What Happens if the Moon Crashes into Earth?
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Today we are answering an age-old very scientific and important question: What if the moon crashes into earth? It’s more interesting and weird than you probably think. Let's start with the basics: Why isn't the Moon on its way to crash into us already?
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When moon hates earth
Nice
Ok
Yes
Nice
I too, have pondered this.
because..... Hermitcraft Season 8?
I've been scrolling for like five minutes looking for a "MOON'S BIG" reference. Wasn't expecting the first one I saw to be from the Potato himself xD
look it's the mustache man
this is dope
Ah seems like the hermits are enjoying commenting on this
"According to science, the Moon is big and very massive" Spoken like a true master of sciencing 💜
Big and massive? That depends on perspective
A true Renaissance man. I see you've brushed up on your Douglass Adams.
Well, size and mass aren't synonymous in scientific terms. Mass has to do with the amount of material a thing is made of, rather than its dimensions. A hollow sphere the same size as the moon would not be as massive, while a neutron star, which is much smaller than the moon, is nevertheless more massive, because it has more material, densely packed into its tiny frame.
moon big
yeah, its getting too "general audience" why not look ahead to moscovium and dark matter
The animation is god tier but the music and sound effects are criminally underrated. Massive appreciation to all the team effort.
Hell yeah, ear candy.
👍
I just wish there was somewhere to hear the songs alone separately, though. The only I've managed so far was "War" and that's about it.
@@mekingtiger9095 Epic mountain music.
I love all the little Majora's Mask references in this video. Knowing Kurzgesagt and their gaming references I came in hoping to see a creepy faced moon and I was not disappointed.
It actually made me realize why there were frequent random earthquakes during day 3 in that game.
Also "Sailor Moon". Just throw it out there.
@@NBLT-rk6lp Where?
Vault 111
@tdark987 the moon
A little too high a price to pay in order to have a view like Saturn! Loved this one so much!
Nah, rings are worth any sacrifice.
@@theoutergod8666 agreed
I am sad today I didn't got a single subscriber 😭😭😭😭.......................,...
I prefer getting them by some smaller asteroids that are in the right time at the right point with the right speed. 1/1000 that none of them destroys the earth, but with a lot of luck it might work.
True.
This episode was absolutely spectacular. The animation of the moon collapsing into a set of rings was extraordinarily well done.
Right? I even said "whoa" out loud during that animation
Any remaster of Sonic Adventure 2 needs to reference that animation for their own uses.
Music selection is a great choice too
RATIO + GILBERT McCRIDDLES BETTER
i cried
First a Majora's Mask reference, then potentially a Doctor Who reference (Moon is an egg) and a Mumbo Jumbo himself with a Hermitcraft reference! I love this video.
wait where's the hermitcraft reference?
@@irischase1798Season 8
Also, Fallout! Vault 111
“I’d like some planetary rings please!” ”That would be 1 moon.” “Okay!”
Man, how can Steve Taylor convey so many emotions in a so stable voice, gets me thinking from "Haha very funny" to "That's terrifying". Love the channel, congrats to all.
Wait, the narrator HAS A NAME????
@@_Ht i meann - its on description box duh
You’re a dork if you know his name
@@garrettsaylor9006 ok edgelord
why would anyone be looking at the desc and see that the narrator is named that??
This was actually a lot more interesting than what I expected from this video, which was just having the moon thrown straight at the earth. It’s obvious how that would end, so I enjoyed this slowly decreasing orbit scenario much more.
A variation of the decreasing orbit scenario SHOULD have occurred in the Sonic the Hedgehog continuity after the events of Sonic Adventure 2. The shock of half the Moon being blown apart would very likely eventually cause the rest to disintegrate into chunks that, in turn, would form into a ring system of debris orbiting around the planet. (Any "official" explanations to the contrary should be taken as BS, BTW.)
@@gordontaylor2815 That is a missed oppertunity to have longterm effects on the series. A similar issue happens with Symphogear, as now there's a large crater on the moon in the show after the first season, when in reality it would've shattered the moon. Dragonball funnily enough, has long-term consequences due to the longer days and almost stationary sea tides created by the Moon's destruction.
yeah, gave me a decent head trip trying to imagine it. theres a movie about to come about revolving around aliens making the moon crash into the earth.
Hermitcraft season 8 ending belike finale
Exactly how I felt! This was way better than the 'way bigger than the dinosaur extinction level event' video I was expecting. Great 'twist' ending too!
That Majora's Mask reference caught me off guard and I love it lol Edit: The thing about the rock being squeezed explains why on the 3rd day in Majora's Mask, the earth shakes after every hour, it always had me confused as I at first didn't understand why the approaching of a large object would make the earth shake, finally learned why
No way you guys did a subtle Zelda Majora's Mask reference at 1:58! I was so shocked I rewatched it several times 😂 Love your work, keep it up 🌍🌚
Riighhht
omg it is not a rickroll
🌏🌍🌎
Can you imagine if this was an apocalypse survival game, and at the end, the final scene is emerging from a bunker to the view of moon rings and the sunrise? That would be awesome.
Man what a cool concept for a game! It should be a telltale style game with twelve levels for twelve months.
i was just thinking about the gameplay possibilities of scavenging during the low-tides, keeping track of how much time you have before high tide.
and burn to coal afterwards
@@joelvanwinkle5976 no one: absolutely nobody: humans, getting destroyed: OMG , this is one apocalypse that might be fun to experience . when do we high tide scavenge?
@irrxlxvant nice opinion, one small problem, i am in your walls
This is a really interesting concept for a videogame. Every day you have to scavenge for resources before the tide comes, and as the tide grows taller, there are less and less resources. The game could end with the moon's disintegration.
Well there is a reference to a game that kinda has those mechanics, Zelda majora's mask. It at 1:57
There are already video games based on this concept.
@@goosequillian I know there are survival games where you scavenge during the day and rest during the night. What I meant is that it would be interesting to see a game on this specific topic, and how it could be an excuse to make the game more and more difficult.
@@nakulaman But this is exactly the topic on which several games are based. To my knowledge, at least. To give you a brilliant, example, I recommend checking out 'Don't Escape: 4 days to survive'. Let me quote a bit of a foretaste from it. 'Following a bizarre cataclysmic event that cracked the moon in half, the Earth is struggling with the environmental fallout. Everything is already dead or dying... except you. Or so you think.'
Yeah, I think you could make an open-world type thing where you have to find certain materials, you can either scavenge the cities, or you could sail the ocean looking for some. You can even rescue people if you want and bring them to your bunker. And if you think this isn't enough, you can make it so there are random pirates along the ocean, cthulhu-type monsters woken from the changing tides and a guy wearing Majora's Mask making the moon fall.
10:24 Not sure if this was already mentioned, but the organ playing in the background is just so perfectly chilling 😅
I keep coming back to this one. This is probably my absolute favorite Kurzgesagt video. Just wonderfully told
If only the plot of Moonfall was this good. The movie focused too much on why the moon was falling and not enough on the effects it would have on earth and civilisation.
Becuz my vids are better than kurssegat
@@justsomeguy4260 Sure yours are. Then why are you subscribed to them, hmmmmmmmmmmm???
@@justsomeguy4260 go away
@@justsomeguy4260 I have trouble understanding your KZhead "concept". Is it really just trolling? Or is there a huge, genius plan behind it, that I don't understand? Either way... what the heck is the point? The goal?
You telling me that Science would make that movie better? What a concept.
You know what the crazy thing is? My wife was watching a HermitCraft season end video yesterday where the moon crashes into the planet, and I thought to myself; "I wonder if Kurzgesagt has done a video on the moon crashing into earth yet?" And if I had acted on that thought and searched 12 hours ago, the answer would have been no.
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When they talked about whether you would float up to the moon, hermitcraft was the first thing that popped into my head
@@sapphire5475 stop self promoting
@@sapphire5475 And....? Try to make content that is at least on the bandwagon of the latest trends.
@@sapphire5475 good
My toxic trait is thinking I could survive this.
Well if you got into a submarine u might, I'd say load it with food though and enough to last till u can get out of there, probably take a big submarine full of 1.000 people with 30 days worth of food, so about 50 subs would be 50.000 people. Could save quite a few people.
"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive" Best line.
10:24 is so chilling. The image of Earth with rings around it paired with the sudden jarring dissonant organ chords is great cinematography. I love it.
It's beautiful
Can we make this happen so we can see the rings?
(organ chords not piano)
@@bloodlust_9890 but if it happened you would most likely be dead unless you somehow find a bunker with food
It is amazing.
"According to science, the moon is big and very massive." They really are answering the real questions here.
Forgive me for my sin of breaking that unholy number. My crimes against the internet are many.
@@ambiguousduck2333 what
@@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440 I'm guessing they liked the comment when it was at 69
That right there really blew mind!🤯
According to science, the moon is big and very massive. [citation needed]
This is so cool! Although the process is so scary, but I hope someone can make some sort of immersive experience for the scenery after, that would be so cool to see!
Question 1: how much force would it take for this to happen? Question 2: where would the best place to be when this happens Question 3: how likely would it be that a person would survive LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!
1. I’m not good enough at math, but a LOT. 2. You would want to be very far inland, and on a high elevation, a few additional bonuses to location include being away from inactive volcanos and somewhere near the equator so that you experience the warmest of the ice age that will come. This places the best locations in the Rocky Mountains in the US, North African mainland, west China/ Mongolia, and the himalayas. 3. Horribly low. If you are lucky enough to survive the natural disasters this scenario would almost certainly evolve into the most desperate world war of all humanity where major countries fight for the last remaining resources and ideal bunker locations. This would almost definitely result in a nuclear war. This means that the only safe places are going to be massive military navy vessels. Aircraft carriers and submarines. Basically if you aren’t a high ranking member of either the US military or the Chinese military you will have 0% chance of survival. These aircraft carriers will be turned into floating cities and converted into massive floating farms where the population subsists off of potatos, wheat and fish.
@@ekothesilent9456 im sorry if i sound kinda rude but. im pretty sure aircraft carriers would not survive and they would end up just like alot of normal non military ships, hulls bashed and broken, abandoned, and incapable of supporting life however subs would most likely be the last ones remaining since they can go really deep and probably latch on to the ocean floor and hold on to dear life while the oceans rage all around them deep and strong doomsday bunkers probaly also could withstand them aswell
@@tylerjones-davis6269 nah there’s actually a plan in place by the us to evacuate most high ranking military staff to a Super carrier. Keep in mind these things have the populations of entire towns and enough surface area on board to grow a sustainable farm. Couple this with the fact that they are nuclear powered and massive amounts of food from the oceans and you have a floating self sustainable city with its own Air Force, fuel supply and food supply.
1. Yes 2. A big city or underground with a stockpile of materials to supply 4 people for around a decade. 3. Very unlikely, ps: these are meme answers please take none of this seriously.
Y’all are really helpful thanks lol, even if your not exactly right it’s still interesting to hear your thoughts!!
"according to science, the moon is big and very massive" thank you kurtzgesagt, this is the kind of scientific insight I subscribe for
@Poor Quality Gameplay Which is why I can't understand the "hate" that science gets, for stripping Pluto of its' "Planet Status." Facts are facts.
@Poor Quality Gameplay europe is ont bigger than the moon.. surface area and radius are diffrent things
@@dontaskaboutmyname6876 Europa is a moon of Jupiter champ. They said Europa not Europe.
@@PandaThe2nd thats not changing my point,europa is bigger than our moon if i remember correctly and the radius of the moon is bigger than russia isnt it?
@@dontaskaboutmyname6876 then you don't remember correctly because our moon is bigger than Europa. Regardless, your point was to correct someone for something they didn't say and you either misread, didn't know existed, or were just wrong about.
This would actually be really great for a movie. The stages the earth go though almost mirror the creative decisions that directors use to make the story entertaining lol. It’s also an epic topic
It is effectively the plot of the story Seveneves which is a book and not a movie but is worth checking out.
I was just about to say that!
The movie Moonfall is out right now, and it has this premise, but unfortunately it isn't based in science AT ALL and was really disappointing.
@@noahs414 damn after this video I wanted to see it...
@@aa-id7li Great book, but wish the "2nd half" was a separate story.
‘Less important things like food’ Yea plushes and learning is MUCH more important than sustenance to keep you alive
Have you ever heard of "sarcasm" before?
@@Nebulisuzer that was a joke
4:31 the fact that the bird fed the pig instead of eating it is so wholesome
Wow. This did not end the way I thought it would.
same, it's basically impossible for the moon to crash on earth. but it still could beat the cratures to death anyways.
It ended the way I thought it would, because I've read Seveneves.
Didn’t end the way you “thought it would,” or the way you “wanted it to?”
IKR, the one thing I was expecting was a moon crash, and it didn't happen. On top of that... life on Earth survived?!?
@@Kevin-sr8yx shut up
The animators for Kurzgesagt must love their jobs. The animations in this episode was awesome.
In my opinion, making animations is their obsession. A kind of mania. They’ve made spectacular animations so far but the best is in this video. The music is also perfectly good but it is made by others…If I remember correctly.
I like their art direction.
Ik it’s so hard to make and loads of hard work but it’s really cool when it’s finished
Definitely. There's no half-assing here
Especially when the moon tore down
I love how the visuals during the Moons journey near the Earth are so similar to how Raft looks from a lore perspective
OK. The graphics and their integration into each explanation is nothing short of stunning here. I am amazed by it.
It was actually surprising to hear that the answer isn't "Impact destroys the planet". I never considered that it was possible to survive the moon falling. Edit: Since some of you don't seem to understand what "possible" means, yes, you PROBABLY die. Between the tides, complete destruction of several food webs, shortage of drinkable water, earthquakes, super volcanoes, and chunks of moon that will impact, survival is not probable. What's surprising is that the probability is any fractional amount above 0% because I assumed the Moon falling would mean Mars gets promoted to the 3rd planet.
We probably won'T survive it. If you are interested this scenario is the plot of the book "Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson. Spoiler: it doesn't end well for people on the planet.
Assuming any Humans survived this, it’s hard to say how long we could survive without the moon. The moon helps stabilize our axial tilt. Without it our tilt becomes random. “I don’t think rings would compensate for this” so our normal seasons are gone. Life is most certainly able to survive after this, but any complex life that has evolved a dependence on seasons are probably toast.
Possible yeah probable no plausible ehhhhhhhh..... magic.
Tbf if instead of a year long fall, it just came down directly, odds are then we do get obliterated and Earth is no more, at least in any form recognizable.
@@jamesmichael7448 I don't think anything on the planet will feel these sorts of consequences of a missing moon shorter than in a few hundred thousand years.
Back in high-school, I read this book, 'Life as we Knew it' where the moon got hit by an asteroid and moves closer to earth and a lot of the events in the book match up with this video. I never realized how scientifically accurate that book was. I need to go reread it.
I remember that book!
Where can I buy this book?
@@Null-here The internet knows everything, i'm sure you can find somewhere on the web
We did too. Always kinda hated that book tbh.
Neal Stephenson's Seveneves is a just slightly different scenario, with largely the same result we see at the end of this video. In the first line of the book, something shatters the moon in its orbit.
Would be so cool if kurzgesagt would make a podcast
Holy moly well that’s explains everything Thank you ur the best and teach us in the easiest way possible
This was very packed for a fun scenario video, I loved that. It's clear you try to sneak in things to improve our understanding of science and general knowledge. - How orbits work - How tides work - Internet & underwater cables - Satelites & orbital corrections - Tectonic effects - Geosynchronous orbit - Just lots of physics stuff - Roche limit
Now that you list it out like that, it's amazing how I learned all those concepts in this video without even realizing I was learning them. This will always be my favorite channel!
@@valisthevaliant What does it mean if I didn't learn anything, but enjoyed it all it thoroughly, anyways? I think I watch too much KZhead. Or maybe, just enough.
Is my thinking correct that the Roche Limit would be different for a different orbital body? Or relation between any two given orbital bodies that is. And I also assume that the tensile strength of the object with respect to the ratio of gravitational pulls has some part in it, but likely only significantly important when the object is smaller.
@@ckl9390 At scale of Planets and Stars, tensile strength are negelatable. Roche Limit only calculates the mass of involving bodies and yes, depends on what the two bodies are the Roche Limit Radius is different, most famously involving black holes swallowing stuff, stars break up planets, and planets break up moons.
-how planet rings emerge
I had a constant reoccurring nightmare at some point of my life where the moon crashes into the planet, seeing this example kinda blew a huge wall and I can't help but just feel relieved by it all.
It wasn't a nightmare. You were playing Zelda: Majora's Mask on N64.
@@robertjenkins6132 no
@Eduardo Pinto Jimenez Dude, tysm, didn't know about this movie.
yeah I want a ring now
this setting is very interesting for world building, i can't help but wonder if all the current civilizations were destroyed by an astreroid crashing into the moon pushing it closer to earth, and slowly causing this to happen and wiping the old civilization, but hundreds of years later new civilization gets rebuilt, but with a new earth that also has asteroid rings like saturn.
Love this guy he does a lot of space videos which is my favorite subject I wanted so much from him❤
9:29 that view is hauntingly beautiful, amazing artwork.
Check the Wikipedia page on "The sublime" in art 😊
This needs to be made into a movie NOW. Imagine following a group of survivors through the whole year. Interstellar vibes.
yes
Well, Moonfall is coming out soon!
@@lukafilm It's out! Unfortunately it was not science based at all, so this video was way more interesting.
It isn’t a movie, but there is a book called Seveneves that has a very similar premise to this and uses real science and physics
@@wildwadew8878 And a game called Zelda: Majora's Mask. While that isn't sience-based either, it's totally worth playing! :)
There's a certain morbid beauty with that ending. A sort of rebirth of Earth, going from a planet with a moon, to a planet with a spectacular ring around it. The survivors would tell stories to the new generations of how Earth used to have a moon, and how the world changed forever in just a year.
When is a dedicated novelist who's really good at worldbuilding gonna pick up on this?
It feels like a warning, or a revelation- that something like this once happened to other planets with rings. That ultimately, this sort of frightening thing is a natural process, and not an especially uncommon one.
@@technicolormischief-maker5683 makes you wonder about all those great flood myths
@@technicolormischief-maker5683 It's never gonna happen to us, cause the Moon is drifting away from the Earth.
Technically, the Rings would clump back togethor to form a new smaller moon like it did when Earth smashed with Theia (small mars-sized protoplanet)
bro that was mind blowing. i loved how educational it was and how it had a happy ending
2:16 Tsunamis and Tides 4:34 Satellite disruption 5:48 Earthquakes of strong magnitudes and volcanism 6:38 Frozen tides and moon squish 8:09 Faster moon and daily eclipses 8:53 A Breakup on moon
Who also wants to see a game set in the post-apocalyptic setting that this video depicts? Volcanos, flooded ruins, broken society, bizarre and vibrant ringed skies with occasional meteor showers of space debris. Would be awesome
Wasn't it kinda like that in 90s Cowboy Bebop?
omw to make a minecraft texture pack for the sky
We need a survival game of this. The story could revolve around you somehow altering the way the moon breaks at the end with some high tech equipment (that probably made the moon fall in the first place) and you have to do it on a year or less while surviving the high tides, earthquakes, and lack of food/potable water. if you manage to do it, you get the hopeful ending with a bright ring around Earth and the hope to start anew. If you don't, you die to a meteor shower on a red colored frost desert.
Last oasis
No Mans Sky, while not dealing with a single planet, isn't all that different from what you are hoping for. minus to the post apocalyptic aspect.
Only Kurzgesagt could make an astronomy thought experiment into a moving human drama that delivers more feels than any modern Hollywood disaster movie.
I'm ashamed to admit, I kind of want to see that Moonfall movie. As dumb as it was, I enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow. But I'm still recovering from the brain damage inflicted by 2012. God, that was awful!
This is great
True, but the addition of Bruce Willis, or at least his soiled vest, would have made it all the more worthwhile.
*bird drama
@@ressljs I watched the moon fall movie if you want I can give you a recap
omg, how has this only been a 10 minute video? ... ... this felt like a whole 90-minute movie to me ... O.O my perception of time changed in this short clip ...
Those birds that cast the moon crash spell are comically evil for that
There's no calculations that can quantify how much I love this channel and all the work behind it, thanks for being here with us
A happy ending for once, every episode leaves me with an existential crisis. This one just left joy on my face.
Very much agreed
Agreed aswell
Now that I read it, I can do a formula... Good content = Emotions Proof: COMMENTS
When these guys say "science won't work, so let's use magic," it always concerns me how confidently they say it. I'm fairly certain they actually could.
It would probably take the souls of about 4 virgin goats to do so, and also the left thumb of 1000 babies
They could, but not with any technology of our time or with any that we have discovered yet.
@@mujeebahmed918 no explosion powered thruster (car engine) is or ever will be strong enough to move the moon. Rocket thrusters are the same in kind of idea. Only kind of
You can calculate that amount of energy required to slow the moon down. I’m sure it’s not possible
@@kademate6888 Indeed, it most likely isn't. Just because they can calculate it doesn't mean it's possible. Calculations are what they are at the start, theoretical work, and not every theory becomes a reality.
Lmao to see my other favorite KZheadr interact with my favorite science channel is amazing good work both of you y’all make my day whenever you post ❤️
5:54 So you're telling me that birds need helicopters?
wow, this is a surprisingly mild outcome for what was actually happening. I expected something along the lines of: The moon goes to earth, big waves. Moon hits earth, big boom, everybody dies, and the video is just explaining the magnitude of the boom. But the fact that the moon crumbles letting society still have a chance of living is unexpected.
Yeah it’s a suspiciously positive ending for their videos
Well in this scenario, probably at least 95% of life form have died, if that makes you happy
there's no real way for a deteriorating orbit to hit its host planet if its not going fast enough
@@Whats.Next.Videos did you even listen to the physics explanation behind the moon not hitting earth? lmao "they fudged the ending to give this a happy ending" wha
@@Whats.Next.Videos "it's why I don't watch this channel anymore" Curious. Yet here you are 🤔
"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive." That's the hard-hitting research I want to see more of!
"According to science, the moon is big, and very massive, even igniting billions of rockets engine all over its surface would barely move the moon" It do sounds stupid if you cut the point in half, but the reason for the whole sentence is that its impossible for us to move the moon according to science, hence the use of magic here is justified.
So mumbo was correct "moon big"
@@backpackpepelon3867 I feel like maybe you thought I was insulting the channel, when I meant my comment as a compliment to a good joke.
I never had much of a care for astronomy but I know so much because your videos keep popping up in my feed 😂 Great work though
I love the Majora’s Mask reference!
I never considered the fact that the moon would rip to shreds before it even hit the Earth. Great video!
The moon is moving away from the earth, not towards it. Whoever made this video doesn't know what they are talking about
That's what happens when two celestial bodies meet. The one with the greater mass thus gravity rips the other asunder once it gets close enough. I guess there's also the possibility that if the two had similar mass they'd simply collide. Earth has a similar event in it's ancient past and is the origin story of the moon.
@@righty-o3585 "What If"
@@OnePolishMoFo That is not a possibility
@@righty-o3585 you must be fun at parties
“As if earth is holding its breath to prepare for the worst” Sounds kinda scary lol
It's incredible how much I learned, and still is btw, with you
I was very surprised that this is actually survivable! I mean, obviously for only a fraction of people, but the fact it doesn't necessarily just rip the earth to pieces is still really interesting.
Yeah but only the luckiest will get to see the earth. ;-;
I mean survivable is really a bit of a strech. we would be lucky if in the whole world there are a hundred thousand people left. I always imagined this situation as if the moon actually got to hit the earth. but that didnt even happen and it still nearly wiped out everyone. I forgot that once upon a time the moon was actually a ring of dust orbiting earth. so it became what it once was
I was surprised that volcanoes and earthquakes didn’t start picking up in frequency earlier. I had imagined the the oceans would have started boiling by month 7.
Hate to break it to you but the probability of the poor and middle class will be possibly wiped out due to food shortage but if your rich then your good to go because resources, connections and money is everything when it comes to this situations
just wait till the global cooling makes it impossible to grow anything
This could've been the entire plot of a movie / a book. I'm especially intrigued on the part where humans trying to scavenge during low tide and rest during high tide. That specific part could be a good game mechanic of some sort
The worldbuilding would be so cool. Civilization relies on manmade islands that can adapt to high and low tide.
This is the plot of a young adult novel. I vaguely remember the title tho.
This reminds of a book series “The End of Days” where instead of the moon, and asteroid crashes into earth.
There is a book called Seven Eves on the plot (not exactly the same, but almost)
@@LacieWhy Life as we knew it?
I was waiting for "This video is sponsored by the hit film Moonfall by Roland Emmerich" but unfortunately it never came :(
Literally everyone: what *does* happen if the moon crashes into earth? Kurzgesagt: it won’t Literally everyone: yea but, hypothetically- Kurzgesagt: *it wont*
@Lilkitty bingbings it wont
@Lilkitty bingbings well, it won't
It probably would if the initiating magic spell would slow it down much more.
@@matemeszaros109 nope
@Lilkitty bingbings It wont to do
In order: -Serenade of Water (2:16) -New Wave Bossa Nova (3:28) -Song of Storms (4:34) -Borelo of Fire (4:56) -Nocturne of Shadow (6:38) -Song of Double Time (7:49) -Oath to Order (8:43, 10:02)
OMG, trueeeeeeeeeee!!!
yoooo i didn't even notice those in the frames!
Thank you!
I didn't notice this easter egg!
I don't get it, please explain
the part where it zoomed out on earth with the moon dust ring and the pipe organ played was so cool!
I’d love to see a movie about that ! If only some hollywood director was creative enough to think of that !
I know right????? such a creative topic
There’s a Minecraft smp that has a moon crash at it end so I guess it’s really not that common
Yeah i wonder there totally isnt some sort of movie based on that haha
Moonfall just came out
@@alphateam3326 yeah and theres a mustache man who build a mountain that looks like a chair
Man the music when the moon started to become earth's own ring literally gave me the chills, what a turn of events, best most authentic content on KZhead, hats off kurtzgezagt!❤️
Starting at 8:56 it reminds me of "Oxygen - Open | Soundtrack by Robin Coudert" (find on youtube). I wonder if there was some inspiration. Or "Majora's Mask - Terrible Fate".
I think the video's music is a tribute to "What if we Nuke the Moon?" which is pretty cool. There are similar themes and instruments used like the organ.
10:22 Here you go
@@Gregorius421 thanx buddy will check it out.
Dammit bruh this comment gave me spoilers because it's the top comment, meaning that it's right below the video on mobile.
Thank you for creating this insightful video about what would happen if the moon were to crash into Earth. While it may seem like a far-fetched scenario, it's important to consider the potential impact such an event would have on our planet and our lives. Your thorough simulation of the apocalyptic aftermath serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of careful consideration and preparation for potential disasters. We should never take for granted the delicate balance that exists within our solar system, and videos like this help remind us of the enormity of the universe and our place in it. Thank you again for this thought-provoking and informative content😊
I love the Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Easter eggs. Caught two of them - the moon’s scary face and ‘A New Month’
I would most definitely read a post-apocalyptic book about this. It would be interesting to know what a good author could come up with after watching this!
Lmk if you find one
@@parkjiminliesalot2642 ofc!! :D
Actually there was a book like this, where an asteroid smashing into the moon, pushing it much closer to earth, changing climate drastically and volcanism Life As We Knew It is the title
There's a book called 'Seveneves' by Neal Stephenson that deals with something similar. There's a lot more 'before the end of civilisation' than 'after' though.
@@Chromefall Oooh!!! I'll have to see if my local library has it! Thank you so much!!
It's actually kind of stunning how much better, smarter and more entertaining this video was than the entirety of "Moonfall" which had a 140 million dollar budget
And with much, much less budget.
different audience
That's because the Moonfalls didn't use math!
I Really enjoyed Moonfall. It had great characters, stunning action, fantastic visuals, an emotional sacrifice made by the best character of the film, and the hilarious conspiracy theories that the film embraces whole-heartedly, not too many to feel stupid, but just enough for it to basically go "Yeah, we *know* it's stupid".
@@galiogp5174 true but hey the director didn't want to make it as rushed or fake so basically he made it as a disaster movie ( at which point some of the actors are pretty ANNOYING ) but still great movie great disaster movie not best not the worst but it above average and under excellent
1:55 this is one of many reasons because I love this channel
Love ur vids keep it up🎉🎉
Imagine if the movie Moonfall actually portrayed this. Instead of being a dumb movie, it could be an epic movie with incredible cinematrography. It could even have a beautiful ending, where the people emerge from the rubble and witness an incredible view with the disc around the earth. It would be sad, sure, but it would also be beautiful.
That would've been a thousand times better than the shitshow that we got
and a massive flopp ... by the way moonfall also flops right now because apparently only super hero movies like marvel stuff gets people into the cinema.
I thought it was good at the start of the movie then rushed in the middle and ending was ok...
watch "Last Impact"
Might I recommend the film Melancholia? It’s absolutely beautiful.
2:17 Serenade of Water 3:28 New Wave Bossa Nova 4:34 Song of Storms 4:56 Bolero of Fire 6:39 Nocturne of Shadow 7:50 Song of Double Time 8:44 Oath to Order The Zelda fan in me is most pleased. Thank you Kurzgesagt
at 10:10 the birds come out of vault 111. fallout 4 reference
Ah i was waiting to fin a Zelda fan in here!
I tried translating 1:59, but I don't get it... I transliterated the Hylian into: ahiru ni kohan --- saru moki kara ochira --- akuintsuka --- haka wa shinanakiya naoranai Which google tells me is, in Japanese Lakeside on a duck --- The monkey is also a tree --- Evil cause --- The 7th term of the grave is not fixed
Is there a name to the song that starts at 8:56? Sounds like something from Majora's mask Edit: oh shit you mean the arrows at the bottom of the title cards lol my b
lol yeap, they sure man in culture a well
This is the best animation i ever seen
this channel never ceases to amazes me
I never ever would have expected this ending. I thought that whatever happens to the moon, there would still be chunks left big enough to wipe out all life on earth, or at the very least cause a global cataclysm. Fascinating that it could go differently.
Thats exactly how it would go, huge chunks of the moon would continue raining down into the atmosphere and all the impacts would literally vaporize the entire surface of the earth, nothing would survive, this video assumes the Moon loses its velocity and starts falling towards the earth and then right when its about to crash, it magically starts orbiting, that's not how it works unfortunately.
@@sponggg_7096 what are your calculations? It does not crash because it gets split apart by gravitational forces if you were paying attention.
@@sponggg_7096 they never said the moon stopped orbiting it was literally still orbiting, they literally said that the moon starts orbiting faster than the earth, RINGS ARE LITERALLY MADE THAT WAY something gets too closed and are THORN apart by the planets gravity while still orbiting the planet. The moon would not just go into the earth because it still has speed going to the side, you know that for 2 planets to hit each other they have to be equally attracted or one is a rogue planet with no orbit going straight into the other. If a planet has a stronger magnetic field that the other object just like they said it will length and will crumble since it still has speed going to the side a ring will be formed.
@@sponggg_7096 watch the video again
@@sponggg_7096 you clearly didn’t watch the video closely enough, the whole point of this video was to describe the moon only losing enough speed to spiral down over the course of exactly one year.
"Not only does this slow down deliveries of Kurzgesagt products, but also less exciting things like food" kurzgesagt you make my day 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂
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YESSSSS 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
Yes
Feels like it can be an apocalyptic movie
we need this as a movie yall
I would love to see a sequel to this that covers what happens in the three aftermaths: the oceans freezing, the atmosphere burning and the almost impossible, perfect scenario
Exactly
The last perfect scenario is only perfect in that humanity survives. But for civilization to come back to present day level would take hundreds or thousands of years.
*mere hundreds *of* years Even if the moon is falling towards us, i dont think we are smart enough to do anything
@@Sashazur with that much time, we could fix what we did wrong the first time
@Esphaeras Praestans while true, the biggest aspect will be whether these 50 or 500 people will be in the same general area, let alone know they’re not the only ones left
"Everybody left has a really bad time" 😂. Love both the Fallout reference and especially the wizard hat on the ape during the intro. Always existentially terrifying Kurzgesagt - never change 😃.
and the majora's mask reference that was also nice, holy shit and the oath to order song at10:03
I love how nerdy you guys are with the subtle fallout hint of the birbs coming out of vault 111.
1:49 I love how the moons says, “nice try”
that was a surprisingly hopeful ending, I really didn't expect it to peter out like that. I absolutely love how beautiful a sight it'd be after the onslaught ends.
I knew that it would break up before reaching earth, but I was not expecting Kurzgesagt to offer up a scenario wherein the moon continues to orbit the earth. I was assuming that it would be treated more as a straight-on collision, in which case even after breaking up, those pieces would still hit earth. In that event, most if not all life would be extinguished and earth would be molten at the surface for a long time due to all of that kinetic energy.
@@desther7975 Which is a much easier and less interesting story to tell. I'm glad they picked this instead.
@@desther7975 yeah he played the scenario of slowing the moon to roche limit in one year, but it never crashed into earth. needs to change the title.
@@ShadowDragon042 yes but title is clickbait. which is unlike kurzgesagt
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This was strangely beautiful. Earth having it's own saturn-like rings is incredibly interesting to visualize, and the fact that the survivors would have a shot at rebuilding civilization under that kind of sky is weirdly inspiring.
We are already in the process of building earth’s rings with the enormous amount of satellites
@@riemanneconomy7688 lmao
@@riemanneconomy7688 yeah
@@riemanneconomy7688 sad
Sounds like death wish perversion.
And see this right here? This is the sort of thing that can inspire all sorts of Fantastic Sci-Fi stories. Im sure i have even read or seen this story once or twice. Very nice
9:37 the birb taking a snapshot had me in stitches
i love how this channel goes into depth about the societal impacts of the moon too. its not just "here's the impact, here's how it blows up," its actually "what happens to communication when the sea level rises? how will countries react? how long until a complete societal crash?"
countries?? hahaha. There would probably be wars because of food shortages and land issues from water
He didn’t mention the ramifications of Yellowstone erupting, so I’ll say them here: America is very, very dead (whether u think I mean North America, South America, both, or just the states)
@@frostyvoid827 Yellowstone isn't the ONLY Supervolcano on Planet Earth. They'd ALL go off in this scenario. Everyone is screwed, no matter where they live.
@@jacob4920 yep, we’re all dead
@@jacob4920 So... you might already know but there's this giant ring of volcanoes calle dthe ring of fire that goes from the west coast of America to east Asia so everybody living in Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia, New Zealand, America, Mexico, South America (especially Chile) while be in for abad time.
Kinda wanna see a sci-fi series about after something like this happens. Sounds like it would be pretty interesting.
yeah, the series could last like 12 episodes, each one being a month or something idk
Check out Neal Stephenson's novel Seveneves
@@arubikcubethatshouldnthave4440 Yes. 12 Seasons with 30 episodes each season!
Cowboy bebop, the moon was destroyed and rained down on earth.
Imagine how beautiful the special effects could be.
I LOVED the Majora’s Mask Easter eggs and references in this video! 😂
“Let’s use magic to destroy the Earth as we know it with the moon. Y’know, for science.” I love this channel.
Could you imagine surviving a year of absolute misery to see the most beautiful thing any human will ever see? That would be enough motivation for me to survive
aw hell nah my house is gonna be a little wet by then
@@beenguy5887 I think your socks might be a little damp
I think it is true What you said
I love how the main concern in the replies here is wet house and damp socks rather than no wifi and slow shipping, or even worse, human extinction
@@gachabloxgirl3958 let me guess, you're 6 years old? And u dont have the slightest taste of humour
0:48 Can you see how well they explained it by comparing the ball with the moon alongside their orbits? This channel never fails to amaze me
Yes, it was very obvious
@@retinas2001 idk, I might need a red circle
This what is taught in schools. In other words:"Moon is falling towards Earth but always misses".
Oh! I didn't notice the moons orbital path in the background until you pointed it out! That is incredibly clever!
Their animation keeps getting better too.
AHHHH you used Majora's! I love you Kurzgesagt :3! Good explanation
Good video keep up the good work
The Majora’s Mask references made me so happy. My favorite game ever and moonfall as a concept seems so cool to me. Frightening to see just how terrible the moon “crashing” could be, but amazing and insightful work!
I was searching for this :-)
You should see the movie Moonfall, just came out. Kinda bad but it had some scientific accuracy
This is going to blow your mind, the moon is actually slowly moving away from the earth each year by anything from less than an inch to anywhere up to 10+ inches. This Lunar retreat changes and doesn't stay constant, but it does happen each year.
It was an AWESOME reference! A "are you old enough to get this" kinda thing BTW there was a also a Captain America shield in there that made me laugh pretty good.
There was also a Fallout reference in this video as well, and you really had to be paying attention to notice it. 8-)
Literally just had a dream where the moon crashed into earth. Good to know that what would happen in reality was much much more scarier than my dream. Thanks!
At least the moon drifting away instead of coming closer and humanity will be long gone before that even becomes an issue
A game has explored this scenario - Don`t Escape: 4 days in the wasteland. Markiplier did a series on it, very recommend
The Moon is a captured star.
What did your dream say would happen? A massive explosion that heated the entire planet up so much, that everybody becomes plasma? Maybe that would happen if the moon actually hit us, but again I ask, what did you expect would happen? I mean, I saw the tides thing coming, but other than the tides, I didn't know what to expect.
@@krio1267 MoonFall 💀 Reference