i thought the video was gonna be about why most evil people and nations are on the axis of the equator of the earth lmao ! because hot temperature makes people angry and corrupt
Thanks for this. Cosmologists avoid this strange, inexplicable alignment like the plague. It strongly suggests some of our deep ideas are totally wrong.
Weird idea: the magnetic fields of the Sun and the planets are slightly warping the observed background radiation, making it look like there's some special bias when there really isnt. Maybe the weird patterns aren't observable outside the Sun's magnetic field
The magnetic field can't since photons have no charge, but there's the gravitiaty field which bends spacetime itself. With that substituted, an interesting idea you got!
@@hellbusterdragon there's plenty of people with ridiculous IQs working on this problem. I'm sure they all missed this just for some random commenter to discover the solution.
These are the kinds of things i wish they taught in high-school. Learning about and understanding these hot topics mysteries in the science world is just as important as learning the facts. It inspires a curiosity and desire to solve these questions and delve deeper into science.
They do teach it in schools. Students are just dumber today and don't pay attention. It's a sad fact average human IQ has fallen nearly 10 points the last 100 years.
I encounter such a comment in every video. Truth is, no matter how interestingly the subject may be taught, 90% of students doze off because school is mandatory and uncool. I am not saying you are a hypocrite, but you have a 10% chance of not being one. Own up to your mistakes and stop patronizing schools. Stop preaching to the choir, anyway. Most ytb science viewers have minimal proper background, yet possess the same drive for knowledge. If someone forced me to watch the same video, it wouldn't be as fun as me watching it whenever the hell I want to.
With a cheap spectrum analyser like that you are seeing the instrument's noise, not the cosmic background radiation. It is also at much higher frequencies. But it makes for a good analogy!
This was a great episode. And damnit I love your simple and thorough videos. It's so refreshing. So many other content creators are trying to make their videos too weird and quirky but you are consistent and high quality and I get the sense that you really care about the content.
The fact he simply put we could have it all wrong as the first possibility was absolutely amazing in my eyes and a breath of fresh air, It seems to me he is truly about the science and is joking about the what-ifs... He understands the issue with using our star as a scale factor more than many others could even begin to comprehend especially standard gravity calculation only applying at the point of inverse square at sea level on the local gravity calculator 45 North and South latitude a delayed photon and line ray through infinity being the cause of gravity in our system
It can also be just a happy coincidence. In an infinite universe with a vast amount of planets, it's not so strange that a few of them would happen to align with this axis. Or it could be that our measurements of the cosmic background radiation, are influenced by our placement in the cosmos in a way that it produces this result.
Dear you need to study probability. I used to consider Probability stupid thing, but looking at the universe in rules everything from computer science or cosmic science everything. Looks like it has been created by God intentionally.
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly. So actually point 3 holds due to this.
this was one of the most approachable descriptions and visualizations for the big bang i have heard. i have young family members i will be showing this since i have never been able to explain it this well
I've always liked your videos, but lately I've just noticed (more than once) that you really explain things clearly and thoroughly. Plus you seem to have more stuff on the evolution of the universe, which is very much my cup of proverbial tea. Thanks so much!
Is it that hard to acknowledge that there is a creator who created all of this for us? I love science. I love astronomy. But it’s impossible for me to behold the wonders of our universe and not believe in and feel loved by my creator.
Maybe because all videos make us feel insignificant but this one sparks a pride that we could be the centre of the universe and we are infact significant.
@@grandunification6226 This wouldn't make us the center of the universe, only that our solar system is aligned with it in one particular way. (And it's the solar system, not us.) Also, this is only photons from what was the local area 13.2 billion years ago that seem to share an alignment with our current solar system. The observable mass of other galaxies doesn't share an alignment with our solar system. The CMB alone (seems to) have the same alignment as our solar system...based on measurements made from within our solar system. Frankly, the fact that the matter of the observable universe lines up with the rest of the CMB well but doesn't share this quirk suggests very strongly that it's a problem with taking measurements from within the solar system's orbit. These kind of measurement errors are common in science. The term for this type of error is "antisotrophy", meaning the direction our equipment is pointed in matters and we're already making corrections for it in the CMB data. To give an analogy, this problem is sort of like finding muddy cat pawprints across your floor but never having seen a cat in your house. You can either assume a cat snuck into your house without you noticing, or you can assume cat pawprints can spontaneously create themselves. This "axis of evil" nonsense is equivalent to assuming cat pawprints can spontaneously create themselves instead of trying to follow the pawprints and find the cat.
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly. So actually point 3 holds due to this.
Well you answered your own question, if the “universe” is infinite wouldn’t every single thing in existence be in the center of the universe no matter where you stand because regardless of where you stand every direction stems out infinitely.
@@achelusforeverrrr5731I'm not a physicist but I can tell that you're the one who didn't understand the video. It's not about being the center of the universe, it's about our Solar System's axis of rotation being mysteriously aligned with a certain axis in the CBR
@@xoiyoub see what happens when you just want to be right so bad. You miss the fact I’m not even referring to the axis or rotation. Within the video he talked about many other relating topics that weren’t directly referring to the whole axis thing. Like who even are you to try and correct my opinion. It’s not a fact what I stated simply just an opinion and your bothered. Find someone else to bother bro.
@@xoiyoub when did I ever say you didn’t understand the video ??? All I said was clearly you don’t know what I’m talking about aka referring to even saying something like that. End of discussion
Possibly there are some genious' amongst you all that may be able to answer my question. I have asked this many times on many posts and either people honestly do not have an educated opinion, or they are afraid to touch the topic. My question actually consists of multiple parts. Please feel free to respond with your own ideas. They say the universe is expanding. For what is it expanding into? If our universe is expanding, then what is the expanse we are expanding into consist of? Is there a limit to that expanse? Or is there another expanse that is growing out of? Is endless really a reality in space? If not, what is on the other side of the end? If so, how can it continue to become larger? BONUS QUESTION: Please everyone respect each others beliefs on this one. They say God created everything. Ok, but what created God? If he/she was the beginning, then what did he/she accumulate from? If there was nothing before, what or how can anything come to be? Very much looking forward to everyone's responses.
@@nickfrost9771 My understanding could be incorrect, but if you take an infinite string of numbers starting from 1, and then then multiply all the numbers by 2 then you'll still have an infinite string of numbers, it's just that the steps between each number is twice as large. So instead of 1,2,3,4 etc... it's 2,4,6,8... but the string has been infinite before and after the multiplication. And it's like this with space itself. The universe was always infinite, it's just the space between things is expanding.
Yk this actually makes me feel very strangely comforted, like seeing our solar system and earth be potentially in the middle of the universe makes it feel like fate and that we truly are special. Buttt on the otehr side, you know how perspective is very messy, like how when you're in the car the moon seems to be following you? How do we know that this isn't just a case like tagt with the earth being a car and the radiation being the moon? Its just so RIDICULOUSLY huge that it seems like we're in the middle, just cuz of its sheer magnitude, cuz as he said cmbr is everywhere
It could also be a coincidence. Like the moon being parked so conveniently where it is so that it has the same apparent magnitude as the sun. Or pyramids being popular stone structures in separate ancient cultures worldwide. Maybe the magnetic fields of the sun & Jupiter are interfering with microwaves slightly. Maybe the magnetic field of the universe itself has a subtle influence on planetary orbits.
It's like a law of thermodynamics, be it dark matter spatial equinoxes or other inter-dimensionary hoopla it's clear that it's just 1 piece of the puzzle
The CMB has uniformity 1:100 000. Occams's Razor: The thermal or shot noise of the input transistor is 100 000 times stronger than the actual CMB signal, and the thing you see is actually the thermal or shot noise of the input transistor.
#3 makes sense if an outside entity made the universe, especially if we humans relate to it somehow. This is just one way how someone from outside our universe could be waving hello.
Hasn´t the idea of the Universe not being isotropic on a large scale already been ruled out 2016? In the paper "How isotropic is the Universe?" by Daniela Saadeh (So it seems there was something wrong with the data.)
One of those "sort of but not really" things. They pushed the bounds out as to when isotropy can take over, but that doesn't rule it out completely (of course at some point if you push the bounds far enough you'll exceed the scale of the visible universe and the question becomes unanswerable to the point of meaningless, but one step at a time). Being anisotropic is not really related to any sort of geocentrism concept though. It just means that the very early universe was perhaps slightly more chaotic than existing models suggest (and given that the existing models were built to explain the isotropy we'd observed, its not terribly surprising that better observations will force us to adjust the models).
instead of the background radiation patterns lining up with earth's ecliptic, what if the ecliptic lines up with the background radiation. Like the polarity of the radiation in influenced how the ecliptic plane got oriented
@@naveenrajaelangovan4641 Yeah we just have a small sample size, the proof that we are not special will come when we find the ecliptics of other solar systems and see if they are all oriented the same way or not. We do seem slightly special with our tilted axis that causes seasons, but again we have a small sample size so we are only special compared to other planets in our solar system. It might be that this is a rare deviation in the big picture, but not unique. Even if it's one planet in a million, that could mean there are millions of planets also tilted.
@@naveenrajaelangovan4641 We know they aren’t because only some exoplanets eclipse their sun from our perspective. That is, planetary systems are aligned randomly. Same for galaxies. Whatever the explanation is, it’s not that.
@@lestranged The Earth’s axial tilt (which tilts our view of the solar system ie. as the ecliptic) is different from the orientation of the plane of the solar system itself (eg. to the galaxy) which is the plane referred to here. But our observations of exoplanets show that other solar systems are oriented randomly with respect to each other. Only a small number of exoplanets eclipse their sun from our perspective, so this is not the explanation.
6:42 you didn't explore another option. What if the alignment has something to do with where we are looking at it from (from the plane of the solar system). Remember, an inverted cone looks like a circle when viewed from above....
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly. So actually point 3 holds due to this.
@@paulthomas963, if you are going to do that, then you need a way to interpret the data that works. Some people try to fill in the gaps with a multiverse, but then you have to deal with the problem that it is far more likely that our Universe will just stop working tomorrow than it is that it will continue to work well. In other words, even with a multiverse such that there has to be a universe that works well like ours does, we should expect to see big problems in our Universe.
No you won't have to move out, because the radiation is coming from all observable direction, and not from a single source. Also we can measure the amount of radiation sun emits ( just saying )
The theory that makes the most sense to me, if we assume for the moment that our current understanding and measurements of the CMB are in fact correct, is that some force/property of the universe caused us to align with the CMB, rather than the other way around. That seems much more plausible to me than that our puny little space rock actually turns out to be the center of the entire universe. If that were the case, though, I would think there must be other systems out there that show a similar correlation. Not all of them, but at least some. Do we know if that possibility has ever been explored?
I don't know why people are against the 3rd theory, everything on earth is breaking the principle, matters that can analize itself that's weirder than the creation of a blackhole, existe of liquid water is another one, life, when you take all of this thing into account you wouldn't be suprise if we were at the center of the universe.
Indeed, some forces and particles such as the weak nuclear force are inexplicably non symmetric (they have preferences for direction and spin) We don't know why and it's not too far off the realm of possibilities to imagine these subatomic particles and interactions have consequences on the macroscopic scale
A handheld microwave receiver is hardly going to detect cosmic background radiation. You are seeing the internal noise generated within the receivers circuitry. To have any chance of measuring cosmic radiation you need a low noise receiver (possibly cooled to cryogenic temperatures) and a very large dish antenna.
Conclusion: we found out that the cosmic microwave background coming to us from the depth of the space right after the big bang, generated by the noise of our cheap Chinese input transistor, is remarkably homogeneous in all directions, because the transistor hisses the same no matter where the box is pointed.
Since the radiation is coming from the whole sky I believe it's pointless to have a dish antenna. It's like trying to focus the diffuse light of overcast sky with a magnifying glass to set a paper on fire.
Funny how a totally simple and basic experiment would settle this: put his handheld microwave receiver into a well shielded enclosure or into a room deep underground where no microwaves from the Earth surface can leak into via the stairwells.
@@charlieangkor8649 A narrow beam width is not the only use case for a large dish. A large dish also gives you gain which would raise the signal above the receivers noise floor
Thank you for the explanation. Especially the CMB. I wondered why they would show the map as how homogenous it is, but it looks very different, no one said, as you did that the difference between hot and cold is 1/100000 of a degrees. And not a huge thing, but thank you for weeding out so many of the SO... you used to use.
It would be interesting to see the measurements for other solar systems also, and whether we all align with these axis. Could there be other laws of physics about inter-planterary alignment that we haven’t discovered yet?
Looks like a distortion caused by some kind of orbital motion - the differences in CMB levels are so small that any unaccounted orbital motion would have a huge effect on the final result. In fact I am often amazed how much interference the scientists and engineers are able to filter out when working with electromagnetic signal. This just might be the time when something was missed. Then again, a discovery of a new astrophysics paradigm would be awesome but on hearing hooves one should always think horses, not zebras. Definitely exciting!
as an interesting hypothesis, in Veritasium's video on the one way speed of light, it leaves up the possibility that the universe is unobservably orientable. By considering a special orientation where light travels the fastest or slowest, the universe could then be given a special orientation independent of the observer. However there is still the problem that the one way speed of light remains undetectable, and thus the theory can not be concluded.
Although impossible to prove or disprove, what if the earth is the center, light travels half speed away from earth and infinite (or close to) speed towards us, this would then mean all the light we see from the sky isn't billions of light years away but instantaneous visible. Coupled with the properties of a being outside our 4 dimensions would have all the attributes of God, we have a scientifically valid understanding of biblical creation.
Amazing video!! As a microwave/EM expert I find it extremely hard to believe the instruments or measurements could be wrong as we have been applying similar measurements in many practical applications for many years and there have been independent measurements using different equipment.
@@koharaisevo3666 Two possible reasons: 1: It doesn’t we just haven’t done a good job noticing the other cases yet. or 2: Whatever it is is needed for (inteligent) life to occur, so we are know we should exceptionaly get this by virtue of existing
You forgot to mention that none of the three reasons are mutual exclusive. I never did believe the big bang unicorn. But the filtering and measurements could be wrong as well. Being microwave, it is very likely that the signal is generated locally and be related to Rayleigh scattering with water vapor being the culprit. It is also possible that it has no correlation to temperature whatsoever.
Sounds to me like the magnetic field of the sun maybe has an effect on the apparent look of the CMB from inside the solar system? Alternatively it could be a coincidence, they are bound to happen occasionally.
In psalms David was inspired to say, "What is man, O God, that thou art mindful of him?" I am excited at all the scientific findings that show inescapable evidence of design, fine tuning, and now other marks of colossal creational branding/flourish.
6:37 "We don't know why there are these patterns that happen to line up exactly with the ecliptic plane of our solar system." Couldn't it just be coincidence?
I figure this is something that we need to test by someday taking readings from other solar systems, we're make due as best we can, but only one reference point ( Earth ) is bound to be putting some sort of bias into the readings. Or at least that's my armchair thoughts on the matter, definitely no scientist here
What most people do not know about the CMB is that it demonstrates supermassive shockwaves both straight and curved. A few weeks or months after the CMB was first mapped and visualized, physicists decided that these shockwaves were merely statistical anomalies since they couldn't fit it to any model they liked. But there is one model that those shockwaves fit perfectly: The model it fits is if the universe has a static boundary and those shockwaves are reflecting off of that boundary and into our observable range. This would be the reason why some of the shockwaves, including the longest one that stretches half the length of the sky in one direction, are flat, which can happen when a curved wave hits a curved boundariy of approximately equal curvature. The problem physicists have with this is multiple: 1) it proves that the aether is real, that a medium is required for waves to propagate, 2) that it has a finite boundary, that true nothingness cannot be penetrated, causing waves to rebound off of it, 3) that the size of the universe is static, unchanging, and 4) that there are things that travel faster than light since they can not only travel out of our observable range, but reflect well back into it.
This blew my mind so much i had to watch it twice lol. there is a 4th explanation tho, that is -total coincidence- which is of course also a bit strange on itself
The background from your spectrum analyzer is probably thermal noise from the instrument itself. Cosmic background, particularly at frequencies associated with radio waves, requires extremely sensitive instrumentation to pick up.
Thanks for the clarification. I suspected something is not right, because I have heard in the past most of the analogue TV noise is not of cosmic origin and surprisingly a lot of noise is generated by the equipment itself.
I know most folks won't agree with this, and I am not here to argue. I just think it's amazing how hard science works to explain alternate reasons for what was written in a great collection of books 2000 years ago.
Or maybe the expansion af the universe influenced/ still influences gravity and that mad not the universe align with earths orbit, but earths orbit alinged to the universe. To me it seems far more likely that we just havem't discovered something than everything we discovered not existing.
Wouldn't everything then line up with in parallel with that plane? The thing the earth doesn't line up. So how far off would it need to be before you just assume its orientation is random?
@@dr_jaymz maybe it does. Re.e.ber, we see things that are faraway with delay, if something is a light year away, we don't see it as it is now, but as it was a year ago, so maybe things are slowly aligning to that plane but we just haven't seen it because of the delay.
This raises an interesting question: is there any correlation between the plane of the ecliptic or our solar system and the plane of the ecliptic of any of the exoplanets we have discovered?
My thoughts on this: There is 2 things that can cause this. And it comes down to how they sample it to fully decipher which one is more likely from the 2 given options. And it likely is a combo of these 2. Soooo, Imma explain. If we are dealing with a single sample. Then I think the CMB contrast correlates to the number of averages tooken. Put simply, The lower contrast you have the more noise you allow in. The more noise you have allowed in, the more signal sin wave sums you're allowing making them hard to distinguish from one another (hence the cause of this noise). Which thus makes the lower contrast images more accurate for larger scales where more samples are tooken due to more spacetime on average. Whilst higher contrast on the other hand is more accurate for small scales due to less samples tooken due to less spacetime on average. Given higher contrast correlates to higher overall differentiation (making higher contrast images akin to applying a limiting factor). Hence explaining the axis of evil under a sample to signal definability standpoint with scales. This also means theoretically you can see further out from the CMB via using lower frequency electromagnetic waves. Downside of this approach for seeing further out tho, is exponential drop off with accuracy (Since photons are easier to effect with Spacetime Curvature). Making Gravitational Waves, and squeezed gravitational waves (the Gravitational Wave analog of "Squeezed photons" aka Squeezed states of light) the Superior Imaging basis for larger scales beyond CMB using this method. Whilst Photons are Superior for mapping out small scales. Whilst the between range, probs requires taking a Mean Average of the 2 (to account for things like Aberration of Light on large scales due to our relative motion, via using more resistant to change Spacetime waves to correct). Altho. Keep in mind this is only when considering the initial sample. You will need to adjust accordingly via the generalized uncertainty principle with signals when it comes down to input device shutter rate (aka when it comes to multiple samples). And if they take high contrast CMB measurements via more frames of exposure using shutter. Then the axis of evil can also be easily explained away with cummalative statistical error. I believe the reality of it, is the sum of these 2 possible causes. I guess only time and experimentation will tell. 🤔
Note: This is considering the Statistical Correlations relative to the given measurement apparatus. Keep in mind. When it comes to other measurement devices, you must take those in account. This is one of those odd 3blue1brown style "Take a moment and ponder on the idea, and see if you can convince yourself to any useful information" Moments... Put simply. Yes there is some more details I didn't go over for the sakes of time, and I'm aware of this. So pls don't waste my time, unless you think it is a good use of your time. AKA I'm fine with you mentioning obvious specifics, if and only if your fine with mentioning it as a reply. We gotta at least attempt to use our time wisely for one reason or another (or I just lose my faith in humanity 🤣). ⌚🧐
Seems like it's time to build a star ship to send into space to measure more of this background radiation to see if it changes or not depending on whether or not we are near stars/galaxies... let's name the ship Destiny
Can't view the universe from outside: That's exactly what _anti-deSitter space_ is about! It projects an infinite plane onto a disk, like certain Escher pictures. Mathematically it lets you study it like looking at a soup can from a distance. Always been infinite: Actually, it's an open question as to whether space is infinite or finite.
I have a theory that makes a lot of sense to me atleast. In the video "This Light Let's You See The Strength Of An Object" you go into detail about polarized light. The patterns that show up on the spoon look eerily similar to the images of the universe seen using microwaves. Could the 2 subjects be related and if so could the reason the ecliptic plain and equinox seem to line up with these patterns is because the polarized light from the sun is leaving an imprint or shadow on the image of the universe.
No. The resemblance of the bands of color following stress patterns and false coloring to indicate a dipole pattern is a superficial thing. There have been limited measurements of the polarization of the CMB in the south pole. The images shown are variations in frequency, and are not polarized.
You truly deserve each and every one of the subscribers you have. I think it's an excellent idea that from time to time, in the middle of so many experiments you launch a video of cosmology, quantum mechanics, general relativity and so on. One question, do you agree with Alan Guth's inflationary theory? Have you thought about it?
Appreciate your channel, science is fun! It isn't new though that the earth is special, the Bible has been saying this for centuries. Science and Christianity complement each other if we think reasonable about them both together.
I had similar thoughts Dan and my first thought was possible further evidence of creation and how God created the earth, solar system, stars, and everything else for our benefit.
You forgot to mention the two more likely possibilities, that this is just a coincidence or there is something in the solar system skewing the measurements.
Not saying it's right, but surely there's an option 4 - coincidence? There are a lot of things in the universe; surely it would be weirder if *nothing* happened to align with the CMB, so why not have the solar system be one of the outliers than line up?
There's also an option 5 he didnt mention, mostly purposefully while also unintentional. Isaiah 42:5 says, "Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein." And you may note the very first things god created where the heaven (singular at the time) and the earth. Heaven being used synonymously with sky or even space. So earth having a strange relationship with how the universe is aligned makes sense, it's how God formed the universe, from our reference point. The microwave background radiation isnt from the big bang stretching it, but from God. He points out that there can only be "3" reasons for why it's like that. 1, their theory of the background radiation is wrong, which is true cause the universe didn't come from a big bang; 2, their data is wrong, yet he explains why that's almost impossible unless its skewed somehow they dont know *yet* (a random card for a catch all defense), or 3, the world has significance in the universe. He failed to mention 4, it's the result of how god made the universe, making his own viewpoint of the universe invalid. Many times when science and the bible disagree, science has been wrong. Human science, after all, is just conclusions we came to from looking at repeatable events and trying to understand them. God on the other hand already understands them, he made them! Just a PSA, this might have some grammar mistakes, who cares. Dont shoot me for them okay. As long as you understand what I'm saying is enough.
@@benlarson9303 The 6th (i.e., real and undeniably true) option is that our favored angelhair momentum alignment is entirely due to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. All hail His noodly goodness. Ramen.
@@jaybingham3711 but seriously though, you'd have a point if only there was a book written by the spaghetti monster, age old, and explained things like this and others before we understood them, so that now when we do we see that it was right all along. But since there isn't, I'm afraid it's no more than more than poor and exaggerated analogy trying to simplify and mock my point. On a side note, I seriously hate angelhair noodles. They are the worst pasta ever, and are probably the spaghetti monsters way of punishing those who don't believe in him.
Maybe we are "special" and probably we are not, but this shouldn't even matter. The pursuit of knowledge feels noble tho. We should just try living our life to the fullest, but Im incapable of that so Im a hypocrit. At least Im honest. An honest hypocrit is a paradox tho. Hi Im a paradox. Who are you?
I fell is a there is a 4th option there: That it exists a mechanism we do not know or understand yet that link those 2 phenomena, we assume that the ecliptic plane of the solar system is essentially random but it is possible that this is not the case (Something similar to the tidal lock for example where the fact that moon rotation speed and revolution speed aligns, which could be seen as an incredible coincidence if we were not able to explain how that happened)
I think we need to repeat the experiment on Mars to determine if the local gravity of the planet it is done on has any effect on the declination of the axis proportional to the difference in the orbital planes of Erath and Mars and also to eliminate any non-obvious "ringing" or harmonics that Earth's magnetic field might induce.
Could it just be relativity? Maybe you would observe this in any system regardless off its orientation. Of course that would be exceedingly difficult to prove...
There are some theories that the entire universe is actually revolving around earth, even the sun itself. I am not sure how true that is. but there is always a chance that these theories could be true.
obv they've tested this from various points on earth - but the problem is, each point can never be at a different point relative to the CBR, but from time of year, that would even out, relative to sun... but in the whole time we've been taking measurements, how far have we got, at 0.4% the speed of light, all told, around our galaxy, and how far has the galaxy gotten?
I think it's because of our perception of the universe, we see a globe of light sorrounding us as it expands, we see ourselves at the centre of 'OUR' visible universe and also that the instruments we use to see or percieve the cosmic microwave background radiation is aligned with the earth, like when we launch a telescope, it's from the earth so it's like in some form alinged with the earth IDK. BTW if you found any grammatical errors, that's because I'm not English speaking person, instead an English knowing person 😂
I don't exactly get it, but maybe it's the other way around. The ecliptical is the way it is because of the background radiation since lining up with it would be most efficient or something due to some stabilizing mechanism
there is more than three options. one is that there is an error in the simulation we live in. another is there is something as yet unknown interfering in the perceived data.
Or, there's another reasonable explanation for this phenomenon. Never limit the options; it's A false dilemma or an either/or fallacy! Most probably there is some other factor we are not seeing at the moment, this is for future generations to figure out, if they aren't too busy surviving on the mess of a planet we leave them :D edit: False dichotomy*? or in this case trichotomy 😅
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly. So actually point 3 holds due to this.
Could it just be that when you measure Everything 6' from you it appears you are in the center of that graph. You measured relative to you of course it's gonna look like your in the center. If I measured from somewhere light years away it's gonna have the same result, wherever you measure from becomes the center of the data
This video made me understand Space(time) better. Mindblow. And it's the first video I ever watched on the actual channel after beeing like half a year subscribed to the shorts.
@@johnfakes1298 That's part of the simulation paradox, I believe. If it's a perfect simulation, there will be no evidence. Or even if there was, you'd be simulated in a way to ignore all the evidence.
It's quite ironic that many scientists went from discarding an omnipotent God just to reinvent God again, now as the creator(s) of the simulation. To me that's just semantics.
Well this is a huge relief. I was beginning to think maybe I wasn't the center of the universe after all.
i thought the video was gonna be about why most evil people and nations are on the axis of the equator of the earth lmao ! because hot temperature makes people angry and corrupt
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Well you are the center of the observable universe. So there is that.
Thanks for giving me 20 more things to think about while trying to fall asleep
Wow seriously, that happens to me
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And thank YOU for giving me 20 more things on top of infinite things to think about while trying to fall asleep.
Yeah, my rear axle was pretty bad until I replaced the bearings and brakes.
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Thanks for this. Cosmologists avoid this strange, inexplicable alignment like the plague. It strongly suggests some of our deep ideas are totally wrong.
And as the same way as scientists reject the Big Bang theory by a Catholic priest back then, this conformist attitude is sad and concerning.
It’s really sad that scientists are intentionally being biased because “it can’t be true”
@@AnimMouse you don't know what you are talking about
@@DrWhomhe does. the big bang was proposed by a catholic scientist
Read Robert Sungenis for the answer.
Weird idea: the magnetic fields of the Sun and the planets are slightly warping the observed background radiation, making it look like there's some special bias when there really isnt. Maybe the weird patterns aren't observable outside the Sun's magnetic field
The magnetic field can't since photons have no charge, but there's the gravitiaty field which bends spacetime itself. With that substituted, an interesting idea you got!
That's actually genius!
@@yuukiasuna6786 shut
@@yuukiasuna6786 up
@@hellbusterdragon there's plenty of people with ridiculous IQs working on this problem. I'm sure they all missed this just for some random commenter to discover the solution.
These are the kinds of things i wish they taught in high-school. Learning about and understanding these hot topics mysteries in the science world is just as important as learning the facts. It inspires a curiosity and desire to solve these questions and delve deeper into science.
They do teach it in schools. Students are just dumber today and don't pay attention.
It's a sad fact average human IQ has fallen nearly 10 points the last 100 years.
@@Vicus_of_Utrecht Do you realise that there are many different schools?
@@Vicus_of_Utrecht The fact that you don't seem to know how IQ works suggests that you have no idea what you are talking about
I encounter such a comment in every video.
Truth is, no matter how interestingly the subject may be taught, 90% of students doze off because school is mandatory and uncool. I am not saying you are a hypocrite, but you have a 10% chance of not being one. Own up to your mistakes and stop patronizing schools. Stop preaching to the choir, anyway. Most ytb science viewers have minimal proper background, yet possess the same drive for knowledge. If someone forced me to watch the same video, it wouldn't be as fun as me watching it whenever the hell I want to.
With a cheap spectrum analyser like that you are seeing the instrument's noise, not the cosmic background radiation. It is also at much higher frequencies. But it makes for a good analogy!
This was a great episode. And damnit I love your simple and thorough videos. It's so refreshing. So many other content creators are trying to make their videos too weird and quirky but you are consistent and high quality and I get the sense that you really care about the content.
Maybe get interested in astrophysics or astronomy? It is great stuff! ;)
The fact he simply put we could have it all wrong as the first possibility was absolutely amazing in my eyes and a breath of fresh air, It seems to me he is truly about the science and is joking about the what-ifs... He understands the issue with using our star as a scale factor more than many others could even begin to comprehend especially standard gravity calculation only applying at the point of inverse square at sea level on the local gravity calculator 45 North and South latitude a delayed photon and line ray through infinity being the cause of gravity in our system
It can also be just a happy coincidence. In an infinite universe with a vast amount of planets, it's not so strange that a few of them would happen to align with this axis. Or it could be that our measurements of the cosmic background radiation, are influenced by our placement in the cosmos in a way that it produces this result.
i was considering this too
It feels unlikely that scientist wouldn't have considered that
Dear you need to study probability.
I used to consider Probability stupid thing, but looking at the universe in rules everything from computer science or cosmic science everything. Looks like it has been created by God intentionally.
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly.
So actually point 3 holds due to this.
@@yaverjavid a nicely faithful name you've got there \s
this was one of the most approachable descriptions and visualizations for the big bang i have heard. i have young family members i will be showing this since i have never been able to explain it this well
I've always liked your videos, but lately I've just noticed (more than once) that you really explain things clearly and thoroughly. Plus you seem to have more stuff on the evolution of the universe, which is very much my cup of proverbial tea. Thanks so much!
Is it that hard to acknowledge that there is a creator who created all of this for us? I love science. I love astronomy.
But it’s impossible for me to behold the wonders of our universe and not believe in and feel loved by my creator.
This is probably the most explainable way to explain this and yet.. I just nod and smile 😊👍
When I watch videos about the universe I usually come out depressed, but this oneake me really happy for some reason, thanks. ☺️
Maybe because all videos make us feel insignificant but this one sparks a pride that we could be the centre of the universe and we are infact significant.
@@grandunification6226 This wouldn't make us the center of the universe, only that our solar system is aligned with it in one particular way. (And it's the solar system, not us.)
Also, this is only photons from what was the local area 13.2 billion years ago that seem to share an alignment with our current solar system. The observable mass of other galaxies doesn't share an alignment with our solar system. The CMB alone (seems to) have the same alignment as our solar system...based on measurements made from within our solar system.
Frankly, the fact that the matter of the observable universe lines up with the rest of the CMB well but doesn't share this quirk suggests very strongly that it's a problem with taking measurements from within the solar system's orbit. These kind of measurement errors are common in science. The term for this type of error is "antisotrophy", meaning the direction our equipment is pointed in matters and we're already making corrections for it in the CMB data.
To give an analogy, this problem is sort of like finding muddy cat pawprints across your floor but never having seen a cat in your house. You can either assume a cat snuck into your house without you noticing, or you can assume cat pawprints can spontaneously create themselves. This "axis of evil" nonsense is equivalent to assuming cat pawprints can spontaneously create themselves instead of trying to follow the pawprints and find the cat.
We're special.. because we have consciousness and a moral compass for a living being that has an environment that can sustain life
@@iprobablyhaveapoint Well said.
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly.
So actually point 3 holds due to this.
Well you answered your own question, if the “universe” is infinite wouldn’t every single thing in existence be in the center of the universe no matter where you stand because regardless of where you stand every direction stems out infinitely.
@@wackbirdz dude, go find someone else’s post to bother. Clearly you don’t know what talking about saying something like this lol.
@@achelusforeverrrr5731I'm not a physicist but I can tell that you're the one who didn't understand the video. It's not about being the center of the universe, it's about our Solar System's axis of rotation being mysteriously aligned with a certain axis in the CBR
@@xoiyoub see what happens when you just want to be right so bad. You miss the fact I’m not even referring to the axis or rotation. Within the video he talked about many other relating topics that weren’t directly referring to the whole axis thing. Like who even are you to try and correct my opinion. It’s not a fact what I stated simply just an opinion and your bothered. Find someone else to bother bro.
@@xoiyoub when did I ever say you didn’t understand the video ??? All I said was clearly you don’t know what I’m talking about aka referring to even saying something like that. End of discussion
@@achelusforeverrrr5731 fair
Everyone was so scared😱😱
lol
Literally everyone 😱
Action lab gives outro:I hope you enjoyed it
Its really reassuring 😒
Possibly there are some genious' amongst you all that may be able to answer my question. I have asked this many times on many posts and either people honestly do not have an educated opinion, or they are afraid to touch the topic.
My question actually consists of multiple parts. Please feel free to respond with your own ideas.
They say the universe is expanding. For what is it expanding into? If our universe is expanding, then what is the expanse we are expanding into consist of? Is there a limit to that expanse? Or is there another expanse that is growing out of? Is endless really a reality in space? If not, what is on the other side of the end? If so, how can it continue to become larger?
BONUS QUESTION:
Please everyone respect each others beliefs on this one. They say God created everything. Ok, but what created God? If he/she was the beginning, then what did he/she accumulate from? If there was nothing before, what or how can anything come to be?
Very much looking forward to everyone's responses.
@@realGolgothas what did It say
@@nickfrost9771 My understanding could be incorrect, but if you take an infinite string of numbers starting from 1, and then then multiply all the numbers by 2 then you'll still have an infinite string of numbers, it's just that the steps between each number is twice as large. So instead of 1,2,3,4 etc... it's 2,4,6,8... but the string has been infinite before and after the multiplication. And it's like this with space itself. The universe was always infinite, it's just the space between things is expanding.
Yk this actually makes me feel very strangely comforted, like seeing our solar system and earth be potentially in the middle of the universe makes it feel like fate and that we truly are special.
Buttt on the otehr side, you know how perspective is very messy, like how when you're in the car the moon seems to be following you? How do we know that this isn't just a case like tagt with the earth being a car and the radiation being the moon? Its just so RIDICULOUSLY huge that it seems like we're in the middle, just cuz of its sheer magnitude, cuz as he said cmbr is everywhere
Man your videos are awesome, I love the way you describe complicated topics, you’re a great teacher
Saying; "coincidence" is like saying the body has an appendix by accident.
😂
It could also be a coincidence. Like the moon being parked so conveniently where it is so that it has the same apparent magnitude as the sun. Or pyramids being popular stone structures in separate ancient cultures worldwide.
Maybe the magnetic fields of the sun & Jupiter are interfering with microwaves slightly. Maybe the magnetic field of the universe itself has a subtle influence on planetary orbits.
Not coincidence
It's like a law of thermodynamics, be it dark matter spatial equinoxes or other inter-dimensionary hoopla it's clear that it's just 1 piece of the puzzle
I also think it's just a coincidence. But it's weird if it's not.
Welcome to the fine tuning debate.
Comparing the machinations of the human brain to the arrangement of the universe is crazy.
…or _IS_ _IT_ ?!?
I am what breaks your understanding.
I am what makes you question everything.
I am what is false but must be true.
What am I?
I am the axis of evil.
The CMB has uniformity 1:100 000. Occams's Razor: The thermal or shot noise of the input transistor is 100 000 times stronger than the actual CMB signal, and the thing you see is actually the thermal or shot noise of the input transistor.
#3 makes sense if an outside entity made the universe, especially if we humans relate to it somehow. This is just one way how someone from outside our universe could be waving hello.
Hmmm… like maybe God?
@@davetarrant6888 Yup.
👍🏻 agreed
Hasn´t the idea of the Universe not being isotropic on a large scale already been ruled out 2016?
In the paper "How isotropic is the Universe?" by Daniela Saadeh
(So it seems there was something wrong with the data.)
One of those "sort of but not really" things. They pushed the bounds out as to when isotropy can take over, but that doesn't rule it out completely (of course at some point if you push the bounds far enough you'll exceed the scale of the visible universe and the question becomes unanswerable to the point of meaningless, but one step at a time).
Being anisotropic is not really related to any sort of geocentrism concept though. It just means that the very early universe was perhaps slightly more chaotic than existing models suggest (and given that the existing models were built to explain the isotropy we'd observed, its not terribly surprising that better observations will force us to adjust the models).
instead of the background radiation patterns lining up with earth's ecliptic, what if the ecliptic lines up with the background radiation. Like the polarity of the radiation in influenced how the ecliptic plane got oriented
That's something genius
Absolutely, that's what many are overlooking. Copernicus told we are not special.
Why shouldn't MOST ecliptic planes be aligned to CMB'S axis?
@@naveenrajaelangovan4641 Yeah we just have a small sample size, the proof that we are not special will come when we find the ecliptics of other solar systems and see if they are all oriented the same way or not. We do seem slightly special with our tilted axis that causes seasons, but again we have a small sample size so we are only special compared to other planets in our solar system. It might be that this is a rare deviation in the big picture, but not unique. Even if it's one planet in a million, that could mean there are millions of planets also tilted.
@@naveenrajaelangovan4641 We know they aren’t because only some exoplanets eclipse their sun from our perspective. That is, planetary systems are aligned randomly. Same for galaxies.
Whatever the explanation is, it’s not that.
@@lestranged The Earth’s axial tilt (which tilts our view of the solar system ie. as the ecliptic) is different from the orientation of the plane of the solar system itself (eg. to the galaxy) which is the plane referred to here.
But our observations of exoplanets show that other solar systems are oriented randomly with respect to each other. Only a small number of exoplanets eclipse their sun from our perspective, so this is not the explanation.
6:42 you didn't explore another option.
What if the alignment has something to do with where we are looking at it from (from the plane of the solar system).
Remember, an inverted cone looks like a circle when viewed from above....
yup was just thinking it might be an observational effect
Then that's option 2, we're measuring it wrong
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly.
So actually point 3 holds due to this.
@@neutronenstern. same
Could be an option, yes
Thanks for another interesting explanation! More discussions about the universe is something that I would enjoy.
There is far too much fine tuning of the Universe to believe that this stuff just happened by random chance.
@@paulthomas963, if you are going to do that, then you need a way to interpret the data that works. Some people try to fill in the gaps with a multiverse, but then you have to deal with the problem that it is far more likely that our Universe will just stop working tomorrow than it is that it will continue to work well. In other words, even with a multiverse such that there has to be a universe that works well like ours does, we should expect to see big problems in our Universe.
Another bit of info that leans towards this being true. This could possibly eliminate the need for dark matter which we haven’t found yet.
True angular momentum of universe will fix the dark problems.
You should create a separate channel for cosmology only. You explain everything so well, you should definitely think about it.
This, is the truth
Or maybe even do a co op with Anton or something, could be fun
I agree
I agree
4th option, coincedance.
5th option, there are some mechanism that we have not figured it out and put in the model.
yes
Wouldn’t our own sun be interfering with these maps? Wouldn’t you have to get far enough away from any interference to get a more accurate map???
True, the sun itself is sending radiation, they’re not measuring background radiation they’re measuring the sun’s rays.
Unlikely because it would bend other radiation too such as light in the same way. Also earth moves and we can compare.
No you won't have to move out, because the radiation is coming from all observable direction, and not from a single source.
Also we can measure the amount of radiation sun emits ( just saying )
Just look away from the Sun for a full year.
But they are measuring microwaves not uv rays and im pretty sure one is a long wave and one is a short wave
The theory that makes the most sense to me, if we assume for the moment that our current understanding and measurements of the CMB are in fact correct, is that some force/property of the universe caused us to align with the CMB, rather than the other way around. That seems much more plausible to me than that our puny little space rock actually turns out to be the center of the entire universe.
If that were the case, though, I would think there must be other systems out there that show a similar correlation. Not all of them, but at least some. Do we know if that possibility has ever been explored?
I think it's a coincidence!
@Duck It’s probably coincidental!
I don't know why people are against the 3rd theory, everything on earth is breaking the principle, matters that can analize itself that's weirder than the creation of a blackhole, existe of liquid water is another one, life, when you take all of this thing into account you wouldn't be suprise if we were at the center of the universe.
@@robymaru03 Ever heard of a coincidence? 🤦
Indeed, some forces and particles such as the weak nuclear force are inexplicably non symmetric (they have preferences for direction and spin)
We don't know why and it's not too far off the realm of possibilities to imagine these subatomic particles and interactions have consequences on the macroscopic scale
A handheld microwave receiver is hardly going to detect cosmic background radiation. You are seeing the internal noise generated within the receivers circuitry.
To have any chance of measuring cosmic radiation you need a low noise receiver (possibly cooled to cryogenic temperatures) and a very large dish antenna.
Conclusion: we found out that the cosmic microwave background coming to us from the depth of the space right after the big bang, generated by the noise of our cheap Chinese input transistor, is remarkably homogeneous in all directions, because the transistor hisses the same no matter where the box is pointed.
Since the radiation is coming from the whole sky I believe it's pointless to have a dish antenna. It's like trying to focus the diffuse light of overcast sky with a magnifying glass to set a paper on fire.
Funny how a totally simple and basic experiment would settle this: put his handheld microwave receiver into a well shielded enclosure or into a room deep underground where no microwaves from the Earth surface can leak into via the stairwells.
@@charlieangkor8649 I would bet that the "background" reading would persist in a shielded underground room
@@charlieangkor8649 A narrow beam width is not the only use case for a large dish. A large dish also gives you gain which would raise the signal above the receivers noise floor
In case you're wondering you made that explanation plain and simple and easy to, understand thank you for letting us all know
Thank you for the explanation. Especially the CMB. I wondered why they would show the map as how homogenous it is, but it looks very different, no one said, as you did that the difference between hot and cold is 1/100000 of a degrees. And not a huge thing, but thank you for weeding out so many of the SO... you used to use.
It would be interesting to see the measurements for other solar systems also, and whether we all align with these axis. Could there be other laws of physics about inter-planterary alignment that we haven’t discovered yet?
Classical physics applies to other systems. We know this without doubt
@@sterlingcampbell2116we dont know nothing, the only thing we have forreal are our own opinions and perceptions
So somehow it's going to end up being like one of those paintings where the eyes follow you around the room.
Looks like a distortion caused by some kind of orbital motion - the differences in CMB levels are so small that any unaccounted orbital motion would have a huge effect on the final result.
In fact I am often amazed how much interference the scientists and engineers are able to filter out when working with electromagnetic signal. This just might be the time when something was missed.
Then again, a discovery of a new astrophysics paradigm would be awesome but on hearing hooves one should always think horses, not zebras. Definitely exciting!
as an interesting hypothesis, in Veritasium's video on the one way speed of light, it leaves up the possibility that the universe is unobservably orientable. By considering a special orientation where light travels the fastest or slowest, the universe could then be given a special orientation independent of the observer. However there is still the problem that the one way speed of light remains undetectable, and thus the theory can not be concluded.
Although impossible to prove or disprove, what if the earth is the center, light travels half speed away from earth and infinite (or close to) speed towards us, this would then mean all the light we see from the sky isn't billions of light years away but instantaneous visible.
Coupled with the properties of a being outside our 4 dimensions would have all the attributes of God, we have a scientifically valid understanding of biblical creation.
Amazing video!! As a microwave/EM expert I find it extremely hard to believe the instruments or measurements could be wrong as we have been applying similar measurements in many practical applications for many years and there have been independent measurements using different equipment.
Call upon the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be SAVED! Jesus loves you! You don't have to live in denial.
@@markdavis7397 The magnetic field isn't aligned with ecliptic. Jesus loves you!
6:23 Or something we don’t know about how to universe works causes the earth to be lined up with those and the copernocin principle still holds…
Why does it only affect us?
@@koharaisevo3666 Two possible reasons: 1: It doesn’t we just haven’t done a good job noticing the other cases yet.
or
2: Whatever it is is needed for (inteligent) life to occur, so we are know we should exceptionaly get this by virtue of existing
@@koharaisevo3666 the knowledge of 108.
You forgot to mention that none of the three reasons are mutual exclusive. I never did believe the big bang unicorn. But the filtering and measurements could be wrong as well. Being microwave, it is very likely that the signal is generated locally and be related to Rayleigh scattering with water vapor being the culprit. It is also possible that it has no correlation to temperature whatsoever.
Is there the allies of good?😂
@@yuukiasuna6786 what’s this link?
As a matter of fact, they're the ones who won the war.
FINALLY! Someone was able to make me understand this. I appreciate you, Action Lab! You are the Best! 🙂
Sounds to me like the magnetic field of the sun maybe has an effect on the apparent look of the CMB from inside the solar system? Alternatively it could be a coincidence, they are bound to happen occasionally.
They did eliminate that effect.
You are in denial.
Axis of evil my foot, more like proof of an intelligent creator that linked it all together.
4:09 look this let me remember the yin &yang simple
@@yuukiasuna6786 not this yin &yang
@@yuukiasuna6786 but if this happen it will be 2 yin
In psalms David was inspired to say, "What is man, O God, that thou art mindful of him?" I am excited at all the scientific findings that show inescapable evidence of design, fine tuning, and now other marks of colossal creational branding/flourish.
Actually the anthropic principle might explain why life developed near the center at the universe instead of elsewhere
6:37 "We don't know why there are these patterns that happen to line up exactly with the ecliptic plane of our solar system." Couldn't it just be coincidence?
This is what I was thinking, I mean the fact that life exists is less likely then these patterns matching right? If not my brain is 🤯
There are no coincidences 😈
No
Me, not understanding anything but still listening as if I do.
Plot Twist: The cosmos is not a matrix. It's a microwave and is constantly roasting us
I did enjoy it ! Didn't understand it but did enjoy it.
I figure this is something that we need to test by someday taking readings from other solar systems, we're make due as best we can, but only one reference point ( Earth ) is bound to be putting some sort of bias into the readings. Or at least that's my armchair thoughts on the matter, definitely no scientist here
There is no other Solar System. Ours is the only one. Sol it's the Latin name for our star, the Sun. Other systems are called star system.
@@joshuapaul359 if you want to be pedantic about it, sure. you know damn well what meant though
@@MrGoesBoom ikr
@@MrGoesBoom It's easier to dispute the easy side-issue, rather than engaging with the actual point being made.
What most people do not know about the CMB is that it demonstrates supermassive shockwaves both straight and curved. A few weeks or months after the CMB was first mapped and visualized, physicists decided that these shockwaves were merely statistical anomalies since they couldn't fit it to any model they liked. But there is one model that those shockwaves fit perfectly:
The model it fits is if the universe has a static boundary and those shockwaves are reflecting off of that boundary and into our observable range. This would be the reason why some of the shockwaves, including the longest one that stretches half the length of the sky in one direction, are flat, which can happen when a curved wave hits a curved boundariy of approximately equal curvature.
The problem physicists have with this is multiple: 1) it proves that the aether is real, that a medium is required for waves to propagate, 2) that it has a finite boundary, that true nothingness cannot be penetrated, causing waves to rebound off of it, 3) that the size of the universe is static, unchanging, and 4) that there are things that travel faster than light since they can not only travel out of our observable range, but reflect well back into it.
4:08 Yin and yang?
This blew my mind so much i had to watch it twice lol. there is a 4th explanation tho, that is -total coincidence- which is of course also a bit strange on itself
The background from your spectrum analyzer is probably thermal noise from the instrument itself. Cosmic background, particularly at frequencies associated with radio waves, requires extremely sensitive instrumentation to pick up.
Thanks for the clarification. I suspected something is not right, because I have heard in the past most of the analogue TV noise is not of cosmic origin and surprisingly a lot of noise is generated by the equipment itself.
I know most folks won't agree with this, and I am not here to argue. I just think it's amazing how hard science works to explain alternate reasons for what was written in a great collection of books 2000 years ago.
Or maybe the expansion af the universe influenced/ still influences gravity and that mad not the universe align with earths orbit, but earths orbit alinged to the universe. To me it seems far more likely that we just havem't discovered something than everything we discovered not existing.
This to me seemed to be the possible explanation, and I came to the comments to see if anybody thought the same way I did!
Wouldn't everything then line up with in parallel with that plane? The thing the earth doesn't line up. So how far off would it need to be before you just assume its orientation is random?
@@dr_jaymz maybe it does. Re.e.ber, we see things that are faraway with delay, if something is a light year away, we don't see it as it is now, but as it was a year ago, so maybe things are slowly aligning to that plane but we just haven't seen it because of the delay.
Literally the best video about this topic anywhere!!!
This raises an interesting question: is there any correlation between the plane of the ecliptic or our solar system and the plane of the ecliptic of any of the exoplanets we have discovered?
I don't think so, it would have been so obvious at this point... But who knows
My thoughts on this:
There is 2 things that can cause this. And it comes down to how they sample it to fully decipher which one is more likely from the 2 given options.
And it likely is a combo of these 2. Soooo, Imma explain.
If we are dealing with a single sample. Then I think the CMB contrast correlates to the number of averages tooken.
Put simply, The lower contrast you have the more noise you allow in. The more noise you have allowed in, the more signal sin wave sums you're allowing making them hard to distinguish from one another (hence the cause of this noise).
Which thus makes the lower contrast images more accurate for larger scales where more samples are tooken due to more spacetime on average. Whilst higher contrast on the other hand is more accurate for small scales due to less samples tooken due to less spacetime on average. Given higher contrast correlates to higher overall differentiation (making higher contrast images akin to applying a limiting factor).
Hence explaining the axis of evil under a sample to signal definability standpoint with scales.
This also means theoretically you can see further out from the CMB via using lower frequency electromagnetic waves. Downside of this approach for seeing further out tho, is exponential drop off with accuracy (Since photons are easier to effect with Spacetime Curvature).
Making Gravitational Waves, and squeezed gravitational waves (the Gravitational Wave analog of "Squeezed photons" aka Squeezed states of light) the Superior Imaging basis for larger scales beyond CMB using this method. Whilst Photons are Superior for mapping out small scales. Whilst the between range, probs requires taking a Mean Average of the 2 (to account for things like Aberration of Light on large scales due to our relative motion, via using more resistant to change Spacetime waves to correct).
Altho. Keep in mind this is only when considering the initial sample.
You will need to adjust accordingly via the generalized uncertainty principle with signals when it comes down to input device shutter rate (aka when it comes to multiple samples).
And if they take high contrast CMB measurements via more frames of exposure using shutter. Then the axis of evil can also be easily explained away with cummalative statistical error.
I believe the reality of it, is the sum of these 2 possible causes.
I guess only time and experimentation will tell. 🤔
Note: This is considering the Statistical Correlations relative to the given measurement apparatus.
Keep in mind. When it comes to other measurement devices, you must take those in account.
This is one of those odd 3blue1brown style "Take a moment and ponder on the idea, and see if you can convince yourself to any useful information"
Moments...
Put simply. Yes there is some more details I didn't go over for the sakes of time, and I'm aware of this.
So pls don't waste my time, unless you think it is a good use of your time.
AKA I'm fine with you mentioning obvious specifics, if and only if your fine with mentioning it as a reply. We gotta at least attempt to use our time wisely for one reason or another (or I just lose my faith in humanity 🤣). ⌚🧐
Seems like it's time to build a star ship to send into space to measure more of this background radiation to see if it changes or not depending on whether or not we are near stars/galaxies... let's name the ship Destiny
Yep we’re special alright, God made man in his own image.
And that explains how we are at the center of the universe.
Can't view the universe from outside: That's exactly what _anti-deSitter space_ is about! It projects an infinite plane onto a disk, like certain Escher pictures. Mathematically it lets you study it like looking at a soup can from a distance.
Always been infinite: Actually, it's an open question as to whether space is infinite or finite.
4th reason: the axis of evil is just a random chance and our modern cosmoly still stands? BRILLIANT VIDEO THOUGH!!
Maybe it's a coincidence that the earth shares the same axis as the universe
Or earth is actually flat lmao
@@KangJangkrik undeniable proof of a flat earth 😤😤😤
@@KangJangkrikwhat is under the flat earth
The only way we could be the centre of the universe is if we were in a simulation. Or if god was real but the first one seems more likely
I have a theory that makes a lot of sense to me atleast. In the video "This Light Let's You See The Strength Of An Object" you go into detail about polarized light. The patterns that show up on the spoon look eerily similar to the images of the universe seen using microwaves. Could the 2 subjects be related and if so could the reason the ecliptic plain and equinox seem to line up with these patterns is because the polarized light from the sun is leaving an imprint or shadow on the image of the universe.
No. The resemblance of the bands of color following stress patterns and false coloring to indicate a dipole pattern is a superficial thing.
There have been limited measurements of the polarization of the CMB in the south pole. The images shown are variations in frequency, and are not polarized.
Penzias and Wilson made their discovery in Holmdel, NJ - the antenna they used is still there; I see it every day!
The antenna that heard the Wow signal has been dismantled.
@@johndef5075That wasn’t the Holmdel horn antenna.
You truly deserve each and every one of the subscribers you have. I think it's an excellent idea that from time to time, in the middle of so many experiments you launch a video of cosmology, quantum mechanics, general relativity and so on.
One question, do you agree with Alan Guth's inflationary theory?
Have you thought about it?
Superb understanding of what is CMB, watched a lot of videos earlier, but the sphere of growing transparent space, made me understand it.
Appreciate your channel, science is fun! It isn't new though that the earth is special, the Bible has been saying this for centuries. Science and Christianity complement each other if we think reasonable about them both together.
I had similar thoughts Dan and my first thought was possible further evidence of creation and how God created the earth, solar system, stars, and everything else for our benefit.
"Okay today I'm-". The best intro
You forgot to mention the two more likely possibilities, that this is just a coincidence or there is something in the solar system skewing the measurements.
the ecliptic plane is the path of the sun.
An entertaining and easy-to-understand read about creation and the Big Bang is the book Axis of Beginning.
Not saying it's right, but surely there's an option 4 - coincidence? There are a lot of things in the universe; surely it would be weirder if *nothing* happened to align with the CMB, so why not have the solar system be one of the outliers than line up?
There's also an option 5 he didnt mention, mostly purposefully while also unintentional. Isaiah 42:5 says, "Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein." And you may note the very first things god created where the heaven (singular at the time) and the earth. Heaven being used synonymously with sky or even space. So earth having a strange relationship with how the universe is aligned makes sense, it's how God formed the universe, from our reference point. The microwave background radiation isnt from the big bang stretching it, but from God. He points out that there can only be "3" reasons for why it's like that. 1, their theory of the background radiation is wrong, which is true cause the universe didn't come from a big bang; 2, their data is wrong, yet he explains why that's almost impossible unless its skewed somehow they dont know *yet* (a random card for a catch all defense), or 3, the world has significance in the universe. He failed to mention 4, it's the result of how god made the universe, making his own viewpoint of the universe invalid. Many times when science and the bible disagree, science has been wrong. Human science, after all, is just conclusions we came to from looking at repeatable events and trying to understand them. God on the other hand already understands them, he made them!
Just a PSA, this might have some grammar mistakes, who cares. Dont shoot me for them okay. As long as you understand what I'm saying is enough.
@@benlarson9303 The 6th (i.e., real and undeniably true) option is that our favored angelhair momentum alignment is entirely due to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. All hail His noodly goodness. Ramen.
@@benlarson9303 You are exactly right!
@@jaybingham3711 angelhair? All my homies hate angelhail. How dare you mention the devils spaghetti. Tastes like boiled hair
@@jaybingham3711 but seriously though, you'd have a point if only there was a book written by the spaghetti monster, age old, and explained things like this and others before we understood them, so that now when we do we see that it was right all along. But since there isn't, I'm afraid it's no more than more than poor and exaggerated analogy trying to simplify and mock my point.
On a side note, I seriously hate angelhair noodles. They are the worst pasta ever, and are probably the spaghetti monsters way of punishing those who don't believe in him.
You can’t say here’s where it gets interesting 4 1/2 mins into a video I’m watching with my jaw on the floor
Maybe we are "special" and probably we are not, but this shouldn't even matter. The pursuit of knowledge feels noble tho. We should just try living our life to the fullest, but Im incapable of that so Im a hypocrit. At least Im honest. An honest hypocrit is a paradox tho.
Hi Im a paradox. Who are you?
Ofc we are special. The entire universe is special!!
I fell is a there is a 4th option there: That it exists a mechanism we do not know or understand yet that link those 2 phenomena, we assume that the ecliptic plane of the solar system is essentially random but it is possible that this is not the case (Something similar to the tidal lock for example where the fact that moon rotation speed and revolution speed aligns, which could be seen as an incredible coincidence if we were not able to explain how that happened)
That's right. And the orbital characteristic of Venus.
All some while back the Earth orbited the sun 360 day exactly, maybe. i said maybe 🤔🤓😎
So what you're saying is that flat-earthers can jump-ship, adopt the globe model and still feel special?
I think we need to repeat the experiment on Mars to determine if the local gravity of the planet it is done on has any effect on the declination of the axis proportional to the difference in the orbital planes of Erath and Mars and also to eliminate any non-obvious "ringing" or harmonics that Earth's magnetic field might induce.
I learn so much form one video bruh to good
A light went on. That is the first explanation of the background radiation that I ever understood.
Could it just be relativity? Maybe you would observe this in any system regardless off its orientation. Of course that would be exceedingly difficult to prove...
There are some theories that the entire universe is actually revolving around earth, even the sun itself. I am not sure how true that is. but there is always a chance that these theories could be true.
or fourth: the universe is just a simulation and this is a glitch they didnt expect we would discover
We are living in a snapshot version where this glitch hasn't been patched yet
@@mynameiscorenhel ill make salad with your banana and feed it to the dogs
oh wait, your banana is probably half-peeled.
halal style
@@notmo. lol
obv they've tested this from various points on earth - but the problem is, each point can never be at a different point relative to the CBR, but from time of year, that would even out, relative to sun... but in the whole time we've been taking measurements, how far have we got, at 0.4% the speed of light, all told, around our galaxy, and how far has the galaxy gotten?
Maybe it’s just a coincidence, or maybe background radiation had some effect on the formation of the solar system
the ecliptic plane, is the path of the sun. and there really is no axis. it is but 23 degrees to the earths equator.
I think it's because of our perception of the universe, we see a globe of light sorrounding us as it expands, we see ourselves at the centre of 'OUR' visible universe and also that the instruments we use to see or percieve the cosmic microwave background radiation is aligned with the earth, like when we launch a telescope, it's from the earth so it's like in some form alinged with the earth IDK.
BTW if you found any grammatical errors, that's because I'm not English speaking person, instead an English knowing person 😂
I don't exactly get it, but maybe it's the other way around.
The ecliptical is the way it is because of the background radiation since lining up with it would be most efficient or something due to some stabilizing mechanism
If that was the case, you'd expect nearly every star system to be parallel.
there is more than three options. one is that there is an error in the simulation we live in. another is there is something as yet unknown interfering in the perceived data.
I thought Axis like germany
Same
From the universe's perspective, it's always been the same size, and we've just gotten smaller.
Or, there's another reasonable explanation for this phenomenon. Never limit the options; it's A false dilemma or an either/or fallacy! Most probably there is some other factor we are not seeing at the moment, this is for future generations to figure out, if they aren't too busy surviving on the mess of a planet we leave them :D
edit: False dichotomy*? or in this case trichotomy 😅
weird explanation: maybe for some reason (butterfly effect or something) life on a planet can only evolve if the planet rotates around the sun in line with this exact anomaly.
So actually point 3 holds due to this.
You made me cry
Could it just be that when you measure Everything 6' from you it appears you are in the center of that graph. You measured relative to you of course it's gonna look like your in the center. If I measured from somewhere light years away it's gonna have the same result, wherever you measure from becomes the center of the data
This video made me understand Space(time) better. Mindblow.
And it's the first video I ever watched on the actual channel after beeing like half a year subscribed to the shorts.
So my theory is that the creators of the simulation didn't have high hopes on us getting this far and left it like that and called it a day :/ lmao
The others were faster than us
;( they have already conquered stars. Yet us, we're still here, quarantined
;(
Evidence?
@@johnfakes1298 That's part of the simulation paradox, I believe. If it's a perfect simulation, there will be no evidence. Or even if there was, you'd be simulated in a way to ignore all the evidence.
It's quite ironic that many scientists went from discarding an omnipotent God just to reinvent God again, now as the creator(s) of the simulation. To me that's just semantics.
@@bosonbreeder I'm pretty sure no one actually thinks that we live in a simulation. Its just a fun theory to think about.