How to travel faster than light

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  • Опубліковано 14 чер 2018
  • Traveling faster than light is one of humanity’s dreams. Sadly, modern physics doesn’t cooperate. However there are examples where it really is possible to travel faster than light. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln tells us of these ways in which the universe breaks the ultimate speed limit.
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  • @stuartwilson4960
    @stuartwilson4960 5 років тому +1638

    I will definitely bring this up at the next dinner party
    .... and see how quickly the space between me and the other guests expands.

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 5 років тому +44

      In which case you may be the very first person to witness "inflation"! Meaning if conditions are just right you may run off the other guests at a rate beyond the speed of light. At which point they would seem to disappear. Of course they didn't really disappear, but once they started moving faster than light speed, the light can no longer reach your eyes.
      Yeah, I know. I took your very humorous comment and just ran it in the ground. Sorry about that- just can't help myself sometimes. Cheers!

    • @messerschnitt7943
      @messerschnitt7943 5 років тому +32

      @@patrickfoster4586 you can also achieve this by covering your eyes. The light can no longer reach your eyes, which definitely means you are travelling faster than light at that point, right? :-)

    • @perfection4749
      @perfection4749 5 років тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @perfection4749
      @perfection4749 5 років тому +29

      “Who’s the weird guy in the corner talking about space n stuff!!??” “Did you see the kardashians last night?” 😒

    • @omairtech6711
      @omairtech6711 5 років тому +25

      So true and relatable. People are in a sense "anti intellectuals". They hate intelligent discussions and instead prefer to discuss their neighbor's girlfriend to death.

  • @manojmotra8323
    @manojmotra8323 5 років тому +583

    1st one was like
    Question "How to go faster than usain bolt"
    Answer "Break his legs"

    • @sebastianlukito6686
      @sebastianlukito6686 5 років тому +15

      Lol that's valid. Let's challenge him. @usain.bolt

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel 5 років тому +24

      That's horrible and funny

    • @LongIslandicedteaaa
      @LongIslandicedteaaa 5 років тому +9

      Can we just tie them for fucks sake!

    • @deeveevideos
      @deeveevideos 4 роки тому +6

      @@LongIslandicedteaaa where is the fun in that?

    • @joaquinel
      @joaquinel 4 роки тому

      @@LongIslandicedteaaa No ties, that would be cheating.

  • @Mark-qg8hm
    @Mark-qg8hm 4 роки тому +116

    First train really, really hard. Like every day kind of hard, until you can run at the speed of light. And THEN give it 110%.

  • @sridharsarangapani6179
    @sridharsarangapani6179 3 роки тому +29

    You have an uncanny ability to finish every video in style Dr. Lincoln and you do it with so much simplicity that I'll forever be in awe

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Рік тому

      WHAT IS E=MC2 is taken directly from F=ma, AS TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); AS the rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution. Great.
      By Frank Martin DiMeglio

  • @allenjenkins7947
    @allenjenkins7947 5 років тому +403

    It's a well-known fact that malicious gossip is the only thing which travels faster than the speed of light.

    • @indecisiverift
      @indecisiverift 5 років тому +21

      and left swipes on my tinder account.

    • @menot23
      @menot23 4 роки тому +8

      You must have grown up in my neighborhood.....

    • @umwhoalol
      @umwhoalol 4 роки тому +8

      Entagled gossip.

    • @rwood1995
      @rwood1995 4 роки тому +7

      Toilet paper after a pandemic is announced!!

    • @perrynnlynch3811
      @perrynnlynch3811 3 роки тому +2

      Great comment.

  • @Cuyvuldar
    @Cuyvuldar 5 років тому +522

    Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
    Terry Pratchett

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel 5 років тому +30

      Deep thoughts man. Way groovy

    • @Hunter-pk7ym
      @Hunter-pk7ym 5 років тому +5

      Cuyvuldar 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kristian.kalmanlehto
      @kristian.kalmanlehto 5 років тому +37

      If the universe is expanding no matter what at the speed of light or faster, it means that there is nothing outside of it, not even darkness. Darkness is probably lack of light and no physical substance in itself like light.
      The question still remains, what is there beyond the expansion frontline?
      If the universe is expanding in some kind of a space that can be prefigured, it means that there is some kind of a space where the universe is expanding. I think the cosmologists will never find an explanation on this issue and it remains more or less a matter of belief or hermeneutic reasoning.

    • @Sannypowa
      @Sannypowa 4 роки тому +8

      True until you discover that at the edge of the Universe there is a ring of light leaving behind only dark energy, consuming dark energy would shrink spacetime as we know it, here we go, you can now travel long distances faster than light would :D

    • @oscarb9139
      @oscarb9139 4 роки тому +9

      Nothing is faster than the speed of dark.

  • @Palladiumavoid
    @Palladiumavoid 3 роки тому +30

    Breaks light speed
    Physics: you wasn't supposed to do that

    • @Pooh68
      @Pooh68 3 роки тому +1

      Turn on a field around your space ship dropping your realistic weight to near zero. Turn on your engines bringing your space ship to light speed.....(and beyond) ... you are not a particle of light.

    • @drawforge3920
      @drawforge3920 Рік тому +1

      @@Pooh682nd step:ignore friction somehow

    • @edmundparowski5458
      @edmundparowski5458 15 днів тому

      Breaking the rules of physics and grammar...

  • @alaskanbound6842
    @alaskanbound6842 3 роки тому +96

    Fermilab: “Why you can’t travel faster than the speed of light”
    Also Fermilab: “How to travel faster than the speed of light”

    • @ceejayhaughton7360
      @ceejayhaughton7360 2 роки тому

      You saw it too👍

    • @alwaysdisputin9930
      @alwaysdisputin9930 2 роки тому +2

      June 15th 2061, Fermilab: "How we travelled FTL"

    • @marksnow8838
      @marksnow8838 2 роки тому +1

      It's in the title????? How to travel faster than light, not how to travel faster than light speed???

    • @101franny
      @101franny 2 роки тому +1

      @@marksnow8838 at last, someone in this comment section actually get’s what the video is about, nicely put. ( if ppl don’t understand the concept why comment right, although I do like the joke comments 😉 )

    • @brianroberts5740
      @brianroberts5740 2 роки тому

      I too noticed that he has two videos that directly contradict each other.

  • @BaldwinBay
    @BaldwinBay 5 років тому +310

    I'm just a notch more intelligent than a monkey. But I truly love this stuff. Thanks for making this video.

    • @BaldwinBay
      @BaldwinBay 5 років тому +2

      @walker john Thank you.

    • @stevejquest
      @stevejquest 5 років тому +8

      ​@B4JesusChrist Most people with a penchant for science, realize that gods and devils are delusions, fiction, pure myth. If Jesus actually did exist and was not a fictional character (which is the position I take, as it is the most plausible) then it is quite possible that he was either a lunatic or a liar -- as we see no indication he was Lord, since the Universe did not require an infinite regression of creators creating the universe to bring it into existence. We can not explain EVERYTHING just yet, but we CAN explain enough to know that gods are not required, therefore they are no more than just wishful thinking of the ancients. A simplistic answer at best.

    • @stevejquest
      @stevejquest 5 років тому +2

      ​@B4JesusChrist The cross or crux is an astrological symbol. Jesus is a sun god, the halo about his head is the rays of the sun. He is the sun (son) of god. For thousands of years, carvings on temples, cave walls, monuments and artifacts have honored the sun, bringer of warmth, security, life and light. The ancient zodiac wheel with its four cardinal points traces the passage of the sun as it moves through each of the 12 constellations marking the four seasons, the spring and autumn equinoxes and the summer and winter solstices. Our ancestors personified the sun, worshiping it as the light of the world, the sun god, the savior of mankind. It is no coincidence that our principal day of worship is called Sun Day.
      The Bible tells us that three wise men came from the east, following a star that led them to Bethlehem to celebrate the birth of Jesus the Messiah. Joseph claims that the star in the east was Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, which on December 24th aligns with the three brightest stars in the constellation of Orion (Orion’s belt). The stars were referred to by many ancient cultures as the Three Kings. And when Sirius (the brightest star) lined up with the Three Kings, they pointed to the place of sunrise on December 25th - the symbolic birth place of the sun or son.
      So why December 25th? As the days grow shorter in the period leading up to the winter solstice, the sun appears to stop moving south and stay still for three days - the 22nd, 23rd and 24th December in the northern hemisphere. This is the meaning of the word ‘sol-stice’ - sun standing still. To our ancestors this period symbolized the death of the sun god (son of god) and when three days later on the 25th December the sun started moving again, the sun was reborn - hence the birth of Jesus at this time - the sun god or son of god.
      During this three day period, the sun resides in the vicinity of the Southern Cross constellation and appears to ‘hang’ on the cross, hence the story of the crucifixion. However the resurrection of the sun or son is celebrated three months later at the spring equinox (Easter) when once again the forces of light defeat the forces of darkness and the days grow longer than the nights.
      And why was Jesus born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary? The Virgin Mary is the personification of the constellation Virgo - Virgo has represented the great female deities (the Goddess) since time immemorial. The Divine Mother and her Consort/Savior Son is a strong theme in goddess mythology, making the Virgin Mary/Mary Magdalene a likely composite. The name "Mary" is etymologically related to water, the element of birth and the astrological glyph for Virgo is an ‘M’.
      The Virgo portion of the heavens was known as the House of Bread because the Sun is in the house of Virgo in August-September - harvest time in the northern hemisphere. Virgo is usually depicted as a woman holding a sheaf of wheat like the great goddess Demeter/Ceres. The words ‘bet lehem’ (Bethlehem) in Hebrew translate into House of Bread. So on the night of the 24th December, Virgo the great maiden/mother of Bethlehem rises in the northern hemisphere night sky from 10 pm to dawn, heralding the birth of the new-born sun, three days after the winter solstice.
      I hope that helps clear up the confusion.

    • @stevejquest
      @stevejquest 5 років тому +3

      ​@B4JesusChrist "The universe is created through God." I warned you before about the infinite regression paradox. If god created the universe, then someone had to create god, create god's creator, create god's creator's creator and on into infinity. I am an atheist EXPRESSLY because I have read and studied the bible. Had I never read the bible, I likely would have believed in it. But the contradictory nature of the bible and many inaccuracies (such as the earth being flat, having four corners and describing earthquakes as God shaking the wickedness off the earth) was just false. If so much of the bible is demonstrably false, I extrapolate ALL of it is false. Atheism doesn't provide any delusional rewards so I am actually stronger than you, psychologically. You have to be strong, to be an atheist. Religion is for the weak and crippled. I am apparently neither weak nor crippled. ;-)

    • @stevejquest
      @stevejquest 5 років тому +1

      ​@B4JesusChrist "I have read and studied the bible too" There is a difference between reading and studying, analyzing. "I know the bible has no mistakes or contradictions." Here are but a few:
      I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” - Genesis 32:30
      “No man hath seen God at any time”- John 1:18
      “with God all things are possible.” - Matthew 19:26
      “The LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.” - Judges 1:19
      “thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. ” - Exodus 21:23-25
      “ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” - Matthew 5:39
      “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” - Genesis 17:10
      “if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” - Galatians 5:2
      “The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father” - Ezekiel 18:20
      “I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation” - Exodus 20:5
      “Honor thy father and thy mother”- Exodus 20:12
      “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. ” - Luke 14:26
      And so on.

  • @betaneptune
    @betaneptune 5 років тому +74

    Or as Dr. Lawrence Krauss says: You can't go _through_ space FTL, but space can do what it wants.

    • @pubuduweerakoon7174
      @pubuduweerakoon7174 5 років тому

      Yes that is the idea...

    • @ThatBoomerDude56
      @ThatBoomerDude56 5 років тому

      Yeah. I should have called him on that when I met him after Penn & Teller's show. Because how can space "want" to do anything?

    • @MCWaffles2003-1
      @MCWaffles2003-1 5 років тому +5

      Peter Kosen
      have you tried asking it?

  • @debibaird
    @debibaird 3 роки тому +13

    I will be using this for Science night with my grandkids. Thank you for making it accessible with the balloon demo! I foresee star stickers and balloons in our future.

  • @yashranjan
    @yashranjan 3 роки тому +12

    @Fermilab Thank you, Dr. Don Lincoln, for igniting the love for physics in me. I appreciate your ability to explain complex physics such that anybody with an eagerness to learn can understand. Envisioning about the universe and space-time is a feeling which is beyond what our senses can experience.

  • @GaganKP
    @GaganKP 5 років тому +44

    Nothing can go faster than speed of light in space
    But space itself can go.

    • @cipher1579
      @cipher1579 4 роки тому +1

      alcubierre drive
      *eyebrows expand*

    • @Pepsolman
      @Pepsolman 4 роки тому +2

      You have to travel at the speed of space without a change in time.

    • @einherz
      @einherz 4 роки тому +1

      @@Pepsolman time no changes only befor gravity was appear, so no time was yet, but wit speed of light you are exist in the "everytime" in same time, this is opposit things, first is no time, second is all time, first is speed of time 0, second is speed of time infinity

    • @justinreschke3642
      @justinreschke3642 4 роки тому +2

      @@Pepsolman You just defined Ludicrous Speed

    • @alfonsobun5239
      @alfonsobun5239 3 роки тому +1

      @@justinreschke3642 Dark Helmet has Spaceballs of steel. Knowingly goes faster than the speed of light and refuses to wear a seatbelt. Watchout! We got a badass over here.

  • @waynewhite6930
    @waynewhite6930 5 років тому +65

    "As for c, that is the speed of light in vacuum, and if you ask why c, the answer is that it is the initial letter of celeritas, the Latin word meaning speed."

    • @christianheichel
      @christianheichel 5 років тому +7

      Awesome tidbit of information

    • @matthewtheobald1231
      @matthewtheobald1231 5 років тому +2

      I thought C stood for Causality. C is the fastest speed anything in the universe can interact with something

    • @drjerrygalloway
      @drjerrygalloway 5 років тому +2

      I always took c to mean a constant... an unchanging value. Yes - speed in a vacuum. But, in a calculation (like E=mc2), this equals that times a constant (reliable) unchanging value. I.e., speed of light. So I thought c stood for "constant."

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 4 роки тому

      Mr. H Yeah. Duh!

    • @mortenolsen838
      @mortenolsen838 4 роки тому

      The letter c means constant. There's nothing fancy about it. Maxwell used V or b but Weber used c for constant in his work around the middle of the 19th century.

  • @juniorcyans2988
    @juniorcyans2988 Рік тому

    I just found your channel by searching why nothing can go faster than light. You talked about most topics I'm wondering about since I was little!

  • @92Jaghk
    @92Jaghk 4 роки тому +2

    I have found your videos WONDERFULLY informative!
    Keep up the great work!

  • @MrWick-oe5ij
    @MrWick-oe5ij 4 роки тому +364

    Albert Einstein : Nothing is faster than light
    Sunday : Hold my beer

    • @ervinpajazetovic9834
      @ervinpajazetovic9834 4 роки тому +11

      He actually said that nothing can move faster than light through space. Space itself is another thing. I think a great example is in the end of the video with the balloon and dots or the duck and the river.

    • @simoncracknell1050
      @simoncracknell1050 4 роки тому +2

      within a gravitational field !!!!

    • @simoncracknell1050
      @simoncracknell1050 4 роки тому +2

      @@ervinpajazetovic9834 congratulation for making it to the end of this vid

    • @davidjones-vx9ju
      @davidjones-vx9ju 4 роки тому

      @@simoncracknell1050 i didn't make it that far

    • @ShangZilla
      @ShangZilla 4 роки тому

      Aaaaaand it's gone!

  • @juddvance7721
    @juddvance7721 5 років тому +42

    I really enjoyed that and learned a lot. Thanks for making it!

  • @MaxPower-zw7go
    @MaxPower-zw7go 3 роки тому +25

    😂 “ My brains are going into my feet “!!!

  • @daka1272
    @daka1272 2 роки тому +1

    Love this channel, and I really appreciate that you also tell stuff in the metric system.

  • @BobDiaz123
    @BobDiaz123 5 років тому +33

    I remember the limerick, there was a young lady named bright, who could travel faster than light, she left Earth one day in a relative way, and came back the previous night.

    • @akakakakakak3084
      @akakakakakak3084 5 років тому

      If she did come back yesterday, that's nonsense or no reason for she to leave tomorrow.

    • @QuantumRift
      @QuantumRift 5 років тому

      ..there was a young lady from Wheeling...

    • @ZomBeeNature
      @ZomBeeNature 4 роки тому

      Is that who the young hermit named Dave keeps in his cave?

    • @mr.b1670
      @mr.b1670 4 роки тому +1

      I love the new ideas come out when people want to get back into the news. Old ideas, brushed off with a few new ideas srrinkeled around for WOW effect.
      I believe this depiction of the universe to be wrong. I have brought this before many people. The chicken man Tyson, and others but none will return my emails.

    • @Chuck-gd9rr
      @Chuck-gd9rr 4 роки тому +2

      A tinkle in rhyme.

  • @jacobmartin8332
    @jacobmartin8332 4 роки тому +62

    Of all the shirts you've worn on this channel, this one is my favorite.

  • @andrewpinkham9904
    @andrewpinkham9904 4 роки тому

    What a fun channel you’ve made.i must confess that many times you’ve talked over my head even dumbing the concepts down.this wasn’t one of them.thanks

  • @RCDesertRat
    @RCDesertRat 3 роки тому +5

    The expansion of space-that feeling you get after eating your thanksgiving dinner

  • @rishabhbhandari6358
    @rishabhbhandari6358 5 років тому +22

    That means we are also moving at the speed of light for someone.
    And the also can't se us.

    • @bormisha
      @bormisha 4 роки тому

      So there is spacetime justice, after all!

  • @NimbleBard48
    @NimbleBard48 6 років тому +15

    Finally a new video from The Don!

  • @adams9248
    @adams9248 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for making these videos they really help me understand quantum mechanics. Very good content! 👍👍

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti5997 2 роки тому +4

    Thank You Don, you have a way of explaining things, that anyone with a basic understanding of the Cosmos, can understand, without a degree in Physics, I've been subscribed to this channel for several years, and you do an Excellent Job of explaining this, Thank You Sir, Stay Strong My Friend! And Keep Looking Up, 🔭

  • @masbaiy4858
    @masbaiy4858 5 років тому +71

    To put cherenkov radiation and quantum entanglement in a single video, that's wild!

    • @ptduff
      @ptduff 4 роки тому +1

      I've actually seen Cerenkov radiation in person as I work at a nuclear plant. It never fails to impress me to see a spent fuel rod glowing blue in the water.

    • @4thdoctor284
      @4thdoctor284 4 роки тому

      @@ptduff The reactor uses deuterium water doesn't it?

    • @ptduff
      @ptduff 4 роки тому +1

      @@4thdoctor284 the reactors where I work are pressurized water reactors and use straight up filtered river water. Of course, other chemicals are added or subtracted to increase/decrease reactivity. Water chemistry is a whole other story.

    • @4thdoctor284
      @4thdoctor284 4 роки тому

      @@ptduff I lived a couple miles from 3 nuclear power plants in Scriba NY. Nine Mile 1 and 2 and Fitzpatrick. A couple years ago an oily sheen was seen on Lake Ontario right in front of where the 3 plants were. That story kind of faded away with no answers as to what it was. I'm thinking it was something hydraulic related since there is nothing matching the description of that sheen that would be from the reactors like everyone ran around hand wringing over.

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 3 роки тому

      @@4thdoctor284 It was probably oil. If it was some kind of radioactive material as you are implying, there would have been alarms.

  • @proghostbusters1627
    @proghostbusters1627 6 років тому +38

    I just love these videos. Thanks Dr. Lincoln.

  • @casaolec
    @casaolec 3 роки тому +53

    When you say: the metric crowd. You actually mean: the whole WORLD!?

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 3 роки тому +8

      We mean the insignificant part of the world outside the United States.

    • @nareshlathia5334
      @nareshlathia5334 3 роки тому

      Apart from the BrUtish.

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 3 роки тому

      @@nareshlathia5334 If that is meant as an insult to the United States, I can only say, who cares?

    • @JEIWILBER
      @JEIWILBER 3 роки тому

      @@nareshlathia5334 Even the commonwealth use Metric...

    • @dothien4835
      @dothien4835 3 роки тому +1

      Talk to me when the whole world does something significant for space travel/science

  • @alanclark7807
    @alanclark7807 3 роки тому +6

    I like how Dr. Lincoln hired a kitty consultant to help him with this subject matter!

  • @cosmoshivani
    @cosmoshivani 6 років тому +7

    Clear and Precise!! I really liked the way you explained the three different situations.

  • @BillAnt
    @BillAnt 5 років тому +15

    By far the best visualization of the 14-billion light-year limitation I've seen to date at 8:16 just mind-bending stuff :D
    A great visual of how the expansion is traveling so fast that the light can never ever reach us.

    • @AlexanderTalks
      @AlexanderTalks 5 років тому

      Ummm. I have a problem with this. Light is not affected by inertia. According to the theory of relativity, the speed of light is constant with respect to any object, which would include the observer. So, the speed of the object emitting the light is irrelevant.

    • @barryfay5637
      @barryfay5637 4 роки тому +5

      @@AlexanderTalks You are correct, the point that you're not getting is that the space between the light source and your eyes is expanding faster than the light can travel so it will never reach your eyes.

    • @TheGreatToucan
      @TheGreatToucan 4 роки тому

      I figured this out on my own long ago. But he is wrong about one thing: "space" is NOT expanding. The only thing that is expanding is the amount of space occupied by galaxies which we can see: these galaxies are moving into space, but "unoccupied" (as far as we know) space.
      What he has failed to explain is if galaxies in every direction are moving away from us (presumably in speeds related to a constant dependent upon the galaxy's distance from us). If this is the theory, it sounds rather "Milky Way centric" to me. Also, the Big Bang Theory would seem to be disproven by this presumed fact. Why are some galaxies closer to us than others? Are some coming towards us? Stuff to keep you awake at night.

    • @caccioman
      @caccioman 4 роки тому

      TheGreatToucan if you Look at the balloon (Imagine the balloon as perfectly round sphere) every point on its surface is the center with regard to all other points, no matter where it is. So we are also moving away faster than the speed of light from all points further than 14 billion light years. Nothing milky way centric at all.
      Also only Space itself is expanding: the Surface of the balloon (=Space) keeps getting larger and larger. Its not that the Galaxys are expanding into empty Space which has been there before.
      In the beginning everything was in a Single Point (big bang). Just the Expansion of the Universe and space made it possible that things as eg Particle and matter which later would form galaxies could exist separately from each other. If you cover a very tin y deflated balloon completely in paint and it starts inflating, sooner or later little stretches will show which the paint in the beginning couldnt cover. If you keep on inflating (much larger as possible with a real balloon) the stretches not covered in paint will become much larger in relation to the Spots with paint. Keep in mind: even as the balloon stretches infinitely, the amount of paint from the beginning stays the same. So the paint finally rests just in little Spots (galaxies) while the balloon (Space) keeps on inflating.
      Thats at least how i understand it

  • @rayw3294
    @rayw3294 4 роки тому

    Thank you Dr Lincoln and team.

  • @baylorhubble7113
    @baylorhubble7113 4 роки тому +16

    I’m related to Edwin Hubble, so it’s kinda cool to hear about him in a video

  • @stefanfeist9893
    @stefanfeist9893 4 роки тому +4

    Picard, Spaceballs, Millennium Falcon, great t-shirt. Also, awesome talk. Currently binge watching all of them!

  • @oscarb9139
    @oscarb9139 4 роки тому +39

    The speed of light; it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.

    • @stu176mmm
      @stu176mmm 4 роки тому +7

      and laws are there to be broken

    • @thirdworldrider6991
      @thirdworldrider6991 4 роки тому

      Laws can be re written so when I hear the laws of physics I lol.

    • @oscarb9139
      @oscarb9139 4 роки тому +2

      Third World Rider The laws of physics are rewritten when they are proven wrong. Can you name one that has been rewritten?

    • @coronachinesevirus8808
      @coronachinesevirus8808 4 роки тому

      Oscar Blue
      Law in this universe.

  • @b.brodsky2021
    @b.brodsky2021 Рік тому

    Dr. Don Lincoln is is fascinating. Thank you very much!!! Great job

  • @kkinva68
    @kkinva68 10 місяців тому

    i changed majors from physics to computer science because the profs had no social or communication skills, keep up the great videos

  • @foxabilo
    @foxabilo 6 років тому +464

    Did Fermilab just click bait me?

  • @brenbaroque
    @brenbaroque 6 років тому +4

    Great job Don. I doubt there's a better way to explain this complex subject for non-physicists.

    • @Tiberiump
      @Tiberiump Рік тому

      What if faster than light is possible in our lifetime, but we'd 1st have to know what gravity is?
      What if a dude, a nobody, promises to have an answer that agrees with and is based on observations, theory and the actual reality and has implications on everything, from transport to energy production and matter manipulation? What if he needs support so he can answer this question? Would you support him?
      I'm that guy & if I get 10k likes to my account, I will make a video explaining what gravity is, starting from The Beginning, the Big Bang.
      Wondering why I want followers first? I've spent too much time and energy on this question to give the answer away for free.

  • @60framesorbust86
    @60framesorbust86 4 роки тому +4

    I can feel how socially awkward you must be in public situations.... just like me :) This makes me trust you

  • @nomanvardag1
    @nomanvardag1 4 роки тому

    Thank you Mr. Don. It was profound, exciting, unexpected.

  • @anthonyrodgers6613
    @anthonyrodgers6613 5 років тому +151

    The talk in my town moves faster then the speed of light 🙄

    • @JonSmith-cx7gr
      @JonSmith-cx7gr 4 роки тому +10

      There is no shame in being gay Anthony. People will get over it.

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 4 роки тому +2

      Same at work. We were standing around on break at work one day and talking about that very subject. And as an experiment we agreed to tell someone something and before break was over someone came over to up to tell the false thing we had started. It was funny but not.

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 4 роки тому +1

      @Gary Krug Since when did Truth become a He? :) (lol!)

    • @calebandxion
      @calebandxion 4 роки тому

      Apparently it's inaccurate. Otherwise, you would have used "than" instead of "then"

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 4 роки тому

      Everyone knows that gossip is a function of quantum entanglement so it spreads instantaneously.

  • @lorenzobarbano8022
    @lorenzobarbano8022 6 років тому +5

    I would like to know more about Cherenkov light. Keep up the Great work Dot. Lincoln!!

  • @jaspernatchez
    @jaspernatchez Рік тому

    I'm a pianist. Some folks are wonderful pianists but have no clue how to teach. Dr Lincoln not only is a great physicist, but a wonderful teacher.

  • @chrisreedbates
    @chrisreedbates 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks a lot Dr. Lincoln, love the channel!
    Don't mean to be greedy but three questions:
    1.) Can you discuss at some point the alcubierre drive?
    2.) If space is expanding does this also mean the Planck Length is of different sizes depending on where you are in the universe?
    3.) What happens to the Higgs field and the interaction with the Higgs field in expanded space?

    • @ludicrous7044
      @ludicrous7044 Рік тому

      If you think you can stump him:
      Think again!!😁

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Рік тому

      @@ludicrous7044 TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); AS the rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution; AS WHAT IS E=MC2 is taken directly from F=ma; AS gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS “mass”/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/AS what is BALANCED electromagnetic/gravitational force/ENERGY; AS inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE is proportional to (OR BALANCED WITH/AS) what is gravitational force/ENERGY. INDEED, witness what is the fully illuminated (AND setting/WHITE) MOON ON BALANCE. WHAT IS GRAVITY is an INTERACTION that cannot be shielded or blocked ON BALANCE. (BALANCE AND completeness go hand in hand.) GREAT.
      By Frank Martin DiMeglio

  • @paskky913
    @paskky913 4 роки тому +118

    Us: Can we move faster than light?
    Fermilab: *Well yes, but actually no*

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 3 роки тому +2

      You can only travel faster than light if it is travelling through some medium that slows it down. In the vacuum of space light travels at its greatest speed and nothing can travel faster.

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 3 роки тому +3

      @Stable Genius Absolutely not. Our ability to measure the speed of light has nothing to do with the operation of the Universe no matter how arrogant we are in assuming it is so.
      Bodies with mass can never travel at or faster than the speed of light, it is fact supported by thousands of experiments, just accept it.
      If you have an open mind and are wiling to take the time to read a simple explanation that does not involve time dilation, length contraction, increasing mass, or any other exotic concept, of why this is true, I will gladly post it here for you. Just say the word.

    • @Felixmz
      @Felixmz 3 роки тому +1

      @@wayneyadams I would love the explanation if you have the time. Thanks in advance and, if not, have a great Christmas.

    • @kaidencrip7565
      @kaidencrip7565 3 роки тому +2

      Not even a grain of sand can travel the speed of light. Because it is too heavy.

    • @Rami-bi9xj
      @Rami-bi9xj 3 роки тому

      In short Way, we mean anything that has mass and in a vacumm

  • @gunlokman
    @gunlokman 4 роки тому +6

    As I said in my last lecture to the cat - 'speed is all relative'. It depends what parameter you are measuring it against. If I travel at 60mph in my car on the M1 - relative to the trees and stuff, I'm actually also travelling at thousands of m.p.h relative to some astral body or other perhaps going in the opposite direction. And, possibly much, much faster relative to another thing in space - and so on. (The cat had already left at this point)

  • @deanmaher3969
    @deanmaher3969 4 роки тому +6

    Does the subatomic particle remain in the "plus or minus" spin once you stop measuring it? Or does it revert back to "plus and minus"?
    Thank-you for the video.

    • @brothermine2292
      @brothermine2292 Рік тому

      My understanding is that if you measure it a second time (or third, etc) the result will be the same as the first measurement, which implies its state does NOT revert between measurements to a superposition of Up and Down spins.

  • @jayabalamurugan974
    @jayabalamurugan974 4 роки тому

    Excellent and smart explaination by Dr. Don Lincoln. We are happy.

  • @chrisgreekman1
    @chrisgreekman1 5 років тому +3

    This was brilliant! Thank you!

  • @paritosh4643
    @paritosh4643 4 роки тому +161

    How to travel faster than light?
    Turn off the light.

    • @MyJudyKim
      @MyJudyKim 4 роки тому

      Warp Coil drive?

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 4 роки тому +5

      That reminds me of an old joke. An old man bragging about his son said, “He’s so fast, he can turn the light out and get in the bed before it gets dark”. I know, it’s corny.

    • @ronnieroberts7414
      @ronnieroberts7414 4 роки тому

      Muhammad Ali used this joke in a press conference during his reign

    • @nirmalsinghsingh4941
      @nirmalsinghsingh4941 4 роки тому

      Ask the magnetic jets emerging from a black hole 👌😎😎😎😎

    • @simflyr1957
      @simflyr1957 4 роки тому

      LOL...

  • @AbbasAli-gs2fm
    @AbbasAli-gs2fm Рік тому

    A very amazing and true notion; the space is expanding, not that the galaxies are moving in accelaration.

  • @Kevin-wo3kp
    @Kevin-wo3kp 3 роки тому

    Dr Don's students are very lucky to have him as their tutor. An incredibly engaging teacher.

    • @jeffo9396
      @jeffo9396 3 роки тому

      Luck is something that happens by chance. Students enrolling in Don's classes know in advance that he's the professor.

    • @Kevin-wo3kp
      @Kevin-wo3kp 3 роки тому

      @@jeffo9396 is that pedentism or autism? You should get checked out.
      My luck comment is simply a phrase of speech recognised as such generally.

  • @feelingzhakkaas
    @feelingzhakkaas 5 років тому +4

    Truly mindboggling puzzle.
    Thanks for enlightening

  • @Bobsunfire
    @Bobsunfire 5 років тому +4

    You are my favorite Dr. Don. Don't stop these beautiful videos!

  • @kenwalker4386
    @kenwalker4386 3 роки тому +1

    I've just found your brilliant channel and I'm going to be spending a lot of time on it from now on. If I understand your talks, I'll be travelling in time, but not space. Does my chair and computer also travel in time with me or stay still in space. Sorry if it's a misunderstood question, I've still got a lot to learn and I'm in my late 70's. I'd better get a move on.

  • @hugbeaver
    @hugbeaver 2 роки тому

    so good in explaining. subscribed!

  • @jonvance69
    @jonvance69 6 років тому +62

    Ludicrous Speed! Lol. Seriously, I'd like more information on Cherenkov radiation, that's cool stuff!

    • @eddiewilliams9490
      @eddiewilliams9490 6 років тому

      Jon Vance 99 no

    • @JasonMasters
      @JasonMasters 6 років тому +1

      As I understand it (and I may be wrong, but I think I'm close), the radiation charges the atoms in the water molecules, but the charged atoms are unstable and in order to return to stability, they release the charge in the form of a photon (a particle of light) which just happens to naturally vibrate at the frequency for blue light.

    • @thstroyur
      @thstroyur 6 років тому +1

      If you want technical stuff, check out Jackson's ridiculously famous book; he sure talks about it there

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 5 років тому

      Wish granted.

    • @MervynPartin
      @MervynPartin 5 років тому

      It's very impressive. Just visit your local nuclear power station (if they will let you visit) and look at freshly discharged fuel in the cooling ponds with the overhead lights switched off.

  • @ldavid2
    @ldavid2 4 роки тому +104

    "metric crowd" also known as sane people

    • @joyalsaju8878
      @joyalsaju8878 4 роки тому +1

      Thats a good one😃

    • @selfreference2
      @selfreference2 4 роки тому +2

      Spotted the physicist

    • @nookienookiebattiebottie3531
      @nookienookiebattiebottie3531 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, Don is so stupid, and such a time waster for mentioning this. EVERYONE knows what speed is, even of you quote it in Klingon units.

    • @hybmnzz2658
      @hybmnzz2658 4 роки тому

      @@nookienookiebattiebottie3531 ur the only smart one here

    • @weebz1005
      @weebz1005 4 роки тому +3

      How many of the metric crowd been to the moon?

  • @tresajessygeorge210
    @tresajessygeorge210 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU PROFESSOR LINCOLN...!!!

  • @phillipgoat00
    @phillipgoat00 3 роки тому

    this has been the best video about the expansion of the universe

  • @khuzaimakhan1894
    @khuzaimakhan1894 5 років тому +3

    When I saw the topic of your video, I instantaneously realized that you would probably talk about entanglement or spooky action at a distance and you did.That's cool

  • @Jadinandrews
    @Jadinandrews 6 років тому +11

    I clicked on this faster than the speed of light

  • @anandmishradevil1914
    @anandmishradevil1914 4 роки тому +2

    awesome teaching

  • @marktaylor7337
    @marktaylor7337 2 роки тому

    Im glad there is no annoying music in the background while he speaks.

  • @andreavorname4442
    @andreavorname4442 6 років тому +4

    I would like to see a video where you explain the Cherenkow effect please.
    With all math formula I mean.
    Why don't you open another channel where you explain some hardest topic for undergraduate student but really with a true mathematical approach? You have a very clear way to explain tough stuff. I am sure you will have success on youtube. Thank you.

    • @kurdmanpouyesh
      @kurdmanpouyesh 6 років тому

      Andrea Angeletti agreed

    • @andreavorname4442
      @andreavorname4442 6 років тому

      alysdexia actually you can 'wikipedia' everything that is on fermilab channel... I would like to see an explanation from his point of view.

  • @accidentalheadclunkers8517
    @accidentalheadclunkers8517 6 років тому +16

    My daughter watched the whole video just to see the cat 🤫🤣

  • @thunderbearclaw
    @thunderbearclaw 3 роки тому

    Nice work! Very clean and clear presentation.

  • @gczhu5125
    @gczhu5125 11 місяців тому +1

    Very well explained. Super interesting!!! 😊

  • @WhatsTheTakeaway
    @WhatsTheTakeaway 5 років тому +3

    Can yoi do a video detailing the problems of even attempting to approach light-speed? Ive heard things like radiation, fuel consumption, collisions, etc.

    • @bormisha
      @bormisha 4 роки тому

      Sure... We're still far away from accelerating any macroscopic object close to light speed. But that's ok, because we have got technical challenges to overcome while still remaining within the bounds of possible. FTL travel may turn out to be totally impossible, like in cellular automata such as Conway's Game of Life.

  • @busterbiloxi3833
    @busterbiloxi3833 5 років тому +16

    Answer: Dilithium crystals!

  • @gregcarnes80
    @gregcarnes80 4 роки тому

    Mind totally blown! Had to subscribe in order to repair! Well done!

  • @jimsmith.2144
    @jimsmith.2144 3 роки тому

    Fascinating! So nicely explained

  • @TheWyrdSmythe
    @TheWyrdSmythe 6 років тому +6

    Expansion hits c at ~14 billion LY; the universe is 13.8 billion years old... are those connected? Are the two always linked?

    • @inox1ck
      @inox1ck 5 років тому

      I far as I understand it is possible, because the Universe at the time of the BB was actually infinite and the expansion happened everywhere.

    • @stuartwadlow1650
      @stuartwadlow1650 5 років тому

      Does mean the age of the universe is unknowable until one exceeeds the speed of light?

    • @davidtalbot2061
      @davidtalbot2061 5 років тому

      My question exactly

  • @omegafalconoriginal
    @omegafalconoriginal 5 років тому +3

    Seeing beyond the edge? If we were to send out a space telescope to or past the visible edge of the universe would it be able to send back images beyond our veiw?

    • @patrickfoster4586
      @patrickfoster4586 5 років тому +2

      No, it wouldn't work. As the great "duck in the river" analogy demonstrated in this video, the telescope (like the duck) would be carried along with the space- which at that distance is expanding faster than an image, or anything else (including light apparently) could be sent back.
      Disclaimer: I'm not an astrophysicist, but I do play one on UA-cam. Cheers \m/

  • @johnslaughter5475
    @johnslaughter5475 2 роки тому

    Now, 4 years since you made this video, there seems to be developments in going at warp speed. Sounds interesting.

  • @Fiachraraven
    @Fiachraraven 2 роки тому

    You really nailed this, man.

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Рік тому

      In understanding SPACE, what is gravity, TIME, AND time dilation (ON BALANCE), it is important is it to understand what is a BALANCED displacement of what is SPACE. ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity ON/IN BALANCE.
      Consider what is E=MC2. TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE. Consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE. (c squared CLEARLY represents a dimension of SPACE ON BALANCE.) Indeed, the stars are POINTS in the night sky ON BALANCE. The rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution. Consider what is THE EYE, AND notice what is the TRANSLUCENT AND BLUE sky ON BALANCE. NOW, consider what is the BALANCED MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE. CLEARLY, BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE is fundamental (ON BALANCE). “Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ON BALANCE, consider what is the orange (AND setting) Sun. “Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/as what is BALANCED electromagnetic/gravitational force/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); AS gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE (ON BALANCE) consistent WITH E=MC2, F=ma, TIME, AND time dilation ON BALANCE. This CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY represents, DESCRIBES, AND INVOLVES what is possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY (AND NECESSARILY) proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). Notice what is the fully illuminated (AND setting/WHITE) MOON ON BALANCE. Great. TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE. Indeed, inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE is proportional to (or BALANCED with/AS) GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). This CLEARLY explains what is E=MC2 AND F=ma ON BALANCE, AS TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE !! (Consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE.) Great. Indeed, consider WHAT IS THE EARTH/ground ON BALANCE. I have mathematically proven why the rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches the revolution, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY (AND NECESSARILY) proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE). Consider TIME AND time dilation ON BALANCE, AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky ON BALANCE; AS c squared CLEARLY represents a dimension of SPACE ON BALANCE. (Consider what is THE EYE ON BALANCE.) I have mathematically proven what is the fourth dimension, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY AND NECESSARILY proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE) !!! I have explained why what are OBJECTS may fall at the SAME RATE.
      By Frank Martin DiMeglio

  • @solanumtinkr8280
    @solanumtinkr8280 6 років тому +7

    If you have to measure to know which of the two entangled particles has the + spin and which has the -, you have to measure it to know which is which, how can you know that the entanglement didn't sync the particles instead?
    I'll be really impressed when we can actually "measure" superposition. If instead the entangled particles "superposition" is them being in sync with each other, then that FTL information transmission vanishes, I would think. But without being able to "see" superposition and know for sure it is happening, even if only indicated indirectly, then we cannot say for sure that they were +/- instead of being in sync with one already a + and the other a -. Not quiet the same thing to my mind, but maybe that is just me.

    • @xtieburn
      @xtieburn 6 років тому +1

      'how can you know that the entanglement didn't sync the particles instead?'
      Bells inequality. Its a bit tricky to explain in a satisfying way, you might want to check out some videos on that term as its surprisingly tricky to really grasp, but if the particles were somehow preset (Which is called a hidden variable hypothesis.) then they should have a different rate of correlation in a Bell test to if they were not preset. The experiments always find that they trend toward not being preset.
      Its a little like ignoring the results that are directly entangled for a moment and just looking at what happens when you just prod at what the state of the particles are in. If they are preset youd expect a nice linear correlation between the results trending up to a clear 1 on one side means 0 on the other, but thats not what you get in reality.
      This doesnt entirely rule out hidden variables for a few reasons, but theyve kept searching with increasingly excessive experiments for any way that hidden variables can still remain, so far nothing turns up.

    • @Hank254
      @Hank254 6 років тому

      Look up Bell's inequalities. The current interpretation of experiments is that the entangled particles don't have a specific spin until one of them is measured. When one is measured, the other instantly obtains the opposite spin.
      This is an old but very good documentary that explains it fairly well:
      ua-cam.com/video/BFvJOZ51tmc/v-deo.html

    • @gnanay8555
      @gnanay8555 6 років тому

      You suppose the entangled particles are already determined when still together, but it's been proved to be false. (Bell's inequality, if you want to look it up).
      (ok, not if hidden variables are non local).

    • @iamamcnea
      @iamamcnea 6 років тому

      The example in the video wasn't the greatest because as you said they could just be "in sync" and if that's the case no FTL information is needed. However, there are experiments in which the outcome of entangled particles can not be determined by the particles being in sync. This is basically the Bell Inequality, which mean No Hidden Information in a classical system (i.e. being in sync) can explain the experimental outcomes.
      Here is a good video on it: ua-cam.com/video/ZuvK-od647c/v-deo.html

    • @zauberschatzkiste
      @zauberschatzkiste 6 років тому +2

      einstein did ask the same thing. he said if you have a pair of handgloves, and put them in different boxes, no matter how far away from each you move them to inspect, one box will always contain the complementary handglove to the other.

  • @SlideRulePirate
    @SlideRulePirate 6 років тому +20

    "Anything that is possible can happen".
    Agreed.

    • @Jopie65
      @Jopie65 6 років тому +1

      SlideRulePirate
      And if it happens, it is possible...

    • @drdca8263
      @drdca8263 6 років тому +4

      That seems to be a tautology?

    • @Onnozelfilmpje
      @Onnozelfilmpje 6 років тому

      Murphy's Law is even stronger: anything impossible will happen.

    • @willinton06
      @willinton06 6 років тому +1

      Peter N that’s not the law, check google for the full info

    • @kurdmanpouyesh
      @kurdmanpouyesh 6 років тому

      It is not "Can happen". It is "will happen"

  • @grimmreeper2001
    @grimmreeper2001 4 роки тому +2

    Also if we opened a wormhole at 14 billion lightyears from earth, does that mean we can reach through and snatch out a light particle? Trippy!

  • @LiveeyePhoto
    @LiveeyePhoto 4 роки тому +2

    Subscribed, this is really fascinating

  • @laelfoo2285
    @laelfoo2285 4 роки тому +3

    Isn’t it more accurate to say the space between us is expanding faster than the speed of light? As the earth in our system in the Milky Way in our group is also moving away from other galaxies as they move away from us. The animation showed earth static when it is also moving.

    • @wayneyadams
      @wayneyadams 4 роки тому

      The distances are relatively small so the expansion is also very small.

  • @bhavbhutirawat
    @bhavbhutirawat 4 роки тому +4

    The last case you mentioned here sir proves that we already are moving at speed faster than light. Since the object far away from us is moving away from us at speed faster than light. That being said it is never said that we are the center of universe and we hold our position in the universe very statically. Hence we are also at a place that is traveling away from a distant place in universe at speed faster than light.

  • @snowjoe43
    @snowjoe43 4 роки тому

    Good job, great explanation!

  • @powerdude_dk
    @powerdude_dk Рік тому

    I just love these videos!

  • @AstronomywithManas
    @AstronomywithManas 3 роки тому +3

    Its not that as the universe is expanding we are stationary we are also moving at a speed of 230 km/s so the calculation might change every time you check the co-ordinates.

  • @asevado
    @asevado 5 років тому +5

    Futurama suggested: ok, we can't travel faster then the speed of light, so we increased the speed of light.

  • @donjr5400
    @donjr5400 4 роки тому

    I like how you explain how the universe is not expanding but slowing down . light is faster than causality that's why we can't go that fast but how much faster is the real question .

  • @scottcarter1689
    @scottcarter1689 4 роки тому

    First time viewer.... therefore subscriber! (Where have I been)
    You sir... are awesome!

  • @warren286
    @warren286 4 роки тому +4

    For exploration purposes, it could be more advantageous to travel near the speed of light, utilizing time dilation to travel to the edges of the universe in a lifetime.

    • @simonbyholm350
      @simonbyholm350 Рік тому

      Only problem when you get back, there is no-one left here to tell about what you found.

  • @wizardyt776
    @wizardyt776 4 роки тому +3

    Abraham Lincoln : politics : : don Lincoln : physics
    Love listening to you

  • @lile6617
    @lile6617 3 роки тому

    Thank for the video, I love your topics... I have a question. A WHAT IF question.
    What if you took one of those galaxies moving away from us faster that light and attached a rope that was billion and billion lightyears long to one of it's asteroids (which is also moving) And on the other end to the voyager probe, if the rope does NOT pop will the probe be dragged faster that light speed? Or will time dilation somehow fix the probe end without effecting the asteroid end

  • @paperairforce2689
    @paperairforce2689 2 роки тому

    Is the universe expanding, or going in circles? or do we really know the direction? Would time be different in a galaxy traveling faster than ...? Or would it only be the perception of time (as a fixed law)? Thanks for your lessons. About all the physics I know is from Doctor Who.

  • @barutaji
    @barutaji 6 років тому +8

    Doesn't tunneling also creates speeds greater than light's, although in a short distance?

    • @frankschneider6156
      @frankschneider6156 6 років тому

      Yep tunneling is afaik indeed considered to be instantaneous.

    • @nielsandersen6164
      @nielsandersen6164 6 років тому

      Nope. Tunneling is, simply speaking, a consequence of the wave like nature of the electron. The wave function has some non zero amplitude on the other side of the barrier so after a measurement you have an above zero probability (however low) of finding the electron there. Also, the wavelength of the electron is inversely proportional to its energy so if you make the barrier shorter than that wavelength it should not be considered a barrier at all.

    •  6 років тому +1

      I am not a physicist, but I wouldn't expect so. The probability wave of the particle needs time to spread before the tunneling can happen, and I would expect that any interactions (like measuring if the particle is still in its original position) would cause the probability wave to collapse, only to need time to spread again before the tunneling can happen - meaning that the particle can't exceed the speed of light, even short term.
      If I am wrong, please let me know so I can change the answer and not misguide people in the future. I spend a lot of time on www.reddit.com/AskScience and would hate to mislead people. :)

    • @Videohead-eq5cy
      @Videohead-eq5cy 6 років тому

      barutaji yeah, but that's not experimentally proven. I hope that it does get proved tho. If quantum tunneling goes faster than the speed of light, it could be used in a lot of technology in the future

    • @milanvacz
      @milanvacz 6 років тому

      Mikkel Højbak Too bad that this reddit doesn't exist. I'm not familiar with the site though. Is there no search?

  • @HandfisH100
    @HandfisH100 5 років тому +23

    If all these galaxies are moving away from us at high speeds, what do they know that we don't know?

    • @benjietofis
      @benjietofis 5 років тому +1

      No, we are moving away from them

    • @tcivrilli
      @tcivrilli 5 років тому

      None. It seems like that, because the space is expanding between our and the other galaxy

    • @larryclark9191
      @larryclark9191 5 років тому +5

      It probably means we smell worse than we thought.

    • @SpectatorAlius
      @SpectatorAlius 5 років тому +2

      Nice try, but one of the important points he forgot to make is that this expansion is homogeneous in space. That is, although he described the expansion as "moving away from Earth", he could have picked any other point in the visible universe and made the exact same statement about expansion as moving away from that point.

    • @laurahall907
      @laurahall907 5 років тому +2

      "Space is the variable that's moving"

  • @christianpires216
    @christianpires216 3 роки тому

    Very well explained, thank you ive subscribed

  • @Chrizzldiable
    @Chrizzldiable Рік тому

    I have just watched a very well done video from Fermilab: “Why you cannot travel faster than light.” And now UA-cam's algorithm is making fun of me suggesting: “How to travel faster than light” by Fermilab. :D Well done, I'll watch it anyway. Now that I understood that space and time are entangled and have the feeling nothing will be able to crush my fundamental knowledge!