What Would Really Happen if a Vibranium Meteor Hit Earth? | Because Science w/ Kyle Hill 

The problem with assuming that a 10,000 ton meteor would disintegrate before impact is that you're not considering that the 10,000 tons of our Vibranium meteor is what is left of it after it travelled through the atmosphere. The original spacial meteor would have been significantly larger before the Wakandans encountered it.

How could they even farm vibranium to made their weapons etc if it wouldnt break with pickaxes but absorb the kinetic energy? 🤔

This channel is awesome!

You just made me realize, science class in high school in the marvel universe would be very interesting.

If I hadn’t seen the movie the use of rhinos in the video would seem extremely random lol

"it would hit him and drop off pathetically" best quote in all of youtube

They said it’s 1/3 the weight of steel so use that for density

What if you threw Mjolnir at Black Panther? (Assuming you were worthy)

That must be why shuri said she had to deactivate the vibranium in order to transfer it safely to the surface. The vibranium still had the kinetic energy from its collision with earth stored up and wound probably cause a problem if not deactivated. Please notify if I've made any mistakes.

oh look its the avenger with the best hair, Thor.

Kyle these videos are marvelous! Get it. Your mission to make science interesting, and entertaining is the same mission that Adam and Jamie had with mythbusers. I know you hosted the new mythbusters recruitment show but why didn’t you take the job yourself? I would have loved to see you on tv and think you definitely live up to the name.

My question is how you could mine the vibraniam if it takes in genetic energy

Didn't Howard Stark say vibranium is "stronger than steel and a third of the weight" in CA:TFA?

So with these revelations in mind, wtf would happen with a vibranium bullet? Could you accelerate a vibrium slug in the barrel or would the gun explode? Would it do more or less damage then a normal bullet? Should Stark be tipping all his anti tank rounds with it? *Edit: Great convo in the comments y'all! I think we concluded that it would shoot, and you wouldn't want your body to be the earth in this meteor comparison!

Didn't think about it's kinetic energy absorption but there is a problem in that explanation. We see in the movie the mine of Vibranium and it's HUGE, large enough to use multiple maglev trains. We also see a very large volume of the stuff, both in the different weapons and items created with it (assuming it's not used as alloy) but also as raw form in the trains and in stocking containers. So either the 10.000T is false information from Wakanda or Vibranium's density is much, much lower than Titanium is, which changes drastically the size of the meteor that would need to impact Earth to create such a mine. We also would need to consider that Wakanda is using the stuff for many years and it is a finite resource so even if there is still 10.000T "today", it still was much more when it hit the ground, especially considering that like with everything else, Wakanda had to learn how to use it effectively, therefor wasting a lot of the material.

Hey Kyle, I bring you a Gambit vs Vibranium question (I just love Gambit, please?). Gambit has the power to take the potencial energy of a (not living) object, and turn it into Kinetic energy (or something like that), to the point where the object end ups blowing up. On Captain America vs Gambit we see Gambit charging Cap's shield. How is it possible for a material that absorbs Kinetic energy to be so charged up that ends up blowing up like that? Thanks!

5:58 - Getting hit in the face by a rhino? There's a word for that: Rhinoblasty.

I am doing A-level physics at the moment and these videos are great for putting formulas that i am learning into practice in a really nerdy way perfect for me to understand it better. Thank you so much for making these videos, keep up the great work.

Another great episode. Love it man, I've learned so much from watching your videos for three years now. How can i suggest an episode? I have so many questions.

Kyle, Love the channel m,man. Two questions: 1. If Vibranium absorbs sound, how does anyone hear T'Challa speak when he's wearing the Black Panther outfit? 2. Could Black Bolt destroy the vibranium meteor in Wakanda?

With all the properties it has, how is Vibranium mined? Wouldn't it break all the normal tools just trying to mine it since it can absorb all that energy from the tools? It can't be just the suit that absorbs the energy, look at all the abuse Captain America's can take and not take a scratch. If they just melt it, how would they have enough heat to melt it?

Because of course you post this right as I'm walking into my genetics lab lol.

this is the second video i watch on your channel. i love how u mix science and some humor. Subscribed

I just found your channel and I love it. Question, have you done one on time travel and what that would actually involve considering the movements of the earth?

Is it fair to call The Flash ,"The Insecticide". Does he not kill insects flying around the city while he runs at superspeed as the speed force protects him.( Presuming central city has insects). If he does kill insects by running into them, how many ,does he incinerate them ? I need answers people!!!!!!! Btw love the show Kyle.

In the game "Portal," you have two portals on the floor and ceiling, creating an infinite fall. If you dropped an object into it, it would reach terminal velocity and cease to accelerate due to air resistance. So what would happen if you dropped it in a vacuum? Would it continue to accelerate indefinitely due to gravity? If so, why would it not reach the speed of light?

Just saw all your videos on Vibranium, and now I'm wondering how the hell it's possible to mine it with primitive tools. Wakanda's a technological marvel now, but when it first landed they'd still have to mine it and forge it by hitting it with tools. Wouldn't the Vibranium absorb those impacts and make it impossible for a primitive culture to use?

Very cool video and idea :) Thank you,Kyle,for making this.

the cool thing you forgot is that the Vibranium mine does seem to be in a simple hole in the ground and not a crater!

This is exactly the question I had while watching Black Panther! My immediate thought was "This is a question for Because Science".... Thank you!

I doubt you’ll read this but my wife called you “physics Fabio”!

Great job man

Howard Stark stated in Captain America: The First Avenger (when Cap first gets his shield) that Vibranium is "stronger than steel and a third the weight". If steel is roughly 7.85 g/cm3, then Vibranium should be about 2.61 g/cm3.

If his suit adsorbs the sound of him walking to make him silent, could someone wearing it be able to talk and or hear through the barrier of said suit?

two things I want to add: 1.you can even see that vibranium doesn't absorb momentum in the movie when t'challa kicks the suit in the beginning and sends it flying. 2. I haven't read the comics but like you said it the meteor had 10.000 tons of Vibranium as it *hit earth* so it could actually happen right? Since there could have been waayy more as it started it's journey but most of it burned away until there were only those 10.000 tons left that are now lying around there... And to add a quick question wouldn't it technically have that kind of shockwave effect we see from the suit? because you said they would use springs inside the suit to then have them blast out all of that energy. and since every material is able to be pushed together just a tiny little bit and go back to it's normal form I think that on this enourmous scale it would still make something noticeable

So Kyle... How would you mine, vibranium?

*I LOVE BECAUSE SCIENCE*

Could a mantis shrimp puncture Black Panther's suit?

The energy during the entry was released underground, that's what made the hollow space there, right?

I would love to see him switch from comics to anime and answer. What would really happen to our bodies if we were to pilot a Gundam or practically any large scale war mech existed?

Did he just do a "sneakers" joke.....He did didn't he.

You never stop making me interested, keep it up

i honestly never thought i would enjoy science, i despised it when i was in school, but you almost make me want to go back & do it properly.

Awww! I was half expecting it to bounce away!

Is it logical to assume the meteor wasn’t pure vibranium (as in, was incased in a larger rock medium? How would that change the implications of the impact?

Damn those hivefives are so unsatisfying.

Because Science got it's own channel?! Insta-sub! I just hope you won't lose that many views by switching channels. Keep up the awesome vids!

Now that we've gotten Wakanda Forever, we know that a) the meteor _did_ break up when it hit the atmosphere - half went to Wakanda, another half to a certain spot in the Mexican Gulf. Presumably there might also be a chunk in Antarctica if they borrow more from the comics, a chunk that has a kind of destabilizing effect on regular vibranium. The vibranium we see in the movies is an alloy, and the actual raw stuff resembles porous volcanic rock with blue glowy bits in it. That's also when it's got the weird magic-type radiation to it that makes everything exposed to it go super - in the final alloyed form it just looks like darker steel. The Black Panther suits are lacquered - the claws are un-colored and look like polished, chromed steel, the war club Killmonger claims from the museum looks like regular, brushed steel. The weakness it has is sonic vibrations along certain frequencies, which might have been reached during the descent. ...TL;DR, the meteor wasn't invincible when it hit the atmosphere and split up into chunks along the southern hemisphere.

If you get punched by vibranium/black panther boxing glove does it fall of you as pathetically, as ball thrown at BP suit? Is that why he uses claws? :D

since Vibranium is known to absorb most if not all kinetic energy, would Black Panther not freeze to death inside the suit?

You should do a video like this on Cyclops visor and how it blocks his optic blast but still let's him use his powers

Now this is my Favorite

Taking into account how vibranium works, would it be prudent to revisit the various points and episodes about Captain America's shield?

I just saw you on a TV show, something about busting myths. Cool AF, happy for you. Good luck in the future man!

Lmao love your videos they get me thinking and you never fail to make me laugh along the way.

I love this!

Kyle, I have a question- in the movie, we see the Vibranium mines as yawning and cavernous, far more so than anything 20m across. If it was, say, a kilometer, would it still be very tame? Thanks, A guy who heard a meteor over his house in January

Hey Kyle, love the show! I just want to thank you for single handedly reinvigorating my love of science! My question is this. If vibranium is so good at absorbing kinetic energy, could it ever be forged? Or would everything made of it have to be cast?

Love this

These videos are my physics revision

It wouldn't break up in the atmosphere because that is due to friction with the air, and since it absorbs kinetic energy, the collisions with air molecules would not heat up vibranium significantly.

Wouldn't it make more sense to construct the meteor out of a substance that is already on the super level. I had always believed vibrainium to be more akin to boron nitride or BN due to its already high thermal absorption (melting point 2'973 C), low density (2.1g/cm*3), and high durability (due to it naturally having a hexagonal crystal lattice and it's most promising aspect the wurtzite form). Since we are giving vibrainum a lot of leeway, can't we give it just a little more here too?

Amazing episode! But it makes me wonder, how big originally was the meteor that created the crater in Arizona?

I don't know why the theme music at the end of the videos and him saying because science gets me so hyped lol

But Vibranium isn't silent. In fact, it's the opposite of silent : everytime you move an amount of vibranium, it starts emitting this peculiar "ringing" noise, that stops only when the Vibranium stops moving. Could it be that instead of "absorbing" energy dispersion that is usually expressed through sound and heat, vibranium actually "redirects" any amount of kinetic energy that would normally disperse in it as heat and deformation, and instead produces sound ?

Would the vibranium being super heated upon entry change the pliability of the metal itself, thus changing the properties and impact? P.S. - Kyle, buddy, I love you. My kids love this show and they crack up watching you.

Perfectly spherical meteor

Subscribed just because for the Wolfram mention. Kudos.

Would ben 10 omnitrix work( 99 and more different aliens transformation)

is it possible that the Vibranium meteorite exploded when it embedded itself onto the earth's crust???... according to the comics and Shuri in the movie if T'challa surpasses the limitation it's suit can absorb, then his suit will disperse that potential energy into a somewhat compressed yet destructive kinetic energy (as seen when he expelled some o some cars in South Korea)... so what I assumed is that upon entering the earth the meteorite kept absorbing kinetic energy, along with heat and continuously gain momentum, to the point where if it exceeded it's capacity and exploded inside the earth's crust... I know it sounds silly but if you consider how early Wakandans harvested this metal, it would be pretty useless to use stone/metal tools on a rock that absorbs energy... also the topography of Wakanda gave me an idea about the exploded vibranium theory because Wakanda is located within a valley like terrain where you could possibly depict a possible meteorite impact... and maybe to give some additional info which may help, or give hell, to this problematic theme about Vibranium, there is another type of Vibranium which is the exact opposite of the Vibranium found in wakanda. it's called "Antarctic Vibranium" aka "Anti-Metal" another rare alloy in the Marvel universe that has particular properties that makes it different from it's Wakandan counterpart. Anti-metal actually emits a sort of energy that melts other metals, even Adamantium, and this may very well be a Catalyst that would help Vibranium in its breach towards earth... So would a Meteorite with 2 compunds, one that absorbs energy and one that desperse or melts metals, have a different effect???... I mean I could see the vibranium meteor explode above the earth separating Wakandan Vibranium from Antarctic Vibranium or even be the outermost shell of the meteorite impacting the earth creating a valley as to where wakanda would rise... but I can't say for sure, I'm not a scientist... I'm just a guy trying to be smart and lacks sleep because of my board exam reviews, notes, and take home test... P.S. I love this show, this is where I get my Science notes and go full on Nerd/Geek... Mabuhay...

Always impressing how fast you can write mirrored letters. Thats so DaVincian.

10:55 is the best part is going to make it my ringtone..

Does a lightsaber has a shadow?

Is having a foodgasm like in Shokugeki no Soma possible? How delicious would the food have to be to make your clothes blow off. 🤔

Destiny 2 the striker Titan how can you run faster,jump higher,punch and conduct thunder and lightning into a fighting style.

Video suggestion: maybe you could also tinker on Mortal Kombat "physics" as well, like would it be possible to perform finishing moves like decapitate a person by just an uppercut, or ripping the head (with spine attached) by just using your bare hands? or how could Liu Kang do bicycle kicks with him just standing there, with ZERO inertia to have him travel in mid-air directly to his opponent?

Nice nod to Wolfram-Alpha.

I remember one of the marvel's animated avengers movies they state that vibranium becomes brittle for vibranium metal, and behaves more like a regular alloy/metal if exposed to or hit with gamma radiation, which I believe has been used as a common property of the material in comics as well. So wouldn't the meteor have a top layer that was originally vibranium that became like a regular meteor shell way prior to the meteor entering the atmosphere, and wouldn't that cause damage at or before impact?

Silent high five from me - nice work Kyle.

Kyle! Using the hints in MTG, can you make a video explaining how the PW go from one plane to another?! That would be awesome!

The silent claps were so unsatisfying

Nice video Kyle.

I actually miss this format. This was really neat and I like this far more than 'the Facility'

LOL, you spat the crystal!

I checked your math....you did good pretty boy....THIS TIME

Maybe the vibranim needs to be activated

Doesn't Vibranium also use said kinetic energy absorbed to strengthen itself comic-wise>?

If my physics teacher was like this, I won't skip a class anymore

Hi kyle, I absolutely love what you do and I'd even go as far to say that you're probably my biggest scientific inspiration and I always love to learn something new in a way that explains pop culture science. I hope you see this cause I'd like to know who inspired you to get to where you are now?

10:01 You say this would be the most tame meteor impact of this size in earth history, but if every meteorit gets destroyed that has less than 25km diamater, then this is the only meteor that will make it to then into the ground, which makes it the most destructive, no?

An alien meteorite? Is there a non alien meteorite?

When you said Rhino, I immediately thought you were talking about the R.Y.N.O.

Maybe it's 10000 Tons of refined Vibranium? Unrefined form could contain a large ammount of other elements.

In the comics the amount of vibrianum that struck the earth might have been that small amount that you mentioned. But in the movie (I'm presuming this episode was inspired because of the movie), there is a lot more vibrianum. Almost everything, including the cars, armour suits, weapons, hence even the clothes of the Wakandans have vibrianum inter-weaved with the fabric. Basically my point is; the amount of vibrianum in movie is probably as much as a mountain. Also aren't asteroids/comets made up of more than one element? I mean since when have we ever come across an asteroid or comet made up of only one element? I'm sure there would be nice, and other elements surrounded the vibrianum asteroid/comet, hence making the initial impact a lot bigger right?

Nicely drawn rhino

Here's an idea for an episode: how does green arrow nock and shoot arrows so fast. Or explaining the ways some of the trick arrows could work

How does gambits mutation powers work?

I just wanted to point out you almost broke my heart because for a moment you had white spots on your shirt and I thought I had dead pixels

I actually think that the reason bullets and other projectile impacts seem to bounce off of most vibranium objects isn't that vibranium fails to absorb all the kinetic force, but rather as a result of the wearer or owners own micromovements, the movement of the very atmosphere, and the atoms of the object rejecting contact with any substance that would prevent them from vibrating themselves. It's the object refusing to allow any other object to require it to stay perfectly still.

5:57 - RHINO HAAAAAT!