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Where Is The Center of The Universe?

2022-03-23 Education
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Learn More about Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/SpaceTime/ Take the Space Time Fan Survey Here: https://forms.gle/wS4bj9o3rvyhfKzUA PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Today we’re going to ask a simple-seeming question that will lead to so pretty wacky places. The question is this: If the universe has a center, where is it? Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt Caplan & Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, Pedro Osinski, Adriano Leal & Stephanie Faria GFX Visualizations: Ajay Manuel Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Assistant Producer: Setare Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executives in Charge (PBS): Adam Dylewski, Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Spacetime is produced by Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2021 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Special Thanks to Our Patreon Supporters Big Bang Supporters rpeterson2205 Mark Evans David Taiclet Daniel Alexiuc Nenado763 Peter Barrett David Neumann Charlie Leo Koguan Sandy Wu Ahmad Jodeh Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Amy Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Fabrice Eap Mark Rosenthal David Nicklas Henry Van Styn Quasar Supporters Alex Kinsey Alex Kern Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox Christina Oegren Mark Heising Hank S Hypernova Supporters william bryan Sergio Bonfiglio drollere Joe Moreira Marc Armstrong Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green MuON Marketing Russell Pope Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков John R. Slavik Mathew Donal Botkin John Pollock Edmund Fokschaner Joseph Salomone chuck zegar Jordan Young Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Supporters Frank Walker Matt Q WhizBangery Tony Affinito Avi Yashchin MHL SHS Kory Kirk Terje Vold Anatoliy Nagornyy comboy Brett Baker Jeremy Soller Jonathan Conerly Andre Stechert Ross Bohner Paul Wood Kent Durham jim bartosh Nubble Chris Navrides Scott R Calkins The Mad Mechanic Ellis Hall John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Ben Campbell Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Alex Edwards Ádám Kettinger MD3 Endre Pech Daniel Jennings Cameron Sampson Pratik Mukherjee Geoffrey Clarion Nate Darren Duncan Russ Creech Jeremy Reed Eric Webster David Johnston Web Browser Michael Barton Christopher Barron James Ramsey Justin Jermyn Mr T Andrew Mann Isaac Suttell Devon Rosenthal Oliver Flanagan Bleys Goodson Robert Walter Bruce B Simon Oliphant Mirik Gogri Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Brandon Lattin Nickolas Andrew Freeman Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Robert Ilardi Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Martin Skans The Art of Sin Graydon Goss Frederic Simon Tonyface John Robinson A G David Neal Kevin Lee justahat John Funai Cass Costello Tristan Bradley Jenkins Kyle Hofer Daniel Stříbrný Luaan AlecZero Cody King Zeckendorff Nick Virtue Scott Gossett Dan Warren Patrick Sutton Daniel Lyons DFaulk Kevin Warne

Top Comments (10)

@aglr1439 2022-03-23

Duh, it is at (0,0,0) obviously. I'll have that Nobel prize now.

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@DrZedDrZedDrZed 2022-03-23

I love this show so much. Thank you Matt ands PBS and everyone who helps make this real. I'm having a kid and I can't wait for the day that I start watching the whole back catalogue of Space Time with him.

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@tycro 2022-03-24

Nobody has ever made me feel more passionate about things I can’t remotely understand than Matt.

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@technocore1591 2022-03-23

The explanation of how 2d person can point anywhere and be pointing at the center of the universe and it's applicability to a 3d universe was sublime. Thank you. I understood it.

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@OleOlson 2022-03-29

I consider myself pretty well versed for an amateur who has only taken a half dozen classes on Astronomy, but the material on PBS SpaceTime is way beyond me. And I love it.

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@peristanom 2022-03-23

If "closed", "open", or "flat" applies to the spatial shape of a universe, would that in any way also apply to its temporal shape? That is, would a spatially finite "closed" universe eventually and necessarily recollapse? Would a spatially infinite "open" universe necessarily expand forever? Would the expansion rate of a spatially infinite "flat" universe necessarily approach zero? Or are these entirely different properties?

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@concernedspectator 2022-03-23

Love these segments both questioning and reaffirming assumptions, leading to a deeper understanding

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@WA5ABI73 2022-10-28

After about 2 years of trying to properly understand this topic, this is the video that finally made it click for me. Excellent job!

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@Nobody_Special310 2022-03-23

Maybe the center of the universe is the friends we made along the way.

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@DavidFrostbite 2022-04-14

Where is the center of the universe? _"Everywhere, and nowhere."_

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