The Oort Cloud | The Solar System's Shell

What lies at the edge of the Solar System? Far beyond the orbit of Neptune and the Kuiper Belt, deep into interstellar space, we find a vast, thick shell of icy space debris. We have never seen it directly, but we know it exists- because it is the source of the most distant comets that we see entering the Solar System. So why is it there? Today we'll find out, in a new episode of #OOTW

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MUSIC:
All music in this video was downloaded from the YouTube Audio Library.
- The Six Realms | I Think I Can Help You
- Those Things Are More Fun With Other People | pATCHES
- Tides | Windows of Ken
- An Excuse To Do Less | pATCHES
- The Three Elements | I Think I Can Help You
- Clouded | Public Memory
- Ammil | The Tides
- Dusk | DivKid
- Growing Space | Astron
- Interplanetary Alignment | NoMBe

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
2:01 The Oort Cloud
5:18 The Scale of the Cloud
6:47 Formation of the Oort Cloud
9:33 The Source of All Comets
13:17 The Hills Cloud
14:40 Sedna
16:12 The Outer Oort Cloud
17:13 Siding Spring, Hale Bopp, Lovejoy
19:20 Future Missions to the Oort Cloud
21:46 Extra-solar Oort Clouds

[sogggy]

Huge respect for the cameraman who travelled around the universe just to record this.

[ootr]

my astronomy teacher assigned us to watch this video for homework this week. little does he know i've watched it already >:D

[juandiegoprado]

After watching countless space videos throughout the years, I’ve become more familiar with the huge scales of distances between objects because I hear them so much. Don’t get me wrong, they’re still insanely and incomprehensibly large, but I wasn’t shocked. But hearing just how big the Oort Cloud actually is blew my mind. The fact that Voyager I has traveled roughly 7 hours worth of light speed of distance and the Oort Cloud extends for 18 MONTHS worth of distance is absolutely insane.

[samcs]

I can't help but wonder what it would be like to land on a mile wide object in the oort cloud and just sit there in the vastness of space. It would be a depressingly lonely place but also an extremely peaceful and quiet place.

[stochasticpixel]

I’ve only recently started to truly appreciate how vast the greater universe is. But this video gave me a whole new insight on just how vast our own solar system is!

[nurk_barry]

Incredible to think that we peer right through the Oort Cloud every time we look at our neighboring stars, it’s an invisible wisp of matter that barely registers amongst the brightness of the stars. Thanks for making this video, it was particularly good.

[stardust]

The Oort Cloud is so fascinating to me, I hope I live long enough to see astronomers learn more about it

[cosmogoblin]

Should've titled this "Oort of this world"

[brettlansing]

It’s so wild to think about the scale of these absolute mega structures. The Oort Cloud in particular. When you put the scale of the universe into perspective, it tends to make you not stress as much about that next presentation. Stop stressing y’all. Enjoy it while we got it.

[martingonzalez]

I just finished reading The Three Body trilogy and the Oort cloud is mentioned many times when referring to the alien invasion. Its really nice getting more of an explanation on its scale and composition.

[robertmccormack]

I listen to this video so often in bed that I really ought to just say thanks. This and the super voids videos especially. Thank you!

[idoalittletrolling]

It’s insane how even if we imagine an “infinite” universe, the real life size of it is still bigger than we imagined.

[Pixelflame]

I just watched a 24 minute video about a diffuse cloud of comets. I love it.

[anonymousdinosaur]

I use these videos to fall asleep, this YouTuber has a very relaxing voice

[fulcrum]

here after getting bodied by ORT in FGO

[TheOGLemonduck]

I still remember seeing the Hale-Bopp fly by. I was like 4 years old, clear sky, waiting for the ice cream truck with my mom and she tells me to look up. Something I'll never forget.

[aidancahill]

I sometimes just lay back listen to the vids, he does such a great job explaining things. The images and videos in the background make the whole thing come to life, giving Sea's content an original feel.
Mysteries of the universe are infinite, they just yearn to be covered.




That probably sounded cheesy but whatever all I'm saying is the videos are amazing.

[Hannibalkakihara]

its truly amazing how far the sun's gravity influences objects... i cant imagine something like stephenson 2-18's influence

[corrinflakes]

I like how the name “Oort” gives the Cloud structure a fluffy yet massive ring.

[brocksterification]

The way you put these documentaries together and the presentation is simply excellent. Thank you.