Dr. Brian Keating
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: For what? Peter Van Doren, Jr. : Physics, sorry. Michelson, Morley, he proved in some sense that the Earth is not moving through the ether. That was hypothesized by luminaries beforehand. But the point was when a child solves a puzzle, like you would think, well, like an adult, you solve a Rubik's Cube. Okay, I did it once. I don't have to do it again. But like my son will keep doing it.
I'll keep like showing off. Can I get it faster? Video games, same thing. Once you solve the video, you don't just like throw it out and stop doing it. You get a taste of that thrill of discovery. Yes, it's diminished. And yes, we become inured to it as we get older and a little bit more – there's just things we have to get – take care of in life and especially as a professor scientist.
I'll keep like showing off. Can I get it faster? Video games, same thing. Once you solve the video, you don't just like throw it out and stop doing it. You get a taste of that thrill of discovery. Yes, it's diminished. And yes, we become inured to it as we get older and a little bit more – there's just things we have to get – take care of in life and especially as a professor scientist.
I'll keep like showing off. Can I get it faster? Video games, same thing. Once you solve the video, you don't just like throw it out and stop doing it. You get a taste of that thrill of discovery. Yes, it's diminished. And yes, we become inured to it as we get older and a little bit more – there's just things we have to get – take care of in life and especially as a professor scientist.
You can't like marvel over the same things you did when you first did these experiments. But as an – you get transported. And you get to encounter something that you feel like no one has ever done before. For example, when I got my first telescope that night, a couple of months after discovering this, I looked through it and I saw the same features on the moon.
You can't like marvel over the same things you did when you first did these experiments. But as an – you get transported. And you get to encounter something that you feel like no one has ever done before. For example, when I got my first telescope that night, a couple of months after discovering this, I looked through it and I saw the same features on the moon.
You can't like marvel over the same things you did when you first did these experiments. But as an – you get transported. And you get to encounter something that you feel like no one has ever done before. For example, when I got my first telescope that night, a couple of months after discovering this, I looked through it and I saw the same features on the moon.
And I have a 3D printed moon that my son made to show you. And it has all the craters represented on it. It's so cool. And I saw the exact same craters on the moon that Galileo saw. And then I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, you not only see these beautiful atmospheric bands on it. And I brought you a telescope as your end of the year holiday gift.
And I have a 3D printed moon that my son made to show you. And it has all the craters represented on it. It's so cool. And I saw the exact same craters on the moon that Galileo saw. And then I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, you not only see these beautiful atmospheric bands on it. And I brought you a telescope as your end of the year holiday gift.
And I have a 3D printed moon that my son made to show you. And it has all the craters represented on it. It's so cool. And I saw the exact same craters on the moon that Galileo saw. And then I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, you not only see these beautiful atmospheric bands on it. And I brought you a telescope as your end of the year holiday gift.
It's yours to keep and no money down. Thank you. Keating brand telescope. Thanks for the gift. And I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, as I hope you'll do tonight or with your crew later on, you will see not only the planet, not only its little atmospheric stripes, maybe even the great red spot, which is amazing, three times bigger than the Earth.
It's yours to keep and no money down. Thank you. Keating brand telescope. Thanks for the gift. And I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, as I hope you'll do tonight or with your crew later on, you will see not only the planet, not only its little atmospheric stripes, maybe even the great red spot, which is amazing, three times bigger than the Earth.
It's yours to keep and no money down. Thank you. Keating brand telescope. Thanks for the gift. And I looked at Jupiter. And when you look at Jupiter, as I hope you'll do tonight or with your crew later on, you will see not only the planet, not only its little atmospheric stripes, maybe even the great red spot, which is amazing, three times bigger than the Earth.
You can see it from Earth with this little telescope I got you. But you see four little stars. And there are four stars that are to the left, to the right. They're in a plane with the midpoint of these equatorial storms that are brewing on Jupiter. We know that they've been going on for at least 400 years because Galileo saw them. So that sets a limit, a minimum time.
You can see it from Earth with this little telescope I got you. But you see four little stars. And there are four stars that are to the left, to the right. They're in a plane with the midpoint of these equatorial storms that are brewing on Jupiter. We know that they've been going on for at least 400 years because Galileo saw them. So that sets a limit, a minimum time.
You can see it from Earth with this little telescope I got you. But you see four little stars. And there are four stars that are to the left, to the right. They're in a plane with the midpoint of these equatorial storms that are brewing on Jupiter. We know that they've been going on for at least 400 years because Galileo saw them. So that sets a limit, a minimum time.
They're enormous hurricanes on the planet. And the equatorial bands like the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. So there's plenty of water up there that's raining down? No, it's not water at all. It's methane, ammonia, but it's a fluid. So it behaves like a fluid doesn't. So you have these swirling whorls and colors will amaze you. You'll see colors on an astronomical object.
They're enormous hurricanes on the planet. And the equatorial bands like the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. So there's plenty of water up there that's raining down? No, it's not water at all. It's methane, ammonia, but it's a fluid. So it behaves like a fluid doesn't. So you have these swirling whorls and colors will amaze you. You'll see colors on an astronomical object.
They're enormous hurricanes on the planet. And the equatorial bands like the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. So there's plenty of water up there that's raining down? No, it's not water at all. It's methane, ammonia, but it's a fluid. So it behaves like a fluid doesn't. So you have these swirling whorls and colors will amaze you. You'll see colors on an astronomical object.
It's going to blow your mind. And not only is it going to blow your mind because you're doing it, you're going to feel unique in all of science. You will feel what Galileo felt. You won't know that he felt it before you. A billion people have seen it since then. Because for you, it's new. And for you, you're viscerally connected to the maestro, to Galileo, and what he did.