Standing on Proxima b - Closest Exoplanet to the Earth 

Proxima B sounds like a contraception pill

Astronomers used to believe there were oceans and canals on Mars, even cities and possibly life. And Mars was only 40 million miles away.

"might step foot on a planet outside our solar system" Calm down there, let's step foot on another planet IN our solar system first. We can't even figure out Mars yet.

as always you give us god tier astronomy videos but you still have 57k? by far one of the most criminally underrated channels out there. you are better than most teachers even...

When hearing that it is less than 24 trillion miles away, it made me realize how close it actually is, in terms of space. You often hear of scales that are squared or more when dealing in astronomical distances, so it is humbling knowing there is something like this so close to us.

So basically a hotter Mars?

Your videos cheer me up.

This guy gets me more interested in space/astronomy with his every video 😀

how do you not have 1 million subs great video as always

Dreksler didnt mention, but the sun would be in the constellation Cassiopia if viewed from here. It would be just to the left of the first lower point. .W (Cassiopia) so there would be three stars at the bottom, our sun being at the bottom left. (Our sun is the period)

If we colonized Proxima B, humans would evolve into Muscle-Bound Super He-Men in the increased gravity! We will become Masters of the Universe! Proxima B will become Eternia!

In Soviet Russia, exoplanet stands on you!

All of ur videos amazed me so much :) I really want to be like u!

Tidally locked doesn't mean no rotation. It still does rotate, and its rotation period equals the period of going around Proxima Centauri.

Good job, man! We all love your videos. Keep doing what you do. :)

You might not have known that there is actually a project right now that's trying to send satellites to the proxima system. its project starshot, but even if we did send them on time, we won't be getting anything until around 2060.

Haven’t visited this channel in a while and I hate myself for that. Good job as always!

Another great video my friend!

Your channel is just so amazing and the work you out into them is very noticeable. We appreciate it!

I love this channel! Keep going dreksler! 💕

I really like your videos. Looking forward to the next one :)

You should do the Trappist 1 planets soon.

From the wiki: "Although it has a very low average luminosity, Proxima is a flare star that undergoes random dramatic increases in brightness because of magnetic activity.[20] The star's magnetic field is created by convection throughout the stellar body, and the resulting flare activity generates a total X-ray emission similar to that produced by the Sun." I have also heard it said that Proxima Centauri's x-ray output was high, but apparently some would beg to differ on that point. Did you do the math on the idea that Alpha A and Alpha B are bright/close enough to illuminate Proxima B? I have not done the math, but yours is the first claim I've heard along those lines so I'm curious if it might in fact be true. Presently Proxima is 1.94 trillion km away from the Alphas. If I'm not making a math error that is ~429 times farther from the Alphas to Proxima than Neptune is from Sol . Neptune is 30.1 AU (4.52 billion km) from Sol . . . 1.94 trillion divided by 0.00452 trillion is 429 right? Alpha A is 1.5 times brighter than sol but I don't think that is going to be more than just another distant flicker on Proxima b is it? The question of tidal locking and planetary climate, etc., are complex and depend on the nature of Proxima B's magnetosphere (if it has one) as well as the eccentricity of its orbit.

Good video, as always.

Keep em coming. I love your videos!

Love your video. Keep up the good work.

Just came across your channel recently, love your videos my dude!

Awesome art work and very apt music. Makes me wish I could go there. Thanks.

Great Channel, Great Content

Been a subscriber since you had 20k subs, and I've been waiting on you to post a video on the Alpha and Proxima Centauri. I don't know why but I'm obsessed with our nearest star system.

Wow ! Loved this. Your imaginative power and videos are too good !!

After watching 3 videos you got me convinced with those ridiculous space theories and subscribed. Love em /edit: also great visuals and appreciate that you're also using Celcius

I have been an astronomer for years and this channel is brilliant!! I’m only 15, but I do actually teach some people a lot about space and I recommend your channel!! Thank you for these amazing videos! :o)

The best vids to watch while taking a shit

This stuff is fascinating. You do a great job. Keep it up.

You make quality videos! I'm already obsessed with space, and your channel feeds my addiction lol 💙

Hello i love you vids i even subscribed and i am part of the notification squad

Do a video on antimatter which would help us in future.It was a good video 👍👍

I love how you end your videos with inspiration👍🏼

I love your videos. They are very interesting keep them coming!!!!

Hey Dreksler, nice video as usual. Can you make a video about "How could we live on tidally locked planets? Like living on twilight zones...

A W E S O M E👌

This is awesome.. those visuals. Thanks for this video man.

Sorry for not commenting yet but this is awesome , watched it 15-20 times already , one of my favourites 👍 such imagination Thanx drek

I think your playing Elite dangerous because of the videos! I actually made my home base in proxima Centauri! Lol

It’s a damn shame. The entire solar system was recently annihilated by a solar flare.

Love your vids man. I learned a lot of stuff from you.

Very good. Thank you for posting!

Please make "if earth became moon of jupiter".

We have Intensively observe more about Proxima.. Such as Aliens...

This was great. A beautiful video. Very well explained. Subscribed.

This video whas really intesting. I'd love to think about things like this! Keep up the good work!

If I weigh 35 kg on Earth, then I would weigh 45.5 kg on Proxima B

At least we terraform it and putting a shield in front of the planet,we can maybe turn it into a habitable planet

Salute to the cameraman who traveled in proxima b just to show us our earth pov.

ONE OF THE THEEEEEE BEST CHANNELS ABOUT SPACE OUT THERE!❤️

i wonder.........how did they get all that data since humanity can only see thru telescope with today's technology?

This is the first time I’m watching any of your videos-amazing content, by the way-but I’d just like to politely tell you that your use of “onto” substituting for “on” is usually off. It should really just be “on,” like “standing on Proxima.”

Another magical video. Thanks.

I'm still so surprised how you haven't got a million subscribers yet. I love these videos.

What would standing on the sun be like?

haha I wish I lived 4 years in the past. Great video as always!

I like how you put all of us on other worlds and give us super powers to survive. Thanks

These videos make me appreciate our beautiful home so much 🌍💕

cold planet is easier to settle down than hot planets

I've been there,twice.

Very very interesting. First time I'm hearing about Proxima B.

Hooray! Now we explore planets out of our solar system thanks to your videos, looking forward to learn more about other exoplanets 🌌

"so we're probably not going to visit proximasentory any time soon" Unless we develop cryo sleep and some sort of fuel that can run for a long time without having to be refueled, like some sort of nuclear fusion or something in witch we could sense we have that technology already, Also couldn't the planet have a strong enough magnet filled to keep air pressure?

Just need to travel a couple more light years and look back towards earth and I’ll see Man Utd winning the league. Will be the most likely way to see this in the near future.

your videos make me intrigued to space videos

Yay I'm early haha another great video my man! I'd like a series on exoplanets ( or planets that are like earth but on another galaxy etc.) they fascinate me so much. And I feel as though we will discover more exoplanets in the next 20 years or so. I hope man can create something that can travel at the speed of light one day and take humans with them.

When you realize proxima is too far and you just eat your sandwich

we are not going anywhere enough bullshitting

Love your videos bro!!!

Always fascinating 😊

First!

I like how Elite: Dangerous "Predicted" that Trappst-1 had a planet.

Great video like always

Im subbed to you from when you only had 400 subs and now you have 58,000 subs! Congratz

Loving the Interstellar Zimmer pastiche music in this vid! :)

I’m glad I found that channel 👍🏾

YOU'RE GREAT I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

Yep it's true, your channel is fantastic and your content is excellent. Keep up the good work my friend!😉👍👊😎

''This object has went through a lot so we are most likely not going there'' LOL cold, man.

Looks beautiful.

Nice pleasing presentation

The opening music had me thinking I'd hear "Space, the final frontier. ..." anytime soon.

Fun. Thank you

Underrated channel

Another great vid

Great video. Very interesting.

Another great video my friend 👌

another great vid 👍🏻

Your videos are great ❤️ keep it up 🔥 plz make a video about largest known stars

Bro you’re gonna blow up...good shit

Great quality video. It’s nice to visualize what we’d assume these things to be like with current knowledge. I can’t wait for sequels once we find the inevitable corrections. Not hating I really want to see how this evolves.

Awesome presentation! Subbed! 👍

Interestingly Proxima B was only discovered three years ago so would there be a possibility that there's a star even closer to earth but has yet to be discovered?

Thanks so much!!