3 planets aligned, plus ANOTHER galaxy WITHOUT dark matter?! | Night Sky News December 2021

Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are all looking pretty in a line after sunset - catch them while you still can. Plus how to spot Comet Leonard and the Quadrantids meteor shower. Then we chat about why the JWST launch has been delayed, the Parker Solar Probe’s recent dive into the Sun’s corona, the newest, most detailed images of the centre of the Milky Way, and the discovery of another galaxy without dark matter.

00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Jupiter, Saturn & Venus in a line
02:31 - How to spot Comet Leonard
04:08 - International Space Station on Christmas Day
05:12 - Mars & Crescent Moon NYE
05:32 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower early January
06:53 - JWST launch delayed
09:35 - Parker Solar Probe encounters Sun’s corona
11:34 - My latest research paper!
12:05 - Most detailed images of the centre of the Milky Way
14:37 - A galaxy with no dark matter?
19:33 - Outro
20:13 - Bloopers

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👩🏽‍💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford. I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.

[InssiAjaton]

Being just alone, I bursted into a loud laugh about the "reason" for communication problems between Ariane and James Webb Space Telescope. The realization that James Webb is speaking English, while Ariane speaks French. Such perfect match with my sense of humor!

[aleciaregister]

I love how excited you get whenever the possibility for new physics comes up. :)

[Pen]

First you have helped me and helped my keep pushing for my dreams I’m about 10 and I love space

[PhilFogle]

Last week, here in New Zealand, I got to see all the great discoveries of Galileo on one night :)) Venus was a fingernail, the mountains on the crescent Moon, the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter. What a treat!

[ramsoncole]

New subscriber...Man, I absolutely love this channel! (been binge watching for a week) Thanks so much for all the great information, and making it understandable to the vast majority of us :)

[desmondgreen]

Can I just say Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Thank you for a excellent year for education us about space and physics. Looking forward to JWST data coming in and seeing the first light that ever existed.

[eviebr]

the whole ISS definitely not being santa melted me a little! super cute!

[johnladuke]

Good job, Editing Becky. Those silent dark frames with block letters really conveyed your feelings about JWST launch, probably as well as any live video could have done.

[homosapien]

Love the Christmas themed nasa sweater. Merry Christmas!!

[willemvandebeek]

I just wanted thank you for all the videos you made this year for us and wish you and your company a merry Christmas and a healthy new year, Becky. :)

[StockportJambo]

The fact that there's an ISS pass scheduled for Christmas Day is a wonderful event for parents of young children. Doesn't matter that it's the ISS, it can be Santa to them.

[jomsviking]

Okay, seeing the milky way from the cameras on the parker solar probe is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!

[gordyboy]

Dr Becky, you and the family, have an wonderful Xmas and amazing new year, that goes for all Dr Becky's adopted You Tube family here too 🎄 🤗.

P.s Congratulations on your latest publication, and thanks for all the additional time and effort you put in here to provide us all with such amazing educational content, it's very much loved and appreciated by us all ❤️. Not all heros wear cape's....although you can ask Santa for one for Xmas am sure he would oblige 😂.

[neoanderson]

Always a great time with Dr. Becky! 👏🏻
Congrats on the paper! You’re hitting it out of the park! 👍🏻
I do hope 2022 brings people together again. Here’s for a successful launch of JWST and Merry Christmas 🎄🎅 and Happy New Year! 🎉👏🏻

[dibenp]

I feel like we all need an editing Becky. So glad you have one. ☺️

[Saraseeksthompson]

Joined for the dark matter conversation but all I could focus on was the Christmas themed nasa sweater and the beautiful Christmas tree. Lovely start to my morning

[adrianwilliams]

Being in the Southern Hemisphere, the three planets are in reverse order in the sky. Weird looking at the northern view.

[Mickey]

Dr. Becky and everyone, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[SgtGuarnereDD]

Thanks for all of your work in 2021, for sharing your knowledge and for doing it in a way that is so pleasant and relaxing to listen to. Merry Christmas and I look forward to your new videos in 2022!

In the meanwhile, I'll be praying for JWST to have a safe launch and flight out to L2.

[jackielinde]

Hearing Dr. Becky talk about the Quadrantids Meteor Shower reminds me of the song Stand by R. E. M.
"Stand in the place where you live. Now face north..."