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@thelaughinghyenas8465

8 ай бұрын

Professor Kipping, thank you for this KZread channel. It is always fascinating and mind expanding. This is what TV should have been.

@brothermine2292

8 ай бұрын

The kind of computer desk I'd prefer would be for neither sitting nor standing. I want my chair replaced by a padded board, slanted at about 45 degrees so my feet would be near the floor and my head would be above-ish the monitor. Cutouts would let my arms dangle to the keyboard. It would be like a massage table, having a cutout for my face to look down-ish at the monitor & keyboard, but slanted to the optimal angle. Laying on one's stomach like that would minimize the undesired forces on one's spine, presumably much better than standing or sitting.

@thelaughinghyenas8465

8 ай бұрын

@@brothermine2292 , Alas, I have far too much stomach for that.

@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164

8 ай бұрын

When will we find the first Moonie, will it expose itself?

@ZippyPenguin

8 ай бұрын

The website is too wonky. I gave up looking

As a 44 year old, it's still a bit strange to think that we didn't actually know for certain that there were planets around stars other than the sun until Star Trek TNG nearly ended.

@concept5631

4 ай бұрын

That's goddamn crazy. Amazing.

@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that. It is easy, as an older person, to forget that there are now generations who have always had an internet, always knew that exo-planets are a fact, never had polio nor smallpox as a threat. Every time that the world radically changes it just becomes the normal world for those born into it.

Its a good day when Cool Worlds uploads, thanks for all the hard work you put into these videos

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

🙏

@GypsySun-mi7wi

8 ай бұрын

@@CoolWorldsLab Can we get an episode on The Grand Tack?

@kallekula84

8 ай бұрын

@@GypsySun-mi7wi is this the KZread version of walking up to two people having a converstation and just taking over their conversation? Also, what would a video on the Grand Tack add to this channel, is there something extremely unique about it that explains why there's life in our solar system that didn't happen elsewhere? I don't see it...

@GypsySun-mi7wi

8 ай бұрын

@@kallekula84 How often in a solar system formation does a second gas giant stop and reverse the course of the first, and then decouple? It's why we have puny Mars, a jumbled up asteroid belt and an Earth sized Earth, rather than a super earth... or several... which may not be habitable....

@justinklenk

8 ай бұрын

​@@CoolWorldsLab You're an excellent speaker and a clear, clean communicator. The concepts, and your points, are well made and well heard. Thanks. You must be a really solid teacher/professor... that's what we need. 👍👍

I want more than anything for them to allow you and your team of ExoMoon researchers to have time with the JWST. You work so hard and absolutely deserve it. Not only that, but look at your channel growth and look how well the exomoon videos do. The average Space enthusiast, or even regular non scientific guy like myself find interest in this! How can they not take into consideration the possible exposure/audience you could have on the subject if given the opportunity. It’s a no brainer to me!

@TheDarkHour684

8 ай бұрын

I sense a letter writing campaign!

@XRP747E

8 ай бұрын

I couldn't have expressed this view better than you have. The excitement potential for the world's population would be second only to an alien encounter here on earth.

@vincewilson1

8 ай бұрын

@@TheDarkHour684 Or an e-mail campaign After all this is the 2020s, not the 1980s.

@TheDarkHour684

8 ай бұрын

Are you a troll or just dense? It’s still a letter writing campaign. @@vincewilson1

It’s a good day when we get a new video from Prof. Kipping!

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@KingBritish

8 ай бұрын

Every time.

Its one thing to know something exists, but seeing it in the flesh, just hits different

I hope you guys get reviewed again for the use of JWST, this is a seriously good argument for the use of JWST to look for exomoons before we spend billions taking a next step, instead of tackling the low hanging fruit for countless answers.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

We’d love to get the time but even if it’s not us we desperately need the observations as a field

@Haunted1.

8 ай бұрын

@@CoolWorldsLab what would your team be looking for specifically in data gathered?

I hope you’re taking care of yourself Professor Kipping. You mean so much to so many of us. Best wishes to you and your team.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will

Being in my final weeks of writing up my MSc Astrophysics Dissertation on Habitbale Exomoons this couldn't be better timed!! Thank you :)

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Send it to me please!

@hermansims2296

8 ай бұрын

as him to send it to all of us who would be interested, uhm please and thank you.@@CoolWorldsLab

@hermansims2296

8 ай бұрын

Wow. Already a long day. "...Ask him to send it..." Sorry about that. Carry on.

@stenvermeiren6398

7 ай бұрын

@@CoolWorldsLab OK, WOW..! well, just did :)

@stenvermeiren6398

7 ай бұрын

quite scary to have the worlds leading scientist in your chosen field read your MSc work! 🤯🤠 @@hermansims2296

This could be an incredibly effective argument for devoting more resources to research into exomoons. Since everyone, it seems, wants to find alien life. Well played, exomoon-guy. Well played. 😉

@MilliardaereMiamMiamMiam

8 ай бұрын

I#m pretty sure these would all be arguments that found their way into Cool world's proposals

@macethorns1168

8 ай бұрын

Except for all of the silly fucking masks...

I’m sure moons are going to be important, especially when it comes to looking for life. Hopefully at some point the rest of the community will come to that same realization.

The argument about tidally locking was incredibly compelling to me. I always had assumed life was very improbable in red dwarf systems due to tidal locking.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

It’s a major concern

THIS is ONE of the reasons why I SERIOUSLY HOPE they go ahead and build the 15 Metre Luvoir space telescope. For those that are not in the know, it is of similar design of the JWST (including the 'Folding tech') and appearance, but, instead of JWSTs 6.5 Metre mirror, the Luvoir will have a 15 metre behemoth of a mirror and sun shade, this, will allow us to see further back, but more importantly in so much MORE detail too! 👌😏 So... 🤞🤞🤞 😎🇬🇧

It's why I so wish Carl Sagan had lived to see his speculations come true. I know he knew of the first one but the sheer numbers afterwards would have made him very excited.

I just hope you never have to give up. Even if you don't find exomoons you will have pushed the boundaries of getting most out of current technology. And if you find one, it might actually surprise everyone with another something we don't have in our own backyard. Don't give up!

JWST teams will play along eventually, I'm sure of it. Still very sorry for your team at the bad news, but you strike me as someone who doesn't give up very easily. Keep going

@benjaminfox3761

8 ай бұрын

@@SuperYtc1 mate shut up

I remember, back in the 60's reading about how the next generation of astronomers would be learning so much more about the nature of our solar system; but that due to the distances involved we would learrn little about the systems around other stars. It seems that the former is indeed true, but as yours and others research is proving, the latter is very much an understatement. Here's hoping that exo-moon research gets the attention it deserves.

@digitalfootballer9032

8 ай бұрын

I have a book about the universe from the 1980's, and even at that time little was even known about our own solar system. I believe it lists 16 moons for Jupiter, and a handful for the other giant planets. It shows a big question mark in the graphic for the composition of Pluto. We sure have come a long way since then.

I’ll admit I was one of the people that thought it unfortunate that you weren’t given time to discover exo-moons but didn’t think it particularly necessary other than being a cool prestige discovery. Now I hope that we build a successor to Kepler with the goal of looking for moons and surveying them as Kepler surveyed planets. Best of luck on future proposals with JWST and future satellites!

One of my favorite things about the internet is how it has allowed experts of their field to reach and educate people en masse in an entertaining and extremely intriguing way. This channel, History of the entire Universe, LeageEagle. so many cool channels im learning so much from.

The fact that Titan is in many ways the most similar body to Earth in the solar system while being a moon seems like a good sign for possibility for habitable exomoons

I love this channel because of how much you talk about the actual process of science/being a scientist.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! These videos always perform worse and part of me thinks “just play the YT game and hit the clickbaity stuff” but research is where this channel began and I think it’s always what separates us from other sci channels

The craziest thing about habitable moons around gas giants is that their atmospheres could be entirely supplied or replenished from internal tidal forces releasing trapped gasses. Most of these moons would be extremely volcanically active and would need to cool down and let the atmospheric levels stabilize somewhat before complex life could form.

I am old enough to remember that at first not on single astronomer though planets were even vaguely common. Even after the first discovery they were both rare and huge. It has taken a long time for astronomers to get to the point where planets are seen as ubiquitous. I guess moons start from an easier starting point but don’t expect an open discussion on the topic of exo moons.

Finding exomoons with life in SpaceEngine is always so satisfying. Imagine finding one in real life - and one day visiting it! Thank you Cool Worlds team for these wonderful videos.

Im just a science enthusiast, yet I find the very idea of being able to find exomoons totally enthralling. What an amazing feat of modern science and technology. And the implications of finding exomoons in regards to life in the galaxy could be critical. Its such an exciting field of study, it must be a real thrill to be right in the thick of it.

I like the idea of a non phase locked moon going around a phase locked planet in orbit around a type M star in the habitable zone. This opens up all kinds of possibilities.

I hope that in his lifetime that Dr. Kipping gets to realize his dream of confirming exomoons and their significance in the search for life in the Universe.

you are always so good at explaining how things fit in the big picture. It is easy to get lost in our projects because we must focus on our small incremental goal.

Can you make a guess about what the orbital period of these exomoons is? While our moon has period closer to month, I just checked, Europa has one below four days. I guess it is hard for a big telescope to observe something for a month straight, so what should we expect? Also, how long transit should we expect if we search for a moon around planet of the size of Jupiter? Is it something in the range of a few hours?

is there anyone in academia suggesting exomoons - don't exist? I feel like it's a foregone conclusion even if we don't have direct confirmation

@KingBritish

8 ай бұрын

It's pretty obvious imo that they exist, nearly every planet in our system has them. But believing it is different to knowing it and we haven't detected one yet which is what he wants to do.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Indeed but as I carefully emphasize that is NOT why we want to look for them!

You got me convinced. On the next, more powerful telescope after JWST, let's make sure to take the search for exomoons more seriously.

Prof. You have the most soothing voice ever. Combine that comforting voice of yours with space stories and it’s so homey-familiar.

The Oppenheimer clips made me laugh I cant lie. Amazing video! Truly sells how important exomoon discovery is.

Also, David, sometimes the greatest discoveries come where they're least expected.

I had the idea to feature two Exomoons, both around the same, Saturn-like gas giant, as the settings of my sci fi novel. I want my novel to be as scientifically plausible as possible, so I had a couple questions -- why not ask the experts? a) What would the day/night cycle be like on those moons? I know Luna has an extended day/night cycle, with its rotational period lasting nearly a month, but I've found it difficult to find the same kind of data about gas giant moons. Would theirs be as long? b) Would their orbital positions around the planet make a difference for each moons' climates? I was thinking the larger, more inwards moon would have a warm, temperate climate (similar to late Cretaceous Earth), while the smaller, more outwards moon is going through an ice age, except for a more temperate band around its equator. Is this realistic? And how would interactions with non-habitable moons around the same gas giant affect their respective climates? c) Do you think habitable moons could exist around a ringed gas giant? I know all the Sol system's gas and ice giants have rings, but I mean an extensive one, like, a Saturn-level ring system? What affect would they have on a moon's habitability? Thank you for any answers you can provide!

It's always good to see a new video come out!

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

👍

I do not understand why they look for exoplanets, and have no interest in looking for exomoons, which would give more accuracy in our hunt for intelligent life across the universe. Thankyou for another great video Cool World's. #LetsGoProfessorKipping ❤️👍

Keep pushing for James Webb exomoon searches. Don't give up!

Exploring the possibilities of exo moons is mind-blowing! Discovering life on these distant moons could reshape our understanding of where life can thrive. Just think about it - if conditions are even better than their own system's planets, life might not just be confined to planets anymore. It could flourish on exo moons too! And the idea that some exo moons could be shielded from harmful radiation by being locked to their host planet's back side is simply fascinating. This could be a game-changer, enabling life to evolve and even advance technologically without the constant threat of destructive forces. Let's keep our eyes on the stars and embrace the potential of exo moons to reveal the incredible diversity of life throughout the universe!

Very convincing! I was one of those who was skeptical of the importance of this research, but you have changed my mind. Thanks!

I wish you luck in getting the observation time your team needs to pursue this!

I totally agree with you, if this isn’t being done, it should be. Sadly I don’t have that kind of stroke 😳 I’m 70 so I can say that. We have come so far since the USSR launched Sputnik, watched Neal Armstrong step on the moon. I look forward to seeing more. I hope your research comes to fruition.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

It’s vital we never stop pushing the frontier 👍

Wow what a great and interesting video. I had known of a couple of our moons (and moons in general) effects on our host planet, but didn't know of all of the effects so well details as you did here in this video. I always deeply enjoy Cool Worlds videos when released. Your presentation, narrative and brilliant reasoning are just riveting and enjoyable at the same time. This is so very well done - Thanks for this!!

Only 5 denials? The cycle 3 GO deadline is in like 60 days, 5000 allocated hours, maybe 6 is your lucky number. I'd love to see you get a chance to look for these things. Would be cool to name the first one. And you think that would be a feather in JWSTs cap as well, first to find a whole new object. Can't even take that long, we already know where the planets are. Anyways good luck, I hope its your team that finds one first. Or just a race to find them at all.

Been always waiting for new videos from this channel, thanks for this one Dr Kipping.

Excellent video as always! I truly enjoy your videos, and have learned quite a lot from them. Your way of explaining the topic of each vid is simply awesome I hope your proposal is ultimately accepted regarding expmoons.

I've been thinking of this idea for some time! My other idea is of two habitable planets in co-orbit -- like Pluto and Charon but not so close as to rake up massive tidal waves...

Great video! Sure seems like something we need to look for and investigate, good luck with your future proposals!

I'll give you one you didn't mention, and this applies to exo-planets as well. You want to find extra-terrestrial life? Then the more we discover the more we can narrow the field of search, thus increasing the chances of finding it. The reason we may not have found life out there is because we're searching in all the wrong places for it, the more exo-planets and exo-moons we discover the more our understanding grows. _“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”_ - Sherlock Homes”

I just discovered your channel and I gotta say I love listening to you talk! Not only do I find your voice soothing, but more importantly you are really good at explaining things to a layman like me. You have great skill to be able to explain something thats usually difficult to comprehend, and you manage to explain it in a way that doesnt make me feel stupid. Definitely gonna subscribe I'm gonna bingewatch all your stuff tomorrow during my shift. 😂👍

I would have just answered “because it’s cool” but this is a much better argument

I also think finding planets also helps us understand physics as well. We get to learn how things formed and all.

Notification gang 🤟🏻 Good evening David.

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

👊

The lack of tidal lock (to the star) is probably the most powerful argument to look for moons

Great video Professor...among your very best, enjoyed watching!

Just one of my favourite channels, you've opened my mind to so many ideas about the cosmos - thank you!

David thank you for existing. Watching your videos have genuinely changed my life. Please dont ever retire mate.

I love your videos so much, you have a strong argument in favor of researching exo-moons. I really believe that moons are essential to live development.

I think it's simply that we are like still limited in detection capabilities and that our discovering stratgies need to get better like how you guys proposed a new methode for finding exo moons I hope people will use it

Good points, it certainly would be good to be able to start building up data on what kind of Moons are possible, most likely there is a lot to learn from that. For all we know there could be relatively baffling things out there, like Moons with even higher proportional mass ratios relative to their planet being common.

excited for EXO MOONS!, its so much more interesting due to the climate being different due to its weird orbit around the moon and its star compared to exoplanets we are seeing so far which are either sooo hot or cold. But still love both research :)

Good to see you guys growing your subscriber base. It gives me a bit more hope in the intellectual curiosity in humans.

Wonderful video. If you were unbiased, you would not have the passion to do what it takes. I truly do love that passion. You know that it is eventually going to happen. I truly, truly hope that you are the one that that makes the discovery.

They already know the importance. Knowingly. Great episode 🙏🏽

Love your videos so much, I watch them all in their entirety, keep it up!

Well said, who knows exomoons could be a common place for life, more so then planets in other parts of the universe.

i'm incredibly thankful for all your work. hope you get jwst time as soon as possible!

Excellent video. Even with my non scientific background and after watching video's from this channel I understand a lot more about space and the importance of the exomoons. I really hope you can all find more about it and being able to explain it to more people.

I believe that all of your subscribers should write a letter to the JWST allocation committee and tell them that they should grant your team time on the telescope.

I recall your video discussing the recent denial for JWST time to look for exomoons. What I don't understand is why that proposal won't be automatically considered for a future period of time on JWST. Even though you didn't get time in the immediate future, you still need the time.

Lovely video. Beautifully presented. Learned a lot.

Keep on searching...I am almost 70 and believe we must continue this quest...otherwise what is the point of life!!! Best wishes on your future success!!!

that last point about how we couldnt distinguish between a planet with life or a planet and moon without life but having chemicals that make seem like a planet with life was pretty convincing to me. I would like the first confirmation of life to not be a false positive.

Given all the amazing things we've learned about the moons in our own solar system over the past few decades, and also given how much of our exoplanet study seems to be concentrated around red dwarf systems, it only makes sense for the location and study of exomoons to be given a high priority. I certainly hope that one day soon, you and your team will finally get some quality JWST time!

This is such a great video, Dr. Kipping! It has certainly increased even more my interest on exomoons. Particularly timing is your reference to Jupiter's radiation belts as our team has recently discovered the first radiation belt beyond the solar system. In this case around a brown dwarf and so it seems that one must take these magnetic structures into account when looking for habitable exoplanets or exomoons.

@ivobrick7401

8 ай бұрын

How you, and your team does know what are exact radiation limits? Ah, i see, you mean habitable exoplanets/exomoons for human being. Am i right? I see no reason Y, L, T, HeBe, M stellar bodies should not have a magnetic field. Everyone just hates cold/IR stars and i don't get it why - hell, look at classification - non main seq.

Recently found yer videos, still binge-watching em all lol. But let me add a comment as i got a notification about this one, seems super interesting!

Your videos are perfect to watch, perfect to listen to while doing something else, perfect to chill, relax and dream yourself away among the stars and planets, perfect to fall asleep to....

Be nice to hear a recent update on Tabby's Star too. The last update was from John Godier, 2 years ago.... and there are some pretty interesting new developments that is like to know if they hold water.

Great way to start the day! Thanks to the Cool Worlds team for all the work they do!

So incredibly fascinating and kinda against the grain which is usually the step to take in research. Thank you for all you guys do.

As always.... FASCINATING content. Man, I vuqin LOVE this channel!!!

I rememeber over a year ago now maybe closer to 2 years ago you told us you were trying to get time to look for evidence of exomoons with JWST. I hope you get it, seems like such a worthy endeavor. ❤

Would a series of mini satellites be able to detect exomoona around thr Alpha and Proxima Centauri systems?

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Satellites using imaging, unlikely - we can’t stabilize vehicles to within wavelength of light in space. Photometry - also unlikely as they seem to have no transiting planets and are likely misaligned to our line of sight. Best bet is discover a planet through a single large imaging telescope and then try to extract spectra of that planet to look for Doppler shifts of a moon

@josephgillmer10

8 ай бұрын

@@CoolWorldsLab I'm sorry - I meant - if one of the various plans to send mini/nano satellites to the Alpha Centauri system was successful, would imaging or other instruments be strong enough to detect exomoons there once reaching the system?

Always a great video from cool worlds. Thank you

I'm still getting my head around the last video, but here we go. Yay, cool worlds!!!

Always stimulating and relaxing to watch your videos. I think we all need to crowdfund you some space on JWST!

I see what you mean, even in our own solar system although we have amazing and fascinating planets it's the moons of our gas giants that draw the most attention now and fuel so many questions never mind the excitement and talk of sending satellites and probes to find answers.......thanks for the video.

Absolutely compelling.

Very enlightening, thank you!

And also regarding the phenomenon of moons forming due to collision with their planet (including the particular case that the moon may be situated at L4 or L5 Lagrange point relative to such planet), there is a study paper by Uri Malamud, Hagai B. Perets, Christoph Schäfer and Christoph Burger, titled "Moonfalls: Collisions between the Earth and its past moons" in which this question was investigated, and for moons drifting away from their planets (if they are in orbit around them), they eventually detach gravitationally from them and may orbit the star at still rather close orbit distance to their former planet and due to different orbital periods, the moon and planet may eventually end up colliding with each other. And this process might even happen consistently, in predictable manner (albeit surely also depending on other factors or events that could influence the dynamic) after some duration depending on a few parameters (which if that's true would have important and intriguing implications).

Amazing! Thank You for the insight!

I love how you used Openheimer (yes i know i spelt his name wrong), he calls himself the destroyer of worlds, where you would be the descoverer of worlds...

Sounds convincing, let’s find those moons! 🌙

thanks for your awesome content. i hope you'll get some jwst time in the near future ❤

In case of exo moons proximate to gas giants - aren’t they receiving too much radiation for life to be possible? Other than that aren’t they mostly tidly locked? Damn I wrote the questions and they were answered right away. Thank you professor Kipping!

Thanks for some good info about exomoons that I didn't know!

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

For the longest time, I avoided this channel because of the simple black & white logo and name, I thought it was one of the many clickbait junk channels plaguing KZread that all seem to have simple black & white logos. It wasn’t until JMG had him on Event Horizon that I learned this channel is super legit, now it’s one of my favorites. I really hope they get the time they deserve with JWST.

I'm on board! Fantastic explanation, and thanks 🌙 🌚

Literally my favorite day when i see a new cool worlds video 😊

Love the ending edit style of keeping the same music until the end, the previous ending music was always a bit jarring Another great video, thank you!

@CoolWorldsLab

8 ай бұрын

Noted!