Dr. Brian Keating

Anyway, so in the past, this is the only way to say, millions of years ago when the first hominids were evolving, the moon was much, much closer. Millions of times of their fingernails eventually starts to add up. And certainly when the first life formed on the Earth, it was only, it was probably 30 times closer than it is now. So yeah. So short answer, I don't know.

Anyway, so in the past, this is the only way to say, millions of years ago when the first hominids were evolving, the moon was much, much closer. Millions of times of their fingernails eventually starts to add up. And certainly when the first life formed on the Earth, it was only, it was probably 30 times closer than it is now. So yeah. So short answer, I don't know.

On the special website that I made, briankeating.com slash Huberman, I list the four major meteor showers, one in each season, that people can watch with your naked eye. In fact, it's bad to use a telescope. You don't want a telescope.

On the special website that I made, briankeating.com slash Huberman, I list the four major meteor showers, one in each season, that people can watch with your naked eye. In fact, it's bad to use a telescope. You don't want a telescope.

On the special website that I made, briankeating.com slash Huberman, I list the four major meteor showers, one in each season, that people can watch with your naked eye. In fact, it's bad to use a telescope. You don't want a telescope.

Yeah, exactly. You want the whole field of view. And humans have an amazing, as you know, huge field, 190 degrees or something like that. Not as big as an owl, but quite big. And you want to take that in because you're looking for motion. You're looking for intensity. Sometimes you can see colors. And I list what elements contribute to the colors of different meteorites on this website that I have.

Yeah, exactly. You want the whole field of view. And humans have an amazing, as you know, huge field, 190 degrees or something like that. Not as big as an owl, but quite big. And you want to take that in because you're looking for motion. You're looking for intensity. Sometimes you can see colors. And I list what elements contribute to the colors of different meteorites on this website that I have.

Yeah, exactly. You want the whole field of view. And humans have an amazing, as you know, huge field, 190 degrees or something like that. Not as big as an owl, but quite big. And you want to take that in because you're looking for motion. You're looking for intensity. Sometimes you can see colors. And I list what elements contribute to the colors of different meteorites on this website that I have.

But yes, anywhere that's more than, say, 20, 30, 40 miles away from a major city, is fine. Even in San Diego, there's two dark sky communities. One is called Julian, California, and the other one's the Anza Borrego Desert, and it's called Borrego Springs. These are areas where they forbid upward shining light, so the only light can be downward facing.

But yes, anywhere that's more than, say, 20, 30, 40 miles away from a major city, is fine. Even in San Diego, there's two dark sky communities. One is called Julian, California, and the other one's the Anza Borrego Desert, and it's called Borrego Springs. These are areas where they forbid upward shining light, so the only light can be downward facing.

But yes, anywhere that's more than, say, 20, 30, 40 miles away from a major city, is fine. Even in San Diego, there's two dark sky communities. One is called Julian, California, and the other one's the Anza Borrego Desert, and it's called Borrego Springs. These are areas where they forbid upward shining light, so the only light can be downward facing.

It also has to have very narrow spectral bands on it, so like sodium vapor, you know, very high, so that you can filter it out, basically with certain very inexpensive optical filters. But like I said, almost anywhere. But the good thing to know is that if you get a telescope, again, you can see 90% of what's going to be fascinating to you as a layperson with a telescope that costs $50.

It also has to have very narrow spectral bands on it, so like sodium vapor, you know, very high, so that you can filter it out, basically with certain very inexpensive optical filters. But like I said, almost anywhere. But the good thing to know is that if you get a telescope, again, you can see 90% of what's going to be fascinating to you as a layperson with a telescope that costs $50.

It also has to have very narrow spectral bands on it, so like sodium vapor, you know, very high, so that you can filter it out, basically with certain very inexpensive optical filters. But like I said, almost anywhere. But the good thing to know is that if you get a telescope, again, you can see 90% of what's going to be fascinating to you as a layperson with a telescope that costs $50.

You can see all the craters. You can see mountains on the moon. And again, these mountains were not just like cool things. They destroyed, they falsified the scientific paradigm, quote unquote, which was that the moon was perfectly crystalline and spherical. Galileo showed, no, not only does it have mountains, I can measure the height of those mountains. I can measure the planes of lava flows.

You can see all the craters. You can see mountains on the moon. And again, these mountains were not just like cool things. They destroyed, they falsified the scientific paradigm, quote unquote, which was that the moon was perfectly crystalline and spherical. Galileo showed, no, not only does it have mountains, I can measure the height of those mountains. I can measure the planes of lava flows.

You can see all the craters. You can see mountains on the moon. And again, these mountains were not just like cool things. They destroyed, they falsified the scientific paradigm, quote unquote, which was that the moon was perfectly crystalline and spherical. Galileo showed, no, not only does it have mountains, I can measure the height of those mountains. I can measure the planes of lava flows.

And eventually they came up with theories that it doesn't have tectonic motion. It doesn't have an iron core. I mean, it's amazing. You can see all these things with the small telescope like the one I have for you. But you don't need like the Hubble telescope or Mount Willis. You don't need any of that. You can see the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.

And eventually they came up with theories that it doesn't have tectonic motion. It doesn't have an iron core. I mean, it's amazing. You can see all these things with the small telescope like the one I have for you. But you don't need like the Hubble telescope or Mount Willis. You don't need any of that. You can see the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.

And eventually they came up with theories that it doesn't have tectonic motion. It doesn't have an iron core. I mean, it's amazing. You can see all these things with the small telescope like the one I have for you. But you don't need like the Hubble telescope or Mount Willis. You don't need any of that. You can see the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter.