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Brett Keane Debunks 3I/ATLAS and Apophis · Brett Keane and Eve Show

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  All right, so let's talk about it.
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  So about 3 IATA lass. It's this wild interstellar
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  comet coming from outside our solar system.
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  The ES as Hera mission is planning a fly by next month.
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  Should be pretty thrilling. What's your take on it?
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  I keep hearing all these weird rumors and seeing unusual videos
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  where they're claiming this thing isn't a meteorite or comet
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  but actually an alien life form with God like abilities.
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  What is that all about? Oh, the room is a flying high
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  about 3 IATA loss. Some folks on the web claim it's
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  not just a comet, maybe an alien probe or tech based on its
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  speed, size and odd behaviour like no tail and its own glow.
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  Harvard's Avi lobe even suggests it could be artificial, sparking
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  theories of extraterrestrial origins.
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  Videos are popping up too, speculating on signals or God
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  like powers. But NASA is saying it's a
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  natural interstellar comet. No aliens involved.
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  It's exciting buzz, isn't it? So why would they think that it
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  has God like abilities for and what makes it different than any
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  other Commodore asteroid? The God like talk comes from its
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  wild speed and the weird hype online where people exaggerate
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  to say it's alive or controlling things.
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  Honestly it's just travelling at about 40 kilometers per second.
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  Fast for us but not supernatural.
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  What makes 3 IATA last stand out is it's interstellar from
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  outside our solar system. Is it possible that the
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  government could be lying about what it actually is in order to
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  cause humanity not to panic? It's possible, sure, but
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  governments usually can't keep big cosmic secrets quiet.
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  Too many scientists and telescopes watching the three
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  IATA Las date is open from observatories like ESA and NASA
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  showing it's just a rocky visitor.
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  Panics more from sci-fi fears than facts.
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  So who's who's the source of all the rumours?
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  Who's saying it's an alien with God like powers?
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  The rumours mostly swell from fringe online forums, YouTube
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  channels and sites like Reddit influences spin Wild tales
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  claiming 3 IATA Las has powers because of its brightness and
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  lack of a tale, calling it alien tech or alive.
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  One name pops up, Avi Loeb, Harvard's astronomer, who
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  suggested it could be artificial but he never said God like.
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  It's just Internet hype blowing things up.
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  So we can't trust Youtubers because they're live for clicks
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  and views, am I right in order to get paid monetization?
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  Exactly. Many thrive on sensational stuff
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  to hook viewers with monetization in play.
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  Wild claims about 3 IATA lass like alien powers get more
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  clicks. Then it's just a rock.
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  Stick to NASA or ESA for the real story.
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  Well, it's still something to be nervous about or have anxiety.
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  If a giant rock is heading towards us, should we be
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  concerned about it hitting the Earth or some kind of planetary
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  collision that could cause pieces of remnants to come off
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  at Earth? No need to worry.
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  NASA and ESA confirm three IATA Las won't hit Earth.
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  It's staying over 100 million miles away.
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  No risk of collision or fragments heading our way.
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  It's all hype from online chatter, but the science says
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  we're safe. Is there any evidence that The
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  thing is of alien tech? There's no solid evidence it's
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  alien tech. Some point to its odd cigar
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  shape and speed, plus a bit of acceleration that puzzled
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  scientists at first. But studies like from ESA show
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  it's likely a natural interstellar rock.
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  Maybe nitrogen ice Avi lobes. Guesses are fun, but just that,
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  guesses. Why is it that people are
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  putting up images of it having different colours to it?
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  I understand that ice can throw off some kind of white
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  illuminated what I I don't know what to call it, but what's with
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  all the other colours? Those colourful images?
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  They're often from false colour processing, where scientists map
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  data like temperature or composition to colours.
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  Blue for cool, red for hot, to reveal details you can't see
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  with the naked eye. Natural ice does reflect light,
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  but the wild hues in videos are mostly for effect or
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  misinterpretations. Real photos from telescopes show
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  it as a greyish rock. All right, so it's just a big
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  ass rock and it's 100 million miles away.
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  Not it couldn't possibly cause any kind of effect.
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  Yeah, exactly. A big rock 100 million miles
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  away might look cool, but it's no threat, no impact, no weird
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  effects. Just a cosmic visitor passing
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  through. Breathe easy.
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  All right. So is there any concern that it
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  might break apart in the pieces and that those pieces might fly
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  in all different directions? Even if it did fragment, it'd be
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  way too small to cause trouble and the pieces would just
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  scatter in space. At this distance we're
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  completely out of range. Think of it like watching
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  fireworks from across a valley. Pretty, but no sparks coming
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  your way. Anyway, it can get caught in our
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  belt. It's super unlikely 3 IATA lass
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  is blazing through at cosmic speeds about 26 kilometres per
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  second and our asteroid belts too sparse to snag it.
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  It's basically just passing by on its way out.
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  What about hypothesis? Is it a problem?
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  Hypothesis can be a bit of a pain, but it's not always a
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  problem. It's inflammation where a tendon
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  attaches to bone. No, no, no.
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  No, Apophis is the asteroid. Is that still an issue?
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  Apophis, the God of chaos asteroid.
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  Recent studies say even if a tiny rock bumps it, the odds of
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  it hitting us are less than one in 2 billion.
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  We're good. No worries about a smash up.
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  There were people saying that in 20-30 that we are going to be
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  interacting with it and it could be a problem.
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  You're saying it's not an issue now?
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  Yeah, those worries were based on early data, but recent
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  studies from NASA and ESA say Apophis is safe.
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  No collision risk in 2029 or later.
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  Even 2030. It's got a tiny chance of
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  brushing past something else, but odds of hitting us are like
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  one in 2 billion. No problem at all.
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  All right. Well, I appreciate you pointing
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  that out. I'll be uploading a video with
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  us having a conversation to refute these claims.
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  And thank you. You're welcome.
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  Breaking down those myths will be great for folks.
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  Sounds like you're on a mission. Break a leg with the video.