Neil deGrasse Tyson Puts Earth's Smallness Into Perspective

FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE CHRIS PRATT OF ASTROPHYSICS,
PLEASE WELCOME THE DIRECTOR OF THE THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM RIGHT
HERE IN NEW YORK, NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON.
(APPLAUSE) .
>> Stephen:.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, SO RYAN AND-- YEAH, IT IS BEAUTIFUL, THE
SHOW IS ROCKIN' TONIGHT.
OH MY GOSH.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I THINK, HERE IS THE THING, I THINK OF YOU AS
STAR LORD.
>> YEAH, NO, NO, I'M JUST HUMAN, YES.
>> Stephen: JUST HUMAN.
>> I'M JUST STAYING HUMAN, YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOW BIG SPACE NEWS THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SPEAKING OF BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH.
THIS IS THE CASSINI SPACE CRAFT.
>> YOU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: WHAT AM I LOOKING AT.
>> OH, YEAH, YEAH, THIS IS NOT DUST HERE.
THIS, THIS IS EARTH SEEN THROUGH THE RINGS OF SATURN.
EARTH AND JUST A REMINDER, WE ARE A SPEK IN THE MIDDLE OF AS
COULD MICK VOID.
OCCUPYING WHAT WE CALL EARTH.
BUT IN FACT, IF YOU COME UPON OUR SOLAR SYSTEM FROM OUTSIDE,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE AN ALIEN FIRST COMING UPON OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM, EARTH WOULD BE BARELY NGHTSED BUT YOU.
YOU WILL NOTICE SATURN AND JUPITER AND YOU WILL SAY WHAT
ARE THESE-- THESE BALLS OF ROCK ORBITING CLOSER TO THE SUN.
AND THIS IS CARL SAGAN MADE A POINT OF THIS BACK IN 1990 WHEN
HE TALKED ABOUT THE PALE BLUE DOT.
HE CONVINCED VOI YAJER, NASA, TO HAVE VOYAGER WHEN IT PASSED
NEPTUNE, THE LAST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, TO TURN-- I JUST
TELL IT IT LIKE IT IS.
HE CONVINCED VOYAGER TO TURN ITS CAMERA BACK TOWARDSth AND IT
BASICALLY AMOUNTS TO EARTH'S FIRST EVER SELFIE.
AND THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN.
AND THERE WAS THESE PALE BLUE DOT SITTING IN THIS VOID.
AND HE WROTE A WHOLE BOOK ON THIS.
SO THESE PICTURES FROM SATURN WITH EARTH IS SORT OF THE MODERN
COUNTERPART TO THE PALE BLUE DOT.
>> Stephen: THERE'S GOING TO BE A SERIES OF 13 FLY BYES OF
CASSINI GOING INSIDE THE RINGS.
>> CASSINI HAS BEEN THERE FOR 12 YEARS.
AND IT'S NOW IN ITS FINAL DEATH SPIRAL TO HE DESCEND INTO SATURN
NEVER TO BE HEARD OF AGAIN.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME CLOSE SHOTS ALONG THE WAY.
THIS IS THE TOP OF.
>> YES, WE WILL.
>> Stephen: THAT IS THE TOP OF A HURRICANE.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GET THIS SIGH CLONIC ENERGY WHEN YOU ROTATE
FAST.
AND EARTH, WE GET STORMS ON EARTH AND WE ROTATE ONCE A DAY.
SATURN, WHICH BIGGER THAN EARTH ROTATES ONCE EVERY TEN HOURS OR
SO.
SO THE CORIOLIS FORCE IS SEVERE ON BOTH SATURN AND JUPITER.
YOU ZOOM IN ON THE CLOUD TOPS AND IT IS A TURBULENT MAELSTROM.
>> Stephen: THE WEATHER CHANNEL IS GETTING STIFFED.
ALL RIGHT, NOW TELL IT IT LIKE IT IS, BABY.
NOW YOU'VE GOT A NEW BOOK, ONE OF YOUR GREAT BOOKS.
IT'S ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY.
WE'RE IN A HURRY.
WE'RE HAD IN A HURRY RIGHT NOW.
HIT ME WITH SOME ASTROPHYSICS I NEED TO KNOW B NEIL.
>> IN THERE, THERE ARE A DOZEN CHAPTERS.
AN THANKS FOR ASKING ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE I-- MY SOUL IS IN THAT BOOK.
IT IS AN EXPLORATION OF ALL THE FRAGMENTS OF THE COSMOS YOU HAVE
HEARD ABOUT IN NEWS HEADLINES AND YOU CHANNEL SURF A
DOCUMENTARY.
AND YOU HEARD XO PLANET, DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY, MULTIVERSE,
BUT YOU NEVER QUITE PUT IT TOGETHER.
SO I THINK OF THIS AS THE CON SUMATION OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE COSMOS.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT-- A WHOLE CHAPTER DARK MATTER AND WE END
WITH AS COULD MICK PERSPECTIVE WHICH ANYBODY, YOU SHOULD NOT BE
WALKING THE STREETS WITHOUT A BAPTISM OF AS COULD MICK
PERSPECTIVE.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, BAPTISM.
>> YOU NEED TO BE IMMERSED.
IF YOU LOOK UP IN THE UNIVERSE AND FEEL SMALL IT IS BECAUSE YOU
STARTED OUT WITH AN EGO UNJUSTIFIABLY TOO HIGH TO BEGIN
WITH.
SO WHAT YOU-- SO YES, IT IT IS EGO BUSTING.
YES, TO LEARN, NO EARTH, IS NOT THE MIDDLE OF THE YEURS, NEITHER
IS THE SUN.
NOORT IS OUR GALAXY AND ARE YOU SMALL, YOU IN TIME AND IN SPACE,
THAT IS ALL TRUE.
BUT THES COULD MICK PERSPECTIVE TAKES A STEP BEYOND THAT.
AND IT IT ALLOWS YOU TO SAY, TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
ATOMS IN YOUR BODY, THE MOLECULES THAT COMPROMISE LIFE
ARE TRACEABLE TO STARS THAT MANUFACTURE THOSE ELEMENTS IN
THEIR CRUISE I BELIEVES OF THEIR CORE.
AND THEN EXPLODE SCATTERING THAT ENRICHMENT ACROSS THE GAL
OOKSY-- GALAXY ENABLING NEXT GENERATIONS OF STARS TO FORM
PLANETS.
AND AT LEAST ON ONE PLANET LIFE.
AND AT LEAST AT THIS TIME, PEOPLE.
SO WE ARE PARTICIPATES IN THE GREAT UNFOLDING OF THISES COULD
MICK STORY.
SO PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK, I'M SPECIAL BECAUSE I'M DIFFERENT.
BUT THERE IS A WHOLE OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
MAYBE YOU ARE SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SAME.
MAYBE-- MAYBE-- WE'RE SPECIAL BECAUSE OUR INGREDIENTS ARE
TRACEABLE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE.
THAT'S ALMOST SPIRITUAL IN ITS MEANING AND SIGNIFICANTS ON WHAT
IT IS TO BE HUMAN.
AND THE FACT THAT OUR THREE POUNDS OF GRAY MATTER FIGURED
THIS OUT.
AND SO, SO, THIS LITTLE VOLUME THAT YOU ARE NOW COVERING UP
WITH YOUR HAND-- (LAUGHTER)
SO I'M JUST SAYING, IT'S GOT MY SOUL OF CURIOSITY, MY-- IT'S A
CUR RATED OFFERING OF THE COOLEST MIND-BLOWING THINGS IN
THE UNIVERSE, WHICH IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY AND YOU DON'T HAVE
TIME TO READ A WHOLE VOLUME, IT'S HERE FOR YOU.
BY THE WAY, IT'S NOT DUMBED DOWN, IT'S REAL ASTROPHYSICS BUT
IT IT IS A HAND PICKED SELECTION OF WHAT I THINK IS AT THE CENTER
OF PEOPLE'S CURIOSITY ABOUT OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.
>> Stephen: I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE
BECOME FRIENDS WITH THIS MAN, AND THIS IS WHAT IT IS LIKE ALL
THE TIME.
(LAUGHTER) ASTROPHYSICS IN A HURRY.
ASTROPHYSICS PR PEOPLE IN A HURRY IS AVAILABLE NOW.
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON, EVERYBODY.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Puts Earth's Smallness Into Perspective

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