Brian Cox Reveals Why the Earth Is Round | This Morning

Broadcast on 12/07/16
Brian Cox describes exploring the natural history of the Earth for his new show Forces of Nature.

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[deathbystereo-]

brian why is the earth round? "trees are green" 😂

[deanodean]

Brian’s enthusiasm for science and things he knows about is great

[kittywu]

never trust strangers, especially if they are smiling

[paintedhorse]

Good god, the flat earthers in the comment section are just proving their own stupidly.

[iftekhar]

why we don’t disprove flat earthers is it’s entertaining to see what they’ll come up with next 😂😂

[OneLeggedDiver]

Neanderthals have taken over the comments!

[DanielColageo]

And that matter came from....and that matter was observed by...and life came from....Ok Brian.

[uomunumerous]

Objects in space attract each other when they come close to each other. What gravity does is literally collect matter and literally make spheres. All objects in the universe are subject to their own gravity. It is one of the fundamental forces of our universe. For objects larger than about one-fifth of the size of Earth, gravity (rather than electrostatic forces, for example) will be the dominant force determining their shape. Earth and all other planets were created by quadrillion years of comet impacts. The smaller the object, the less round the object is.

Collected mass (from dust, comets, rocks, small moons, etc.etc. ) in the universe of about one/fifth the size of our Earth Earth will collapse due to its own gravity, and will collapse into a sphere. Gravity of an object 'collects matter' (other objects) and forms planets as a result. Our earth will once have had the shape of an uneven potato and many billions of years later an imperfect sphere that eventually took on an increasingly even and rounded shape because heavier matter moves to the core and the softer and lighter matter remains on the outside. Everything that is on earth (like you yourself) is drawn to the center. Even the person who walks around on it is literally pulled to the center of the earth. Everything on it 'wants' to go to the center. And that's why everything about planets is round. Spherical.

[ComeJesusChrist]

It’s round like a round table, not like a ball, just as the prophet Isaiah used two different words to describe the issue. It’s not a sphere, it has a stationary, flat surface.

[sharongill]

When this is on this morning I will go with the opposite same as when the government comes out with their truths 🙃🤔

[hongry-life]

I watched both this vid and the vid in which people were invited that believe that earth's surface on which we reside is not ball shaped and I see a big difference in how the hosts treat this supposed authority with their deep interest and respectful listening, smiling and admiring him and how the hosts treat people that say something else than the supposed authority with interrupting much and an aggressive manner of questioning, not smiling or creating a friendly environment like they do in this vid.

[tanha]

guys, many science dudes has been using the word "spherical" shape to describe the Earth, not round, not globe, and people keep using the word round in debate, that just open your shield upon fighting with a flatearther, you would do what if they run out of idea and start "so you meant absolute round?"

[Lelandwilt]

So do we use Newtonian gravity or Einstein? I thought the theories of relativity replaced that after Michelson/ Morley.

[BaptistJoshua]

So...sand castles are on relatively flat beaches. They flatten too. Steven Tyler did not explain this well. And Kelly Ripa's voice was raspy.

[Anonymous-psyo]

Brian should be in a padded cell somewhere, And them other two are just as bad...

[tonyflatearther]

Brian said Earth formed billions of years ago, so i take it that it magically formed all by itself billions of years ago 😂😂😂

[drmantistoboggan]

So mamy triggered flat earthers in the comments 😂
No rebuttals though 😂

[KingKong-bqwt]

Well OK then, now I finally completely understand and agree with you....NOT!

[emerenhobbit]

not a flat earther here but i honestly truly believe that there is something not right about this guy i can feel it my bones ever since the first time i saw him i just know it

[pwilliams]

Hi Brian why don’t you get together with the flat earth’s and do some experiments together you can show them where they’re going wrong and put this to bed