transcript: Hey Vsauce I'm Jake and if you've played Injustice:
Gods Among Us, you know how awesome it is to be Superman and punch people into space. But what if he were to hit you in real life? What would happen if someone who is able to
lift 200 quintillion tons with one hand, power the sun or, my favorite, punch dimensions
apart...were to punch you? And this brings up an interesting idea: Superman
-- and really any fictional character -- is only as powerful as the person writing them.
He has gone from being able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to moving faster than the
speed of light. In this theory, no matter how strong Superman is, there is one universal
law of physics he can't break--that nothing with mass can achieve--travelling the speed
of light. So we will put him 1% below that 299,792,458 m/s limit at 99% the speed of
light. So you're, unfortunately, in a fight with
the Man of Steel who, in this case, will not restrain himself when hitting you. If his
fist has an average mass of 300 grams and it's moving at 99% the speed of light, it
would have a total energy of about 190,000,000,000,000,000 joules. Which is equivalent to 45 Megatons
of TNT or over 2,800 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Throwing just one punch at near the speed of light with that much energy would
burn around 45,400,000,000,000 calories or almost 82 billion Big Macs. Now you have one of the largest bombs ever, condensed
into a fist, and aimed at your face. What happens when Superman releases that punch? This is when it gets incredibly cool...or
incredibly hot since the energy being released by Superman's fist would be around 80,000,000,000,000
Kelvin, which is 5 million times hotter than the core of our sun. It takes about 1 centisecond for the light
that hits your retina to then be processed by the brain, so since the punch is travelling
at near the speed of light, it would only take 3.4 Nanoseconds for the fist to get to
you. So you literally wouldn't see it coming. But what we can see is that from the fist's
perspective, since it is moving at an amazing 296 million meters a second, all of time is
practically frozen. The particles in the air, the oxygen and nitrogen, are just suspended
in time. And Superman's hand hits them with such energy that it creates nuclear fusion.
Gamma rays explode from every collision and create an explosion unlike any the Earth has
ever seen. A giant fireball engulfs the surrounding area and a blast wave shoots out, shattering
windows, structures and rips trees out of the ground. There might be fictional characters
with more powerful punches, but at this point, when it comes to you still existing, it doesn't
matter... Superman wouldn't only knock the wind out
of you, he would knock the atoms out of you. His fist has pretty much become a particle
beam. At 7,000,000,000 electron volts it is more powerful than the Jefferson Labs Particle
Accelerator in Virginia. The atoms that made up you would be completely disintegrated,
liquified at the atomic level. You'd turn into fundamental particles and quark-gluon
plasma which is what was created right after the Big Bang. And from all of this energy,
new particles and anti-particles would form. So out of your unfortunate destruction, something
new, something we might not have ever seen before, could be created. To visualize the explosion we can use Nuke
Map to see what a 45 megaton bomb would look like in terms of sheer damage, but what we
can't really show is that the damage from Superman's punch would look more like a traffic cone
with a beam shooting out from where his fist landed, destroying everything in its path
and creating an explosion all around him. It would leave a crater almost 1km in diameter
and 221 meters deep. So how close could you or I come to having
'Superman's strength'? My friends at AsapSCIENCE breakdown strength muscle growth and how superhuman
strength may be more attainable than ever before. Don't piss of Superman and as always, thanks
for watching.
auto_transcript: PV sauce I'm G can if you've played
injustice gods among us you know how awesome it is to be
Superman punch people into space but what if you were to hit you in real
life what would happen if someone who is able to live to 100 quintillion times
with one hand power the Sun or my favorite punch
dimensions apart were to punch you in this brings up an
interesting idea superman's a really any fictional
characters powers is completely determined by whoever's
writing so he went from being able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to going the speed of light or faster in
this theory matter how strong superman is there is
one universal law of physics that he can't break the nothing with masking it she'd
traveling at the speed of light so we will form one percent below that
$299 million 790 2,458 meter per second limit and 99 percent the speed of light so you
are unfortunately about to fight the man of steel who in this case will not be restraining himself if his
fist has an average massive 300 grams and is moving at 99 percent the speed of
light it would have a total energy about a
hundred and ninety quadrillion jewels which is equivalent to 45 megatons of
TNT or over two thousand eight hundred times
more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima throwing just one punch at near the
speed of light with that much energy would burn around 45 trillion calories which is equivalent to almost eighty two
billion big macs now you have one of the largest bombs
ever condensed into a fist in aimed at your face what happens when
he releases that punch well this is when he gets incredibly
cool or incredibly hot since the energy being
released by superman's fist would be around eat freely in
Kelvin which is $5 million times hotter than the core of our son it takes about 1 cent to second for the
light that hits you read no to then be processed by the brain so since the punches traveling at near
the speed of light it would only take 3.4 nano seconds for the fifth to get to
you so you literally wouldn't see it coming
what we can see from the this prospective students going to 196
million meters per second is that time is practically frozen all
the particles near the oxygen action or just suspended in time superman's hand is
getting there was so much energy they create nuclear fusion gamma
rays exploding creates an explosion the earth is never seen a giant fireball
engulfed the surrounding area and a blast wave shoots out shattering windows structures in rinse
trees on the ground there might be fictional characters with more powerful
punches but at this point when it comes to you still existing it
doesn't matter Superman wind just knocked the wind out
of you oh no he would not be Adams overview his fist is pretty much
become a particle beam at seven billion electron volts is more
powerful than the Jefferson Lab particle accelerator in Virginia the items that meet you would be
completely disintegrated you be liquefied at the atomic level you
turn is a fundamental particles important who won plasma which is what
was created right after the Big Bang in from all his energy new particles an
anti particles before so if you're fortunate destruction
something new something we might have never even seen before could be created to visualize the explosion we can use
new map to see what a 45 megaton bomb will look like in terms of sheer damage we can really show is that the damage
from Superman's punch would look more like a traffic cone which have been showing up wheres this
land in destroying everything in its path in creating an explosion all around we leave a crater almost one kilometer
in diameter in 221 meters deep so how close did you write get to Superman
strength my friends he said science breakdown
strength muscle growth and how super human strength might be more painful than ever before
so don't piss off superman and as always thanks for watching
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