How One Supernova Measured The Universe

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  • @lukaswenzl6749
    @lukaswenzl6749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1443

    It is awesome to see you talk about such current research in Astrophysics. As a Phd student who grinds these papers every day it is a joy to see you manage to share these concepts so understandable and yet very accurately. It is a joy to watch!

    • @darshild.makwana3283
      @darshild.makwana3283 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      hiii, i also want to become an astrophysicist and for that i have to do phd so share some information plz...

    • @peejay1981
      @peejay1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm glad there is someone who can explain it to us in a way we understand! I'll just stick to my electronics.

    • @rthurw
      @rthurw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "phd student" XD why would you do this to yourself

    • @lukaswenzl6749
      @lukaswenzl6749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@darshild.makwana3283 I am happy to share some insights! Just shoot me an email

    • @raimonestanol8234
      @raimonestanol8234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet I fail to understand which law made the "shorter" path "longer" for light to travel. Also how do X-rays show us the early universe? Also a gravitational lens?

  • @alfredoalfaro5000
    @alfredoalfaro5000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7437

    One of the few youtubers that always produces top notch content is now pouring it en masse! Guess not all is bad for 2020.

    • @marcperez2598
      @marcperez2598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      The 2020 Redemption Arc is starting now.
      We got Bolivia kicking out fascists, Veritasium pumping out content, and humanity starting to wise up a bit.
      Let's hope this trend continues

    • @pjl2320
      @pjl2320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Shhh 2020 might hear you

    • @bobdong4462
      @bobdong4462 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      in "mass" badum tssss

    • @strangerwithscience3597
      @strangerwithscience3597 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Ummmm... One video a week is not en mass

    • @craigchapman2676
      @craigchapman2676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Compared to previous frequency, this is en masse

  • @3nimac
    @3nimac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8248

    Its incredible how much info scientists can extract from these tiny little smears of light

    • @karatewill75
      @karatewill75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +445

      Its incredible they can discern different stuff. Before the several images of the galaxy were circled I was looking all over the screen for them. If you handed me that picture before I watched this video, I would've told you they were different galaxies.

    • @McToasted
      @McToasted 4 ปีที่แล้ว +506

      Meanwhile, there are climate change deniers, flat earthers and vaccine haters. I wonder which groups are the knowledgable ones...

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

    • @abdu2s
      @abdu2s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Incredible indeed. If they only put that effort into things that matter more like COVID-19

    • @karatewill75
      @karatewill75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      @@abdu2s I... you are aware that not everyone is a microbiologist/biochemist right?

  • @rars0n
    @rars0n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +954

    This blows my mind. I've always understood the concept of how objects in the sky are so far away that it takes a long time for the light to reach Earth, as if we're looking into the past. But I never considered the fact that objects between us and what we're observing could distort our observation. Science never ceases to amaze me.

    • @ForcesNL
      @ForcesNL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The crazy thing is that it reaches us at all, as if those objects are transparent. It's literally seeing around objects, crazy. Space is so strange. In "micro" scale it appears to be affected by mass. How can something stretch so violently while mass holds it's ground.

    • @dangeros31
      @dangeros31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That last sentence kinda feels wrong here. Instead of "Science never ceases to amaze me.", I feel it more appropriate to say "Reality never ceases to amaze me".

    • @shozinryu4
      @shozinryu4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dangeros31 Science doesn't equal reality. What you are referring to as "science" actually refers to the scientific method which then provide results. But these results can change if the components in it are not constant. A.k.a variables. Variable expressions can change results thus by your definition change reality.

    • @dangeros31
      @dangeros31 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@shozinryu4
      I'm not saying Science is reality. I'm saying that reality is what already exists regardless of our perception; it is constant. Science is used to figure out reality, but even then Science can and is wrong, because, like you said it is always changing. Take for example the big bang. People take it as fact, but it is still just a theory that can not be completely proven. The smallest amount of evidence of scientists and people's ideal perspective of the world and universe can lead people in the wrong direction, thus making up their own false and ideal science that helps them cope with their lack of evidence. Science is just a tool to measure and observe, while reality is fact and constant; weather it can be correctly observed is another thing.

    • @thelocalnecromancer1224
      @thelocalnecromancer1224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dangeros31 whether*
      not weather.

  • @aurigo_tech
    @aurigo_tech 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1598

    That is legitimately mind blowing. To see the exact same event not just on multiple places, but also at different times. And not only twice but six times? Imagine that in an ordinary world setting. Literally deja vu.

    • @R3bel02
      @R3bel02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You can, with a camera. You can see the same event from different perspectives. It's pretty much the same. The light from the event from different angles.

    • @subhadeepchakrabarti
      @subhadeepchakrabarti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wow, deja vu, you've found a great connection!

    • @asitkhanda
      @asitkhanda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or maybe something similar happens with multiple universes or maybe with alternate universes and we think we experienced Deja Vu. The possibilities are infinite and we are yet to discover so much more. Wow.

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GamesBond.007 It is probably not a supernova. You could find this object yourself in publically available online databases of astronomical objects and check its type. Find the first galaxy in question or lensed supernova first and then compare images. It might be tricky because these tools can be complex and built for professional astronomers, but you can do it with a little bit of trial and error ;)

    • @pearcomputers
      @pearcomputers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That is legitimately mind blowing. To see the exact same event not just on multiple places, but also at different times. And not only twice but six times? Imagine that in an ordinary world setting. Literally deja vu. vu vu vu vu vu... what if that was reality and we're all just so relatively close that no 1 here notices - Oh, I found your cat by the way xx

  • @AverageAlien
    @AverageAlien 4 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    This is the kind of content that needs to be on the trending tab

    • @nickllama5296
      @nickllama5296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The large, large, large majority of mankind will look at this video and have absolutely no clue what on earth he's talking about.

    • @jimlahey5354
      @jimlahey5354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Too many stupid people though.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thinking hard. Brain hurt.

    • @RahulKumarAitian
      @RahulKumarAitian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@nickllama5296 when we have 100 thousand of human still debating whether earth is round or flat, such content is not going to trend in next few years.

    • @josepalacid
      @josepalacid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you asking TH-cam algorithm to work against the interest* of their investors?
      *wherever "interest" is written it has to be read as "money".

  • @ChathuraJayasundaraIMD
    @ChathuraJayasundaraIMD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    Quality or Quantity, choose one and choose wisely
    Derek from Veritasium: I choose them both
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

    • @seemysight
      @seemysight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      that what a decent team working like an well oiled machine can do

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  4 ปีที่แล้ว +283

      it's not sustainable. I'm gonna need a break after this.

    • @Pingviinimursu
      @Pingviinimursu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@veritasium It's very good that you know your limits. I think you can also be a good example for a lot of people who might not be as conscious of their capabilities. Take all the time you need, we'll be waiting for you when you come back!

    • @SnapThority
      @SnapThority 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@veritasium Don't worry, just go take however long you want, and come back to produce more videos with greater zeal!

  • @miketacos9034
    @miketacos9034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    “Hey did you catch the supernova? If not, no worries, they’ll play re-runs in a year. Or twenty.”

  • @ninadn
    @ninadn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2179

    Teacher in online class: why are you late?
    Me: gravitational time delay.

    • @darkinators
      @darkinators 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Opecuted more... about 8.4g

    • @rok4937
      @rok4937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      This excuse would work if we live on a neutron star and teacher is living on higher floors than your home.
      Actually in such conditions instead of time zones' discrete set based on longitude, like on Earth, it will be time rates continuum based on height levels, because of different distance to the center of the "black city-size star with about the mass of the Sun"

    • @joaquinyuen9633
      @joaquinyuen9633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I had to walk too close to your mama

    • @carlos9484
      @carlos9484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you a light then ? XD

    • @Kosma_polvo
      @Kosma_polvo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Teacher: next time do avoid passing by from heavy objects.

  • @bassett_green
    @bassett_green 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2874

    "Do you notice that the same galaxy appears three times in the image?"
    Yeah I *totally* noticed

    • @arun2686
      @arun2686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      😂

    • @hyree
      @hyree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Would that mean... we're seeing more galaxies than there actually are in the sky?

    • @JorgetePanete
      @JorgetePanete 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@hyree you have to substract the ones not visible

    • @postmann_pot
      @postmann_pot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@hyree maybe they're all the same galaxy, being projected around a super massive black hole. Seen at different points in the timeline🤔😆

    • @PersonManManManMan
      @PersonManManManMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Todally man

  • @ASLUHLUHC3
    @ASLUHLUHC3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    Gravitational lensing makes things show up at different places AND at different times. Now that's cool
    !

    • @slash196
      @slash196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "Different places" and "different times" are two ways of saying the same thing. Now THAT'S cool.

    • @rdmz135
      @rdmz135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davidsantiagoalonso its a bot

    • @ssxxxss
      @ssxxxss 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidsantiagoalonso it's a bot:")

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, this is some new revelation. We've gone through the simpler location-based ones, but making sure that time goes with it is something.

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Amey Shinde And at different moments as well ! Otherwise the observation wouldn't work.

  • @booksandvideos
    @booksandvideos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    The fact that there are multiple images of the same galaxies, delaying the light that arrives to us at different intervals is blowing my mind. I never knew something like this exists. It's cool to keep learning new things about space that continue to astound me. I'll never get tired of it.

  • @PK-qs4dx
    @PK-qs4dx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2146

    Veritasium: Trying hard to explain gravitational lens
    Me: 6:28 Smiley face

    • @TheTimeDilater
      @TheTimeDilater 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Same here 😂😂

    • @zweidönerhoch
      @zweidönerhoch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yup

    • @denyraw
      @denyraw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Probably the biggest smiley ever

    • @RichardCox0
      @RichardCox0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Saw it right away, how sweet

    • @ricardoabh3242
      @ricardoabh3242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why Dereck did not do a quick pun there? lol

  • @austin5060
    @austin5060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1047

    Even got the updated Betelgeuse distance from just this week
    Nice touch

    • @rubi-blythin8885
      @rubi-blythin8885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@AxxLAfriku what

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Two types of youtube comments.

    • @sillybilly4710
      @sillybilly4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@rubi-blythin8885 just always mark this guy as spam

    • @Piwde
      @Piwde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I can't believe there's actually a star pronounced beetlejuice

    • @larryscott3982
      @larryscott3982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Pog
      Made more difficult by its spelling Betelgeuse

  • @broccolirob5026
    @broccolirob5026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2169

    I’m so glad there are people smart enough to know what’s going on when they look through a telescope lol

    • @emmadabdelkrim3073
      @emmadabdelkrim3073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why ?

    • @broccolirob5026
      @broccolirob5026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      So they can tell dumb people like me about the blobs of light I’m looking at

    • @joeblack1126
      @joeblack1126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But do they I wonder.

    • @broccolirob5026
      @broccolirob5026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@joeblack1126 there’s probably a bit more speculation than they’d like to admit 😜

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Waldel Martell I don't agree. If they had smarts and discipline, they would already be something worthwhile .

  • @rustusandroid
    @rustusandroid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1466

    The more we learn, the crazier the universe becomes.

    • @ViperDivinity
      @ViperDivinity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      we dont even know how deep our oceans is, let alone the Universe where everything doesn't make sense

    • @Jveir
      @Jveir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ViperDivinity Except that it does

    • @kxufa4507
      @kxufa4507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@ViperDivinity The earth's deep sea is denser than you think, it gets dark every time you go deeper in water. It’s also like being in space but in water, you can’t even see, It’s like being inside a huge fog. So it’s hard for scientists to explore and find new sea creatures.
      Edit: My comment was confusing. So basically Earth’s deep sea is much more like space but it has an end and it is much more dense. once you enter a zone where no light would no longer could reach; you could experience very much pressure. And the thickness of fog made it so hard to see; it could be hard for scientists to search for creatures.

    • @mzreina74
      @mzreina74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kxufa4507 our ocean is basically space

    • @BryanM61
      @BryanM61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's not so much that the universe is 'crazy'; the universe is what it is - and is absolute truth. It's more that it's beyond our (humans') realm of understanding...kinda like an insect trying to understand calculus. We're making progress tho.

  • @harpreetdhaliwal2127
    @harpreetdhaliwal2127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Happiness is seeing Veritasium’s new upload notification.

    • @MrPokeboy8
      @MrPokeboy8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes

    • @Runeansfelt
      @Runeansfelt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do Veritasium have merch? It's the best educational channel. ❣️

    • @MichaelSBaram
      @MichaelSBaram 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, its chemical reactions in your brain...

    • @mystic2997
      @mystic2997 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simp

    • @Kushb4an
      @Kushb4an 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No its vsauce.

  • @biggiecheese3377
    @biggiecheese3377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    this makes me think about how lucky we are in the universe, we have perfect solar eclipses, we have a bunch of planets in our solar system, and we got a perfect view on a duplicated supernova and its host galaxy to go with it.
    I can't believe how you get all this information, and how you teach it so well

    • @connormeagher2203
      @connormeagher2203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      there are multiple people that work at
      Veritasium and that spend hundreds of hours doing research on this sort of stuff and making sure it is correct

    • @JEAthePrince
      @JEAthePrince 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not lucky. Blessed.

    • @captarmour
      @captarmour 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      i think it was Robert Jastrow who said 'The Universe Knew we were coming'. it has been said we live in 'perfect real estate!'

    • @fhz3062
      @fhz3062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Douglas Adams, the water pounding fallacy. ;)

    • @sulaimaanchamda4501
      @sulaimaanchamda4501 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fhz3062 whats that about, is ther somewhere i could read about this fallacy?

  • @evandotpro
    @evandotpro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    This absolutely blew my mind. I expected nothing less from you, Derek. Thank you for everything you do.

  • @derreckwalls7508
    @derreckwalls7508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Watching Veritasium convinces me that nothing is beyond our human capacity to understand, and that I understand so little of it. It is humbling, encouraging, mystical, logical, frightening, and comforting all at the same time. It is a wonderful universe. It is a wonderful channel.
    Thank you.

    • @thegr8malachite370
      @thegr8malachite370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you for your comment!

    • @guilhermelouzada56
      @guilhermelouzada56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, there is a thing that I strongly believe humans could never understand, quantum mechanics

    • @ice_wallow_come5449
      @ice_wallow_come5449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another existential crisis for a week 😛😛😛

    • @mukrifachri
      @mukrifachri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Given a very large amount of time, we'd eventually understand things - but how long would it be compared to a single human lifespan, we just don't know, and some things would likely remains not understandable when you die.
      Still, it's possible to fall to the cracks, and that day will have to wait a bit longer...
      th-cam.com/video/5hVmeOCJjOU/w-d-xo.html -> interesting talk from Sean Carroll (the idea once featured on Veritasium's channel as well).

  • @ChrisInmanDrums
    @ChrisInmanDrums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I watch these videos now with renewed excitement and interest. I finally started at University of as a Physics student after years of watching videos by channels like this, which eventually led to my passion developing to the point where I had to take it more seriously. Crazy to think that, despite officially leaving education years ago, TH-cam channels like Veritasium would take me back purely out of a genuine interest that I never felt for any subject when I was actually in school. The point of this comment is to say thank you for the inspiration!! And to keep this sudden flood of videos coming! :D

  • @Localguitarman
    @Localguitarman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Bless this man, he's putting out so much quality content for us

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

  • @musicman0423
    @musicman0423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    So basically, every moment of every day is echoed through the eternity of space time, for all eternity? That’s pretty friggin amazing. The observable light that reflects from us out into the cosmos never goes away. Yeah I don’t feel insignificant or anything lol

    • @86GT11
      @86GT11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Extraterrestrials in other galaxies be like, "Meh, I've seen this TH-cam video back in 1995.

    • @jamiehosmer1481
      @jamiehosmer1481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      How can you feel insignificant?! You point it out so well yourself -- eternal echoe. My dude, you're existence is permanent and forever. That thought makes me feel way more significant despite the size of this big place.

    • @paragn667
      @paragn667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No one is insignificant compared to the universe, think of it like this, we are part of the universe, the universe is part of us and we are part of the universe.

    • @herrdaniel7607
      @herrdaniel7607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are insignificant if nothing will ever know of or acknowledge your existence. If your existence echoes throughout the universe, how could you possibly be insignificant?

    • @Dmcjixjdndncnc
      @Dmcjixjdndncnc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jamiehosmer1481 well.. yes and no… although we are echoed throughout all of spacetime, isn’t there an end to the universe?
      Or at least the 4 proposed ends that astrophysicists have come up with? so is it a finite echo then, rather than an infinite one?

  • @Dillinger86
    @Dillinger86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My 5 year old nephew loved watching this, he had an endless list of questions for me during & after lol.. He can't even sit for 2 minutes for his online kindergarten classes but he can sit still through this entire video.. Well done man.

  • @sverma6811
    @sverma6811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I am a student in 9 th standard
    I wasn't much interested in science until I started seeing your videos , I think it's been a year and a half since I saw your first video .
    I was so satisfied that I started watching more of them and in no time I found my perspectives changed.Science had become my favourite subject especially physics .This happened just because of you.I would like to thank you from the depth of my heart for that .I feel now that I have an option to pursue in my life ahead as a career, in science and now I am hopeful for my future which I wasn't earlier,perhaps.Thank you so much sir!
    Please continue making videos on such topics .Your way of explaining topics is better than any other channel on you tube as far as I know( perhaps better than even my teachers). Really appreciate your videos !!!!!

    • @varunahlawat4863
      @varunahlawat4863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm a random science guy advice: only science education could change our probability of survival! Now it is most probable that we're gonna extinct! Great you got the right way, encourage others who can't never tell your friends to take what they want, tell them to take science, I'm too from India and ya you will discover that how wrong are RELIGIONS are how wrong are the things we were taught... enjoy...

    • @Musiphymatic
      @Musiphymatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @subrat verma Same as you I too developed interest in Physics because of Derek and Michael Steven(from Vsauce) and I am really grateful to these guys. Best of luck for your future. And btw I am from India too :)

    • @sverma6811
      @sverma6811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@varunahlawat4863 You are absolutely correct
      And besides that we are taught things that assume only historic Importance nowadays. For e.g. I am being taught gravity the Newtonian way even today it's been more than 100 years for General relativity
      But it's mentions are not till high level university courses in India. So that definitely something wrong with the education system
      Thanks for your reply!!

    • @sverma6811
      @sverma6811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Musiphymatic
      Thank you very much bro
      V sauce is also a pretty good channel, I really like that channel and apparently I got to know of Veritasium from Vsauce's Lenz'law video

    • @sverma6811
      @sverma6811 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both the channels(V sauce and Veritasium) are equally good and perhaps the best online learning sources

  • @NikhilSingh-mk9kc
    @NikhilSingh-mk9kc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I still giggle like a kid when seeing your videos like I used to 10 years ago. There's something so beautiful about understanding the mysteries of the universe. It's almost poetic

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It is so refreshing that somebody not just asks more questions, but answers the ones I was never even asked, but always wanted to know!

  • @ihaveliterallynoname
    @ihaveliterallynoname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    Teacher: “don’t worry, angry eye smiling stars aren’t real, they can’t hurt you”
    Angry eye smiling stars: 3:47

    • @alnaskabeer1361
      @alnaskabeer1361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I like to imagine it as lasers coming from the eyes of a distant supermassive alien

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

    • @jamirimaj6880
      @jamirimaj6880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      ratioed by smiling stars 6:28

    • @craigg4251
      @craigg4251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this actually made me laugh so hard

    • @abhaygaur6449
      @abhaygaur6449 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha

  • @martixy2
    @martixy2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4899

    What I learned from this video: Cosmologists are smart AF.

  • @PapaFlammy69
    @PapaFlammy69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5070

    Spacetime be like: But, will it bend?

    • @FoxamPL
      @FoxamPL 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      but can it do this?

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      b-but the fundamental theorem of astronomy is π = 1, h-how can astronomers measure things so p-precisely?

    • @devilixh253
      @devilixh253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Bends so hard the strings might break

    • @devilixh253
      @devilixh253 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@samovarmaker9673 fr? π=1? Here i thought π=3 was bad enough

    • @pietro93vit
      @pietro93vit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Surely djent

  • @ddawson100
    @ddawson100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That closing remark beginning @11:36 is amazing. I had to go back a few times to listen to that. “What is contained in those distortions is information about the workings of our entire universe.” It’s really amazing how we can see so far away and glean bits of information.

  • @llaughridge
    @llaughridge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    "A star might die only once, but with Einstein’s telescope, if you know where to look, you can watch it scream forever."

    • @freyjaandersdottir3311
      @freyjaandersdottir3311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well, that's not at all ominous or creepy!

    • @Lighthouse_out_of_order
      @Lighthouse_out_of_order 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      True poetry! This is the most underestimated comment of the month. Thanks for the chuckle.

    • @the_real_vdegenne
      @the_real_vdegenne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      scream ? why screaming ? It's just a ghost dancing in grace.

    • @levimullins5693
      @levimullins5693 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@the_real_vdegenne Violently exploding isn't graceful

  • @TheBandzuga
    @TheBandzuga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4523

    So this indicates that multiple generations of aliens would see me getting rejected by my crush. Interesting.

    • @theshadowmonster1
      @theshadowmonster1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Eh Branimire branimire

    • @ShadowPhenix273
      @ShadowPhenix273 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      I can just imagine the aliens watching us getting rejected and thinking "ha, noobs"

    • @cheegum6296
      @cheegum6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Not only that but Aliens millions of years from now

    • @coolmarkyt
      @coolmarkyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      not if we nuke 'em first

    • @cheegum6296
      @cheegum6296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@coolmarkyt lol we've already been talking about nuking mars 😄😄😄

  • @TusharGoyal1997
    @TusharGoyal1997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Derek: How many Veritasium videos you want this quarantine?
    Me: Yes!

    • @TheSecondVersion
      @TheSecondVersion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      There is only one veritasium video. You're just seeing multiple versions through a gravitational lens.

    • @alfredjames4530
      @alfredjames4530 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have to report you twice because you violated 2 of the guidelines please in the future don’t do it again

    • @takeizo
      @takeizo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What does his channel name mean ?

    • @gamaltk
      @gamaltk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheSecondVersion Hahahah nice one

    • @ПётрШашин-п2у
      @ПётрШашин-п2у 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@takeizo An element of TRUTH

  • @lmamakos
    @lmamakos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    What a great description of gravitational lensing! I'm just an amateur astrophotographer and have managed to image the "Twin Quasar" with my equipment, but I could never quite understand how the lensing produced (in that case) TWO images rather than some other effect. I think that I now less confused than before, so yay!

    • @therealKINDLE
      @therealKINDLE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeh right! When I look in ze mirror, I don't see two reflections do I?
      Oh.. wait..

    • @tylerdurden3722
      @tylerdurden3722 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@therealKINDLE a lense, and a mirror are not the same.

  • @anniekallen4472
    @anniekallen4472 4 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Me: *shrug* Can't we just call it roughly 70km/s?
    Joseph Silk: It is a possible crisis for cosmology.

    • @Yadobler
      @Yadobler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Astronomers: ye ±10000 years
      Also Astronomers: NO ±1 IS 🚫🚫❌😤
      (but ye, the consequences of having such large range of values is that anything to do with a tiny difference in rates and changes will balloon up and really grow dramatically when used with real data values, that the error margin is as good as saying a human lives on average of 1ms to 2*10^14 years.

    • @rancidalankar1322
      @rancidalankar1322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      If we are taking a rough estimate, I would suggest 69km/s which can be called NHC or Nice Hubble constant .

    • @thorstensteffen3640
      @thorstensteffen3640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rancidalankar1322 big brain

    • @sans.1hp
      @sans.1hp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rancidalankar1322 noice

    • @jerbib9598
      @jerbib9598 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rancidalankar1322 - the Hubble constant is variable in time because in different regions the strength of the dark energy is varying with the density of the virtual particle activity in that region.

  • @RaviKumar-cn7pt
    @RaviKumar-cn7pt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1710

    Man: No one bends like her
    Universe : Hold my gravitational Lenses

    • @laimisss3
      @laimisss3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol

    • @drover7476
      @drover7476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Hahaha one of the best astronomy jokes I've ever heard

    • @Zaque-TV
      @Zaque-TV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bazingaaaa

    • @pakobholo
      @pakobholo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      itna dimag kaha se late ho

    • @roberthawthorne8396
      @roberthawthorne8396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not lensing. It's refraction from changes in plasma density.

  • @FronaldChettiar
    @FronaldChettiar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Me everytime I click on a Veritasium video: Easy peasy. I'm know it all
    Midway through the video: holy moly, wtf did I just hear

  • @Wishkeyn
    @Wishkeyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The appearance of technology and knowledge related to photography when it comes to cutting edge science is something that amazes me.

  • @ashishsharma-og4nl
    @ashishsharma-og4nl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2187

    BRO YOU'RE CRANKING VIDEOS LIKE CRAZY!! HOWW?

    • @veritasium
      @veritasium  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2633

      Two things: I've got a team now, and sponsor deadlines haha

    • @mastershooter64
      @mastershooter64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@veritasium awesome!

    • @michael04__806
      @michael04__806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@veritasium ur amazing

    • @ashishsharma-og4nl
      @ashishsharma-og4nl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@veritasium and you'll always have our support too
      On behalf of your subscribers

    • @SulemanAsghargoion
      @SulemanAsghargoion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@veritasium hope that you are alright though.

  • @luqcrusher
    @luqcrusher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    6:27
    the galaxy is smiling at me im uncomfortable

  • @soumendutta1084
    @soumendutta1084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I watch these videos & I wonder how tiny we are & how short a period of time we exist..yet every problems that we face seems so big & significant in such a short period of time we live. These space videos makes me forget every pain that I have..😊

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We are but an ant, many times smaller than the things above us.

  • @iver1343
    @iver1343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    I never heard someone pronounce Betelgeuse as beetle juice tbh

    • @chalybee8689
      @chalybee8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @Amberscion
      @Amberscion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      And I've never heard someone pronounce Betelgeuse any other way than as 'beetle juice.'

    • @yea-00
      @yea-00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Amberscion like rlly who tf named that

    • @Amberscion
      @Amberscion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@yea-00 The natives of Betelgeuse, of course. And you should hear them laugh about our planet's name: "Y'all call it Dirt? Really? Bwahahahaha!!!!"

    • @randomblackhole9933
      @randomblackhole9933 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Battle geese?

  • @DanielSMatthews
    @DanielSMatthews 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    One of the most impressive pieces of astronomy work I have ever seen, to actually come up with a testable hypothesis and have it confirmed is science of the highest quality.

    • @shinji906
      @shinji906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well that's literally how science works. You make a prediction, then you make an experiment to see if the values you get from the prediction match the experiment values. If they do, your theory is probably correct. Every once in a while, your theory doesn't predict the outcome of a specific experiment, and the science cycle continues... At least that's how I understand it

    • @DanielSMatthews
      @DanielSMatthews 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shinji906 Yep, but how much of "science" is really _science_ then? See now why I am impressed?

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

    • @DanielSMatthews
      @DanielSMatthews 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thearchetype9829 I'd rather see a video about this idea and what possibilities it opens up, dsmatthews.blogspot.com/2020/04/covid-19-solution-changing-rules-of.html

  • @aaroncameron1494
    @aaroncameron1494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This is nuts. The split image of the galaxy really appears that far away from the original.

    • @JacobRy
      @JacobRy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @RITA , I LOVE SЕХ , WANT SЕХ !!! OPEN MY CANAL !!! no

    • @konstantinkh
      @konstantinkh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are actually very, very close together in the sky. The light is deflected by a tiny angle, and you would not be able to distinguish it from single source by eye even if it was bright enough to be visible. Hubble, however, has an absolutely incredible zoom, allowing it to take a region of space that would look to you like a single point in the sky and expand it out to show all the galaxies and clusters of galaxies that are there.

  • @TheNameOfJesus
    @TheNameOfJesus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    All I see at 6:24 is a happy-faced smile.

    • @mikev3279
      @mikev3279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Smiley space 🙂

    • @STriderFIN77
      @STriderFIN77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      :-)

    • @gallium-gonzollium
      @gallium-gonzollium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      3:46 as well

    • @chuckclark6162
      @chuckclark6162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I see a demonic Koolaid Guy.

    • @chuckclark6162
      @chuckclark6162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Shinay
      You're the type of person that wakes up on a Monday morning and immediately takes to insulting people on social media...
      Your life sucks, but not as much as your syntax.

  • @randomhunter47
    @randomhunter47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I come to TH-cam to watch the British GP highlights and now it's 4:19am after a couple of vids from this channel. Fantastic stuff

  • @redkb
    @redkb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +627

    So cool.

    • @ssxxxss
      @ssxxxss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Have to agree.

    • @ricardorix73
      @ricardorix73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Shouldn't you be solving puzzles of something?

    • @xXJamaikaXx1
      @xXJamaikaXx1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Heeyy Red I really miss your cubing videos

    • @cpt.taselbymc8400
      @cpt.taselbymc8400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lmao, of course you're here

    • @athena706
      @athena706 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OMG I remember you from when I was a child! I use to watch your unboxing videos everyday! You got me into cubing when I was around 9, but I've stopped. Now I got to find my collection of cubes lmao XD

  • @austiniscoolduh
    @austiniscoolduh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    If a supernova is as bright as the moon, maybe that’s why some old paintings had 3 suns/moons in the sky. One of them was a supernova that was there for their whole lifetime

    • @IWillBe13
      @IWillBe13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think if 3 moons would have been in the sky for a whole generation as you suggest then that happening would have been historically marked somewhere. In other words, we would have know about it

    • @TheZahirNT2
      @TheZahirNT2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don’t think it could maintain that level of brightness for more than a few months at most.

    • @mimih22a
      @mimih22a 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      10,000-20,000 years ago.
      The earliest possible recorded supernova, known as HB9( also known as two sun's), could have been viewed and recorded by unknown Indian observers in 4500±1000 BC.
      In 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded the appearance of a bright star in the sky, and observed that it took about eight months to fade from the sky. It was observed to sparkle like a star and did not move across the heavens like a comet.

  • @ethitlan
    @ethitlan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That was one of the most interesting things I've seen in TH-cam. Gave me goosebumps. Especially the fact that it was seen in different times.

  • @sylwiadrozd9899
    @sylwiadrozd9899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Your videos are so fascinating, Derek, that I forget about my duties. Great, high quality content and your professionalism in each episode. Waiting for more cosmic news from you. Lots of love...:)

  • @rishwanthvidhya4261
    @rishwanthvidhya4261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You shouldn't need to change your thumbnail and title to optimize the video for the algorithm, TH-cam's algorithm needs to be changed. There was so much information packed into this 13 minute video, it is insane to not watch this video. Great work, keep it up!

  • @ricric1978
    @ricric1978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3033

    wow they named a lotta things after this “einstein” guy. he mustve been smart

    • @pewds6910
      @pewds6910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      yeah, but he probably plagiarized a lot

    • @louisrobitaille5810
      @louisrobitaille5810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@pewds6910 Someone clearly has no idea who Einstein really is and what he did...

    • @leon_brave_racing898
      @leon_brave_racing898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Or just creative and persistent

    • @pearcomputers
      @pearcomputers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Nirek Setty st1 - modest too and loved beer apparently ;) Barman! .. yeah ok, I'll do the same.

    • @Priestitude
      @Priestitude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ong yean yen is smarter.

  • @addemater
    @addemater 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Quality content like this deserves "TH-cam Tenure." I couldn't imagine a world without Veritassium.

  • @friendlymods6567
    @friendlymods6567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    If even half my teachers could break things down like you do with said enthusiasm I might of wanted to learn a whole lot more when I was in school. You really do teach people alot.

    • @senkuyagami9949
      @senkuyagami9949 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      is it actually worth then joining some top astrophysics clg
      cuz I have to finalise my admission
      I love space...but not the education sys

  • @abicol6010
    @abicol6010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wrote about this for a school project two years ago! But even though I already knew about this discovery, your visuals and explanation were still super infomative! I can't believe I just found this video.

  • @The.RandomTube
    @The.RandomTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The fact that a 14 minute long video passed this fast is amazing🔥

    • @GGoAwayy
      @GGoAwayy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right... fourteen minutes is foreeeeeeeverrrrrrrrrr....

    • @austinwolfe7295
      @austinwolfe7295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats an example of relativity lol

    • @The.RandomTube
      @The.RandomTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GGoAwayy Nah, I have watched an hour long videos on things like these. But the 14 minutes didn't even feel like 5 minutes!

    • @The.RandomTube
      @The.RandomTube 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@austinwolfe7295 Lol

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Must be caused by some kind of bend in spacetime.

  • @markdowse3572
    @markdowse3572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Looks like Arthur C Clarke got it right when he wrote:
    "It's full of stars." in 2001: A Space Odyssey
    That lensing effect must make a tricky job even trickier! 🤔👍

  • @ZetaFuzzMachine
    @ZetaFuzzMachine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This video has everything! Gravitational lensing, dark matter AND expansion of space-time!!! I am now hyped!!!

  • @jimjimjimjimjim6572
    @jimjimjimjimjim6572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ugh man I never want your content to stop. especially when it's about SUPERNOVA

  • @SteriCraft
    @SteriCraft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Man, this is truly awesome.
    It blew my mind and made my day.
    Thanks for sharing those informations with us !
    Oh i'm french and I believe you speak french, donc merci beaucoup Dereck, c'est incroyable que l'on soit parvenu à faire ça ! Ça motive à se lancer en astrophysique !

  • @MusiXificati0n
    @MusiXificati0n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    I'm always astounded by how smart some scientists are. Especially physicists. And here I am, frustrated by my excel shenanigans...I think I still have a looooong way to go :c
    EDIT: Thanks for the supportive comments about my excel frustration :D you are very wholesome :3

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Mathematicians are arguably even smarter, but you need to work hard just to appreciate that. Physics' connection to reality gives it ways to get popularized.

    • @vivianmiranda1986
      @vivianmiranda1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I’ve struggled with Excel a lot also :) (and I sign the H0 paper cited in the video) - so dont despair!

    • @MrTorchia1000
      @MrTorchia1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      To be fair science has had to literally change around excel's stupid bulshit.

    • @Kycilak
      @Kycilak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah, Excel can get headaches even to bright people. I work in a membrane laboratory and it is pain for all of us.

    • @cachecollin6984
      @cachecollin6984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vivianmiranda1986 that great seeing y'all people gather here

  • @davidludwig3975
    @davidludwig3975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'm amazed how they can accurately measure so many things at such great distances. Its mind boggling.

  • @javiersolis2993
    @javiersolis2993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's just mind blowing how much information scientist can extract from those images!

  • @danielstephenson7558
    @danielstephenson7558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    Gravitational lensing blows my mind.
    "Oh, those four galaxies you can see over there? Yeah, they're the same one..."
    Madness.

    • @Zalamedas
      @Zalamedas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      It's crazier than the looks. It appears not only in different locations, but different times. It's really mind boggling

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Zalamedas It's not just looking in the past, but you can choose which past are you looking at. 20 years, yet lightspeed. What had it got to go through...Fascinating.

    • @FlyingSavannahs
      @FlyingSavannahs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awesomeness.

    • @karlkarlsson9126
      @karlkarlsson9126 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The time-dilation measurement blew my mind

  • @dellhpfree
    @dellhpfree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    It’s mind boggling that we have people who believes that Earth is flat and only 6000 years old.

    • @GD15555
      @GD15555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And what do you think it is? Cube that’s million years old?

    • @Kislay11
      @Kislay11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Wu-Zi-Mu he is trolling dude

    • @loudeclercq
      @loudeclercq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's absurd, Earth is only 5000 years old !

    • @NimbleRedFox064
      @NimbleRedFox064 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Bible tells us it is around 6,000 years of course. Around 2,000 years from Adam and Eve until Noah and the flood, then about 2,000 years from that until Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, and about 2,000 years from that until now. And if you think that is just a story, then why do you think the whole world uses the time frame of B.C and A.D? The Bible lists the genealogy from Adam and Eve all the way to Jesus Christ, so you can technically add all of that time up plus the year it is now and it will be around 6,000 years. Oh and also the Bible states that the earth is round.

  • @owpal9246
    @owpal9246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I was introduced to this guy cause of the gravity video last week and I have now watched almost all his videos (Great content)

    • @ohmpagolu3978
      @ohmpagolu3978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HEY VSAUCE, MICHEAL HERE

    • @westerling8436
      @westerling8436 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure you were

    • @geeklemeanikens
      @geeklemeanikens 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome friend 😃

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

  • @ratnavallisekuru4784
    @ratnavallisekuru4784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible . I was awstruck to know your version of sky as a transparent lens thereby giving multiple images of the same object ..a supernova.. hatsoff to you..Derek

  • @dr.michaellittle5611
    @dr.michaellittle5611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “ objects may be closer than they appear”

  • @ansa6625
    @ansa6625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    1:40 "In the next
    hundred
    THOUSAND
    years." :(

    • @Benoit-Pierre
      @Benoit-Pierre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      An eye blink ...

    • @bruhwtf2662
      @bruhwtf2662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Also the music stopped lol

    • @kingsoonkit9234
      @kingsoonkit9234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That caught me off guard

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But that could still be sooner rather than later

    • @Hendlton
      @Hendlton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like he said, it's hard to predict. It could happen tomorrow.

  • @Henchman1977
    @Henchman1977 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    I feel as though I actually understood this. Please don't ask me to explain it.

    • @memeing_donkey
      @memeing_donkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      explain it.

    • @rugerbrooks
      @rugerbrooks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      But if you can't explain it then you don't really understand it? According to Einstein anyways. (Don't worry though, I don't really understand either!)

    • @tservator8064
      @tservator8064 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please explain it

    • @aadarshraghuwanshi7022
      @aadarshraghuwanshi7022 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if you can explain it then you really understood it

    • @ForestDewberry
      @ForestDewberry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The gravity slows down the light. The light went in all directions, there were 4 lenses that redirected light back to us. We knew there were 4 lenses because the galaxy appeared in 4 different places. We saw the supernova in one of those places, ie from one of those lenses, then another, so we figured it's gonna appear the other place. somehow we figured out how long the delay was (maybe looking at how out-of-phase the rotation of the galaxy was in each image) and we added that to the supernova we saw to figure when we'll see it in the last image.
      @veritasium how'd I do?

  • @stoichioman9944
    @stoichioman9944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "How fast are we expanding?"
    Judging by the amount of tacos I'm eating... We be expanding fast

  • @jso19801980
    @jso19801980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    i dont understand any of this.
    but i see a smiley face at 6:31

  • @duncanmccabe974
    @duncanmccabe974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This has to be your best video. And I feel like I’ve seen a hundred of your videos over the past decade

  • @HyruIia
    @HyruIia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When you see the same object six times and each image is in different time.. just mind blowing!

    • @zmanwithfire
      @zmanwithfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fact that's it's 6 gets me... could be any other number. Couldn't it?

    • @akuno7294
      @akuno7294 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zmanwithfire yes, depending on what and how many super massive things are between us and the object.

  • @5001Fergies
    @5001Fergies 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    its things like this that make me feel like the universe *wants* to be understood, by giving us all of these juicy hints full of information and challenging us to decode its message, revealing a little nugget of truth as a reward. that, or our brains are really fine tuned for living in this universe, to the point that we’re able to find answers from seemingly random stuff because of how great we are at recognizing patterns

  • @thiccyoshi4334
    @thiccyoshi4334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    damn I didn't know this "Einstein" dude was so famous, his bagel shop must be booming

    • @filipbitala2624
      @filipbitala2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I cant believe it, every time there is anything sciency in film they say quantum or hardron or something, why dont they just use this einstein guy

    • @nihalbhandary162
      @nihalbhandary162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@filipbitala2624 quantum and Einstein? lol those 2 things are polar opposite of each other.

  • @malhar073
    @malhar073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    This guy can convince me to take the blame of crimes i didn't even commit.

    • @Nipun_Chauhan
      @Nipun_Chauhan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fr 😂😭

    • @KalpeshRingasia
      @KalpeshRingasia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @leexingha
      @leexingha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i smell BL

    • @teckzusferalupus5382
      @teckzusferalupus5382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      You commited it, the information is just delayed by gravitational lenses.

    • @Alex-jq5ft
      @Alex-jq5ft 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This killed me, it's so true

  • @shreeshchhabbi
    @shreeshchhabbi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is incredible validation of the theory.

  • @abulfahad1
    @abulfahad1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have watched this video multiple times and every time it gives me goosebumps. "For stars, 100k years is a brief window of time but for us short-lived humans it is forever."

  • @theartoframos
    @theartoframos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That is the most beautiful thing Ive ever heard about the universe. It makes it even more mysterious and teaming with possible adventures for my scifi novels.

  • @rajaharzaai420
    @rajaharzaai420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I just wish i could see betelgeuse goes supernova in my lifetime. It would be a spectacular, never forgetting moment.

    • @raffaelepiccini3405
      @raffaelepiccini3405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Imagine how most people would probably freak out and I would be like "it's beautiful"

    • @Piwde
      @Piwde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watching beetlejuice supernova is definitely a strange sentence, but I guess that's just how it's pronounced

    • @pimverwoerd520
      @pimverwoerd520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same.

    • @skyebluesilly
      @skyebluesilly 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      well it could happen in a million years or it could happen next week

    • @babaairi1274
      @babaairi1274 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skyebluesilly or the next day

  • @PlamenDrop
    @PlamenDrop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My mind is blown. This is like a real life instant replay.

  • @erosa1983
    @erosa1983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, man you explain such a complicated things in such an easy way that even an amateur can understand all

  • @Aboodnation
    @Aboodnation 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    TH-cam is getting comfortable with two ads in the beginning

    • @linus452345
      @linus452345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Too comfortable 😂

    • @overratedprogrammer
      @overratedprogrammer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Get TH-cam Vanced on mobile or ublock origin on web

    • @watcherofwatchers
      @watcherofwatchers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because the userbase is getting comfortable with two ads.

    • @GeneralKenobi69420
      @GeneralKenobi69420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Get an adblocker bro

    • @sweiland75
      @sweiland75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What exactly is the purpose of many people repeating this same comment?

  • @santiagoarbelaez1966
    @santiagoarbelaez1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    " almost perfectly line up with where the earth would eventually be" i feel mindblown

    • @entitydotexe6138
      @entitydotexe6138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Although, the universe is just so vast that gravitational lensing is not a rare phenomenon at all, relative to Earth or perhaps everywhere.

    • @dungbeetle.
      @dungbeetle. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Serendipity.

    • @mrcesarnieto
      @mrcesarnieto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lightning strikes are rare to predict but happen all the time
      With all the stars out there, the myths plays out that no matter how rare an event, it will likely happen, eventually

    • @jaiye71
      @jaiye71 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? this happened before the earth even existed and yet they can see it by looking back in time through the universe. It really is incredible.

    • @Khan-ts2ji
      @Khan-ts2ji 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me: reads your comment at 5:36

  • @DarrenDIY
    @DarrenDIY 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    1:43
    He had us in the first half ngl😂😂😂

    • @nicholaskenneth113
      @nicholaskenneth113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I could get my crush any day now! ..in the next few hundred thousand years :(

  • @richiebricker
    @richiebricker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    VeryCool stuff! Thanks again for making these videos. It seems harder to get this kind of info since Discovery channel went all Naked and afraid and ghost hunting but we still do get accurate information about how many crabs can fit in a boat and that Pirate Captains dont really leave their gold behind. There is amazing amounts of new discoveries that youve let me in on and now that crazy James Web Space Telescope is gonna fly soon, Im overjoyed

  • @AshishKaushik4994
    @AshishKaushik4994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I was told, "if you missed an event you cant capture it again."

    • @randal_gibbons
      @randal_gibbons 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That was Kodak's fear propaganda campaign used to sell more cameras.

    • @irfanjames
      @irfanjames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Unless if you are trillions of light years away from where that event occurred.

    • @Bittertokken
      @Bittertokken 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@irfanjames you mean travel ahead at the speed of light so you can watch it again?

    • @exorias625
      @exorias625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jokes on him i can see a sunset 3 times if im in dubai

    • @Soken50
      @Soken50 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, you can't, not even once, as all you really capture is electromagnetic echoes of the event, but provided you are at the right spacetime you can see other echoes of the event :D

  • @justsomeone5257
    @justsomeone5257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jeez you really did just blow my mind! Its great that you are bringing these incredibly complicated subjects to an younger audience aswell. I would probably never stumble upon this if it wasnt for you.

  • @saker147
    @saker147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I really do adore this channel probably the best science channel ever made on youtube

    • @prastarkumar6889
      @prastarkumar6889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Vsauce: Am I a joke to you?
      Vsauce 2: Are WE*?

    • @infinityxtanishq8712
      @infinityxtanishq8712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes they are 😂

    • @pvic6959
      @pvic6959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@prastarkumar6889 lol thats who i thought of first! Vsauce is how I found the science and education side of youtube and i have fallen in love ever since

    • @nemesiswes426
      @nemesiswes426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well this and PBS SpaceTime.

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

  • @speckitis
    @speckitis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    An AGN could also have “time stamps” in it’s spectra that can be used to differentiate the light paths in a multi-lensed system. There’s an AGN in the northern hemisphere (I forget its name) with two distinct images that differ in age by a little over a year. Neat stuff.

  • @jeffersfilms
    @jeffersfilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    Today i learned betelgeuse was pronounced “beetlejuice” 😂

    • @rafijaxsen7227
      @rafijaxsen7227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Do NOT say it three times!

    • @BluePieNinjaTV
      @BluePieNinjaTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@rafijaxsen7227 otherwise it will go supernova

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bettel goyzer

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Astronomers couldn't even get its distance correct within 25%. I highly doubt many of the other measurements they publish.

    • @olsevcan2
      @olsevcan2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scientists are on top of their meme game

  • @romanlegion5837
    @romanlegion5837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    This is one of those videos where I went really violently back and forth between understanding and not understanding this video 😂

  • @19billdong96
    @19billdong96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    These scientists are so smart I’m doubting if we are the same species

    • @connormeagher2203
      @connormeagher2203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      scientists are very smart but you have to realize that you got this explain this to you in 13 minutes while hundreds of scientists spent thousands of hour doing the math and the research for this data.

    • @brettgoldsmith8584
      @brettgoldsmith8584 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are but standing on the shoulders of giants

    • @luminography
      @luminography 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They are very focused, as it were. Not quite the same as being super smart. Trust me! I'm a scientist.

    • @connormeagher2203
      @connormeagher2203 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@luminography very true im not a scientist and I have a long way to go to get to my full ability but hard work always pays off

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

  • @keithivey6175
    @keithivey6175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for this fascinating episode . I am hooked

  • @mikosoft
    @mikosoft 4 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    My mind bent trying to grasp how immense the lensing must have been to produce a 20 year delay. With light traveling at lightspeed. I mean, come on.

    • @VioletGiraffe
      @VioletGiraffe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      If I understand correctly, it doesn't need to be immensely lensed, it just needs to travel through an immense amount of space in an immense amount of time. Both of which the universe has plenty of. The lens just has to deflect the light slightly and let it run for billions of years. But then, for two different paths to have such different travel times, at least two separate lenses would be required?

    • @BarackObamaJedi
      @BarackObamaJedi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, the streams of rays out of the supernova took a path that was longer by 20 light years

    • @s2j100
      @s2j100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is not really that immense if you think about it. Don't forget we are billons of light years away. Think about rays originating from a single point, even if the initial deviation between the rays is very small, as they continue to travel this deviation becomes more pronounced.

    • @BarackObamaJedi
      @BarackObamaJedi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VioletGiraffe I think it's just because on such a big scale, a difference of 20 light years in the second image's curved path is not a lot, proportionally. Like the radius of the circle (or whatever) that fits that curvature is immense, and so is the distance from the supernova to us

    • @EverybodyEditsHacks
      @EverybodyEditsHacks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@VioletGiraffe The gravity from the clusters is pulling the light from different angles, which create different travel times to earth. He explains it well here: 4:29

  • @kennyofbaja
    @kennyofbaja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I like this new trend of you uploading videos more frequently, Derek!

    • @hsvr
      @hsvr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Simp

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yet still high quality. To many creators have started crapping out daily vidoes just to make TH-cam's algorithm happy. Derek shows that you can make a successful channel without clickbait vlog tactics.

    • @thearchetype9829
      @thearchetype9829 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veritasium you can make video on SERPINKI'S triangle
      The same as one I have made CREATE SHADES USING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE AND YOU SMART PHONE th-cam.com/video/DMYn_0uTVB8/w-d-xo.html

  • @PognakvuthMeth
    @PognakvuthMeth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    “A dying star in a galaxy far far away”. May the force be with you ^^

  • @mmehdi3437
    @mmehdi3437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whenever i feel like i need to know more about the universe, i check this channel !