Brian Greene Explains The Most Powerful Explosions In The Universe

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Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene explains supernovas and demonstrates how a star like ours eventually dies. Oh, and he breaks a world record, too.
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@onceavamaravilla 8 лет назад

I love how Stephen invites people who actually matters.

@Kisolee 8 лет назад

Yeah I agree, it's what differentiates this show from many others, is that they actually target topics that everyone should be concerned about like science.

@conchobar0928 8 лет назад

I kind of wish he wouldn't so Brian would actually update his MOOC site.

@snowdjagha 8 лет назад

Meanwhile, Kimmel invited Trump (or just being paid to).

@whammo12 8 лет назад

This guy matters?

@lizardperson2293 8 лет назад

lol

@alansmithee419 4 года назад

3:15 "This is called the Galilean cannon" "Did Galileo come up with it?" "Idk but he dropped a lot of stuff and we're gonna drop some stuff" One of the many reasons I love physics.

@danielrodriguez248 4 года назад

Gallaleo did not know about super Nova's ,

@alansmithee419 4 года назад

@@danielrodriguez248 super novae were just an example of a real-world phenomenon in which this kind of action takes place, it was not by any means an exhaustive list, and Galileo could well have come up with this experiment.

@santyclause8034 4 года назад

@@alansmithee419 The little ball is the lighter particles all over the outermost layer of a star, I think. Maybe some neutrinos or something, but I do get how the outer layers just cannon off the core, like striking a drum skin, in all directions. Without fusion pushing out energy against the mass pressure of the star, the core 's matter just collapses on itself under both the inward pressure of its entire stellar mass and, I guess, the final inbound push of the Gallileoan cannon effect. The original load comprising the star's entire mass including its ejected matter equally loading in the opposite, against a fractional mass reduced to just the stellar core. Pretty involved process.

@sirmarkkevin954 3 года назад

Hahaha these lines had me.

@michaelcreek3813 Год назад

@@danielrodriguez248 On the contrary, Galieo observed the 1604 super nova along with Kepler and other contemporary astronomers. The super nova convinced Galileo that the common belief dating all the way back to Aristotle that the stars were fixed and unchanging was wrong.

@machninety7334 4 года назад

Notice how quiet the audience was when he was explaining everything? That’s because PEOPLE LOVE SCIENCE!! We’re all born curious, so this satisfies that thirst for knowledge of how things work.

@hedegaard8 4 года назад

What amazes me though, is that a room full of adults, they were intent on listening, because they DIDN'T know this simple stuff already! That is the remarkable thing. Either that or it just went above their heads.

@philipvernejules9926 4 года назад

.......I picked up that entertainment and stupid wisecracks are the rule. Education comes second

@danielrodriguez248 4 года назад

No those idiiots in the audience have no clue of what Dr Green is saying, collbert is an idiiot as well,

@ateoforever7434 4 года назад

@@danielrodriguez248 Stupid has made his point.....

@pabillonkurt7584 4 года назад

And, the important part is, he makes it sound interesting. Very few people make science sound interesting. That's why some classes with teachers or professors that lack the capacity to make the lesson "interesting" tends to have noising and talking students. They fail to catch the attention of the curiosity within people

@abdullah.a.nahyan 7 лет назад

at least a thousand of teens get eencouragement from this single interview to take Physics as college major.... world would get at least one scientist for sure.

@KvDenko 5 лет назад

I wish I had this show when I was in high school. I actually never took physics and only had introduction to chem 😭I thought I was lucky that I skipped it because all of my classmates complained how hard it was.. I feel like I lost a lot

@cheesywiz9443 5 лет назад

Kv Denko its never too late! You could still give it a try You can start with a book called 'The six easy pieces' by Richard Feynman He won the nobel prize in physics and was the first man to introduce some of the technical sciences to the public and that book that I mentioned gives a reallly good introduction to physics If you like that you could continue reading more physics books ..good luck :)

@sh230968 4 года назад

and you will get 999 failures. At this success rate, scientists are not a good business proposition.

@ishworshrestha3559 4 года назад

@dazzaspc 8 лет назад

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder ..and we're dead.

@AGeeksTouch 8 лет назад

Hah. I spit out my cheerios with this one.

@bigdog4574 8 лет назад

Haha... I think I just pissed myself!

@AndorianBlues 8 лет назад

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I don't wonder what you are, for by my spectroscopic ken, I know that you are hydrogen

@dazzaspc 8 лет назад

+AndorianBlues Indeed. Hydrogen, and then some helium, and later on some carbon, and then oxygen, and silicon, and tiny amounts of other heavier elements.....and some lead..... Wait! Did you say lead? Back up, back up, get the hell out of here! Faster man! why are we moving so slow! You fool! The parking brea....and we're dead.

@apllDgrapllD 8 лет назад

😳🔥😖💀😀😂😂😂😂

@gomezdaperez 8 лет назад

I love that he's bringing on scientists

@mjs28s 8 лет назад

Um....How is he not a very academic scientist? He is still highly involved in research and has been active for decades and he is also still a professor of math and physics. So we have your opinion on one side and on the other we have decades of working in his field while currently working as a math and physics professor and continually doing research on string theory and cosmology on the other side of the scale. Is it because you think he should be using $10 words all the time rather than addressing people in in context and who his target audience is when he is on a TV show or a PBS science show?

@mjs28s 8 лет назад

I see. Make a claim that gets countered with correct information and then come back with some other comment rather than defending your initial claim. Me thinks nothing you say stands up to any scrutiny.

@5erazoR 8 лет назад

We call that a theory.

@robertoolvera2918 8 лет назад

+JR S. Well, google it. It's actually very interesting if you're into noobie physics

@creedishere420 7 лет назад

Peder Hansen it was a physical demonstration aka an experiment.

@esruez 4 года назад

Wtf I wanted to see the transmission of energy from ball to ball. I was expecting a slow-mo at the end tbh.

@robertsamson4610 3 года назад

You're right they should have used two cameras.

@uncleben7306 3 года назад

it's probably on the internet

@mikmik4443 3 года назад

They should've hired the slowmo guys.

@gobblinal 3 года назад

@@mikmik4443 You should ALWAYS hire the Slowmo Guys!

@ejbabc 3 года назад

There's a tiny bit at the very end of the video. The bottom, largest ball doesn't bounce all that much at all. The yellow one shoots right up. I'm wondering if it's a bit like those desk toys with the swinging balls where the middle ones don't move much but the end ones are the ones to absorb the energy?? That's what it looks like is happening. Kinda cool! (But yes, even better if they showed a clearer view! Lol!) 🙌😋💫

@johndeluca-howard4442 2 года назад

Brian Greene is awesome. Someone gave me one of his books, and it’s really good. He explains difficult ideas so well.

@tamiayahya5775 29 дней назад

Yes. He explains in a very digestible manner for low brain persons like me.

@mvp4lithuania 8 лет назад

So much cheering for a star dying

@RantingRamsay 8 лет назад

*Read this with the voice of Neil DeGrasse Tyson in your head* ...but the death of that star spreads the stuff of life throughout the cosmos. Don't think of it as the end of a giant; think of it as the beginning of life facilitated by the passing of a giant. We are all made of star-stuff, and when we die, our atoms will eventually become the stuff of stars. Thus, we will some day become the stuff of other stars, or other life.

@giannis5250 8 лет назад

We are made from dead star stuff so it's only logical that we would celebrate star deaths.

@17Haru17 8 лет назад

What is dead may never die.

@stiimuli 8 лет назад

stars dying is why we're here...literally.

@asain79able 8 лет назад

we are actually living on the star's memories.... like physically

@neekedese8974 8 лет назад

Well, that escalated quickly.

@proutytyler1 8 лет назад

Haaaaaaaaah.

@agriperma 8 лет назад

Supernovas are like that.

@mybrainsondrums 8 лет назад

this. I like this. 15 points for Ravenclaw

@benm5221 6 лет назад

N3D A belated bravo.

@edawg0 6 лет назад

Well played

@manqobahlanze6258 4 года назад

I wish I had been introduced to Prof. Greene when I was in high school. I would be a Physicist today, bringing the excitement of science to South Africans 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 .

@rifaldisaputrawan1089 4 года назад

Well atleast south africa already had elon musk :)

@MrFungus420 3 года назад

It's not too late...

@elethumbalane480 3 года назад

Bra yam khululeka ungabuyela eskolweni uyofunda iScience it's not too late. I was also talked out of studying sciences which is a decision I regret now.

@manqobahlanze6258 3 года назад

@@elethumbalane480 akuyinto enhle ukuthi teachers and parents/elders to project their own fears and feelings towards such subjects. Thank you for your encouragement, but I feel like that ship has sailed.

@elethumbalane480 3 года назад

@@manqobahlanze6258 Ngiyakuzwa mfowethu.

@tomd5678 3 года назад

When this was filmed the world seemed normal

@killer1963daddy 3 года назад

More so today, post insurrection

@okrajoe 8 лет назад

I love science -- glad Colbert is featuring astronomy.

@Melyeaw 6 лет назад

Astronomy???

@DrAsshole 6 лет назад

Syed Haider the fucks your problem?

@Sabinsandinsky 6 лет назад

Syed Haider triggered dumbass, knowledge is knowledge, doesn't matter where it comes from.

@marinaproger2324 6 лет назад

Read his books. .

@abrahamhmar7317 6 лет назад

Can't get enough of astronomy.

@snausages43 8 лет назад

Seems like a pretty easy record to break.

@stellarfirefly 8 лет назад

It kinda is, as long as they allow the balls to be strung along with, I think, string. What is really difficult and impressive are stacks of balls that are simply dropped on top of one another without any kind of string guides. Even a 3-stack of basic solid rubber balls bounces higher than this string-tethered setup, it's just super-difficult to make sure they all hit right on top of one another so that they bounce straight upward.

@SarthorS 8 лет назад

I was also pretty unimpressed by the balls. But considering this was a world record, either no one bothered setting it before, or there is a hell of a lot more involved to getting it to work than we saw.

@shane4622 8 лет назад

It looks easy, but think of the balls it took to do.

@smaarmy 8 лет назад

thus...the joke.

@smaarmy 8 лет назад

ouch.

@lecielo 7 лет назад

This was great. PLEASE HAVE MORE SCIENTISTS AS GUESTS!!!

@verumsemita4333 4 года назад

so this video exploded 3 years ago and now it reach my recommendation,good thing it was not yesterday it would've wipe me out.

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

hahaha

@SnakeonFlag 8 лет назад

Colbert is great on this show. He doesn't just have some dumb bubbly celebrities on, he also has scientists and what not, helping educate the public or at the very least get them interested in things, rather than always just have mind numbing guests and topics.

@ljv2094 8 лет назад

yess

@JasonZakrajsek 8 лет назад

He did that on the Report as well

@templarrising6299 6 лет назад

and now it's a show filled with left-wing hate propaganda... sad how things change

@Irfan87 5 лет назад

He had Anita Sarkeesian on it. That's absolute failure.

@RobbyIbarra 5 лет назад

@@templarrising6299 im sorry. Everyone give him room. He needs his safe space e

@-bdl2696 8 лет назад

Amazing how this went from educational to reality show in the blink of an eye.

@bobsingh11 8 лет назад

Sadly because reality tv is what general public is interested in.

@flurbanmoran7797 6 лет назад

Bobby Singh Yeah, it's so sad.

@hassaneeen 4 года назад

this really saddens me, instead of focusing on sparking science interest in people, the focus of the show went to the Guiness World Record gimmick... Its because of things like this that we never revisited the moon...

@ritwikreddy5670 4 года назад

@@hassaneeen visiting moon became impractical after semiconductor technology gained momentum. Because of that, sending rovers and satellites is much cheaper and more useful than sending a human. Moonlanding was more of an effort to win at the space race than actually studying the space.

@SustainaBIT 3 года назад

@@ritwikreddy5670 I like your comment, sums up a lot of history

@matin563 4 года назад

Stephen: ... hyernova ... Captions: ... *HYPERNOVEMBER* ...

@ihatelordvoldemort5899 4 года назад

He isn't interested in breaking records he is just more concerned about how he could comprehend this magic to the people. Just look at his eyes 4:25

@alphaduck2926 2 года назад

It’s not magic but rather physics but I get what you mean.

@dalilbaby4238 8 лет назад

I read one of Brian Greene's books for my physics class and THAT made my brain implode on itself.

@LydCal999 8 лет назад

And that made your balls fly into Steven Colbert's mouth

@lochestnut 6 лет назад

Love all of his books! :D

@devendrapratapsingh241 6 лет назад

Which one??

@ZesPak 6 лет назад

Calvin Dang I like his books and he is undoubtedly a very intelligent man, but I don't like him in talks or videos at all. I do like NDT though, so what do I know.

@devilshoez1098 5 лет назад

Name of the book?

@cloudofthought 8 лет назад

Thanks Stephen and CBS for featuring non-sensationalist or dumbed-down science on your show! I hope this becomes a trend for others.

@cloudofthought 8 лет назад

Yes, of course. I meant in reference to some other shows that play to the absolute lowest-common denominator treating the audience like they're slow witted 2 year-olds. I've seen some of that even on the Science Channel, and it's annoying because they often fail in their attempt to simplify the complex, so that the science itself seems suspect, if not bunk, when it isn't. For the time allotted, Brian Greene's bit was sufficient for his goal. *****

@Jrock420blam 8 лет назад

I agree, it was simplified and not dumbed-down. That is a very important distinction.

@brokenwave6125 7 лет назад

Not dumbed down? He compared bouncing balls to a supernova... This is the epitome of dumbed down. This is a middle school science class demonstration.

@jondunmore4268 6 лет назад

I agree cloud... but good luck getting a scientist on Fallon. Jimmy'd probably fake-laugh at him and make him throw balls at a target of Pauly Shore.

@starboxxxchrononaut5707 6 лет назад

Broken Wave There's a difference between something being "dumbed down" and something being explained in terms laypeople can easily visualize.

@Sturnburn772 3 года назад

Bryan is cool and I appreciate Stephen's genuine curiosity and not making cheap jokes at the expense of understanding

@theone31man 2 года назад

I love Brian Green. That was incredible. Thank you Steven for sharing him with us.

@anarkyah4440 8 лет назад

this dude was so excited by start that it made ME excited

@SMBrwnie 8 лет назад

Same, he has great energy

@xslonk 8 лет назад

I didn't expect that experiment to end in confetti lol

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

if there was a record brocen then of coarse

@nomimalone7520 4 года назад

Why are Guinness "officials" always dressed like flight attendants?

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

@ProdSketch 3 года назад

that guy is always in Dude Perfect videos AHHA

@TLHockeyCards 4 года назад

I wish they showed that part again in slowmo

@frankguy9772 3 года назад

Let go my purse! I dont kneewwyouuu! 😁

@TLHockeyCards 3 года назад

@@frankguy9772 Lol bobby in the ymca

@GetOffMyLawnYouDangKids 8 лет назад

Isn't that the same guinness guy they just had on dude perferct?

@alongforthememories 8 лет назад

That's what I was thinking

@IatAS 8 лет назад

the same guy

@yoadhordan2809 8 лет назад

lol I was so expecting this comment

@DaveAp7 8 лет назад

that's what I thought!

@cewl20 8 лет назад

It sure is! Pretty sure at this point, Guinness is just this one dude who prints out certificates and wears that outfit like it's the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

@shkotayd9749 8 лет назад

There is hope for the world when major talk shows like The Late Show has scientists on it and they get a good reception :D And as for the title? Well, OUR world will end when our sun goes red giant and either cooks us from a close distance, or envelops us. We'll be a wee little crisp. And it'll finish with a little bang and settle into a tiny white ball. faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~infocom/The%20Website/end.html

@mohmoony3918 8 лет назад

I rather go out with a boom rather than a sizzle.

@chicken6944 8 лет назад

Ah man, bummer, you mean we all are going to one day die? And the buzz-kill of the year award goes to.........Shkotay D. For somebody interested in such scientific knowledge you'd think you would be able to come up with a better screen name, instead of some crap that's not even a word. Your email address is probably 1Tl1l1%@aol.com

@shkotayd9749 8 лет назад

chicken Oh its a real name, just not english. You could have asked what it meant: Ojibway word for "Fire". Thanks for the ignorant comment of the day :D WELL DONE!!

@chicken6944 8 лет назад

Shkotay D Oh good come back. That's like saying: 'I know you are but what am I?' I was going to end it on peaceful terms but then I just had to click the 'show more' button. God this world is going to blow itself up; people are so stupid.

@shkotayd9749 8 лет назад

chicken K :D

@realshlimshady8966 6 лет назад

love it when Brian green is on the show. he is awesome and always demonstrates an amazing experiment

@tvortbox 4 года назад

2:45 who could have predicted the scientist describing nuclear-astrophysics would fumble a sports analogy

@hedegaard8 4 года назад

" a very stiff surface"

@daniellaviolet6207 8 лет назад

Now this is why I love Stephen Colbert's Late show rather than the other Late shows, he actually interviews people with intelligence, talks about current important issues as well as being funny, not just throwing pies at people's faces who are as thick as a brick #soznotsoz

@andrewbell2712 4 года назад

Oh, come on. Queen Elizabeth I interviewed both Tycho Brahe and Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton's grandfather, in 1588 when she founded BBC 2. Then Johnny Carson had Carl Sagan on his show regularly during much of his run on TV. Jay Leno and Dave Letterman always brought scientists on their shows as well. Stephen Colbert is just carrying on a tradition here. Neil deGrasse Tyson has also been a frequent guess on late shows in the past. This obviously isn't an ideal venue for them, but they have even made it there. A much better venue is Ira Flato's radio show on NPR called Science Friday. Did you know that some of the best scientists in the world are women? Science Friday features outstanding scientists from all corners of the world, many of whom are women. Check it out on your radio dial on Friday's at 3:00 p.m., E.S.T., on NPR.

@c24c24c24 8 лет назад

Brian Green dropping kowledge like Trump dropping nonsense

@IatAS 8 лет назад

"take cover, small arms fire imbound!!!" (shots)

@robzen2713 8 лет назад

Dropping science like Galileo dropped the orange.

@Deadpool-su2po 7 лет назад

Christian Mora *knowledge

@abrahamntienjem2659 7 лет назад

More like Trump dropping The Mother of all Bombs

@ROOKTABULA 7 лет назад

Abraham Ntienjem That was a Russia gate obfuscating, penis compensating device, not a bomb.

@ThatGuyInVegas 4 года назад

Who are these 1.5 thousand people who thought this wasn't good?! Have you no sense of wonder left?

@ryancoke9301 4 года назад

Religious people, that's who.

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

@artifexdebello2568 4 года назад

People who think this is scripted and didnt watch it

@hassaneeen 4 года назад

Not really, while I didn't hit the unlike button, I got a little disappointed in the end. The show is about exploding stars, and science, and suddenly it became a Guinness world record reality TV gimmick... I would have loved it, and respected it much more if the focus was purely on the science aspect of it... (Neil DeGrasse Tyson never reverted to gimmicks to explain science...) Also, at the end we only saw the ball pass through the colbert poster, no explanation, and no conclusion...

@GUFFmaster97 5 лет назад

I love that Stephen takes genuine interest in this stuff! Why did he stop having Brian on the show?

@hassaneeen 4 года назад

Cuz DeGrasse Tyson became the new science popstar 😂

@AADITYAAPANDYA 8 лет назад

I've a feeling that he is NOT going to be able to hold this record for a very long time

@1014p 6 лет назад

Aaditya Pandya get some really good rubbers and probably not.

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

hell he is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@JohnMichaelStrubhart2022 8 лет назад

If you don't see something truly beautiful there, there is something sadly missing in the core of your being. Thank you, Stephen and Brian! Great exposition!

@b-2466 3 года назад

Brian Greene is awesome.

@jpseet1 5 лет назад

Cool video featuring Brian Greene. Thanks! I found it entertaining. The talk about the anniversary of the discovery of the powerful supernova/hypernova was cool. It's instructive to learn about how a (massive) star can collapse, producing a shockwave and explosion. The core rebounds into the outer layers/shells. (I believe such a Hypernova explosion can sometimes be associated with a Gamma-ray burst as well). The tallest Galilean Cannon demonstration was nice too. The Guinness world record was cool, (though I believe it was surpassed in 2018). Likes/replies/comments welcome! Thanks.

@mizuhonova 8 лет назад

I wish they allocated more time for this segment. The supernova explanation was very rushed and anyone who didn't already understand how it worked wouldn't have followed.

@JamesSmith-ek1or 8 лет назад

+supremebeing87 I think you're overestimating. The average American thinks Europe is a country. Cmon now. We're talking severe ignorance here. You probably frequen educated communities, but if you really meet an average American then it is quite sad. Almost appalling how slow and ignorant they are.

@flurbanmoran7797 6 лет назад

James Smith I don't get it.

@333pinkelephant333 5 лет назад

Yea, I don't understand why American talk shows only invite guests to talk for like 5-10 minutes only. I can literally talk about breakfast I had for longer than that.

@chrisofstars 3 года назад

I didn't already understand and I feel this made me understand perfectly. How can it get any simpler when you're bringing out the colorful plastic candy balls?

@Technatura83 8 лет назад

Ok now I'm going to demonstrate how a black hole works. Alright, so I got my calculator here, and then I'm gonna take one divided by zero--NO WAIT!!!!!!!!

@zacharysantos494 8 лет назад

I get what you are trying to say but zero divided by anything is zero.

@zacharysantos494 8 лет назад

Fair enough. I forgot to say except zero. Sorry.

@catradummy_ytp 8 лет назад

+dahalofreeek 0/x = 0, but x/0 = undefined

@dirhido9665 8 лет назад

+Falcø only when x>0

@Technatura83 8 лет назад

+Zachary Santos *FIXED*

@KHasan-de6yq 3 года назад

Superb...awesome explanation and demonstration condensed in just few moments...brilliant

@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76 4 года назад

Well spoken, very articulate, matter of fact and to the point. Well taught.

@GregRogers503 8 лет назад

So much more interesting than some random celebrity plugging their latest movie or tv show.

@peternilsson6310 8 лет назад

Thank you Stephen, for doing this type of segment and not just comic bits, thank you for inspiring people to not only be comedians or work in showbusiness, but to be scientists and engineers as well, someting that the world truly needs

@buzzknutson 3 года назад

Brian Green is amazing. Giving him such a large platform to help spark curiosity in science is far more important then a celebrity plugging there latest project. Good job Colbert

@ericpapilayaTV 4 года назад

i love astrophysics, but man does Guinnes make a Fool out of themselves

@ANunes06 4 года назад

@Ganiscol Meanwhile, the crazy australians at How Ridiculous launched a two stage galillean cannon some 40 meters. I get that Guiness is a business and all, but just watch the bit on Last Week Tonight about the Turkish royal to get a sense of how ... shady ... things are.

@ericpapilayaTV 4 года назад

Ganiscol exactly that is the problem.

@siddjoshi9166 8 лет назад

Finally something interesting @LSSC , which did not have trump in it.

@JoshRoweice 8 лет назад

Was pretty hard to spot that ball in all the confetti and the bitrate

@NoktynGaming 8 лет назад

Maybe you should learn what confetti actually does to cameras. Tom Scott just did a video on it actually. Also, why would you need to see the ball falling back down? You clearly see it go passed the Stephen cutout.

@Adlore 8 лет назад

He literally mentioned the bitrate, which implies that he knows the effects of a large amount of changing data, and its relation to video compression.

@NoktynGaming 8 лет назад

ENTERUSERNAMEHERE555 Just because he mentioned the bitrate, it doesn't mean he know's why it is that way. You're inferring information. There was literally no reason for his comment to exist at all anyway. The bitrate obviously wasn't an issue for the demonstration...

@TheViolism 8 лет назад

It is a comment section there is no reason to write anything especially pedantic bs like you

@Adlore 8 лет назад

Nokty So you're saying that even though he correctly used a term in the right context... he doesn't understand what it means or its implications?

@biggucci3hunna741 6 лет назад

I understood the concept a little bit but the demonstration helped me visualize and conceptualize this phenomenon much more! Thank you Stephen!! I love and appreciate these scientists you bring on the show ❤️🙏🏽

@Azrael2812 7 лет назад

great combination of education and entertainment. we need more of this.

@imeredithc 8 лет назад

This is what I love about The Late Show: Stephen will not only have celebrities on it but also physicists and other important people!

@cardboardclown 8 лет назад

2:14 Stephen was thinking about Sauron

@babacane8952 6 лет назад

Finally found something I can do to get me onto the Guinness book of records.

@andreasjohansson221 6 лет назад

Honestly the scientists are my favorite segments. Always so interesting and a cool thing to put on a comedy show

@MuhammadEgypt 8 лет назад

Incredible! Really worth watching.

@randyjoble4607 8 лет назад

it's good that supernovas and hypernovas use the same naming system as potions in pokemon

@zantomun 8 лет назад

don't forget the masternova that only appears once per universe

@CartyCantDance 8 лет назад

+zantomun haha nice.

@ailei140 5 лет назад

That ended unexpectedly 😂😂

@zazzzy 7 лет назад

Stephen Colbert is goofy af. That face on the ceiling was hilarious. This is really lighthearted comedy we need right now. Thank you Stephen!!

@mistrofelis6600 8 лет назад

Thank you for always giving prime time space to science Colbert, you are and the show is the best!

@rocknrollch1ck 8 лет назад

Agreed 👍

@iolaniherrera2704 8 лет назад

agree 2 👏👍

@legoblox01 6 лет назад

I love how Stephen always invites scientists onto the show

@charliefischer59 6 лет назад

What an odd record 😂 love it!!!

@Tubueller 5 лет назад

Never thought a talk show would do something like this. I love it!

@Gabagool93 4 года назад

Scientists always have the coolest demonstrations.

@JcisKingg 4 года назад

My most powerful explosions come after I eat del taco

@Elitecommando501 4 года назад

Your stomach gases implode on itself and it rebounds to a hyperfart

@rumpel_stiltskin1233 4 года назад

It seems like every modern late night talk show has some sort of science segment, but what I really appreciate about Colbert's show is that he has the thought to bring on people (like Brian Greene) who can stimulate curiosity in cutting edge physics. There's no party tricks, only really interesting cut down versions of extremely important physics ideas. Although some of these explanations can be challenging to grasp for some, I hope at least a portion of viewers feel intrigued and potentially do their own research on the subjects. These types of guests really inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers who will take the human race further into the future. Thank you Stephen and Brian!

@Nightstick24 7 лет назад

I love Brian Greene, he's so excited and passionate about science you can't help but get excited yourself.

@chrismorgan7234 8 лет назад

Wait...THAT's all I needed to do to win a lifetime supply of beer?

@xXxBladeStormxXx 8 лет назад

Record holders get lifetime supply of beer??

@Thorntonian 8 лет назад

Well, if it's *Guiness* world records, i'd certainly hope so.

@Harry351ify 8 лет назад

You also need to be a renowned professor of physics and a popular character in TV

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

huh

@MagnusAnand 8 лет назад

I just love Brian Greene

@BrianGreeneRAD 6 лет назад

Guz Man Thank you!

@No0one01 5 лет назад

One of the best shows i ever saw.. new interesting stuff every show !

@ARC87 5 лет назад

Nice to see a Late Show interested in explaining science in a fun way to audiences... much more interesting than gossiping about "celebrities" 👍

@Fr8monkey 8 лет назад

This isn't how the world will end. The sun isn't massive enough to go nova. It will swell up to the orbit of Earth and fry everything. /nerdsoapbox

@MisterDewong 8 лет назад

Yeah, although everything in the video is accurate, the title is not :(

@Fr8monkey 8 лет назад

Still cool though...

@ironiccookies2320 8 лет назад

No. He was explaining how a supernova starts, not our sun

@tyler8253 8 лет назад

The Sun will undergo a regular nova, which is basically the sun expanding to a red giant, and eventually expelling its outer layers, leaving a white dwarf. Even the white dwarf will eventually die, but not for billions of years after that.

@UltimateBreloom 8 лет назад

+Mel hooprah Title is mostly right. . Description not so much. .

@mariadaluzmoutinho6691 4 года назад

Este Senhor é um grande comunicador ...a ciência divertida e bem explicada! ...

@bobbyandes 5 лет назад

More of these on a regular basis,please.

@mafosa8519 6 лет назад

Now that was cool! He explained it very well and Colbert asked all the questions! Larry

@Krebzonide 4 года назад

I feel like I could double that height in my backyard with $100.

@jutco 8 лет назад

That's the same Guinness guy from the Dude Perfect video

@rgaud8 8 лет назад

Hard times at Guinness.

@willbesuccessful9125 5 лет назад

Gay

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

ya i love dude perfect

@tofelipwithlove1150 7 лет назад

I miss these kinds of interviews. I hope Stephen would bring these back. or maybe have a lotr segment where he explains it.

@shiwaniswamy3846 6 лет назад

So glad to someone on a talk show i am really a fan of.....i have read three of his books and watched so many of his videos....he is so intelligent,explains everything so well and so cool also

@stevenbenitez1851 8 лет назад

It's great Stephen is incorporating people with actual intelligence into his shows

@unnikuttan4069 4 года назад

Great substance in such simplicity,,,amazing ''thank you

@AayushSoni1196 6 лет назад

Just how easily he described the hypernova explosion! I'd love to have him as my professor. :)

@infirmux 8 лет назад

oi, I want to see all the balls drop and rebound, not just the yellow one. And in slow motion, this is Internet after all .

@juancjuanc9 5 лет назад

"Did galileo come up with this?" That ladies and gentlemen is pure wit and humour. L

@jherbranson 5 лет назад

Stephen Colbert is so good at setting up anticipation and keeping the audience on track with the concepts his guests are sharing.

@rafabdc04 3 года назад

Fr this is the best guest on this show

@Smallville4613 8 лет назад

Lol!!! That's the same World Record guy from the Dude Perfect video!!!

@ericaamodt4004 4 года назад

i love dude perfect

@AUniqueBot 8 лет назад

You know what's the most powerful explosion in the universe? My life. Because it is now in pieces.

@UTUBESUCK666 8 лет назад

Think of the guy that was just underneath the bomb when it went off in Hiroshima and realize the enormity of what you just said. The dude was literally disintegrated and his atoms spreaded a few thousands miles across. Atoms travel far in the winds...

@AUniqueBot 8 лет назад

+Ramon Zarat uhhh... Sorry....?

@AUniqueBot 8 лет назад

+TheRedRaccoonDog It's not a bad life really. Sometimes I wonder if people take jokes a bit too seriously. But then this is the Internet, anything goes.

@AUniqueBot 8 лет назад

+TheRedRaccoonDog True that

@binkapooh 4 года назад

Now they need to go to Australia and give the HowRidiculous guys the new record.

@drshokster333 6 лет назад

You guys are so awesome!

@erichimes3062 5 лет назад

Dudes in the band be like: “dafuq??”

@zinaright 4 года назад

😅😅😅

@Wunderkind04 8 лет назад

That's not how the world will end. Whoever put this video up knows nothing about the topic they discussed; I'd be surprised if they even watched the video. What a clickbait title.

@Layjus123 8 лет назад

Well it will be when the sun gives in I guess

@ARSP33LS 8 лет назад

yea to be fair, as the Dr. Greene said, if the star had been where Pluto was it would have wiped out Earth. So if our star goes, Earth will be gone, the world will be gone. WE may already be dead and humans gone, but the world will end, just not OUR opinion of what the world is.

@shkotayd9749 8 лет назад

Interesting and probably correct. Our sun wont go hypernovae. www.livescience.com/32879-what-happens-to-earth-when-sun-dies.html

@bkdmode 8 лет назад

+Justin L, It is physically impossible for our sun to go nova, not enough mass. It will, however, expand swallowing Mercury and Venus while models differ on whether Earth too will be swallowed or it will just be "fried" to a crisp.

@shaunpearson7905 8 лет назад

Then I suppose a question would be would the nearest star (after ours) affect us if it went hypernova. Then again would alpha centauri (I think that's the nearest) have enough mass to go hyper-; probably not.

@firstnamelastname-ff5tz 5 лет назад

I've been learning from Brian Greene through documentaries since the 90's it's crazy to see people grow older.

@citizensguard3433 3 года назад

That seems like an easy record to break, right? Just get a few more balls right?

@bhavyasharma9090 3 года назад

Yes please someone answer me that

@Youtuber111-p2x 3 года назад

not necessarily. i'm pretty sure the various masses of the balls were optimized prior to the experiment using the the equations of conservation of linear momentum and kinetic energy. And this isn't to put into the account of thermal energy lost when the balls made contact, nor the drag forces applied. There's a lot of moving parts to this, and I'm also pretty sure that the amount of balls is restricted based on the record you are trying to break.

@angelbythewings 3 года назад

@@RU-vidr111-p2x linear moment should be conserved irrespective of the masses of the ball, I agree with everything else u said

@marcoklaue 8 лет назад

As world records go, this one seems pretty easy to break. We could make a bigger Galilean cannon at my place this weekend.

@ITRIEDEL 7 лет назад

Privilege to hear him talk last year. I even took a selfie with him. Such an animated individual that is so intelligent. It's very humbling to be in the same room as him.

@BigMTBrain 4 года назад

Fantastic analogy!!!

@0prahTV 8 лет назад

Colbert needs to go back to his old show.

@epsilonproductions1602 8 лет назад

why

@awolpete10 8 лет назад

Because CBS isn't letting Colbert be Colbert on his new show. This is the only thing he has done in a while that I would attribute to his idea and not a studio exec saying they need to promote a lame actor, show, or movie.

@epsilonproductions1602 8 лет назад

Jeremy Aylward good point

@UncleMilo 8 лет назад

First off... your contempt for actors is really kind of annoying. Second, Colbert has had scientists, artists, government officials and all kinds of interesting people on his show and he's had a lot of musicians from all kinds of backgrounds on as well.