“The Axis of Evil”: The Universe’s Unexplained Center | What the Physics?!
Physics says the center of the universe is everywhere and nowhere at once. But a controversial cosmic alignment has scientists asking difficult questions.
Is Earth the center of the universe? Is there a center of the universe at all? Physics relies on the idea that there isn’t – but some strange evidence that suggests our place in the cosmos may not be as ordinary as we thought.
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@Kraflyn
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
where's the physix girl?
@yan-c9k
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
My book the number that invented the sumerians explain It and resolve the density of vacuum qft with new math physical
@Clutch_Cargrow
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
You forgot Ashland, VA
@TopdawgShadic
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
If the solar system is closely lined up with the universe, wouldn't that mean we are not special? Conserved rotational energy, or something like that.
@therakshasan8547
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
If the universe is infinite then no matter where you are you are t the center .
@cristianmarcu7262
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
Why now I'm humming this old song "Heaven is a place on Earth", from '90's ?
Because one particular pic : no. 5319785 from wikifeet is an understatement for …"Center of Heaven"😍…
@walterulasinksi7031
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
The cosmological principle needs to expand along side the fractal nature of the things we perceive
@bar_coin
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
Orb: On the movements of the Earth
@MalvakaiP
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
The universe is pretty big; we're bound to line up with stuff.
@Жан-бай
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
Квантовую гравитацию анализируя через призму обсуждений новых опытов. Без СТРАХА в потери престижа и финансирование.
Здравствуйте, всех благ Вам.
Для этого предлагаю использовать мобильный опыт Майкельсона. В Интегральном волноводе (On-chip Waveguides) И резонатор где подводящия дорожка (рукова) вытравливаются лазером прямо на одной кремниевой плате, типа монолит. Идеально для серийных гироскопов. Ничего не смещается при качке корабля или вибрации ракеты
Где параллельно одной плоскости но с смещением на 90°., используется «с вакуумным сердечником волоконно оптическое» вытянутые катушки с (средним периметр P=L1+d/2+L2+d/2= 0,15 +0,05+0,15+0,05=0,4 метр) в вакуумной камерой с общими габаритами 18/18/h10 см. Где примерный пробег света идёт через использования высокодобротного резонатора: по каждому рукаву из орбиты по 56 км. Это позволяет сравнивать фазы света в самолёте при его линейной скорости 0,3 км/сек, где по расчету, основной формулы опыта, при λ=1,5 мкм.,
где 2l/λ(vv/cc)=0,035
Вопрос, где легче бороться с шумами, на детекторе LIGO или в мобильном опыте Майкельсона в самолёте с разницей
в 40 000 000 200 раз?
Опыт Майкельсона + мобильный опыт Майкельсона = прямой на 100% опыт. где можем проследить работу как «Доминантные гравитационные поля» через частоту света, корректируют её СКОРОСТЬ, энергию, направления в вакууме. «СВЕТ – это энергия упорядоченной вибрации квантов гравитации с квантовым перераспределение границ Лагранжа»
@kidmohair8151
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
as long as we're the ones doing the observing, we'll never know.
it will take someone else doing the observing to either confirm or deny our inherent bias.
ps: who puts the cheese on the cosmic chili?
@williamkinney2803
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
Weak discussion of these concepts. Needs scientific vetting.
@jjjames6894
September 5, 2026 at 1:40 am
She moves the needle
@gene-fd4xg
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
I love chilly… i think i will make some for dinner tomorrow…… Also this is a cool video and great information….
@toughenupfluffy7294
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
If you ask, "What's spacetime expanding into?" you are asking a nonsensical question. And, even that makes no sense, but the Universe is under no obligation to make sense.
@CNCエンジン
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
Would be so cool if our consciousness spend an eternity after our passing just floating through and exploring the vastness of the universe.
@terrymckenzie8786
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
The center of the universe is in……….Thunder Bay Ontario😂😂😂😂
@KenJoseph-s9p
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
The very large and the very small are just two sides of the SAME Coin or two sides of the same thing! So when your looking up at the night sky, your seeing existence from the INSIDE LOOKING OUT! ONE SIDE OF THE SAME COIN! OR SAME THING! And when your looking through a microscope YOUR LOOKING AT EXISTENCE FROM OUTSIDE LOOKING IN! One side of the same coin or one side of the same thing. Now you got to ask your self what (is) the coin=life!?! When we are looking through a we are seeing US from the outside looking in. And when we are looking up seeing all the stars , we are seeing (US) trapped on the inside looking out. ALL THIS MEANS IS WE ARE IN THE WOMB DEVELOPING
@erikbruner
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
If they didn't subscribe to the doctrine of the day, they would be imprisoned (or worse) for heresy.
Just ask Galileo…. (And yet it moves). Okay, that statement is thought to be apocryphal.
But he was forced to recant his heliocentric theory. Thus, setting back Astronomy hundreds of years
@jamestsou-wong8120
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
Like
@abighairyspider
September 5, 2026 at 1:41 am
That’s chili with beans.