The video by Michael from Vsauce discusses various scientific concepts and future events that may occur in the distant future. It begins with the concept of a year written in Hindu-Arabic numerals being inverted and still looking the same, a phenomenon that hasn't occurred since 1961. However, it's noted that humans likely won't live long enough to see this event.
The video then moves on to the construction of the Time Pyramid in Germany, which will eventually be a pile of 120 concrete blocks. The construction began in 1993 and at the current rate of adding one block every 10 years, the pyramid will be completed in the year 3000.
The host also discusses the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which will remain unsafe for human activity due to radioactive contamination from the 1986 disaster until around the year 22,000.
The video then delves into the topic of supernovas, with stars like Betelgeuse and Aldebaran predicted to explode in the next million years. The host also explains that the galaxy is full of stars, and the Milky Way is named after the milk-like appearance of these stars when viewed from Earth.
The video then shifts to the topic of the Andromeda Galaxy, which is coming towards our galaxy at a speed of 300 kilometers per second. In three point seven five billion years, the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way, causing a cosmic event.
The video concludes by discussing various future events that humans may miss out on, such as the total solar eclipse from the surface of Earth, the erosion of Niagara Falls, and the disappearance of Mount Rushmore. However, it also mentions that humans may have supernovas and galactic collisions to look forward to.
Finally, the host mentions that while humans may not remember their conception and birth, they can experience aspects of these moments through light travel and the concept of "dot-com," an online calculator that can find a star as many light-years away from Earth as a person is old.
1. The speaker is Michael, a YouTuber known for his Vsauce channel.
2. The year 6009 will be the first year since 1961 that the Hindu-Arabic numeral system can be inverted and still look the same.
3. The speaker and his listeners probably won't live long enough to enjoy the year 6009.
4. The speaker is referring to the Time Pyramid in Germany, which is a pile of concrete blocks.
5. The pyramid will eventually be completed in the year 3000, with the final block placed by our great-great great-great-great-grandchildren.
6. The Chernobyl exclusion zone will remain unsafe for human activity until the year 4000.
7. Stars like Betelgeuse and Rigel will explode in brilliant supernovas, visible from Earth.
8. The Milky Way galaxy is full of stars, which look like little drops of milk from the Earth's surface.
9. The Andromeda galaxy is an entirely different galaxy and is coming our way at a speed of 300 kilometers per second, faster than a bullet.
10. The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide in the future, creating a brilliant cosmic tie-dye.
11. The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide in the briefness of a single human lifetime.
12. The cores of both galaxies will be married together in a bright glowing center after a couple of billion years after colliding.
13. The moon will move one centimeter further away from Earth every year, causing it to no longer completely block out the Sun in 600 million years.
14. By the year 52,000, the Niagara Falls will have eroded all the way to Lake Erie.
15. Granite has an erosion rate of about one inch for 10,000 years, so by the year seven million, Mount Rushmore will no longer exist.
16. In 50 to 100 million years, Saturn will no longer have its lovely rings.
17. The speaker suggests that future life on Earth might have awesome supernovas and galactic collisions to look forward to, but they probably won't have Niagara Falls, Mount Rushmore, total solar eclipses, or Saturn's rings.