Physicist Dr. Brian Keating Explains UFOs, the Moon Landing, and the Case for God’s Existence

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PragerU CEO @realtalkwithmarissa is joined by UC San Diego cosmologist Dr. @DrBrianKeating for a wide-ranging conversation on discovery and skepticism. They discuss everything from the Big Bang theory, UFOs, and moon-landing denial to the existence of God and why good science means “trust—but verify.”

00:00 – Escape Velocity: Why Astronomy Is a “Safe Space”
01:18 – From Dorm-Couch Questions to Cosmology
02:46 – How a $50 Telescope Changes a Life
06:10 – Galileo’s Awe—and Fear—Through Your Eyepiece
08:07 – Imposter Syndrome: Einstein, Newton… and Nobelists
12:40 – The Almost-Nobel: When “Cosmic Schmutz” Fooled Us
16:15 – Meteorites in Hand: “We’re Literally Star Stuff”
18:05 – Faith, Evidence, and a “Strict Orthodox Agnostic”
21:16 – Big Bang, Hubble, and Changing Your Mind
23:50 – Torah ≠ Science Book: Wisdom vs. Knowledge
28:42 – Can You Prove God? On Emunah and Evidence
36:10 – UFOs: Probabilities, Physics, and Fermi’s Silence
43:22 – Secrecy, Psy-Ops, and Why Ambiguity Feels Good
54:19 – Moon Landing Myths—Flag, Footage, and the Mirrors We Left
1:04:39 – AI + Telescopes: Finding (and Deflecting) Kill-Asteroids
1:09:25 – One Question for God: Suffering, Humility, and Wonder

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