Into the Impossible With Brian Keating What Really Happened In Antarctica? Julian Dorey x Brian Keating
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Dec 3, 2025 
Brian Keating, a Chancellor's Distinguished Professor of Physics at UC San Diego, joins YouTube sensation Julian Dorey to celebrate his milestone of 1 million subscribers. They dive into groundbreaking theories challenging our understanding of the universe. Discover why the cosmic microwave background is vital evidence for the Big Bang and the mystery of dark matter revealed through Vera Rubin's work. They also discuss the implications of dark energy, the ongoing Hubble tension, and Mars colonization versus Earth research, all wrapped in a humorous and insightful conversation!
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Why Big Bang Denial Keeps Returning
- Fringe anti-Big Bang theories recycle every new telescope discovery as 'disproof'.
- Brian Keating warns these claims ignore concordant evidence across multiple measurements.
CMB Discovered As 'Static' By Bell Labs
- Penzias and Wilson found the Cosmic Microwave Background as unexplained radio static while testing satellite communications.
- Keating recounts this serendipitous discovery as a defining cosmology moment.
Tap Water Holds Big Bang Clues
- The CMB temperature and primordial isotope ratios tightly match Big Bang predictions.
- Keating uses a glass of tap water's deuterium ratio as concrete evidence for an early hot universe.
