What does Space really look like?

When we think of space, we see stars. But most of space doesn't have any stars. This video explains why.

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[NoShitGameplay]

I wonder how beautiful it must be to be in total darkness and suddenly see one bright spot.

[Mwtorres]

"Either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying "

[burakkaracuban]

2:24 "You can travel through space for millions of years at light speed and never see anything" sends shivers down my spine man holy crap

[corinnemoeggenberg]

This much space disturbs actually had to stop thinking about it.
Well done.

[sammykewlguy]

Now that's pretty spooky. I knew the space between galaxies was vast, but sometimes it's easy forget just how much "nothing" there really is out there.

[gabefimbres]

i love how you can go on youtube type in a question and most likley someone has made a video about it thanks for making this

[buzzlightyear]

So... in deep space, which is far away from our local cluster of galaxies,   if you get far enough away, you would see complete blackness ?  I've never thought of this until I saw this video. I used to think that wherever you were in the universe, that you'd be able to see galaxies, and they would look like stars.

[dr.thrustfist]

I watched the video... now i'm thinking about life itself... now I'm thinking to deep... dear god, what are we?

[mario]

As a reminder to some, the significance of this video is that if you were to be out in space alone with your own eyes and no way to detect objects through any other mechanical sensor, then space would look like this, outside of the galactic local group. You would of course see stars and other objects within proximity to such galactic groups. And if you had technology on you able to detect electromagnetic waves beyond visible light, you would never see complete darkness. In other words, the whole concept of this video is what you would see with the naked eye.

[athleticcigsmoker]

You sir never fail to amaze me with your universe and space videos. Please never stop making them. Everything about how you make your videos is so original and perfect ESPECIALLY your role as a narrator

[thiscannotbeyourname]

This is the kind of stuff that made me subscribe to you. You put things that I may have a passable amount of knowledge on and make it wondrous. Keep up the great work, man!

[mapstracking]

I won't read YouTube comments from now on.

[RoroTheDeer]

Once I saw the title, I expected to hear Michael from VSauce's voice. Once I heard Spum I was like

[nocturnalrecluse]

And this is why we feel so alone as a species. Aside from our own Galaxy' intelligent life exists in others but we will never make contact with them...the distance is just too vast.

[AshleyRose]

It’s insane that space even exists it blows my mind when I start thinking about it

[rhaheemharris]

Give me chills the thought of nothing for light years and the temperature being in the negatives 200s is actually hell itself almost

[groovesalad]

what a neat concept. it's rare for me to find a video that opens new perspectives on space for me. keep it up!

[Albert-meoe]

Exactly what I was thinking. Those beautifully coloured images of nebulous clusters are just that, artificially coloured and artificially brightened images. I love this video.

[zeevyehuda]

Love these videos! I hope they go viral.

Also, your voice is so deep in these

[LordNethesis]

Please make more videos like this, I really like them, and they could be the type that really helps you channel grow, if you want it to. It's stuff like this, and the death clock, and the mining earth stuff that we like