The Fear of Space
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
- π The first-ever recorded footage of Earth from space evokes feelings of isolation and insignificance.
- π Space's vast emptiness can be perceived as terrifying, highlighting the universe's immense scale and our small place within it.
- π 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.
- πͺοΈ The comparison between Earth and other celestial bodies like Jupiter emphasizes the uniqueness and relative tranquility of our planet.
- π Stars, including our Sun, are luminous balls of gas that have played a critical role in the existence of life as we know it.
- π₯ The size of stars can be mind-boggling, with some being millions or even billions of times larger than Earth.
- π The concept of UY Scuti, one of the largest known stars, highlights the extreme sizes that exist in the universe, dwarfing our solar system.
- π The universe's expansion leads to increasing distances between galaxies, creating vast voids that contribute to the feeling of loneliness and isolation in space.
- β³ 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.
- π 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
π 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.
π 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.
π 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.
π 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.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Space
π‘Astronomy
π‘Jupiter
π‘The Great Red Spot
π‘Gas Giants
π‘Stars
π‘UY Scuti
π‘Black Holes
π‘Heat Death
π‘Black Dwarfs
π‘Supernova
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
footage of the Earth from space as the
image distorts and you're felt straying
away from the planet Earth a certain
consternation is fell almost like you
fell into a deep pool of water and
you're slowly straying further away away
from the surface straying away from what
is known from what isn't nothing whilst
this footage is nothing spectacular in
the world of astronomy it highlights the
feeling of impending Terror that space
portrays its vast emptiness is more than
just lonely it's
constricting seeing the pure and utter
powerful size of empty space in our
universe is so perplexing that it twists
my throat into circles it's as if the
universe is slapping Us in the face
saying your simple body couldn't
possibly dare to imagine the sheer size
and complexity of my creations and it
would be right because the truth is
space is horrendously
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scary it is until you compare the planet
Earth to others that you realize we have
a perfect planet Jupiter a gas giant a
planet made of thick NeverEnding storms
there is no surface on Jupiter its
massive scale consists of deep Heavy Gas
you can not land a probe on Jupiter
because it will fall into the gas for
days until it is burnt and crippled
essentially getting dissected by air I'm
sure the Raging red spot of the storm on
Jupiter is nothing new to anyone
watching a storm that has lasted for at
least 400 years and potentially longer a
storm that itself spans a wider distance
than the Earth itself imagine a heavy
raging Storm bigger than the earth all
of which is Heavy Gas ripping anything
near it apart a storm so big that it
puts our Earth to shame everything that
we know know love see feel smell and
think all exists on planet Earth and the
fact that a storm just a storm on
another giant planet puts our entire
existence to shame is embarrassing
similar patterns can be seen with Saturn
and Neptune the other two gas giants in
our solar system worlds of nothing but
storms and chemical reactions storms
that can reach up to 1,000 mph storms
that would tear your muscle fibers off
one by one but the scary thing is this
is just one example of one planet Ary
system space is chaos but there are more
than trillions of planets many more each
with their own chaos the sheer
complexity of size of planets in a just
our galaxy alone makes you think what
other monsters are lurking in the
shadows indulging in heavy size in Chaos
on The Daily what is happening behind
the scenes in our universe the sheer
size of some of these planets and the
chaos that each and one of them
participate in is actually quite
spectacular but if you think planets
Even Shine as much of a laser pointer on
the unbelievable backdrop of our more
intense celestial objects you would find
that you are catastrophically naive
because ultimately our bigger Celestial
counterparts shine and behave so
drastically intense that they themselves
are making a statement to the universe
that they are the definition of power a
star as we know from our sun to put
simply is a luminous ball of gas
composed of mostly hydrogen and helium
held together by its own gravity stars
are unbelievable they Shine for eons and
create a habitable zone for planets to
play stars are the reason we are are
alive as humans without our sun we
wouldn't even be close to existing the
sun is incomprehensible and most stars
are
incomprehensibly huge millions of times
bigger than the earth sometimes I feel
the numbers don't really portray how big
the sun truly is like okay who cares 1
million times bigger yeah I get it
woohoo big son so I always feel that A
visual representation is a proper way to
show the true scale of these things this
is the earth comparable next to the sun
all I felt when seeing this is fear
again that is everything we know and
love on one Speck of matter compared to
the Sun ridiculous sizes like these are
what lead my fear of space but what if I
were to tell you that the sun is
unbelievably small laughably small so
tiny that it seems like an atom in the
eyes of the even bigger what I'm about
to show you is an image that evoked a
sense of hopelessness and fear inside my
soul it's an image of the sun compared
to one of the biggest known stars in the
observable universe uy scooty
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the pure monstrosity like sizes of these
celestial objects is unfathomable to see
the size of our Earth alone compared to
something like the sun and still have
the biggest thing in our solar system be
dwarfed significantly is a statement
once again from the universe that we are
nothing U scooty is 325 million M deep
yes
325 million miles of nothing but a hot
hydrogen and helium pool of convection
and radiation if you were to somehow
construct a suit that would allow you to
safely go deep into this massive star
you would most likely feel that at a
certain point the star itself is the new
universe the universe doesn't mess
around with size because even what you
just saw uy scooty the star is
absolutely tiny if you compare it to
things like T 618 the biggest black hole
or S5 the quazar it isn't even a speck
of Dust trying to conceptualize and
explain size any further than this is
absolutely pointless as our feeble
brains cannot give it the actual Justice
that it deserves for a couple quick mind
wrecking references you can fit our
entire solar system all the way out to
the orbit of Neptune which is measured
to be roughly 80 astronomical units wide
inside of ton 618 32 times laterally and
for one last Quick comparison ton 68 is
2,66 astronomical units wide now if we
compare that to just 1% of the diameter
of a galaxy you could fit 23,000 T 618s
laterally inside just 1% of the Milky
Way galaxy and I'm sorry to completely
kill your ego but the Milky Way galaxy
is a feeble useless Speck of nothing in
comparison to the Clusters which are
nothing compared to the super clusters
and so on but let's step away from size
because it's obvious that our universe
is huge but on the other hand it's
actually quite breathtakingly beautiful
while we might not understand the scale
of it very well I think everyone can at
least acknowledge the beauty of the
Stars we see in our night sky everyone
has had at least one experience of
looking up at the stars at night and
just admiring them but the problem
doesn't lie in the Stars ironically few
people dare to realize the strikingly
obvious monster that lies right next to
them right in front of our eyes at all
times
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2.5 million Lighty years is the space
between our Milky Way galaxy and our
closest neighboring Galaxy Andromeda
let's imagine we wanted to travel to
Andromeda it takes light 2.5 million
years to travel between our galaxies
that scale is freaky so are there any
pit stops you can take on the way nope
is there anything at all nuh-uh it's all
gas in vast open space once you leave
the milkyway Galaxy you are met with a
dark cold vast space of nothing for 2
and A2 half million years here Darkness
the reason this idea of pure vast
nothingness scares me so much is because
of how our brains work we cannot handle
the thought of essentially nothing in
the vast dark spaces between celestial
objects is the closest thing you can get
to nothing I'm not just talking about
the spaces between galaxies either even
the spaces between Stars inside the
galaxies are so vast that it's
incomprehensible vastness has a certain
taste to it it's not bitter it's not
sweet at all it doesn't really taste
like anything but fear it's kind of like
the fear of the ocean and the massive
unknown drop off cliffs in the deep sea
however space is much bigger and the
drop offs never end and it's not so much
unknown as it is lonely because the
truth is space is horrifically lonely
every single part of it just like the
Sun versus the U scooty picture I want
to show you a picture picture that
perfectly describes what I'm talking
about it's a picture of what is commonly
referred to as a super void
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this is Boots void and for reference to
scale it is 330 million Lighty years
across 330 million Lighty years of
essentially nothing boots void makes up
for 2% of the entire universe 2% of the
universe is a deep unknown void of
nothing fear dismay and discomfort is
all I feel when Imagining the center of
such things what is in that void why is
it so lonely that vastness is crippling
everything in space is this vast
separated by long distances of nothing
distances that we as humans couldn't
possibly dream of Crossing invisible
barriers that laugh in our faces and
spit on our space fairing dreams and to
add to even more of the hopelessness to
this already seemingly depressing fact
everything is growing farther apart as
we speak because the universe is
constantly expanding and as the universe
expands like a balloon everything in it
stretches and becomes farther apart and
at certain points these voids will grow
so big and the universe will expand so
far that we won't even be able to reach
another galaxy as it will be moving away
too fast for us to catch up so the only
thing we will have is ourselves
surrounded by an infinite and seemingly
growing void that advises us to stay
where we are but we may plead and ask
for Mercy from the universe but it won't
stop and over the course of billions and
trillions of years the universe will
grow and it will wait and while the
scale of vast empty space is scary in
and of itself as the universe continues
to trudge through time with no stoppage
not only will the distances become a
problem but everything else will too
because with enough time everything will
slowly start to burn away the stars and
the black holes and planets all have a
limited amount of energy to burn once
the universe starts its clock it doesn't
stop and it waits and the true and
perfect horror of the universe becomes
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time 13 billion years is the age of our
universe in our age we were luckily born
in an era of rampant star growth and
intense celestial events we are
observing and participating in the
universe's First Steps but unfortunately
it will likely never be this way again
according to the heat death or also
called slow death Theory the universe
will continue to expand and as it
expands everything will continue to
prosper Over time however and I mean a
long time the raw materials required to
make stars and black holes and
everything alike will be exhausted out
into empty space into colder and wider
areas where it's not possible for hot
and Dense Star formation to occur and
once the universe gets to this point it
will f face a poisoning demise where
star formation will come to a halt it
will be faced with the intense reality
that it will meet a cold dark death but
this will take a really long time to
happen right spds right you couldn't be
more right in fact I would argue that
the scale of time is the most brutal one
because with this scale Infinity is no
longer a concept it's a derivable truth
but some objects will meet their demise
much faster than others consider super
giant Stars you would think the biggest
stars would last the longest right well
actually they live the shortest lives
due to their intense gravity unstable
nature they're likely to explode and go
supernova or exhaust their energy at a
very fast rate they could even become
black holes through the right conditions
these are likely the first things to say
goodbye to most things like super giant
stars and most other celestial objects
will Decay fairly quickly in the grand
scheme of things however there are three
celestial objects that will hold on much
longer three objects that will face the
void head on so I would like to
introduce you to our candidates for
eternity the brave Heroes that will
valiantly trudge towards the end of the
universe the final object objects that
will make a stand once all star
formation stops firstly we have black
holes the fan favorite these stubborn
balls of theoretically infinite density
will be one of the last standing
celestial objects ever second we have
the underdog white dwarfs these stars
are the remnants of great stars that
exhausted most of their energy and just
remain as pitiful ancient balls of gas
that emit so little energy due to their
low luminosity and low size thirdly we
have black dwarfs the final product of a
fully exhausted dwarf star a ball of gas
that will likely turn into to almost
solid iron more on these guys later
because they will prove to be very
important according to physicists it is
estimated to take upwards of 100
trillion years into the future for All
Star formation to stop and all raw space
material exhausts into nothing so let's
begin our thought experiment there when
all star formation comes to a hall let's
start with white dwarfs according to
physicists white dwarfs can actually
burn for trillions of years as well and
the smallest and most low output ones
could possibly survive for up to
quadrillions of years but eventually
they will die likely going Supernova or
possibly turning into a black dwarf you
probably see where I'm going with these
guys this time scale is unbelievable but
we are just barely scratching off the
tip of the iceberg because the truth is
I lied white dwarfs are easily taking
last place here and it's not even close
while they ran a good life the true race
between black holes in Black dwarfs
begins black holes are what I view as
endgame objects because they're so
intimidating and so scary for good
reason these ridiculous balls of mystery
are so dense and so heavy that having
them Decay is like telling a kid with
ice cream to throw it in the ground
nearly impossible but as all things have
to these two will eventually Decay
according to Hawking radiation black
holes Decay but just very very very
slowly picture it like this according to
quantum physics there are two particles
constantly popping in and out of
existence on a normal basis
anti-particle and a normal particle I
know this sounds crazy but bear with me
now if these particles were to pop in
and out of existence right next to a
black hole's Event Horizon theoretically
one of the particles can get sucked into
the black hole whilst the other will
perfectly and barely escape this
actually makes the black hole lose an
ever so slightly minuscule amount of
mass so tiny that it will never be
noticeable for trillions of years but
they do Decay and that's important
because Infinity doesn't care as long as
they Decay at all their fate is all the
same the theoretical amount of time it
would take for a black hole to decay
under these rules is scary the time
would be roughly somewhere between 2 *
10 to the power of 93 or a Google years
this is ridiculous because at this point
in the universe everything else would
have decayed galaxies would have
dissipated Stars would have all died
everything would be gone and forgotten
except these black holes that are
silently buzzing towards the end of
time so I actually lied black dwarfs
aren't even in the picture of black
holes because they don't even come close
in fact they will last so much longer
than black holes that it is actually
embarrassing for the black holes to even
try to compare black dwarfs are pretty
much a fully dead white dwarf these guys
are on the final stage of a star
completely exhausted they do Decay but
it's so insignificant that it's almost
immeasurably small these guys give off
almost no heat or light and they are
ancient these poor guys will have to
endure for so long and eventually they
will have to go supernova but the time
scale that it will take for this to
happen is paralyzingly ridiculous so
let's take a journey into the
unfathomable for one last time as we
watch the final stand of black dwarfs
and their statement to the
universe I know this sounds like science
fiction but these stupid little stars
will theoretically exist for 10 to the
power of
32,000 years once everything else is
gone that is
32,000 zeros all of that once everything
else in the universe has already
disappeared the universe will be
single-handedly vacated by these black
dwarfs that separate each other with
unbelievable distances these cold
baseless almost pointless Stars will
float through the rest of existence as
the final stand of our universe as the
last form of tangible entropy as the
remnants of us and what we once had
eventually however these Stars too will
die and go supernova after an almost
infinite amount of time these poor
Celestial statements will be put to rest
with a tiny but infinitely powerful
being that will light up the universe
once more as it once was almost forgetta
infinite ago as the final black dwarf
sco Supernova their fireworks throughout
the vast Wasteland of nothing will give
hope to a potential new beginning but as
the universe has always done it will
wait and it will watch as these ancient
remnants of the past give way to the
final ending of our reality it will
watch as the final black dwarf explodes
and opens the path to Eternity because
from the beginning of time the universe
has waited it has waited so patiently
from conception it has waited for the
first Stars the first planet planet
Earth it has waited for you waited for
your bus stop waited for your life
waited for all the stars to die all the
black holes to die all the black DFS to
die it has waited all the same and on a
much more infinite level than we could
ever imagine and as the last black dwarf
explodes the universe can now rest
because now it has reached its ultimate
contribution so it smiles
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