Why with Nye (Ep. 7): Deadliest Radiation in the Solar System

Bill Nye takes on Jupiter's deadly radiation. Jupiter produces the radiation equivalent of 100 million X-rays. Nye explains how NASA protects the instruments on the Juno spacecraft from this incredibly fierce environment.

[rchuso]

I wish I could determine metal types by smell.

[Raptor]

This feels like classic Bill Nye, it almost brought a tear to my eye out of sheer nostalgia. An excellent video!

[zzRider]

These 7 videos are, by far, the best PR NASA has done in ages. If only they could get their act together and bring more clarity to all of their adventures; then more people would request they get more funding from the government.

[twonumber]

Don't sniff the Titanium! We need u.

[MaryAnnNytowl]

Ah, the nostalgia! Thanks, JPL, for the memories!

[LrCloud]

100 million X-rays....A second...?
An Hour...?
A Year...?

[WinstonMakes]

In classic bill nye form, I was expecting him to drop the bar on his foot...

[XcooldereX]

So Jupiter is radioactive because of magnetic field that captures solar wind?

[NewInkFoHalo]

A question for the Planetary Society: are these videos being distributed anywhere else besides your YouTube channel? I think it's a shame these aren't getting more views, since they are absolutely fantastic.

I hope Nye and the Planetary Society have something similar in mind for other major NASA missions. Perhaps a series on Orion/SLS or the James Webb Telescope?

[IstasPumaNevada]

Isn't it also on a highly eccentric orbit that is lined up to miss the worst of the radiation?

[powdermnky]

good stuff, ignore the haters. I'm sure there is an hour long documentary for those with an attention span.

[TheHuesSciTech]

For those who are curious, the titanium wall is 1cm ("one third of an inch") thick.

[gowengetter]

This is so funny. How this has not gone viral i will never know.

[wmheric]

It doesn't always need "sensationally shocking" information to be interesting, but maybe it is the culture and the language of this era - "oh wow, the biggest, largest, heaviest, strongest, craziest thing in the universe!"

[GamingTranceSeer]

The priorities of this world man...a barking dog video gets 500k views while this educational (entertaining depending on you) video gets 17, 000 in the same amount of time? smh

[samuelgoodwin]

That was awesome! I'm looking forward to when Geino reaches Jupiter! :D

[BlackStar]

It's titanium! (like my engagement ring and my car's color)

Rarely I have now been a bit late to watch things that goes around space probes like Juno, but now it is a good time to start.
When Galileo was still orbiting Jupiter, I still remember those days.

[romeohermann]

why not use neodymium or praseodymium. Just a thought.

[nikushim]

Titanium is not lightweight (it only when light weight when its alloyed). but that said even that did not protect juno it suffered multiple malfunctions from radiation. Conductivity structure would of been of better choice.

[tomaspabon]

Wait titanium doesnt have a smell though, maybe its the lack of aluminium smell that helps identify it?