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Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Professor Brian Cox on tour in Australia talks about the life of our universe to scientists and to space-loving audiences.

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Did our universe have a beginning? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Did our universe have a beginning?

If time began at the big bang,
then was there a time before time? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

If time began at the big bang, then was there a time before ...

Why are there rivers and flows
and filaments of galaxies? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Why are there rivers and flows and filaments of galaxies?

I'm on tour in Australia, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

I'm on tour in Australia,

In the last decade, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

In the last decade,

This is the story
of our scientific quest - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

This is the story of our scientific quest

Does it make any sense
to talk about this universe - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Does it make any sense to talk about this universe

What IS the fate of the universe?
How will it all end? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

What IS the fate of the universe? How will it all end?

Of all the questions in science, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Of all the questions in science,

Every human culture
has its own creation story, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Every human culture has its own creation story,

For the best part of 100 years,
we've had the theory - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

For the best part of 100 years, we've had the theory

But in the last decade or so, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

But in the last decade or so,

If this were a lesser program, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

If this were a lesser program,

"There was a place...not in space. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

"There was a place...not in space.

"THAT is the time before time - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

"THAT is the time before time

I think if you ask the question, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

I think if you ask the question,

It's surely something that must occur
to everybody at some point - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It's surely something that must occur to everybody at s...

When I think of a scientist, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

When I think of a scientist,

So I think it's very natural to ask,
how did it all get here? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So I think it's very natural to ask, how did it all get...

(ABORIGINAL SINGING) - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

(ABORIGINAL SINGING)

The emu sacrificed his wings - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

The emu sacrificed his wings

Forever you will be seen
running across the night sky - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Forever you will be seen running across the night sky

I like reading about them
from across the world. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

I like reading about them from across the world.

Why do we build telescopes
to look back to the edge of time? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Why do we build telescopes to look back to the edge of time?

Why do we measure the expansion rate
of the universe - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Why do we measure the expansion rate of the universe

But the answer is because
that's what we've always done. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

But the answer is because that's what we've always...

And the evidence for that is - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And the evidence for that is

And the most wonderful thing - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And the most wonderful thing

And what do we know about
the origin of the universe? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And what do we know about the origin of the universe?

MAN: With observations
and mathematical theorising, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

MAN: With observations and mathematical theorising,

Hot! Give me some heat!
Give me some density! - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Hot! Give me some heat! Give me some density!

Give me some violations of
the laws of particle physics. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Give me some violations of the laws of particle physics.

It underwent a rapid swelling
that's called the big bang. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It underwent a rapid swelling that's called the big ban...

I just know what came after
the big bang, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

I just know what came after the big bang,

WOMAN: You can trace everything back
and you get to a point - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

WOMAN: You can trace everything back and you get to a point

And so that's this idea that
became known as 'the hot big bang'. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And so that's this idea that became known as 'the ...

It's common to think of the big bang
as the start of time itself. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It's common to think of the big bang as the start of ti...

The moment when everything
came from nothing. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

The moment when everything came from nothing.

But there are cosmologists
who think there may be more to it - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

But there are cosmologists who think there may be more to it...

How can we even dare
to speak of things - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

How can we even dare to speak of things

In 1927,
the astronomer Edwin Hubble noticed - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

In 1927, the astronomer Edwin Hubble noticed

That means that space is expanding -
our universe is expanding. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

That means that space is expanding - our universe is expandi...

So, you run time backwards
in your mind's eye, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So, you run time backwards in your mind's eye,

That implies that our universe
had a beginning, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

That implies that our universe had a beginning,

More than 30 years after
Hubble made his observations, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

More than 30 years after Hubble made his observations,

And it came in the 1960s, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And it came in the 1960s,

We call it the cosmic microwave
background radiation. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

We call it the cosmic microwave background radiation.

It's seen as a faint glow, coming
literally from everywhere in the sky, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It's seen as a faint glow, coming literally from everyw...

So, this is the oldest light
in the universe. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So, this is the oldest light in the universe.

There are photons that have travelled
13.8 billion years from over there - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

There are photons that have travelled 13.8 billion years fro...

One of the many remarkable things
about the cosmic microwave background - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

One of the many remarkable things about the cosmic microwave...

We had this result. We couldn't find
any explanation for it. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

We had this result. We couldn't find any explanation fo...

We couldn't make it go away. What
were we going to do with this thing? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

We couldn't make it go away. What were we going to do w...

So, where did the cosmic microwave
background come from? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So, where did the cosmic microwave background come from?

And why do we consider it such strong
evidence for the big bang theory? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

And why do we consider it such strong evidence for the big b...

So, the picture is this - the
universe is expanding and cooling. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So, the picture is this - the universe is expanding and cool...

In the first few minutes,
it's extremely hot, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

In the first few minutes, it's extremely hot,

380,000 years after the big bang,
it's cool enough for atoms to form, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

380,000 years after the big bang, it's cool enough for ...

The cosmic microwave background
is considered such strong evidence - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

The cosmic microwave background is considered such strong ev...

It was first observed
in the mid-1960s, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It was first observed in the mid-1960s,

It's an almost overwhelming
piece of evidence, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It's an almost overwhelming piece of evidence,

We can photograph, essentially,
the universe as it was, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

We can photograph, essentially, the universe as it was,

This remarkable baby photograph
of the universe - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

This remarkable baby photograph of the universe

But its great detail
presented fresh challenges. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

But its great detail presented fresh challenges.

As we often find with science, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

As we often find with science,

This idea that the universe
had a beginning in the big bang - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

This idea that the universe had a beginning in the big bang

It raises a series of
childlike questions. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It raises a series of childlike questions.

Like, if the universe
had a beginning, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Like, if the universe had a beginning,

If time emerged at the big bang,
then was there a time before time? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

If time emerged at the big bang, then was there a time befor...

How can the universe appear
spontaneously out of nothing at all? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

How can the universe appear spontaneously out of nothing at ...

Well, that is
a philosophical question, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Well, that is a philosophical question,

The clues which point the way
to a theory - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

The clues which point the way to a theory

There are two problems
with the standard big bang model. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

There are two problems with the standard big bang model.

They're called the horizon problem
and the flatness problem. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

They're called the horizon problem and the flatness pro...

You can picture the horizon problem
as follows. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

You can picture the horizon problem as follows.

If you look at the universe as far
as the eye can see in that direction, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

If you look at the universe as far as the eye can see in tha...

But those two points on the sky
are separated today - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

But those two points on the sky are separated today

That means if you've got a universe
that's been expanding sedately - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

That means if you've got a universe that's been ex...

Which means there's no explanation - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Which means there's no explanation

When you look at our universe,
it appears to be completely flat. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

When you look at our universe, it appears to be completely f...

Which seems very strange, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Which seems very strange,

A solution can be found in a theory
known as inflation, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

A solution can be found in a theory known as inflation,

By "fast", I mean
that it was doubling in size - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

By "fast", I mean that it was doubling in size

That's one ten-million-million-
million-million-million-millionths - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

That's one ten-million-million- million-million-million...

Why does that solve
the horizon and flatness problems? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Why does that solve the horizon and flatness problems?

Well, first of all, it suggests the
universe has to be extremely big - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Well, first of all, it suggests the universe has to be extre...

This little piece of the Earth here
looks flat, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

This little piece of the Earth here looks flat,

Why? Because it's very small
compared to the size of the Earth. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Why? Because it's very small compared to the size of th...

So it is, according to the theory
of inflation, for our universe. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So it is, according to the theory of inflation, for our univ...

It also solves our horizon problem, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

It also solves our horizon problem,

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Professor Brian Cox on tour in Australia talks about the life of our universe to scientists and to space-loving audiences.

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