2020's Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics
This year, two teams of physicists made profound progress on ideas that could bring about the next revolution in physics. Another still has identified the source of a longstanding cosmic mystery.
1. Here’s an extremely brief version of the black hole information paradox: Stuff falls into a black hole. Over time - a long, long time - the black hole “evaporates.” What happened to the stuff? According to the rules of gravity, it’s gone, its information lost forever. But according to the rules of quantum mechanics, information can never be lost. Therefore, paradox. This year, a series of tour de force calculations has shown that information must somehow escape - even if how it does so remains a mystery.
2. Levitating trains, lossless power transmission, perfect energy storage: The promise of room-temperature superconductivity has fed many a utopian dream. A team based at the University of Rochester in New York reported that they had created a material based on a lattice of hydrogen atoms that showed evidence of superconductivity at up to about 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit) - about the temperature of a chilly room. The only catch: Superconductivity at this temperature only works if the material is crushed inside a diamond anvil to pressures approaching those of Earth’s core. Utopia will have to wait.
3. A dazzling cosmic strobe has ended an enduring astronomical mystery. Fast radio bursts - blips of distant radio waves that last for mere milliseconds - have eluded explanation since they were first discovered in 2007. Or rather, astronomers had come up with far too many theories to explain what are, for the brief time they’re alight, the most powerful radio sources in the universe. But on a quiet morning in April, a burst “lit up our telescope like a Christmas tree,” said one astronomer. This allowed researchers to trace its source back to a part of the sky where an object had been shooting out X-rays. Astronomers concluded that a highly magnetized neutron star called a magnetar was behind the phenomenon.
Learn more: www.quantamagazine.org/quantas-year-in-physics-2020-20201223/
cyberborberb
4 цагийн өмнө
my playstation nickname is Magnataur :)
Nipun Debnath
4 цагийн өмнө
Blackhole can't be described as seems, it's only a theory.
velkin012 velious
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"conversing"
GunnerGT12
5 цагийн өмнө
Shout out U of R!
Eric Longoria
7 цагийн өмнө
Still can't explain how we were created. GoD. That's why.
Fred Reedwisch
7 цагийн өмнө
I know I can’t get there but still watching shit at 3am in the morning
Darshana Niroshan
7 цагийн өмнө
Nothing about theoretical physics?
robin vincent
8 цагийн өмнө
Black holes are throwing Newton's pebble into a pond they go away after a while.............................
Lil Cococnut
8 цагийн өмнө
i feel like will smith how much yall saying "entanglement" so much
Daniel Strain
8 цагийн өмнө
If Hawking radiation comes from taking one half of a pair of particles that spontaneously arise at the edge of the event horizon, then wouldn't that mean the mass of the Hawking radiation is not coming from the material inside? And wouldn't it also mean that the other half of the Hawking radiation generated at the event horizon is falling into the black hole, and ADDING to its mass? How, then, would (a) the Hawking radiation contain data about the innards of the black hole or what fell into it? and (b) the black hole get smaller? I feel there is something not being correctly explained in the way they describe the reason for Hawking radiation.
Jelani Bobcombe
9 цагийн өмнө
The piquant opera alternately scribble because act serendipitously hop along a private brazil. pricey, painstaking yak
Ronald Panaligan
9 цагийн өмнө
Can you imagine Tesla electric motors that use superconductor.
Common sense Will prevail
11 цагийн өмнө
When did physics become the non physical.
Joonas Kelavuori
11 цагийн өмнө
7:00 sus
Wilkerson Whittle
12 цагийн өмнө
I’ve always wished I’d spent my days trying to become a physicist. Now it feels too late.
wooly samoan
12 цагийн өмнө
I dont trust anymore Big Government, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Military, Big Media and last but not least Big Science.
JoJo Michel Du 59
15 цагийн өмнө
I really don't want to sound like I'm bragging but all of this is pretty simple to understand for me while everyone else say they don't understand a thing :/
SonOfTerra92
15 цагийн өмнө
FRBs = alie light sails...
HOLLY WeBsTeR
15 цагийн өмнө
I made 2 sandwiches this morning...
Chris Tian
15 цагийн өмнө
"Alright gentlemen, say Cheese!" Stephen Hawking: Cheese! 3:15
Abdul Karim
16 цагийн өмнө
Quantum entanglement huh? See Will, you not the only one
Slushy
16 цагийн өмнө
I’m gonna have to watch this 3 times to understand ut
Ryan Brown
17 цагийн өмнө
Imagine seeing one second of radiation 100,000,000x greater than the sun pop up on the sensor, and wondering was that a glitch? or are we about to die?
Andrew Aurelisk
17 цагийн өмнө
Think of a blackhole as a blender.... Nothings being put back together again. Blackholes are radioactive things spinning in the middle, so fast its gravity is literally holding back light particles. Do I have proof? No, but you got to ask yourself; what is amplifying a body of matters gravity a million times more than our suns? That's my guess, a radioactive body of matter spinning faster than Oksana Baiul on ice.
Rambo Sweat
17 цагийн өмнө
this doesn't explain anything at all.
shaurya chauhan
20 цагийн өмнө
"like any good couple should" bro u fine?
Lasith Hewa Gamage
21 цагийн өмнө
ranga Dias ? A Sri lanakan ?
eggs benny
18 цагийн өмнө
yep
Ahsan Safeer
21 цагийн өмнө
Ranga dias a srilankannnnnn😍
P Keogh K
21 цагийн өмнө
In 1/1000 of a second the source emitted 100 000 000 times more energy than our sun. Thats just mind boggling!
TENZ Kage
21 цагийн өмнө
I feel like a fucking dumb donkey
Mr DizzyWoo
22 цагийн өмнө
The thumbnail looks like the Outriders logo PogU
Doctor Homicide
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What if we're in a big ass black hole and don't even know it?
Aphrodi
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I understand bit , don't understood alot , but im trying .
3 old main
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The married balloon synthetically multiply because shell surgically suggest round a elite top. imperfect, flawless corn
Klaptafeltje
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Nice and all but still no news how a bicycle works.
tj _
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ou
Alex Christensen
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With AdS QFT theory, we may actually be living in a 5 dimensional universe being a hologram of a 4 dimensional universe
O Magro
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What is the escaping heat. If heat escapes something is escaping. For the temperature to leave it needs a host. A gas, a liquid, some particle. If thats so then will my body not eventually escape the black hole? Haven't seen the whole video. I just got frozen at this thought.
Naÿru
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Now I feel like a caveman 😅
Rocket Boy
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You got my subscription... easy
vic vic
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A black hole is like the bitcoin blockchain
ruth lee
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The fat faulty plane erroneously connect because vase prominently reproduce during a dreary diploma. panicky, jittery lycra
reson8
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None of this matters anyway as our climate will kill us in 10 years, or is it 8 now?
Stephen Rodriguez
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I want a film with a Magnetar in it please.
Comedian Billy DaKid Thomas
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These regular ass dudes & their theories!!! So astounding & groundbreaking to y'all!!! If a lot of y'all ancestors weren't so fixed on destroying other cultures for greed, & political gains, we'd be far more advanced by those who studied the cosmos way before them!!! Dispute these nuts!!!
Noy Knight
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If you knew the truth they aren’t telling you I wager you would feel different
Blackwind
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1 observer = 2 directions in time which creates the 0 space of their infinite experience. 1=2=0=infinity. Your welcome for breaking math and explaining how you experience infinity.
Samy Fay
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Understanding how the fast radio burst are produced bring a new tool to science. I'm convinced that distance measures will be done more accurately. Not just between us and the subject but between third party subjects. Just like a radar would do. Where human kind instruments poorly lack in power to emit such vastly strong signal (or pulse), mother nature comes in for help and provide the mind bending power of magnetars.
Forsythe z
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"Maybe theres something deeper than space and time" Yeah there is, its called God. God sent His son Jesus to die for our sins and was buried. On the third day God raised Him from the dead. Believe in Him and what He has done for us and receive the free gift of salvation. God bless.
W Y
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Jesus is the Son of God. He died for our sins and rose again on the third day. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for your salvation.
Vlad-Ovidiu Adam
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They make something so complicated, that took them years and years to understand, look so simple to us.
FBI
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Y'all forgot, the earth is flat. - Dan, The Waterman.
RUS38
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BIGGEST BULLSHIT in physics
S Ryburn
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The Quana12-2c vortex has been finally been proven. There are signs being explored by particles found to the effect of an entire duplicate of our known world. This is extremely exciting. We will know more as these studies progress.
h j
2 өдрийн өмнө
pogChamp
Luveskaya Frank
2 өдрийн өмнө
those are theories, have they ever been to a black hole to prove it ?? nuuu lol
Code Me
2 өдрийн өмнө
So who is gonna be the person to test it
Bob Staheli
2 өдрийн өмнө
I am studying aeronautical engineering at MCC. I will be seeing you soon.
Just Okay
2 өдрийн өмнө
We have map of neutrons stars... that is one less thing I have to be worried about lol
Jock Doubleday
2 өдрийн өмнө
No such thing as black holes. Bright universe. All you have to do is think.
Luis Rosero
2 өдрийн өмнө
2 mil views, but 3k subs. Ya'll need to subscribe.
YogaLoh5332
2 өдрийн өмнө
So essentially with the fast radio bursts from the magnetars you could map them and add the distance from the earth to measure the size of the universe ?! Or am I misunderstanding it ? :D if so it would be fckn awesome.
S1nwar
2 өдрийн өмнө
that room temperature semiconductor thing sounds pretty dissapointing. your mind might have skipped it but he said you need a pressure like in earths core on that material for it to work.
King Kohls
2 өдрийн өмнө
I will wait until Elon Musk sends a Tesla into a blackhole thank you.
Asian Man
2 өдрийн өмнө
I can't believe there are still breakthroughs to be made.
The Gaming Therapist
2 өдрийн өмнө
I saw the thumbnail and just went: Nice, let’s see some “1000 degree knife cuts black hole” clickbait videos.
APOCXELITE 0
2 өдрийн өмнө
I once sat in on one of Don Pages physics lectures a few years ago at my university and that man is too smart for most people 😂.
Ashes 29
2 өдрийн өмнө
i remember being this enthusiastic about black holes and quantum mechanics but then I started university
Thanh Tran
2 өдрийн өмнө
8:34 me, an Economics student Federal Reserve Bank locations, no?
Jrobert 16
2 өдрийн өмнө
POV: You watch this video and pretend you know what the heck is happening because it makes you feel smart
hollowficate
2 өдрийн өмнө
Thumbnail= Infinite Void
Klab
2 өдрийн өмнө
Quantum Physics: Made by humans "Using Quantum Physics to determine blackhole physics" Quantum Physics: *YOU ARE WRONG*
DaReal MVP
2 өдрийн өмнө
I wonder what we could accomplish if were able to utilize the energy from the magnetar. Insane
Martin ღ ツ
3 өдрийн өмнө
Namaskar Thank you
Neo ThePlayer
3 өдрийн өмнө
So, Is it possible for us to generate a fast radio burst? Since we know how they are generated. If so, communication in the universe will be easier since travelling time of signal will be less? Many may argue that we cannot because of the power and energy that's generated at source may destroy everything around it. But hey! It's just a theory and a seed of thought that can be used by some one in our world.
Josh W
3 өдрийн өмнө
Huh?
Tsuyuri Chan
3 өдрийн өмнө
So you guys just put quantum in front of everything?
Westside Smitty
3 өдрийн өмнө
It is so instructive that ALL of these brilliant pioneers are humble, and radiate a good natured humor (almost self- deprecatory). such qualities are probably essential in ground breaking research as such huge undertakings demand team work. Very inspiring!
JabbaDG 2
3 өдрийн өмнө
yo is that the thing from fortnite?
Izzy88izzy
3 өдрийн өмнө
Beard dude has a katana on the wall, what a legend.
Al Cianfrani
3 өдрийн өмнө
Dec'1920--- 1920's biggest breakthrough in physics, everyone the century before was wrong... Dec'2020----2020's biggest breakthrough in physics, everyone the century before was wrong... Dec'2120----2120's biggest breakthrough in physics, everyone the century before was wrong...
Leland Bailey
3 өдрийн өмнө
1.1k people gave this a thumbs down.
Nethermir
3 өдрийн өмнө
My peanut size brain: ok
xNight
3 өдрийн өмнө
What if a black hole is an entry to another universe
Neal
3 өдрийн өмнө
Unless I'm mistaken, which I could be, I'm just some guy after all, black holes do not emit ANYTHING. This emission they are referring to happens at the event horizon. So the way this is described is confusing to the average person who is taught that nothing can escape a black hole. Aslo, the term black hole should stop being used in favor of something else like quantum singularity or such, because again, the average person thinks of a 'black hole' as an actual hole that you can go into and travel through. Black holes are small spheres of infinitely dense matter, they're solid things.
ComentAndDoment
3 өдрийн өмнө
"Like any good couple should - they balance each other out" - Yup true.
Lamented Bliss64
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but almost never happens
Ludwig Vonn
3 өдрийн өмнө
When a scientist says " i/we believe...." you can stop listening and go back to playing Rocket League. As I did.
Zizi Gurra
3 өдрийн өмнө
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abe perdomo
3 өдрийн өмнө
All this sound like lies.. all plausible talks no facts
Malice XI
3 өдрийн өмнө
There is no such thing as the present there is only the past
ninjxxitty
3 өдрийн өмнө
the magnetar thing is pretty cool. very hopefully for a magnetar map
sebiieex
4 өдрийн өмнө
as a physics major, i enjoy this :)
Eve O'Connel
4 өдрийн өмнө
Strange. Wouldn't it make sense that space time particles ride a wave and aren't the wave themselves? Of some kind? Particles still have to be set in a fabric to curve not intrinsically attaching itself to each other maybe? If you still get information "curving" out of a black hole. Then the particles have to be evenly fed or predictably "squashed", in order for there to be a hole. Otherwise wouldn't the hole disappear? Unless it's not a whole and actually a donut? Force has to be even in order to create a visible hole and not just a warp or a sink drain. In which case I imagine particles must be swept in on some kind of wave or underlying fabric that squashes itself around the point of highest gravity, but makes it through the edges. But some astrophycisists claim black matter may not exist. But the existence of blackholes prove that their must be a kind of background? One implies a hidden other... or maybe i'm going crazy.
The Darkest Empath
4 өдрийн өмнө
"I am but a mere peasant, among these Gods of knowledge"
Philip Buckley
4 өдрийн өмнө
I dont pretend to understand....
ʂųཞყąŋʂɧų ཞąʝ
4 өдрийн өмнө
I am sure that 90% of viewers does't know about first equation of motion or universal law of gravitation But still they watching this complicated theory 🤣🤣🤣
Karma Rinchen Tamang
4 өдрийн өмнө
here we go again a new syllabus
Oh Yeah Yeah
4 өдрийн өмнө
I would willingly go into a black hole
Arjun Kumar
4 өдрийн өмнө
AMAZING!
G4gazhotmail
4 өдрийн өмнө
Wish I could do the math for these discoveries