Why are there giant concrete tunnels in the desert?

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  • @physicsgirl
    @physicsgirl  5 років тому +937

    I thought gravitational waves were old news, but I guess you guys like this video! Next week will be the extended interview with Ligo Hanford Observatory head, Michael Landry. It's gonna be quite an experiment to see how you guys like a VERY long interview video...

    • @vinoudu69
      @vinoudu69 5 років тому +12

      What i like in your videos is the dynamism that you give them. I hope that there will be at least a little of it in this long interview. Also hope that it will be a well constructed and interesting interview. Knowing the quality of your former videos, i think you will manage to do it.
      Hello from France =)

    • @ODIOPOWER
      @ODIOPOWER 5 років тому +8

      i cant wait to watch it.

    • @sammyfromsydney
      @sammyfromsydney 5 років тому +16

      Cool physics never gets old.

    • @stefanmargraf7878
      @stefanmargraf7878 5 років тому +16

      Nothing is too old to think about.

    • @Phys1905
      @Phys1905 5 років тому +13

      Detecting gravitational waves have been fundamental to cosmology. After the collision of two neutron stars was detected, a new excitement in neutron stars captured the Earths imagination. Neutron stars are so strange ie magnetors and pulsars and more.
      You are amazing for all young scientists but especially women.
      (I’ve been really into superconductors and magnets lately.)

  • @michaelterrazas1325
    @michaelterrazas1325 5 років тому +393

    I went there while the LIGO was being constructed. I remember being blown away by the explanation of how they had to correct for waves hitting the shore hundreds of miles away because they were close to the right frequency and the amplitude was close to what they were expecting from the event. I was so excited when all that work resulted in the outcome they were hoping for, and for the variances which are now spurring new scientific activity.

    • @kilmorepowerchairs2142
      @kilmorepowerchairs2142 5 років тому +8

      So how do they know that the event isn’t coming from some backwater beach in Thailand.

    • @StillCloser
      @StillCloser 5 років тому +14

      @@kilmorepowerchairs2142 They don't know, that's the point. To say that such and such wave produces a variation of 1/10,000 the width of a proton is a gravitational wave is absolutely ridiculous, the whole thing is just a big scam...

    • @tonhettema1005
      @tonhettema1005 5 років тому +10

      I will build a gigantic sort of globe, made of stone, mud, layers of molten iron, nickel, and minerals, really huge, like 40,000 kilometers round the belly. Then I am going to launch it into the universe in order to find out if there is a force called gravitas (lets name it so) that will catch my ball and lock it in a magneto electrical forcefield. It may take some time, but it really feels exciting already. I' ll keep you posted on my progress..

    • @dumbassdarrell7410
      @dumbassdarrell7410 5 років тому +5

      It's astonishing that they got the result they sought. Who'd'a thunk it?

    • @flyfin108
      @flyfin108 5 років тому

      so big zirp is actually just bath plug unplugged

  • @OfficerFloofles
    @OfficerFloofles 3 роки тому +132

    You're one of the most engaging and easily understandable science presenters I've come across.

    • @Mercy-Willmar
      @Mercy-Willmar 2 роки тому +2

      And adorable!

    • @darko714
      @darko714 2 роки тому

      She’ll get to the math behind it in the next video.

    • @banacek8675
      @banacek8675 2 роки тому

      That’s what she said

    • @Slacker6680
      @Slacker6680 2 роки тому +1

      You forgot the most attractive.

    • @In_Rem
      @In_Rem Рік тому

      She is not dazzling U with brilliance, she is baffling you with 6u11 5h1t

  • @jacobherrera7172
    @jacobherrera7172 5 років тому +87

    My step grandpa helped build the tunnels. He was part of the team that figured out all the engineering for the curverature, how to keep the concrete from cracking, and some other cool stuff for the construction/design of the tunnels themselves.

  • @Can_Head
    @Can_Head 3 роки тому +58

    "it was 1 1000th of a proton" my brain went bye-bye when I tried to think about that concept for a few minutes

    • @Dplusithicus
      @Dplusithicus 3 роки тому +1

      "And if you can't wrap your brain around how small that is: congratulations, you're human."
      Well I guess I'm not human then.

    • @Tom_Hensley
      @Tom_Hensley 3 роки тому +1

      Beyond splitting hair..

    • @daveetter4573
      @daveetter4573 2 роки тому

      And they could detect that? Hmmmm

  • @mikewilliams2687
    @mikewilliams2687 5 років тому +422

    "length matters" dude tells her without crackin a smile. Sorry, I could not help myself. Very nice presentation.

  • @andrewbergspage
    @andrewbergspage 5 років тому +710

    Just curious, how many of you didn't know there was desert in Washington?

    • @ecospider5
      @ecospider5 5 років тому +68

      When Washington became a state it was supported by Lumber west of the mountains. But the US was smart and wanted each new state to be financially stable for centuries so they made them expand there borders to include other industries that would grow if one of them failed. So they included the mountains and eastern Washington. These areas had mining and agriculture. Which supported our state until Boeing and Microsoft. Areas of eastern Washington have plenty of rain shadow areas away from the big rivers. deserts.

    • @Pyriphlegeton
      @Pyriphlegeton 5 років тому +114

      As a German, from a country that's about as big as some of your states, I'm always confused how multifaceted the landscape of your country is.

    • @NyuuMikuru1
      @NyuuMikuru1 5 років тому +46

      There are desert in Canada as well.

    • @SpectatorAlius
      @SpectatorAlius 5 років тому +42

      I am not used to thinking of it as a real 'desert' -- I reserve that honor to places like the Mojave Desert -- but I did know that Eastern Washington was much drier and hotter than Western Washington thanks to the mountains that block all the moisture coming from the Pacific.

    • @michaeljuliano8839
      @michaeljuliano8839 5 років тому +23

      Mmm. Dessert.

  • @williamreininger7546
    @williamreininger7546 5 років тому +400

    I’m sure I learned something, but I don’t know what it is.

    • @thisguy9042
      @thisguy9042 4 роки тому +22

      Length matters. Only thing that I picked up...😁

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 4 роки тому

      When you find your self on the chase UK you will thank yourself for watching this video

    • @WetAdek
      @WetAdek 4 роки тому +3

      @@thisguy9042 lol haha!

    • @Indiebuzzrockstv
      @Indiebuzzrockstv 4 роки тому

      Billy from UA-cam lol

    • @rickclev6152
      @rickclev6152 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly BillyFYT. I hear that. It all sounds so interesting but I have the slightest? If only they could describe it in a way they would try to explain it to a 4 year old or something? I want to be able to understand it all so bad but I just get lost, and fast.

  • @Grace-ny1sm
    @Grace-ny1sm 2 роки тому +12

    If everyone enjoyed what they do as much as she does the world would be such a better place. I love watching how genuine her excitement is.

    • @j.edward4379
      @j.edward4379 Рік тому

      That's what I loved too. Very real, genuine.

  • @kingpetra6886
    @kingpetra6886 5 років тому +347

    My bathroom scales detect gravitational waves all the time.

  • @davidcopperfield1287
    @davidcopperfield1287 4 роки тому +152

    I love how happy she gets about science.

    • @ghitahansen7798
      @ghitahansen7798 4 роки тому +1

      Jeg elsker du svarer.

    • @truthwinseverytime8805
      @truthwinseverytime8805 4 роки тому +3

      She's deceived.

    • @normanmartinezscooter
      @normanmartinezscooter 4 роки тому +2

      You mean Scientism don’t you!
      It’s Their Religion.😂😂😂😂

    • @excuseyou7198
      @excuseyou7198 3 роки тому

      @@normanmartinezscooter lol troll

    • @abeautifuldayful
      @abeautifuldayful 3 роки тому +1

      Yup. It adds to her charm and charisma. Btw, you've waited a year to get this like to put you in triple digits. Way to hang in there and not disappear, oh great magician.

  • @sigmapotato9229
    @sigmapotato9229 3 роки тому +141

    I like how her face is all beaming up with excitement as she talks about LIGO. All this science is mind-bending awesome!

    • @JoeMammaBff
      @JoeMammaBff 3 роки тому +2

      She looks like she just discovered something that's going to change her life 🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🙏🏼

    • @tekblade
      @tekblade 2 роки тому

      Didn't the "scientists" fake this the first time and no one knew??

  • @tokunagaster
    @tokunagaster 2 роки тому +1

    My joy of science and space now got re-sparked by you and your channel, thanks Dianna san. Greatest approval from Osaka, Japan.

  • @eclips3784
    @eclips3784 4 роки тому +19

    The fact that the machine can even *DETECT* these gravitation waves that stretch things on a *QUANTUM SCALE* is absolutely insane. How have humans come this far?

    • @oldmaninthemirror
      @oldmaninthemirror 2 роки тому +1

      How have humans come this far? Maybe as Ukraine how far we have come?

    • @alan4sure
      @alan4sure 2 роки тому

      We didn't always play video games....

  • @Airguardian
    @Airguardian 5 років тому +60

    Love the positive energy you fill your videos with, makes me smile!

    • @wallymcguire2033
      @wallymcguire2033 5 років тому +2

      Airguardian Lol, I need a girlfriend that has this reaction to photo diodes 4:06

    • @Airguardian
      @Airguardian 5 років тому

      @@wallymcguire2033 xD

  • @llaauuddrruupp
    @llaauuddrruupp 5 років тому +548

    Fascinating astronomy presented smartly, enthusiastically, and charismatically. Does UA-cam get any better?

    • @Ottee2
      @Ottee2 5 років тому +11

      I was going to say something along these lines, but then I scrolled down and found your comment.

    • @snoski
      @snoski 5 років тому +5

      Nope.

    • @charliedulol
      @charliedulol 5 років тому +1

      3bron... well... pi... um... i'll answer with a definite maybe.

    • @audiogek
      @audiogek 5 років тому +2

      @@Ottee2 Same here

    • @a.i.3609
      @a.i.3609 5 років тому +6

      Dianna is definitely one of my fave youtubers

  • @Nicholash69
    @Nicholash69 3 роки тому +16

    You make this stuff interesting and relatable in the practical world. Much appreciated.

  • @BobbyDukeArts
    @BobbyDukeArts 5 років тому +738

    Was that a Nile Red beaker you were drinking from? Also, nice sticker on your laptop! Also great video Dianna!

    • @eloisek7392
      @eloisek7392 5 років тому +24

      I didn't expect to see you here Bobby!

    • @sirpentium
      @sirpentium 5 років тому +44

      OMG Bobby Duke, Nile Red and Physics Girl. My top faves like the same content I do!

    • @rottenpotato9290
      @rottenpotato9290 5 років тому +10

      Wow universes collide
      You guys should do a collab

    • @jamesburleson1916
      @jamesburleson1916 5 років тому +6

      @@rottenpotato9290 I wonder if there's some sort of wave from an event like that......

    • @jasonwu3562
      @jasonwu3562 5 років тому +1

      Hi

  • @danieljensen2626
    @danieljensen2626 3 роки тому +32

    My favorite thing is that one of the lead scientists was out when the detection was made, and when he came back and people told him he was just like "Whatever, we just turned it on. Can't be real, just go back to work." And it took him like a month to start taking it seriously.

    • @suprith-science1441
      @suprith-science1441 3 роки тому +2

      You mean Rana Adhikari?(Derek from Veritasium interviewed him)

  • @whsteve
    @whsteve 5 років тому +64

    "the numbers we are dealing with are unbelievable"
    You could say... They're astronomical

  • @rediornot811
    @rediornot811 3 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @MarketPowerYT
    @MarketPowerYT 5 років тому +114

    I love trying to figure out the economics behind creating a system this big. Concrete tunnels, super sensitive lasers, huge liquid nitrogen tank. Tons of resources to manage!

    •  5 років тому

      Yeah! Where can we find content like this?
      Is also super important and deserves some attention

    • @MarketPowerYT
      @MarketPowerYT 5 років тому +4

      @ My channel digs into economics, but I haven't looked into the economics of LIGO. Maybe I should!

    • @AndreiDante
      @AndreiDante 5 років тому +7

      Materials are literaly worthless in comparison with the value of information that we get out of it.

    • @achecase
      @achecase 5 років тому +1

      The concrete tunnels? They, my good friend, is what you call, "piss in the ocean".

    • @strage88
      @strage88 5 років тому

      I'm guessing you're an engineer

  • @SebastianFerenczy
    @SebastianFerenczy 5 років тому +31

    Your joyful nerdiness makes me happy! 😄

  • @ckl8a
    @ckl8a Рік тому +2

    I hope we get to see new physics girl videos soon. get well Diana, many, many people are pulling for you!

  • @DavidTheUkrainian
    @DavidTheUkrainian 4 роки тому +42

    I went there with my physics class right after LIGO detected the gravity waves. One of the coolest places I’ve been too! Awesome vid!

  • @McClarinJ
    @McClarinJ 4 роки тому +16

    I must say I am a fan (new fan) of your presentations. Not only are they nicely geared toward the general and semi-knowledgable public, you have a refreshing personality that is immanently enjoyable almost regardless of the topic.

    • @brentwaits954
      @brentwaits954 2 роки тому

      Hey bro bro, don't you want to see aliens?

  • @Twewy13
    @Twewy13 5 років тому +24

    I'm a materials engineer and as soon as you said "space is very stiff" I thought, "I wonder what the Young's modulus of space is?"

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 5 років тому +3

      It's not stiffer than me. I'm so stiff necked and even my nails are used as cutting tool in lathe and milling machines. I sell 'em on ebay.

    • @etartbybwitten9394
      @etartbybwitten9394 5 років тому

      This might help you clear things up, ua-cam.com/video/25N-J2hp1ik/v-deo.html

    • @Laingrave
      @Laingrave 2 роки тому

      @@davemwangi05 not as stiff as you?🤨🤨

  • @brianhoffman5414
    @brianhoffman5414 2 роки тому +1

    "understanding our place in the universe" Wow this was great, I know as much about physics as the average man who knows nothing about physics. I'm totally intrigued and I can't wait to learn more. Ty

  • @chtps3
    @chtps3 5 років тому +13

    Hi Dianna and everyone else.
    Sorry for my, probably silly, question. When you talk with Dr. Michael Landry on the video 6:40 there are 2 clocks on the top of the screen an top on the right there is also a huge number in green counting. What is this number?
    Happy Physicsing everyone!

    • @Paldasan
      @Paldasan 5 років тому +2

      Top of my head, the left hand clock is UTC/GMT and the right is local time. 7 hours difference.

    • @Paldasan
      @Paldasan 5 років тому +2

      I also went back and converted the counter in green text and it comes out to approx. 39.57 years. Not sure what it is measuring however.

    • @wombatdk
      @wombatdk 5 років тому +5

      It's unix time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

    • @chtps3
      @chtps3 5 років тому +1

      @@wombatdk Thx :)

    • @miguelnglopes
      @miguelnglopes 5 років тому

      @@wombatdk Wow, that was a new one for me! Respect for you deep geek knowledge!

  • @michaelmurdock3294
    @michaelmurdock3294 5 років тому +125

    That moment when a physicist with a Ph.D needs to be reminded of the lack of air in space

    • @CosmicEpiphany
      @CosmicEpiphany 5 років тому +2

      That was I was thinking...lol

    • @CosmicEpiphany
      @CosmicEpiphany 5 років тому +6

      She just has a bachelor's degree...from MIT. Still though.

    • @kevachin7025
      @kevachin7025 5 років тому +1

      Unorthodo_x phd from UC San Diego

    • @CosmicEpiphany
      @CosmicEpiphany 5 років тому +7

      @@kevachin7025 Where did you find that info...I've looked at 4 articles and none mention a Ph.D. Also her own website doesn't say she has a Ph. D.

    • @tomcadero9875
      @tomcadero9875 5 років тому +8

      Meh..it was a brain fart. Human's aren't perfect.

  • @philmaggiacomo
    @philmaggiacomo 5 років тому +75

    Hmm, space is 10^20 times stiffer than steel.... clearly we should build a space elevator out of the stuff! It's right there in the name, even!

    • @Pyriphlegeton
      @Pyriphlegeton 5 років тому +3

      Genius.

    • @jamesburleson1916
      @jamesburleson1916 5 років тому +8

      And it can support it's own weight, since it doesn't have any. This idea gets better and better.

    • @simontay4851
      @simontay4851 5 років тому +2

      Steel is not very stiff really. Steel bends and expands/contracts with temperature.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 5 років тому

      @@simontay4851 yeah most materials do that said in my statistical mechanics class I learned that the equation of state for metals is a bit weird. Fun fact the properties of metals we take for granted are actually the product of electron degeneracy where all the free electron states are occupied. This is the same phenomenon that supports the weight of giant planets such as Jupiter, brown dwarf stars, and stellar remnants. This blew my mind when I learned it in my statistical mechanics class and suddenly allowed me to realize why Neutron stars can be some magnetically active despite being composed of electrically neutral material.

    • @Li.Siyuan
      @Li.Siyuan 5 років тому

      The biggest problem with this idea is that spacetime is distorted by mass. Using it to transport things, i.e. matter having a finite mass, would make it bend all out of shape. Not a good plan.

  • @aramboodakian9554
    @aramboodakian9554 Рік тому

    I feel privileged to have worked on LIGO as an engineering Technician based in Pasadena at Cal Tech building and testing electronics for both interferometers in Hanford, WA and Livingston, LA. The modules I worked on were to compensate for the “ noise “ that is trying to interfere with reception. Such things as tidal motion hundreds of miles away from the observatories.

  • @bradlfsh
    @bradlfsh 4 роки тому +24

    4:03 the look of genuine happiness lol. Its nice to see someone so excited about science ☺

  • @296jacqi
    @296jacqi 4 роки тому +19

    It’s so cool and cute how excited you get about science-y stuff. You’re truly passionate about your work, and that’s exactly how we need our scientific community to be. Thank you for what you do.

  • @godfreypoon5148
    @godfreypoon5148 5 років тому +13

    Gravitational waves are why it usually takes me so long to comprehend the gravity of the situation.

    • @sharonmartin9676
      @sharonmartin9676 5 років тому

      Godfrey Poon 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @sharonmartin9676
      @sharonmartin9676 5 років тому

      Hahaaaa haaha

  • @stopitstopit858
    @stopitstopit858 3 роки тому +15

    It turns out that scientists have been monitoring an ant pile of ants outside of their building for years.

    • @LawtonDigital
      @LawtonDigital 3 роки тому

      That's why they have two different LIGO locations - one in Washington and one in Louisiana.

  • @SenkodanT
    @SenkodanT 5 років тому +40

    Thanks for making something so complex and abstract, so exciting and accessible.

    • @trkrla5113
      @trkrla5113 5 років тому

      Senkodan T! I watched the video in it's entirety! Didn't make it out of the complex and abstract! Can you help me get to the exciting and accessible part? I would greatly appreciate it!

  • @peterlekkerkerker4482
    @peterlekkerkerker4482 5 років тому +18

    @2:04 LOL "Trucks nearby affect the signal" and then showing a truck on a Dutch highway..

    • @MicraHakkinen
      @MicraHakkinen 5 років тому +3

      That's why I - living in The Netherlands - drive a small car. Don't want to upset their measurements ;)

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 5 років тому +2

      @@MicraHakkinen you are much better, I live in Michigan, I don't want to fart as it will upset their measurements. but I love farting so much

  • @nvrumi
    @nvrumi 5 років тому +4

    In a previous profession I was an engineering surveyor, meaning that I used survey instruments to collect data for civil engineering designs. Yes, I actually used a theodolite, engineer's level, and 100-ft steel tape. Level shots were restricted to 300 feet or less because of curvature and refraction. Shots longer than 300 feet need to be corrected.
    It pleased me to hear the statement about having to correct for curvature in the tunnels. I had to smile.
    Thanks for sharing this episode.

  • @phiddlephart7026
    @phiddlephart7026 3 роки тому +9

    Ligo said to earth stop vibrating!! Earth's reply "gee, you're so sensitive".

  • @A_Man_In_His_Van
    @A_Man_In_His_Van 5 років тому +38

    @5:36 when he says "length matters" and she gives an unconscious nod and slight smile. Lol

  • @cjfish6349
    @cjfish6349 5 років тому +7

    FYI .... All large AC condenser units are always supported on isolators. Not just at that location.

    • @drachebueb4211
      @drachebueb4211 5 років тому

      seemed like the shipping bolts or jacking bolts are transferring all the vibration. Spring isn't doing much as far as we can see in the vid (2:16)

    • @Thunderbyrd.
      @Thunderbyrd. 5 років тому

      @@drachebueb4211 Springs absorb the energy. The idea is having springs heavy and long enough to absorb all of the energy without transferring that energy past the springs into the structure the opposite end of the spring is attached too.

  • @kengilliland727
    @kengilliland727 4 роки тому +12

    Keep on Truckin' Physic's Girl ! and thanks for taking a subject like science, and to make it so Amazing that everyone can join in the fun of knowing how and why things work the way they do.

  • @giorgiovicari3010
    @giorgiovicari3010 2 роки тому +1

    You should mention that there is a third gravitational wave detector in Pisa, Italy. It is called "Virgo"

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 5 років тому +135

    When just as many, or more, people are watching these videos as they are Kardashians lol I'll begin having Faith in humanity again. 👍

    • @travisleeds2910
      @travisleeds2910 5 років тому +1

      Kardasians are they people who r is that some new fad pleae explain what a kardashian is,

    • @travisleeds2910
      @travisleeds2910 5 років тому +4

      I found out who or what the kardashians are, the one posted a selfie today showing off a hot body, still a fake person living in an illusion and fantasy world, far from reality as possible, nice looking, not sure how much she paid for it, i guess her dad or her mom has purchased one for them selves too, please dont make that video, i would much rather watch one about the bolts flying around , or any of the other many things no one ever speaks of, like the iridium flashes, the flying bolts, etc. Etc.

    • @beardedhermit5156
      @beardedhermit5156 5 років тому +2

      @@travisleeds2910 ...take a deep breath Sheldon...

    • @facitenonvictimarum
      @facitenonvictimarum 5 років тому +2

      profound

    • @flashforensics
      @flashforensics 5 років тому +3

      There are billions of people in the world.... just becasue 3,000 of them watch a video about physics does not equalize the stupidity of the others....

  • @Tordogor
    @Tordogor 5 років тому +46

    I thought it was a Hyperloop section used to move Extraterrestrials around the USA ... 🤔😋

  • @stevejessemey8428
    @stevejessemey8428 5 років тому +51

    You looked like a kid in a Candy Store. Oh and your contagious personality and enthusiasm pulled me in. Great job 👍

  • @Staypositive1206
    @Staypositive1206 2 роки тому

    In the first two minutes, you explained Gravitation Waves in a way that made me understand them like I hadn't before. Fantastico.

  • @Speakerlynette
    @Speakerlynette 4 роки тому +6

    so I happened upon this by accident and although this is WAY over my head, your enthusiasm hooked me so much, I had to subscribe!

    • @johnnyhawkins43
      @johnnyhawkins43 4 роки тому +2

      Same here I've always been interested in this stuff but it's over my head!

    • @Speakerlynette
      @Speakerlynette 4 роки тому

      @@johnnyhawkins43 I try really hard to follow along! It's really interesting!

  • @luismijangos7844
    @luismijangos7844 5 років тому +10

    I just want to have 1/100 000 the passion that Dianna has for Physics (and I actually am a Physics teacher!!!)

    • @TheBraddles82
      @TheBraddles82 2 роки тому +1

      I laughed at your comment Luis!
      My high school physics teacher didn’t care about physics at all and it showed

    • @luismijangos7844
      @luismijangos7844 2 роки тому

      @@TheBraddles82 That's very sad, Be Rad. Every kid should have a teacher (of any subject) that is excited about his/her class.

  • @steffeeH
    @steffeeH 5 років тому +11

    7:24 It's two nonillion, or 2,000 octillion tsar bombas. And remember that while the tsar bomba was detonated in the north of Siberia, it blew out the windows in Norway

    • @mystic_tacos
      @mystic_tacos 5 років тому

      2 followed by 30 zeros is 2 Octillion, isn't it?

  • @bretburt7317
    @bretburt7317 2 роки тому +1

    The real shame here is some people would have a problem just with the fact that LIGO had to take into account the curvature of the Earth.

  • @losttribe3001
    @losttribe3001 5 років тому +33

    “Hey. Just observed some gravitational waves...”
    “Nope. Just ravens pecking at the liquid nitrogen tanks again.”
    “...”

  • @riffrocker7401
    @riffrocker7401 5 років тому +12

    9:15 if that's the readings they're detecting, then I'm very curious how much does a car accelerating nearby or the crows pecking at the ice etc affecting the readings?

    • @TerryAVanguard
      @TerryAVanguard 4 роки тому +3

      I'm just wondering how they can even hope to tell its working, there is just so many things that could interfere with both test that are way closer. Most earthquakes can on a slace larger then that be felt all the way around the earth though greatly diminished. It just dosent seem practical when teir is so much in our own solar system???

  • @arshraza9386
    @arshraza9386 5 років тому +140

    Speed of gravity that's new

    • @ecospider5
      @ecospider5 5 років тому +27

      Most people think of C as the speed of light. In reality it is the maximum speed of the universe. So anything that moves at maximum velocity movies at the same speed as light because both of them are moving at C which is the maximum speed of the universe. Radio waves also travel at maximum speed. So if gravity has a speed it makes sense it is C.

    • @oppie2363
      @oppie2363 5 років тому +18

      It's always handy to remember that when we talk about the "speed of light" we're not actually talking about light* so much as the maximum possible speed that any signal/information can be sent. In that sense, everything has a speed, and gravity just happens to be in the special class of phenomena that operates at max speed (or so close to it as to be indistinguishable).
      *Of course, it does also describe the speed of actual light in a vacuum.

    • @lordgarion514
      @lordgarion514 5 років тому +18

      It's all the same thing and it's the speed of causality.
      PBS spacetime has a great video on exactly that.

    • @skeptic1000
      @skeptic1000 5 років тому +3

      Yeah I thought that the effects of gravity were instant, wasn't that the premise of of Interstellar or something? Using gravitational waves in order to communicate instantly?

    • @oppie2363
      @oppie2363 5 років тому +7

      @@skeptic1000 I don't think there was any faster-than-light communication in Interstellar, unless you count communicating through a wormhole. But that's not really "faster than light," it's just taking a different route.

  • @zach5539
    @zach5539 3 роки тому +7

    You're energy is amazing explaining physics! What an awesome channel to stumble upon :)

  • @joshuatejada1443
    @joshuatejada1443 5 років тому +20

    I'm amazed how this girl presents her videos she is so much fun! She puts smile on my face every time I watch a new video from her. she makes boring science fun. I've learned so much more from her than from teachers!!!🤣 Definitely recommending this channel. Physic teacher, learn from this brilliant mind!!!!

  • @jessereiter328
    @jessereiter328 5 років тому +7

    Something wrong about the speed of gravitational waves. The calculations done forecasting GW at the speed of light shows planets spiraling into the sun in a relatively short period of time.

  • @cheezyridr
    @cheezyridr 5 років тому +5

    @2:13 those springs that isolate the equipment shown. i have been installing and fabricating those systems for over 30 years. the springs are actually called "isolators" and are almost always installed with those systems. they generate alot of vibration and you usually don't want that type of constant stress on a building. it also helps transmit sound, and people don't like that either. so while the isolators under that equipment in your video do indeed function as you claim, they are not unique to your application. they are in fact, commonly used.

    • @WKYanks
      @WKYanks 4 роки тому

      Di you work in the US submarine business? :-)

  • @Casatoman
    @Casatoman 2 роки тому

    You have become my favorite UA-camr. It's a constant rotation but your knowledge and charisma is legit. Have you made a video on antimatter?

    • @Jana_PalmTree
      @Jana_PalmTree 10 місяців тому

      Yes it’s in her list of popular videos as the most expensive material, or something like that

  • @abbottsplace8080
    @abbottsplace8080 4 роки тому +6

    I have been following the LIGO discoveries and I am fascinated to say the least. This video helped answer many of my questions. I am looking foreword to your next one. Thanks! Well done!!

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 5 років тому +55

    I've been reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down. haha.

    • @shibuthomas2745
      @shibuthomas2745 5 років тому

      John Chessant what a cheap one

    • @MushVPeets
      @MushVPeets 5 років тому +2

      Just plop it up on the underside of a shelf...

    • @shannondove96
      @shannondove96 5 років тому +3

      Magnetism can whoop gravity any day,...so you just put a big magnet in that book and find a steel shelf. That anti gravity won't ever show its face around you again.

    • @brianmachado4533
      @brianmachado4533 5 років тому +1

      I think that's funny...

    • @solarnaut
      @solarnaut 5 років тому +2

      that ol' chessant …. it's a keeper !

  • @KryogenKeeper
    @KryogenKeeper 3 роки тому +10

    "The numbers we're dealing with here are..." Astronomical. I believe that's the word you're looking for. =)

  • @informationmaven8985
    @informationmaven8985 3 роки тому +1

    Air conditioning "chillers" are always mounted on springs, it helps the gear to relieve mechanical stress on itself too.

  • @lost_grip
    @lost_grip 5 років тому +5

    So does gravity have a resonat frequency or even have a frequency at all??

    • @oliverwilson11
      @oliverwilson11 5 років тому +1

      Isn't that like asking does sound have a resonant frequency? You need an object for the sound to resonate in and it's the properties of the object that determine the resonant frequency. I would be interested to know the answer though

    • @lost_grip
      @lost_grip 5 років тому +1

      @@oliverwilson11 that's kinda why I asked lol I'm just going off of if gravity is measured as a wave or emits waves would it not have a measurable frequency?

    • @garethdean6382
      @garethdean6382 5 років тому +1

      They do, and LIGO cannot detect waves of the wrong frequency.
      The issue is that 'gravitational waves' are different from 'gravity' in the same way sound waves are different from air pressure. We don't measure the strength of gravity as having a frequency any more than we'd measure the 'sound' of air pressure.
      Gravitational waves are small variations in the gravitational field, the ones measured by LIGO starting at about 35Hz and increasing to a peak of 250Hz (The signal 'chirps' as the merger progresses.)

    • @netpilot5
      @netpilot5 5 років тому +2

      @Ryan Stasiuk Given that we have so many names for different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation (infra-red, light, colors, radio, microwaves, x-rays, etc.), it’s surprising to eventually learn that they’re all fundamentally the same kind of wave-like energy. And it’s fair to ask if gravity is along that spectrum, and if not, if gravity behaves like a wave, too.
      The plain and simple answer is that gravity is a separate and unique form of energy (one of the four ‘fundamental interactions’) that is described as an attractive force between two masses. The force depends on the size of the masses and the distance between them, and does not have a fundamental or resonant frequency.
      What’s been discovered and what experiments like this are measuring, is that when very large objects in the cosmos abruptly change their mass (like when huge stars explode or collapse, or when black holes collide), the previously relatively steady force they exerted on us ‘vibrates’ or ‘rings’ for a few seconds or minutes as the object(s) catastrophically change. Those ‘vibrations’ have a low frequency that can be measured, but gravity itself is not a periodically varying phenomenon.

    • @lost_grip
      @lost_grip 5 років тому +1

      Thank you and @Netpilot for actually taking the time and explaining it and not being like how the rest of the internet can be! Much appreciated!

  • @Jsonic31
    @Jsonic31 4 роки тому +16

    Him: length matters. Her: remembers she thought that once

  • @RudahXimenes
    @RudahXimenes 5 років тому +14

    I love your content and your charisma!
    You're a great person and always I watch your videos I get really happy!
    You are awesome!

  • @theresavonphul633
    @theresavonphul633 2 роки тому +1

    That is something that blew my mind! Space is "stiff" like solid substances, but it's a vacuum! WHAT!? Too cool and weird at the same time.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 5 років тому +9

    I love that you give this the excitement that is appropriate, it's really insane... :')

  • @nbkoala5635
    @nbkoala5635 5 років тому +5

    Another use for the Michelson-Morley experiment.

  • @1mgames364
    @1mgames364 5 років тому +9

    I needed a educational video right now. Thank goodness for Physics Girl!

  • @josephwalter522
    @josephwalter522 11 місяців тому +1

    You are soo amazing!! I pray you are healing well & quickly!! ❤

  • @dennismiller4969
    @dennismiller4969 5 років тому +4

    [09:08] It is worth considering that the speed of light has been proven NOT to have been a constant throughout time. It is actually slowing down.

    • @cheezyridr
      @cheezyridr 5 років тому +1

      can you blame it? i mean, it's been moving really fast for a long time! it's probably tired

    • @Armageist
      @Armageist 5 років тому

      If gravitational waves are maxed out at speed of light (as far as we know) due to being tied to space/time, it would seem plausible that there's direct correlation with the expansion of space/time causing informations speed within that medium to slow down. Why that is....
      Then again, are we slowing down or are the edges of the known universe speeding up?

  • @aanandimundhe8952
    @aanandimundhe8952 5 років тому +12

    They are building a LIGO observatory in my city HINGOLI MAHARASHTRA STATE.
    they found powerful gravitational wave their.

    • @nameless-og
      @nameless-og 5 років тому +1

      That was just all that dang rain 😕

    • @IanTester
      @IanTester 5 років тому +2

      Cool! With more of them around the world (and in space!) we can better triangulate the locations of these events.

    • @jontillis3005
      @jontillis3005 5 років тому +1

      Or.... This is what prior to the fake moon landings and star wars n star trek indoctrination....... Pseudo science or science FICTION 😂😂😂😂

  • @vk2ig
    @vk2ig 5 років тому +7

    1:18 to 1:35 Great example of field theory, and why gravity isn't an instantaneous "action at a distance" force.

    • @just1john
      @just1john 5 років тому

      Theoria Apophasis-ized? (if not, YT the name along with keywords Magnetism, Dielectricity, Gravity, Field Theory, Charles Proteus Steinmetz)

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 5 років тому +1

      @@just1john Steimetz was certainly a remarkably gifted engineer.

  • @jimyoung648
    @jimyoung648 2 роки тому

    We visited LIGO about 11 months before the video was made and recall the tubes had to be built in straight line, not following the Earth curvature, but also recall them saying the original tube diameter proved too small, so they had to use slightly larger tubes. With my hearing problems I didn't catch exactly why, and didn't get another chance to ask before we had to leave. It would be interesting to know exactly why they had to got to the bigger tubes, and if the display tube that had the thinness pointed out was one of the smaller diameter first set.
    I think I remember them saying that it was the smaller diameter version.

  • @DianeThomson1960
    @DianeThomson1960 4 роки тому +7

    Wow, now I've gotta binge watch. You make physics so easy.

  • @jeunjetta
    @jeunjetta 5 років тому +14

    Space isn't a vacuum. It's well known that it's filled with plasma.
    Also, it's not good to present things as fact when they are theories or assumptions (e.g. That the cause was collision of black holes. The existence of black holes is also still just a theory) 😊

    • @HighPriestessAngelique
      @HighPriestessAngelique 5 років тому +2

      Many “theories” are not being published as fact because the hidden conspiracies behind them would also be stated as a result of the disclosure & it’s not time for it to be revealed. Mind bending isn’t it.
      Also, you’re getting a bit ahead of yourself as the “black hole” was recently established as fact.
      See what I did there.
      lol.
      You’re welcome.
      😁

    • @just1john
      @just1john 5 років тому +1

      Right! We love being Suspicious Observers, learning of the Electric and Plasma Universe , and we especially love FIELD THEORY which Theoria Apophasis EXPLAINS (and not just describes) the phenomenon of magnetism, dielectricity, gravity, all that jazz. :)

    • @BobbyOfEarth
      @BobbyOfEarth 5 років тому +3

      The authoritarians of mainstream science and the Vatican, believe that just because we can't see it, then it doesn't exist and yet, they know it does, hence the term "dark matter". 75% of science and medicine and 89% of astrophysics is a construct designed to subvert the true nature about such things ..especially the true connection between Human consciousness and the creation of things within our perceived realities.

    • @just1john
      @just1john 5 років тому +1

      @@BobbyOfEarth the Vat gang ain't the only gang doing this to us all

    • @jeunjetta
      @jeunjetta 5 років тому +1

      PS. People who waste time on fretting over conspiracy theories could apply themselves better by actively doing their own research. I believe that most of the accused (especially in science) are just doing the best they can like all the rest of us 😊

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 5 років тому +5

    The idea of precision to 10^-15 made me melt

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 5 років тому

      What if he gets so small, he disappears into a pore of the bowl?

  • @harryschaefer5887
    @harryschaefer5887 3 роки тому +2

    Gravity Waves, I knew it! Keep up the great work physics Girl. The tunnels gave it away. The long tunnels are needed to shine the lasers through. I understand some student researchers from my Alma Mater RIT were involved with the project. I didn't know holding a vacuum was involved. That's gotta be a major headache. I worked with high vacuum systems in a EM/SEM lab at the NIH... It was always something. You and Wonderful Person Anton Petrov i know are motivating our future and current scientists.

  • @binayak5155
    @binayak5155 5 років тому +233

    ☝️How many of u want Dianna as ur physics teacher😉
    Me: yes
    And u?????

    • @kataseiko
      @kataseiko 5 років тому +15

      I'd go with tutor in university.. I don't trust that girl with my son. His head might explode or he might build a nuclear reactor in the basement..

    • @shepdgc.og.soldier7732
      @shepdgc.og.soldier7732 5 років тому +13

      She’s so freakin cute.

    • @TonyRule
      @TonyRule 5 років тому +2

      @@kataseiko More likely he'd turn into a sultana.

    • @skunk12
      @skunk12 5 років тому +1

      No way! Dont crazy eyes bug you out?

    • @TonyRule
      @TonyRule 5 років тому +9

      @@skunk12 Not when you know they're not actually crazy - they're just fascinated by what they're seeing and yearning for more knowledge. Unlike Ocasio-Cortez.

  • @dcraig4
    @dcraig4 5 років тому +38

    8:47 Would you say that the numbers are...astronomical? 😂

    • @sns8420
      @sns8420 5 років тому +2

      yes out of this world

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 5 років тому

      @@sns8420 but they're in this world, we're seeing the numbers in youtube.

    • @amehak1922
      @amehak1922 5 років тому

      Heavenly

  • @paulleavell4317
    @paulleavell4317 Рік тому +3

    We miss you Diana‼ PLEASE GET BETTER SOON‼🥰🥰🥰💝💝💝💝

  • @wilbur9416
    @wilbur9416 3 роки тому +1

    I had fun using an interferometer to check fiber optic connectors. Those interferometers look like lots of fun!

  • @kevinbendall9119
    @kevinbendall9119 5 років тому +6

    So... this means there is...Subspace? If Space is a fabric with a tensile strength, capable of movement, it is a medium within something else. Mind blown.

  • @eherrmann01
    @eherrmann01 5 років тому +18

    Great video, thanks! I live very close to LIGO Livingston and I'm planning to take the tour in Sept. Can't wait.

  • @jimvandemoter6961
    @jimvandemoter6961 5 років тому +14

    I'm reading these comments and I have a hard time with all the negativity and outright stupidity I find here. C'mon people this is very cool stuff. Physics Girl, you're great.

    • @barrymcdougal4816
      @barrymcdougal4816 5 років тому +1

      HOW IS THAT SO --SAYS NOTHING WORTHWHILE.

    • @rocketraccoon1976
      @rocketraccoon1976 4 роки тому

      U collage grashuates thinkin u knoes eveyting!! Dis iz aww hurse manoore!! Imma knoes dose tunnls be fer are awein ovurlurds!! Use kants fuul me!!

  • @srellison561
    @srellison561 2 роки тому

    I only recently discovered your channel. I only watch it occasionally, because I need time for the information to sink in properly. I love the enthusiasm and excitement you show, because that's how I feel when I hear of new amazing strides in physics, astronomy, and other sciences (like developments in new materials, "solid smoke" as a slightly older example).

  • @necko2529
    @necko2529 5 років тому +29

    "How do we launch vacuum tubes to space?"
    Oncoming: Nuclear brain fart!!
    "Oh crap.."

    • @296jacqi
      @296jacqi 4 роки тому +3

      Necko Agic She could’ve left that part out, but didn’t, which makes her more funny and likable. 💕

    • @askaliu2943
      @askaliu2943 4 роки тому +2

      to be honest i was thinking about that when she said it and was like "wait a minute... LOL"

    • @TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg
      @TAXCOLLECTOR-mx3mg 4 роки тому

      You build a GRID.

    • @kingscum605
      @kingscum605 4 роки тому

      With no oxygen he raises a great point people chose too ignore

    • @tobiasdpunkt6507
      @tobiasdpunkt6507 4 роки тому

      I still wonder, space is no perfect vacuum either. Shoudln't there be a device to keep all the small stuff and radiation out?

  • @bharcooldude
    @bharcooldude 5 років тому +4

    How do they manage to filter out noise at atomic level vibrations?

    • @notsure1613
      @notsure1613 5 років тому

      Vacuum & They know what they put in i.e. light from the laser. So they are able to account for it.

  • @stevenahern4996
    @stevenahern4996 4 роки тому +80

    She is the perfect woman, smart and pretty! I love how excited she gets too. Love your videos!

    • @sevenravens
      @sevenravens 4 роки тому +8

      Steven Ahern today’s snowflakes don’t deserve a woman like her. Far and few between these daze.

    • @ozarkprepper1718
      @ozarkprepper1718 4 роки тому +1

      @@sevenravens Then why is David Hogg riding with her in the car?lol Just picking dude,whoevers riding in the car.

    • @reconscout755
      @reconscout755 4 роки тому +5

      She is an anomaly. Smart, young, excited, extremely brilliant, (and her looks, I'm sure, catch the attention of some who would pass on this video for lack of understanding), and just her excitement helps you feel compelled to comprehend what she is excited about.
      Great work, profs. We need a group of psychics girls!

    • @kenklassen5312
      @kenklassen5312 4 роки тому +5

      Well I just think she's hot.

    • @yaryar1976
      @yaryar1976 4 роки тому

      Yeah,she’s got the pimple-faced closet geek in me blushing

  • @alexls1923
    @alexls1923 2 роки тому +1

    I actually had the pleasure of visiting the LIGO site in Livingston, Louisiana for my senior year physics class field trip. I would love to go there again if I could since I enjoyed seeing that kind of stuff.

  • @Wildblood
    @Wildblood 5 років тому +22

    The Ligo T-Shirt you're wearing - why is the 'L' not the 2 arms of the detector? Such a missed opportunity!

  • @nusratzahan6397
    @nusratzahan6397 4 роки тому +38

    At 0:58, he didn' t have a clue what diana was talking about 😆😆

    • @LeviTalksMovies
      @LeviTalksMovies 3 роки тому +14

      Yes I did!....apparently I just don't show a lot of emotion when I'm learning lol

    • @kupoe
      @kupoe 3 роки тому +1

      @@LeviTalksMovies lies! lol. you remind me of my sisters boyfriend. My sister is a Ph.D candidate, hes a construction worker. His eyes glaze over when she starts talking about stuff that interests her. I recognize that look hah.

  • @JARMAK-MUSIC
    @JARMAK-MUSIC 5 років тому +5

    That detector has one insanely fast sampling frequency

    • @davemwangi05
      @davemwangi05 5 років тому

      are you sure? It doesn't need to be, the graviational waves are slower than 100 HZ

  • @jamestnov41945
    @jamestnov41945 2 роки тому

    Great presentation Dianna. LIGO is blowing my mind. I had no idea space was so "thick".

  • @13thBear
    @13thBear 5 років тому +4

    "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine." --Arthur Stanley Eddington.
    We humans have sooo much to learn. Hopefully we will learn before we destroy ourselves by our stupidity and arrogance.

  • @robertwelling691
    @robertwelling691 2 роки тому +8

    I love your enthusiasm for the subjects you cover! Reminds me of my youth, my favorite subject was physics since you can see it in everything you do and are around. Thank you for bringing all these great topics to us!

  • @wuplupnow375
    @wuplupnow375 5 років тому +5

    How do they get the laser to follow the curvature of the earth? Because lasers travel in a straight line.

    • @wuplupnow375
      @wuplupnow375 5 років тому

      @Matt Logsdon Even the best mirrors do not reflect 100% of all radiation; some of the energy will still heat and eventually burn through the mirror.

    • @marxug1
      @marxug1 4 роки тому

      They don’t. That’s why she said they have to compensate for the curvature of the Earth - the tube is higher out of the ground at both ends, more buried in the middle.

  • @sporansporann6833
    @sporansporann6833 2 роки тому

    Dianna Cowern why is this moment so impressive: "Some people can't stop moving"? Just right into the heart!