The Age of the Universe - Sixty Symbols

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  • @hpekristiansen
    @hpekristiansen 7 років тому +557

    When I took cosmology, the age of the universe was only 13.7 Gy and now it is already 13.8 Gy. Time sure flies fast.

    • @blacklupus
      @blacklupus 7 років тому +32

      13.97 Gy. Heretic!

    • @slikrx
      @slikrx 7 років тому +28

      I seem to recall the age being listed as 14.5 Bn back when I was in Uni (1990-ish)

    • @rebilacx
      @rebilacx 7 років тому +60

      I remember when the entire universe revolved around the sun and included all seven planets. Those were the days!

    • @baley7
      @baley7 7 років тому +1

      hpekristiansen it was Tuesday as well!

    • @leetakamiya2162
      @leetakamiya2162 7 років тому +4

      Now it’s 13.8 billion and one day.

  • @StreuB1
    @StreuB1 7 років тому +6

    Dr Smethurst is such an amazing addition to the team. And of course, everyone loves Prof Copeland!

  • @MrYukon2010
    @MrYukon2010 7 років тому +10

    I wish I had a teacher like Prof. Ed Copeland when I studied. Please keep the videos coming guys. This channel is one of the gems on UA-cam.

  • @lojanak60
    @lojanak60 7 років тому +82

    what a great moment it is to be notified for a new Sixty Symbols video!! thank you!

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube 7 років тому +120

    Tuesday, March 6th, give or take a couple hundred million years.
    This calls for a discussion of precision vs accuracy.

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 7 років тому +1

      Sam
      I second this

    • @sergiokorochinsky49
      @sergiokorochinsky49 7 років тому +17

      give them some slack... they didn't say if it was in the morning or the afternoon...

    • @Sonny_McMacsson
      @Sonny_McMacsson 7 років тому +8

      I second +12/-8 this.

    • @jasonslade6259
      @jasonslade6259 7 років тому +11

      Of course, they didn't even use the correct length of a year, which is 365.2422 days. They added about 110 million years of error just from that! lol

  • @wademarshall2364
    @wademarshall2364 7 років тому +18

    I am really enjoying Dr. Smethurst's contributions. Keep up with the excellent videos!

  • @ChaosPootato
    @ChaosPootato 7 років тому +144

    I see prof. Copeland, I press like.

    • @figbender3910
      @figbender3910 7 років тому +18

      The universe can be measured by how big his smile is

    • @Rando_Shyte
      @Rando_Shyte 7 років тому +9

      He's so loveable :)

  • @jammyspreadd
    @jammyspreadd 7 років тому +11

    Brady your editing is so on point my man. The way you use editing to tell a coherent story like a script from seperate interviews is really good and makes learning all that more fun!

  • @juvinilebud
    @juvinilebud 7 років тому +3

    Copeland will be giving a talk at my institution this upcoming tuesday. So excited!

  • @handje1234
    @handje1234 7 років тому +46

    That are some nice vertical writing skills at 6:19.

  • @-yeme-
    @-yeme- 7 років тому +119

    7:57 is the probe saying that the rebels are on Hoth

  • @guymaudlin4055
    @guymaudlin4055 7 років тому +39

    Dr. Becky is lovely.

  • @dtrez3866
    @dtrez3866 4 роки тому +3

    Facinating what we are able to understand through mathematical calculations. Dr Smethurst and Dr Copeland were excellent. I apreciated their breakdowns/explanations.

  • @koenth2359
    @koenth2359 7 років тому +2

    You drew that plot so quickly and neatly, even writing lopsided. And a convincing line through a point cloud like that! Wow.

  • @TanookRoI
    @TanookRoI 7 років тому +5

    I could watch Professor Copeland talk about the universe for days

  • @Quantiad
    @Quantiad 7 років тому +1

    I could listen to Becky for hours.

  • @tejasmarathe2k
    @tejasmarathe2k 7 років тому +2

    Another great video from sixty symbols!!! One of the greatest science channels on UA-cam.

  • @korerahul7741
    @korerahul7741 7 років тому +10

    Finally we can celebrate birthday of the universe.
    Thanks Becky. Love you.

  • @victos-vertex
    @victos-vertex 7 років тому +1

    Haven't seen the video yet, I just jumped out of bed because I saw the notification of a new video including Prof. Ed Copeland!

  • @Rangifulla
    @Rangifulla 7 років тому +1

    We need more Dr. Becky

  • @jroemling
    @jroemling 7 років тому +2

    It was a long time since you did a video combining two interviews in this way. Love it! 😍

  • @kylep7503
    @kylep7503 7 років тому +3

    Becky did a great job explaining in this video. Love these

  • @jackhiggy
    @jackhiggy 7 років тому +1

    My favourite topic! Great to see someone I went to uni with on these videos!

  • @yourlocalclosetedgaybestie3165
    @yourlocalclosetedgaybestie3165 7 років тому +13

    ED IS BACK!!!!! AND ALSO BECKY!!!!!
    Edit: also assuming the statistics are accurate, big bang happened on Tuesday... wow!!! Brady is awesome!!!

  • @GameDr04
    @GameDr04 7 років тому +233

    Dr Smethurst's handwriting could be a font.

    • @daves.9479
      @daves.9479 7 років тому +12

      Dunno how some people can be that tidy.

    • @dezkelz
      @dezkelz 7 років тому +5

      Being someone who takes a lot of pride in the neatness of my handwriting, I don't know how people can't be that tidy.

    • @wokeupinapanic
      @wokeupinapanic 6 років тому +11

      Function over form, Dean.

    • @Qermaq
      @Qermaq 6 років тому +12

      She’s practically perfect!

    • @technodruid
      @technodruid 3 роки тому

      @@Qermaq ew

  • @KieranGarland
    @KieranGarland 7 років тому +1

    Wonderful stuff. Thank you. Dr. Smethurst is the best.

  • @flymypg
    @flymypg 7 років тому +2

    This was so fun. What was a dichotomy has become a blurred mess.
    It is great to have such major discoveries still being made, even if they won't get me replicators and warp drive.

  • @NotHPotter
    @NotHPotter 7 років тому

    I think this is the most beautifully succinct video you've ever made.

  • @CybranM
    @CybranM 7 років тому +145

    Another great video, Dr Becky is the best :D

    • @daturave
      @daturave 7 років тому +5

      I've missed ed doing all that physics stuff instead of these videos! ;´(

    • @chicoktc
      @chicoktc 7 років тому +2

      Love Dr Becky!

    • @BC3012
      @BC3012 7 років тому +3

      In Dr B we trust 👌👏

    • @evasuser
      @evasuser 6 років тому

      "Another great video, Dr Becky is the best ", yeah, and cute too.

  • @DavinaTheWeena
    @DavinaTheWeena 7 років тому

    Possibly your best video. Well done all in producing it :).

  • @richardfrieman
    @richardfrieman 7 років тому +15

    At 2:43, the professor mentions that white dwarf stars are a remnant of a "regular supernova." My understanding was that white dwarfs are the end product of stars too small to initiate a supernova. Have I been wrong my whole life?

    • @ChenfengBao
      @ChenfengBao 7 років тому +8

      Probably a mistake on her part. Supernovae leave behind neutron stars or black holes. If any white dwarfs can be produced from supernovae, they must so rare that no references I've looked up ever mention them.

    • @shtomer
      @shtomer 6 років тому +1

      You are very much correct, Richardfrieman.

  • @DJFAYBAN
    @DJFAYBAN 7 років тому +1

    march 6th is my birthday too.. gotta love Becky & Ed

  • @janwijbrand
    @janwijbrand 7 років тому +1

    A Tuesday feels about right for a universe to be born on.

  • @thestoiccontrarian8962
    @thestoiccontrarian8962 7 років тому +1

    I love the Star Wars reference muttered under your breath. It always bothered me that the film makers didn't bother to google that first

  • @calvingao1987
    @calvingao1987 5 років тому +1

    I understand the units work out. Can someone explain to me why the inverse of the Hubble constant is the age of the universe?

  • @cabbageman
    @cabbageman 7 років тому +1

    this was great, love the depth and fun

  • @Mycobob
    @Mycobob 7 років тому +1

    I ❤️ Dr Becky!

  • @doodelay
    @doodelay 6 років тому +2

    She's great

  • @russellcannon9194
    @russellcannon9194 7 років тому

    The last bit was really funny. Kudos. Cheers, Russ

  • @bustedrav
    @bustedrav 7 років тому +4

    I get irrationally excited whenever I see a notification for a new sixty symbols video.

  • @AlexCFaulkner
    @AlexCFaulkner 7 років тому +1

    Love your space videos so much

  • @kcwidman
    @kcwidman 7 років тому +5

    2:46
    Are white dwarfs remnants of supernovas? I’m pretty sure white dwarfs come from the out layers of the star slowly evaporating (for lack of a better term) over a long period of time.

    • @lowlize
      @lowlize 7 років тому +1

      You're correct, white dwarfs are not the result of supernovas. It's strange because she even confirms her mistake later, when she talks about 2 supernovas being involved (3:36).

  • @SolarMoth
    @SolarMoth 7 років тому

    its amazing that people have figured this stuff out!

  • @PhysicsPolice
    @PhysicsPolice 7 років тому +17

    3:30 No, type 1a supernova involve white dwarf stars [1]. These objects are the end result of stars like our sun which end their lives *too small* to go supernova. Only with the added mass from a companion star do they go supernova. This happens once. Not twice.
    1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_Ia_supernova
    2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf

    • @jeanbigboute
      @jeanbigboute 7 років тому +2

      I rewatched that bit 5 times before looking at the comments and wondered how that got past Prof. Merrifield. I thought he'd peer review these videos!

    • @chillphil967
      @chillphil967 7 років тому

      PhysicsPolice happy someone else caught it!

    • @TheBijatch
      @TheBijatch 7 років тому

      Was looking for this. Sounded kinda weird at first, when I watched the video, but then I double checked wikipedia and my instinct was correct

    • @mrspidey80
      @mrspidey80 7 років тому

      Yeah that weirded me out as well.

  • @MateusHokari
    @MateusHokari 7 років тому +1

    This was a really great video!

  • @8BitThoughts
    @8BitThoughts 5 років тому

    Dr Becky is the best

  • @mymicrowave
    @mymicrowave 6 років тому

    Another humbling video. Thank you for this information.

  • @anononomous
    @anononomous 7 років тому +47

    Count the rings?

  • @AsifMehedi
    @AsifMehedi 6 років тому

    Dr Smethurst is so lovely and smart.

  • @IamGrimalkin
    @IamGrimalkin 7 років тому +2

    One interesting idea is the possibility of finding optical counterparts for black hole mergers. If they could be found, I would think the number of "standard siren" data points would go up by quite a lot.

    • @Mernom
      @Mernom Рік тому

      Unfortunately no such things are likely to exist for black holes. They can even swallow their own Supernova during birth.

  •  7 років тому

    Good to see prof. Copeland :)

  • @ericsbuds
    @ericsbuds 5 років тому

    fantastic video. one of the best ive seen.

  • @aramaanmeher2671
    @aramaanmeher2671 6 років тому

    What did he say from 12:04 to 12:30 ? Can anyone make me understand ? Plz .

  • @dungbeetlemovies
    @dungbeetlemovies 7 років тому

    Well worth all the effort to finally discover the day of the week the universe was born on! :D

  • @wierdalien1
    @wierdalien1 7 років тому +1

    Eds back!

  • @Ohenry92
    @Ohenry92 7 років тому +1

    COPELAND! You're why I keep returning

  • @mvicenzi
    @mvicenzi 7 років тому

    There is also a third way to measure Hubble's constant by analysing the light coming from distant quasars subjected to a strong gravitational lensing. The project is literally called "H0LiCOW" (H0 Lenses in COSMOGRAIL’s Wellspring).

  • @ProfRonconi
    @ProfRonconi 7 років тому

    I so enjoy these videos. All of them, but particularly those that feature Dr Smethurst or Prof Copeland, because they gently lead me to the edge of the bottomless pit of my ignorance (I know, I'm a masochist).

  • @JaseCurtis
    @JaseCurtis 7 років тому

    Never could get the hang of Tuesdays...

  • @FATFILMSABLE
    @FATFILMSABLE 7 років тому +24

    COPELAND FINALLY! :D

  • @00Skyfox
    @00Skyfox 7 років тому +1

    That's funny. Back in the 90s there was an episode of Animanaics featuring Death. He said something about the beginning of time. The Warners asked him when that was. He said, "I think it was a Tuesday. Very few people know that."

  • @AC-gz4yy
    @AC-gz4yy 5 років тому

    Regarding the statement on all Type-A Supernovas blowing up with the same energy due to the electron degeneracy pressure; wouldn't the constituents of the white dwarf star influence the mass before the explosion? In other words, if the star contains material beyond electron degenerate matter, perhaps material it accretes from the red giant, or leftover material from the first supernova that didn't escape, wouldn't the mass in non-electron matter not contribute to the mass before explosion, but perhaps contribute to the brightness of the explosion?

  • @MatthiasYReich
    @MatthiasYReich 7 років тому

    Anyone knows what kind of glove that is in Brady’s office? Looks rather special 🧐

  • @root005
    @root005 6 років тому

    Why cant cephid variables be used instead of SN 1a type for closer galaxy?

  • @JohnJohansen2
    @JohnJohansen2 6 років тому

    2:50 Isn't a supernova remnant a neutron star, and a white dwarf the rest of a Sun class star?

  • @1_2_die2
    @1_2_die2 7 років тому

    Thank you a billion times for this great channel (and the others too).
    Big Bang... on a tuesday... damn, I would have bet on a Friday.

  • @artificialavocado9652
    @artificialavocado9652 6 років тому +1

    How loud is a gravitational wave in freedom units? I'm American please speak my language.

  • @tonyziz
    @tonyziz 7 років тому

    Quality content as always my man keep it up

  • @Pfhorrest
    @Pfhorrest 7 років тому +50

    Goddamn she can hand-draw nice graphs really quickly!

    • @magicmel02
      @magicmel02 7 років тому +1

      Ikr! Beautiful handwriting, too!

  • @torch_k8110
    @torch_k8110 6 років тому

    Happy birthday Prof. Copeland!

  • @piorcanaldoyoutubedomundo
    @piorcanaldoyoutubedomundo 7 років тому

    One more awesome video! Thank you for that!!!

  • @HartlandOrchard
    @HartlandOrchard 6 років тому

    Awesome video thank you

  • @questimegaming
    @questimegaming 5 років тому

    I love how they pronounce " xxxx - ation " words :D the whole team sounds wonderful. I sometimes show some part of videos such as these to teach my kids about different accents :D

  • @Raisonbran648
    @Raisonbran648 7 років тому

    Great video, good job everyone.

  • @remiaugerai203
    @remiaugerai203 5 років тому

    Excellent video

  • @johanbotha7315
    @johanbotha7315 4 роки тому

    How do they know what the apparent brightness of type I supernova should be? Its not like one is close to earth?

  • @phsopher
    @phsopher 7 років тому +37

    Not very tactful, trying to find out the exact age of the universe. It doesn't look a day older than 9 billion as far as I'm concerned.

  • @jefflucas_life
    @jefflucas_life 7 років тому

    So perfect, Tuesday.

  • @antoineroquentin2297
    @antoineroquentin2297 7 років тому +6

    Well, at what time happened the big bang? I hope not too early in the morning, I'm more of an evening person.

    • @MOSMASTERING
      @MOSMASTERING 5 років тому +2

      4:42am
      I slept through it and woke up just in time for the creation of the moon.

  • @davidwilkie9551
    @davidwilkie9551 2 роки тому

    This particular discussion is about WYSIWYG and the Measurement of AM-FM time-timing modulation sync-duration integration.., ie quantization identification of holography and logarithmic condensation. Shining Laser Light on a Diffraction Photo or Grating is the best way to recognise temporal-spacing singularity positioning coordination in Perspective, the mental gymnastics involves visualisation of pure-math probabilistic relative-timing in which we are embedded, and nothing else.
    The Laws of Mathematics indicate the absolute fact of Infinity/Eternity Singularity Reciproction-recirculation distributed by e-Pi-i interference positioning ->holographic point projected pixel of ONE-INFINITY.
    Visualisation is difficult, putting it in words that someone with a mind already "full" of integrated knowledge can make sense of..
    This is why "you have to think for yourself". Shortcuts like popping a pill or memorised mythological narratives are likely to end up in fantasy land.

  • @renedekker9806
    @renedekker9806 7 років тому

    In the early days of the universe, matter/energy was packed much more tightly together, which should imply, due to General Relativity, that time was running more slowly. Has that been taken into account in these calculations?

  • @yourstruely9896
    @yourstruely9896 6 років тому

    Is speed influences time what is our time relevant to the moving universe.
    What time are we speaking of.

  • @gorillaguerillaDK
    @gorillaguerillaDK 7 років тому +4

    I've always been told, if you're going to start something new - always do it on a Tuesday..?

  • @LordNezghul
    @LordNezghul 7 років тому

    Isn't Earth gravitational time dilation change our view of distant galaxies speed and other stuff?

  • @KafshakTashtak
    @KafshakTashtak 7 років тому

    Very nice video.

  • @PTNLemay
    @PTNLemay 7 років тому

    Imagine if we get it so precise one day that we could give a real "year one" and have the date marked as the exact number of years since then. True universal time.

  • @Querent2000
    @Querent2000 5 років тому

    Thanks. That was a lot more comprehensible than a video on a similar topic that I just watched. I would still like to have all the assumptions involved explained, though, such as that business about the "standard candles". You say something like, "We know how bright they should be." You don't say HOW "we" know that.

  • @JustGrundy
    @JustGrundy 6 років тому

    This was a fantastic video :)

  • @Hossak
    @Hossak 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the video - fantastic stuff! Do you think you will get into trouble sampling that droid noise from "The Empire Strikes Back" at 7:57? :)

  • @mirko1989
    @mirko1989 5 років тому

    - i thought that they determined age of the univers by the distane in light years of the most distant visible galaxy , is this the same ?

  • @usadefcon1
    @usadefcon1 7 років тому +9

    Her handwriting is so perfect it's distracting... in a good way.

  • @jondreauxlaing
    @jondreauxlaing 7 років тому

    I did the math too, and I got Friday, November 13th at 2:19pm EST. I know the error bars are such that one can't really get that exact, but it was fun anyway. For anyone else that wants to do this, the LIGO detection was August 17th, 2017 8:41am ET

    • @FutureChaosTV
      @FutureChaosTV 7 років тому

      Yeah, but you forgot to incorporate that our calendar system changed several times in the last few thousand years ;-)

    • @jondreauxlaing
      @jondreauxlaing 7 років тому +1

      Yeah, I figured people would forgive me, since back then, only the space lizards had calendars, and their language requires two throats and an extensive knowledge of holographic theory.

  • @dr.spectre9697
    @dr.spectre9697 6 років тому +1

    we need WAY more sixty symbols videos

  • @manasgupta8908
    @manasgupta8908 7 років тому

    what date would you say

  • @wilkatis
    @wilkatis 7 років тому +9

    That awkward moment when universe doesn't start on a Monday, 1st January :D

    • @SorenVemmelund
      @SorenVemmelund 6 років тому

      So Tuesday really IS the first day of the week. I'd be darned to have gone to work on all these dreadful Mondays my entire life then!

  • @leagueplays2100
    @leagueplays2100 7 років тому

    Maybe do a video on negative mass, and if it could be real or what it would be like.

  • @thorp.n8998
    @thorp.n8998 7 років тому

    What coverage does the error bars have though ? - is it a 95% confidence intervall or a 99.99% ?

  • @M31glow
    @M31glow 7 років тому

    great explanation!

  • @wokeupinapanic
    @wokeupinapanic 6 років тому

    Oooooh, happy birthday, professor!!!

  • @olivermuxworthy
    @olivermuxworthy 7 років тому

    Absolutely loved this