THE VIDEO SHELF · cosmic scale
Star Size Comparison 2
A visual scale comparison of stars and cosmic objects, from planets up to some of the largest known stars, set to music. It is meant to convey the vastness of the universe.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared as a go-to humbling look at cosmic scale, noted for its chilling audio and visuals pairing.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- morn1415
- Topic
- cosmic scale
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
This video introduced me to Vangelis' existence, and only after looking up the artist did I realise he did Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire. [VIDEO] The combination of audio and content of this video gives me chills.
BLKNSLVR on Hacker News · 2022-05
In Vangelis has diedI think about it all the time as well and I am thankful for these types of videos [1]. What I think about most, is how awesome it is to be alive right now. Where this video (and others like it) tell me about the …
no1youknowz on Hacker News · 2016-09
In How Much More Can We Learn About the Universe?If you think Saturn's big: [VIDEO] (though this sort of thing is far more impressive when seen in VR) But even better than that, for me, is going somewhere with very little light pollution at night and simply looking up at the Milky Way. Nothing …
pmoriarty on Hacker News · 2016-12
In Cassini Beams Back First Images from New Orbit
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
