What Actually Expands In An Expanding Universe?

As the universe expands, #expanding #space is said to "stretch" photons. But if it stretches photons, does it also stretch molecules, galaxies and you? A portion of this video was sponsored by Salesforce. Go to salesforce.com/veritasium to learn more.
Special thanks to Geraint Lewis - this video was based on his paper "On the relativity of redshifts"
arxiv.org/abs/1605.08634
Check out his KZread channel: ve42.co/gfl and books: ve42.co/GFLbooks
References:
Expanding Space: the Root of all Evil?
Matthew J. Francis, Luke A. Barnes, J. Berian James, Geraint F. Lewis
arxiv.org/abs/0707.0380
Editing and VFX by Trenton Oliver
Thumbnail by Ignat Berbeci
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  • @DEADPOOL-007
    @DEADPOOL-0073 жыл бұрын

    Don't know if it's universe, but I expanded a LOT in this quarantine

  • @lemau8458

    @lemau8458

    3 жыл бұрын

    nobody cares

  • @Mike_LULW7

    @Mike_LULW7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemau8458 why are you like this

  • @TheDrumstickEmpire

    @TheDrumstickEmpire

    3 жыл бұрын

    Y E P cos he’s lonely and has to resort to toxicity to gain attention since he can’t get it naturally

  • @zerosparky5996

    @zerosparky5996

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDrumstickEmpire true

  • @ogkingonyx

    @ogkingonyx

    3 жыл бұрын

    I expanded too I had to take some acid though

  • @abhishekthorat3631
    @abhishekthorat36313 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy that Derek is now uploading frequently.

  • @penek6088

    @penek6088

    3 жыл бұрын

    mind tho, these videos need hours or research, hours of editing, hours of planning, a lot of hours really. It’s impressive that he’s posting like every week

  • @joerionis5902

    @joerionis5902

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its almost like a miracle

  • @thenewbrazy9997

    @thenewbrazy9997

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im not less quality ... Quality over QUANTITY

  • @sheemahusain1580

    @sheemahusain1580

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mee to

  • @CJA-vo1zu

    @CJA-vo1zu

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Abhishek Thorat His name is Derek? Damn. Always thought his name was Veritasium.

  • @001variation
    @001variation7 ай бұрын

    "You might think there's only one type of redshift. But in fact, there's three. But actually, there's one."

  • @GrimGearheart
    @GrimGearheart2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate you, dearly. I've recently been going through old videos of people like Feynman and Sagan. They existed at a time when video technology was still...amorphous. We only have so much video of them, and they died so long ago. I know they would be proud of creators and educators like you who are carrying on their work. Thank you.

  • @That_one_guy449

    @That_one_guy449

    2 жыл бұрын

    U

  • @rekik2936

    @rekik2936

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly👍👍

  • @reasonerenlightened2456

    @reasonerenlightened2456

    Жыл бұрын

    How far can a photon be stretched by space?

  • @ReligionlessFAITH

    @ReligionlessFAITH

    Жыл бұрын

    They are all spinning in their graves cause they were duped by a fallacious Myth. Had Saint Einstein known that objects accelerating in a common vector, the starts of their accelerations staggered by DELAY, exhibit observations of RED SHIFT made by observers amid the objects also accelerating at the same rate in the same common vector.... he would never have endorsed single-point expansion HALF theory ... Had Saint Einstein known this, he would not have made the erroneous ASSUMPTION that red shift observations on galaxies implies expansion of space. Sir Hubble REFUSED to endorse LeMaitre and Einstein's fallacy ... he KNEW their ASSUMPTION was flawed, Space can not be bent stretched warped or folded because everywhere you'd like to bend stretch warp or fold it to, there space already exists, and the bending stretching warping or folding would result in space ^2 where space from one locale is imagined to meet space from another ... and THAT is total INSANITY. your appreciation for the elaboration of falsehood is misplaced.

  • @MrYourDry

    @MrYourDry

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't worry guys, I love you guys too. I'm just not retarded... but believe whatever the hell you wanna believe in. This is kinda fun though not gonna lie. But I'd rather not just pretend my whole life to keep everyone else happy... I'm sure we're all mad at God but come on. It's not his fault if no one listens to him... Just live honestly and don't pretend like you're anything else. I've got geniune anxiety about people watching me overtime. It's weird and now that paranoia might be a reality... just please keep pretending like I'm not as embarrassing as everyone else... God dammit.

  • @cyto3338
    @cyto33383 жыл бұрын

    Bucket list after corona times: 1. Going in outer space 2. Turning off Electromagnetic force

  • @GRAITOM

    @GRAITOM

    3 жыл бұрын

    man i wonder how something like this would feel...

  • @HasanKhater

    @HasanKhater

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GRAITOM it’s called death.

  • @davidrice4873

    @davidrice4873

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @medexamtoolsdotcom

    @medexamtoolsdotcom

    3 жыл бұрын

    After corona times, it will be miller time. Followed by Coors time.

  • @ElMastaJos

    @ElMastaJos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GRAITOM Well, . . . if you concentrate, intently and without choice of self, upon being able to travel within your physical existence at the subatomic level, then maybe you just might be able to 'feel' an emotion. But, . . . you'd have to be able to concentrate first.

  • @fendoroid3788
    @fendoroid37883 жыл бұрын

    Me when electromagnetic force disappear: Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good

  • @zyansheep

    @zyansheep

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what Thanos must have done to murder people. Disabling the electromagnetic force in certain places (intelligent creature's bodies) while simultaneously accelerating the expansion of space in those places.

  • @luismijangos7844

    @luismijangos7844

    3 жыл бұрын

    My exact thoughts!!!!!

  • @RonBest

    @RonBest

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zyansheep Yeah, duh.

  • @higztv1166

    @higztv1166

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zyansheep space didn't expand there

  • @MrBaldenegro

    @MrBaldenegro

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I wanted to make the same joke, lol.

  • @rwester7982
    @rwester7982 Жыл бұрын

    As an addition to explain the difference in observation, to greatly simplify. The redshift in light kind of works the same for sounds. When you hear the siren of an ambulance it sounds different when the ambulance is driving towards then when the ambulance is drives away from you. thats why you know it is moving towards you or away even if you don't see it. But the sound the ambulance makes is always the same, just perceived different

  • @nieveswhite3859

    @nieveswhite3859

    Жыл бұрын

    Thx

  • @jairussiriyalaofficial8922

    @jairussiriyalaofficial8922

    Жыл бұрын

    NO . Incorrect. Unlike Light which is itself a thing that's why passes through empty space as a particle it can where as sound is just a disturbance in a medium like air in siren case for ambulance. Example: it's the difference like between the impact/effect/force office standing man pushing something to that of him hitting it with speed. Sound is (mechanical) produced by physical forces in air to be simple but not light it is it's on particle with fixed speed.

  • @terencedavis5323

    @terencedavis5323

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jairussiriyalaofficial8922👍

  • @terencedavis5323

    @terencedavis5323

    Жыл бұрын

    If this was true then your practically saying the expansion of the universe started from some point and has and end point meaning the start point of the siren when you first hear it and the end as the ambulance gets further away the sound ends and can no longer hear it.....Scientifically they haven't yet proven when/where a start of something like the universe but only know it has to existed or we wouldn't be here...what's actually astounding me in saying that is there maybe be a end to our expanding universe for example a balloon when you blow it up it expands until eventually it pops not saying the universe is round just saying that's how expansion actually physically works .

  • @chamixone

    @chamixone

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jairussiriyalaofficial8922 I concur

  • @fattahpras5080
    @fattahpras5080 Жыл бұрын

    I swear the title changed from "are you expanding with the universe" to " what actually expands in an expansing universe" and i think the thumbnail changed too. It's refreshing watching old veritasium videos. This video is actually one of my favorite veritasium's video, i think i watched this video at least 6 times

  • @sambhavbhalla2697
    @sambhavbhalla26973 жыл бұрын

    Consistent uploads with quality wow how's that even possible

  • @James-bw3qp

    @James-bw3qp

    3 жыл бұрын

    A good team behind him

  • @ajtan06

    @ajtan06

    3 жыл бұрын

    And prerecorded probably, definitely not complaining though :)

  • @dylanzondag5224

    @dylanzondag5224

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scientists keep thinking and there are still things to discover

  • @ethanm9191

    @ethanm9191

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ajtan06 prerecorded?😂 To what? Xd

  • @iwontliveinfear

    @iwontliveinfear

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sweet, sweet sponsorship income = more financial resources = more better content.

  • @Jacob-yg7lz
    @Jacob-yg7lz3 жыл бұрын

    "Why's it red?" "Because spacetime is expanding between us at an accelerating rate"

  • @alveolate

    @alveolate

    3 жыл бұрын

    because salesforce!

  • @usuario2967

    @usuario2967

    3 жыл бұрын

    what if the universe (being infinite in size) is not expanding and actually everything in it is shrinking, would we be able to tell the difference?

  • @sayonkundu7945

    @sayonkundu7945

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@usuario2967 uhhh yeah i guess cause then the light from sun would take longer time to reach us and the time would continue to expand

  • @sreejith8022

    @sreejith8022

    3 жыл бұрын

    Red was not the imposter

  • @octobsession3061

    @octobsession3061

    3 жыл бұрын

    Blue sus, bcs i saw red kill... The expanding photon from my phonescreen explain how blue is suspicious

  • @ronasor5434
    @ronasor5434 Жыл бұрын

    ive seen 2 explanations before this one, and this one is by far the clearest, most well-suited for the average joe to understand. thank you.

  • @JoeWhiley
    @JoeWhiley Жыл бұрын

    No other content creator has the ability this guy has to be able to explain concepts to 14 year old me and then 6 years later help me understand another concept the day before a final year Undergrad Physics exam...different level

  • @justanerdguy3054

    @justanerdguy3054

    11 ай бұрын

    Man, I feel the same way but the diffrence is my age is on the younger side. I wish I could learn this for the rest of my life!

  • @beetlesstrengthandpower1890

    @beetlesstrengthandpower1890

    11 ай бұрын

    @@justanerdguy3054 Then go study Physics!!

  • @anameyoucantremember

    @anameyoucantremember

    7 ай бұрын

    @@beetlesstrengthandpower1890He said "wish", not "going to", because that means working on it, rather than just passively consuming media and forgetting about it the next day.

  • @ffabi97
    @ffabi973 жыл бұрын

    Little girl: "Why is it red?" Derek's first thought: "It's red shifted!"

  • @b_f_d_d

    @b_f_d_d

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @MarioAP

    @MarioAP

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't get it

  • @toddag42

    @toddag42

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MarioAP At 11:21, you hear a little girl ask "why's it red?" when he turns the camera on.

  • @Sergiuss555

    @Sergiuss555

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because blood rushed to it.

  • @jeupater1429

    @jeupater1429

    3 жыл бұрын

    You may not be expanding, but your mind is

  • @GDIBass
    @GDIBass3 жыл бұрын

    This whole "you're currently accelerating because of gravity" thing is still kind of making my head explode. Also, you're killing it.

  • @FractalNinja

    @FractalNinja

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, kinda like when you jump, you're not being pulled back down by the earth directly, per se, your mass is just interacting with the earth's mass and you're sliding down the curved spacetime back to rest xD the earth is just much more massive so you think you're being pulled back down, but really, both masses are pulling on each other! Just the earth has a lot more mass to pull with xD

  • @GDIBass

    @GDIBass

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FractalNinja Yeah I get it conceptually, but intuitively "You are always currently accelerating up" seems like it cannot be true. It's one of those weird facts that is just a mind bender. I love it!

  • @brando3342

    @brando3342

    3 жыл бұрын

    GDI Bass I'm not sure how "up" could be the correct term considering there is no "direction" in space. The earth isn't pushing you "up", you are just along for the ride essentially.

  • @GDIBass

    @GDIBass

    3 жыл бұрын

    Up is a relative term, so the absolute definition of it (especially when talking about an intuitive interpretation of a concept) isn't particularly relevant.

  • @DineLade

    @DineLade

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FractalNinja I think you should watch veritasium's video on gravity! He explains how gravity isn't actually a force there and when you're free-falling, the earth is basically crashing into you. Just like in this video, the free-falling oberserver was the same as the astronauts stationary in the universe looking at the rocket-ship - because they are essentially the same

  • @eattherich2
    @eattherich22 жыл бұрын

    Incredible video, thanks a lot for taking the time and making the effort to make this.

  • @FabulousJewishKitty911
    @FabulousJewishKitty911 Жыл бұрын

    very interesting and thought provoking, makes me want to go learn physics to fully understand what I fully imagined just now.

  • @edeworabraham2761

    @edeworabraham2761

    6 ай бұрын

    Go for it 👍🤟

  • @shubhamgupta8199
    @shubhamgupta81993 жыл бұрын

    Me personally holding a degree of Masters in Physics, still this guy, with every video, brings out the attention to something which seemed to me very trivial in the first go but never gave a second thought, and blows my mind every single time. I don't know how Derek does it. Best youtube channel I've ever subscribed to.

  • @VaibhavSnehi

    @VaibhavSnehi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mind me asking your future plans after the M.Sc.??

  • @mrbonzzai

    @mrbonzzai

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I have a master's in physics as well and have thought many times that Derek would have been great at physics. He asks good questions and has the patience and ability to think through them logically.

  • @max_kl

    @max_kl

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mrbonzzai Well, he has a PhD in physics education research

  • @Sauromannen

    @Sauromannen

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution no the stars we see (with our naked eyes) are within the Milky Way galaxy and thus at most 100 k L.Y. away. The rest of your incomprehensive rambling I let somebody else to comment.

  • @ViratKohli-jj3wj

    @ViratKohli-jj3wj

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution shut up you're a tree

  • @shock1868
    @shock18683 жыл бұрын

    I'm not fat, i'm red shifted...

  • @timezone5259

    @timezone5259

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the comment of the year goes to

  • @aksel3078

    @aksel3078

    3 жыл бұрын

    10/10

  • @Vampituos

    @Vampituos

    3 жыл бұрын

    best top comment i have ever seen lol

  • @Coolman11111

    @Coolman11111

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry I don't speak red shifted.

  • @badpop987

    @badpop987

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shock I identify as skinny, I’m trans-slender.

  • @WeeCoraLee
    @WeeCoraLee Жыл бұрын

    I've always wondered this! Thanks for explaining in such a clear way, this video made me so excited to finally understand

  • @RAVIKUMAR-hl3ik
    @RAVIKUMAR-hl3ik Жыл бұрын

    This is the best channel ever for your content I can only imagine how much research is required. Thanks a lot ❤️

  • @christopherramsey7027
    @christopherramsey70273 жыл бұрын

    1:13 "Are you expanding with the universe" Geez, I know I've gained _a little_ weight during quarantine, but still.

  • @kyoza5069

    @kyoza5069

    3 жыл бұрын

    BAHAHAHAHAHA HZBXBAHHSJEIRNTNJFIHTBTBEKFNBFBDJDHTBG I DONT KNOW WHY I FOUND THIS SO FUNNY

  • @popoffs5273

    @popoffs5273

    3 жыл бұрын

    Woohoo I was hundredth like

  • @nicoleblack8170

    @nicoleblack8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funny

  • @timothyhubert2305

    @timothyhubert2305

    3 жыл бұрын

    Most people of my family lost weight this 7 months

  • @Lucian_Andries

    @Lucian_Andries

    3 жыл бұрын

    What to say when someone tells you you're fat: No, I'm expanding with the Universe... lol

  • @raoulherbord1345
    @raoulherbord13453 жыл бұрын

    Oh man I have been wondering about this question for as long as I know everything expands

  • @theAadi47

    @theAadi47

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really, my friend. I have been thinking about that same question for a while now.

  • @Ozzy_2014

    @Ozzy_2014

    3 жыл бұрын

    What is happening is more space is being created. Now could this new space creation get to a point where it could eventually overcome all the forces holding things together? Maybe. The Big Rip theory suggests that the expansion could continue that far. But its too soon to say if that will happen. Dark energy grows over time? I think so but is it infinite or finite? If finite will the acceleration lessen and stop? Before the universe smears out into homegeniaty? I doubt I'll be around that long to find out. 😎😆

  • @Elleaf1

    @Elleaf1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I did too and then I thought I found the answer in a Philip K. Dick story where a man time travels (sort of) and the people from like15,000 years ago are tiny since he would be more expanded. They think he is god and it turns out he gives them the 10 commandment or something. But now I'm mad because I told other people we expand since I thought it was true because of that story I feel so lied to or something

  • @Amaraticando

    @Amaraticando

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's nothing expanding besides the "metric".

  • @hascleavrahmbenyoseph7186

    @hascleavrahmbenyoseph7186

    2 жыл бұрын

    Surely the laws of nature must apply to everything. That must mean that we are proof of the truth. Yes, aliens do exist and no, the universe is not expanding.

  • @BrunnoOliveira33
    @BrunnoOliveira339 ай бұрын

    I want tô thank all of you that work on this channel for explaining that question. The first time I heard about the expansion of the universe I wondered about us being expanded as well. I could't find the explanation for this anywhere until I seen this video. That question literally gave me insomnia in the day I thought about It, now I can sleep 😅

  • @brianelliott9861
    @brianelliott98619 ай бұрын

    This is wonderfully explained but awesome to take in - I will have to watch this many more times.

  • @ixalaz4536
    @ixalaz45363 жыл бұрын

    Me: *about to go to sleep* KZread (Veritasium): 'Do You Expand With The Universe?' Me: _I don't need sleep, I need answers_

  • @TopGPilot

    @TopGPilot

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's how it is sometimes. I'll be sound asleep by the time this video ends. Then I'll watch it when I wake up lul.

  • @bmoneybby

    @bmoneybby

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha that's good

  • @superturnado

    @superturnado

    3 жыл бұрын

    Relatable haha also wanted to sleep but watched this vid instead x3

  • @Jack93885

    @Jack93885

    3 жыл бұрын

    You need sleep too. (A friendly reminder to go to sleep if you haven't yet)

  • @bnpixie1990
    @bnpixie19902 жыл бұрын

    "The problem is if you give it a second thought" Me: Yes, that is the source of all my anxieties

  • @noidea9952

    @noidea9952

    2 жыл бұрын

    _Relatable_

  • @lbu5543

    @lbu5543

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@noidea9952 Highly

  • @tyozaa

    @tyozaa

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lmao same

  • @mlw237

    @mlw237

    2 жыл бұрын

    hahaaa

  • @merryhappy5232

    @merryhappy5232

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me: Let's spend 4 hour preparing for something that obviously won't happen cause it "might" happen

  • @rouelandrewpulma9799
    @rouelandrewpulma97995 ай бұрын

    "Are you expanding with the universe?". *Looks at belly*. "Why yes, yes I am"

  • @huggyskyway
    @huggyskyway10 ай бұрын

    With videos this good I opt in to watch the ads for you. Thanks for the content

  • @VinayKumar-vu3en
    @VinayKumar-vu3en3 жыл бұрын

    Lesson learned: Never go out in outer space without electromagnetic forces.

  • @trexgaming7120

    @trexgaming7120

    3 жыл бұрын

    If you don’t have electromagnetic forces applying to you while you’re on earth you’re screwed too

  • @deepak-2955

    @deepak-2955

    3 жыл бұрын

    😁😁😁

  • @VvDiverDownvV

    @VvDiverDownvV

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a video on how it feels to go out that way

  • @LambGoatSoup

    @LambGoatSoup

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VvDiverDownvV Being de-moleculed? It would probably hurt after some point, depending on the rate of decay.

  • @VvDiverDownvV

    @VvDiverDownvV

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LambGoatSoup Well see I feel like everything at the same time would just float away sooo you wouldn't feel anything maybe? You'd just go instantly?

  • @philippvelimirovic2284
    @philippvelimirovic22843 жыл бұрын

    Derek really deserves Recognition for not being afraid to experiment in the Format of his Videos, he rather tries new things and tweaks his presentation with every project, not to mention the immense effort put into each video, it really shows!

  • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's really done a good job of making sure he doesn't get pigeonholed into a specific type of video.

  • @jimjimmy2179
    @jimjimmy21792 жыл бұрын

    Maybe I'm missing something but I always wondered about that light Doppler effect. Sound Doppler is easy since speed of sound relative to the source changes, that's why sound waves infront of an object are compressed and behind it expanded, hence incoming source has higher frequency than outgoing one. E.g. sound doesn't move at the same speed relative to any inertial frame as light does. So what's the underlying mechanism of the Doppler effect when it comes to light when the light moves at the same speed relative to any inertial frame including its source of course? E.g. the observers should have no means to tell how fast the source of light moves relative to them right?

  • @bohanxu6125
    @bohanxu6125 Жыл бұрын

    7:28 I never quite understand this part. If the motion of earth is well-defined relatively to the cosmic background radiation, then does it mean that the universe has a preferred reference frame in terms of velocity? I understand that the law of physics is invariant under boost (of reference frame), but does the (initial) state of the universe have a special frame where net momentum is zero?... and that determines the doppler shift of CMB?

  • @chrisallen9509

    @chrisallen9509

    Жыл бұрын

    This is an excellent question. We often say there is no preferred reference frame of the universe, even though the CMB seems to provide an excellent counter-point to that. The CMB is the furthest "object" that we can see back in time, and we can measure its Doppler shift via a special relativistic effect called beaming. Since we are moving at 600 km/s through space relative to the CMB, we see portion moving towards us as being blueshifted and beamed to a higher brightness, while the portion moving away from us is redshifted and similarly is dimmer. Based on the amount of beaming we see, we are able to determine our relative motion (to within some uncertainty of a few 10s of km/s). Because of this, it is somewhat fair to say that the observable universe does have a preferred reference frame in terms of velocity, however the universe itself still does not, as we still cannot define the CMB's relative motion to objects outside of the observable universe. Additionally, this preferred reference frame would be different depending on where in the universe you are, as our preferred reference frame (the observed CMB) would be much different than what someone at the other end of the universe 15 Gpc away would see as their microwave background radiation. The initial state of the universe did not have a special frame where the net momentum was zero. The universe was expanding back then just as it is now (even more so during the period of inflation), and as a result no such reference frame could exist as far as I know.

  • @nerd9347.

    @nerd9347.

    Жыл бұрын

    Good point.

  • @CrownRock1
    @CrownRock13 жыл бұрын

    Veritasium: "Do You Expand With the Universe?" 90% of the comments: _self depricating fat jokes_ Me: Our creativity sure isn't expanding.

  • @Nphen

    @Nphen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Upvote number 111. This comment is underrated.

  • @Jack-ni2qs

    @Jack-ni2qs

    3 жыл бұрын

    The irony is appreciated.

  • @ettumama

    @ettumama

    3 жыл бұрын

    First time?

  • @FootLettuce

    @FootLettuce

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blank2588 朋友是一个坚韧不拔的纪录片, 在香港这座城市的设置。 主演:钱德勒 索罗斯 傅博斯1 瑞秋 莫妮卡 和一些其他他妈的演员。

  • @vituperation

    @vituperation

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: Especially with this incredibly overused format.

  • @leopoldohortaleza7789
    @leopoldohortaleza77893 жыл бұрын

    In the difficult time of Corona, I am glad Derek provides us with videos more frequently. Life has become stagnant for me, and I feel like i'm getting dumber since there's so less to do and learn from during this time. These videos are a breath of relief for me and I really appreciate it. Thanks, Derek.

  • @teadidthis

    @teadidthis

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution This is a joke, is it not?

  • @amazingjames1979

    @amazingjames1979

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution I really, really hope this comment is satire

  • @ozmorse7250

    @ozmorse7250

    3 жыл бұрын

    preachhh

  • @Sabeximus

    @Sabeximus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution You know, there are answers to all those questions. But because you started your comment demeaning and insulting all other people and scientists, it tells me you are not really even interested about the answers and you are not willing to learn from them. Therefore I can't bother to explain those things to you. For everyone's sake, just leave the internet for a moment and read a book, or something.

  • @kiranchaudhary4394

    @kiranchaudhary4394

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution if u had asked the doubts without insulting the scientists then I would have happily cleared them

  • @Physics369lover
    @Physics369lover2 жыл бұрын

    Sir you are awesome . I knewed about expansion and red shift but this video gave me a clear picture and visualisation . Iam a class 11th student and love Physics.

  • @spacewrangler68
    @spacewrangler682 жыл бұрын

    You are such a compelling and charismatic speaker

  • @trexawwm9140
    @trexawwm91403 жыл бұрын

    11:23 "Why's it red?" You're in a non-inertial frame of reference kid, where the earth's gravitational field is dominating your local space-time curvature. The camera is also recording.

  • @carultch

    @carultch

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Earth's gravitational field is negligible to the red-shifting. It is red, because the source moves away from the observer, and as a result of the Doppler effect, it decreases in frequency.

  • @trexawwm9140

    @trexawwm9140

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@carultch I also watched the video. I was inferring that she hadn't, and she wanted the answer to cosmological redshift (-There I clarified the comment). Please understand that this is a joke.

  • @GregoryTorchia
    @GregoryTorchia3 жыл бұрын

    He's getting a lot of use out of that rocket.

  • @adeshpoz1167

    @adeshpoz1167

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol true😂

  • @GregoryTorchia

    @GregoryTorchia

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@adeshpoz1167 it's all cool. His production team does a good job.

  • @melontusk7358

    @melontusk7358

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GregoryTorchia Derek must have also purchased that tower at Harvard, along with some distant galaxies.

  • @jerrywu615

    @jerrywu615

    3 жыл бұрын

    SpaceX: Our 50th reflight of a booster! Veritasium: Shows his rocket in many more videos

  • @pacificobone4805

    @pacificobone4805

    3 жыл бұрын

    you are blind to TIME. some good questions; how long is it now or how long is it now? Is time continuous? What is the shortest time that can be measured? To help with the answers consider the Planck constant

  • @mohammadahmady5005
    @mohammadahmady50052 жыл бұрын

    thank you for the amazing and high quality content of yours ... ♥♥♥

  • @skloya31
    @skloya312 жыл бұрын

    i have a concern with this understanding of red shift. we have all learnt in early childhood, that each point in ray of light act as point source and send light everywhere. so the energy fo light keeps on decreasing as the light move forward as some of it is lost to create other light. isn't this the reason for red shift of light as red light contains less energy then other visible light.

  • @AdrianLoganLive
    @AdrianLoganLive2 жыл бұрын

    Proud of myself for understanding approximately 27% of what this video is talking about.

  • @83abhinavnigam

    @83abhinavnigam

    8 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂 i can relate to you

  • @01Sigsauer

    @01Sigsauer

    8 ай бұрын

    🤣 same here

  • @tipsofsmyth

    @tipsofsmyth

    7 ай бұрын

    i gave like for 1%

  • @edeworabraham2761

    @edeworabraham2761

    6 ай бұрын

    Well if that 27% is the Doppler effect then you understand 100% of the video

  • @braden1edwards
    @braden1edwards3 жыл бұрын

    10:53 “Mr. Stark, I don’t feel so good”

  • @PanditaaaxD

    @PanditaaaxD

    3 жыл бұрын

    :,D

  • @ragnarok4294

    @ragnarok4294

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gud one

  • @ranjeetakumari3411

    @ranjeetakumari3411

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated

  • @anukritisinha2646

    @anukritisinha2646

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats exactly what i thought!!! :D

  • @yashwantbalaji205

    @yashwantbalaji205

    3 жыл бұрын

    so thats what thanos did

  • @BryanLawlor
    @BryanLawlor Жыл бұрын

    Someone needs to build a really good special relativity simulator to show the visceral look and feel of these spacetime transformations. I want to see how a ship's appearance would change as it passes by at semi-luminal speeds. I want to see how the colors would shift, lengths would contract, and time would slow down from each observer's perspective. Could you get on that?

  • @reasonerenlightened2456

    @reasonerenlightened2456

    Жыл бұрын

    How far can a photon be stretched by space?

  • @vishnuchandrabose9875

    @vishnuchandrabose9875

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reasonerenlightened2456 maybe microwave as we receive the electromagnetic radiation from CMB

  • @ThatisnotHair

    @ThatisnotHair

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@reasonerenlightened2456There is no limit. Maybe energy reaches 0

  • @edeworabraham2761

    @edeworabraham2761

    6 ай бұрын

    There is this Vsause video that shows what will happen when you move at light speed so that's like 1 out of 4

  • @Tingios
    @Tingios2 жыл бұрын

    long time viewer, thanks for the vast amounts of knowledge you brought to us during the years. This video confused me tho, i was under the assumption that dark energy (given enough time due to the fact that the expansion is accelerating) will eventually rip stars planets and even molecules apart. (ps. a video on dark energy will be very much appreciated :DD )

  • @s4759s

    @s4759s

    Жыл бұрын

    UNTIL SCIENTIST DEFINE QUANTUM GRAVITY THE WILL CREATE DARK WHATEVER? GRAVITY IS THE PROBLEM THEY CAN'T SOLVE.

  • @duccduckingson8952
    @duccduckingson89523 жыл бұрын

    Veritasium: are you expanding with the universe? me after eating two entire bags of crisps: *i sure am*

  • @mazdak_

    @mazdak_

    3 жыл бұрын

    ew

  • @devans.5324

    @devans.5324

    2 жыл бұрын

    bri'ish "person" detected

  • @luxeayt6694

    @luxeayt6694

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@devans.5324 "person" lmao

  • @sai2849

    @sai2849

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alert, the Queen is on the loose

  • @canon-de-75

    @canon-de-75

    2 жыл бұрын

    its been six months you need to keep up and have more crisps

  • @deadturret4049
    @deadturret40493 жыл бұрын

    "What would the freefalling observer see" the pavement, presumably.

  • @infinityxtanishq8712

    @infinityxtanishq8712

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @dakinnie

    @dakinnie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or his life flashing before his eyes.

  • @chiefkief71

    @chiefkief71

    3 жыл бұрын

    Einstein cheering

  • @Xomage999

    @Xomage999

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dakinnie We tend to view the past with rose colored glasses, this is known as temporal red-shift.

  • @sandenium

    @sandenium

    3 жыл бұрын

    He'd be known as Lil splat

  • @briancannard7335
    @briancannard73352 жыл бұрын

    Derek, this video was very important. Thank you!

  • @sohanbhuiyan2544
    @sohanbhuiyan2544 Жыл бұрын

    I had that question for years. Thanka for the explanation

  • @JatinSanghvi1
    @JatinSanghvi13 жыл бұрын

    Joke time: A man appears in the court for breaking traffic signal. The man argues that the red traffic light appeared green to him due to Doppler effect. The judge accepts his argument, cancels the charge of jumping traffic signal and instead fines him for crossing speed limit.

  • @EXTENDEDWARRANT

    @EXTENDEDWARRANT

    3 жыл бұрын

    that never happened...

  • @harnageaa

    @harnageaa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EXTENDEDWARRANT your sarcasm is bad

  • @thefountainpendesk

    @thefountainpendesk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EXTENDEDWARRANT IT LITERALLY SAYS "Joke time"

  • @EXTENDEDWARRANT

    @EXTENDEDWARRANT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thefountainpendesk I know I’m just joshin

  • @itsalexmullen

    @itsalexmullen

    3 жыл бұрын

    no one asked but... assuming green λ = 540 and red λ 700... v/c = Δλ / λ = 540 - 700 / 700 = -0.2286... v = -0.2286... x c = -68523990.4 m/s or 246686365.44 kph That's 22.9% the speed of light... and he could travel around the equator in just over 2 seconds

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron84503 жыл бұрын

    “When the universe was very young, it was so hot...” I'm going to stop you right there.

  • @cyto3338

    @cyto3338

    3 жыл бұрын

    The girl named universe: *reports bruh moment*

  • @dundermifflinity

    @dundermifflinity

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Help! I need an adult”

  • @Privateacct1038

    @Privateacct1038

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cyto3338 never speak again

  • @maxfinazzo2443

    @maxfinazzo2443

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why don't you take a seat right over here...

  • @alanxyz8296

    @alanxyz8296

    3 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me! I don't get this Can anyone xplain?

  • @lundysden6781
    @lundysden67812 жыл бұрын

    I wish you discussed why we sometimes see blue-shift within the framework of an expanding Universe between all points. Also, if we would expand if we could turn off the electromagnetic and nuclear forces that hold everything together then it makes sense that if we could turn off the expansion/dark matter then everything should move closer together at least a little bit. We would get denser. Everything's density ideally is more than what we currently measure. The difference is therefore the strength of the effect of dark matter.

  • @ilmmall
    @ilmmall7 ай бұрын

    This got nothing to do with the video but I just got an ad in this video for no man's sky with the song retreat retreat by 65 Days of static. Really made me happy to hear that song again.

  • @SCRedstone
    @SCRedstone2 жыл бұрын

    "It's all doppler?" "Always has been."

  • @The74th

    @The74th

    2 жыл бұрын

    NetDoppler

  • @bhaskarhaldar1080

    @bhaskarhaldar1080

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually I also only knew that it was doppler everywhere.... Then at the beginning I'm like is the knowledge i process wrong? Then later I'm like no i was not 😂

  • @tirthankarmishra1420

    @tirthankarmishra1420

    2 жыл бұрын

    *BANG!!!*

  • @dudeonbike800

    @dudeonbike800

    2 жыл бұрын

    It all depends if you view life through a redshift or blueshift lens!

  • @damonedwards1544

    @damonedwards1544

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @jackkelly8677
    @jackkelly86773 жыл бұрын

    Veritasium's animation team on another level. Along with the content, you guy are on a roll!! Thank you!

  • @saswatmeher7399

    @saswatmeher7399

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also they got time for multiple thumbnails...

  • @blueckaym
    @blueckaym Жыл бұрын

    We know that light sources moving to/away from us can cause doppler shift in the wavelength of the light they produce, but does a moving observer also perceive a doppler shift because of his own movement? I mean if a star's light is shifted to a wavelength λ because of the star speed, if it doesn't get shifted further during travel (ie ignoring cosmic expansion red-shift for now) then we would assume it would arrive at the observer with wavelength λ. But if the observer is also moving with considerable speed relative to that light source, then would he detect additional red/blue shift on the moving detector? I was thinking about the setup of the experiment at 7:56, for a single photon the only way to observe it and pass it further is to absorb it, measuring its properties and generate new photon with the same properties. Is such case every observer on the chain would be new light-source, which we know can shift additionally the wavelength because of its relative speed. But if you consider a beam of light, and after all stars are radiating light in all directions, ie given beam of light would spread wider as it travels further, which means that a detector can be setup to intercept only a small fraction of it, while the rest of the beam is left untouched by measurement, and doesn't need to be re-emitted. So at every observer in the chain we can take a small sample of light to measure the light properties (assuming they're mostly homogeneous with the rest of the light in that beam), and let the rest of the beam travel with its wavelength untouched since its original light-source. I assume when the last observer takes a sample and compares with the light that was re-emitted by every other observer on the chain, its wavelength should be the same. And I assume the only factors for a doppler shift of a wavelength are both speeds of the light-source and of the observer. Expansion of the spacetime just affects these speeds. So the actual red-blue shift only happen on emission and on detection of photons, right? I mean that if I'm observer on a planet moving away from the star I'm observing because of the Cosmic expansion I'll detect a red-shift. But if I'm moving at a speed that allows me to keep the same distance with the observed star (ie relative speed to the star is 0) I wouldn't detect a red-shift at all (no matter if you consider the light red-shifted at the star, and then blue-shifted the exact same amount on detection because of my speed) Is that right?

  • @ba177ba18
    @ba177ba182 жыл бұрын

    I learn so much from this channel!!

  • @YAMAHA_FAN.
    @YAMAHA_FAN.3 жыл бұрын

    Did not understand a thing bit yes its all sound good to me

  • @Sonex1542

    @Sonex1542

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then how can you have a valid opinion?

  • @YAMAHA_FAN.

    @YAMAHA_FAN.

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Sonex1542 when did i said he is right I said it's sound good to me not by theory Big difference bro

  • @gregoryallen0001

    @gregoryallen0001

    3 жыл бұрын

    sometimes understanding... is about letting go and letting the force guide you 💁‍♀️

  • @asiastreets4032

    @asiastreets4032

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry, you are not alone

  • @jacques4379

    @jacques4379

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't try to understand it, feel it

  • @snowsanta7
    @snowsanta73 жыл бұрын

    Dude you're pumping out videos in these times like crazy. MAD respect.

  • @annaclarafenyo8185
    @annaclarafenyo8185 Жыл бұрын

    This is a fantastic and accurate explanation. The only thing that is missing is explaining "g_00" the time time component of the metric tensor. Just looking at this component gives 99% of the predictions of General Relativity, as it reproduces Newtonian gravity. It's also the source of gravitational redshift, and it was worked out by Einstein in 1907-1909, long before the full theory.

  • @kcinkg
    @kcinkg Жыл бұрын

    Another superior explanation of a misconception that you do so well.

  • @pilotandy_com
    @pilotandy_com3 жыл бұрын

    5:30 - As I'm falling to my death, I'm going to be concerned with the color of a photon in a gravity tube.

  • @shahanshahpolonium

    @shahanshahpolonium

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @bullymaguire3867

    @bullymaguire3867

    3 жыл бұрын

    This comment is underrated

  • @basildaoust2821

    @basildaoust2821

    3 жыл бұрын

    But the fall doesn't hurt just the landing.

  • @parthbonde2106

    @parthbonde2106

    3 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to theoretical physics

  • @sumvit7180

    @sumvit7180

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @arthurweasley4694
    @arthurweasley46943 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy that Derek is uploading frequently. I'm unhappy that I can't grasp any of these .

  • @sadie4479

    @sadie4479

    3 жыл бұрын

    I end up watching them multiple times to try to understand it 😂

  • @alex0589

    @alex0589

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's all shadeballs? Always has been

  • @ASMRunning

    @ASMRunning

    3 жыл бұрын

    El stupido

  • @luixrubio
    @luixrubio Жыл бұрын

    Very well explained!!! Thanks a lot :)

  • @humansnotai4912
    @humansnotai491229 күн бұрын

    Another great video. Thank you for making such great content. Namaste x

  • @d.2605
    @d.26053 жыл бұрын

    D: Thanks for posting something I haven't seen repeated 1000 times on other pop-sci channels. This one was new to me.

  • @uninsulatedshrimp5518

    @uninsulatedshrimp5518

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kings Disease album of the year btw

  • @bmoneybby

    @bmoneybby

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same ish, just explained very well with animations. Good stuff

  • @dor00012

    @dor00012

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope you're not cynical. This is completely new to me and not explained in any other video I've seen (please share video here if i'm wrong. Anyway, this is explained heme amazingly and anything I can from a physics video. Very professional stuff Derek!

  • @yungbloodas3789

    @yungbloodas3789

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wym the video was well made and this my first time seeing red shift explained like this. Don’t be thinking you are the only subscriber this guy makes vids for. 🤣

  • @mattbailey4827

    @mattbailey4827

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure he made it just for you.

  • @TheThirdErnest
    @TheThirdErnest3 жыл бұрын

    All these videos make me realize is that Einstein is the GOAT. this dude found ONE EQUATION that all this is based around??? WILD.

  • @_sayan_roy_

    @_sayan_roy_

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is one of the GOATS if not the GOAT. However, there is one more equation which describes as much of the universe, if not more and that is Schrodinger's equation.

  • @Etrexum

    @Etrexum

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funny you say this in this video, cause Einstein was really against the idea of the unverse expanding for a long time before he was proven wrong.

  • @electricwizard5747

    @electricwizard5747

    3 жыл бұрын

    zu wild

  • @alfredoalfaro5000

    @alfredoalfaro5000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Runner-up. Newton is the true GOAT.

  • @AverageAlien

    @AverageAlien

    3 жыл бұрын

    it wasn't just einstein, many scientists contributed and even corrected einstein

  • @ChessJourneywithMe
    @ChessJourneywithMe23 күн бұрын

    But in cosmological redshift, the energy is lost due to expansion of universe and it is not conserved (because time translation invariance cannot be applied in expanding space time ) in other two gravitational and doppler redshift this is not the case. Can you explain this…???

  • @hamidabdanan7795
    @hamidabdanan7795 Жыл бұрын

    Questions. If everything moving at the same direction and speed? Is there a center or a point where everything is moving away from? Aren’t the observers in that building experiment the same as observers OUTSIDE the spacecraft not inside? Great post. Thank you. Love you post.

  • @gurditrehal3348
    @gurditrehal33483 жыл бұрын

    I laughed at 5:35 I'm imagining a hospitalised student visited by his friend after sustaining various injuries from his free fall and the friend asks him "What colour was the photon?" to which he responds "Piss off, mate!".

  • @Milesco

    @Milesco

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well of course, it's not the fall that hurts you -- it's that sudden stop at the end!

  • @noidentity7873

    @noidentity7873

    2 жыл бұрын

    you british , bro ?

  • @innocentbystander3317

    @innocentbystander3317

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Milesco Nerf gravity.

  • @psc698

    @psc698

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Milesco ehh doesn't that mean that you'll get hurt by stuff like bungee jumping lol

  • @Milesco

    @Milesco

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@psc698 : No, it means you *_won't_* get hurt by bungee jumping! (Unless the cord breaks! 😁)

  • @altafhossain7793
    @altafhossain77933 жыл бұрын

    This example helped me : You can tell the difference of sound made by a car moving towards you or getting away ; while the driver of the car hears the same pitch . If everyone tries to measure the wavelength ; It would be different . I still have a little problem relating this to universe level . ..but ...

  • @Terror-Gene

    @Terror-Gene

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Great example, don’t know why I didn’t think of it like that. Really helps me imagine what’s happening. Omg.... just realised this also helps me understand spacetime better as well! & how different observers can experience time differently. Many thanks! 🤯

  • @alex0589

    @alex0589

    3 жыл бұрын

    And if the car is all red, it's driving away real fast

  • @muhammadidris2834

    @muhammadidris2834

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alex0589 And if it's blue, it's coming to you

  • @NateROCKS112

    @NateROCKS112

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Science Revolution 1. Yes it's a star we can see. No, it doesn't have strong enough gravity; it's not dense enough yet. 2. Scientists don't, duh. The most recent picture of a black hole has a massive black spot in the middle. There's a reason for that. The light that we see is from the accretion disk, where space is moving with the black hole and objects are crashing into each other. Some light escapes from there. Also, the mechanism is explained with general relativity. Evidently you don't know what a black hole is. Gravity doesn't "decelerate the light speed;" it curves spacetime. _Time_ is included. The event horizon actually makes it so the light's possible futures all end up within the black hole. We don't know exactly what happens after that, though. 3. The curvature of spacetime is brought about by a big enough mass. We talk about "gravity," but we actually mean curved spacetime. In some models of physics, such as Newtonian mechanics, gravity is a force pushing things down, and that works as a good enough approximation for most uses. If you really want to complain about science, complain about string theory or something.

  • @Kycilak

    @Kycilak

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alex0589 Now imagine you're in the car. No traffic light would show red to you from a certain speed.

  • @Tommo020788
    @Tommo020788 Жыл бұрын

    I have some questions about the "big bang". (genuinely interested in answers, not to argue). 1. When we look at distant galaxies that we say are "further back in time" due to how far away they are, and then we are told that these distant universes are "older" meaning the light we receive from them took so long to get to us from there that we can literally see back in time to the big bang. How is it that we can apparently see back to the origins of the big bang? If everything is expanding outward, and space itself is expanding (carrying us with it) faster than the speed of light, how is light then able to reach us from back in time when the big bang happened? 2. It is said that the big bang didn't happen in a "location" in space, but then I hear the same people also say that everything was once contained at a single infinite "point" prior to the big bang and then "BANG" everything that was contained in that single point is now shooting through space at incredible speeds and even space itself is expanding outward... Why do physicists say everything was once contained in a "single point"? How is it possible for a "point" to exist if spacetime itself was contained within that point? 3. Why do physicists say that the distant galaxies we see are "old" in the sense that they represent a time closer to the origin of the big bang? I understand the concept that the light we see from distant galaxies takes a very very long time to reach us, which means the light we are seeing is what that galaxy was like when the light first started traveling toward us, but how does this mean that the "old" galaxy we see has anything to do with the origins of the big bang, and how could we possibly measure how close that is to the origins of the big bang? 4. If we are moving with space at a greater speed than light (because of space itself expanding) this means that there are galaxies moving away from us that we will never see because the light will never reach us unless we one day learn to fold space ourselves, so we can't measure how vast space is exactly. Heck, some say space is infinite. How could we ever possibly know the origins of the big bang if we can't measure space? 5. How could we possibly tell that "the universe" is expanding "outward" if we can't actually measure the size of the universe in its entirety? Is it not just as likely that space (if its finite) outside of our observable universe is trillions of times bigger than our current observable universe and as a whole isn't actually expanding outward, and what we see isn't the whole story? For example, I could observe the atmosphere here in Australia and I could theoretically (with enough data) predict how the weather is going to behave long into the future, but if my observations were confined to the atmosphere within/above(?) Australia only, and I could not observe the outside world, It is not possible to predict the weather long into the future because it is only a small part of what is happening on a larger scale. Is it possible that the expansion of our current observable universe is just a small part of what is actually happening on a much larger scale outside of what we can currently observe? Isn't it just as likely that galaxies outside of where we can currently observe could actually be expanding through space toward us, as the "Big Freeze" theory that we will just continue expanding outward and eventually just fade into darkness?

  • @xerogue

    @xerogue

    Жыл бұрын

    Your first mistake is asking questions. Your second mistake is expecting a reply. There are millions of holes in the current cosmological dogma, and everytime a new hole is found, they plug in some mysterious new entity to plug the gap, and keep the funding coming.

  • @ricoe8830

    @ricoe8830

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s all b.s.

  • @Cowtymsmiesznego

    @Cowtymsmiesznego

    18 сағат бұрын

    @OP I'm a complete noob and I'm gonna be very handwave-y for much of this but I'll try to give my understanding of things. Also note that this is all scientific theory - the thing that makes the scientists believe they are "true" is that they describe, explain, and predict reality as witnessed by us. As seen many times in the past, as soon as there is something we can't explain with our model, we look for a better one - none of this is known "for certain" (whatever that would mean). (1) Space would've been expanding faster than the speed of light only for pairs of points that are sufficiently distant from one another. The Earth and the Sun, for example, are also objects in the expanding space, but they aren't moving away from each other faster than the speed of light (clearly, we can see the light from the Sun). As for "going back in time", we can see a distant object that - some time after the Big Bang - would've been moving away from us quickly, but not at the speed of light, that's why the light still reached us. (2) The theoretical origin of the universe, or the "Big Bang" - just says that the space is, and has been, expanding. The natural extension of that when you go backwards in time is that it started from a single point (or "singularity"). And, essentially, the entire Universe was then contained in that point - it was just "smaller" relative to the speed of light. That's why it's said that it was both "all of space" and "a single point". And, in particular, we can see evidence that "a lot time ago" the universe was very hot and very dense. (3) There are two possible radius you can draw from yourself towards the "edge of space". One edge contains the furthest (and the oldest) stuff that we can see right now (Visible Universe). The other one, outer to the first one, contains the furthest and the oldest) stuff that we will EVER be able to see (Observable Universe, ). We will still be able to see it (maybe in a few billion years) because the light from it has been travelling towards us since the Big Bang, and it's been moving towards us faster than the Universe is expanding. Once these two "edges of space" meet (again, in a few billion years), we will be able to see that "stuff" as it was at the time of the Big Bang. And after that, assuming the Universe keeps expanding, it will disappear (behind the edge of the Visible Universe), and we won't be able to ever see it again. As to answer your actual question - the way we calculated "when" the Big Bang happened, as far as I'm aware, is observe/assume some pattern in how the Universe has been expanding, and calculate how long it would've taken some distant objects to "expand away" from the point where we currently are. (4) Yeah, this is correct, some points are moving away from each other above the speed of light due to the Universe expanding. But they weren't always. At the very beginning (for some time after the Big Bang), the entire Universe would've been observable. (5) The reason why we model the Observable Universe as "expanding outward" is because some of the stuff we can see is moving away from each other (again, as measured by the speed of light, which is fixed to be constant). So, at least "for the time being" it looks like stuff is moving away from each other. But it's entirely possible that this changes, or isn't the whole picture. And the different examples that you mentioned are I believe examples of "possible models of the expanding universe" which theorize that e.g. the Universe starts contracting at some point, eventually going back to a single point again (Big Crunch). This would also, as far as I understand, make the entire Universe (eventually) Observable. The reason why these theories are mostly discarded nowadays is that we can't see anything that we think would reverse the current (visible) expansion of the Universe. PS: I really liked Veritasium's recent video on "Einstein's Math" and the theory that our Universe is a White Hole (the "Big Bang" being the singularity).

  • @oGrasshoppero
    @oGrasshoppero7 ай бұрын

    I personally think the gravitation shift makes the most sense. Imagine a fog of non-luminescent celestial objects spanning the void of space each deforming the gravitation field around them like a little divot on an otherwise smooth piece of paper. As light travels through this torrential textured space time, it red shifts. This would also explain why objects more distant have a greater redshift than objects closer to us, which would otherwise make no sense.

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy693 жыл бұрын

    Probably, dunno honestly

  • @philipphoehn3883

    @philipphoehn3883

    3 жыл бұрын

    maybe

  • @Private_Duck

    @Private_Duck

    3 жыл бұрын

    Papa flammy

  • @unsc2060

    @unsc2060

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fancy seein' you here oh great and wise giga brain MENSA member!

  • @meowwwww6350

    @meowwwww6350

    3 жыл бұрын

    Papa flammy!!!

  • @FLPhotoCatcher

    @FLPhotoCatcher

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have a question: Why would light wavelengths look redder (lower frequency) if time slows down the faster you go? In the rocket thought experiment, those in the rocket with their time slowed down, should perceive the light as a shorter wavelength.

  • @jennajacobson788
    @jennajacobson7883 жыл бұрын

    When the world needed him the most He became more frequent

  • @dougloggie2880
    @dougloggie28802 жыл бұрын

    Well...I really enjoy expanding my brain cells around these videos but I have a question about light photons travelling as both particles and as a wave form...the mental imagery of a wave is of a rolling flat form of moving material with peaks and troughs...but it is on a flat plane...my question applies to radio waves and sound waves too...the concept is confusing...anyway, I really love your work...cheers

  • @user-oh6zg3yf5y
    @user-oh6zg3yf5y7 ай бұрын

    @Veritasium The only issue I have with this vid is that cosmologists in fact do NOT agree that the universe is homogeneous or isotropic. Since about 2013, with Planck Satellite data, scientists see that the universe strangely seems to "prefer" a direction. To add insult to injury, that direction aligns with our tiny earth and sun. Dr. Lior Shamir, just this month published about this in the paper "Large-Scale Asymmetry in the Distribution of Galaxy Spin Directions-Analysis and Reproduction."

  • @subrat318
    @subrat3183 жыл бұрын

    I may not expand with universe but has expanded like never before in this lockdown.

  • @karlomoonblade

    @karlomoonblade

    3 жыл бұрын

    faster than the universe's expansion? MIND BLOWN

  • @gautampandey3519

    @gautampandey3519

    3 жыл бұрын

    *have 😉

  • @cricketfans7775
    @cricketfans77753 жыл бұрын

    what the hell! this man is making quality videos on almost weekly basis now. these videos are much better than documentaries on these topics! Keep up the great work!!

  • @r.i.p.volodya
    @r.i.p.volodya9 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this video: I've been trying to get my head around why galaxies moving apart means space itself is expanding. There's a lot of food for thought here. I shall have to watch it a couple of times...

  • @shanecombs1993

    @shanecombs1993

    9 ай бұрын

    A few months ago James web space telescope just made a discovery that space is actually not expanding. Pretty crazy huh

  • @r.i.p.volodya

    @r.i.p.volodya

    9 ай бұрын

    @@shanecombs1993 NOT expanding?! Please give me more details...

  • @shanecombs1993

    @shanecombs1993

    9 ай бұрын

    @@r.i.p.volodya just search about it it’s a recent discovery there’s many videos on KZread

  • @MunoKalesus

    @MunoKalesus

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@r.i.p.volodyau do know that space is not a thing,space is nothing literally is nothing , saying that space is expanding like an object is one of the most retarded things u could say but this is coming from the same retarded ppl that believe in space expansion and big bang so i shouldnt be surprised😂

  • @davidrobert382
    @davidrobert3823 ай бұрын

    Best youtube channel... hands down.

  • @cactusmann1268
    @cactusmann12683 жыл бұрын

    My brain just expanded from watching this.

  • @aralebd
    @aralebd Жыл бұрын

    Hi Derek something is bothering me with this explanation: A normal Doppler shift comes from bodies moving away from each other. I wonder, if you had a gigantic ruler to measure the distances does it expand with space? Since molecules do not expand - the gigantic ruler is not expanding. This means that the stars with the red shift must be moving away from us so that their distance is changing all the time. So , for example, if we say that Alpha Centauri is 4.37 light years away - this is temporary, i.e. many years ago it was closer and many years from now it will be further. Am I correct? This also means that thinking of Hubel constant with distance - the moving velocity of the stars will increase in time so the red shift will change and the shift will be larger in time. Am I correct with that as well? It also means that distant galaxies accelerate - something about dark energy.

  • @pritammondal9708

    @pritammondal9708

    Жыл бұрын

    ya, you're correct. After a point of time the radiations outside the local group shall become undetectable and we will only be able to see the local group and nothing past that because the doppler shift becomes so immense that the wavelengths become undetectable :)

  • @b0kkeee
    @b0kkeee2 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't this explanation have been a lot clearer if you'd have separated the wave function from the foton particle? Also, what were you observing the moving photon with, interested how that concept works.

  • @reasonerenlightened2456

    @reasonerenlightened2456

    Жыл бұрын

    How far can a photon be stretched by space? Until it disappears?

  • @Astronaughty
    @Astronaughty3 жыл бұрын

    10:53 - I don't feel so good Mr. Stark

  • @Mirko_Doggen

    @Mirko_Doggen

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was looking for this comment

  • @LMC7464
    @LMC74643 жыл бұрын

    "And what about you? Are you expanding with the universe?" *me eating my 3rd box of pizza* I probably am

  • @therunningtube
    @therunningtube2 жыл бұрын

    This one was deep. Congratulations!

  • @thomasnoonan2039
    @thomasnoonan20392 жыл бұрын

    Question: @4:50 he explains that the observers in the ship see the photon as red shifted due to them moving away from the source when the light was emitted. But why would they be analogous to the observer at Harvard if the observer at the top of the Harvard experiment is stationary relative to the source when the light was emitted?

  • @_mrspanky_4587
    @_mrspanky_45873 жыл бұрын

    "Are you expanding with the universe?" Yes I am, sideways. Or maybe I eat too much...no definitely the Universe

  • @nialltracey2599

    @nialltracey2599

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a consequence of your expansion being coupled to the earth, and the Earth therefore being the mechanism of expansion. Expansion radially from the centre is ruled linearly by 'r', but expansion perpendicular to that is ruled by the surface area of the Earth, which is in a square relationship to 'r'. Hence we expand proportionately quicker in the pseduo-plane parallel to the surface of the Earth. (Disclaimer: this is a joke. Feel free to pretend to take it seriously and continue the joke, but the logic is deliberately utterly wrong.)

  • @halinaqi2194

    @halinaqi2194

    2 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob giving Patrick heasld, wtf XD

  • @vimalkarthik4011

    @vimalkarthik4011

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@nialltracey2599 Wow I've never thought of it like that 🧐🧐

  • @user-mj2lm5fh1j
    @user-mj2lm5fh1j3 жыл бұрын

    He is the most authentic person I have seen on KZread. The way he explains things and the sponsors' acknowledgement part. Really great.

  • @thenatureofnurture6336

    @thenatureofnurture6336

    2 жыл бұрын

    You know that he is supposedly communicating scientific truth?

  • @turboguy1813
    @turboguy1813 Жыл бұрын

    @veritasium I am pondering for a while about an other subject on the Universe and that is at its expansion rate. It is found that distant objects in the Universe are expanding faster than nearby objects, so the Universe is accelerating in its expansion. BUT: How farther away an object is, how much more it is in the past. So couldn't you say that in the past the Universe was accelerating faster and in recent times it's accelerating rate has decreased and the Universe is not expanding, but collapsing on it self?

  • @eoinlanier5508
    @eoinlanier550810 ай бұрын

    It may make more sense to think of the universe as "unfolding" rather than expanding. This would give a structure for the early universe (a singularity just like a black hole), a reason for the big bang (the death of the singularity cause the event horizon to vanish and elastic spacetime to drastically flatten out), expansion (the gradual flattening after the initial explosive instant), the increasing nature of expansion (the rate at which any two points on an unfolding circle move apart is proportional to their starting distance; over longer distances of space or time points move apart more quickly), and may solve the problem of inconsistent measurements of the age of the universe if any methods would be affected by this model.

  • @noahday3874
    @noahday38743 жыл бұрын

    Loving seeing more videos from Derek recently. The quality and quantity had increased, and I have no idea why but I love it.

  • @ErikB605

    @ErikB605

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just hope he doesn't burn himself out.

  • @nanoprehistoric

    @nanoprehistoric

    3 жыл бұрын

    I read his comment that he has a team, cmiiw

  • @thetruextremeicon

    @thetruextremeicon

    3 жыл бұрын

    That sponsor money getting put to use

  • @maratreus

    @maratreus

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is the phrase I heard today

  • @bestgun9994

    @bestgun9994

    3 жыл бұрын

    He made a community post where he said he has a team now.

  • @darkaleksboy1548
    @darkaleksboy15483 жыл бұрын

    10:54 I dont feel so good Mr Stark

  • @MygodStudio

    @MygodStudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    You shouldn't have turned off electromagnetic forces

  • @infinityxtanishq8712

    @infinityxtanishq8712

    3 жыл бұрын

    Soooo thanos basically used the stones to turn of people’s EM forces and then sped them up so that they could dissolve in thin air?👀

  • @asifhamid5742

    @asifhamid5742

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes I found the comment.

  • @CJFX_
    @CJFX_2 жыл бұрын

    Could you do a video on how we were able to measure the distance from the earth to the sun? Many videos I've watched related to this give a sun-moon angle of 89.853° as being the basis of their calculations, but don't explain how they got this angle.

  • @jairussiriyalaofficial8922

    @jairussiriyalaofficial8922

    Жыл бұрын

    Humm nice Question. I don't would like to know too.

  • @anameyoucantremember

    @anameyoucantremember

    7 ай бұрын

    They got this angle by analysis of the observations of the moon-sun cycles.

  • @kuiper3050
    @kuiper30507 ай бұрын

    I think i got it. Waves like sound and water wave, when put in a doppler effect scenario, will shift its speed and frequency, but with light, the speed does not shift because it is the same speed for all observer, but the frequency still does shifts.. I'd like to be corrected if I'm wrong

  • @z3dar
    @z3dar3 жыл бұрын

    Veritasium keeps making videos on questions I've wanted answers to but haven't had time to look deeply enough, great job! My suggestions for future topics: What are the cosmic requirements for life; What's the window for life in universes life span? Something about amino acids in space vs on earth vs theoretically possible ones... How would life appear to us/our equipment if we were to approach such planet at near lightspeed, could we theoretically see a timelapse of their history as we approach? How feasible would it be to build a forward "time capsule" on earth's orbit, a vessel that goes around earth at high % of speed of light and hosts a person? ...What's the opposite of lightspeed, i.e can something be truly static? Is difference between universe and not universe whether something "can be static"? Ok, I might've gotten carried away, but there's some good topics in there!

  • @enderman5423

    @enderman5423

    3 жыл бұрын

    If something went around earth incredibly fast it would be flung out of orbit

  • @enderman5423

    @enderman5423

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also what is your profile pic

  • @z3dar

    @z3dar

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@enderman5423 Yeah, I guess that's true. Maybe something like a long orbiting structure with passenger on one end and a counterweight at the other, putting the rotation pivot at the centre. Then just spin that really fast. My pic is a wooden owl statue.

  • @05r41

    @05r41

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@z3dar According to Einstein, there’s no such thing as static. Everything is moving relative to something else

  • @wizard7314

    @wizard7314

    3 жыл бұрын

    Beware. Easy answers to hard questions are almost invariably wrong. There is misinformation in this video, and others of his. But most of the viewers can't tell the difference, they seem to uncritically assume that he's correct.

  • @prakharanand7012
    @prakharanand70123 жыл бұрын

    Always, Derek always finds a relatable way of explaining things, and always takes an interesting topic, people like u r the real ppl quenching our curiosity

  • @megamanx466

    @megamanx466

    3 жыл бұрын

    I feel like he's actually a Physics teacher that likes his job. :D

  • @BadgerUKvideo

    @BadgerUKvideo

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's because he spells Derek with an "erek". They are the best types of Derek.

  • @yoyomodiji

    @yoyomodiji

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tere se pucha kisi ne भो sadi के जो gyan चोद raha hain yahan

  • @megamanx466

    @megamanx466

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yoyomodiji Sorry, Google can't translate you. Maybe someone else can understand.

  • @philoso377
    @philoso3774 ай бұрын

    Nice video and presentation. The principle of equivalence also take place daily in the currency exchange counter, such as between the dollar and yen. Shall we say dollar = yen ?

  • @arcana261
    @arcana261 Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy your content 🙂❤️

  • @beretperson
    @beretperson3 жыл бұрын

    "red is sus" "We're on an accelerating spaceship! We're ALL red!"

  • @lemau8458

    @lemau8458

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stop quoting the video, you contribute absolutely nothing.

  • @harshvithlani9399

    @harshvithlani9399

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemau8458 Stop replying to comments, you are contributing nothing

  • @macaroon_nuggets8008

    @macaroon_nuggets8008

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemau8458 He/She is not quoting the video.

  • @isopa2543

    @isopa2543

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lemau8458 stop being mad at a joke, you contribue absolutely nothing

  • @macaroon_nuggets8008

    @macaroon_nuggets8008

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Devang Shekhawat lol