The Big Bang - Part 2

previously on solar balls a man tells his son a sweet bedtime story about the chaotic and violent origin of our universe the big bang and how billions of years after the creation of everything our star was born in this scary and unpredictable landscape hey family phew had a crazy day at work today my jet shut down for a second and I had to have you been waiting all day for me to continue talking about the origin of the universe honey you left us on such a cliffhanger kind of cruel of you so yes we've been

waiting all right all right so where were we ah yes so there it was our son and as I told you last night despite being massive by our standards it was just a lonely Little Star in an ever expanding chaotic Universe hello hello I can't hear you please can you can you come closer to me what no no no I I I'm sorry okay I I'll stay put sorry little rocks I'm sorry I can't go with you maybe maybe one day I'll be able to hang out with the other stars but now you can be

my friends right the universe came from an explosion an explosion that began an expansion in every direction this meant that most stars most galaxies most of everything was drifting away from each other our son was alone and every passing second it was further away from the closest star that's so sad honey well we're talking about 4.6 billion years ago honey things were different even something like life was Unthinkable in these conditions but things would begin to change planets are we going to see planets Yes we finally reached the planets [Music] yes hello wait you're you're

a planet I I I have a planet who who am I you're a planet my first planet ever you were born from the stuff that I I came from oh uh sorry no don't be in fact you could even be a star you're mostly made of hydrogen and and helium like me but I'm too little you're too big I know I know but but that's okay you don't need to be a star my first planet it looks scary out there yeah I I I know hey you're afraid of the dark just look at me and

who do you look at when you were afraid don't worry I'm the son I'll be okay Jupiter was the first planet followed closely by Saturn it didn't have its famous Rings just yet but a lot of these planets didn't last long orbits were messy and a lot of planets crossed paths with each other so sooner or later many planets just no no no this again I why is this why do they keep is there anything I can do to stay there stay in your orbit please no more oh okay the solar system required some stability

before something like the Earth could even be possible it's honestly a miracle any of us here are alive today yes I see that now poor son honey it's a story the sun is not really alive yeah but what if it was that would be such a plot twist if it was I'd feel bad for it because the next couple millions of years were not easy hey want to be friends uh sure mate what's your name Neptune and you uh unfortunately um Uranus oh I don't see anything wrong with that hey let's go play uh yeah

sure hey uh you're Saturn right yes and you are oh uh I don't have a name I like to go by the name of X or Planet X well nice to meet you X hey Saturn who's that you're talking to this ice giant I've never met he calls himself Planet X hey there you must be Jupiter nice to meet cool cool well anyway Saturn uh what are you doing like Jupiter yes son just try nothing to go too far from your orbit okay some of the rocky planets are still being formed and you know you're

a big ball of gravity listen I I know it may be a bit too late to change orbits but my friend is at the other side of the belt can I Jupiter no we've talked about this but I used to be able to change orbits freely now I'm just Stucky I'm not having it come on you're the biggest planet be a good example to all the others I uh we can talk later Jupiter H he's gotten all paranoid like he doesn't have enough planets already maybe he's aiming to have a planet that can sustain life

then he's insane come on that's not possible gas giants like us can sustain life and rocky planets are so feeble well you got to give them props for trying though who are you again yeah who's that planet again oh that's Planet X it's a hypothetical ice giant how come I've never heard of it well well this part of the story deals with a few theories regarding the formation of the solar system as we know it today one is the grand Tac and the other is the existence of a fifth giant Planet X I I told

you I'm Planet X well Planet X you're being incredibly annoying yeah sorry but you're being kind of rude I'm being rude seriously give me a break the sun is distracted so I can do this I can cross to your side great idea okay hurry before he guys no stop Jupiter you can't do this wait look out wait no no [Music] no no I'm sorry it's not my [Music] what have I done and that's how Jupiter changed orbits to where he is now and caused the destruction of several rocky planets this was the Grand tag of

Jupiter to be continued bye hey big guy don't tell me you didn't know about solar cards solar cards indeed there are hundreds of cards to collect including moons planets dwarf planets and more nice where can we get this game well we're running a Kickstarter Campaign which will only last 30 days in which our backers can get not only the game but awesome rewards in fact I want to play too [Music]