Brian Greene Explains The Most Powerful Explosions In The Universe

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  • Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene explains supernovas and demonstrates how a star like ours eventually dies. Oh, and he breaks a world record, too.
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  • @onceavamaravilla
    @onceavamaravilla 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7279

    I love how Stephen invites people who actually matters.

    • @Kisolee
      @Kisolee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Yeah I agree, it's what differentiates this show from many others, is that they actually target topics that everyone should be concerned about like science.

    • @conchobar0928
      @conchobar0928 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I kind of wish he wouldn't so Brian would actually update his MOOC site.

    • @snowdjagha
      @snowdjagha 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Meanwhile, Kimmel invited Trump (or just being paid to).

    • @whammo12
      @whammo12 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This guy matters?

    • @lizardperson2293
      @lizardperson2293 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1018

    3:15
    "This is called the Galilean cannon"
    "Did Galileo come up with it?"
    "Idk but he dropped a lot of stuff and we're gonna drop some stuff"
    One of the many reasons I love physics.

    • @danielrodriguez248
      @danielrodriguez248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gallaleo did not know about super Nova's ,

    • @alansmithee419
      @alansmithee419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@danielrodriguez248 super novae were just an example of a real-world phenomenon in which this kind of action takes place, it was not by any means an exhaustive list, and Galileo could well have come up with this experiment.

    • @santyclause8034
      @santyclause8034 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alansmithee419 The little ball is the lighter particles all over the outermost layer of a star, I think. Maybe some neutrinos or something, but I do get how the outer layers just cannon off the core, like striking a drum skin, in all directions. Without fusion pushing out energy against the mass pressure of the star, the core 's matter just collapses on itself under both the inward pressure of its entire stellar mass and, I guess, the final inbound push of the Gallileoan cannon effect. The original load comprising the star's entire mass including its ejected matter equally loading in the opposite, against a fractional mass reduced to just the stellar core. Pretty involved process.

    • @sirmarkkevin954
      @sirmarkkevin954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahaha these lines had me.

    • @michaelcreek3813
      @michaelcreek3813 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielrodriguez248 On the contrary, Galieo observed the 1604 super nova along with Kepler and other contemporary astronomers. The super nova convinced Galileo that the common belief dating all the way back to Aristotle that the stars were fixed and unchanging was wrong.

  • @machninety7334
    @machninety7334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2204

    Notice how quiet the audience was when he was explaining everything? That’s because PEOPLE LOVE SCIENCE!! We’re all born curious, so this satisfies that thirst for knowledge of how things work.

    • @hedegaard8
      @hedegaard8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      What amazes me though, is that a room full of adults, they were intent on listening, because they DIDN'T know this simple stuff already! That is the remarkable thing. Either that or it just went above their heads.

    • @philipvernejules9926
      @philipvernejules9926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      .......I picked up that entertainment and stupid wisecracks are the rule. Education comes second

    • @danielrodriguez248
      @danielrodriguez248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      No those idiiots in the audience have no clue of what Dr Green is saying, collbert is an idiiot as well,

    • @ateoforever7434
      @ateoforever7434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@danielrodriguez248 Stupid has made his point.....

    • @pabillonkurt7584
      @pabillonkurt7584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And, the important part is, he makes it sound interesting. Very few people make science sound interesting. That's why some classes with teachers or professors that lack the capacity to make the lesson "interesting" tends to have noising and talking students. They fail to catch the attention of the curiosity within people

  • @esruez
    @esruez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    Wtf I wanted to see the transmission of energy from ball to ball. I was expecting a slow-mo at the end tbh.

    • @robertsamson4610
      @robertsamson4610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You're right they should have used two cameras.

    • @uncleben7306
      @uncleben7306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it's probably on the internet

    • @mikmik4443
      @mikmik4443 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They should've hired the slowmo guys.

    • @gobblinal
      @gobblinal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@mikmik4443 You should ALWAYS hire the Slowmo Guys!

    • @ebarling4730
      @ebarling4730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There's a tiny bit at the very end of the video. The bottom, largest ball doesn't bounce all that much at all. The yellow one shoots right up. I'm wondering if it's a bit like those desk toys with the swinging balls where the middle ones don't move much but the end ones are the ones to absorb the energy?? That's what it looks like is happening. Kinda cool! (But yes, even better if they showed a clearer view! Lol!) 🙌😋💫

  • @dazzaspc
    @dazzaspc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2242

    Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder ..and we're dead.

    • @AGeeksTouch
      @AGeeksTouch 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hah. I spit out my cheerios with this one.

    • @bigdog4574
      @bigdog4574 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haha... I think I just pissed myself!

    • @AndorianBlues
      @AndorianBlues 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I don't wonder what you are, for by my spectroscopic ken, I know that you are hydrogen

    • @dazzaspc
      @dazzaspc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +AndorianBlues Indeed. Hydrogen, and then some helium, and later on some carbon, and then oxygen, and silicon, and tiny amounts of other heavier elements.....and some lead.....
      Wait! Did you say lead? Back up, back up, get the hell out of here! Faster man! why are we moving so slow! You fool! The parking brea....and we're dead.

    • @apllDgrapllD
      @apllDgrapllD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😳🔥😖💀😀😂😂😂😂

  • @gomezdaperez
    @gomezdaperez 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1925

    I love that he's bringing on scientists

    • @mjs28s
      @mjs28s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Um....How is he not a very academic scientist?
      He is still highly involved in research and has been active for decades and he is also still a professor of math and physics.
      So we have your opinion on one side and on the other we have decades of working in his field while currently working as a math and physics professor and continually doing research on string theory and cosmology on the other side of the scale.
      Is it because you think he should be using $10 words all the time rather than addressing people in in context and who his target audience is when he is on a TV show or a PBS science show?

    • @mjs28s
      @mjs28s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I see.
      Make a claim that gets countered with correct information and then come back with some other comment rather than defending your initial claim.
      Me thinks nothing you say stands up to any scrutiny.

    • @5erazoR
      @5erazoR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We call that a theory.

    • @robertoolvera2918
      @robertoolvera2918 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +JR S. Well, google it. It's actually very interesting if you're into noobie physics

    • @creedishere420
      @creedishere420 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Peder Hansen it was a physical demonstration aka an experiment.

  • @abdullah.a.nahyan
    @abdullah.a.nahyan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    at least a thousand of teens get eencouragement from this single interview to take Physics as college major.... world would get at least one scientist for sure.

    • @KvDenko
      @KvDenko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wish I had this show when I was in high school. I actually never took physics and only had introduction to chem 😭I thought I was lucky that I skipped it because all of my classmates complained how hard it was.. I feel like I lost a lot

    • @cheesywiz9443
      @cheesywiz9443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Kv Denko its never too late! You could still give it a try
      You can start with a book called 'The six easy pieces' by Richard Feynman
      He won the nobel prize in physics and was the first man to introduce some of the technical sciences to the public and that book that I mentioned gives a reallly good introduction to physics
      If you like that you could continue reading more physics books ..good luck :)

    • @sh230968
      @sh230968 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and you will get 999 failures. At this success rate, scientists are not a good business proposition.

    • @ishworshrestha3559
      @ishworshrestha3559 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ol

    • @ishworshrestha3559
      @ishworshrestha3559 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok

  • @johndeluca-howard4442
    @johndeluca-howard4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Brian Greene is awesome. Someone gave me one of his books, and it’s really good. He explains difficult ideas so well.

    • @tamiayahya5775
      @tamiayahya5775 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes. He explains in a very digestible manner for low brain persons like me.

  • @neekedese8974
    @neekedese8974 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1121

    Well, that escalated quickly.

    • @proutytyler1
      @proutytyler1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Haaaaaaaaah.

    • @agriperma
      @agriperma 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Supernovas are like that.

    • @mybrainsondrums
      @mybrainsondrums 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      this. I like this. 15 points for Ravenclaw

    • @benm5221
      @benm5221 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      N3D A belated bravo.

    • @edawg0
      @edawg0 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well played

  • @okrajoe
    @okrajoe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1334

    I love science -- glad Colbert is featuring astronomy.

    • @Melyeaw
      @Melyeaw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Astronomy???

    • @DrAsshole
      @DrAsshole 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Syed Haider the fucks your problem?

    • @Sabinsandinsky
      @Sabinsandinsky 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Syed Haider triggered dumbass, knowledge is knowledge, doesn't matter where it comes from.

    • @marinaproger2324
      @marinaproger2324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Read his books. .

    • @abrahamhmar7317
      @abrahamhmar7317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can't get enough of astronomy.

  • @manqobahlanze6258
    @manqobahlanze6258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I wish I had been introduced to Prof. Greene when I was in high school. I would be a Physicist today, bringing the excitement of science to South Africans 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 .

    • @rifaldisaputrawan1089
      @rifaldisaputrawan1089 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well atleast south africa already had elon musk :)

    • @MrFungus420
      @MrFungus420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not too late...

    • @elethumbalane480
      @elethumbalane480 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bra yam khululeka ungabuyela eskolweni uyofunda iScience it's not too late. I was also talked out of studying sciences which is a decision I regret now.

    • @manqobahlanze6258
      @manqobahlanze6258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elethumbalane480 akuyinto enhle ukuthi teachers and parents/elders to project their own fears and feelings towards such subjects. Thank you for your encouragement, but I feel like that ship has sailed.

    • @elethumbalane480
      @elethumbalane480 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@manqobahlanze6258 Ngiyakuzwa mfowethu.

  • @tomd5678
    @tomd5678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    When this was filmed the world seemed normal

    • @killer1963daddy
      @killer1963daddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More so today, post insurrection

  • @mvp4lithuania
    @mvp4lithuania 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2670

    So much cheering for a star dying

    • @RantingRamsay
      @RantingRamsay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      *Read this with the voice of Neil DeGrasse Tyson in your head* ...but the death of that star spreads the stuff of life throughout the cosmos. Don't think of it as the end of a giant; think of it as the beginning of life facilitated by the passing of a giant.
      We are all made of star-stuff, and when we die, our atoms will eventually become the stuff of stars. Thus, we will some day become the stuff of other stars, or other life.

    • @giannis5250
      @giannis5250 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      We are made from dead star stuff so it's only logical that we would celebrate star deaths.

    • @17Haru17
      @17Haru17 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      What is dead may never die.

    • @stiimuli
      @stiimuli 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      stars dying is why we're here...literally.

    • @asain79able
      @asain79able 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      we are actually living on the star's memories.... like physically

  • @snausages43
    @snausages43 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2582

    Seems like a pretty easy record to break.

    • @stellarfirefly
      @stellarfirefly 8 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      It kinda is, as long as they allow the balls to be strung along with, I think, string. What is really difficult and impressive are stacks of balls that are simply dropped on top of one another without any kind of string guides. Even a 3-stack of basic solid rubber balls bounces higher than this string-tethered setup, it's just super-difficult to make sure they all hit right on top of one another so that they bounce straight upward.

    • @SarthorS
      @SarthorS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      I was also pretty unimpressed by the balls. But considering this was a world record, either no one bothered setting it before, or there is a hell of a lot more involved to getting it to work than we saw.

    • @shane4622
      @shane4622 8 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      It looks easy, but think of the balls it took to do.

    • @smaarmy
      @smaarmy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      thus...the joke.

    • @smaarmy
      @smaarmy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ouch.

  • @lecielo
    @lecielo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This was great. PLEASE HAVE MORE SCIENTISTS AS GUESTS!!!

  • @verumsemita4333
    @verumsemita4333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    so this video exploded 3 years ago and now it reach my recommendation,good thing it was not yesterday it would've wipe me out.

  • @-bdl2696
    @-bdl2696 8 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Amazing how this went from educational to reality show in the blink of an eye.

    • @bobsingh11
      @bobsingh11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sadly because reality tv is what general public is interested in.

    • @flurbanmoran7797
      @flurbanmoran7797 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bobby Singh Yeah, it's so sad.

    • @hassaneeen
      @hassaneeen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      this really saddens me, instead of focusing on sparking science interest in people, the focus of the show went to the Guiness World Record gimmick... Its because of things like this that we never revisited the moon...

    • @ritwikreddy5670
      @ritwikreddy5670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@hassaneeen visiting moon became impractical after semiconductor technology gained momentum. Because of that, sending rovers and satellites is much cheaper and more useful than sending a human.
      Moonlanding was more of an effort to win at the space race than actually studying the space.

    • @SustainaBIT
      @SustainaBIT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ritwikreddy5670 I like your comment, sums up a lot of history

  • @SnakeonFlag
    @SnakeonFlag 8 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    Colbert is great on this show. He doesn't just have some dumb bubbly celebrities on, he also has scientists and what not, helping educate the public or at the very least get them interested in things, rather than always just have mind numbing guests and topics.

    • @ljv2094
      @ljv2094 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yess

    • @JasonZakrajsek
      @JasonZakrajsek 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did that on the Report as well

    • @templarrising6299
      @templarrising6299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and now it's a show filled with left-wing hate propaganda... sad how things change

    • @Irfan87
      @Irfan87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He had Anita Sarkeesian on it. That's absolute failure.

    • @RobbyIbarra
      @RobbyIbarra 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@templarrising6299 im sorry. Everyone give him room. He needs his safe space e

  • @matin563
    @matin563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Stephen: ... hyernova ...
    Captions: ... *HYPERNOVEMBER* ...

  • @Sturnburn772
    @Sturnburn772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bryan is cool and I appreciate Stephen's genuine curiosity and not making cheap jokes at the expense of understanding

  • @dalilbaby4238
    @dalilbaby4238 8 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    I read one of Brian Greene's books for my physics class and THAT made my brain implode on itself.

    • @LydCal999
      @LydCal999 8 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      And that made your balls fly into Steven Colbert's mouth

    • @lochestnut
      @lochestnut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love all of his books! :D

    • @devendrapratapsingh241
      @devendrapratapsingh241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which one??

    • @ZesPak
      @ZesPak 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Calvin Dang I like his books and he is undoubtedly a very intelligent man, but I don't like him in talks or videos at all.
      I do like NDT though, so what do I know.

    • @devilshoez1098
      @devilshoez1098 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Name of the book?

  • @anarkyah4440
    @anarkyah4440 8 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    this dude was so excited by start that it made ME excited

    • @SMBrwnie
      @SMBrwnie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Same, he has great energy

  • @ihatelordvoldemort5899
    @ihatelordvoldemort5899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    He isn't interested in breaking records he is just more concerned about how he could comprehend this magic to the people. Just look at his eyes 4:25

    • @alphaduck2926
      @alphaduck2926 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s not magic but rather physics but I get what you mean.

  • @theone31man
    @theone31man 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love Brian Green. That was incredible. Thank you Steven for sharing him with us.

  • @xslonk
    @xslonk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I didn't expect that experiment to end in confetti lol

    • @ericaamodt4004
      @ericaamodt4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      if there was a record brocen then of coarse

  • @cloudofthought
    @cloudofthought 8 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    Thanks Stephen and CBS for featuring non-sensationalist or dumbed-down science on your show! I hope this becomes a trend for others.

    • @cloudofthought
      @cloudofthought 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes, of course. I meant in reference to some other shows that play to the absolute lowest-common denominator treating the audience like they're slow witted 2 year-olds. I've seen some of that even on the Science Channel, and it's annoying because they often fail in their attempt to simplify the complex, so that the science itself seems suspect, if not bunk, when it isn't. For the time allotted, Brian Greene's bit was sufficient for his goal. *****

    • @Jrock420blam
      @Jrock420blam 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I agree, it was simplified and not dumbed-down. That is a very important distinction.

    • @brokenwave6125
      @brokenwave6125 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Not dumbed down?
      He compared bouncing balls to a supernova...
      This is the epitome of dumbed down.
      This is a middle school science class demonstration.

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree cloud... but good luck getting a scientist on Fallon. Jimmy'd probably fake-laugh at him and make him throw balls at a target of Pauly Shore.

    • @starboxxxchrononaut5707
      @starboxxxchrononaut5707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Broken Wave There's a difference between something being "dumbed down" and something being explained in terms laypeople can easily visualize.

  • @TLHockeyCards
    @TLHockeyCards 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I wish they showed that part again in slowmo

    • @frankguy9772
      @frankguy9772 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let go my purse! I dont kneewwyouuu! 😁

    • @TLHockeyCards
      @TLHockeyCards 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frankguy9772 Lol bobby in the ymca

  • @nomimalone7520
    @nomimalone7520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Why are Guinness "officials" always dressed like flight attendants?

    • @ericaamodt4004
      @ericaamodt4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya

    • @ProdSketch
      @ProdSketch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      that guy is always in Dude Perfect videos AHHA

  • @GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids
    @GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids 8 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Isn't that the same guinness guy they just had on dude perferct?

    • @alongforthememories
      @alongforthememories 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That's what I was thinking

    • @IatAS
      @IatAS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the same guy

    • @yoadhordan2809
      @yoadhordan2809 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      lol I was so expecting this comment

    • @DaveAp7
      @DaveAp7 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's what I thought!

    • @cewl20
      @cewl20 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      It sure is! Pretty sure at this point, Guinness is just this one dude who prints out certificates and wears that outfit like it's the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

  • @JohnMichaelStrubhart2022
    @JohnMichaelStrubhart2022 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If you don't see something truly beautiful there, there is something sadly missing in the core of your being. Thank you, Stephen and Brian! Great exposition!

  • @GUFFmaster97
    @GUFFmaster97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love that Stephen takes genuine interest in this stuff! Why did he stop having Brian on the show?

    • @hassaneeen
      @hassaneeen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cuz DeGrasse Tyson became the new science popstar 😂

  • @b-2466
    @b-2466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Brian Greene is awesome.

  • @AADITYAAPANDYA
    @AADITYAAPANDYA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I've a feeling that he is NOT going to be able to hold this record for a very long time

    • @1014p
      @1014p 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aaditya Pandya get some really good rubbers and probably not.

    • @ericaamodt4004
      @ericaamodt4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hell he is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @shkotayd9749
    @shkotayd9749 8 ปีที่แล้ว +565

    There is hope for the world when major talk shows like The Late Show has scientists on it and they get a good reception :D
    And as for the title? Well, OUR world will end when our sun goes red giant and either cooks us from a close distance, or envelops us. We'll be a wee little crisp. And it'll finish with a little bang and settle into a tiny white ball.
    faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~infocom/The%20Website/end.html

    • @mohmoony3918
      @mohmoony3918 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I rather go out with a boom rather than a sizzle.

    • @chicken6944
      @chicken6944 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah man, bummer, you mean we all are going to one day die? And the buzz-kill of the year award goes to.........Shkotay D. For somebody interested in such scientific knowledge you'd think you would be able to come up with a better screen name, instead of some crap that's not even a word. Your email address is probably 1Tl1l1%@aol.com

    • @shkotayd9749
      @shkotayd9749 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      chicken Oh its a real name, just not english. You could have asked what it meant: Ojibway word for "Fire".
      Thanks for the ignorant comment of the day :D WELL DONE!!

    • @chicken6944
      @chicken6944 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shkotay D Oh good come back. That's like saying: 'I know you are but what am I?' I was going to end it on peaceful terms but then I just had to click the 'show more' button. God this world is going to blow itself up; people are so stupid.

    • @shkotayd9749
      @shkotayd9749 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      chicken K :D

  • @realshlimshady8966
    @realshlimshady8966 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love it when Brian green is on the show. he is awesome and always demonstrates an amazing experiment

  • @tvortbox
    @tvortbox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    2:45 who could have predicted the scientist describing nuclear-astrophysics would fumble a sports analogy

    • @hedegaard8
      @hedegaard8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      " a very stiff surface"

  • @daniellaviolet6207
    @daniellaviolet6207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Now this is why I love Stephen Colbert's Late show rather than the other Late shows, he actually interviews people with intelligence, talks about current important issues as well as being funny, not just throwing pies at people's faces who are as thick as a brick #soznotsoz

    • @andrewbell2712
      @andrewbell2712 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, come on. Queen Elizabeth I interviewed both Tycho Brahe and
      Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton's grandfather, in 1588 when she founded BBC 2. Then Johnny Carson had Carl Sagan on his show regularly during much of his run on TV. Jay Leno and Dave Letterman always brought scientists on their shows as well.
      Stephen Colbert is just carrying on a tradition here. Neil deGrasse Tyson has also been a frequent guess on late shows in the past.
      This obviously isn't an ideal venue for them, but they have even made it there. A much better venue is Ira Flato's radio show on NPR called Science Friday. Did you know that some of the best scientists in the world are women? Science Friday features outstanding scientists from all corners of the world, many of whom are women. Check it out on your radio dial on Friday's at 3:00 p.m., E.S.T., on NPR.

  • @c24c24c24
    @c24c24c24 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1138

    Brian Green dropping kowledge like Trump dropping nonsense

    • @IatAS
      @IatAS 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "take cover, small arms fire imbound!!!" (shots)

    • @robzen2713
      @robzen2713 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Dropping science like Galileo dropped the orange.

    • @Deadpool-su2po
      @Deadpool-su2po 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Christian Mora *knowledge

    • @abrahamntienjem2659
      @abrahamntienjem2659 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      More like Trump dropping The Mother of all Bombs

    • @ROOKTABULA
      @ROOKTABULA 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Abraham Ntienjem That was a Russia gate obfuscating, penis compensating device, not a bomb.

  • @ailei140
    @ailei140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That ended unexpectedly 😂😂

  • @Azrael2812
    @Azrael2812 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great combination of education and entertainment. we need more of this.

  • @peternilsson6310
    @peternilsson6310 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Stephen, for doing this type of segment and not just comic bits, thank you for inspiring people to not only be comedians or work in showbusiness, but to be scientists and engineers as well, someting that the world truly needs

  • @GregRogers503
    @GregRogers503 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    So much more interesting than some random celebrity plugging their latest movie or tv show.

  • @zazzzy
    @zazzzy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stephen Colbert is goofy af. That face on the ceiling was hilarious. This is really lighthearted comedy we need right now. Thank you Stephen!!

  • @jpseet1
    @jpseet1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video featuring Brian Greene. Thanks! I found it entertaining. The talk about the anniversary of the discovery of the powerful supernova/hypernova was cool. It's instructive to learn about how a (massive) star can collapse, producing a shockwave and explosion. The core rebounds into the outer layers/shells. (I believe such a Hypernova explosion can sometimes be associated with a Gamma-ray burst as well).
    The tallest Galilean Cannon demonstration was nice too. The Guinness world record was cool, (though I believe it was surpassed in 2018).
    Likes/replies/comments welcome! Thanks.

  • @JoshRoweice
    @JoshRoweice 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Was pretty hard to spot that ball in all the confetti and the bitrate

    • @NoktynGaming
      @NoktynGaming 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe you should learn what confetti actually does to cameras. Tom Scott just did a video on it actually. Also, why would you need to see the ball falling back down? You clearly see it go passed the Stephen cutout.

    • @Adlore
      @Adlore 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He literally mentioned the bitrate, which implies that he knows the effects of a large amount of changing data, and its relation to video compression.

    • @NoktynGaming
      @NoktynGaming 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ENTERUSERNAMEHERE555 Just because he mentioned the bitrate, it doesn't mean he know's why it is that way. You're inferring information. There was literally no reason for his comment to exist at all anyway. The bitrate obviously wasn't an issue for the demonstration...

    • @TheViolism
      @TheViolism 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a comment section there is no reason to write anything especially pedantic bs like you

    • @Adlore
      @Adlore 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nokty So you're saying that even though he correctly used a term in the right context... he doesn't understand what it means or its implications?

  • @mizuhonova
    @mizuhonova 8 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    I wish they allocated more time for this segment. The supernova explanation was very rushed and anyone who didn't already understand how it worked wouldn't have followed.

    • @JamesSmith-ek1or
      @JamesSmith-ek1or 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +supremebeing87 I think you're overestimating. The average American thinks Europe is a country. Cmon now. We're talking severe ignorance here. You probably frequen educated communities, but if you really meet an average American then it is quite sad. Almost appalling how slow and ignorant they are.

    • @flurbanmoran7797
      @flurbanmoran7797 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      James Smith I don't get it.

    • @333pinkelephant333
      @333pinkelephant333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea, I don't understand why American talk shows only invite guests to talk for like 5-10 minutes only. I can literally talk about breakfast I had for longer than that.

    • @chrisofstars
      @chrisofstars 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't already understand and I feel this made me understand perfectly. How can it get any simpler when you're bringing out the colorful plastic candy balls?

  • @ThatGuyInVegas
    @ThatGuyInVegas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Who are these 1.5 thousand people who thought this wasn't good?!
    Have you no sense of wonder left?

    • @ryancoke9301
      @ryancoke9301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Religious people, that's who.

    • @ericaamodt4004
      @ericaamodt4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya

    • @artifexdebello2568
      @artifexdebello2568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      People who think this is scripted and didnt watch it

    • @hassaneeen
      @hassaneeen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really, while I didn't hit the unlike button, I got a little disappointed in the end. The show is about exploding stars, and science, and suddenly it became a Guinness world record reality TV gimmick... I would have loved it, and respected it much more if the focus was purely on the science aspect of it... (Neil DeGrasse Tyson never reverted to gimmicks to explain science...) Also, at the end we only saw the ball pass through the colbert poster, no explanation, and no conclusion...

  • @andreasjohansson221
    @andreasjohansson221 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly the scientists are my favorite segments. Always so interesting and a cool thing to put on a comedy show

  • @siddjoshi9166
    @siddjoshi9166 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Finally something interesting @LSSC , which did not have trump in it.

  • @cardboardclown
    @cardboardclown 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:14 Stephen was thinking about Sauron

  • @charliefischer59
    @charliefischer59 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What an odd record 😂 love it!!!

  • @KHasan-de6yq
    @KHasan-de6yq 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superb...awesome explanation and demonstration condensed in just few moments...brilliant

  • @imeredithc
    @imeredithc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is what I love about The Late Show: Stephen will not only have celebrities on it but also physicists and other important people!

  • @Technatura83
    @Technatura83 8 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Ok now I'm going to demonstrate how a black hole works. Alright, so I got my calculator here, and then I'm gonna take one divided by zero--NO WAIT!!!!!!!!

    • @zacharysantos494
      @zacharysantos494 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I get what you are trying to say but zero divided by anything is zero.

    • @zacharysantos494
      @zacharysantos494 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fair enough. I forgot to say except zero. Sorry.

    • @catradummy_ytp
      @catradummy_ytp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +dahalofreeek 0/x = 0, but x/0 = undefined

    • @dirhido9665
      @dirhido9665 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Falcø only when x>0

    • @Technatura83
      @Technatura83 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Zachary Santos *FIXED*

  • @Tubueller
    @Tubueller 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never thought a talk show would do something like this. I love it!

  • @babacane8952
    @babacane8952 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Finally found something I can do to get me onto the Guinness book of records.

  • @randyjoble4607
    @randyjoble4607 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    it's good that supernovas and hypernovas use the same naming system as potions in pokemon

    • @zantomun
      @zantomun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      don't forget the masternova that only appears once per universe

    • @CartyCantDance
      @CartyCantDance 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +zantomun haha nice.

  • @MuhammadEgypt
    @MuhammadEgypt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Incredible! Really worth watching.

  • @No0one01
    @No0one01 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best shows i ever saw.. new interesting stuff every show !

  • @bobbyandes
    @bobbyandes 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    More of these on a regular basis,please.

  • @mistrofelis6600
    @mistrofelis6600 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thank you for always giving prime time space to science Colbert, you are and the show is the best!

  • @legoblox01
    @legoblox01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how Stephen always invites scientists onto the show

  • @rumpel_stiltskin1233
    @rumpel_stiltskin1233 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It seems like every modern late night talk show has some sort of science segment, but what I really appreciate about Colbert's show is that he has the thought to bring on people (like Brian Greene) who can stimulate curiosity in cutting edge physics. There's no party tricks, only really interesting cut down versions of extremely important physics ideas. Although some of these explanations can be challenging to grasp for some, I hope at least a portion of viewers feel intrigued and potentially do their own research on the subjects. These types of guests really inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers who will take the human race further into the future.
    Thank you Stephen and Brian!

  • @tofelipwithlove1150
    @tofelipwithlove1150 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss these kinds of interviews. I hope Stephen would bring these back. or maybe have a lotr segment where he explains it.

  • @Gabagool93
    @Gabagool93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Scientists always have the coolest demonstrations.

  • @ericpapilayaTV
    @ericpapilayaTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    i love astrophysics, but man does Guinnes make a Fool out of themselves

    • @ANunes06
      @ANunes06 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ganiscol Meanwhile, the crazy australians at How Ridiculous launched a two stage galillean cannon some 40 meters. I get that Guiness is a business and all, but just watch the bit on Last Week Tonight about the Turkish royal to get a sense of how ... shady ... things are.

    • @ericpapilayaTV
      @ericpapilayaTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ganiscol exactly that is the problem.

  • @buzzknutson
    @buzzknutson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brian Green is amazing. Giving him such a large platform to help spark curiosity in science is far more important then a celebrity plugging there latest project. Good job Colbert

  • @biggucci3hunna741
    @biggucci3hunna741 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I understood the concept a little bit but the demonstration helped me visualize and conceptualize this phenomenon much more! Thank you Stephen!! I love and appreciate these scientists you bring on the show ❤️🙏🏽

  • @MagnusAnand
    @MagnusAnand 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I just love Brian Greene

  • @chrismorgan7234
    @chrismorgan7234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wait...THAT's all I needed to do to win a lifetime supply of beer?

    • @xXxBladeStormxXx
      @xXxBladeStormxXx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Record holders get lifetime supply of beer??

    • @Thorntonian
      @Thorntonian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, if it's *Guiness* world records, i'd certainly hope so.

    • @Harry351ify
      @Harry351ify 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You also need to be a renowned professor of physics and a popular character in TV

    • @ericaamodt4004
      @ericaamodt4004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      huh

  • @Qui_Gon_Jinn_76
    @Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well spoken, very articulate, matter of fact and to the point. Well taught.

  • @ARC87
    @ARC87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see a Late Show interested in explaining science in a fun way to audiences... much more interesting than gossiping about "celebrities" 👍

  • @JcisKingg
    @JcisKingg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    My most powerful explosions come after I eat del taco

    • @Elitecommando501
      @Elitecommando501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your stomach gases implode on itself and it rebounds to a hyperfart

  • @mariadaluzmoutinho6691
    @mariadaluzmoutinho6691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Este Senhor é um grande comunicador ...a ciência divertida e bem explicada! ...

  • @rafabdc04
    @rafabdc04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fr this is the best guest on this show

  • @SyzygyNoon
    @SyzygyNoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never realized that the transfer of energy on this scale could produce that much confetti.🤯

  • @Krebzonide
    @Krebzonide 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like I could double that height in my backyard with $100.

  • @stevenbenitez1851
    @stevenbenitez1851 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's great Stephen is incorporating people with actual intelligence into his shows

  • @shiwaniswamy3846
    @shiwaniswamy3846 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So glad to someone on a talk show i am really a fan of.....i have read three of his books and watched so many of his videos....he is so intelligent,explains everything so well and so cool also

  • @aikotachibana2060
    @aikotachibana2060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brian greene and brian cox and jim holt are my favorite scientists out there
    people should really check out their videos
    their explanation has made physics so much more fun for me

  • @Fr8monkey
    @Fr8monkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This isn't how the world will end. The sun isn't massive enough to go nova. It will swell up to the orbit of Earth and fry everything. /nerdsoapbox

    • @MisterDewong
      @MisterDewong 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, although everything in the video is accurate, the title is not :(

    • @Fr8monkey
      @Fr8monkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Still cool though...

    • @ironiccookies2320
      @ironiccookies2320 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No. He was explaining how a supernova starts, not our sun

    • @tyler8253
      @tyler8253 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Sun will undergo a regular nova, which is basically the sun expanding to a red giant, and eventually expelling its outer layers, leaving a white dwarf. Even the white dwarf will eventually die, but not for billions of years after that.

    • @UltimateBreloom
      @UltimateBreloom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mel hooprah Title is mostly right. . Description not so much. .

  • @Nightstick24
    @Nightstick24 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love Brian Greene, he's so excited and passionate about science you can't help but get excited yourself.

  • @jherbranson
    @jherbranson 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stephen Colbert is so good at setting up anticipation and keeping the audience on track with the concepts his guests are sharing.

  • @jutco
    @jutco 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That's the same Guinness guy from the Dude Perfect video

  • @infirmux
    @infirmux 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    oi, I want to see all the balls drop and rebound, not just the yellow one. And in slow motion, this is Internet after all
    .

  • @YG-rr6zv
    @YG-rr6zv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love how Stephen invites scientists and makes it interesting with real examples, but I would love to see a psychologist on there or something with the same passion and enthusiasm

  • @ITRIEDEL
    @ITRIEDEL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Privilege to hear him talk last year. I even took a selfie with him. Such an animated individual that is so intelligent. It's very humbling to be in the same room as him.

  • @juancjuanc9
    @juancjuanc9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Did galileo come up with this?" That ladies and gentlemen is pure wit and humour. L

  • @AUniqueBot
    @AUniqueBot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You know what's the most powerful explosion in the universe? My life. Because it is now in pieces.

    • @UTUBESUCK666
      @UTUBESUCK666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think of the guy that was just underneath the bomb when it went off in Hiroshima and realize the enormity of what you just said. The dude was literally disintegrated and his atoms spreaded a few thousands miles across. Atoms travel far in the winds...

    • @AUniqueBot
      @AUniqueBot 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ramon Zarat uhhh... Sorry....?

    • @AUniqueBot
      @AUniqueBot 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheRedRaccoonDog It's not a bad life really.
      Sometimes I wonder if people take jokes a bit too seriously. But then this is the Internet, anything goes.

    • @AUniqueBot
      @AUniqueBot 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheRedRaccoonDog True that

  • @mafosa8519
    @mafosa8519 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now that was cool! He explained it very well and Colbert asked all the questions!
    Larry

  • @byronp2311
    @byronp2311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please, more mathematicians!! I know they tend to be weird, but they can be fun. This is pure awesome sauce.

  • @erichimes3062
    @erichimes3062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dudes in the band be like: “dafuq??”

    • @zinaright
      @zinaright 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😅😅😅

  • @Smallville4613
    @Smallville4613 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol!!! That's the same World Record guy from the Dude Perfect video!!!

  • @AayushSoni1196
    @AayushSoni1196 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just how easily he described the hypernova explosion! I'd love to have him as my professor. :)

  • @hernankaufmann7688
    @hernankaufmann7688 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This kind of stuff is why colbert is better than anyone else in the air right now

  • @citizensguard3433
    @citizensguard3433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That seems like an easy record to break, right? Just get a few more balls right?

    • @bhavyasharma9090
      @bhavyasharma9090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes please someone answer me that

    • @Youtuber111-p2x
      @Youtuber111-p2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not necessarily. i'm pretty sure the various masses of the balls were optimized prior to the experiment using the the equations of conservation of linear momentum and kinetic energy. And this isn't to put into the account of thermal energy lost when the balls made contact, nor the drag forces applied. There's a lot of moving parts to this, and I'm also pretty sure that the amount of balls is restricted based on the record you are trying to break.

    • @angelbythewings
      @angelbythewings 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TH-camr111-p2x linear moment should be conserved irrespective of the masses of the ball, I agree with everything else u said

  • @marcoklaue
    @marcoklaue 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As world records go, this one seems pretty easy to break. We could make a bigger Galilean cannon at my place this weekend.

  • @binkapooh
    @binkapooh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Now they need to go to Australia and give the HowRidiculous guys the new record.

  • @drshokster333
    @drshokster333 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys are so awesome!

  • @matt8863
    @matt8863 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:54 - 1:07 He meant to say "Half a Trillion"...Even incredible minds experience a brain fart every 3.8 billion years or so.

    • @hasch5756
      @hasch5756 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad someone else also uses the long ladder ^^