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Star Size Comparison 2
morn1415 · 5 HN recommenders · 5 recommendation months
Recommended by 5 Hacker News commenters across 5 months (2016–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 72 other explainer videos tagged Cosmology & astrophysics, the mean is 2.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 5 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.0× that mean. Recommendations span 5 distinct months; the peer average is 2.4 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 5 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 6 minutes 51 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-08-01.
- Channel / speaker
- morn1415
- Verified runtime
- 6m 51s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-08-01
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Cosmology & astrophysics. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Size Comparison 2Current video | 5 | 5 | 100% | — | 6m 51s | 2016-08-01 |
| The Solar Gravitational Lens will Map Exoplanets. Seriously.explainer · Launch Pad Astronomy | 10 | 9 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 23m 32s | 2020-07-18 |
| A new way to visualize General Relativityexplainer · ScienceClic English | 8 | 6 | 89% | No recorded overlap | 11m 33s | 2020-09-03 |
| How to Understand What Black Holes Look Likeexplainer · Veritasium | 8 | 4 | 80% | No recorded overlap | 9m 19s | 2019-04-09 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Vangelis has died”. Its short rationale: Star scale visuals paired with a Vangelis score.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “As many as 6B Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates”. Its short rationale: Widely viewed star size comparison.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Professional Decline Comes Sooner Than People Think”. Its short rationale: Conveys humanity's smallness in space.