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Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

1998,we went through and we measured that the universe wasn't slowingdown at all - it was...

BRIAN SCHMIDT: 1998,
we went through and we measured that the universe wasn't slowing
down at all - it was speeding up

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BRIAN SCHMIDT: 1998, we went through and we measured
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that the universe wasn't slowing down at all - it was speeding up.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:12
Uploaded
Jul 10, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Professor Brian Cox on tour in Australia talks about the life of our universe to scientists and to space-loving audiences.
S01 • E02 And that was...well, it looked to me like a big mistake - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
And that was...well, it looked to me like a big mistake
S01 • E02 We knew that Einstein had invented something - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:14
We knew that Einstein had invented something -
S01 • E02 The idea that there is a mysterious thing called 'dark energy' - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:12
The idea that there is a mysterious thing called 'dark ...
S01 • E02 But it's not the only theory about how our universe could end. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:04
But it's not the only theory about how our universe cou...
S01 • E02 The 'heat death' - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:17
The 'heat death' -
S01 • E02 So there are, in fact, other, and I think more exciting, possibilities. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
So there are, in fact, other, and I think more exciting, pos...
S01 • E02 So, like the Robert Frost poem, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
So, like the Robert Frost poem,
S01 • E02 But there's a big caution here, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
But there's a big caution here,
S01 • E02 Cosmologists have come up with an even more devastating idea - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:13
Cosmologists have come up with an even more devastating idea
S01 • E02 If the universe has this dark energy, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
If the universe has this dark energy,
S01 • E02 This is another really great way to destroy the universe. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:04
This is another really great way to destroy the universe.
S01 • E02 So as the universe gets bigger, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
So as the universe gets bigger,
S01 • E02 You make more space, you have more dark energy, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
You make more space, you have more dark energy,
S01 • E02 Over time, this phantom dark energy - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
Over time, this phantom dark energy
S01 • E02 Stars would start to wander off, 'cause it's still increasing. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
Stars would start to wander off, 'cause it's still...
S01 • E02 It'll start to break up all structure, all matter. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
It'll start to break up all structure, all matter.
S01 • E02 And then at some point, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
And then at some point,
S01 • E02 You reach the... the breaking point, literally, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
You reach the... the breaking point, literally,
S01 • E02 The 'big rip' idea can be combined with a theory we have - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:16
The 'big rip' idea can be combined with a theory w...
S01 • E02 ..that rapid expansion before the big bang, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
..that rapid expansion before the big bang,