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Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

So, is that really accurate, that you really do have these placeswhere all the action is...

So, is that really accurate, that you really do have these places
where all the action is concentrated?

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So, is that really accurate,
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that you really do have these places where all the action is concentrated?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:11
Uploaded
Jul 09, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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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.
S01 • E02 In order to form stars, you have to put together a lot of material, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
In order to form stars, you have to put together a lot of ma...
S01 • E02 Fortunately, we have very powerful telescopes - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:14
Fortunately, we have very powerful telescopes
S01 • E02 Stars form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
Stars form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust.
S01 • E02 And the leftover material forms into planets and moons - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
And the leftover material forms into planets and moons
S01 • E02 But in our part of the Milky Way, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
But in our part of the Milky Way,
S01 • E02 We see that around the, sort of, solar neighbourhood, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
We see that around the, sort of, solar neighbourhood,
S01 • E02 Once you form a star, it dies - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:13
Once you form a star, it dies
S01 • E02 So in order to keep forming stars, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
So in order to keep forming stars,
S01 • E02 So the fact that the rate is dropping... - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:04
So the fact that the rate is dropping...
S01 • E02 ..you said a factor of two from, what, 10 billion years ago to now, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
..you said a factor of two from, what, 10 billion years ago ...
S01 • E02 It's a long time. Not in our lifetimes. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:04
It's a long time. Not in our lifetimes.
S01 • E02 I think if you do the extrapolation, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
I think if you do the extrapolation,
S01 • E02 Eventually, we will run out of gas to form new stars - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:12
Eventually, we will run out of gas to form new stars
S01 • E02 So, what will our descendants actually see - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
So, what will our descendants actually see
S01 • E02 Well, the centre of the galaxy is here, isn't it? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
Well, the centre of the galaxy is here, isn't it?
S01 • E02 Yeah. It's kind of the empty bit of sky up here - Sagittarius. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
Yeah. It's kind of the empty bit of sky up here - Sagit...
S01 • E02 Peer into the centre of the Milky Way - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:09
Peer into the centre of the Milky Way
S01 • E02 Ours is around 4 million times the mass of the sun. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
Ours is around 4 million times the mass of the sun.
S01 • E02 We don't know how these supermassive black holes form, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:10
We don't know how these supermassive black holes form,
S01 • E02 And when the centre of those stars are more massive - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:15
And when the centre of those stars are more massive