Astronomer is haunted by the search for distant moons | David Kipping and Lex Fridman

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David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds KZbin channel.
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Full podcast episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4uxZqugpLhpirc Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzbin.info Guest bio: David Kipping is an astronomer at Columbia University, director of the Cool Worlds Lab, and host of the Cool Worlds KZbin channel.

[@dadaplayz6953]

Ty lex man you helped me more then you'll ever know, your stuff gets me out of my own self, and I need that

[@pooloftim8263]

If you’re switching bodies you may be a demon, you may want to look into that dude

[@MikeLevin]

Exciting new data is like having your heart broken repeatedly. Poetic.

[@markgraves4563]

I could listen to u guys talk for hours. Another Amazing Podcast, thank you

[@tehphoebus]

Truly some of the greatest science and psychological communication going on currently right here. Thank you.

[@billyjackcurtis4680]

Most romantic moon talk I've ever heard.

[@Entrepreneur206]

They are to small or they do not reflect any light or they do but it's hard to capture because the size

[@brandonfeltman7429]

Astrum! YOOOOOO dude youre on lexs podcast thats awesome! Or CoolWorlds? Honestly im not 100% sure...transit science is tricky 😉. Either way im glad this topic is being talked about more. We get this nailed down and it should allow us to find just about anything at distance.

[@dejamike88]

There is something about Lex that is quite captivating, normally when someone speak with a monotone, it’s boring as hell to listen to, but for some reason, he is very interesting, maybe it’s because his interviewing style and being knowledgeable? 🤷🏻‍♂️… but whatever it is, keep up the great work!!

[@ethanol8378]

I mean 5 years of nothing and he still pushes through because he is intrigued about tbh it’s people like this guy that do what others talk about even if it don’t benefit him

[@vipersuphere]

Hes lying man loltake 5 and id say 1 year at most is believable

[@carolspencer6915]

💜

[@garylake1676]

Is a 'Neptune size moon' to a planet like 'Jupiter,', similar to the Moon relative to the Earth?

[@Boz196]

Not really. The diameter of Neptune is 50,000km and the diameter of Jupiter is 130,000 km. The diameter of our moon is 3,400km and the diameter of Earth is 12,000km.

[@andrewleyden2752]

Wouldn’t it also depend on their relative mass? The moon's mass is 7.35 x 1022 kg, about 1.2% of Earth's mass. Neptune has 5% the mass of Jupiter. Still not the same.

[@yerossyle]

This is such a grass conversation. He came here to bore us with his tiny moons.

[@MusicN808s]

Damn this seems like the opportunity of a lifetime missed ..

[@themiddleman781]

Are planets just moons of the sun?

[@letsgame550]

i had to look this up lol, if it goes around a star its a planet. if it orbits anything else its a moon

[@andrewpayette621]

Planets are satellites of stars. Moons are satellites of planets.

[@grzegorzowczarek3016]

as mentioned above. But also, understand that definitions are always flawed and it will be a problem to classify some unusual objects bc nature doesn't care about semantics, things are just out there.

[@letsgame550]

@@grzegorzowczarek3016 most definitely it’s all semantics, I think it’s just our human brains trying to categorize everything

[@themiddleman781]

Yeah, definitely just human semantics and a need to categorize. Just a late night thought I had. Lol

[@mahalallel2012]

They look like brothers

[@gracerodgers8952]

Really, I think Lex has eyes like his father, big blue beautiful 😍.

[@mahalallel2012]

@@gracerodgers8952 bless you

[@waldeezy203]

"Death is only the beginning"

[@gracerodgers8952]

Said all the seeds.

[@imsteamboat9774]

As a balding Anglo-male I appreciate Lex’s disheveled hair 👨🏼‍🦲

[@klew5988]

🤣🤣 I've noticed that in a few of these clips.

[@ev.c6]

Anglo-male? What kind of description is that?

[@imsteamboat9774]

@@ev.c6 didn’t want to say “white dude”

[@chrischris5510]

@@ev.c6 Germanic tribes Angles and Saxons conquered England 1600 years ago, those dude fucked, created anglo-saxons, then vikings showed up and were also down to fuck, then those viking anglo Saxon dudes went on to fuck most every where. Boom! history son!

[@TheRustedShackleford]

@@imsteamboat9774 you worried someone might think you're black?

[@plasmaastronaut]

so many tonal inflection punctuations. Its annoying.

[@yomomshouse100]

Ok nerd

[@krempixxx]

Lex pls i dont understand comment 17:42 about phosphine incident ... does this mean it is contradictive somehow to woman you had on podcast or i dont understand how he meant it ... why incident ? or he meant it as discovery

[@First.Last.99]

Bro said "20 min eariler" ?? He should have said that in percentage and that shows red flags to me.

[@thedethrocker8858]

Red flags of what??

[@vipersuphere]

How fast he grazes over a MIT prof telling him to stop shows the relatable lie in truth in his words he wants to convince us of

[@AidanCulverREAL]

You have no idea what you’re talking about

[@farzhakimi4054]

Space is the biggest waste of time when there are people still going hungry, priorities people 🤦🏾

[@zachwallace8274]

It's almost impossible to trust anyone who looks at the universe through telescopes and decides they aren't religious.

[@gracerodgers8952]

Some people know... some people will just find out someday.

[@thedethrocker8858]

Hahahahahahahaha biggest load of bollocks I've read today

[@thedethrocker8858]

@Grace Rodgers oh you know do you??? You lot are ALWAYS up your own arses

[@herealittlewhile7448]

If you're not religious then you have to be nuts to not think there's life out there all over the place

[@parikshit780]

It's the most stupid reason I have ever heard to be religious.

[@vipersuphere]

Do you only interview balding men when you start balding again??

[@jerrysponagle3881]

How does anything to do with space or astronomy help out humans with the problems they have now on this planet? What good for mankind does this study or science do for mankind. How does being a " Space Race" of people help the people on earth now with problems now on earth? It is very nice and interesting to know all this new frontier, but it is NOT NECESSARY for us, we need to fix and understand or very own planet until we fully understand everything about it and within or on it. We know very little about our own Planet but yet we waste time, money,energy on what's out there in space? Seems very arrogant, humans to me....someone needs a smack back to reality. Make our planet a pleasure to inhabit . Space later when we are 100% one with our planet.

[@cryptolord9826]

You right but if we don't try to advance to other planets we're screwed doesn't worry us but in the future might be a good idea

[@AH-zt9jh]

You’re broken lol. Saying astronomy doesn’t help mankind is incredibly ignorant and shows your lack of basic education. First of all, we’re all created from remnant star matter. Almost every element we see in our bodies come from seriously huge supernovas. Understanding where we came from is super imperative to getting an insight of what’s important to keeping the human race alive beyond our personal lifespans. Astronomy has contributed to technological advancements, specially in fields like optics and electronics. Communications satellites, solar panels, GPS systems, airport security scanners, x-ray machines, MRIs, etc. How would we know when we’re in danger from a random event like a coronal mass ejection? How would we know if we’re in danger from rogue asteroids? Use your common sense and use your ability to access information in seconds before making dumb as fuck comments on the internet.

[@Jim_Cpe]

The fact that we always look into the abyss and reach out is human feature rather than a bug. It is an intrinsic part of being human. It is why we crossed the oceans, why we now dive to the bottom of the deepest parts of our planetary waters. Why we climb the tallest mountains. Exploration will be what humans do as along as we exist. The fact that we have more to discover in some way makes the benalities of modern day living more bearable. I would argue that exploration positively adds to the human experience.

[@maartenmarien]

How do _most things humans do_ help out humans with the problems they have now on this planet? Seriously. Sports? Fashion? Leisure? War?? We do so many things that fail this lofty criterion, and we spend such huge budgets on them. Why would you pick out space research? It has such a tiny budget that your often-heard criticism seems strangely out of proportion.

[@letyvasquez2025]

How does rambling about problems help out with those problems?

[@klew5988]

The saddest thing about him letting go of religion is that he is so focused on the math and the science that he isn't capable of faith in the creator of the universe and the math and the science because he doesn't have the proof. Even if the big bang is a true theory, it didn't just come from nowhere. The creator of the universe and physics and biology and math is the same creator that put us here. The Christians the Muslims the Islam's the Jews they are all worshiping the same God. The creator has many names and is of everything in the universe. The creator is that ball of energy before the big bang. Faith is a powerful thing, I like listening to lex and his guest but I hope they learn to have some faith in things they will never be capable of understanding and being okay with that

[@MJ-it8ru]

Cringe

[@mikewrecka1916]

Yes the make believe being in the sky created the Big Bang obv

[@alexalcan]

The problem is that it's just self- delusion. Yes, things didn't just come form nowhere, but the cause does NOT have to be a person like you. The problem with the notion of gods or the euphemistic term "creator" is that it is tremendously narcissistic and reductive. "It all comes from ME, for ME." Because gods or creators are People, like you. I don't see why people think that self- delusion (also called faith) is good. As a psychological and emotional tactic, I get it. Relieves vulnerability, fear of death and uncertainty, But as a way to know reality, it is entirely pointless and worse, misleading.

[@MJ-it8ru]

@@alexalcan Well put, will probably go right over his head though lol

[@Sloanlake22]

Girl! 🙄

[@kumulsfan8090]

But according flat earthers the sky isn't real lol