What's the Huge Large Quasar Group?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Natural Sciences, Physics, Science, Astronomy

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Daniel and Jorge talk about quasars, large groups of quasars and HUGE LARGE groups of quasars!

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0:00.0	Hey Daniel, I've been wondering something about the large Hadron Collider.
0:12.0	Oh, that's right up my alley. Is it about crazy new particles?
0:16.0	Not quite.
0:17.0	Is it about making black holes?
0:19.0	I am concerned about that, but not this time.
0:22.0	All right, shoot then. What's your question?
0:24.0	All right, why did you call it the large Hadron Collider?
0:27.0	Why not the, you know, modestly sized Hadron Collider?
0:31.0	Because it's pretty large.
0:34.0	In that case, why not the huge Hadron Collider or the ginormous Hadron Collider?
0:40.0	That's the plan for the next one, man.
0:42.0	You got to leave something in the tank for the next time around.
0:45.0	But when does it end, Daniel?
0:46.0	Hopefully, never.
1:03.0	Hi, I'm Jorge Mecartoonis, the creator of PhD Comics.
1:06.0	Hi, I'm Daniel. I'm a particle physicist, and I hope to do experiments one day at the very large Hadron Collider.
1:13.0	Not just the huge Hadron Collider, do you plan to retire before the ginormous Hadron Collider?
1:19.0	I want to work on the ludicrously sized Hadron Collider.
1:23.0	What's the acronym for that one?
1:25.0	I don't know, but the VLHC is an actual thing.
1:29.0	Really? That's like in the official name?
1:31.0	It really is the very large Hadron Collider.
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