WATER WORLDS: Hideouts for Alien Life?
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Published 2023-04-28
These “Hycean Planets” range up to ten times the mass of the Earth, containing mega-oceans that could stretch down hundreds of kilometers.
Their extreme pressures keep their water liquid across a wide range of temperatures, broadening the zone in which they could host life. And researchers now believe that these worlds are extremely common in the universe.
Soon we will get our first peek into the atmosphere of a possible Hycean world, K2-18b, thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. What secrets will these ocean worlds reveal? Is something out there, swimming freely in an ocean more vast that we can imagine?
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Visuals, sound, and script by melodysheep
Narrated by will crowley
Stock footage courtesy Artgrid
Sources:
arxiv.org/pdf/2108.10888.pdf
www.inverse.com/science/hycean-habitable-exoplanet…
www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/astronomers-…
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All Comments (21)
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The animation the sound design everything is just immaculate
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I'm a marine biologist and I love space so much. This video ticked every box and is absolutely incredible. Great work!
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Enough is enough. Someone just give this man an Oscar for Sound design already. Level of creativity is just plain insane. The quality of background score and creative visuals are simply setting benchmarks for generations to come.
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What i love about melody's videos is that they never shy away from actually showing aliens and how they might look, it's always a big part of the narrative
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melodysheep, your series about space are getting better and better every time, which deserves great praise!
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Update: JWST has just detected signs of dimethyl sulfide on Kepler K2-18B This does not confirm the presence of biosignatures let alone extraterrestrial life, but it is exciting.
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You are singlehandedly saving the Space Documentary genre, hell, the spectacle documentary as a whole.
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This is horrifying yet inspiring. The thought of an sentient alien life that was able to evolve and conquer their oceans. Looking at stars and getting hyped when they find that there are other planets they can live in and find life in sends chills down to my spine. Maybe they even peaked at our world from afar in the long past or in the distant future.
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The creature at 4:12 is the Desert Titan from Ark. Even though in the game it's mainly a flying creature, it fits so well into this kind of humongous underwater environment. I really enjoyed this video and am looking forward to seeing more on these "Hycean Planets"!
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Everyday I feel more and more grateful to be born on this planet. How can anything be more beautiful than our nature, atmosphere and our minds. I mean it's just awesome 😌
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I still can't fathom how your videos don't get tens of millions of views instantly. These are the best visual/audio masters there are on youtube. Hans zimmer level soundtracks, beatiful 3D artwork, perfect lighting and camera work. I'm sure your channel will become a reference in the matter in the next few years. You deserve it man!
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I feel like you could make a full-length documentary or series and it would be a huge success. Amazing work as always!
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Nearly nothing surpasses the quality and scientific relevance of this channel for all of us out here. So thankful.
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4:38 that's ark's desert Titan😳😳(also thats amazing graphics, definitely deserve more sub
