How Magnetism Shapes The Universe

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    How far can you follow a compass needle? As far as the north magnetic pole, where the needle starts spinning wildly? Compass needles align with magnetic field lines, and on the precise spot of magnetic north, those field lines are vertical. So just tilt your compass 90 degrees and you can continue your journey - either down to the molten iron dynamo surrounding the Earth’s core, or up. But up to where? The answer - to everywhere - and today, that’s where we’re going to go.
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Komentáře • 1,9K

  • @ivanelrino
    @ivanelrino Před 2 lety +813

    Shoutout to the digital artists. Eye-popping work in this episode. Van Gogh is ok too.

  • @stkyriakoulisdr
    @stkyriakoulisdr Před 2 lety +745

    I am a computer scientist but I did my masters in an astronomy department. I got to be involved in a project where they would map part of the galactic magnetic field with great precision by measuring the polarization of starlight as it travels through interstellar dust. My task was to implement AI/machine learning methods that could learn to automatically detect stars that were polarized due to other reasons (e.g. having strong magnetic fields, pulsating, spitting out material or being galaxies instead) so that they would be excluded from their results. I don't know how helpful I was in the end.
    Anyway, this video addresses a lot of stuff that I learned during that year, so I thought I'd share my story.

    • @davruck1
      @davruck1 Před 2 lety +37

      Magnetism is ignored by many astrophysicists which is a huge mistake

    • @barefootalien
      @barefootalien Před 2 lety +30

      Neat! Thanks for sharing! I've often wondered how much and how often machine learning is used in scientific analysis. I've heard of some uses over the years, of course. Obviously, CERN uses it to help prune the less interesting results from the LHC's detectors. And I've heard that some new data analysis techniques using machine learning were in use in astrophysics, but it's cool to know for sure that it's helping!

    • @kennarajora6532
      @kennarajora6532 Před 2 lety +9

      I had no idea machine learning was involved in this stuff. Anyhow, this was very informative, thanks.

    • @esecallum
      @esecallum Před 2 lety +3

      its banned. and anyone who mentions it is considered a crank. the BBT is like a religion. anything that mentions electric fields or magnetic fields is hearsay. they have even resorted to renaming things. for example giant light years across plasma filaments have be renamed as structures!

    • @davruck1
      @davruck1 Před 2 lety +4

      @@esecallum they even have paid trolls who will harass you on social media if you don’t toe the line. It’s very clear that galaxies are not randomly distributed, yet they can only talk about conveniently distributed dark matter.

  • @leovalenzuela8368
    @leovalenzuela8368 Před 2 lety +494

    7:01 Van Gogh was like “wait, you guys AREN’T seeing this?”

    • @TheActionBastard
      @TheActionBastard Před 2 lety +34

      "...you mean it *doesn't* look like this to the rest of you?"
      *all shake heads slowly*

    • @TheMarshmellowLife
      @TheMarshmellowLife Před 2 lety +11

      I just got to that point in the video and I came looking for this comment 😮❤️

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před 2 lety +23

      I went to a rave held during a meteor shower, and with the assistance of some trendy chemical amusement, the sky looked a whole lot like "Starry Night". So I'm guessing the simple answer is that Van Gogh used psychedelics, or his internal chemistry was messed up enough to do it for him.

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl Před 2 lety +22

      @@mal2ksc we know that he dealt with mental illness, so I have always thought that whatever chemical imbalance might have caused that illness may very well have caused him to see things much differently than regular folks.
      And every time I see a mention of his _Starry Night,_ I remember the Doctor Who episode about him... and that episode makes me ugly-cry at the end, every single time.

    • @DialecticRed
      @DialecticRed Před 2 lety +4

      @@MaryAnnNytowl Hmm, it's an interesting notion, but I am a bit skeptical about it. I do not know if some people are capable of seeing light in other wavelengths, I've certainly never heard of such a thing, but I would imagine that this is not possible. Still cool to think about.

  • @brianmessemer2973
    @brianmessemer2973 Před 2 lety +394

    "Let's hitch a ride on a field line, and see how far it takes us." Great line.

    • @CaedmonOS
      @CaedmonOS Před 2 lety +10

      I would hope it would be a great line I want it to take me somewhere fun 🤣

    •  Před 2 lety +3

      Someone get the Rick and Morty staff in here!

    • @jugrajbatth62
      @jugrajbatth62 Před 2 lety +2

      Make sure u have ur beer and snacks on u while riding

    • @greggorman5537
      @greggorman5537 Před 2 lety

      It would work for a wormhole

    • @tezzeret2000
      @tezzeret2000 Před 2 lety +8

      Talk about a field trip, am I right? :P

  • @onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475

    At astrophysics conferences, if you can't think of a good question: "Have you considered magnetic fields" usually comes up... Because no one understands them.

    • @EnglishMike
      @EnglishMike Před 2 lety +2

      @nate0 Or maybe it's simply not possible.

    • @ripvanwando
      @ripvanwando Před 2 lety +10

      @nate0 Reminds me of 3 blue 1 brown mapping fluid dynamics of a cross section of air with lasers. The fractal structure of swirls and interference of different flow types - only this is with extra charged particle chaos and it scales like gravity with across different massive bodies. I suppose the fluid dynamics cross section implies space is completely filled at various densities. However, I also suppose I have 0 idea about any of this and fluid style chaos probably doesn't reflect the reality of magnetism even remotely haha.

    • @vampyricon7026
      @vampyricon7026 Před 2 lety +8

      @@ripvanwando Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (stellar physics for big stars) is just what happens when someone asks "How can we toss as many nonlinear systems together?"

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 Před 2 lety +3

      @@luddite31 Yeah, pretty much. Too complicated and too many variables to really make useful theories. The other popular question is "What about binaries?" for the same reason. If the system you're observing is actually a binary it pretty much ruins your attempt to explain what is going on.

    • @friendlyone2706
      @friendlyone2706 Před 2 lety +1

      Only proves more astronomers should be talking to radio astronomers for whom -- for over 50 years -- the question has been "Have you considered THIS magnetic field."

  • @isaacnarrett3085
    @isaacnarrett3085 Před 2 lety +65

    I’ve been watching this channel for years, even before I was a fan of science or anything. Then as I watched and started my university degree, I became more fascinated and decided to study physics. This channel always gave great explanations and intros to topics I was learning in class, so I was always happy to share videos with friends. Now, I will be starting graduate school working on planetary magnetism, so it feels full circle seeing a video on my topic. Thanks for all you do, for all of us who are curious about the inner workings of 🤷🏻‍♂️ spacetime 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @Hakasedess
    @Hakasedess Před 2 lety +52

    "[The surface of the sun] is a violent place, magnetically speaking."
    I can think of very few ways in which the surface of the sun isn't a violent place, really

    • @yendorelrae5476
      @yendorelrae5476 Před 2 lety +3

      Dr Manhattan walked the surface of the sun while on vacation!

    • @Hakasedess
      @Hakasedess Před 2 lety +2

      @@yendorelrae5476 True, but he's also omnipotent.

    • @niks660097
      @niks660097 Před 2 lety

      @@Hakasedess True, but he is also fake and not real, and copyrighted by DC..

    • @lancerben4551
      @lancerben4551 Před 2 lety +2

      The sun is incredibly stable for the amount of energy potential it contains. That said I believe we greatly underestimate the dangers of solar flares. A strong flare directed straight at us could wreck havoc. The sun is clearly capable of producing strong storms and they are hard to predict.

    • @milferdjones2573
      @milferdjones2573 Před rokem +1

      Considering all of man's atomic bombs all detonated at once is insignificant to a second of solar activity violent not close to describing it.

  • @liquerinfrnt
    @liquerinfrnt Před 2 lety +22

    That footage of the CME was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. So much power, to just blast off more mass than the entire earth like that

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 2 lety +10

      It's not more than Earth's mass; it's "only" about a billion tons. It is, however, larger in size than Earth.

  • @CamEron-nj5qy
    @CamEron-nj5qy Před 2 lety +201

    "Astronomers are also tricky and so have tricks" 😂

    • @Invalid571
      @Invalid571 Před 2 lety +9

      Not the finest moment of PBS spacetime. 😅

    • @GreasyBirb
      @GreasyBirb Před 2 lety +9

      silly astronomers, tricks are for kids.

    • @MuscarV2
      @MuscarV2 Před 2 lety +7

      "austromers" what?

    • @IHateUniqueUsernames
      @IHateUniqueUsernames Před 2 lety +4

      @@Invalid571 Au contraire, it made me breathe a little harder. A nice play on using the work as, I believe, a verb, adverb, and noun.

    • @holden_tld
      @holden_tld Před 2 lety +2

      you can tell by the way they are

  • @dustman96
    @dustman96 Před 2 lety +9

    Perhaps the most awesome part of the astronomy community is how they come up with ingenious workarounds to solve problems.

  • @mozkitolife5437
    @mozkitolife5437 Před 2 lety +12

    Matt continually impresses me. These recent episodes have been out of this world. The graphics and productions from references are astounding. To possess an understanding of the heliopause and beyond makes me feel very privileged indeed. I wish everyone on Earth experienced this level of knowledge.

  • @ShubhamShubhra
    @ShubhamShubhra Před 2 lety +8

    Great to see Faraday’s name appear in Cosmology long after he is gone, showing just how remarkable his contribution to physics is. Long Live Faraday.

  • @MrDbrennen
    @MrDbrennen Před 2 lety +43

    Posted 24 seconds ago, just the way I like it

    • @Ph0_Q
      @Ph0_Q Před 2 lety +2

      3 minutes ago not bad

    • @Nillowo
      @Nillowo Před 2 lety +1

      15 minutes. Still decent

    • @realzachfluke1
      @realzachfluke1 Před rokem +1

      Ahhh, posted _26,316,641 seconds ago,_ just the way I like it 😏🫴
      (assuming the video was uploaded at noon that day lol)

    • @LifeofBlog
      @LifeofBlog Před rokem +2

      Seeing your comment a year later... lol

    • @gorenewable
      @gorenewable Před rokem

      This is still the most relevant comment

  • @ikkeheltvanlig
    @ikkeheltvanlig Před 2 lety +3

    the sentence "the aligned electron spins in a ferromagnet" taught me more in one second than several "how do magnets work" videos have. thank you.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds8581 Před 2 lety +6

    I just had to take a moment and realize how amazing it is that when I was born, black holes were theoretically proven but now we have ACTUAL visual evidence and proof of black holes. That's absolutely amazing!

  • @brianmessemer2973
    @brianmessemer2973 Před 2 lety +53

    Matt, you just perfectly explained polarized light in the most nonchalant way. 🤯👍

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 2 lety +3

      IKR?! Actually, I thought the entire thing was bloody perfect.

    • @szamszatan
      @szamszatan Před 2 lety

      exactly my thought...! i watched an entire episode on this n a 'rival' channel, but should have just watched this

    • @goldenwarrior1186
      @goldenwarrior1186 Před 2 lety

      @@szamszatan out of curiosity, what channel are you talking about

    • @szamszatan
      @szamszatan Před 2 lety +1

      @@goldenwarrior1186 czcams.com/video/8YkfEft4p-w/video.html
      Eugene Khutoryansky

  • @kreechrr
    @kreechrr Před 2 lety +243

    So what I'm getting is that Magneto is secretly the strongest Marvel character. He could alter being's perception of reality by changing the very polarity of light seen.

    • @metalcake2288
      @metalcake2288 Před 2 lety +28

      Modulation would be more effective. High skill ceiling with this ability

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 Před 2 lety +32

      He would also have the power to send lightning because magnetism is only one side of electromagnetism

    • @soulblade9142
      @soulblade9142 Před 2 lety +25

      except most humans can't detect polarity of light so.... not that you needed debunking but.... unless he can reach into the sun and conjure up a solar storm, i'd say Magneto aint that OP imo

    • @soulblade9142
      @soulblade9142 Před 2 lety +9

      i'm also drunk in case that was just complete nothingburger

    • @kreechrr
      @kreechrr Před 2 lety +22

      @@soulblade9142 sure but with the right writer he could just meditate and start to feel the miniscule fields around individual particles and exercise his influence on them. Or something. Maybe he's given cosmic abilities for a single story and there's a lingering amplification.

  • @CSpottsGaming
    @CSpottsGaming Před 2 lety +33

    11:59 I believe you meant the M87 supermassive black hole, M81 is in a different galaxy altogether!

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus Před 2 lety +3

      M81 isn't IN a different galaxy, it IS a different galaxy. The Messier series (M##) are all galaxies iirc.

    • @CSpottsGaming
      @CSpottsGaming Před 2 lety +4

      @@Xeridanus I was referring to the black hole specifically, as was Matt.

    • @justineelzak4285
      @justineelzak4285 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Xeridanus messier objects are various things from supernova remnants to galaxies.

    • @halweilbrenner9926
      @halweilbrenner9926 Před 2 lety +1

      81 87 all the same me

    • @Xeridanus
      @Xeridanus Před 2 lety

      @@CSpottsGaming M81 supermassive blackhole is in M81, saying M81 is in another galaxy is technically incorrect as a galaxy can't be inside itself. Just saying 'The M81 blackhole" would be enough clarification.

  • @wayfarerzen3393
    @wayfarerzen3393 Před 2 lety +11

    Finally. FINALLY this is being covered. I've always thought of the magnetic field lines and other magnetic properties of the solar system as forming, vaguely speaking, some sort of circuit, where field lines of the sun significantly affect that of its planets. Also wondered if this relationship has any inductive properties.
    Also, with the galactic magnetic fields, I read somewhere that they may be shaped like a torus or double-torus, lines travelling far outside the galaxy eventually wrapping back around to the core. I haven't seen the science on that but it would make a lot of sense if it was true.

  • @thomasgoodwin2648
    @thomasgoodwin2648 Před 2 lety +13

    As we seem to keep finding larger and larger physical structures in the universe one has to wonder what the magnetic field of the entire universe itself is like, and how it affects it's overall internal structure.

    • @esecallum
      @esecallum Před 2 lety +3

      It is a taboo subject

    • @thomasgoodwin2648
      @thomasgoodwin2648 Před 2 lety

      @@esecallum There are no taboo thoughts, only taboo deeds.

    • @xarmanhsh2981
      @xarmanhsh2981 Před 8 měsíci

      he is talking about the magnetic universe conspiracy @@thomasgoodwin2648

  • @garypalmer997
    @garypalmer997 Před 2 lety +11

    Who would've known the universe had such a magnetic personality

    • @Desirion83
      @Desirion83 Před 2 lety

      Gary you the + to my -! Sorry I ended up dating Gravity instead, less complicated....

  • @itmaybeokay
    @itmaybeokay Před 2 lety +88

    Magnets: How do they work?
    According to seminal work by Insane, Posse, Et. Al - the answer is "miracles".

    • @revenevan11
      @revenevan11 Před 2 lety +6

      😆 love that citation!

    • @MGmirkin
      @MGmirkin Před 2 lety +3

      To anyone else, who knows what they're talking about, magnetic fields are driven by electric currents, either bound electrons in orbit around atomic nuclei, in the case of permanent magnets, or at the scale of the electrical circuit in macroscopic objects / processes.
      Pretty much physics 101 level stuff.

    • @itmaybeokay
      @itmaybeokay Před 2 lety +7

      @@MGmirkin in the case of permanent magnets it has to do with the spin of electrons, not their orbits. There are videos about it in this channel. It’s discussed briefly in this video. That said, the fundamental forces of nature existing at all, let alone existing in such a way to create all this “stuff” in the universe, rather than just an ever expanding cloud of dust after the Big Bang - some might argue it’s fair to call that “miraculous”. Perhaps the juggalos were on to something with that song…
      No. No they were not.

    • @faaip0de0oaid
      @faaip0de0oaid Před 2 lety +2

      the seriousness when he said that was hilarious

  • @jflannery11JohnnyTru
    @jflannery11JohnnyTru Před 2 lety +6

    This might be my favorite episode. Bravo. Never knew magnetism was so cool.

  • @cdvamp
    @cdvamp Před 2 lety +2

    the animations and graphics were on a different level this episode. kudos to the editing team

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid Před 2 lety +3

    The field line pointing straight up from the north pole would make the compass point _south_ in that direction though, not north. So if you followed the needle all the way to the magnetic north pole, at that point down you go, not up.

  • @cmacmenow
    @cmacmenow Před 2 lety +3

    As always, these deep dives and beautifully constructed talks take my mind and imagination to another level! Since a child,magnets and magnetism have always intrigued and mystified. Now, even more so.Totally brilliant and deeply magnetic!

  • @steelmagnum
    @steelmagnum Před 2 lety +8

    The scales and structures that can be found in our universe really are absolutely mind-boggling. Really brings to mind Einstein's posit of universal bigness and universal smallness. The same structures repeating just at different size and time scales

  • @chance_in_the_chat
    @chance_in_the_chat Před 2 lety +27

    "Magnets how the f××× do they work?" Did i just hear Matt quote a line from an ICP song?? I think I've switched timelines again :-X

    • @hhaavvvvii
      @hhaavvvvii Před 2 lety +3

      It's pretty common for physicists to quote that line.

    • @danieljensen2626
      @danieljensen2626 Před 2 lety +1

      I think every physicist knows that line just because it's funny, even though most of us have ever heard the song or actually know where it's from.

  • @petertriller8343
    @petertriller8343 Před 2 lety +31

    Question: If I run into a wall, the force that stops me is ultimately electromagnetic, right ?

    • @TysonJensen
      @TysonJensen Před 2 lety +20

      Actually it’s the Pauli exclusion principle, your electrons can’t occupy the same space as the wall. Not to say that the EM forces aren’t important, how your tissues jiggle as a result of the collision is a result of these forces. These forces also determine at what momentum the wall will decide to break.

    • @davidhand9721
      @davidhand9721 Před 2 lety +6

      @@TysonJensen I've heard this before but I can't buy it. The Pauli exclusion principle isn't a continuous force and therefore does not lead to a potential that can reflect particles. When things collide, they don't get anywhere near as close as atoms in a white dwarf; there's no moment at which the pressures are comparable, and since it doesn't result in a potential, there should be no effect until the particles are nearly right on top of each other. The electrostatic force, though, _does_ create a potential everywhere and it does hit infinity at the position of a charged particle, which means that any amount of momentum can be reversed for an incoming particle _before_ it gets that close.
      I mean, the exclusion principle only works if particles are less than a Planck length apart _and_ they have the same momentum; how can two particles with the exact same momentum even collide? They would be at rest relative to each other. It doesn't make sense for those conditions to be met at room conditions. Please explain how the principle can affect particle momentum without relying on electrostatic potential outside of a white dwarf or neutron star!

    • @TysonJensen
      @TysonJensen Před 2 lety +9

      @@davidhand9721 The exclusion principle works over the entirety of the orbital, it extends many, many orders of magnitude farther than the Planck length, I don’t know who told you that it has anything to do with the Planck length. The exclusion principle and electron quantization are really the same thing. Two electrons, being fermions, cannot share the same quantum numbers. The electrons feel no force, they simply cannot coexist with the same quantum numbers. The forces happen over larger distances, the electrons at the contact surface are hard stopped by their inability to interpenetrate each other, and the molecules stacking up behind adjust accordingly.

    • @furqanshariff
      @furqanshariff Před 2 lety

      @@TysonJensen It is said that bosons do not obey exclusion principle, so they should perfectly go through one another
      but in many laser experiments light seems to bounce or refract a bit due to collision, why

    • @TysonJensen
      @TysonJensen Před 2 lety +2

      @@furqanshariff I am not sure. But fermions can pop into existence, then disappear due to the uncertainty principle interacting with the vacuum. I would anticipate that bosons interacting with bosons would have something to do with the local energy level making it easier for fermions to pop up. A pure boson-boson interaction should not permanently change either boson, but purity is not something our Universe appears to value.

  • @geraldw.8118
    @geraldw.8118 Před 2 lety +24

    Sometimes I get completely drunk and watch these and learn nothing so I don't feel like I'm wasting my time

  • @UnionYes1021
    @UnionYes1021 Před 2 lety

    Thank you again for another well thought out episode!
    Miss seeing you in a shirt. You are a good teacher. Thank you for sharing your skill and work.

  • @matthewdaw6485
    @matthewdaw6485 Před 2 lety +1

    I don't think you have to be at all remotely interested in the science behind what Matt is saying to enjoy this. Watching this is honestly one of the best visual experiences I've had in a CZcams video.

  • @frankdaze2353
    @frankdaze2353 Před 2 lety +4

    So many amazing new visuals. You lot never fail to deliver on the quality ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @jordanvermeer4567
    @jordanvermeer4567 Před 2 lety +8

    Amazing reference to *bleeping* magnets, how do they work. Thank you.

  • @mal9369
    @mal9369 Před 2 lety +2

    Man, that magnetic field of the galaxy is incredible. It's almost like an ecosystem. The stars are formed, consume matter, then die and eject their guts, which are then picked up by the galactic magnetic field and funneled back into the center to fuel more start formation. Maybe that's why we see so many galaxies with super massive blackholes at their center. They didnt run around gobbling up stars but rather formed through the same process of start formation where the growing galactic magnetic field funnels particles into the center more and more, creating the black hole at the center from the wash of matter.

  • @dreammfyre
    @dreammfyre Před 2 lety +18

    Me before this video: Magnets how do they work?
    Me after this video: Magnets how do they work?

  • @Odin029
    @Odin029 Před 2 lety +9

    What I learned from this video is that astrophysicists are tricky and therefore have tricks

    • @dritemolawzbks8574
      @dritemolawzbks8574 Před 2 lety

      As long as they're not turning tricks, they won't have to hire a pimp or madam.

  • @cheknauss9867
    @cheknauss9867 Před 2 lety +3

    Well this channel is just simply the best on CZcams, obviously.

  • @SplendidFellow
    @SplendidFellow Před 2 lety +2

    This is the best most educational and fascinating show that has ever been released on anything by PBS

  • @mouseDown83
    @mouseDown83 Před 2 lety

    Another great production! Thank you for making this.

  • @The_Tauri
    @The_Tauri Před 2 lety +7

    This is the best channel in my spacetime.

  • @szopad7832
    @szopad7832 Před 2 lety +4

    I don't know why am I so addicted to this, but for the past two days I hit the refresh button way too many times. Finally it happened, on the 3rd day, at 22:25, the last refresh before going to sleep. Thanks :)

    • @sandybarnes887
      @sandybarnes887 Před 2 lety

      I suppose you could start watching the back catalog

  • @Haplo-san
    @Haplo-san Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for amazing episode with the beautiful visuals.

  • @EddyA1337
    @EddyA1337 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for keeping this content going Stephen. Sounds like you were very generous.

  • @gx_no
    @gx_no Před 2 lety +8

    I love how Matt travels to space every time to teach us.

  • @12jalbrandao
    @12jalbrandao Před 2 lety +7

    I've been waiting my entire life to hear this!

    • @EnglishMike
      @EnglishMike Před 2 lety +2

      Phil Collins? Is that you? Something in the air...

    • @12jalbrandao
      @12jalbrandao Před 2 lety +1

      @@EnglishMike Yeah! But can you feel it?

  • @bizzehdee
    @bizzehdee Před 2 lety +1

    When trying to explain infinate worlds, the best way i have ever heard it explained is "just because there are infinate possibilities, it doesnt mean that all possibilities can happen... there are an infinate amount of numbers between 1 and 2, but none of them are '3'"

  • @KutWrite
    @KutWrite Před 2 lety

    Nicely done. I appreciate your humo(u)r such as the Aurora Alert given when Mr. Wilcox travels.
    This information will be useful for the drive mechanism my characters will use in my in-progress science fiction novel.

  • @benhammett1189
    @benhammett1189 Před 2 lety +10

    Great episode !
    After watching the episode I wonder how much distant galaxies effect each other in their movement through their magnetic fields and wether these could slow down them drifting away from each other since there wouldn't be any field lines pointing from one galaxy into absolute nothingness.

    • @soulblade9142
      @soulblade9142 Před 2 lety

      obviously not that much since they apparently are drifting away from each other into complete nothingburger

    • @jaybingham3711
      @jaybingham3711 Před 2 lety

      It won't be too surprising that we will later determine magnetic fields play a role in our new observation of cosmic filament rotation/spin: www.sciencenews.org/article/dark-matter-cosmic-filaments-biggest-spinning-objects-space

  • @daytonduck
    @daytonduck Před 2 lety +9

    I loved the Van Gogh inspired imagery at about 3:35!

  • @BackassWordsWeirdworld
    @BackassWordsWeirdworld Před 2 lety +2

    I'm really glad you are on the job. I think you have an excellent understanding of our ever changing "current" reality situation. Keep them wheels turning. You got this. Thank you. God bless.

  • @CC-iq2pe
    @CC-iq2pe Před 2 lety

    I am totally amazed by your deep explanations about galactic physics

  • @elishmuel1976
    @elishmuel1976 Před 2 lety +10

    I can't thank enough the PBS Space Time team for creating this amazing content for all these years! From the bottom of a scientist's heart, you make the world sane and logical again.
    1:39 Is it the Left or Right hand rule? I'm fairly certain you'll cover that aspect in the video :)

  • @only1kingz
    @only1kingz Před 2 lety +26

    I still have trouble making the connection between WHY moving charges create a magnetic field. Like, I just don't understand the mechanism besides just the observation that it does in fact happen.

    • @dumbasgenius7227
      @dumbasgenius7227 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah me too. I have never found anything on it.

    • @NovaWarrior77
      @NovaWarrior77 Před 2 lety +14

      Special relativity bro. czcams.com/video/Ii7rgIQawko/video.html
      czcams.com/video/1TKSfAkWWN0/video.html

    • @abidanjam1234
      @abidanjam1234 Před 2 lety +5

      czcams.com/video/1TKSfAkWWN0/video.html
      I think this video might help you , I have also suffered from the same question

    • @lornelee1891
      @lornelee1891 Před 2 lety

      @@drdca8263 the only issue I see with this is thinking about how a capacitor doesn't create flux lines

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 2 lety +17

      It's special relativity. Suppose you have two charges at rest with respect to each other and you. You'll see them exert an electrostatic force on each other with accompanying accelerations. Now transform to a frame in which they're in motion perpendicular to their separation. You'll see the same charges and separation, but the accelerations will be reduced due to time dilation. This change is attributed to the presence of magnetic fields. This is why magnetic fields are only generated by moving charges and only affect moving charges. (Okay, electrons aren't really spinning yet they have a magnetic dipole moment, but that's all quantum and therefore magic.😁)

  • @Ni999
    @Ni999 Před 2 lety +2

    Recent studies show that the seed electrons for the Earth's geodynamo comes from electron scattering resulting from convection cycles in the molten core. Planetary spin provides the momentum to maintain the dynamo configuration but not enough to seed it.
    I was immediately reminded of the hot electron model common to electronics.

  • @franciscoturri3717
    @franciscoturri3717 Před 2 lety

    Im a physics student at the Cordoba University in Argentina, every time i watch one of yours videos i remember why im studying physics. Thank you for all your content, keep up the good work!

  • @brandonmunshaw2854
    @brandonmunshaw2854 Před 2 lety +5

    Magnetic fields are continuous right? Are magnetic field lines just a way to visualise the shape and strength of a magnetic field, like isotherms on a weather map?

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 2 lety +4

      Yes.

    • @brandonmunshaw2854
      @brandonmunshaw2854 Před 2 lety +4

      Awesome! Related question: when magnetic filings trace magnetic field lines on paper, why do they clump together to form lines?

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 2 lety +2

      @@brandonmunshaw2854 At a guess, I'd say that the filings themselves become (slightly) magnetized and so clump to each other.
      Field lines are a mental picture to help visualize the invisible, like the rubber-sheet picture of curved space for general relativity.

    • @brandonmunshaw2854
      @brandonmunshaw2854 Před 2 lety +2

      Yeah, now that you mention it, the filings are usually tubular, so it makes a lot of sense that they would want to align end to end as best they can against friction, making lines appear

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 Před 2 lety +5

      @@brandonmunshaw2854 , yeah, the filings become slightly magnetized themselves, so they line up end-to-end but not side-by-side, so the lines of filings keep some distance between each other.
      Similar to static electricity making your hair stand up.
      The hairs are aligning to the field gradient, but also repelling each other, because they are similarly charged.

  • @thomashenderson3901
    @thomashenderson3901 Před 2 lety +21

    When a magnet is pushing away from another magnet, this seeming invisible force is actually carried by what?
    Is that electrons pushing, or photons or what?

    • @DarkMage2k
      @DarkMage2k Před 2 lety +8

      Exchange of virtual photons as magnetism is basically electrical force with relativity.
      Might be wrong. My intuition is this though

    • @Samu2010lolcats
      @Samu2010lolcats Před 2 lety +11

      It's carried by the magnetic field itself.

    • @ThatCrazyKid0007
      @ThatCrazyKid0007 Před 2 lety +9

      Exhange of momentum between the particles carried via virtual particles.

    • @fnamelname9077
      @fnamelname9077 Před 2 lety +5

      The magic of the druids!

    • @JustinLe
      @JustinLe Před 2 lety +6

      it's really the same force that pushed your fingers away from a table when you push down on it. the same force that keeps a book on a desk so it doesn't fall through. this doesn't quite answer your question, but hopefully it makes magnetism seem a little less mysterious. it's that same force you experience intuitively every day, just over a slightly larger distance than you are used to seeing.

  • @livedadyt10
    @livedadyt10 Před 2 lety

    Well explained. The graphics were phenomenal.
    Thanks.

  • @timvb2
    @timvb2 Před 2 lety

    Now you seem to be getting to understand the nature of magnetism..Well done great video !!!

  • @Pratanjali64
    @Pratanjali64 Před 2 lety +16

    Wait, I thought we were getting Many Worlds Part 2?
    Edit: just got to the Q&A. I still hope he does the full episode.

    • @TheGokki
      @TheGokki Před 2 lety +4

      This episode was likely in production during that time, Part 2 is probably already done or very close to it.

    • @tomkerruish2982
      @tomkerruish2982 Před 2 lety +5

      We did, in my universe.

  • @sahelanthropusbrensis
    @sahelanthropusbrensis Před 2 lety +35

    *Oh boy, grabbing my popcorn and waiting for the "eLEctRic unIVersE" lunatics.*

    • @JRichardson711
      @JRichardson711 Před 2 lety +7

      Why are they lunatics? They said electromagnetism has effects on larger scales of the universe that were previously overlooked. Seems like Matt just confirmed they were right.

    • @pronounjow
      @pronounjow Před 2 lety +10

      Well, one thing they haven't been able to provide a meaningful explanation for is gravity. The "electric gravity" proposal from the chief advisor for EU is total bonkers (you have to see it to truly believe me), and the same dude thinks Earth is hollow due to Earth primarily consisting of positive charge IIRC, but that seems to contradict his "electric gravity" proposal. *groans*

    • @byrnemeister2008
      @byrnemeister2008 Před 2 lety +11

      @@JRichardson711 Because they think stars are powered by electricity generated at the center of the galaxy. That stars are little more than light bulbs powered by invisible electric currents that must be millions of amps that somehow conduct through the vacuum. Yep they are bonkers.

    • @drewmandan
      @drewmandan Před 2 lety +4

      Attack the argument, not the person. Otherwise you risk throwing out interesting insights by making the category error of lumping them in with the nonsense.

    • @NuclearCraftMod
      @NuclearCraftMod Před 2 lety +7

      @@JRichardson711 The electric universe proposes complete nonsense such as electromagnetic "polar gravity", that relativity is mathematically flawed and other complete tosh.

  • @olejakobaune8033
    @olejakobaune8033 Před 2 lety

    This is the best and most thought inducing video ive seen in a long time.

  • @johncao6516
    @johncao6516 Před 2 lety +2

    I learned "circular polarization" in molecular biology/biochemistry. Never thought of it in other fields but I guess it make sense to hear it in a astrophysics context.

  • @aclearlight
    @aclearlight Před 2 lety +3

    Incredible show, thank you! The quality of your work and the level of the posted comments and questions all lead me to think of your channel as one of the very most luminous parts of the cyberverse!

  • @UteChewb
    @UteChewb Před 2 lety +13

    Coincidentally, yesterday I heard, via Anton Petrov, of a paper that argues that the size / density of the cores of the inner planets is a consequence of the strong magnetic field of the young solar system acting on ferrous particles in the accretion disk.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 2 lety +2

      I saw this one as well!
      Someone needs to help get Matt & Anton involved in a collaboration video, hehehehe! 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
      Thumbs up if you agree! 💪😎🤟

    • @EnglishMike
      @EnglishMike Před 2 lety

      @@Novastar.SaberCombat Disagree. Anton does sterling work, but he's not a professional scientist and doesn't really have the necessary depth of knowledge or relevant experience to do any meaningful collaboration with Matt. (That's not a knock on Anton. He'd probably agree with me.) Now, a collaboration with a scientist like Sean Carroll or Becky Smethurst would definitely be worth seeing.

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl Před 2 lety

      @@EnglishMike there are several other CZcamsrs that Anton would pair well with, but I think you're correct. He does break down new scientific papers into concepts that the layman can understand, but even though was a teacher, before becoming a CZcamsr, I think he would also agree that he would be in a bit over his head here.
      Though I really would love to see him collaborate with some of the other science-based CZcamsrs! Maybe ResearchFlatMoon, FTFE, Mr. Sensible, or Sciman Dan?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 2 lety

      @@hyperduality2838 On and off. One and zero. Heat/energy and the lack thereof ('cold').
      Light and Darkness.
      🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

  • @jmk1727
    @jmk1727 Před 2 lety

    14:18 -- was that a nod to "What The Bleep Do We Know?" that blew me away when I first saw that.

  • @ScienceDiscussed
    @ScienceDiscussed Před 2 lety

    Great video. So much information in such a short time.

  • @sjzara
    @sjzara Před 2 lety +4

    When I was a youngster learning about electricity and magnetism I was intrigued by what magnetic field lines were. What were they made of? It was a surprise to discover that they didn't exist. Fields lines are only used to illustrate a combination of the direction of the magnetic field and its strength. Perhaps the use of the term "magnetic field lines" should be reduced to avoid confusion?

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat Před 2 lety

      It's as good point as any other regarding semantics and labels.
      Relevant to the concept, naming 'Depression' with a capital 'D' did NOT help the world understand it very well ('Anxiety' as well--dumb label for the concern).
      But anyhow, perhaps 'gravitational web waves'? 😁

    • @annoloki
      @annoloki Před 2 lety

      It's not just field lines, the 'field' itself is a mathematical term, used to express variance in predicted behaviour between two or more interacting "things" through the use of field equations... see, it's not about what the universe IS, it's about what the universe DOES, the whole of physics is a model. Take the standard model of particle physics, for example... so important was it that you don't take this description as a literal description of what the universe is, that they put it as the second word, right up there in the title... it's the standard MODEL. An electron is a set of behaviours, that follow a pattern, that we can recognise, and call other instances where we see the same behaviours "an electron". Particle or wave? "She's a sister, a mother, a wife and a friend", well which one is she? None! Those are names of relationships, ways of behaving when interacting with others... we simply can't talk about these things in a way that doesn't involve interactions, because without interacting with something, we don't even know it's there, let alone what it is. So basically, all of physics is a way of mapping the ratios between measurable behaviours in interactions. But yeah, it does seem like this bit of information is much harder to come across for how fundamental it is.

    • @DataumCats
      @DataumCats Před 2 lety

      Magnetic field lines absolutely exist, except in the most trite and pedantic sense. The magnetic field is a velocity field, and at any point in the magnetic field there is a well defined stream line you can follow.
      The fact we're limited to visualizations that describe a continuous phenomenon using a discrete approximation doesn't make the concept invalid, and to say it should be avoided means we should be avoiding all imperfect visualizations. Which is to say we should avoid essentially all visualizations.

    • @sjzara
      @sjzara Před 2 lety

      @@DataumCats I’m definitely pedantic - it’s fuelled my approach to science since childhood. Magnetic field lines are an abstraction. You can’t see them, and they have no effect on reality. They are the equivalent of the curving rubber sheet used to illustrate curvature of space. There is no sheet, and there is no rubber.

  • @dakrontu
    @dakrontu Před 2 lety +14

    Do magnetic fields have any measurable effect on the orbits of stars around the galaxy?

    • @halweilbrenner9926
      @halweilbrenner9926 Před 2 lety +5

      Who knows? Still working on it.Lots of interaction amongst Fields & different particles & mysterious cosmic forces.

    • @friendlyone2706
      @friendlyone2706 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes

    • @The.See3
      @The.See3 Před 2 lety +1

      Yea

    • @guytheincognito4186
      @guytheincognito4186 Před 2 lety +2

      Most likely not since the stars magnetic field is stronger than the magnetic fields around it. It would be a negligible effect if any at all, unless something with a powerful field exists nearby. So it's likely that the stars magnetic field affects the flow of the weaker fields around it.

    • @3zdayz
      @3zdayz Před 2 lety

      on 'How An Extreme New Star Could Change All Cosmology' he responds... but massively underesitmates the magnetic field present - yes it does, stars have high iron content, which 1) induces a magnetic field in them (not their own dynamo) and 2) causes them to be attracted; it's the same amount of force as so-called dark matter would provide (only then it's not darkmatter, but magnetism)

  • @stephanieparker1250
    @stephanieparker1250 Před 2 lety

    A topic I rarely heard about, thank you Matt! 🥰🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @JohnDlugosz
    @JohnDlugosz Před 2 lety +1

    Leonard Suskind has lectures available that covers both the emergence of probability, and the need for pruning. Having some mechanism for pruning reality branches fixes a lot of problems, and the host's closing remarks indicate that he is unaware of this.

  • @zfnQRZJT
    @zfnQRZJT Před 2 lety +22

    0:00 This is the sort of thing you get when astronomers try to become navigators

  • @arkadryan7484
    @arkadryan7484 Před 2 lety +22

    My new favorite words ... "Quantum Wiggles".

    • @robertbrown5887
      @robertbrown5887 Před 2 lety

      who is the quantum wiggle and what colour are they??

  • @brettsutherland8390
    @brettsutherland8390 Před 2 lety +1

    Absolutely amazing, thank you!

  • @shawnmckernan2277
    @shawnmckernan2277 Před 2 lety +1

    Yay! Finally some coverage about the magnetic influences and interconnectedness of cosmic bodies. We're starting the 6000 year galactic field wave events here in the solar system. The sun's going to get very active and there could even be a micronova. The earths geomagnetic excursion is happening. The field is weakening and the North pole is moving fast. Some of the weather events we are seeing are due to this (new type of lightning identified in the mountains for instance. The earthquakes happening globally are due to these changes. Love this show. ALWAYS learn so much.

  • @roelwijgers
    @roelwijgers Před 2 lety +9

    Great episode! Has there been some study already comparing the missing mass in the spiral arms against these wide scale electromagnetic effects? Since that is a crucial piece of evidence for dark matter

    • @eskuriad
      @eskuriad Před 2 lety +1

      That would debunk Einstein and force astrophysicist to start accepting the electric universe might not be quackery.

    • @dritemolawzbks8574
      @dritemolawzbks8574 Před 2 lety

      It's kind of hard telling if this is a genuine question or not, but why are you calling it missing mass isn't of dark matter?

  • @adityaroy3142
    @adityaroy3142 Před 2 lety +8

    The only thing which stop us to prove multiple universes is TVA , I hope loki can save us

  • @jogandsp
    @jogandsp Před 2 lety

    Thanks so much for making this video! I had no idea!

  • @acepierceson4430
    @acepierceson4430 Před 2 lety

    I'm impressed by how calm he remains while talking about such exciting stuff.

  • @duetwithme766
    @duetwithme766 Před 2 lety +4

    Would you do an episode on Earth's Aurorae?

  • @megarural3000
    @megarural3000 Před 2 lety +5

    Electric Universe people incoming!

  • @AnRodz
    @AnRodz Před 4 měsíci

    This is one of the most interesting episodes I've seen. It took me 2.5 years to get here, but here I am at last : )

  • @troyjacobs8530
    @troyjacobs8530 Před 2 lety

    Breathtaking, and rife with the kind of truths monks talk about behind closed doors lol. I like the model of riding a field line a lot, and what you said about Van Gogh. The painting he did of the wheat field with three paths to nowhere before he died is another instance of his magnetoreception. Ask a hospice patient if they see the same thing next time you spend time with one.

  • @ShA-ib1em
    @ShA-ib1em Před 2 lety +15

    I'm getting vibes of The Electrical universe hypothesis and the thunderbolt project ..

    • @malakiblunt
      @malakiblunt Před 2 lety +2

      this is were the mainstream steals the idea and claims they always knew it ;-)

    • @georgesmith4768
      @georgesmith4768 Před 2 lety +6

      @@malakiblunt Not realy. It works the other way where crumbs of real science and abandoned theories are used to make bulshit seam just legit enough to trick people. Then they claim the “mainstream” is supressing/ignoring them and find new things to claim their “theory” (goodluck finding actual ways to test it or any real math describing it) exsplained whatever new thing all along in order to stay more relevent and bolster a fealing of smug superiority.

    • @trevoror8668
      @trevoror8668 Před 2 lety +2

      I was about to say the same thing. I personally believe this theory to be a lot more relevant than is currently believed electricity is everywhere. Be well

    • @The_Canonical_Ensemble
      @The_Canonical_Ensemble Před 2 lety +3

      CAUTION IDIOTS OPERATE IN THIS AREA

    • @NuclearCraftMod
      @NuclearCraftMod Před 2 lety +3

      The electric universe is a non-scientific idea which proposes nonsense that mainstream (i.e. proper) science does not lead us to believe, such as "polar gravity" (complete drivel), the idea that relativity is wrong (it isn't), virtually no quantitative results (as is typical of pseudoscience), and all sorts of other rubbish. Having unfortunately conversed with a number of its proponents, I have a strong feeling that the hatred of relativity in particular is driven by deep-rooted anti-semitism.

  • @qzbnyv
    @qzbnyv Před 2 lety +54

    This video is going to be perfect bait for those crazies. You know the ones I’m talking about. Scroll down far enough on any astrophysics video and you’l find them commenting.

    • @KnightspaceORG
      @KnightspaceORG Před 2 lety +13

      Just wait for videos about how PBS agrees with EU. I can bet at least two will show up in a week.

    • @DaedalusR
      @DaedalusR Před 2 lety +6

      >he’s watching a video about near-invisible supercharged tornados being shot out of a incomprehensibly large space fireball but thinks human conspiracies are fiction
      makes sense lol

    • @gabrielgarcia7554
      @gabrielgarcia7554 Před 2 lety +32

      @Daedalus
      That’s because we have evidence that is independently verified versus assertions made by people with circumstantial evidence (if at all) riddled with logical fallacies.
      Also, we’re willing to change our minds in light of new evidence, whereas most conspiracy theorists just move the goal posts primarily because the logic in which they use assumes the conclusion as their first premise and they cherry pick evidence that supports this conclusion.

    • @damonedwards1544
      @damonedwards1544 Před 2 lety +15

      The "Electric Universe" people. Yeah, I thought the same thing.

    • @SuperSmashDolls
      @SuperSmashDolls Před 2 lety +15

      Same as how doctors that talk about coronavirus have comment sections full of vaccine, mask, and disease denialists?

  • @magnushorus5670
    @magnushorus5670 Před 2 lety +1

    These are the best videos on all of CZcams

  • @lukainteressado.3202
    @lukainteressado.3202 Před 2 lety

    this video is so beautiful I've watched it 5 times and counting

  • @jaredhamon3411
    @jaredhamon3411 Před 2 lety +2

    Thank goodness for Differential equations.

  • @giovanniguarino9152
    @giovanniguarino9152 Před 2 lety +3

    Finally, a video in which the importance of the magnetic fields (and then, electricity that creates it) is expressed in some way, even if it's still too much underrated by astrophysicists because of their ignorance in the matter. Magnetic fields in the plasma can explain many of the problems that the new observations put to the fans of the universe dominated only by the gravity. My compliments for the job.

  • @day3455
    @day3455 Před 2 lety

    Wow! I simply loved this episode of space time!

  • @anthonygonzalez2897
    @anthonygonzalez2897 Před rokem

    Something so satisfying about the moment when he drops the final, signatory "Spacetime".
    Like Ron Burgundy, my man has his signature. And it is no less than Spacetime itself.

  • @ulysisxtr
    @ulysisxtr Před 2 lety +41

    Matt said "Astrophysicists" but I heard "gastrophysicists".... I think I'm hungry...

    • @Theraot
      @Theraot Před 2 lety +3

      ​@Todd Starbuck Is that the book of all the ancient gods exiled by the giant spaghetti monster?

    • @MaryAnnNytowl
      @MaryAnnNytowl Před 2 lety +2

      @@Theraot shhhh... we don't speak of these things among nonbelievers.

    • @KWifler
      @KWifler Před 2 lety

      Astronomy or gastronomy? One small letter could change your life forever.

  • @EebstertheGreat
    @EebstertheGreat Před 2 lety +8

    4:49 I dare you to call Jupiter's magnetic field "piddling" one more time.

  • @mattman8685
    @mattman8685 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic work! You've made the nerd in me very happy! Thanks!

  • @ahamzah12
    @ahamzah12 Před 2 lety

    I love this episode. My favorite one so far!

  • @blurrrrrr44
    @blurrrrrr44 Před 2 lety +4

    At last, a video that explains the hypothesis's i had as a kid & wondered how magnets worked, and if the sun & even galaxies had a common magnetic field. I was right.

  • @michaelhowell7678
    @michaelhowell7678 Před 2 lety +4

    Why does the picture of the “fountain” seem like a scientific look at “Yggdrasil”?

  • @rogersledz6793
    @rogersledz6793 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

  • @fraktaalimuoto
    @fraktaalimuoto Před 2 lety

    Nice video in the subject! I am an astrophysicist who is an expert in cosmic magnetism, and the content looks solid to me. First time I see a presentation of a galactic dynamo in CZcams!