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Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe

The moment when everythingcame from nothing

The moment when everything
came from nothing

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The moment when everything came from nothing.
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Timestamp in Movie
00:06:09
Uploaded
Jul 13, 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 But there are cosmologists who think there may be more to it - - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:14
But there are cosmologists who think there may be more to it...
S01 • E02 How can we even dare to speak of things - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
How can we even dare to speak of things
S01 • E02 In 1927, the astronomer Edwin Hubble noticed - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:08
In 1927, the astronomer Edwin Hubble noticed
S01 • E02 That means that space is expanding - our universe is expanding. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
That means that space is expanding - our universe is expandi...
S01 • E02 So, you run time backwards in your mind's eye, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:16
So, you run time backwards in your mind's eye,
S01 • E02 That implies that our universe had a beginning, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
That implies that our universe had a beginning,
S01 • E02 More than 30 years after Hubble made his observations, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:09
More than 30 years after Hubble made his observations,
S01 • E02 And it came in the 1960s, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:07
And it came in the 1960s,
S01 • E02 We call it the cosmic microwave background radiation. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
We call it the cosmic microwave background radiation.
S01 • E02 It's seen as a faint glow, coming literally from everywhere in the sky, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:12
It's seen as a faint glow, coming literally from everyw...
S01 • E02 So, this is the oldest light in the universe. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:04
So, this is the oldest light in the universe.
S01 • E02 There are photons that have travelled 13.8 billion years from over there - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:14
There are photons that have travelled 13.8 billion years fro...
S01 • E02 One of the many remarkable things about the cosmic microwave background - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
One of the many remarkable things about the cosmic microwave...
S01 • E02 We had this result. We couldn't find any explanation for it. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
We had this result. We couldn't find any explanation fo...
S01 • E02 We couldn't make it go away. What were we going to do with this thing? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
We couldn't make it go away. What were we going to do w...
S01 • E02 So, where did the cosmic microwave background come from? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
So, where did the cosmic microwave background come from?
S01 • E02 And why do we consider it such strong evidence for the big bang theory? - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:06
And why do we consider it such strong evidence for the big b...
S01 • E02 So, the picture is this - the universe is expanding and cooling. - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:05
So, the picture is this - the universe is expanding and cool...
S01 • E02 In the first few minutes, it's extremely hot, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:11
In the first few minutes, it's extremely hot,
S01 • E02 380,000 years after the big bang, it's cool enough for atoms to form, - Brian Cox: Life Of A Universe 00:22
380,000 years after the big bang, it's cool enough for ...