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Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

Physicists refer to each differentpossibility as a different vacuum, and this opens up the...

Physicists refer to each different
possibility as a different vacuum, and this opens up the chance that
we could be instantly annihilated

Full Transcript

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Physicists refer to each different possibility as a different vacuum,
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and this opens up the chance that we could be instantly annihilated.
Duration
10 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:51
Uploaded
Jul 08, 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 My favourite way to destroy the universe is vacuum decay, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:12
My favourite way to destroy the universe is vacuum decay,
S01 • E02 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, on the French-Swiss border, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, on the French-Swiss borde...
S01 • E02 In 2012, the Higgs boson was discovered here. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
In 2012, the Higgs boson was discovered here.
S01 • E02 But its properties suggest - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
But its properties suggest
S01 • E02 There is some true vacuum somewhere, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
There is some true vacuum somewhere,
S01 • E02 (LAUGHS) - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
(LAUGHS)
S01 • E02 But it's still disconcerting to think that our universe - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:09
But it's still disconcerting to think that our universe
S01 • E02 But you might think, "Well, quantum mechanics, could it save us? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
But you might think, "Well, quantum mechanics, could it...
S01 • E02 "Could there be a little fluctuation that allows something to happen - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
"Could there be a little fluctuation that allows someth...
S01 • E02 Whether it's vacuum decay, a big rip - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:15
Whether it's vacuum decay, a big rip
S01 • E02 BRIAN GREENE: So, our descendants, when they look out into deep space, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
BRIAN GREENE: So, our descendants, when they look out into d...
S01 • E02 And they'll think that this little collection of galaxies - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
And they'll think that this little collection of galaxi...
S01 • E02 And that's a wrong picture of the universe, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
And that's a wrong picture of the universe,
S01 • E02 The future astronomers in 2 and 4 and 6 billion years - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
The future astronomers in 2 and 4 and 6 billion years
S01 • E02 I think, actually, it was Brian Greene who said to us - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
I think, actually, it was Brian Greene who said to us
S01 • E02 Who are we to think, who are we to say - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:09
Who are we to think, who are we to say
S01 • E02 What chapters of our book of the universe - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
What chapters of our book of the universe
S01 • E02 The fascinating thing about the far future - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:14
The fascinating thing about the far future
S01 • E02 You couldn't deduce from what you see - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:09
You couldn't deduce from what you see
S01 • E02 So cosmology becomes a subject - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
So cosmology becomes a subject