Every Way Space Could Kill You

From the edge of the air to the next galaxy: every way space could kill you, and how close each one really is. The vacuum, space junk, radiation, solar storms, asteroids, the other planets, dead stars, black holes, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, the Sun's old age and the Andromeda galaxy. 0:00 Intro 0:45 The vacuum 2:33 Space junk 4:40 Radiation 5:37 The angry Sun 7:20 Rocks from the sky 9:35 The big one 10:52 Bad planets 12:30 Dead stars 13:22 Black holes 14:29 Supernovae 16:00 Gamma-ray bursts 17:32 Our own Sun 18:10 Galaxy crash 19:18 The ranking Sources NASA, Dressing for Altitude (educator guide, 2017): https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/20... NASA Orbital Debris Program Office, FAQ: https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/faq/ NASA Spinoff, The Impact of Space Junk: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/The_Impact_of_Spa... NASA, About the Space Radiation Element: https://www.nasa.gov/reference/about-the-s... NASA Science, Solar Storms and Flares: https://science.nasa.gov/sun/solar-storms-... NASA/JPL CNEOS, the Chelyabinsk fireball: https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fireball_1... NASA, 115 Years Ago: the Tunguska asteroid impact event: https://www.nasa.gov/history/115-years-ago... NASA Science, Venus facts: https://science.nasa.gov/venus/venus-facts/ NASA Science, Jupiter facts: https://science.nasa.gov/jupiter/jupiter-f... NASA Science, Neptune facts: https://science.nasa.gov/neptune/neptune-f... NASA Science, Mars facts: https://science.nasa.gov/mars/facts/ NASA Science, Types of stars: https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/ty... NASA Science, Hubble weighs the Dog Star's companion: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/a... NASA Science, Black holes: https://science.nasa.gov/universe/black-ho... NASA, black hole plunge visualization (2024): https://www.nasa.gov/universe/new-nasa-bla... NASA, 2012: Fear No Supernova: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features... NASA Chandra, New stellar danger to planets: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/new-ste... NASA, a 1-in-10,000-year gamma-ray burst: https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasa-mission... NASA Science, Sun facts: https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/ NASA Hubble, Milky Way destined for head-on collision (2012): https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/n... ESA/Hubble, doubt on galactic collision (2025): https://esahubble.org/news/heic2508/ Conversions and comparisons (kilometres, the lap of the Earth, the crossing time, the weight on Sirius B) are calculated from those figures. This channel is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA or ESA.