
Can you tell us about the new discovery of a new planet like earth please, I love Neil ❤️
Great Stuff here.... ☀️☀️ _CONSTELLATION Prize_
I thought I knew some things and I know, I know more things than I knew before; but I also know that there are things I thought I knew, but I know now that I don't know, and wish to know. You know?
I laughed more on this episode than any I've seen thus far! Thanks for the episode!!!
Great episode! I don't know if it's my cell phone or me but from my side of the screen, you guys look like you're high. 🫢😁 Greetings from Croatia! 🙋♂️
I just got my first 4k TV. Does Chuck normally look this high?
This was fascinating!
Chuck making Neil laugh is the best thing ever 😅🥰☺️🥹🌌🚀🪐🛸🪩