some things in this universe are truly
out of this world welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most
interesting things found in space before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the strangest most wildly fascinating
objects forces or entities found in
space
the only real stipulation is that these
things need to be relatively verifiable
or generally believed to exist according
to the scientific community apart from
that the edge of the known universe is
the only limit I’ll recalibrate what I
have to helmet
take your time
number 10 a hot ice planet if you ever
had the misfortune of picking up a piece
of dry ice with your hands if you have
you know it burns well roughly 30
light-years from the Sun sits a unique
exoplanet known as Gliese 436 B
astronomers have been captivated by its
seemingly contradictory burning ice
surface oh look at that and now we have
burning ice due to its close proximity
to its own star the exoplanets
temperatures exceed 800 degrees
Fahrenheit considering water typically
evaporates at 212 degrees Fahrenheit the
presence of this ice is puzzling the
leading theory is that this remarkably
dense form of water possibly ice 7 or
ice 10 is held together by a combination
of extreme gravitational pressure and
heat number 9 a diamond planet a hot ice
planet is interesting at all but a
planet made largely of Diamond is a
significantly more tantalizing
proposition welcome to 55 Cancri E also
known as planet
Jensen situated over 40 light-years away
from Earth it’s a bit of a trek but with
a mass roughly eight times that of Earth
it would be one hell of a payday the
value of the planet has been estimated
at twenty six point nine non million
dollars that’s thirty zeros if you’ve
got your diamond cutters ready though
just keep in mind that temperatures on
the surface reach an estimated 3,100
degrees Fahrenheit so this coveted gem
is likely untouchable number eight dark
matter how do you make concentrated dark
matter oh that’s a good question
concentrated huh concentrated dark
matter the fuel for accelerated space
travel dark matter is proof that our
universe is stranger than science
fiction what is dark matter exactly well
as the name suggests it’s the kind of
matter so really we should be calling it
the dark force if we don’t know if it’s
made of matter but this is not something
you can see to believe
dark matter is invisible since it
doesn’t give off light or reflect it
since we are unable to perceive dark
matter direct
we use gravitational effect to detect
its presence realign the sensor right
scan 3m circulation I’ve got a spatial
disturbance three million kilometers
away a dark matter asteroid basically we
know it exists because of its effect on
regular observable matter normal matter
only accounts for between four and five
percent of the known universe while Dark
Matter makes up 27 percent of its
composition
the rest is dark energy to repeat number
seven
neutron stars while our local Sun is off
mental it’s pretty standard as far as
stars go there are far more interesting
variations out there like neutron stars
so neutron stars are small they are
incredibly dense boasting a mass around
1.4 times that of our own Sun when
they’re made neutron stars rotate
quickly sometimes spinning as fast as
43,000 times per minute they also exert
a gravitational force two billion times
what’s felt on earth but where do these
space Tasmanian devils come from in
short they are the remnant cores of huge
stars after they go supernova and
collapse what happens the Starkel you
sir
it’s gone number six a giant water cloud
sure after a supernova births neutron
stars water seems a bit tame but this
isn’t your typical cloud this is the
oldest and largest collection of h2o in
the known universe containing roughly
140 trillion times the amount of water
in Earth’s oceans this astronomical
massive vapor is estimated to be 12
billion years old is roughly 12 billion
light years away from Earth and in
circles a supermassive black hole it’s
the energy spewing out of this black
hole or quasar that heats the water
cloud and allows it to take on a vapour
form frozen cloud number five the
pillars of creation the named pillars of
creation is actually the title of a
photograph taken by the Hubble telescope
in 1995 this stunning photograph
captures a colossal gas and dust cloud
in an elephant trunk formation as it
swirls about forming new stars while
simultaneously being destroyed by the
shockwaves of a neighboring supernova so
it’s a breathtaking snapshot of creation
within our universe the sad truth is
that the pillars of creation are already
gone they likely cease to exist some six
or seven thousand years ago but based on
the speed of light we have roughly a
thousand years left to enjoy the sight
before it disappears for good number
four a cold star we’ve seen a planet
made of burning ice it’s surely a star
which for all intents and purposes is a
giant ball of fire couldn’t possibly be
cold well our universe yet again does
the seemingly impossible
these small stars or brown dwarfs aren’t
large enough to ever achieve proper
fusion and become full-fledged gas
giants but they can still captivate
scientists since they’re so cold
brown dwarfs are detected in infrared
light given their incandescent in 2014 a
small brown dwarf was discovered 7.2
light-years away it holds the record as
the coldest brown dwarf with
temperatures falling between minus 54
and 9 degrees Fahrenheit that’s chilly
even for these guys number three
Sagittarius b2 this is one seriously
massive dust cloud it covers 150
light-years of space but honestly that’s
far from the most remarkable thing about
this odd space entity found 390
light-years from the center of the Milky
Way this particularly dense molecular
clouds real claim to fame is a chemical
compound found there the cloud has
amounts of ethyl formate which is
actually the chemical compound that
makes raspberries taste the way they do
and makes rum smell so good dear Captain
Jack Sparrow there’s no actual rum there
but you can at least enjoy the aroma the
Milky Way sure is one delicious galaxy
number two hypervelocity stars just when
it seemed like nothing to trump neutron
stars in terms of terrifying things in
space the hypervelocity star knocks it
out of the park a group of four
astrophysicists proved the existence of
hypervelocity stars back in 2005 in 2013
six of these stars were moving at a clip
of roughly two million miles per hour
such speeds can only be explained by one
thing ejection from a black hole think
of the black hole as a gun and these
speedsters as a bullet
if you’re feeling a little nervous about
one of them coming near earth don’t
worry
astrophysicists hypothesize that one
will blast off every 100,000 years
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one black holes while they are
mysterious we do know a little about
black holes their gravitational force is
so powerful that even light is pulled in
and since light can’t escape from them
black holes cannot be seen the outer
edge of a black hole is called the event
horizon while it’s very Center is known
as the singularity and not all black
holes are created equal
stellar black holes likely form when
large stars collapse while scientists
are unsure as to how supermassive black
holes form and apparently one of these
puzzling objects can seemingly be found
at the center of every galaxy it’s a bit
hard to figure out something that works
outside of normal conceptions of space
and time do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
[Music]
out of this world welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most
interesting things found in space before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the strangest most wildly fascinating
objects forces or entities found in
space
the only real stipulation is that these
things need to be relatively verifiable
or generally believed to exist according
to the scientific community apart from
that the edge of the known universe is
the only limit I’ll recalibrate what I
have to helmet
take your time
number 10 a hot ice planet if you ever
had the misfortune of picking up a piece
of dry ice with your hands if you have
you know it burns well roughly 30
light-years from the Sun sits a unique
exoplanet known as Gliese 436 B
astronomers have been captivated by its
seemingly contradictory burning ice
surface oh look at that and now we have
burning ice due to its close proximity
to its own star the exoplanets
temperatures exceed 800 degrees
Fahrenheit considering water typically
evaporates at 212 degrees Fahrenheit the
presence of this ice is puzzling the
leading theory is that this remarkably
dense form of water possibly ice 7 or
ice 10 is held together by a combination
of extreme gravitational pressure and
heat number 9 a diamond planet a hot ice
planet is interesting at all but a
planet made largely of Diamond is a
significantly more tantalizing
proposition welcome to 55 Cancri E also
known as planet
Jensen situated over 40 light-years away
from Earth it’s a bit of a trek but with
a mass roughly eight times that of Earth
it would be one hell of a payday the
value of the planet has been estimated
at twenty six point nine non million
dollars that’s thirty zeros if you’ve
got your diamond cutters ready though
just keep in mind that temperatures on
the surface reach an estimated 3,100
degrees Fahrenheit so this coveted gem
is likely untouchable number eight dark
matter how do you make concentrated dark
matter oh that’s a good question
concentrated huh concentrated dark
matter the fuel for accelerated space
travel dark matter is proof that our
universe is stranger than science
fiction what is dark matter exactly well
as the name suggests it’s the kind of
matter so really we should be calling it
the dark force if we don’t know if it’s
made of matter but this is not something
you can see to believe
dark matter is invisible since it
doesn’t give off light or reflect it
since we are unable to perceive dark
matter direct
we use gravitational effect to detect
its presence realign the sensor right
scan 3m circulation I’ve got a spatial
disturbance three million kilometers
away a dark matter asteroid basically we
know it exists because of its effect on
regular observable matter normal matter
only accounts for between four and five
percent of the known universe while Dark
Matter makes up 27 percent of its
composition
the rest is dark energy to repeat number
seven
neutron stars while our local Sun is off
mental it’s pretty standard as far as
stars go there are far more interesting
variations out there like neutron stars
so neutron stars are small they are
incredibly dense boasting a mass around
1.4 times that of our own Sun when
they’re made neutron stars rotate
quickly sometimes spinning as fast as
43,000 times per minute they also exert
a gravitational force two billion times
what’s felt on earth but where do these
space Tasmanian devils come from in
short they are the remnant cores of huge
stars after they go supernova and
collapse what happens the Starkel you
sir
it’s gone number six a giant water cloud
sure after a supernova births neutron
stars water seems a bit tame but this
isn’t your typical cloud this is the
oldest and largest collection of h2o in
the known universe containing roughly
140 trillion times the amount of water
in Earth’s oceans this astronomical
massive vapor is estimated to be 12
billion years old is roughly 12 billion
light years away from Earth and in
circles a supermassive black hole it’s
the energy spewing out of this black
hole or quasar that heats the water
cloud and allows it to take on a vapour
form frozen cloud number five the
pillars of creation the named pillars of
creation is actually the title of a
photograph taken by the Hubble telescope
in 1995 this stunning photograph
captures a colossal gas and dust cloud
in an elephant trunk formation as it
swirls about forming new stars while
simultaneously being destroyed by the
shockwaves of a neighboring supernova so
it’s a breathtaking snapshot of creation
within our universe the sad truth is
that the pillars of creation are already
gone they likely cease to exist some six
or seven thousand years ago but based on
the speed of light we have roughly a
thousand years left to enjoy the sight
before it disappears for good number
four a cold star we’ve seen a planet
made of burning ice it’s surely a star
which for all intents and purposes is a
giant ball of fire couldn’t possibly be
cold well our universe yet again does
the seemingly impossible
these small stars or brown dwarfs aren’t
large enough to ever achieve proper
fusion and become full-fledged gas
giants but they can still captivate
scientists since they’re so cold
brown dwarfs are detected in infrared
light given their incandescent in 2014 a
small brown dwarf was discovered 7.2
light-years away it holds the record as
the coldest brown dwarf with
temperatures falling between minus 54
and 9 degrees Fahrenheit that’s chilly
even for these guys number three
Sagittarius b2 this is one seriously
massive dust cloud it covers 150
light-years of space but honestly that’s
far from the most remarkable thing about
this odd space entity found 390
light-years from the center of the Milky
Way this particularly dense molecular
clouds real claim to fame is a chemical
compound found there the cloud has
amounts of ethyl formate which is
actually the chemical compound that
makes raspberries taste the way they do
and makes rum smell so good dear Captain
Jack Sparrow there’s no actual rum there
but you can at least enjoy the aroma the
Milky Way sure is one delicious galaxy
number two hypervelocity stars just when
it seemed like nothing to trump neutron
stars in terms of terrifying things in
space the hypervelocity star knocks it
out of the park a group of four
astrophysicists proved the existence of
hypervelocity stars back in 2005 in 2013
six of these stars were moving at a clip
of roughly two million miles per hour
such speeds can only be explained by one
thing ejection from a black hole think
of the black hole as a gun and these
speedsters as a bullet
if you’re feeling a little nervous about
one of them coming near earth don’t
worry
astrophysicists hypothesize that one
will blast off every 100,000 years
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
number one black holes while they are
mysterious we do know a little about
black holes their gravitational force is
so powerful that even light is pulled in
and since light can’t escape from them
black holes cannot be seen the outer
edge of a black hole is called the event
horizon while it’s very Center is known
as the singularity and not all black
holes are created equal
stellar black holes likely form when
large stars collapse while scientists
are unsure as to how supermassive black
holes form and apparently one of these
puzzling objects can seemingly be found
at the center of every galaxy it’s a bit
hard to figure out something that works
outside of normal conceptions of space
and time do you agree with our pics
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
[Music]
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