Added: Jan 9, 2012
From: minutephysics
Duration: 1:59
Bad tidings - the tides are slowing down the earth! For more detail about the tides: http://www.jal.cc.il.us/~mikolajsawicki/Tides_new2.pdf Tweet it - http://bit.ly/A58ZwJ Facebook it - http://on.fb.me/zx5jVs minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder NEW ALBUM!! -- http://juliansaporiti.bandcamp.com/album/lusitania youtube: http://bit.ly/pakJLE
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SoulDominance39 Says:
May 7, 2012 - The sun emits heat due to a fusion reaction caused by high amounts of gas being forced into a (relatively) small space. This reaction produces huge amounts of energy, but also creates new materials in the process. After enough time, much of the gas will have turned into iron or something close, and the mass of the sun is no longer great enough to sustain fusion. The sun expands, swallows nearby planets, then eventually explodes.
TheEmoUnicorn15 Says:
May 7, 2012 - poor sheep
CogitoErgoCogitoSum Says:
May 8, 2012 - I understand why the gravity of the moon tugs on the near side of the earth, causing bulges in water... but I dont get why the gravity from the moon pulls the water on the far side of the earth out. Can someone please explain this to me?
PhilJonesIII Says:
May 9, 2012 - The gravitational force increases with the mass of the object. Its easy to see why the water collects when the moon is above yet when the moon is on the other side the total mass of the earth + moon is now under you thus the gravitational force is greater at that point.
mingchannel Says:
May 9, 2012 - closed captions, " spraying water at a sheep [flamingo]"
chippetychaps Says:
May 10, 2012 - The moon pulls the water on the near side towards it because it is closer. The water on the far side isn't being "pulled out", because gravity is attractive. What's happening is the moon is pulling the Earth itself more than it is the water on the far side, so it's kind of like the Earth is being pulled away from the water on the far side, whilst the water on the near side is being pulled away from the Earth.
chippetychaps Says:
May 10, 2012 - The moon pulls the water on the near side towards it harder because it is closer. The water on the far side isn't being "pulled out", because gravity is attractive. What's happening is the moon is pulling the Earth itself more than it is the water on the far side, so it's kind of like the Earth is being pulled away from the water on the far side, whilst the water on the near side is being pulled away from the Earth.
canreymaster11 Says:
May 10, 2012 - I probably replied to this at about 2-3am. i was on quiet the absurd roll that night.
rafaPCPRO Says:
May 13, 2012 - you really like sheep dont you?
SerilaBuck Says:
May 13, 2012 - but... you can't explain that
FarhanC99 Says:
May 13, 2012 - YOU JUST EXPLAINED THAT!
Theonethatwantsaname Says:
May 16, 2012 - But we are never gonna be showing the same side to the moon, the moon is going away, and in that long the moon will probably not orbit the earth anymore.
456qw Says:
May 16, 2012 - i was wondering if you can explain an event that happened to the moon not to long ago when it was said that it appeared closer then it was usually thus appearing even larger.
Breal191 Says:
May 17, 2012 - Then why is there a high tide and low tide 4 times a day or approx every 6 hours?
MrLeaykeropot Says:
May 19, 2012 - cuz i spray water at sheep all the time.
MrChickenwarrior Says:
May 21, 2012 - Yeah, luckily, I was already scared of year 270000000...
misterloverloverlove Says:
May 21, 2012 - This proves that there not a chance in hell the worlds gonna end in 2012.
klakkaros Says:
May 21, 2012 - If Earth is steadily slowing down, does that mean that geostationary satellites have to be adjusted so ensure that they rotate at the same speed as the Earth? Or is the slowing down negligible?
MattVazquez20 Says:
May 21, 2012 - This scares me,ALOT!!!
foodforthoughtFEAST Says:
May 23, 2012 - Oh, I feel so much safer now...
llSpeK Says:
May 23, 2012 - why do i see the moon 24/7!?
Narsalith Says:
May 24, 2012 - "...spray water at a sheep (flamingo)" ? O_O (The captions are weird...)
TheUndeadDream Says:
May 25, 2012 - and its more like 5 billion
. . . . . . . because these video appear directly from youtube.com which we cannot control it.)
Carneoci Says:
May 5, 2012 - Show me some proof.