The Fear of Space

Spds
20 Nov 202317:52

Summary

TLDRThis script narrates a profound journey through the cosmos, highlighting Earth's insignificance against the vastness of space. It delves into the awe-inspiring and terrifying nature of celestial bodies, from Jupiter's endless storms to the colossal scale of stars like UY Scuti. The script ponders the loneliness and isolation of space, the expanding universe, and the ultimate fate of celestial objects, leading to a chilling contemplation of the universe's endless wait and the potential for a new beginning after the last black dwarf star supernova.

Takeaways

  • 🌏 The first-ever recorded footage of Earth from space evokes feelings of isolation and insignificance.
  • 🌌 Space's vast emptiness can be perceived as terrifying, highlighting the universe's immense scale and our small place within it.
  • 🌀 Jupiter, a gas giant with no solid surface, exemplifies the violent and chaotic nature of some planets, with storms larger and longer-lasting than Earth.
  • 🌪️ The comparison between Earth and other celestial bodies like Jupiter emphasizes the uniqueness and relative tranquility of our planet.
  • 🌟 Stars, including our Sun, are luminous balls of gas that have played a critical role in the existence of life as we know it.
  • 💥 The size of stars can be mind-boggling, with some being millions or even billions of times larger than Earth.
  • 🚀 The concept of UY Scuti, one of the largest known stars, highlights the extreme sizes that exist in the universe, dwarfing our solar system.
  • 🌌 The universe's expansion leads to increasing distances between galaxies, creating vast voids that contribute to the feeling of loneliness and isolation in space.
  • ⏳ The universe's ultimate fate, according to the heat death theory, involves the exhaustion of materials needed for star formation, leading to a cold, dark end.
  • 🌑 Black dwarfs, the final stage of a star's life, are expected to outlast all other celestial objects, potentially existing for an incomprehensibly long time after everything else has ceased to exist.

Q & A

  • What is the significance of the first ever recorded footage of Earth from space?

    -The footage signifies humanity's first visual encounter with the vastness of space, highlighting the feeling of isolation and the impending terror that the emptiness of space can evoke.

  • How does the script describe the experience of seeing Earth from space?

    -The script describes it as an overwhelming experience, akin to falling into a deep pool of water, with a sense of consternation and distance from the familiar.

  • What is the primary emotion conveyed by the vastness of space as described in the script?

    -The script conveys a sense of terror, loneliness, and constriction due to the sheer size and emptiness of space.

  • Why is Jupiter described as a perfect planet in the script?

    -The term 'perfect' in the script is used ironically to highlight the extreme conditions on Jupiter, which is a gas giant with never-ending storms and no solid surface, making it inhospitable and starkly different from Earth.

  • What is the 'Great Red Spot' on Jupiter, as mentioned in the script?

    -The 'Great Red Spot' is a massive, long-lasting storm on Jupiter that has been raging for at least 400 years and spans a distance wider than Earth itself.

  • How does the script compare the size of Earth to celestial objects like stars and black holes?

    -The script emphasizes the insignificance of Earth's size when compared to the vastness of stars like the Sun and colossal celestial objects like UY Scuti or black holes like TON 618.

  • What is the significance of the 'super void' mentioned in the script?

    -The 'super void', specifically Boots void, represents a vast expanse of essentially nothing, highlighting the loneliness and isolation present in the universe, and contributing to the overwhelming sense of scale.

  • How does the script describe the concept of the universe's expansion?

    -The script describes the universe's expansion as a process that increases the distances between celestial objects, contributing to the growing sense of isolation and vastness.

  • What are the three celestial objects that the script suggests could potentially last the longest in the universe?

    -The script suggests that black holes, white dwarfs, and black dwarfs could be the last celestial objects to endure before the universe's ultimate end.

  • What is the ultimate fate of the universe as described in the script?

    -The script describes the universe's ultimate fate as a cold, dark death where all stars, black holes, and celestial objects eventually decay and cease to exist, leaving behind an infinite void.

Outlines

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🌌 The Awe and Fear of Space

The paragraph discusses the overwhelming feeling of terror and vastness that space presents. It starts with a description of the first-ever recorded footage of Earth from space, which evokes a sense of distance and isolation. The script then contrasts Earth with other planets like Jupiter, highlighting the latter's violent storms and gaseous composition. The author reflects on the humbling nature of space, where the enormity of celestial bodies and phenomena like Jupiter's Great Red Spot make Earth seem small. The paragraph concludes with a reflection on the universe's complexity and the countless planets with their own chaos, suggesting that space is not just vast but also intimidatingly lonely.

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🚀 The Scale of Celestial Bodies

This paragraph delves into the immense size of celestial objects, starting with stars and their role in creating habitable zones for planets. It emphasizes the incomprehensible scale of stars, using the Sun as an example and comparing it to Earth to illustrate the disparity in size. The narrative then shifts to even larger stars like UY Scuti, highlighting the insignificance of our solar system in the grand scheme of the universe. The paragraph further discusses the concept of black holes and quasars, emphasizing their enormity compared to stars. It concludes with a reflection on the futility of trying to grasp the true scale of the universe, suggesting that our minds are not equipped to fully comprehend such vastness.

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🌑 The Loneliness and Expansion of the Universe

The paragraph explores the terrifying vastness and loneliness of space, focusing on the distances between celestial objects. It describes the emptiness between galaxies, using the 2.5 million light-years gap between the Milky Way and Andromeda as an example. The script conveys a sense of dread associated with the vast, dark spaces and the inability of the human mind to fully grasp such nothingness. It also touches on the concept of the universe's expansion, suggesting that as it grows, the distances between objects increase, leading to a future where galaxies may become unreachable. The paragraph ends with a description of a super void, emphasizing the fear and discomfort associated with the thought of such vast, empty spaces.

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🌠 The Ultimate Fate of the Universe

This paragraph discusses the eventual fate of the universe, starting with the concept of the heat death or slow death theory. It describes a future where the universe's expansion leads to the exhaustion of materials needed for star formation, resulting in a cold, dark demise. The script then focuses on the longevity of different celestial objects, highlighting supergiant stars, black holes, white dwarfs, and black dwarfs. It explains that black holes, despite their immense density, will eventually decay due to Hawking radiation, albeit over an incredibly long timescale. The paragraph concludes with a reflection on black dwarfs, which are predicted to outlast even black holes, existing for an almost infinite amount of time before finally exploding in a supernova, symbolizing the end of the universe's tangible entropy and the potential for a new beginning.

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Keywords

💡Space

Space, in the context of the video, refers to the vast expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere, encompassing celestial bodies and the emptiness between them. It is central to the video's theme, illustrating the insignificance of human existence against the backdrop of the universe's enormity. The script describes space as 'horrendously scary' and 'constricting,' highlighting the fear and awe it instills.

💡Astronomy

Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. The video uses astronomy to provide a factual basis for the awe-inspiring and terrifying aspects of space. It mentions the first-ever recorded footage of Earth from space, emphasizing the distance and detachment from our planet.

💡Jupiter

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is highlighted as a 'gas giant' with 'thick NeverEnding storms.' The video contrasts Earth's hospitable environment with Jupiter's harsh conditions, where 'there is no surface' and a probe would 'fall into the gas for days.' This comparison underscores the uniqueness and fragility of Earth.

💡The Great Red Spot

The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure storm on Jupiter, mentioned in the video as a symbol of the extreme and violent weather phenomena that can exist on other planets. It 'has lasted for at least 400 years' and 'spans a wider distance than the Earth itself,' illustrating the scale of natural phenomena beyond our world.

💡Gas Giants

Gas giants are a class of planets composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter. The video discusses how gas giants, including Saturn and Neptune, are characterized by 'storms and chemical reactions' with winds reaching up to '1,000 mph,' contrasting the stability of Earth with the chaos found elsewhere.

💡Stars

Stars, such as our Sun, are luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity. The video emphasizes their importance as 'the reason we are alive as humans' and their vast sizes, which can be 'millions of times bigger than the Earth.' It uses stars to illustrate the scale of celestial objects and the fear they can inspire.

💡UY Scuti

UY Scuti is one of the largest known stars in the observable universe, mentioned to demonstrate the extreme sizes of celestial objects. The video describes it as a 'pure monstrosity' with a size of '325 million miles,' dwarfing our Sun and emphasizing the vastness of the universe.

💡Black Holes

Black holes are regions of spacetime with such strong gravitational effects that nothing, including particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light, can escape from them. The video mentions black holes in the context of the universe's ultimate fate, suggesting they will outlast stars and contribute to the universe's end.

💡Heat Death

The heat death of the universe is a theoretical scenario in which the universe has expanded and cooled down so much that it reaches a state of maximum entropy, where all the energy is evenly distributed, and no further work can be done. The video discusses this concept to convey the eventual demise of all celestial activity.

💡Black Dwarfs

Black dwarfs are hypothetical, cold, and non-luminous objects that would be the final stage of a white dwarf's evolution, after it has cooled down over an immensely long period. The video suggests that black dwarfs will be among the last objects to 'die' in the universe, lasting for '10 to the power of 32,000 years,' emphasizing the almost incomprehensible timescales involved.

💡Supernova

A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star, which outshines an entire galaxy for a short period. The video discusses supernovae as the potential final fate of celestial objects like black dwarfs, marking the end of their existence and the release of their remaining energy in a brilliant display.

Highlights

The first ever recorded footage of Earth from space evokes a feeling of impending terror and the vast emptiness of space.

Jupiter, a gas giant, is composed of deep, heavy gas and is not a solid surface where a probe can land.

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a storm that has lasted for at least 400 years and is larger than Earth itself.

Saturn and Neptune also exhibit massive storms that can reach speeds of up to 1,000 mph.

The size and chaos of planets in our galaxy make one wonder about the unknown monsters lurking in the universe.

Stars, like our Sun, are luminous balls of gas that shine for eons and create habitable zones for planets.

The Sun is incomprehensibly huge, with some stars being millions of times bigger than Earth.

UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars, is 325 million miles deep and dwarfs our solar system significantly.

Ton 618, the biggest black hole, and S5, a quasar, are even larger than UY Scuti, showcasing the universe's vast scale.

The Milky Way galaxy is just a small part of the universe, and it pales in comparison to galaxy clusters and superclusters.

The universe's beauty is breathtaking, despite the fear it instills with its vastness and complexity.

The space between galaxies, like the 2.5 million light-years between the Milky Way and Andromeda, is filled with nothingness.

The concept of vast, empty space is terrifying because it represents the unknown and the incomprehensible.

Boots Void, a super void in the universe, is 330 million light-years across and represents 2% of the entire universe.

The universe is constantly expanding, causing galaxies and celestial objects to grow farther apart.

The heat death theory suggests that the universe will eventually face a cold, dark demise as star formation stops.

Supergiant stars have short lives due to their intense gravity and unstable nature, often ending in supernova explosions.

Black holes, white dwarfs, and black dwarfs are the last-standing celestial objects in the universe's endgame.

Black dwarfs, the final product of an exhausted dwarf star, will outlast black holes by an unimaginable timescale.

The final black dwarf's supernova explosion could potentially signal a new beginning after an almost infinite amount of time.

The universe has always waited, from the first stars to the last black dwarf, showcasing its infinite patience and scale.

Transcripts

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this footage is the first ever recorded

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footage of the Earth from space as the

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image distorts and you're felt straying

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away from the planet Earth a certain

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consternation is fell almost like you

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fell into a deep pool of water and

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you're slowly straying further away away

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from the surface straying away from what

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is known from what isn't nothing whilst

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this footage is nothing spectacular in

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the world of astronomy it highlights the

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feeling of impending Terror that space

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portrays its vast emptiness is more than

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just lonely it's

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constricting seeing the pure and utter

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powerful size of empty space in our

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universe is so perplexing that it twists

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my throat into circles it's as if the

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universe is slapping Us in the face

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saying your simple body couldn't

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possibly dare to imagine the sheer size

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and complexity of my creations and it

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would be right because the truth is

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space is horrendously

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scary it is until you compare the planet

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Earth to others that you realize we have

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a perfect planet Jupiter a gas giant a

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planet made of thick NeverEnding storms

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there is no surface on Jupiter its

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massive scale consists of deep Heavy Gas

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you can not land a probe on Jupiter

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because it will fall into the gas for

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days until it is burnt and crippled

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essentially getting dissected by air I'm

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sure the Raging red spot of the storm on

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Jupiter is nothing new to anyone

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watching a storm that has lasted for at

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least 400 years and potentially longer a

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storm that itself spans a wider distance

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than the Earth itself imagine a heavy

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raging Storm bigger than the earth all

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of which is Heavy Gas ripping anything

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near it apart a storm so big that it

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puts our Earth to shame everything that

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we know know love see feel smell and

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think all exists on planet Earth and the

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fact that a storm just a storm on

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another giant planet puts our entire

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existence to shame is embarrassing

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similar patterns can be seen with Saturn

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and Neptune the other two gas giants in

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our solar system worlds of nothing but

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storms and chemical reactions storms

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that can reach up to 1,000 mph storms

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that would tear your muscle fibers off

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one by one but the scary thing is this

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is just one example of one planet Ary

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system space is chaos but there are more

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than trillions of planets many more each

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with their own chaos the sheer

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complexity of size of planets in a just

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our galaxy alone makes you think what

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other monsters are lurking in the

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shadows indulging in heavy size in Chaos

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on The Daily what is happening behind

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the scenes in our universe the sheer

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size of some of these planets and the

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chaos that each and one of them

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participate in is actually quite

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spectacular but if you think planets

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Even Shine as much of a laser pointer on

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the unbelievable backdrop of our more

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intense celestial objects you would find

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that you are catastrophically naive

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because ultimately our bigger Celestial

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counterparts shine and behave so

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drastically intense that they themselves

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are making a statement to the universe

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that they are the definition of power a

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star as we know from our sun to put

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simply is a luminous ball of gas

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composed of mostly hydrogen and helium

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held together by its own gravity stars

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are unbelievable they Shine for eons and

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create a habitable zone for planets to

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play stars are the reason we are are

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alive as humans without our sun we

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wouldn't even be close to existing the

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sun is incomprehensible and most stars

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are

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incomprehensibly huge millions of times

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bigger than the earth sometimes I feel

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the numbers don't really portray how big

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the sun truly is like okay who cares 1

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million times bigger yeah I get it

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woohoo big son so I always feel that A

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visual representation is a proper way to

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show the true scale of these things this

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is the earth comparable next to the sun

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all I felt when seeing this is fear

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again that is everything we know and

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love on one Speck of matter compared to

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the Sun ridiculous sizes like these are

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what lead my fear of space but what if I

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were to tell you that the sun is

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unbelievably small laughably small so

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tiny that it seems like an atom in the

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eyes of the even bigger what I'm about

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to show you is an image that evoked a

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sense of hopelessness and fear inside my

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soul it's an image of the sun compared

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to one of the biggest known stars in the

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observable universe uy scooty

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the pure monstrosity like sizes of these

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celestial objects is unfathomable to see

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the size of our Earth alone compared to

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something like the sun and still have

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the biggest thing in our solar system be

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dwarfed significantly is a statement

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once again from the universe that we are

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nothing U scooty is 325 million M deep

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yes

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325 million miles of nothing but a hot

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hydrogen and helium pool of convection

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and radiation if you were to somehow

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construct a suit that would allow you to

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safely go deep into this massive star

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you would most likely feel that at a

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certain point the star itself is the new

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universe the universe doesn't mess

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around with size because even what you

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just saw uy scooty the star is

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absolutely tiny if you compare it to

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things like T 618 the biggest black hole

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or S5 the quazar it isn't even a speck

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of Dust trying to conceptualize and

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explain size any further than this is

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absolutely pointless as our feeble

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brains cannot give it the actual Justice

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that it deserves for a couple quick mind

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wrecking references you can fit our

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entire solar system all the way out to

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the orbit of Neptune which is measured

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to be roughly 80 astronomical units wide

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inside of ton 618 32 times laterally and

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for one last Quick comparison ton 68 is

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2,66 astronomical units wide now if we

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compare that to just 1% of the diameter

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of a galaxy you could fit 23,000 T 618s

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laterally inside just 1% of the Milky

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Way galaxy and I'm sorry to completely

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kill your ego but the Milky Way galaxy

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is a feeble useless Speck of nothing in

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comparison to the Clusters which are

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nothing compared to the super clusters

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and so on but let's step away from size

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because it's obvious that our universe

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is huge but on the other hand it's

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actually quite breathtakingly beautiful

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while we might not understand the scale

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of it very well I think everyone can at

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least acknowledge the beauty of the

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Stars we see in our night sky everyone

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has had at least one experience of

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looking up at the stars at night and

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just admiring them but the problem

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doesn't lie in the Stars ironically few

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people dare to realize the strikingly

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obvious monster that lies right next to

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them right in front of our eyes at all

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times

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2.5 million Lighty years is the space

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between our Milky Way galaxy and our

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closest neighboring Galaxy Andromeda

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let's imagine we wanted to travel to

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Andromeda it takes light 2.5 million

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years to travel between our galaxies

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that scale is freaky so are there any

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pit stops you can take on the way nope

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is there anything at all nuh-uh it's all

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gas in vast open space once you leave

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the milkyway Galaxy you are met with a

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dark cold vast space of nothing for 2

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and A2 half million years here Darkness

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the reason this idea of pure vast

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nothingness scares me so much is because

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of how our brains work we cannot handle

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the thought of essentially nothing in

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the vast dark spaces between celestial

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objects is the closest thing you can get

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to nothing I'm not just talking about

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the spaces between galaxies either even

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the spaces between Stars inside the

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galaxies are so vast that it's

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incomprehensible vastness has a certain

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taste to it it's not bitter it's not

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sweet at all it doesn't really taste

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like anything but fear it's kind of like

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the fear of the ocean and the massive

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unknown drop off cliffs in the deep sea

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however space is much bigger and the

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drop offs never end and it's not so much

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unknown as it is lonely because the

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truth is space is horrifically lonely

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every single part of it just like the

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Sun versus the U scooty picture I want

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to show you a picture picture that

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perfectly describes what I'm talking

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about it's a picture of what is commonly

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referred to as a super void

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this is Boots void and for reference to

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scale it is 330 million Lighty years

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across 330 million Lighty years of

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essentially nothing boots void makes up

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for 2% of the entire universe 2% of the

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universe is a deep unknown void of

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nothing fear dismay and discomfort is

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all I feel when Imagining the center of

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such things what is in that void why is

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it so lonely that vastness is crippling

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everything in space is this vast

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separated by long distances of nothing

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distances that we as humans couldn't

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possibly dream of Crossing invisible

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barriers that laugh in our faces and

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spit on our space fairing dreams and to

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add to even more of the hopelessness to

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this already seemingly depressing fact

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everything is growing farther apart as

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we speak because the universe is

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constantly expanding and as the universe

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expands like a balloon everything in it

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stretches and becomes farther apart and

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at certain points these voids will grow

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so big and the universe will expand so

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far that we won't even be able to reach

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another galaxy as it will be moving away

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too fast for us to catch up so the only

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thing we will have is ourselves

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surrounded by an infinite and seemingly

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growing void that advises us to stay

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where we are but we may plead and ask

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for Mercy from the universe but it won't

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stop and over the course of billions and

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trillions of years the universe will

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grow and it will wait and while the

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scale of vast empty space is scary in

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and of itself as the universe continues

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to trudge through time with no stoppage

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not only will the distances become a

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problem but everything else will too

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because with enough time everything will

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slowly start to burn away the stars and

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the black holes and planets all have a

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limited amount of energy to burn once

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the universe starts its clock it doesn't

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stop and it waits and the true and

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perfect horror of the universe becomes

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[Music]

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time 13 billion years is the age of our

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universe in our age we were luckily born

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in an era of rampant star growth and

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intense celestial events we are

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observing and participating in the

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universe's First Steps but unfortunately

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it will likely never be this way again

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according to the heat death or also

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called slow death Theory the universe

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will continue to expand and as it

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expands everything will continue to

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prosper Over time however and I mean a

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long time the raw materials required to

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make stars and black holes and

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everything alike will be exhausted out

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into empty space into colder and wider

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areas where it's not possible for hot

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and Dense Star formation to occur and

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once the universe gets to this point it

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will f face a poisoning demise where

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star formation will come to a halt it

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will be faced with the intense reality

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that it will meet a cold dark death but

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this will take a really long time to

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happen right spds right you couldn't be

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more right in fact I would argue that

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the scale of time is the most brutal one

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because with this scale Infinity is no

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longer a concept it's a derivable truth

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but some objects will meet their demise

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much faster than others consider super

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giant Stars you would think the biggest

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stars would last the longest right well

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actually they live the shortest lives

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due to their intense gravity unstable

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nature they're likely to explode and go

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supernova or exhaust their energy at a

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very fast rate they could even become

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black holes through the right conditions

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these are likely the first things to say

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goodbye to most things like super giant

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stars and most other celestial objects

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will Decay fairly quickly in the grand

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scheme of things however there are three

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celestial objects that will hold on much

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longer three objects that will face the

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void head on so I would like to

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introduce you to our candidates for

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eternity the brave Heroes that will

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valiantly trudge towards the end of the

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universe the final object objects that

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will make a stand once all star

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formation stops firstly we have black

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holes the fan favorite these stubborn

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balls of theoretically infinite density

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will be one of the last standing

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celestial objects ever second we have

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the underdog white dwarfs these stars

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are the remnants of great stars that

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exhausted most of their energy and just

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remain as pitiful ancient balls of gas

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that emit so little energy due to their

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low luminosity and low size thirdly we

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have black dwarfs the final product of a

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fully exhausted dwarf star a ball of gas

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that will likely turn into to almost

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solid iron more on these guys later

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because they will prove to be very

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important according to physicists it is

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estimated to take upwards of 100

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trillion years into the future for All

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Star formation to stop and all raw space

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material exhausts into nothing so let's

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begin our thought experiment there when

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all star formation comes to a hall let's

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start with white dwarfs according to

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physicists white dwarfs can actually

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burn for trillions of years as well and

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the smallest and most low output ones

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could possibly survive for up to

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quadrillions of years but eventually

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they will die likely going Supernova or

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possibly turning into a black dwarf you

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probably see where I'm going with these

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guys this time scale is unbelievable but

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we are just barely scratching off the

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tip of the iceberg because the truth is

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I lied white dwarfs are easily taking

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last place here and it's not even close

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while they ran a good life the true race

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between black holes in Black dwarfs

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begins black holes are what I view as

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endgame objects because they're so

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intimidating and so scary for good

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reason these ridiculous balls of mystery

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are so dense and so heavy that having

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them Decay is like telling a kid with

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ice cream to throw it in the ground

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nearly impossible but as all things have

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to these two will eventually Decay

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according to Hawking radiation black

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holes Decay but just very very very

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slowly picture it like this according to

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quantum physics there are two particles

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constantly popping in and out of

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existence on a normal basis

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anti-particle and a normal particle I

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know this sounds crazy but bear with me

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now if these particles were to pop in

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and out of existence right next to a

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black hole's Event Horizon theoretically

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one of the particles can get sucked into

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the black hole whilst the other will

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perfectly and barely escape this

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actually makes the black hole lose an

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ever so slightly minuscule amount of

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mass so tiny that it will never be

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noticeable for trillions of years but

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they do Decay and that's important

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because Infinity doesn't care as long as

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they Decay at all their fate is all the

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same the theoretical amount of time it

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would take for a black hole to decay

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under these rules is scary the time

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would be roughly somewhere between 2 *

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10 to the power of 93 or a Google years

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this is ridiculous because at this point

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in the universe everything else would

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have decayed galaxies would have

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dissipated Stars would have all died

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everything would be gone and forgotten

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except these black holes that are

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silently buzzing towards the end of

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time so I actually lied black dwarfs

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aren't even in the picture of black

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holes because they don't even come close

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in fact they will last so much longer

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than black holes that it is actually

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embarrassing for the black holes to even

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try to compare black dwarfs are pretty

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much a fully dead white dwarf these guys

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are on the final stage of a star

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completely exhausted they do Decay but

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it's so insignificant that it's almost

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immeasurably small these guys give off

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almost no heat or light and they are

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ancient these poor guys will have to

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endure for so long and eventually they

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will have to go supernova but the time

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scale that it will take for this to

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happen is paralyzingly ridiculous so

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let's take a journey into the

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unfathomable for one last time as we

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watch the final stand of black dwarfs

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and their statement to the

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universe I know this sounds like science

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fiction but these stupid little stars

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will theoretically exist for 10 to the

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power of

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32,000 years once everything else is

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gone that is

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32,000 zeros all of that once everything

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else in the universe has already

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disappeared the universe will be

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single-handedly vacated by these black

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dwarfs that separate each other with

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unbelievable distances these cold

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baseless almost pointless Stars will

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float through the rest of existence as

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the final stand of our universe as the

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last form of tangible entropy as the

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remnants of us and what we once had

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eventually however these Stars too will

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die and go supernova after an almost

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infinite amount of time these poor

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Celestial statements will be put to rest

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with a tiny but infinitely powerful

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being that will light up the universe

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once more as it once was almost forgetta

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infinite ago as the final black dwarf

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sco Supernova their fireworks throughout

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the vast Wasteland of nothing will give

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hope to a potential new beginning but as

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the universe has always done it will

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wait and it will watch as these ancient

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remnants of the past give way to the

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final ending of our reality it will

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watch as the final black dwarf explodes

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and opens the path to Eternity because

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from the beginning of time the universe

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has waited it has waited so patiently

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from conception it has waited for the

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first Stars the first planet planet

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Earth it has waited for you waited for

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your bus stop waited for your life

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waited for all the stars to die all the

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black holes to die all the black DFS to

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die it has waited all the same and on a

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much more infinite level than we could

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ever imagine and as the last black dwarf

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explodes the universe can now rest

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because now it has reached its ultimate

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contribution so it smiles

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