The Fear of Space

Watching this before bed was a decision

Imagine being immortal and not being able to reach your end. Your only existence is to stare into internal void. Gives me chills

The fact that we are able to calculate this all with almost exact persicion just from our small speck of a planet using a number system that we made up is astounding to me.

I find it comforting. It reminds me that any problem I have will never ever matter in the grand scale of the universe so I should just stop worrying and enjoy my life to the fullest until it's over

Turn that fear into curiosity There are things in space so terrifying yet fascinating out there

I honestly find the size of the universe kinda comforting. Any action or mistake you regret will ultimately not matter in this vast empty void that will outlast anything we as humanity create

The image of the sun compared to UY Scuti genuinely terrified me. It just goes to show how small and lonely we are in this universe.

this is neither “embarrassing” or “laughable” or “puts you in shame” this is “amazing”, “spectacular” and “breathtaking”

I once knew a black dwarf. Now, before you get upset, let me explain. His name was Marcus and we were classmates. When we learned about the "life of a black dwarf" In our 7th grade classroom, even the teacher was absolutely red in the face trying to tip toe around the lesson. He didn't help either because every time she said "black dwarf"and he would respond with a "yeah, what's up?" 😂😅 He was one of the funniest kids in school and everyone loved him. I hope he's still making people smile to this day.

Kinda scary to think that we all live on a tiny TINY TINY ball called earth living in this monstrosity of something we aren’t even sure of what it is

15:43 "These stupid little stars" 😂 I was having an existential crisis and he brought me back! I feel better now

"And so, it smiles" the most beutifull and more calming song i ever heard plays Once again i feel that fear of the eternal void, knowing that after dead there is probably nothing, just the eternal darkness, for the rest of infinity

Sir, this is a McDonald's

i’ll be so real, space just fascinates me. the fact that it’s impersonal sort of makes me feel better. it’s dope that we can even observe this and learn about it. it’s so cool we exist in this universe, even if we don’t know the who, what, how, where, and why. it’s a giant endless mystery, i love it. there’s something so comforting about space. like this is our home, this is all that we will ever know. it’s humbling, terrifying, and beautiful. it reminds me to take it easy, enjoy what i have while i’m here.

Nah. The descriptions you give to describe your fear just fuels my astonishment that we, tiny nothings in a galaxy of galaxies, managed to /discover/ them. We as a species managed to conceptualize it to some degree, photograph it, SEE it with our own eyes through technological advancements... Like I made it to chapter 2 with my eyes watering because I'm so absolutely moved by the fact that we are alive to learn about these things in our tiny short lives. You said it yourself; Earth is perfect. The Sun is perfect. Life forming was under the perfect circumstances to happen. How miraculous it is that we have such impressive abilities to comprehend the greater things in and out of our planet. I think Black Holes are the scariest things in space, but Space itself doesn't scare me. I'm actually in love with Space. If you want something to fear, well... look to our own planet's seas. I don't personally have a phobia of the seas but I acknowledge how scary that shit is. We know more about outer space than we do our seas and we live here. And it's an actual, tangible threat whether you're on a beach or on a boat compared to space. And we have triumphant discoveries in that area too, I'm not saying it's any less fascinating, but it's definitely scarier than space ever could be. At least, in my opinion. Beautiful video essay nevertheless. It takes a lot to bring me to tears 😂

"So what is your order Sir?"

As someone who’s always been fascinated with space, it’s interesting to see a window into astrophobia. I had no idea that so many of the things that I’ve usually looked at as cool and interesting could be so horrifying and threatening.

8:21 FYI, there are actually no pictures of the böotes void in existence, every picture used are photos of planetary nebula within our galaxy, the most popular one used being Barnard 68

Everything about the universe is so incomprehensible, gargantuan, terrifying, and beautiful at the same time... I find it oddly comforting, in a way.

Okay, that last bit was actually profoundly moving