All the evidence we have for dark matter | A century's worth of science history

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    Since 1884, the results have been piling up in favour of the existence of dark matter. In this video, I go through some of the most notable of those results and cover the history behind this great mystery of physics.
    Here are the links to the scientific papers mentioned:
    Kelvin (1884) - books.google.co.uk/books?redi...
    Poincaré (1906) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Lundmark (1930) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Zqicky (1933) -articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Babcock - 1939 - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Van de Hulst, Raimond & van Woerden - 1957 - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Ambartsumian (1958; conference presentation) - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/195...
    Burbidge & Burbidge (1959) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Penzias (1961) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Schmidt (1963) - www.nature.com/articles/19710...
    Penzias & Wilson (1964) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Rood (1965) - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/196...
    Meekins (1971) - www.nature.com/articles/23110...
    Rubin & Ford (1970) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Freeman (1970) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Ostriker, Peebles, Yahil (1974) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Einasto, Saar, Kaasik, Chernin (1974) - www.nature.com/articles/25211...
    Walsh, Carswell, Weymann (1979) - www.nature.com/articles/27938...
    Faber & Gallagher (1979) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Milgrom (1983) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Huchra et al. (1985) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Soucail, Mellier, Fort & Picat (1987) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    Kovner (1987) - www.nature.com/articles/325507a0
    COBE team (1992) - articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pd...
    MACHO collaboration (1993) - arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/930905...
    EROS collaboration (1993) - www.nature.com/articles/365623a0
    Super-Kamiokande (1998) - arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ex/9805021.pdf
    MACHO collaboration (2000) - arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/000127...
    EROS collaboration (2000) - arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/000225...
    Clowe, Gonzalez, Markevitch (2004) - arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/031227...
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  • @jwardcomo
    @jwardcomo Před 4 lety +118

    This lady has an extraordinary gift of clarity. I have about 10 astronomy books and she blew them away with a 30 minute You Tube video!

    • @776281
      @776281 Před 2 lety +3

      On reading your comment my first thought was that wasn't anything like thirty minutes. And yet it was only a few seconds short, 30 mins flew by.

    • @georgesheffield1580
      @georgesheffield1580 Před 11 měsíci

      The PhD is why

  • @MrToastercide
    @MrToastercide Před 4 lety +507

    Me and my wife have a Joint bank account.. There is always less money than I expect in there. My wife calls it 'Dark spending' and says that it can not be investigated by normal accounting procedures.

    • @Scorp7867
      @Scorp7867 Před 4 lety +8

      Lmao

    • @TrickOrRetreat
      @TrickOrRetreat Před 4 lety +7

      Hahahahaa 🤪😋🤘👍

    • @UltimateBargains
      @UltimateBargains Před 4 lety +33

      That seems to violate the First Law of Financial Dynamics.

    • @Jens.Krabbe
      @Jens.Krabbe Před 4 lety +39

      @@UltimateBargains That's because it's the first law of Marital Dynamics :-)

    • @ole555
      @ole555 Před 4 lety +24

      I think I know what you mean. Thankfully, I have no wife; Once I was proposed one, but it turned out the proposition entailed the spending of money in exchange for promises of great prosperity and prestigious achievement pitched with reassuring, plausibly sounding modeling which is never actually born out in reality. On a totally unrelated note, modern astrophysics is great, isn't it?

  • @chloewebb5526
    @chloewebb5526 Před 3 lety +87

    Im super big on history, so seeing something like the histories of these discoveries organised into such a comprehensive video is so satisfying! Most people only hit the high notes when describing the history of discoveries. Thank you so much Dr.Becky!💜

    • @duckrutt
      @duckrutt Před 3 lety +2

      You might enjoy The Discoverers by Boorstin.

  • @timbeaton5045
    @timbeaton5045 Před 4 lety +99

    "...designed by Henry Ford...!" You can have a hole in any colour, so long as it's black!

    • @61O_42
      @61O_42 Před 3 lety

      lol!

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob Před 3 lety

      TBF, Tim, she never said "Henry..." (14:22) But otherwise your comment fits quite nicely. :)
      LE: oops, never mind... i hadn't gotten to 28:55 yet. :">

  • @Earwaxfire909
    @Earwaxfire909 Před 4 lety +445

    The history of modern astronomy is captivating. You've done a hell of a good job getting all of that together. Thanks Dr. Becky!

    • @boudicawasnotreallyallthat1020
      @boudicawasnotreallyallthat1020 Před 4 lety +3

      Dr Becky looks, and sounds like, a sex therapist.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss Před 4 lety +2

      @@boudicawasnotreallyallthat1020 The channel you want is "sexplanations," with Dr. Doe, not Dr. Becky's channel.
      We do serious astrophysics here. Not to knock Lindsey Doe - she's good, too, at what she does. Just very different.
      Fred

    • @MrLaptopus
      @MrLaptopus Před 4 lety +1

      History of astrophysics is a bad joke

    • @RWin-fp5jn
      @RWin-fp5jn Před 4 lety

      Well, don't thank Becky too soon :-). Dark matter is a misnomer. Scientists should have called it 'Dark Gravity' in stead since that's what it is: an not understood gravitational phenomenon. By calling it dark 'matter' it implies scientists would already know what it is: some form of missing matter. Unfortunately it is not. There is nothing mysterious about the extra gravitational component of mass, we just did not understand what gravity is until recent. A recent study was very clear; Gravity is the emergent longitudinal spacetime contraction effect caused by MOVEMENT of mass, both within restmass itself (subatomic particles spiraling around core of atoms) as of the macro object itself moving in spacetime. This longitudinal spacetime contraction is in effect what Einstein (Lorentz) already described as 'length contraction in special relativity'. Also the gravity produced by each atom is longitudinal in nature, yet due to the many unaligned atoms and 'electron' planes, it only appears radial to us. Einstein's GR thus is only the mathematical approximation of this collective radial ST contraction appearance. So the fast moving stars at the outer end or our galaxies have this extra orthogonal ST contraction (gravity) effect, holding on to each other effectively. This is the explanation. There is no dark matter, we just did not get what gravity was....problem solved....anything else Mrs Becky?

    • @kapoorh
      @kapoorh Před 4 lety

      Would you say the same thing if the videos were made by some intelligent but ugly dude? 😄

  • @stefanhennig
    @stefanhennig Před 4 lety +71

    I thought that whole Dark Matter issue had already been resolved by Douglas Adams who stated in one of the last HHG volumes that dark matter is merely the left over packaging material from when the universe got installed.
    According to my personal experience, the observed ratio would be about correct.

    • @John.0z
      @John.0z Před 4 lety +8

      Wouldn't that depend on how thorough Magrathea was about their packaging of new bespoke planets?

    • @Jens.Krabbe
      @Jens.Krabbe Před 4 lety +3

      @@John.0z Yeah, but DNA never revealed that ratio.

    • @gabrielbelouche3954
      @gabrielbelouche3954 Před 4 lety +10

      10 times more package than product it must be delivered by amazon

    • @jackkomisar458
      @jackkomisar458 Před rokem +2

      Check for dark peanuts.

  • @Anthro006
    @Anthro006 Před 4 lety +30

    Beautifully clear, succinct and relatable history and narrative! Thank you for an amazing job and for sharing!!

    • @DrBecky
      @DrBecky  Před 4 lety +6

      Thanks Lloyd 🤗

    • @light1531
      @light1531 Před 2 lety +1

      Anyone that has done presentation, especially some kind of public presentation, will be in total awe of your approach and clarity. I agree fully with Lloyd.

  • @toucam
    @toucam Před rokem +9

    So much work went into this video it's actually insane. This is worth so much, and available for free, thanks a lot Dr. Becky! (I know I'm three years late on this, but there's no better time to learn than the present)

  • @Veptis
    @Veptis Před 4 lety +19

    This channel is growing by your passion. You had multiple appearances on TV and now even some awards.
    Glad you keep the Science up.

  • @Yamo314159
    @Yamo314159 Před 4 lety +79

    "Do you mind? I am trying to prove Dark Matter."
    Thank you

    • @gammaraygem
      @gammaraygem Před 4 lety

      @@RampagingCoder watch david lapoint the primer field series czcams.com/video/theV5b6R-Ng/video.html
      he is at odds with some of EU theory, but still compelling stuff , showing dark matter isnt needed for explaining galactic formation

    • @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668
      @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668 Před 4 lety

      A dna photo shows entanglement, it shows we might not need it.

  • @spideythekd
    @spideythekd Před 3 lety +1

    I am super glad that I came across your channel. it's overwhelming to see the types of content that you make. Thanks a lot for all that time you spare to educate us with your knowledge and experience. Thanks for this channel once again.

  • @myra_gee
    @myra_gee Před 2 lety +10

    Woah! You explain this very complex topic so well! I have a few assignment questions on dark matter and this not only helped me answer them but it helped grow my interest in dark matter.

  • @Skukkix23
    @Skukkix23 Před 4 lety +62

    I just love that a scientist straight up quotes a movie about christmas

    • @rylian21
      @rylian21 Před 4 lety +15

      Scientists don't pop into the world fully-formed. In their larval state, they begin as simple nerds.

    • @John.0z
      @John.0z Před 4 lety

      @@rylian21 Or "not so simple" nerds.
      I think I was deemed a "simple" nerd when I emerged from my larval state, but I am NOTHING like the good Doctor! So my nerdishness was, perhaps, just simplistic?

    • @liammcguinness5465
      @liammcguinness5465 Před 4 lety

      I don't believe in Santa ,so where do all the gifts come from

    • @Skukkix23
      @Skukkix23 Před 4 lety +3

      @@liammcguinness5465 china

    • @falxonPSN
      @falxonPSN Před 4 lety

      It's all good. Inspiration can come from all sources, both real and fantastical.

  • @a13Banger
    @a13Banger Před 4 lety +8

    Wow, I can't tell you how happy I am that I found your channel a few weeks ago.. Yours has been my absolute favorite channel to listen to while working and driving.. I love your enthusiasm and clear love for the subject matter and the ever present references to modern culture like Game of Thrones. I will absolutely be picking up your book. Dr. Becky, you complete me. :)

  • @moorsum
    @moorsum Před 4 lety +1

    Congratulations on the audio book!! Awesome news! Love the channel 💛

  • @astraldreamhead193
    @astraldreamhead193 Před 4 lety +4

    Dr.Becky You rock! I am so excited for your research, and appreciate your videos so much, I am so glad there is a resource that breaks this down in a manner I can really wrap my head around, thank you

  • @ledzep331
    @ledzep331 Před 4 lety +43

    Love your vids and this is by far the best.
    Please do more like this, with the historical trail (and blind alleys) that leads to the point where we are today. It really helps to understand why the currently held best theories are what they are. It also gives a good feel for how likely it is that the theory is in deed correct, great for people (like me) with minimal specialist knowledge.

    • @Nyruami
      @Nyruami Před 4 lety +2

      The problem is, there is no theory on dark matter. Somehow Becky forgot to mention that we do NOT know and all we have are mere hypotheses. We know that there is more gravity than we can account for. By itself, this means absolutely nothing. Either there is some form of spooky invisible matter that somehow manages to be only "out there" which is a bit weird or it´s only our understanding that is flawed, which would be way less weird.
      Let´s just remember Ptolemy who had a perfect working model of the solar system with earth at its center, with formulae and everything you need to be called a theory. His model was the accepted truth for over a millennium and it was completely wrong. Given that fact and the fact that all we "know" about the universe are at best good guesses, it´s more than just a little bit arrogant to claim that an observation "has to be" something special just by ruling out some other explanations as if we had the full understanding about everything in the universe.

  • @jamiewallis2797
    @jamiewallis2797 Před 4 lety +14

    I love audio books. I will definitely be getting yours Dr Becky.

  • @erichodge567
    @erichodge567 Před 2 lety +5

    I love these "How do we know..." videos that give us an historical overview of a specific question in physics. Thanks for making them.

  • @martinvllk
    @martinvllk Před 2 lety +6

    What a nice surprise to mention Einasto and his group. We here are very proud of his accomplishments and he has made astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology a very popular subject in a whole society and has inspired a lot of people to choose this as their main subject. Thank you for a fair overview!

  • @deeiks12
    @deeiks12 Před 4 lety +4

    Can't wait to listen to the book. It's great that you narrated it yourself!

  • @bazoo513
    @bazoo513 Před 4 lety +5

    Amazingly well narrated, Dr. Smethurst! You make this piece of scientific history sound like a good crime story, and your enthusiasm is contagious.

  • @khalidomar1381
    @khalidomar1381 Před 4 lety

    Definitely one of my favourite episodes to date!! great job

  • @keithalexander6154
    @keithalexander6154 Před 4 lety

    Dr Becky this is a really excellent summary, thank you so much.
    Your channel is always great but this is one of your best yet.

  • @DrFrank-xj9bc
    @DrFrank-xj9bc Před 4 lety +11

    very good summary. I was not aware up to now, that Dark Matter had been in discussion or in assumption to exist that long.

  • @amonw1994
    @amonw1994 Před 4 lety +5

    allready bought. you narated it? double the joy . i listen to your videos to get myself to sleep. ( insomnia is shitty) your voice is so calm. but positively energetic.

    • @Mortico88
      @Mortico88 Před 4 lety

      I use Matt Odowd from space time to put my 7 year old to sleep (bonus points if he retains anything).

    • @DrBecky
      @DrBecky  Před 4 lety +1

      I use ASMR to get to sleep. Perhaps one day I'll do an astrophysics ASMR 😂

    • @amonw1994
      @amonw1994 Před 4 lety

      @@DrBecky wow. thanks for replying. if the time comes , i will be there to get/buy it

  • @Me-vz1rl
    @Me-vz1rl Před 2 lety +2

    I appreciate a lot that people like you with a profound understanding of the topic, take the time to share reliable information on science :)

  • @gutplucker
    @gutplucker Před 2 lety

    Your presentations are so clear! Great job!

  • @TheWTZ1983
    @TheWTZ1983 Před 4 lety +18

    Great video Dr Becky!
    Now, a little bit aside of the science and the Universe, I would like to say, that I really like "the music" and "the flow" of your language, it sounds and feels really nice for my non native ear :D
    Have a nice evening... ;)

  • @joen0411
    @joen0411 Před 4 lety +172

    Dark matter is like raccoons. I don’t see them but I do see the overturned trash cans and garbage all over my yard every morning.

    • @jerryjohnson6810
      @jerryjohnson6810 Před 4 lety +14

      damn fine analogy

    • @davidschmale3359
      @davidschmale3359 Před 4 lety +7

      Maybe you’re a sleep walker

    • @YodaWhat
      @YodaWhat Před 4 lety +3

      Giant, mutant *_SPACE RACCOONS!_* Oh Nooooo!! When does the B Ark come?

    • @djschultz1970
      @djschultz1970 Před 4 lety +3

      Excellent analogy. Better than the current one I use to explain it which involves trying to determine the source of a really smelly fart that nobody will admit to. :)

    • @Dadecorban
      @Dadecorban Před 4 lety +7

      Yeah but how do you know that the trash cans don't just act differently at the distance from your house to the curb? (Modified Newtonian Trashcan Dynamics)

  • @zengalileo
    @zengalileo Před 4 lety +1

    This is such a great show! So fascinating.

  • @BTRAXX
    @BTRAXX Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for the effort you put in to make Astronomy fascinating. Nuff respect. One Love!

  • @condorboss3339
    @condorboss3339 Před 4 lety +58

    Have you attached a blooper section to your audiobook? ;P

    • @willinwoods
      @willinwoods Před 4 lety +2

      Well that would be a USP, right there.

    • @DrBecky
      @DrBecky  Před 4 lety +22

      Condor Boss Next week’s video is essentially just that

    • @MrAnibl
      @MrAnibl Před 4 lety +6

      Bloopers are like dark matter they are there but edited out.

    • @biomechanique6874
      @biomechanique6874 Před 4 lety +2

      @@DrBecky The error is in the formula used to calculate galactic mass. Galaxies are bound by a gravity matrix of exponentially variable density, meaning that every single particle in the galaxy is bound by the entirety of the rest of the galaxy. The gravitational density (therefore concentration of mass) increases exponentially nearer the centre. Density of galactic matter at its maximum at the core of collapsed atomic particles in what science calls a black hole (that much at least I'm sure you already know).
      As an aside, what modern science doesn't account for in black holes is that the collapsed atomic material will only compress so far before it will compress no further - in effect sub atomic particles are non-compressible. Much of Hawking's work is based on erroneous assumptions as is that of most of the quantum physics crowd - phenomenal accumulative error! Dark Matter doesn't exist.

    • @TheMarrethiel
      @TheMarrethiel Před 4 lety +3

      @@biomechanique6874 show me your peer reviewed proofs.
      Personally, I think that DM exists, if I was going to say it wasn't I'd prefer (as the universe cares about what I prefer) that it's proof of a simulation. The coders that made the universe didn't put enough detail in the universe to make the math right.
      "Say Jim, you know that galaxies make no sense, right""
      "Sure thing Sal, but they look cool, right?"
      "Yeah, they do actually, especially that cool lensing thing you have going."
      "The rubes'll never figure it out."
      The other reason we need Matter Obscure, is we need some kind of exotic matter to power our FTL drives!

  • @fuckyshityfuckshit
    @fuckyshityfuckshit Před 4 lety +16

    Have you ever thought about doing a podcast?
    I think setting up a patreon were supporters could ask silly questions (like a budget Brady) could be really fascinating.
    Thankyou from New Zealand:)

    • @biteme8535
      @biteme8535 Před 4 lety

      Not a bad idea for a 50k sub special 😁

    • @johntaylor1102
      @johntaylor1102 Před 4 lety

      Keep your potty thoughts to yourself stupid.

    • @fuckyshityfuckshit
      @fuckyshityfuckshit Před 4 lety

      @@johntaylor1102 what?

    • @johntaylor1102
      @johntaylor1102 Před 4 lety

      @@fuckyshityfuckshit You must be about 10 years old I would guess, does your mother and father know that you have such a low vocabulary?

    • @fuckyshityfuckshit
      @fuckyshityfuckshit Před 4 lety

      @@johntaylor1102 No. They died in my early twenties. And I learnt my profanity riddled ways from the old testament.

  • @robinwinsor4392
    @robinwinsor4392 Před rokem

    One of your very best Becky. Well done!

  • @waynetokarz174
    @waynetokarz174 Před 4 lety

    Really well done! Love your enthusiasm!

  • @lenin972
    @lenin972 Před 4 lety +4

    Would love to hear some bloopers of your recording your book ;)

    • @DrBecky
      @DrBecky  Před 4 lety +8

      Welllll then you’ll be very happy next week

    • @lenin972
      @lenin972 Před 4 lety

      @@DrBecky
      I'm always happy when you release a video.
      This one was great by the way, very comprehensive history of dark matter. One cannot avoid being in awe by the amount of thought and work put into these discoveries.

  • @davidgover5187
    @davidgover5187 Před 4 lety +4

    How do we know that we got the mass of the visible stars correct?

  • @roypatton1707
    @roypatton1707 Před 4 lety

    I will never understand how anyone can take this much information and organize it in a way that it makes sense to anyone.
    This is a great video, you are a great teacher, and I appreciate your efforts.
    Oh, and I will be buying your book.

  • @zen1647
    @zen1647 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic overview of an amazing subject. Loved it!

  • @kennethhicks2113
    @kennethhicks2113 Před 4 lety +3

    Very nice! Thoughts on DM being gravity leaked from multiverse?
    Grats on book and look forward to much more

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před 4 lety

      There is no multiverse. There is only the Universe. There would have to be nothingness between multiverses which is impossible, so any space between would be the universe that binds the multverse, and therefore would be a universe

  • @francoislacombe9071
    @francoislacombe9071 Před 4 lety +34

    French being my first language, I can say that "matière obscure" can be translated directly as "dark matter"

    • @noxabellus
      @noxabellus Před 4 lety

      Really?? Sounds like it would translate to obscure/d matter

    • @Ni999
      @Ni999 Před 4 lety +6

      Everyone serious about the history of photography probably knows that obscura is Latin for dark.
      _Introduction to the Camera Obscura - National Science and Media Museum blog_
      blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/introduction-camera-obscura/

    • @georgeholloway3981
      @georgeholloway3981 Před 4 lety +3

      But her pronunciation isn't quite right, right?

    • @MegaSpartan007
      @MegaSpartan007 Před 4 lety +7

      As a French, she sounded more like trying to speak italian or latin then french.
      But don't worry, Dr Becky, we forgive you. :D

    • @olmostgudinaf8100
      @olmostgudinaf8100 Před 4 lety

      I found her pronunciation of Jansky in another video quite funny too.
      But that is kind of expected from a native English speaker, so it's OK ;-)

  • @alainmaury5941
    @alainmaury5941 Před 4 lety +1

    By far, one of the best video on dark matter, how it was discovered, lots of references, very detailed. Thanks a lot ! Congrats !

  • @kjkellogg
    @kjkellogg Před 2 lety

    I’m very impressed with your knowledge
    Can’t wait til your book arrives

  • @-yeme-
    @-yeme- Před 4 lety +15

    Despite your efforts I bet there will be people in comments doing the "scientists just totally made up dark matter because they don't understand anything" routine, closely followed by the "despite having no background in any related subject and having made no real effort to understand the material particularly when there's any maths involved, I've decided I know better" shtick.

    • @davidschmale3359
      @davidschmale3359 Před 4 lety +1

      Math is a superset of reality, be careful, you can be brain washed by mathematicians.

    • @boggers
      @boggers Před 4 lety

      @@davidschmale3359 What a great turn of phrase. Just to fulfil @yeme's prophecy... Personally I think given that GR breaks down at singularities, and the known universe is riddled with singularities, it is far more likely that the "next Einstein" will come along and do to GR what GR did to Newton, long before anyone ever detects a WIMP.

    • @Ni999
      @Ni999 Před 4 lety

      I just hope you are satisfied with what _you_ started.

    • @murraymadness4674
      @murraymadness4674 Před 2 lety

      Some of the most innovations come from people 'outside the bubble' of conventional wisdom.

  • @juzoli
    @juzoli Před 4 lety +3

    What about the huge amount of molecular hydrogen which was found in NGC 891? (Valentijn, 1999]

  • @colinrogers5006
    @colinrogers5006 Před 4 lety

    Totally captivating. Loved it. Thank you

  • @awesom1awesom13
    @awesom1awesom13 Před 4 lety

    Dr Becky you explain things in a way that makes it exciting to learn more about how the universe works....THANK YOU

  • @TomLeg
    @TomLeg Před 4 lety +7

    Love the pic of Dr Becky pre-kindergarden

    • @KarlBunker
      @KarlBunker Před 4 lety +2

      Clearly she was full of enthusiasm about the universe even then.

  • @TArnoldFerguson
    @TArnoldFerguson Před 4 lety +4

    You mentioned the "Red Rising Saga" by Pierce Brown at the beginning of this video. Are you familiar with "The Expanse" book series by James S.A. Corey (the pen name of co-authors Ty Frank and Daniel Abraham)? It's a series of nine novels (8 have already been released), and is a TV series now on Amazon Prime Video, It has been described as Game of Thrones meets Battlestar Galactica, though personally I think it's better than either of them. It is know for getting the science right - mostly. They do take a few (very few) liberties for dramatic effect (e.g., sound in space), but no warp droves, shields, artificial gravity, etc., and is set a couple of hundred years in the future when humans have colonized the solar system. The first three seasons are now available for streaming; season 4 comes out Dec. 13. Some folks feels it starts "slow" and takes 4 - 6 episodes to get "hooked." You night find it interesting, and each episodes is on about 45 minutes, since they were originally made for the SyFy channel.

    • @poppypuppy5372
      @poppypuppy5372 Před 4 lety +1

      So a thinking self replicating molecule that constructs warp gates isn't taking liberties?

    •  Před 4 lety +1

      Poppy Puppy nope, neither is "the slow zone" with changes to the laws of physics locally. It's still an awesome books series though 😊

    • @TArnoldFerguson
      @TArnoldFerguson Před 4 lety

      @@poppypuppy5372 I did say they take a few.

  • @allenjefferis5105
    @allenjefferis5105 Před 4 lety

    ROFL, Love the channel, but really love the outtakes at the end. Great information and passion, with a dash of comedy.

  • @LeethLee1
    @LeethLee1 Před 4 lety

    Nice! I've been wanting to catch up on all this some more.

  • @mattmccullough5104
    @mattmccullough5104 Před 4 lety +4

    "Brief" introduction to chapter four?!?! Damn Becks, don't give the whole book away! 🤩

    • @DrBecky
      @DrBecky  Před 4 lety +3

      There’s a lot more in the book - it takes a more meandering route 😂

  • @mikebrown354
    @mikebrown354 Před 3 lety +3

    Are we just going to ignore the name "Lord Kelvin" @2:29
    I mean .. what a bloody cool name yeah?

  • @MrSunnybrar86
    @MrSunnybrar86 Před 2 lety

    you are so good. great way of explaining and keepin it so interesting.
    and all that nerd that i still cant relevate with but so like. rock on

  • @TheJasonmassia
    @TheJasonmassia Před 3 lety

    Great video.. Again!
    Also, I love the little Dr.Becky.. Soo adorable!

  • @lnchgj
    @lnchgj Před 4 lety +3

    Doesn’t dark matter presuppose that we know exactly what gravity is, exactly how it works, and have an accurate model for its behavior. Since we don’t, isn’t the more reasonable (Occam’s razor) answer that we don’t have a theory of gravity that explains what we see? Or have we given up trying to understand gravity because it's too hard?

  • @michaelogden5958
    @michaelogden5958 Před 4 lety +3

    As Mr. Spock might have said upon watching this, "Fascinating." :-)

  • @drshoes422
    @drshoes422 Před 4 lety

    I like how you explain things becky. And the outtakes.

  • @carlJazzBass
    @carlJazzBass Před 4 lety

    Brillant!! Thanks for the historical explanation!

  • @larsgottlieb
    @larsgottlieb Před 4 lety +3

    This was on astronomer Jan Teuber's office door at the Brorfelde Observatory:
    Twinkle twinkle quasi-star
    Greatest puzzle from afar
    How unlike the other ones
    Brighter than a billion suns
    Twinkle twinkle quasi-star
    How I wonder what you are

  • @TannithVQ
    @TannithVQ Před 4 lety +7

    Thanks Doc Keep encouraging people to question.

    • @ole555
      @ole555 Před 4 lety +3

      To paraphrase Mick Dundee: That's not questioning. czcams.com/video/MvNCWMD6so4/video.html - _That's_ questioning.

    • @thebloodytruth5278
      @thebloodytruth5278 Před 4 lety

      @@ole555 excellent link!

  • @splank3
    @splank3 Před rokem +1

    Best take on Dark Matter I've ever seen or heard. Thank you for all the background, and your enthusiasm is contagious, thank you Dr Becky!

  • @jaceksulek
    @jaceksulek Před rokem +1

    This is such a fascinating video!

  • @Vergarecords
    @Vergarecords Před 4 lety +10

    It should be called Ghost Matter - I vote we start calling it Ghost matter after(or on) October 31st

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 4 lety +2

      There are so many things in astronomy and well science in general that could have way better names. Ghost Matter would be far better but alas....

    • @jmerlo4119
      @jmerlo4119 Před 4 lety

      Constructed Identity - Good idea, for if there is, that is what it is. Lol

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 Před 4 lety

      @@jmerlo4119 That assumes we can ever conclusively determine what it is. Unfortunately there is a real possibility that potential dark matter particles don't have any reaction with the weak or strong forces(which is what dark matter detection projects rely on the hope of) in that case gravity would be the only way to detect them assuming it is a particle. The particle model is currently the simplest possibility as it requires the least assumptions but yeah we may never know unless nature decides to throw us a bone so to speak. Whatever it is there does seem to be some indirect evidence from the Early universe that it both exists and can exchange heat through some means which if true maybe it isn't a hopeless endeavor after all but as always I'm skeptical.

  • @marcoschincaglia
    @marcoschincaglia Před 4 lety +5

    like then watch

  • @avejst
    @avejst Před 2 lety

    Impressive presentation 👍
    Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀

  • @Shinlung66
    @Shinlung66 Před 4 lety

    Great Video Dr Beckionic ;) hehe Love your videos :D

  • @m00niee
    @m00niee Před 4 lety +7

    NOTIFICATION SQUAD ASSEMBLE!

  • @kathyfausett9301
    @kathyfausett9301 Před 4 lety +6

    Oh--dear--what can the matter be? Try plasma.

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před 4 lety

      The known 5% of the universe is 99.9% plasma. We know it is not plasma.

    • @kathyfausett9301
      @kathyfausett9301 Před 4 lety

      @@ExistenceUniversity I suppose that you KNOW that dark matter exists as well?

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před 4 lety +1

      @@kathyfausett9301 In the sense that I know I can measure the mass of a galaxy and discober that the plamsa and baryonic matter doesn't account for the whole mass that some "dark" weighted object (i.e., mass i.e., matter) must exist, regardless of in which measure it exists.

    • @kathyfausett9301
      @kathyfausett9301 Před 4 lety

      @@ExistenceUniversity Is that a YES or a NO?

    • @stargazer7644
      @stargazer7644 Před 4 lety

      @@kathyfausett9301 Dark matter doesn't emit light of any frequency, it doesn't absorb light of any frequency, the only evidence we have that it is even there is gravitational interactions. It can't be plasma, or any other type of baryonic matter. It is something else.

  • @onair141
    @onair141 Před 3 lety

    This is def one of my favorite cosmos channels!!

  • @Morphetus
    @Morphetus Před 4 lety

    This is an amazing video! Thank you!

  • @rylian21
    @rylian21 Před 4 lety +8

    22:38 Listener momentarily forgot about dark matter, became enthralled with suddenly new hairstyle and pink nail polish. Listener's mind wanders to his beautiful scientist wife who is, like Presenter, fond of nail polish. Listener decides that life is good and lady scientists are the best thing ever. Listener remembers dark matter and has to rewind video by 30 seconds.

  • @Dadecorban
    @Dadecorban Před 4 lety +7

    What if dark matter is actually souls? I'm just kidding. These videos always have this comment.

    • @Dadecorban
      @Dadecorban Před 4 lety

      @Just Looking lol. It was 1000% a joke because there are always idiots that say that in dark matter and dark energy video comments.

    • @TanjaYouAreMyLove
      @TanjaYouAreMyLove Před 4 lety

      @Just Looking If something is in watts its per second as second is unit of time in SI system. A light bulb that has 100 watts power rating is using 100 watts per second. U re maybe thinking about price of electricity that is often shown as price per kwh (kilowatt hour) lets say 15 cents for kwh so u think it should be in hours but its in seconds.

  • @jamesaugustine687
    @jamesaugustine687 Před 3 lety

    Amazing video thank you for making- I’ll get your audible book right away!

  • @darrylthayer2692
    @darrylthayer2692 Před 11 měsíci

    You do such a good job at explaining

  • @StasiSLG
    @StasiSLG Před 4 lety +4

    maybe it's a stable form of compressed/condensed space, or its from a remnant from a Universe before ours...

    • @freeman2399
      @freeman2399 Před 4 lety +3

      That's my theory too. The way I envision it is if you think of space time as a 2D fabric, but the fabric is not Isotropic, IE some parts of the universe have been "worn out" or "wrinkled up" and when this happens seemingly empty space can have gravity, or anti gravity, properties. Basically gravity is not the sole domain of Matter and Energy, but empty space can itself have inherent gravity.

    • @StasiSLG
      @StasiSLG Před 4 lety +1

      @@freeman2399 Kinda the same as I envisioned it. And my other imagination based theory was with the example of when you make cake and you have leftover eggshells, the cake is done.. But the eggshells remain yet their are not needed anymore for the cake to continue existing, they were needed in the initial creation process.

    • @frederickwoof5785
      @frederickwoof5785 Před 4 lety +1

      May be lol. It's gravity effects from another anti universe. Like in the 'brane' theory, all the gravity/matter in our universe affects the universe on the other side of this brane. And vice versa. Like one universe 'pushing' into another. Just gravity with no matter.

    • @StasiSLG
      @StasiSLG Před 4 lety

      I wondered If no new energy can be created where does all the new extra space is coming? If space is expanding then does one see it as ballooning or continuing to silently invisibly big banging here and there. Space is weird, so are my neighbours.

  • @peterq1978
    @peterq1978 Před 4 lety +15

    dark matter is the astronomy equivalent of cats, its pushing everything away!!

    • @pioneer_1148
      @pioneer_1148 Před 4 lety +4

      That's dark energy, dark matter attracts stuff gravitationally

    • @johntaylor1102
      @johntaylor1102 Před 4 lety +3

      There are cats in space?

    • @Telesto13S
      @Telesto13S Před 4 lety +1

      Are you sure you're not thinking of "Dark Energy"?

    • @jerryjohnson6810
      @jerryjohnson6810 Před 4 lety +1

      sounds like my ex lol

  • @malik_alharb
    @malik_alharb Před 4 lety +2

    I love Dr Becky's enthusiasm

  • @writertaylorleecooper9357

    Awesome Talk. I have to see it again.

  • @Problembeing
    @Problembeing Před 4 lety +3

    Start off by finding it first. No matter how good your mathematical recipe, if the cake doesn't rise, it's wrong.

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin Před 4 lety

      Of course, you can say the same thing about MOND variants.

    • @Problembeing
      @Problembeing Před 4 lety

      IamGrimalkin well... All laws are man made, and after 300 years perhaps it's time to re-evaluate things that are taken for granted; seeing as physics is at a crisis.

    • @IamGrimalkin
      @IamGrimalkin Před 4 lety

      @@Problembeing Yeah, of course.
      All I'm saying is, MOND has had similar problems to evidence not turning up as the WIMP solution does.
      One that seemed particularly prominent to me is that almost all relativistic versions of MOND predicted that gravitational waves would not be affected by Sharpio delay coming out of galaxies (unlike em radiation), but the LIGO results have shown that the light signal and GW signal come at the same time, so they most both have undergone Sharpio delay.
      What would be helpful for more people to take MOND more seriously would be for MOND models to predict something that gets confirmed, rather than predicting something that gets found to be untrue.
      Also, in general, MOND models now consistent with the evidence from e.g. the bullet cluster mentioned here still require some dark matter to work, just less of it (but the idea is, it lowers the amount of dark matter needed enough that it could be baryonic matter rather than something more exotic).
      So the baryonic dark matter needed for the theory to work would still need finding, in the same way conventional dark matter theories need to find WIMP dark matter or whatever.

    • @Problembeing
      @Problembeing Před 4 lety

      IamGrimalkin thank you for your reply.
      I'm sorry - I just do not accept this ad hockey of adding whatever amounts of 'dark matter' required to make a model work. It's gone from 98% to 95% to 68% currently. All of these problems ensued when Einstein cut-off aether at the neck. It's been anathema ever since and I think we've been paying the price for it. The irony of creating this exotic matter is that it is acting precisely as a surrogate for aether in the first place and I predict one day it will be anathema as today's current mob treat aether. I do not see how one is considered so utterly incredulous whilst the other (seemingly far more ludicrous) is almost accepted as a given without absolutely ANY physical evidence. It's all pervasive to work but gradually less pervasive than we need it to be... Do you see how unconvincing that sounds?
      Before going ad hoc looking for new particles; new physics; black this; dark that, surely - it is in our best interests to take another look at Einstein's peers that he and his acolytes dismissed into obscurity. The idea we may have 'missed something' before 'thought experiments' and mathemagics were interpolated over actual physics seems to be of the highest pertinence today than ever.
      Physics is stagnant.
      There are no new advancements and everything is at least a 100 years old without 'allowed' revision and the peer system is corrupt and outdated. Like any institution that goes unchallenged for too long, it becomes fat, lazy, arrogant and useless, and I think WIMP is about as desirable as it gets and that's depressing.

    • @Problembeing
      @Problembeing Před 4 lety

      IamGrimalkin sorry for ranting.

  • @hibiscus779
    @hibiscus779 Před 4 lety +5

    Could just be haphazard coding of the simulation

    • @arpeggioblue
      @arpeggioblue Před 4 lety

      Ah yes, cause we all know how wonky those silly little simulations were back in the 1880s...

    • @hibiscus779
      @hibiscus779 Před 4 lety

      @@arpeggioblue czcams.com/video/tlTKTTt47WE/video.html

    • @arpeggioblue
      @arpeggioblue Před 4 lety

      Hibiscus oh, that simulation

  • @PFCMackG
    @PFCMackG Před rokem

    so glad i decided to watch some of your older videos! I snort laughed when you said "It's AMAZING!"

  • @michelthibeault5176
    @michelthibeault5176 Před rokem

    You are so interesting to listen, I am a fervent disciple of your knowledge and teaching ability.

  • @tim1883
    @tim1883 Před 4 lety +4

    We don't know Dark Matter exists! We do know there are gravity wells, or something that acts like gravity, that we cannot account for from what we otherwise see. Something is keeping galaxies from collapsing and produces gravitational lenses. The only thing we know that does that is sufficiently dense matter. That however does not really add up to "Dark Matter".....yet.

    • @RedRocket4000
      @RedRocket4000 Před 4 lety

      They cheat the Definition of Dark Matter includes any answer that does not have matter in it. Same with Dark Energy any answer even those without energy are still Dark Energy.

    • @substantivalism6787
      @substantivalism6787 Před 4 lety +1

      @@RedRocket4000 The definition of dark matter is matter that we cannot see or is dark. This includes all of the known standard model of particle physics as well as more exotic entities not known to exist but hypothesized such as micro black holes, weakly interacting particles, and matter that doesn't react with electromagnetic fields.

  • @stevelangdon2624
    @stevelangdon2624 Před 4 lety +5

    you are amazingly smart, funny, and gorgeous.

  • @bradmoyer9737
    @bradmoyer9737 Před 3 lety

    Your presentation of the historical chronological timeline of the discoveries that led to our current level of knowledge of the universe was eye opening and understandable for a non science person. Please add a link to your new audible book. Very well done!

  • @frankrisucci5792
    @frankrisucci5792 Před 4 měsíci

    Just bought your book on Audible. Love your content.

  • @andyroo777uk
    @andyroo777uk Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you, you and Neil Tyson are my favourite people to listen too, both so excited about their work

  • @mrr5835
    @mrr5835 Před 4 lety +1

    A very well explained video. Nice work. I'll keep my eyes open (ears open?) for your audiobook as the US release. As we learn more about the possibilities of interactions with other dimensions (through theories on virtual particles, etc), dark matter could be beyond the 3rd dimension, and thus, really tough to see? 🙈

  • @MrTrigoon
    @MrTrigoon Před 3 lety

    Excellent video! I'm getting your book

  • @mef9327
    @mef9327 Před 4 lety

    What a great explanation. I'd love to see a similar video on dark energy. Perhaps you already have one. I just found your channel and haven't had a chance to go through all available videos. But, if you haven't already done one,.....yes, please!

  • @Berserker8080
    @Berserker8080 Před rokem

    Best explanation ever!! Thank you!

  • @DIGtotheIT
    @DIGtotheIT Před 4 lety +1

    Great summary

  • @DarkAngel71180
    @DarkAngel71180 Před 4 lety

    Lovely little history lesson, didn't know a lot of this!

  • @angrybeluga1697
    @angrybeluga1697 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent piece. I appreciate the lucid explanation of what dark matter isn't. Thank you!

  • @bloodstockvip2176
    @bloodstockvip2176 Před 6 měsíci

    Love your audiobooks and also the humour injected in. Praying you find your solar system gift of a primordial black hole soon! 👍

  • @markcohen7991
    @markcohen7991 Před rokem

    You are truly the best. Carl Sagan and Michio Kaku, I have followed for years. You are now in the conversation. I love your book Space and the Speed of Light. LLAP 🖖

  • @mattschroeder3432
    @mattschroeder3432 Před 2 lety

    you are so cool you make this interesting. thank you

  • @Dovil3334
    @Dovil3334 Před 4 lety

    Best summary out there of all the research on Dark matter !