This Year in Space News (That Isn't JWST)

If you’ve been distracted looking at the amazing photos The James Webb Space Telescope has taken, not to worry. Here are three other stellar stories from the last year of space science!

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[DKN]

Another neat little detail about the Moon Formation simulation is that a second, even larger blob of collision debris formed from the impact at the same time as the proto-Moon blob, only to fall back into the proto-Earth and re-merge, and as it did so its gravity slung the proto-Moon out into a stable orbit.

[BigNewGames]

It probably took longer to create the computer animation than it took for the moon to actually form.

[kaitlynoddie]

savannah speaks so clearly despite how fast they talk, please have them host more videos!! they’re really becoming one of my favourite hosts

[ChrispyNut]

As excitable as the "waking up AND FINDING A WHOLE MOON THERE" was (especially at increased playback speed), I don't think it really quite captured how most of us would have reacted. 😆
A* for effort though.

[HTTYDinHeaven]

This makes me wonder... how does a planet getting hit by, y'know, asteroids or comets or whatever, affect the other objects in the solar system, if at all? Like, did the Chicxulub asteroid impact only affect Earth?

[jana.thecat]

Omg I LOVE that shirt and whish I could have it as well 😍😍

[johndoh]

The moon formation being fast doesn't surprise me considering it formed from something hitting the earth and that collision threw a chunk of debris into earth's orbit. It would be easy to assume that there was a single chunk that was very large that became the main satellite going around the earth, and it would have been incredibly hot. It would have pulled in other chunks in that orbital path pretty quickly, or pulled them into that orbital path for later collision or pushed objects out of that path as its gravitational force became larger.

Hey maybe in a take on God we can say that body that crashed into Earth was the hand of God because without it life would have been very different or may have been wiped out after it started. It could be that without that chunk the earth's core wouldn't have had the energy to keep the mantle going the way it has or large enough to stay hot.

So thanks God for throwing that big chunk at the earth :-)

[_maxgray]

I like all the presenters, but Savannah has their own special blend of enthusiasm and clarity. Really enjoyed this!

[MaryAnnNytowl]

Yet another top-notch video, SciShow! Here's a like and comment for the Almighty Algorithm, in return.
❤️❤️

[cheddarbeansoup]

Okay but. I need to know where to get the dinosaur t-shirt.

[GreatBigBore]

Wait! I’m confused. When you say “remnant” of a supernova, do you mean the core object or the stuff that it ejected? Are you talking about the distribution of cores, or the interactions of the clouds of ejecta?

[shiningamaterasu]

Alien "I will keep watching after I get some sleep.

Alien: *wakes up 3 hours later and sees a moon* Huh?

[TheEnabledDisabled]

The moon forming in a few hours bit sound crazy
That would be like me waking up, no moon
After 3/4 of my day, still no moon
Then looking at the sky before going to bed, there is a moon

[_andrewvia]

Wow, Savannah is awesome. They're talking fast, but also quite clearly, so they're easy to understand. Hank is just one among several excellent hosts.

[samwill]

I wanted to make a joke of intentionally misinterpreting what they meant by JWST
Only to find out that there aren't really any other uses of JWST

[starrywizdom]

I love Savannah's dino bones with flowers shirt!

[andrewwright]

Completely ejected? Imagine running into a rogue black hole in intergalactic space and just having no heads up because there’s nothing around for it to screw with except you.

[NiffirgkcaJ]

Milky Way: *_has a central bulge_*

Furries: "OwO what's this?"

[Kaltag]

Is keeping the same cadence for all the presenters a choice?

[Bendilin]

Does this include the discovery of nuclear fusion?