Why Our Solar System Is Weirder Than You'd Think

Research suggests that nearly every star has at least one planet, but we haven't found any other solar systems that look quite like ours.

Host: Reid Reimers

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[Catman]

Sun: “WHY CAN’T YOU JUST BE NORMAL!”
Jupiter: **Ceases inward migration and holds steady orbit protecting inner planets instead of ejecting them**
Saturn: **hula hooping**
Uranus: **lays down on its side**
Neptune: **kidnaps a moon**
Mercury: **loses most of its crust and floats as an almost naked core**
Venus: **literally spins backwards**
Mars: **rusts like it’s an abandoned warehouse**
Earth: **actual screaming**

[ReachSkyla]

(Everyone looks at jupiter in shock)

Jupiter: It was a different time! I've really grown as a planet.

[DeadlyLazer]

Sun: *spends hours cleaning out the house* "there... Finally done"
Jupiter: *storms in drunk* "hey honey, im home" *knocks everything over and passes out on the floor*

[Jaburesu]

Well, the god for which Jupiter is named certainly threw his "material" around.

[TheHWR]

Meanwhile in another solar system:

“Why our solar system is weirder than you think”

[Chromia]

The Early Sun: "Behold! My beautiful creation! All nice and orderly. "

Jupiter: "Hold my beer...."

[johnnarogers]

Jupiter the rebellious oldest child to the over protective big bro.

[oNoctuabunduso]

SciShow: Our solar system ended up this way due to it's higher than normal levels of drama.

Me: <looks around> Yup, that checks out...

[slabs]

Thanks Jupiter


If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be here to thank you

[lionobama]

*sun gets planets*

jupiter: imma end this man's whole career

[jamesfitzgerald]

Without Jupiter to act as a vacuum cleaner for passing space objects life most likely would never have happened on Earth, and we would be constantly in danger of being pulverized. So cut the big guy a break!

[webbkt]

Seems like there is a lot of reliance on computer models in research involving space. (Makes sense)
A video talking about how astronomers create, compute, use, and interpret these models would be greatly appreciated!

[routannethegamer]

I'm really curious how many current theories and such about the universe will be laughed at in 300-500 years time.

[SoulTalesAC]

„To make a 4.6 billion year story short”
I don’t know why, but this sequence really made me rethink life.

[UniverseKeeper]

"we could be special after all!"
Yeah, because being in existence doesn't cut it

[TheRogueWolf]

A planet gets a little hungry, heads to the neighbor's place for a snack, and people get all whiny about it!

[squarehead]

2:07 little Mercury to giant Jupiter

*cries in Pluto*

[Doorboohismindopened]

I love how you have personalized the planets...”Jupiter was robbing Mars of its material” like it was intentional 🤣

[luizfernando]

Sun: "ah, finally everything organized"
Jupiter: "im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move"

[ripnecco]

Crazy how Earth is the only flat planet in the solar system