Cosmic Journeys - Life: Destiny or Chance?
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Are the universe and its physical laws so fine-tuned that the rise of life is inevitable? Or is life a fluke, a lucky roll of cosmic dice? We look for the answer in the rise of two important components of life, dust and water. It turns out that the universe is laden with water, a byproduct of dust kicked out and spread around by supernovas and black holes.
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Calm voice of narrator + relaxing music is enough for me to sleep while playing this. I did'nt notice that the video is already ends so I play it all over again 💤
This guy has the very best voice for a documentary.
Listen to him at all times.
Same here, watch space rip all the time, Dick Rodstein is a fantastic narrator
The voice is fine but we are not stardust.
At ALL times?
Even while taking a dump?
Even when making love to my woman?
Even when at a rock concert?
EVEN WHEN FIGHTING FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD???
I think its incredible the knowledge we have about space, we started out primitive to what we are today
They def know more then they release too . Someone hacked nasa and they found an off world list
Dear SpaceRip,
I love your sensible, excellent taste and pleasant videos and audio.
It is SO peaceful and serene watching these SpaceRip videos, unlike noisy and obnoxious narration with dark audio program music.
Please keep them coming!
Most of these videos are pretty good, but this one is really good. If, after seeing this, you're wondering why we haven't all been enslaved by sentient aliens, it probably means that (i) FTL is impossible, and (ii) sentient life at our level takes a similar amount of time to develop on other planets, and we are in the lead, or (iii) we aren't yet developed to any level where we are worth bothering.
Chances are life is fairly abundant throughout the universe, though 99.99999% of all species probably go extinct before reaching a level where they are colonizing other planets in large numbers, which makes the chances of meeting any of them extremely slim at best.
There are more options than the ones you listed. Here is another option: advanced civilizations have learned to travel faster than light and control their biology and environment to such a degree that their intelligence skyrocketed and their need for resources minimized. And considering the universe is so old, and considering the high likelihood that many other more advanced races have existed for a very long time, a kind of social order among various advanced races has been established, and that social order includes non-aggression against other sentient beings. Why? Because technology, science and the abundance of resources in the universe which can be used for most efficiently in utilization.
▪ www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-at-oce-discovery-technology-is-a-resource-liberating-force/
▪ online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111904106704576583203589408180
Magnesium So how much FTL exactly? It jacks up the probability of contact, but I'm suggesting that it is still not fast enough because we still seem locally alone, even if we are universally crowded.
There is really no gain for enslaving mankind, in my opinion extraterrestrial life has had the ability to reach us in the past, but never to enslave us. I can imagine watching mankind with advanced technology from space would be quite amusing, and we are only a threat to ourselves.
Magnesium Quantum entanglement is not a mechanism for sending information faster than light. Anyone who claims this is true doesn't actually understand it. So no, this article does NOT suggest that FTL is possible. The experiment attempts to measure the time delay between the results of a measurement at one location and the correlated outcome at another location. The whole idea of a "speed" here is all about getting eyballs on the article and it toally misrepresents the fact that absolute correlation that entanglement produces does not require the transmission of any signal from one location to another.
This was really beautiful, top notch production. Thanks!
I've been deep in thought over this exact question for a long time. In a universe of seemingly limitless possibilities, I sincerely think that both destiny and chance exist side by side and interact with each other.
interdependent paradox that defys humans limited comprehension.
I like him he tells the story very well I can listen to him. Not like some other ones who are boring to listen to..?. Brian Cox is very good at explaining things he's good.
I’d love to see a 45 - 85 minute video about something you guys do best. I only got through 2 beers in this one. (And it was a spectacular one)
What I’m trying to say is: I’d prefer to watch an episode from you guys than any episodes from the history channel :)
Keep the science coming xxx
First time I can leave a comment here. I finally made my first social media accnt lately, but I've been coming here for ages.
Just wanted to Thank You Spacerip for all those excellent documentaries I always enjoy watching here.
I know there's no definitive answer to that question, but the title was inviting. Max Tegmark, Seth Lloyd and a few other Cosmology oriented Scientists have some interesting viewpoints on this non practical but fun question.
Stuff like this really blows my mind away. SpaceRip keep up the awesome work plz.
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This videos are so well made! thanks to all of the people who made this happen. This is one of my favorite channels, i never miss a video.
love ur channel space rip!!! Loved it since 2010!
Life?
Design, with utmost care.
A being capable of everything. Purest Love.
SpaceRip legend documentaries I have ever seen love u sir
The program that propels evolution forward is much more than destiny or chance, it is magical, hypnotic etc., whatever, we love to participate and ponder, knowing we do not need to know everything to grasp the role we must play, in promoting evolution.
wow i love the video really great narration i love learning about astronomy, i think i will pursue a career in this field, if i can... haha, have a nice day everyone, keep learning!
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So what you up to
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Superb video. SpaceRip always put out the BEST YT science videos.
I could watch these videos over and over again. In fact, I do. This one is particularly striking for me, speaking on the potential prevalence of life throughout the universe. It's astounding how much water exists in some of the most desolate regions. I'm excited at the thought of intelligent beings on other planets contemplating our existence. What a feeling it is to essentially *know* that, based on current observations and calculations, there are other planets with life like us. Cities, technology, spacecraft. Why wouldn't there be *somewhere*?
the fact that we, the humans, are able to reason and think deeply as to where we are all and what things are surrounding us, can make a certain way to see our existence, but there are uncertainties that all of us are never going to decipher, such as, why are we all here and what is the purpose of everything that exists? this questions can be easily refuted by the religious or philosophical perspective, which can make a certain presumption.
for my point of view, everything what the religion or philosophy states as true about the meaning of life, is just presumptions or just hypothetical issues, just that and nothing else. since the meaning of everything that exists and its purpose for the existence shall never be answered, there shall be only presumptions
I love this channel. I share all your video's all the time. Keep it up please I've spent not enough hours watching this fascinating videos :)
Unfortunately our destiny is left with little chances for survival. Unless we start protecting fragile balance of life or we will be gone from the surface of this planet. Maybe universe if full of water and all of sorts of life supporting compounds but nowhere else than on Earth we can find such a spectacular miracle of life. All made by the balance based on which it was created.
I love all of these videos thank you SpaceRip. I just have one tiny issue with the way whoever made the animation of the Earth revolving showing the Western side of Australia with more electric lights all over it, even appearing to go right across some serious desert country, than the Eastern side which is way more populated than western side.
I think it's purely chance. The universe may appear to be fine tuned, but then again before we understood evolution we appeared to be intelligently designed.
Even if certain conditions of the universe have to be just so for us to exist that doesn't mean it's on purpose. Also, some of the conditions might need to be this way for *our kind* of life to exist.
Sometimes you'll have two completely separately purchased objects that have nothing to do with one another and they happen to work wonderfully together. Does that mean it was part of some grand plan? No, it's a happy coincidence.
We are the universe's way of pondering it's own existence.
RealityFacade Macro-evolution is far from being even considered scientific so your first point utterly fails. As for your “chance” nonsense, that also fails since the probability of the universe to get the constants right for life to exist is less than 1 in 10^300. Utterly impossible. The best explanation is that life and the universe is the product of a designer.
Based on all current observations and models, it appears you're likely right. It's pure chance. Which explains a lot of philosophical questions; why should their be suffering, why are natural phenomena often not conducive to our existence; most of the universe is empty space that kills macro life, etc.
It's odds. And with such a big universe with arrangement as we are, such events become inevitable at a yet unknown probability distribution.
ByRTD yO Triggered much?
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Only those pushing a religious ideology say macro evolution isn't scientific. Actual scientists disagree with you.
Secondly your point about the odds is irrelevant.
The odds only matter if you start with the assumption that life had to exist.
If life is just a byproduct of the constants being the way they are then it makes total sense. Life exists because of the constants not in spite of them. Its logical.
What's impossible is telling me something existed eternally outside the system of all known reality. Then using the most inefficient, wasteful convoluted method possible created the entire universe for the pleasure of one tiny species that have been around for only 1% of known time. Then made sure to endow his creation with all the traits, biological urges and character flaws that would piss said creator off forcing him to condemn and torture for eternity the vast majority of those he went through all the trouble of creating the universe for. That is what seems impossible.
unbelivablie good documumentaries from this chennel..i cant stop watching..i think i saw ewery cosmic jurney atlist five times..just beautifuliy made and such good quality..awsome
Amazing job once again! Only 3k views, shame on us :(
PLEASE keep up the great work PLEASE! And also keep this narrator, he's amazing!
I love these videos. Very soothing voice is a plus. Thank you.
Thank you for making this high quality video.
Considering just how vast the universe is, I don't find it surprising at all that life has evolved here on earth. The conditions were favorable. And while life may be rare, I don't believe we are the ONLY life in the universe. It's a very big place. Surely there are other stars with planets in the habitable zone with the right conditions. People are always saying how all these conditions had to be absolutely perfect, but, really, I think it would be far more unlikely if life had NOT occurred, with the billions of galaxies, trillions of planets, and billions of years.
Just magical,thank you
Always love these programs...and the narration is pretty awesome. 8 billion Earth-like worlds in our galaxy alone is hopeful...maybe some of those beings can teach us to get along with ourselves before we're mature enough to join the galactic neighborhood. Humanity is a young species, still in its infancy when it comes to intelligence.
CALM DOWN PEOPLE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION
just calm down
SUPREME EMPEROR MITTONS, (god, why do you people have to have such strange names), I would love for everyone to calm down. But when some shithead says something profoundly stupid, well, it's kind of hard to respond in a venomous way.
@@davidwilcox918 No need to respond at all. I can't tell you how many times I wasted my time and energy trying to explain to someone who just wanted to be a troll...
Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing.
Nice narration. Beautiful
By saying life comes by chance, you make sense of everything you see around you. If you say it's destiny, everything becomes meaningless.
what a beautiful and interesting video. Thanks Spacerip!
Fantastic video well done
Loved the Water molecule dotting the i in Life
Great channel. I just binge watch.
Dust and water nice video thank you for sharing with us.
Life.... good subject for spacerip! Because, what is beyond ourselves besides what we really know about all that is life in our universe?
We're either alone in the cosmos and therefore a precious arrangement of atoms, or the odds are in favor of life...I'd say either answer has significant implications....
Thank you for making your videos! One of the few subs that I click on every video. You guys should make a Patreon account. I'm sure many people would pay $1 or more per video.
Wow that is amazing I love this kind of 💓 kinds of shows
To all creationists/religion believers:
If you want to post some bullshit comments about your fairy tales just dont do it and re-think your life.
I believe in the Electric Universe model./....he is halfway there with his thought....\good video..
I'm a Catholic, but I believe in Evolution and the Big Bang theory.
***** You are right, evolution is a proven fact, but you are wrong that being Catholic that I cannot accept scientific facts and theories. The Catholic Church holds no official position between creationism or evolution.
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Speaking as a former Catholic, yes they can accept scientific facts. I was taught the big bang and evolution in Catechism and was never taught it in public schools.
***** Christianity and Catholicism do believe in the same God. Just because I believe in God doesn't mean I can accept scientific facts and theories? And by the way, facts help support theories because theories aren't proven true or false.
Me commenting here, is it destiny or chance?
+Jesus Christ We look alike, don't we?
Consciousness is not result of some chemicals
Soul is the reason why there is a life
Dont say we are all made from cosmic dust
Excellent Video! Will Share!
I say life is destiny. Because if there were a universe with no life, then nobody would be there to observe it. And if no one is there to see a universe, then can you say it even exists at all?
But then you could get into a conversation about multiverse theory and religion and how anything exists in the first place.
Dick Rodstein rocks like an iron nickle meteorite!
I don't know why people's dislike it
Fantastic! thanks a lot for uploading. This one was a tear jerker ^_^
Aww, not yet rendered in HD by UA-cam? Welp, I'll be back in a bit then I guess.
1080p is available!
I noticed yeah, thanks for warning me though.
8.8 billion earth like planets 40 Billion chances and with the process on going. With water being so prevalent in the Galaxy life has got to be abundant!
Humans have Freewill to take a chance what we get is destiny which is predetermined. Freewill is bound to human consciousness to take chance but spacetime and cosmos journey works on destiny which is predetermined.
I always wonder, how scientists are so sure about the spectral readings they get from incredibly large distances. As in, talking about that 12B LY distant quasar and the amount of water in it. Can this result not be influenced by all the matter that is in between us and that quasar? What if there's load of water in between, that we see right through and get the spectral reading from and none in the actual quasar? Maybe this is stupid remark, because I don't have an excellent idea of how that may work, but it seems logical to me to assume that at such distances, there'll be LOADS of material in our line of sight, that can influence the results of spectrometer. Is there any specialist to give me an argument on this one?
- apart from that, how can water molecules as such even exist in such violent neighbourgood as quasar is? I mean, it's as violent there as it gets in the universe, molecules should be split into ions as a result of the high energy radiation, or not?
Great questions👍
Too bad there were nobody coming by to answer them. Maybe in the next 7 more years there will be one knowledgeable enough to enlighten us on these most interesting subjects.
Just earlier l thought, the key is that we had to thrive here... it's trying to happen all through the universe. Here is just right. Like moss growing where it's wet.
Awesome, as always.
The anthropic principle leads some to claim that it is utterly incredible that the universe has given us exactly what we need. Evolution counters that it is quite unremarkable-predictable, in fact-that we need exactly what we were given.
I wonder where William of Ockham would weigh in on this matter?
Stardust ? Man & I really started to like this cowboys voice next to the fire.
very nice video thank you
i mean...amazing...i watched all the videos from cosmic jurneys three times allredy and i always am suprised how good quality they are..just beautifull...Does enyone knows if there are some other channels with the documentaries from this production?
Life is chance
I think life and in our case intelligent life is an extreme chance game, which it's ultimate destiny is to seed the heavens with earth life.
Another great video, thanks
to discover what is beyond our view,make contact with another life form,explore the farthest reaches of the cosmos..it is our destiny
Brilliant video, really enjoyed it. However good luck finding a provable answer to (what does it all mean?). lol
man i need more of this
our destiny is chance.
6:57, a super-nova exploded 800 years ago, however; there are no traces of heavy elements according to the theory, that these elements are created after that gigantic explosion. Elements like gold, silver, led, etc...
UA-cam sucks lately, pausing the video for a few seconds crashes the whole thing. That's not your fault though. Just venting. *rage*
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You've made a diagnosis without any information. The flash app is getting confused and keeps dumping the cache and switching resolutions, but it's switching so fast that it never has time to load anything, so it gives you the little load animation for a while then says "an error occurred." Like, I'll see the bar load a few pixels, then it will discard that and try to load another resolution. By that point it's too late to manually choose a resolution, not gonna work. My internet service is fine, plus I just upgraded the speed. Google is not immune to errors ya know. But usually a refresh works so meh whatever.
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Well if I watch the video without pausing it's usually fine. But when it tries to resume playback it just borks out like that.
I have that problem as well. I'm on a crappy wifi network that doesn't even come close to maintaining regular bandwidth speeds. I just click the gear and select the resolution I want, then it stays with that resolution until its over. Its annoying that I have to do that with every video... but its a solution for now.
UA-cam has rotating malfunctions. I'm on UA-cam nearly every day, & most of the time at least one UA-cam feature isn't working properly.
However, when I watched this video on Saturday 9/20, I didn't have a problem with pausing it, not even when watching it full-screen - which is the ONLY way to watch SpaceRip videos, imo.
I don't have any problems playing UA-cam videos at 1080p at all on my HTC One phone. I can pause, skip etc.
Did he say 8.8 billion stars? I wonder where he got that number. Definitely a configurative theory. I am a Space Scientist and many Astronomers, Astrophysicist, and Planetologist such as myself calculate different hypothetical guesses of the Stars and the planets all the time. This is based off our equipment, computer simulations and mathematical modeling. But to be honest no person on earth actually knows how many stars are in the Milky way galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy,Triangulum Galaxy or other Galaxies in this Universe near us. I and my research colleagues say "A new Star is Born everyday,just like a baby!" So we can only speculate theorectical assumptions with the use of Science at this point. Unless an Alien comes forward with a calculating device that gives us an accurate and factual head count of stars,planets,and moons. Nevertheless this was a great informative and visual Doc!
A puddle of water sits in a pothole in the road.
The water looks around the edges of the pothole and says to itself: "Incredible. This hole is perfect for me to fit in. It must be designed just for my existence."
Life is density.
Destiny! But where is the gardians?
Chance.
Josh g Wrong, the probability of life to exist in the universe is less than 1 in 10^40,000. To put that number into perspective there have only been about 10^140 events since the big bang, there aren’t enough events to produce the outcome therefore your assertion fails.
@@I_Am_Midnight-i You are mistaken. The probability of life existing in the Universe is exactly 1.0.
before I looked to the end I will say Chance
I was hoping for some answer, not 25 minutes of buildup to the question from the title... :(
Water isn't "one of life's most important components". It's on one the most important components of life as we know it. Life could be flourishing elsewhere in the universe without water.
Sorry. Physics and chemistry are universal. Consider, LIFE requires stored/encoded INFORMATION to succeed and reproduce. DNA. Among ALL the elements, ONLY carbon can chemically encode information; silicon is a vast, distant second. And to allow carbon to encode gigabytes of information in molecules requires liquid water. I'm sorry, chemistry and physics disallows lava life and solar ghosts and nonsense like that.
George Carlin once said that he doesn’t pray to God, he prays to the sun, if you really think about it he might have a point.
He said he worships the sun but doesn't pray to it. He doesn't want to presume on their friendship
Without bringing Religion into the question/answer I often wonder "WHY" there is anything at all? Using a 'creator' is intellectually lazy even if there is a God and the Bible is true. Even using God as an answer is intellectually lazy because WHY does God exist. The big question remains, even if it is an absolute fluke that Life exists at all. Since Life DOES exist then our human curiosity will always ask "WHY" and also, what was the first cause?? Tomas Aquinas asks the age old question that we all must ask, whether atheist or believer. What was the "First Cause" that set everything in motion??
Why must there be a reason? I agree that it is an interesting question but I think the most likely explanation is that there isn't one.
A Phillips True. Perhaps when we understand quantum physics a lot better we can figure out that "first cause" even if there isn't an answer to "why" we ALL want to know the answer to the biggest question there is. What was the "first cause" that sent everything into motion? Where did the first 'thing' come from, whether it was just sheer energy of a singularity or even a creator (other than a God or gods).
If we look in to space we are looking to the past yet we are moving though space does that mean where travailing back in time ?
2 minutes into this video and i already know that there will be someone in the comments going on about religion and someone else arguing against it.
For those of you who are talking big word, know this, each and everyone of us are just tiny tiny tiny insignificant life form that exist close to non-existence, your "god" is non-existence, just be glad that you even exist in the first place, be glad that you're surviving on this ball of rock and dirt and water, be glad that you are conscious and alive, be glad that you manage to squeeze out 70-100 years of existence in this universe, or less,
Agreed, well said.
Your the one using big words... your a hypecrit who only wants to defend only one side of the argument without even realizing its just as much as a fairytail as religious views
I believe the word you are trying to paint on me is hypocrite, also, I'm a Buddhist, and I say jack shit to your argument, and you should probably sit down, take a minute or two to think about your existence on this world that we know today, think about how much of a fairy tale it is that you even came into existence on this planet in the first place, yes, Fairy tale, not tail, type proper English please ffs, and I'm not in the mood of ranting and being a keyboard warrior at the moment, but I can rant on about this all day.
Now that I think about it, I'd rather go do other stuff that I enjoy doing rather than getting involve with this pointless argument
Sak
Hey Sak you say you are a Buddhist where do you live. My cousin is the head Buddhist ( I forget what the term is) in the Los Angeles Buddhist centre.
Black holes eventually reach a critical mass and explode creating their own big bang.
The Universe was designed by Apple.. because the numbers associated with the universe are so massive, it reflects clearly with Apple’s prices!!!
dick rodstien amazing narator
After watching this it should be obvious that the point of everything that you have seen and know thus far, the entire point of everything is Life, intelligent life so with that being the point it has to be that something created this thing called the universe and the big bang for one purpose for intelligent life out of nothing can't come life so it has to be there is a God because nothing can't create everything something had to create a automated factory in which life can happen, act create something so perfect as the mind that you have today think about this if you ever question God
Ogni lasciata e' perduta, se c'e' una sola probabilita' non perderla
I don't mean to sound condescending here, but i'm pretty sure that the idea of life being possibly abundant throughout the universe or in other universes is nothing new, and there have been many theories explaining this possibility for years now - and theories which are explained far better than what is said in this documentary. I only say this because it seems to be a new concept to a lot of us, dominating this comment section (besides the same old, tired 'god vs cosmic evolution' debate). Though that debate is important, it always degrades to 'faith vs belief', which gets us nowhere. But i think the main point of this video is to suggest that life isn't possible unless our universe is one of many - and in many universes, life simply isn't possible, yet here in our universe, life works. Why? Well, this video seems to suggest one possibility is because our universe is *meant* to support life, and that line of thinking is old news. The video almost seems to be saying that in order to fine-tune the universe for life, there must first be a creator, or at least some kind of sentient energy which has the ability to fine-tune creation to support any possibility. To anyone wondering whether our universe is fine-tuned for life as opposed to life being fine-tuned for this universe, i say: why does it matter? The same theories exist in both lines of thought. The possibility of a supreme creator exists in either theory, and also the possibility of pure luck exists in either theory. So why is there a need to fight like little pricks over it? You can't argue with faith, and remember that there is a big difference between believing presented facts as opposed to simply putting faith in something which is supported by nothing factual. Yet both will inspire the same type of comments which spark these fruitless debates. And yes, these debates are important. Until you start shitting on each other and become uppity snobs about it. Then the conversations become pointless because the willingness to at least try to see eye to eye on even the most basic thing is lost. This is also youtube, where logical debate comes to die. If you are interested in the possibilities presented in this video, that's a big first step. Take the next step by skipping the hateful comments.
beautiful.....
great doc
love this space stuff
Thank you!
Our existence results from sheer chance, due to the random encounter of celestial bodies in an utterly chaotic universe... That's all, pure & simple!
I feel sorry for those who seek absurd mythological explanations of "meanings" creations" & "destiny"...
I have my own little vision-theory thing brought to you by your basic typical everyday no big scholar layman type dude. But one who feels he is connected, if you know what I mean. Every one has there's. Well, I'm sure everyone has seen what samples of our ocean waters look like magnified and everything that's in it all the microbes and various life cells of all kinds. I could go a step further. Take a close look at what's all floating around in our bloodstream samples magnified. Now take a look at our vast universe and all that it contains floating and swirling around within it, sorta get where I'm going with this? What if the vast Universe was one big bloodstream or blood stream(s) of the Gods? Or, one big Cosmic ocean, or ocean(s), that They control and stir around and control from the Heavans with their big Heavenly stirring ladle from above? Adding Their various ingredients and spices in when needed. And say that what would seem like just a second or two to complete a stir revolution in our earthly human timeframe (soup or whatever) ... the same one or two second stir for the gods in the heavens would be millions of years to us. Following me? Maybe that all sounds off the wall, I don't know. Makes sense in my head. (!?)
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Gary Larson of The Far Side could animate this quite well. We would find that God's wife has sequin glasses, which help her point out all the household chores that go undone with all that creating going on.
If all human voices are like this guy voice, then there will hope for the future
Nice video :)
One cannot measure distances of greater than about 25 light-years using parallax since we don't know EXACTLY where (not only does the Earth go around the sun, the sun orbits the galactic center, etc. so determining exactly where Earth was 180 days ago is all the more difficult) the Earth was sixth months ago using the Earth's ORBIT around the sun as the base of the triangle. Just ONE light-year has an angle of ONLY 0.017 degrees already! If u think Red Shift measures/accurately gauges distances 2 distant objects, u need 2 know that red shift can b caused by tired light, (Light may lose energy naturally as it travels and remember that since light has mass, it is affected by other objects with mass. A solar sail works because light has momentum and therefore mass.) objects moving @ right angles to us, & when gravity is acting on an object. There's this object moving TOWARDS us that is still red-shifted!!! There's this pair of objects connected with radically different redshifts that proves the big bang wrong. Google Science vs Evolution Pathlights. Subscribe! Share 2 care! :) Read the "about this user" section on my UA-cam channel for amazing links which might take blinders off your eyes!