Den Mest Forbløffende Kendsgerning (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

In a video interview with TIME Magazine, Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?" This is his answer. You can watch the full interview with the link provided. I implore you to check out all the links below.

Now with captions!

CREDITS
Music: "To Build a Home" by the Cinematic Orchestra featuring Patrick Watson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjjc59FgUpg

Narration: "10 Questions for Neil Degrasse Tyson"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOwqDmacJo

Edited by Max Schlickenmeyer
Video (in order of appearance):
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Orion)
http://www.imax.com/hubble/
Yellowstone: Battle for Life (Tree & Waterfall)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcdml
Supernova to Crab Nebula
http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic0515a/
BBC: Wonders of the Solar System (formation of the solar system)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qyxfb
Accretion and First Eukaryotes from the 2011 film "Tree of Life" directed by Terrence Malick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_(astrophysics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_evolutionary_history_of_life
http://www.twowaysthroughlife.com/
BBC: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/
"Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" by Ayrton Orio (human eye)
http://vimeo.com/9505354
"mongolia!" by wiissa
http://vimeo.com/27876709

Saturn from Cassini Spacecraft
http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/
IMAX: Hubble 3D (Inside Orion Nebula)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula
Shuttle Launch from 1985 IMAX film "The Dream is Alive"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_Is_Alive
"Earth -- Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over -- NASA, ISS" by Michael Konig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls9yJTphLxg
"The Island" by Christoph Malin
http://vimeo.com/27539860
"Mars sunset" captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_347.html

Neil DeGrasse Tyson goes on to say "For me, that is the most profound revelation of 20th century astrophysics and I look forward to what the 21st century will bring us, given the frontiers that are now unfolding."

Special thanks to Carl Sagan, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and NASA for their inspiration.

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Hvad er den mest forbløffende kendsgerning om universet, De kan dele med os?

Den mest forbløffende kendsgerning

er den viden,

at atomerne, som udgør alt liv på jorden,

atomerne, som danner det menneskelige legeme

kan spores tilbage til kernen af stjerner, som sammenkogte de lette grundstoffer

til tunge grundstoffer

under ekstreme temperatur og tryk.

Ud af disse stjerner blev de med største masse

ustabile i senere år,

de kollapsede, hvorefter de eksploderede og spredte derved deres ophobet indhold på tværs af galaksen.

Et indhold bestående af kulstof, kvælstof, ilt

og alle de grundlæggende ingredienser for liv.

Disse ingredienser bliver del af en gassky, som

kondenserer og falder sammen til dannelse af den næste generation af solsystemer

dvs. stjerner med omkredsende planeter, og disse planeter får herved ingredienserne for livet.

Så når jeg kigger op på nattehimlen

og jeg netop ved, at vi er en del af dette univers

at vi befinder os i dette univers, og måske vigtigere end begge de kendsgerninger er

at universet findes i os.

Når jeg reflekterer over denne kendsgerning, kigger jeg op –

mange mennesker føler sig mindreværdige, fordi de er små, og universet er stort –

men jeg føler mig værdig, fordi mine atomer kom fra de stjerner.

Der er en grad af netværk.

Det er jo hvad man ønsker sig i livet, at man er en del af noget, at man hører til.

Man vil være deltager

i aktiviteter og begivenheder omkring sig.

Det er præcist, hvad vi er, blot ved at være til...