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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths | WIRED

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell like burnt steak? Is NASA working on warp speed? ONE STRANGE ROCK airs Mondays at 10/9c on National Geographic. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast…

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Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in space? Does space smell like burnt steak? Is NASA working on warp speed?

ONE STRANGE ROCK airs Mondays at 10/9c on National Geographic.

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36 Comments

@mitchevans4597

December 8, 2025 at 11:24 pm

Really? I don’t think you can smell a vacuum like space and live to tell about it.

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@Dblegendsxf

December 9, 2025 at 8:47 am

Did bro say 6-7 8:09

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@thefunnyguyaha

December 10, 2025 at 5:08 pm

0:49 Thumbnail

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- @Wazzzaaaaaa12482
  
  December 21, 2025 at 9:11 pm
  
  Erm actually its 0:50
  
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- @thefunnyguyaha
  
  December 23, 2025 at 12:26 am
  
  @Wazzzaaaaaa12482 Aw man. At least I was close
  
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@kyderby137

December 10, 2025 at 8:39 pm

only 2 ads? We want more ads.

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@polarixtv2491

December 10, 2025 at 10:44 pm

8:08 6 7 miles 🫣

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@NivedPraveen-iq8dw

December 11, 2025 at 6:28 pm

“Stratosphere starts at 6 or 7 miles”

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- @AhoroBuchok
  
  December 13, 2025 at 12:47 am
  
  GOSH DARN IT
  
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@kefler187

December 12, 2025 at 8:52 am

I’m no scientist but if you are traveling AT the speed of light, you shouldn’t be able to age. Time dilation at c would be infinite and thus no time will have passed for you regardless of how much time is spent traveling at the speed of light.

Is my reasoning borked?

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@swarthyjoe

December 13, 2025 at 12:18 am

What do you know about space?

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@aemiliadelroba4022

December 14, 2025 at 12:04 pm

There are lots of things I don’t like about space , it is cold , and smells weird , something like burnt 😮 or maybe bcz my nose was freezing 🥶.

Space not a pleasant place to b .

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@williepeterson3318

December 14, 2025 at 11:27 pm

LIES LIES MISDIRECTION.. government probably doing everything he said they not.

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- @win14921
  
  December 15, 2025 at 7:43 pm
  
  i promise you lil bro, no one or no government cares about you or anybody else enough to lie to you about space. out of everything to lie about, space? get a grip
  
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- @williepeterson3318
  
  December 15, 2025 at 7:57 pm
  
  @win14921yea but either way i dont know for a fact and neither do you….
  
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- @win14921
  
  December 21, 2025 at 11:56 pm
  
  @williepeterson3318 there is no reason to lie about space. everybody with actual functioning neurons knows this, it is quite possible to see the ISS for yourself lil bro
  
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- @mohanjan8768
  
  December 31, 2025 at 8:55 pm
  
  But a telescope and point it howra
  
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@rblxgoldenrants

December 16, 2025 at 10:00 pm

8:07 the meme 67 😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑

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@antlulz_

December 16, 2025 at 11:21 pm

8:09

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@bounceboy7494

December 18, 2025 at 9:46 am

8:09 67

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@mathisluyten8313

December 18, 2025 at 8:45 pm

8:09 SIX SEEVEEEENN

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- @MaxBarker-i6h
  
  January 6, 2026 at 3:02 am
  
  Sybau
  
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@lb9355

December 19, 2025 at 3:35 am

He starts of by being wrong. Space is not hot or cold. Your body has nothing to conduct thermal exchange with in space.

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@410ant

December 19, 2025 at 7:07 pm

I would like to see them shoot a gun

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@KaisoKripple

December 23, 2025 at 8:05 am

8:09 heard this and was about to check the comment but i realized this video was 7 years ago

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@yinkayre441

December 24, 2025 at 3:13 am

1:58 is it seasoned ?… just curious

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@AbdiPianoChannel

December 24, 2025 at 11:02 am

Do the people who live close to Arctic circle age less than those in the equator? Is it possible to smell space directly?

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@PhilRutledge-y6x

December 25, 2025 at 11:15 pm

for someone who’s supposedly been to space but the iss is in low earth orbit . no one’s ever been out of low earth orbit except apollo missions !

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@KZoroG

December 28, 2025 at 6:23 pm

what Omni-Man doing in earth?

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@michaelgo1674

December 31, 2025 at 11:13 am

Hmmmm

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@stefanie5802

January 8, 2026 at 4:50 am

Wow. Thanks!! Very interesting.

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@akellosdias

January 10, 2026 at 2:04 am

Liars are so dificult to spot
But a good way to tell is they have the biggest mouth and will insist in theyr version way beyond healthy limits

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@gerardoromano3436

January 11, 2026 at 9:02 am

Don´t like his moustache , It looks Germany 1940 , if you know what I mean…

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@guyyoav

January 15, 2026 at 1:36 pm

TNX:)

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@Zach-rl5qj

January 15, 2026 at 6:56 pm

Don’t trust him at all

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@theguywhoasked0.0

January 16, 2026 at 3:00 am

he looks like a real actor I met him a lot before and he told me things no one can hear he won’t sacrifice his life to share it

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