MinutePhysics — How Big Is The Sun?

Name: MinutePhysics — How Big Is The Sun?
Uploaded: 2026-10-09T09:30:33.35+00:00
Duration: PT135.8S
Channel: Henry Reich (animation, credited on screen)
Description: A hand-drawn physics explainer that moves between whiteboard sketches and real NASA imagery to show how big the Sun is, why it appears the same size as the Moon, and how rare that coincidence is. It ends on a sponsor card for Squarespace.

minutephysics @MinutePhysics

Talking-head explainer · Hand-drawn · Voiceover · 136s

Length

135.8s

Beats

24· 10 hard cuts

Pace

10.6/min

Avg beat

5.7s

A hand-drawn physics explainer that moves between whiteboard sketches and real NASA imagery to show how big the Sun is, why it appears the same size as the Moon, and how rare that coincidence is. It ends on a sponsor card for Squarespace.

ExplainerHand-drawnVoiceoverMusic-ledMapsTechnicalPush-insFlat 2DLight UIEducationMedia

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minutephysics; original imagery by NASA, image data processing by Gordan Ugarkovic and others, animation by Henry Reich · Watch the original ↗ · Measurements and analysis by Cutmap.