If loving space rocks is Meteor wrong, I don't want to be a meteorite.

Every time I see a video in my feed from you my first thought is “meh, not that interested in that subject”. Then I watch the video and thanks to Emily’s enthusiasm and the wonderful presentation, by the end it’s “wow, I am REALLY interested in that subject!” Great work!

A little surprised by the missed opportunity for a "nailed it" pun with the magnetite.

I worked as a blacksmith: his explanation of "clinker" is actually spot on. The small bits of slag that form in the forge fire make a metallic ring, or "clinking" sound, when hit with the fire poker or when thrown into a bucket to be disposed off. The coke (burned bituminous coal) in the fire doesn't "clink". Excellent video, much thanks! Another "smells like knowledge" sometime?

.... That nerdrap at the beginning took me right back to middle school geology! I love it! How is this show so magical? Seriously, though, I've got my final exam today in anatomy and physiology; as a pre-nursing student, this show has really helped me maintain focus on my curiosity, rather than my stress over grades. Thanks, Emily!

How many meteorwrongs make a meteorite?

Emily is such an inspiration. Her enthusiasm and propensity for science is wonderful to see. She wasn't from a specifically science background, which goes to show anyone can learn and become a scientist . Great work.

I loved the quiz!! PLEASE do more like this! I felt like I learned so much 😊

The captain hammer shirt is legendary

After so many years I still wait for the phrase "It still has brains on it" at the end. Awesome video!!!

4/4, beginner's luck! I'm absolute garbage when it comes to non-living things. How do you feel about an episode of 'how to read rocks for dummies'? Whenever I travel and see weird shapes/cracks, I always wish I could 'read' the rocks to find out more about the region's past. I think Jim can explain it in the most accessible way for a total dummy like me.

This reminds me of lyrics from the Joanna Newson song “Emily”. She wrote it about her sister who is a astrophysicist (I think...if I recall correctly) A bit goes: “That the meteorite is a source of the light And the meteor's just what we see And the meteoroid is a stone that's devoid of the fire that propelled it to thee”

+1 for Jim's Captain Hammer shirt. He's definitely a hero in his own way.

Ohh yay, I listened well. Got all of the answers correct! But super awesome video. I think I've found those slag rocks thinking they might be meteorites when I was a kid.

You know that it’s going to be an extra awesome video when Jim’s in it! This was really fun even though geology etc isn’t something I’m usually super interested in!

Thank you for keeping the it still has brains on it comment at the end for us who have been watching you since that video

I enjoy this channel tremendously!

Can I just say that I am super excited to watch this on my lunch break today? T-2 hours til noon EST. Jim is my favorite guest!!

This was such a creative use of the polling feature! More, please!

Jim is such a good teacher, informative AND making it fun

Seeing Emily puts a smile on my face but I especially love it when she gets excited over sciency stuff.

This is so cool because I recently found this channel and I also recently found a meteorite in my own backyard but you have to understand is I've been searching my entire life and then I find it in my backyard

got 4/4! i loved geology as a kid so this episode was so fun, and Jim is great as always. Hope you do more quiz time's in the future!! 😁

I am always down for videos about cool rocks

At 10:56 I had this entire Dr who slow invasion moment.

A part of me ships these 2. Jim's puns are just awesome

Nice to see some geology on the channel! I'm glad I was able to identify all the meteor wrongs it's been a long while since I was at uni.

Very fun episode, Emily and crew! I've really enjoyed all the BrainScoop episodes that relate to geology like the gems episode, and I hope to continue seeing more in the future!

My grandpa had a funny adventure: he was carrying a bucket of water from a well when he heard a whistling sound above his head and saw a strick of light coming down, he dropped the bucket and jumped off just to see a cloud of steam bursting from the bucket. At the bottom he found a half kilogrammes rock. Unfortunately it was lost somewhere during the history...

I loved this video! Great interview and editing/graphics too. I was looking for a video like this and it's perfect for understanding spatial / earth bound rocks.🌚

Well this is the fourth video I've watched, and I'm hooked. You do an amazing job.

Awesome use of the polling function! And you explained it well so I got 4/4 - good job!

I love the Captin Hammer shirt. Love the (accidental?) Dr. Horrible's sing-along blog shout out. Keep bringing the good geology content. It rocks.

I love how museums will identify rocks. My six year old is obsessed with geology so we went on a trip to a geology museum and they told her she could bring in anything on her next trip and they'd identify it. That was super nice but now shes set on finding a mystery so she has to try to find something she can't ID. At least it keeps her busy! We have a ton of rocks around here though!

" A big ol chunk of poopie! Bowling bombs we call them."

I am officially in LOVE with Emily! She just combined my two favorite hobbies, Rockhounding (Geology) and Astronomy.

10:04 »[You know] what time it is?« »Lunch time!«

This was great!! Thanks for making a really cool video!

After 8-yrs of hunting and disregarding about a million Earth origin rocks, i have a small (suspect breccia meteorite) find that passes every test in my power to achieve. I set my goal to be the only person so far to find a meteorite in Kansas City Mo, and hope this rare find helps to grow our knowledge of the universe. (your-upload-was-great)

I won't say the university, but I took it and had six geologist look at it. They were stumped didn't know what it was. My next stop is going to UCLA. Let's see what they have to say about my rock specimen if it's a meteorite. It meets all the criteria. But no one can tell me. Not even the experts. This is a true story.

It still has meteorites on it. I got three out of four right, the same as Emily did.

I used to live in the Florida Keys. Well, one day I was out fishing on this bridge and all afternoon I swore I was seeing rocks falling from the sky. We were literally in the middle of nowhere (few homes and none nearby, no boats, etc), so I couldn't figure it out... I mentioned to my friends (a bunch of guys) that I was seeing rocks falling and of course they're like, "oh she's drunk - no more beer for Hannah today"! So yeah, I had been drinking, but I knew I was seeing those damn rocks literally all day long. We were still there when nightfall came around; all of a sudden the darkness (there were no streetlights there - it's like being out in the country) turned into this strange kind of flickering (but very, very bright) daylight! Then we heard this static/sizzling sound, followed by a number of loud 'booms' - I looked up and saw a massive fireball, spewing off flames and sparks with tons of white smoke, all of which extended in a trail up into space. We watched the meteor strike the ocean, and watched it glow as it sank into the depths. At first we thought it was going to explode and we all kind of braced ourselves for it! Then of course we all joked about if another one fell and it was on land, who would poke it with a stick (like in the movie 'The Blob'). Anyway, for the next 4 hours meteorites fell everywhere - some striking the palm trees and knocking off the fronds, and even causing them to burn. We watched a number of them strike the water as well... On my drive back home I saw a meteorite hit a person's roof and burst into flames and sparks as it bounced off of it. Numerous meteorites flew right over my car - at times I thought I was going to get hit by one! On the radio the DJ advised people to "stay inside, away from windows, until the meteors end". These space visitors caused fires all over - mainly the roofs of houses, but also burning up some palm trees and causing small bush fires. Not long ago at my job I had met a fire chief of a big suburb out here in Chicago, and we were discussing the 'Great Chicago Fire' when he said, "there were a lot of meteorites reported falling the night the fire started, and in fact there were large fires that erupted in Indiana and Milwaukee as well - again where people reported seeing numerous meteorites falling; and people said that these meteorites had set things on fire when they struck the ground". I told him my story about meteorites, and he replied that since the Chicago Fire there have been hundreds of reports of space rocks causing fires here on the planet! Go figure! Anyway, it was obvious that those rocks I saw falling from the empty sky during the day were also meteorites - yes, you can see them during the day.

Wow that's totally amazing I was watching a video this morning regarding the volcanic compilation of the earth and what things are present when you find gold under the same terminology of rock description that you're making regarding meteorites I think that's pretty cool the similarity that is.

5:55 “yes, you are... (Blush) I mean the meteorite!”

I'm sorry, we're we playing a game? I was fully distracted by the Captain Hammer t-shirt. We do the weird stuff.

When I see the darkened rock surfaces, my first thought is of desert varnish; I believe the blackish or purplish kinds involve manganese oxides, just like the manganese ore.

Very, very interesting what Jim explain and what a nice participation of Emily.

My enthusiasm for this channel only grows!

"Ready to rock...", I love this guy! Embrace your inner dork :D

Every museum should host BrainScoop for an episode

gosh,I am happy everytime Jim Holstein (what a fitting name for the geology field... in German.) pops up on your show :D geology/geoscience rocks

WTF took me so long to discover your channel, I'm a biology major (microbiology). I shall binge watch you now. (saw you on Ask a Mortician )

Next craze: Olivine engagement rings.

Thanks, you two have good energy, very engaging!

Great lesson, Jim! I got them all right this time. Woo hoo!

Love your channel, keep up the great work. :)

Can you please tell me what website I can download images to to get possible insight on what I should do with the items that I have

Very informative - great teachers thank you!

I think I found one about 5 years ago and just put it on the mantel. It is an iron one and has all the characteristics of what you pointed out but mine is two pieces fused together with that white , what looks like paper, in between the two. It's kind of flat broken on three sides and more round where it's has the whitening from entering the atmosphere and heating up? It's quite interesting and makes you wonder if anything is stuck in the fused area which is flattened.

6:41 KRYPTONITE!!

You know Emily's channel is the only one I'm subbed to that doesn't pee me off with adverts:) not one! Cheers Emily

4/4. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. I've got a strong background in geology but meteors are well outside my experience.

I found a Meteorite when i was seven. I have lost it...Story of my life.

Loved this video so much!

Me and my brother used to play with pieces of ironslag when i was a little kid and pretended it was meteorites (even if we knew it was not). I agree with that i guess most kids think a meteorite should look like that.

Flashbacks to geology in college! As in that class, I didn't do particularly well. But this was fun!

I'm such a damn nerd... cant believe I'm watching this and loving it

I have available all these tree types of meteorites and also Kemberlites.

thats an insane collection

Just that song made the like, hahah god i love this channel.

When that rock shifted at 10:56 I don't know why but I suddenly got this fight or flight response like something very wrong had just happened.

All I can think about is martin's sword from redwall 😂

Dad level: 9000

Great hair style Emily!

I'm glad to see Captain Hammer is getting on with his life after Dr. Horrible.

Hi Sunshine, I'm not just a med. wrong I'm a big wrong too. May peace an prosperity be with you always!

after i quit laughing, the rest of the video was quite interesting. not sure if i could recognise a meteorRITE everytime, but i did as well on the quiz as Emily. really enjoy these "brainscoops". now, on to more!

Oh yeeeaaaahhh! I love videos with Jim in them!!!

More rock and mineral videos, please!

I greatly appreciate the Captain Hammer shirt. Also, this was a super interesting talk!

Some precious metal ore's are also very heavy. Manganese ore is black on the outside, very pretty pink inside.

The mythical stories of legendary warrior brandishing weapons made from fallen meteors. it's just an iron weapon........that kinda dispelled the magical qualities of the story i guess. But i guess iron is kinda hard to find during those time so it's kinda magical or rare.

Emily and Jim are the ritest meteors! Yay for never-ending curiosity.

meteo-MY GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?! (letting the days go by~~)

Thank yall for making this video. And I like what ole man said, you cant trust the internet take it to someone that wont lie lol much love from TN

Love this episode! I only got 3 out of 4 correct, but yay! I learned things! Also, is Jim wearing a Captain Hammer t-shirt?

Hey, where can i go to to get my rock cut to identify it as a meteorite or not? what type of cutting is used?

He's wearing a Dr. Horrible's merch shirt! (Capt 🔨) cool vid too! 😁

5:50 Damascus steel from outer space neat!

"I would rather believe that two Yankee professors would lie than believe that stones fall from heaven."

Hello there , so I came across a meteorite rock in my backyard in Egypt and was wondering if I can send some pictures to get more information about it . thank you.

Love the channel! askamortician brought me here(:

When she was juggling around the moon rock my heart skipped a little

Pallasites are soo pretty, like a cathedral window.

Sir ~ Where would I be able to identify a few shiny, black stones (not meteorites) semi-magnetic, found near Lancaster, Calif.? Thank you and kind regards, DAL-K

I guessed completely opposite of Emily for each rock in the quiz. XD

What tool can you use to cut through the rock?

That was too easy :b there's meta information that instantly tells you all the meteorites

Next time I am paying close attention ...i didn't know there would be a quiz ...i was meteormaybe

A bit late to the party but wanted to say Thank you!! I do believe I'll be hanging around ...wonderful subject, people and just plain cool!