Can You Lift Thor's Hammer in Space?

Only those are are worthy can lift Thor's might hammer, Mjolnir, but the Avengers' argument takes on a whole new meaning in space! So could anyone lift it there? Kyle talks weightless magic on this week's Because Science!

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[becausescience]

Thank you so much for watching! I hope that everyone who celebrates had a wonderful holiday, and has a happy New Year. This video was a ton of fun (obviously) -- also the last main episode of our first year as a channel! I CANNOT WAIT to show you all the stuff we have coming up in 2019. Just finished a giant project at the end of this month for early next year. It's going to be awesome. -- kH

[mik]

Why is Thor talking about himself in third person

[mohammadaqib]

Thor is teaching us how to rob his hammer 😆

[RelativelyBest]

Actually, my theory has always been that mass has nothing to do with it. I mean, it doesn't actually seem to grow more massive - in that one scene in Age of Ultron, that would probably have broken the table Thor placed the hammer on, and when he uses it to hold the Hulk down, you would expect something that heavy to push Hulk into the ground, dent the floor, etc.

What we do know is that Mjolnir can legit fly, even in space, changing direction as needed. That pretty much means it can project some sort of invisible propulsive force. So I've always assumed that when someone unworthy tries to lift it, Mjolnir simply projects a force in the opposite direction which cancels out the force of the one trying to move it. This would make the hammer seem impossibly heavy without changing its mass, so no broken tables or the hammer sinking into the ground.

This would also mean it could resist being moved in space since it would be sorta like trying to push a spaceship while it's flying towards you with exactly the same amount of force you are applying to it, if that makes sense.

[c.o.d.]

"He's not using them right now". 😄

[Teraphas]

Now I want to see a battle where someone(spiderman? )basically uses the hammer has a fixed point from which to control their mobility In the fight. Basically using the inability to move the hammer to their advantage

[sahzookey]

Daaamn. That webslingers comment was cold.

[braingasim]

After Hela destroyed Mjolnir, could you pick up one of the pieces?

[HowFromTwitter]

Can you lift Thor's hammer in space?


*Well yes, but actually no.*

[kachucho]

The real test would be to put the hammer on top of a weight scale and meassure if there is any change of mass whenever an unworthy person lifts it.

[sinisterferb]

There’s a lot thing in the marvel universe that can withstand or lift Thor’s hammer (dc characters don’t count)

Captain America

Thor

the earth

Hella

Vision

Stan the man

That glass table

The op coat rack

The guy in the comments after 7 monster energy drinks

The elevator

Lara Croft

Kyle hill

Asgard

[teruphoto]

What keeps me up at night (because I'm a hopeless nerd) is how Mjolnir can differentiate between being on something vs in something.

We've seen Thor set Mjolnir on people and objects to pin them down, but Thor has also set it down inside the quinjet without stopping the jet from moving. So how does Mjolnir decide when to be moveable relative to what it is on/in?

[MrPuresarcasm]

Kyle....man... that was cold. "Don't worry, he's not using them right now." As a reference to Spider-man's web shooters. Wow.

[poweroffriendship.]

*_I never knew THIS Thor is good at being a scientist than Bruce Banner._*

[TheBluePhoenix]

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[Saimeren]

Kyle, canonically the hammer's general mass is about 42 lbs. Thor weighs about 600 lbs.

When Thor flies he's actually throwing his hammer with enough force to carry himself along for the ride.

How fast does Thor have to throw the hammer, or how much strength is required to throw the hammer to move Thor 1 KM at a decent speed?

[fugeman]

Even mjolnir knows that kyle is discount thor

[dibblesvillard]

Kyle (Because Science) = Thor
James (The Hacksmith) = Captain America
GreatScott = Iron Man

[ninjasaltman]

5:14 that is so awesome, Odinson! XD Anyway, you forgot about relativity. You can hold on to the handle of Thor's hammer in space, and in trying to lift it, the forces you apply to the hammer through your arm and muscles would have an equal and opposite reaction on your body, repositioning yourself in such a way that if you look at yourself from a different angle, you are indeed lifting it, or, if you use yourself as a point of reference, instead of you moving yourself down trying to lift the hammer, you are effectively moving the hammer above you. I mean... assuming the gravitational pull of the massive hammer doesn't spaghettify you before you even get close to it. Actually... if you tried to lift Mjolnir in an indestructible planet and you were strong enough, would you push the planet down instead of lifting up the hammer, kinda like Chuck Norris does every time he does a push up, or should I say, "push down"?

[OniLODSamuraiFan]

Hi Kyle I just want to say even though I'm not as booksmart as you I still love your show because of your upbeat attitude and excitement. Your show always seems to make me cheer up from the most stressful of times