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1 00:00:33,575 00:00:39,775 Since 2009 the Kepler-telescope discovered more than 4000 planets outside our solar system. Since 2009 the Kepler-telescope discovered more than 4000 planets outside our solar system.
2 00:00:41,655 00:00:46,455 Dozens of these "exoplanets" could be habitable. Dozens of these "exoplanets" could be habitable.
3 00:00:48,135 00:01:03,635 The upcoming TESS- and James-Webb- telescopes from NASA will revolutionize our search for habitable worlds and potential extraterrestrial life. The upcoming TESS- and James-Webb- telescopes from NASA will revolutionize our search for habitable worlds and potential extraterrestrial life.
4 00:01:45,025 00:01:46,461 Sorry. Sorry.
5 00:01:49,130 00:01:50,852 Yesterday, Yesterday,
6 00:01:50,932 00:01:52,934 we were talking about the... we were talking about the...
7 00:01:54,737 00:01:55,905 The Fermi paradox. The Fermi paradox.
8 00:01:58,506 00:02:01,664 Right, the Fermi paradox. Right, the Fermi paradox.
9 00:02:01,744 00:02:03,666 Worse. Worse.
10 00:02:04,046 00:02:06,802 The contradiction of having a high probability The contradiction of having a high probability
11 00:02:06,882 00:02:09,838 of life existing elsewhere in the universe of life existing elsewhere in the universe
12 00:02:09,918 00:02:12,956 while having no actual evidence to prove it. while having no actual evidence to prove it.
13 00:02:15,024 00:02:17,348 The Drake equation. The Drake equation.
14 00:02:17,428 00:02:22,032 It gives us every reason to believe that life should be common in our galaxy It gives us every reason to believe that life should be common in our galaxy
15 00:02:24,034 00:02:25,502 Exciting right? Exciting right?
16 00:02:26,971 00:02:29,060 So why haven't we found anything? So why haven't we found anything?
17 00:02:29,140 00:02:32,863 Over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, Over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way,
18 00:02:32,943 00:02:34,732 the vast majority of which host planets, the vast majority of which host planets,
19 00:02:34,812 00:02:37,034 many of those planets capable of supporting life many of those planets capable of supporting life
20 00:02:37,114 00:02:40,353 and still we have found nothing. and still we have found nothing.
21 00:02:41,586 00:02:44,944 No sign of anyone or anything else. No sign of anyone or anything else.
22 00:02:45,024 00:02:47,661 And believe me, we're looking. And believe me, we're looking.
23 00:02:50,531 00:02:55,356 Night after night, after night, we're staring up at the sky, Night after night, after night, we're staring up at the sky,
24 00:02:55,436 00:02:58,091 burying ourselves in mountains of data. burying ourselves in mountains of data.
25 00:02:58,171 00:03:01,975 All because we know one day, we will crack this thing. All because we know one day, we will crack this thing.
26 00:03:03,878 00:03:05,047 And if we don't, And if we don't,
27 00:03:06,980 00:03:08,747 you will right? you will right?
28 00:03:11,785 00:03:13,407 Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, go ahead.
29 00:03:13,487 00:03:15,076 Didn't NASA predict Didn't NASA predict
30 00:03:15,156 00:03:18,080 we'll find evidence life exists beyond Earth within the next decade? we'll find evidence life exists beyond Earth within the next decade?
31 00:03:18,160 00:03:19,681 After you've been in this field a while After you've been in this field a while
32 00:03:19,761 00:03:22,016 you'll learn to take predictions with a grain of salt. you'll learn to take predictions with a grain of salt.
33 00:03:22,096 00:03:24,819 But the game is changing though. But the game is changing though.
34 00:03:24,899 00:03:27,857 The TESS and James Webb telescopes launch soon, The TESS and James Webb telescopes launch soon,
35 00:03:27,937 00:03:31,017 we'll stand a much better shot at finding something. It just seems like you... we'll stand a much better shot at finding something. It just seems like you...
36 00:03:33,677 00:03:36,714 Please. Don't stop. This is getting interesting. Please. Don't stop. This is getting interesting.
37 00:03:37,581 00:03:38,903 If you're frustrated If you're frustrated
38 00:03:38,983 00:03:41,606 that you personally haven't found anything, that you personally haven't found anything,
39 00:03:41,686 00:03:43,922 then maybe it's pointless for you to keep looking. then maybe it's pointless for you to keep looking.
40 00:03:46,257 00:03:48,746 I'm curious, is that a fact or just your opinion? I'm curious, is that a fact or just your opinion?
41 00:03:48,826 00:03:50,015 Look, I just think... Look, I just think...
42 00:03:50,095 00:03:51,183 - You think. So it's your opinion. - Yeah. - You think. So it's your opinion. - Yeah.
43 00:03:51,263 00:03:55,487 If you feel this is a dead end that wastes your time, If you feel this is a dead end that wastes your time,
44 00:03:55,567 00:03:57,890 might as well do other things. might as well do other things.
45 00:03:57,970 00:04:00,659 What other things could be more important to humanity What other things could be more important to humanity
46 00:04:00,739 00:04:02,961 than answering the question, "Are we alone?" than answering the question, "Are we alone?"
47 00:04:03,041 00:04:04,912 Reproduction? Reproduction?
48 00:04:05,777 00:04:08,047 Or like, love, even? Or like, love, even?
49 00:04:10,516 00:04:11,852 Love? That's pretty good. Love? That's pretty good.
50 00:04:13,285 00:04:14,608 Remind me of your name. Remind me of your name.
51 00:04:14,688 00:04:15,776 Kiefer. Kiefer.
52 00:04:15,856 00:04:17,711 Nice, Kiefer. Nice, Kiefer.
53 00:04:17,791 00:04:19,226 You're seeing anyone, Kiefer? You're seeing anyone, Kiefer?
54 00:04:21,762 00:04:23,017 No not really. No not really.
55 00:04:23,097 00:04:25,986 Okay. Why don't we do what scientists do? Okay. Why don't we do what scientists do?
56 00:04:26,066 00:04:27,266 Let's take a look at the data. Let's take a look at the data.
57 00:04:31,071 00:04:34,895 All right. L is the value of love. All right. L is the value of love.
58 00:04:34,975 00:04:39,782 Now, we have 250 students in this class, or... Now, we have 250 students in this class, or...
59 00:04:40,849 00:04:44,172 At least, enrolled in this class. At least, enrolled in this class.
60 00:04:44,252 00:04:48,578 Four out of every five of you statistically will get married. Four out of every five of you statistically will get married.
61 00:04:48,658 00:04:51,048 So, that's 200 students married. So, that's 200 students married.
62 00:04:51,128 00:04:55,986 Now last year we learned that two out of five marriages Now last year we learned that two out of five marriages
63 00:04:56,066 00:04:57,753 will end in divorce. will end in divorce.
64 00:04:57,833 00:05:02,093 Which gives us 120. Which gives us 120.
65 00:05:02,173 00:05:06,030 One hundred and twenty of you who will fall in love and stay married. One hundred and twenty of you who will fall in love and stay married.
66 00:05:06,110 00:05:08,165 That's less than half the people in this class. That's less than half the people in this class.
67 00:05:08,245 00:05:09,701 But that's just marriage. But that's just marriage.
68 00:05:09,781 00:05:11,869 You're absolutely right. Let's talk about the 85% You're absolutely right. Let's talk about the 85%
69 00:05:11,949 00:05:13,504 of relationships that end in break-ups. of relationships that end in break-ups.
70 00:05:13,584 00:05:17,709 Or the 20% of breakups that lead to depression, or the 3% that lead to suicide. Or the 20% of breakups that lead to depression, or the 3% that lead to suicide.
71 00:05:17,789 00:05:20,111 Well, wait. Let's talk about the 56% of people Well, wait. Let's talk about the 56% of people
72 00:05:20,191 00:05:22,781 who admit to a history of infidelity in their relationship. who admit to a history of infidelity in their relationship.
73 00:05:22,861 00:05:24,783 Those are just random statistics, Those are just random statistics,
74 00:05:24,863 00:05:26,119 they don't actually prove anything. they don't actually prove anything.
75 00:05:26,199 00:05:27,667 Proof? Proof?
76 00:05:29,069 00:05:30,657 Good. Good.
77 00:05:30,737 00:05:32,907 I wanna ask you guys something. And be honest. I wanna ask you guys something. And be honest.
78 00:05:34,674 00:05:37,311 Raise your hand if you've ever been hurt by love. Raise your hand if you've ever been hurt by love.
79 00:05:58,799 00:06:00,289 Plug values into the Drake Equation, Plug values into the Drake Equation,
80 00:06:00,369 00:06:03,792 we'll sure as hell get a number higher than zero. we'll sure as hell get a number higher than zero.
81 00:06:03,872 00:06:06,276 You get to choose what you waste your time on, Kiefer. You get to choose what you waste your time on, Kiefer.
82 00:06:08,211 00:06:10,146 Outer space is a safer bet. Outer space is a safer bet.
83 00:06:11,814 00:06:12,950 Is that a fact? Is that a fact?
84 00:06:17,186 00:06:19,008 Excuse me? Excuse me?
85 00:06:19,088 00:06:21,857 Is that a fact or is that just your opinion? Is that a fact or is that just your opinion?
86 00:06:24,260 00:06:25,898 It's an educated opinion. It's an educated opinion.
87 00:06:29,199 00:06:31,603 Let's open up our books to page 237. Let's open up our books to page 237.
88 00:06:56,228 00:06:59,318 I was reading this article online about life hacks. I was reading this article online about life hacks.
89 00:06:59,398 00:07:01,922 I read one that says increase productivity I read one that says increase productivity
90 00:07:02,002 00:07:05,759 and maximize your health with a 30-minute bike ride every morning. and maximize your health with a 30-minute bike ride every morning.
91 00:07:05,839 00:07:07,295 I'm like, that's not a life hack. I'm like, that's not a life hack.
92 00:07:07,375 00:07:09,663 That's just something you can do. That's just something you can do.
93 00:07:09,743 00:07:10,745 Just exercise. Just exercise.
94 00:07:14,049 00:07:16,671 Hey, those aren't images from the galactic center. Hey, those aren't images from the galactic center.
95 00:07:16,751 00:07:18,339 Nope. Nope.
96 00:07:18,419 00:07:21,743 Isaac, you can't just be shifting the telescope to fish for Earth masses. Isaac, you can't just be shifting the telescope to fish for Earth masses.
97 00:07:21,823 00:07:23,945 This is your advisor's grant money, not yours. This is your advisor's grant money, not yours.
98 00:07:24,025 00:07:25,881 - Switch it back. - I did. Relax. - Switch it back. - I did. Relax.
99 00:07:25,961 00:07:27,249 It's still there. Switch it back, please. It's still there. Switch it back, please.
100 00:07:27,329 00:07:29,352 I don't... Is that time stream data transferred yet? I don't... Is that time stream data transferred yet?
101 00:07:29,432 00:07:31,388 It says one minute. It says one minute.
102 00:07:32,468 00:07:34,924 I don't know why you can't just wait for the TESS to launch like everyone else. I don't know why you can't just wait for the TESS to launch like everyone else.
103 00:07:35,004 00:07:37,026 I'm just getting a head start. I'm just getting a head start.
104 00:07:37,106 00:07:40,363 While every citizen scientist and their dog wait for that data, While every citizen scientist and their dog wait for that data,
105 00:07:40,443 00:07:43,433 I can actually be looking for a habitable planet. I can actually be looking for a habitable planet.
106 00:07:43,513 00:07:45,870 Come on, you're telling me you just want to be another guy Come on, you're telling me you just want to be another guy
107 00:07:45,950 00:07:49,206 sitting at home looking at TESS data in your underwear? sitting at home looking at TESS data in your underwear?
108 00:07:49,286 00:07:52,309 Actually, yes. That's a life-hack. Actually, yes. That's a life-hack.
109 00:07:52,389 00:07:53,979 I might go commando. I might go commando.
110 00:07:54,059 00:07:56,114 Just a robe. Get a nice breeze going. Just a robe. Get a nice breeze going.
111 00:07:56,194 00:07:58,116 - Hey, Joelle. Hi. - Hey. - Hey, Joelle. Hi. - Hey.
112 00:07:58,196 00:08:00,217 You didn't hear what we were just talking about, did you? You didn't hear what we were just talking about, did you?
113 00:08:00,297 00:08:02,055 Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.
114 00:08:02,135 00:08:03,236 This is somewhere here. This is somewhere here.
115 00:08:05,871 00:08:09,194 All right, now, your error calculations were great, All right, now, your error calculations were great,
116 00:08:09,274 00:08:12,064 but you mislabelled the axes on your plots. I didn't dock you for it. but you mislabelled the axes on your plots. I didn't dock you for it.
117 00:08:12,144 00:08:16,270 Just something to keep in mind for the formal report. Okay? Just something to keep in mind for the formal report. Okay?
118 00:08:16,350 00:08:18,285 You should be happy. You did well. You should be happy. You did well.
119 00:09:25,089 00:09:26,459 You're falling apart, Isaac. You're falling apart, Isaac.
120 00:09:27,392 00:09:28,995 What were you thinking? What were you thinking?
121 00:09:30,597 00:09:32,985 Misappropriating telescope time like that, Misappropriating telescope time like that,
122 00:09:33,065 00:09:34,387 it's not acceptable it's not acceptable
123 00:09:34,467 00:09:36,022 I know. I know.
124 00:09:36,102 00:09:38,324 You'll be replaced on your advising professor's project. You'll be replaced on your advising professor's project.
125 00:09:38,404 00:09:42,129 That won't be necessary. Look, I've been detecting planet transits on my own time. That won't be necessary. Look, I've been detecting planet transits on my own time.
126 00:09:42,209 00:09:45,432 All right? It was never my intention to sabotage anyone else's project. All right? It was never my intention to sabotage anyone else's project.
127 00:09:45,512 00:09:49,284 Right now we insist that you take a break. Right now we insist that you take a break.
128 00:09:51,253 00:09:54,175 What happened at yesterday's lecture? There were complaints. What happened at yesterday's lecture? There were complaints.
129 00:09:54,255 00:09:55,876 Nothing. It was just a bad day. Nothing. It was just a bad day.
130 00:09:55,956 00:09:57,112 It's been more than one day. It's been more than one day.
131 00:09:57,192 00:09:58,752 You're right. It's been about two years. You're right. It's been about two years.
132 00:10:01,196 00:10:03,820 I know that things have been tough, I know that things have been tough,
133 00:10:03,900 00:10:06,289 but I have to draw the line somewhere. but I have to draw the line somewhere.
134 00:10:06,369 00:10:09,392 Use your break to get this wild goose chase out of your system. Use your break to get this wild goose chase out of your system.
135 00:10:09,472 00:10:11,393 I'd still like to be in the lab on weekends... I'd still like to be in the lab on weekends...
136 00:10:11,473 00:10:13,228 You aren't listening. You aren't listening.
137 00:10:13,308 00:10:15,345 Facilities are for active staff only. Facilities are for active staff only.
138 00:11:27,190 00:11:29,459 Three, two, one... Three, two, one...
139 00:11:34,296 00:11:35,485 ...and lift off... ...and lift off...
140 00:11:35,565 00:11:38,155 The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the TESS telescope. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the TESS telescope.
141 00:11:38,235 00:11:41,125 Dr. John Rickman from TESS joins me. Dr. John Rickman from TESS joins me.
142 00:11:41,205 00:11:42,659 Yes. We're inviting astronomers Yes. We're inviting astronomers
143 00:11:42,739 00:11:45,194 from all around the world to participate in this effort. from all around the world to participate in this effort.
144 00:11:45,274 00:11:47,463 Our data is your data. Our data is your data.
145 00:11:47,543 00:11:50,635 Any one of you can lead us to what I believe Any one of you can lead us to what I believe
146 00:11:50,715 00:11:53,052 will be the greatest discovery of our time. will be the greatest discovery of our time.
147 00:11:54,418 00:11:58,309 You see, TESS will observe hundreds of thousands of stars You see, TESS will observe hundreds of thousands of stars
148 00:11:58,389 00:12:00,045 during this revolutionary mission. during this revolutionary mission.
149 00:12:00,125 00:12:02,448 And this means an enormous amount of data. And this means an enormous amount of data.
150 00:12:02,528 00:12:04,316 And we're gonna need your help And we're gonna need your help
151 00:12:04,396 00:12:06,265 to analyze every bit of it. to analyze every bit of it.
152 00:12:11,469 00:12:13,124 Jeremy, I need access to the cluster, Jeremy, I need access to the cluster,
153 00:12:13,204 00:12:16,609 otherwise I have only my home computer and laptop to run through these test data sets. otherwise I have only my home computer and laptop to run through these test data sets.
154 00:12:18,811 00:12:22,281 There's a lot. It'll take me a thousand hours to do all of that work here... There's a lot. It'll take me a thousand hours to do all of that work here...
155 00:12:26,354 00:12:28,509 We would like everyone involved We would like everyone involved
156 00:12:28,589 00:12:31,178 In this community-wide effort In this community-wide effort
157 00:12:31,258 00:12:33,494 to go ahead and reach out to others. to go ahead and reach out to others.
158 00:12:35,296 00:12:37,519 No matter what level of astronomer you are, No matter what level of astronomer you are,
159 00:12:37,599 00:12:39,587 professional, academic, independent, professional, academic, independent,
160 00:12:39,667 00:12:41,490 you can contribute to this search. you can contribute to this search.
161 00:12:41,570 00:12:44,407 From work, from home, wherever you like. From work, from home, wherever you like.
162 00:12:46,608 00:12:49,498 So, we're encouraging you, prepare yourself. So, we're encouraging you, prepare yourself.
163 00:12:49,578 00:12:51,601 Mark your colanders. Get excited. Mark your colanders. Get excited.
164 00:12:51,681 00:12:53,502 Because in the coming weeks, Because in the coming weeks,
165 00:12:53,582 00:12:56,252 we'll be releasing the first segment of data. we'll be releasing the first segment of data.
166 00:12:58,288 00:13:02,146 I want to remind everyone that the search will enter its second phase I want to remind everyone that the search will enter its second phase
167 00:13:02,226 00:13:05,383 when the James Webb telescope launches next year. when the James Webb telescope launches next year.
168 00:13:05,463 00:13:07,752 It is 100 times more powerful than Hubble. It is 100 times more powerful than Hubble.
169 00:13:07,832 00:13:12,455 And allows to see into the atmospheres of planets discovered by TESS And allows to see into the atmospheres of planets discovered by TESS
170 00:13:12,535 00:13:14,205 for signs of life. for signs of life.
171 00:13:15,574 00:13:18,763 You have no messages. You have no messages.
172 00:13:18,843 00:13:22,680 So we're looking forward to a very exciting future of planet-hunting. So we're looking forward to a very exciting future of planet-hunting.
173 00:13:43,470 00:13:47,560 So nobody wants to be an unpaid intern huh? So nobody wants to be an unpaid intern huh?
174 00:13:47,640 00:13:51,098 It's better than dealing with pretentious millennials all day. It's better than dealing with pretentious millennials all day.
175 00:13:51,178 00:13:54,315 Okay. First of all, you're the most pretentious person that I know. Okay. First of all, you're the most pretentious person that I know.
176 00:13:56,284 00:13:57,318 Thank you. Thank you.
177 00:13:58,819 00:14:02,344 Second, you get to teach people about space. Second, you get to teach people about space.
178 00:14:02,424 00:14:03,778 I mean, what's bigger than that? I mean, what's bigger than that?
179 00:14:03,858 00:14:05,848 Literally that's the biggest thing there is. Literally that's the biggest thing there is.
180 00:14:05,928 00:14:09,151 Yeah, but all we get to do is teach it. Yeah, but all we get to do is teach it.
181 00:14:09,231 00:14:12,821 And in this small, tiny amount of time they give us for original research... And in this small, tiny amount of time they give us for original research...
182 00:14:12,901 00:14:14,490 What are we supposed to do with that? What are we supposed to do with that?
183 00:14:14,570 00:14:17,393 That's not enough time to make any significant discovery. That's not enough time to make any significant discovery.
184 00:14:17,473 00:14:18,494 Who said we have to? Who said we have to?
185 00:14:18,574 00:14:20,129 No one. No one.
186 00:14:20,209 00:14:21,644 But don't you want to? But don't you want to?
187 00:14:23,280 00:14:24,869 I'm good. I'm good.
188 00:14:24,949 00:14:30,508 Charlie, we work in a field where we can push the boundaries of everything we know. Charlie, we work in a field where we can push the boundaries of everything we know.
189 00:14:30,588 00:14:33,477 Sorry, I just don't feel like we can do that from a classroom. Sorry, I just don't feel like we can do that from a classroom.
190 00:14:33,557 00:14:37,315 Wow. That's an incredibly way to talk about the thing that I love doing. Wow. That's an incredibly way to talk about the thing that I love doing.
191 00:14:37,395 00:14:39,550 Come on, Charlie, that's not what I meant. Come on, Charlie, that's not what I meant.
192 00:14:39,630 00:14:41,252 Sure, got a big shot over here. Sure, got a big shot over here.
193 00:14:41,332 00:14:42,612 You know that's not what I meant. You know that's not what I meant.
194 00:14:46,471 00:14:50,144 Come on, Charlie. You and I both know that there's something out there. Come on, Charlie. You and I both know that there's something out there.
195 00:14:53,579 00:14:55,281 Can't just stop looking. Can't just stop looking.
196 00:14:57,482 00:15:00,372 Okay. Okay.
197 00:15:00,452 00:15:04,358 And besides, if someone doesn't do this kind of work then you have nothing to teach. And besides, if someone doesn't do this kind of work then you have nothing to teach.
198 00:15:06,760 00:15:08,615 Jeez. Jeez.
199 00:15:08,695 00:15:10,297 See? Pretentious. See? Pretentious.
200 00:15:13,734 00:15:16,738 Hey, you wanna... You wanna ride? Hey, you wanna... You wanna ride?
201 00:15:17,705 00:15:19,461 No. No, I'm good. I'll walk. No. No, I'm good. I'll walk.
202 00:15:19,541 00:15:21,596 You sure? My car's right over there. You sure? My car's right over there.
203 00:15:21,676 00:15:24,533 Hey listen, um, you wouldn't have any interest in Hey listen, um, you wouldn't have any interest in
204 00:15:24,613 00:15:27,202 helping me out with my data, would you? helping me out with my data, would you?
205 00:15:27,282 00:15:29,672 It'd be like old times. It'd be like old times.
206 00:15:29,752 00:15:32,274 Undergrad labs. Undergrad labs.
207 00:15:32,354 00:15:34,544 You know, just with the baby coming. You know, just with the baby coming.
208 00:15:34,624 00:15:37,848 There's not gonna be a lot of time. I'm sorry. There's not gonna be a lot of time. I'm sorry.
209 00:15:37,928 00:15:39,397 No. Don't be. No. Don't be.
210 00:15:41,764 00:15:43,654 Anyway, thanks for the drink. Anyway, thanks for the drink.
211 00:15:43,734 00:15:45,803 - Yeah. - Hey, are you sure you're okay? - Yeah. - Hey, are you sure you're okay?
212 00:15:50,341 00:15:51,842 I will be. I will be.
213 00:15:53,377 00:15:54,545 See you around. See you around.
214 00:15:56,813 00:15:59,237 Hey, we should do this more often, huh? Hey, we should do this more often, huh?
215 00:15:59,317 00:16:00,686 Call me back once in a while. Call me back once in a while.
216 00:16:12,830 00:16:14,287 Dr. Bruno. Dr. Bruno.
217 00:16:14,367 00:16:15,902 Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay.
218 00:16:16,869 00:16:18,571 How'd you know I live here? How'd you know I live here?
219 00:16:19,038 00:16:21,327 I... I...
220 00:16:21,407 00:16:24,744 I was hoping to apply for the researcher position. I was hoping to apply for the researcher position.
221 00:16:27,348 00:16:28,583 What's your name? What's your name?
222 00:16:29,649 00:16:30,784 Clara. Clara.
223 00:16:32,385 00:16:33,721 Clara. Clara.
224 00:16:34,355 00:16:36,010 It's late. It's late.
225 00:16:36,090 00:16:38,412 Right. I'm sorry. I will come back tomorrow if that would be better for you. Right. I'm sorry. I will come back tomorrow if that would be better for you.
226 00:16:38,492 00:16:40,649 Um, but this is Eva. Um, but this is Eva.
227 00:16:40,729 00:16:44,500 And I was just wondering would it be at all possible for her to get some water? And I was just wondering would it be at all possible for her to get some water?
228 00:16:48,703 00:16:49,972 Please? Please?
229 00:17:04,922 00:17:07,611 All right. So, All right. So,
230 00:17:07,691 00:17:10,428 What level of post-secondary education do you have? What level of post-secondary education do you have?
231 00:17:12,796 00:17:14,952 Wait. You did go to school right? Wait. You did go to school right?
232 00:17:15,032 00:17:16,355 Yes. Yes.
233 00:17:16,435 00:17:19,990 I had bits of high school here and there. But I moved around a lot. I had bits of high school here and there. But I moved around a lot.
234 00:17:20,070 00:17:22,394 Okay, so you're not a student. Okay, so you're not a student.
235 00:17:22,474 00:17:24,914 Have you worked professionally in any field of science before? Have you worked professionally in any field of science before?
236 00:17:25,710 00:17:27,032 I haven't. No. I haven't. No.
237 00:17:27,112 00:17:30,603 Can you program or write data-handling code? Can you program or write data-handling code?
238 00:17:30,683 00:17:32,570 Or have any qualifications at all? Or have any qualifications at all?
239 00:17:32,650 00:17:35,374 Look, I'm under-qualified. Look, I'm under-qualified.
240 00:17:35,454 00:17:37,511 For sure. But I'm a fast learner. For sure. But I'm a fast learner.
241 00:17:37,591 00:17:39,346 And I work very hard. And I work very hard.
242 00:17:39,426 00:17:41,415 Especially when it comes to things I care a lot about. Especially when it comes to things I care a lot about.
243 00:17:41,495 00:17:44,598 I've wondered almost every single day of my life what else could be out there. I've wondered almost every single day of my life what else could be out there.
244 00:17:45,866 00:17:47,034 Haven't you? Haven't you?
245 00:17:50,438 00:17:51,806 Okay. Okay.
246 00:17:53,775 00:17:55,975 Well, I guess I'm gonna need some time to consider this. Well, I guess I'm gonna need some time to consider this.
247 00:17:56,777 00:17:58,733 Yeah. Yeah.
248 00:17:58,813 00:18:01,417 I'll give you a call tomorrow. What's your phone number? I'll give you a call tomorrow. What's your phone number?
249 00:18:03,451 00:18:06,689 I don't have a cellphone or a landline. I don't have a cellphone or a landline.
250 00:18:15,765 00:18:18,102 I'm guessing you saw I had a room available in my ad. I'm guessing you saw I had a room available in my ad.
251 00:18:20,603 00:18:22,605 Do you have many other applicants? Do you have many other applicants?
252 00:18:24,574 00:18:27,398 Are you fielding a lot of other options? Are you fielding a lot of other options?
253 00:18:27,478 00:18:30,448 Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think this is going to work out. Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think this is going to work out.
254 00:18:31,714 00:18:32,817 Wow. Wow.
255 00:18:34,785 00:18:36,588 That is an incredible vinyl collection. That is an incredible vinyl collection.
256 00:18:37,888 00:18:39,090 Thanks. Thanks.
257 00:18:39,691 00:18:41,813 Can I? Can I?
258 00:18:41,893 00:18:42,980 Just, like, one song? Just, like, one song?
259 00:18:43,060 00:18:44,896 - Yeah. - Great. - Yeah. - Great.
260 00:19:07,553 00:19:09,523 Did you paint the Helix? Did you paint the Helix?
261 00:19:10,656 00:19:12,824 That mural in school? That mural in school?
262 00:19:24,272 00:19:25,860 You like Dylan? You like Dylan?
263 00:19:25,940 00:19:27,043 Yes. Yes.
264 00:19:27,943 00:19:29,097 Is this an original? Is this an original?
265 00:19:29,177 00:19:30,979 It was one of my favorites. It was one of my favorites.
266 00:19:31,780 00:19:33,101 Why is it empty? Why is it empty?
267 00:19:33,181 00:19:35,203 We lost it when we moved in here. We lost it when we moved in here.
268 00:19:35,283 00:19:36,571 Who's we? Who's we?
269 00:19:36,651 00:19:37,654 My wife and I. My wife and I.
270 00:19:41,056 00:19:42,226 Where is she? Where is she?
271 00:19:42,993 00:19:44,061 She's gone. She's gone.
272 00:20:02,847 00:20:04,570 Well, thank you. Well, thank you.
273 00:20:04,650 00:20:06,138 Yeah. Yeah.
274 00:20:06,218 00:20:07,753 Thank you for everything. Thank you for everything.
275 00:20:08,819 00:20:10,655 Come on, Eva, come on. Come on, Eva, come on.
276 00:20:13,092 00:20:14,972 Would you be able to start first thing tomorrow? Would you be able to start first thing tomorrow?
277 00:20:17,697 00:20:18,899 Yeah. Yeah.
278 00:20:20,967 00:20:22,102 Good. Good.
279 00:20:24,103 00:20:25,640 I'll show you your room. I'll show you your room.
280 00:20:56,871 00:20:58,274 It's okay, girl. It's okay, girl.
281 00:21:17,728 00:21:20,285 Before we start, a couple ground rules. Okay? Before we start, a couple ground rules. Okay?
282 00:21:20,365 00:21:22,787 We're gonna keep this objective and professional. We're gonna keep this objective and professional.
283 00:21:22,867 00:21:24,990 We are not roommates, we are not friends. We are not roommates, we are not friends.
284 00:21:25,070 00:21:27,592 We are research partners. All right? We are research partners. All right?
285 00:21:27,672 00:21:29,328 - Got it. - Good. - Got it. - Good.
286 00:21:29,408 00:21:31,931 So, I think we should start something we're gonna be doing. So, I think we should start something we're gonna be doing.
287 00:21:32,011 00:21:33,665 Americano with three extra shots. Americano with three extra shots.
288 00:21:33,745 00:21:35,067 And the warm water with honey. And the warm water with honey.
289 00:21:35,147 00:21:36,601 Thank you. Thank you.
290 00:21:36,681 00:21:38,905 Can you take that? Can you take that?
291 00:21:38,985 00:21:40,240 - Thank you. - Thanks. - Thank you. - Thanks.
292 00:21:40,320 00:21:42,008 You sure that's all you want? You sure that's all you want?
293 00:21:42,088 00:21:43,577 Yeah. This is perfect. Yeah. This is perfect.
294 00:21:43,657 00:21:45,278 Sorry. So the basics. Sorry. So the basics.
295 00:21:45,358 00:21:48,114 Basics. Um, do you know what the transit method is? Basics. Um, do you know what the transit method is?
296 00:21:48,194 00:21:49,817 Hopefully I will soon. Hopefully I will soon.
297 00:21:49,897 00:21:52,100 It's a good place to start. It's a good place to start.
298 00:21:55,001 00:22:00,328 All right. Let's pretend that this is a star. All right. Let's pretend that this is a star.
299 00:22:00,408 00:22:03,966 Now, this is a transit. Now, this is a transit.
300 00:22:04,046 00:22:07,268 It's anything that passes in front of a star, in this case, a planet, It's anything that passes in front of a star, in this case, a planet,
301 00:22:07,348 00:22:09,972 that dims the light we receive from the star. that dims the light we receive from the star.
302 00:22:10,052 00:22:11,872 This is the light This is the light
303 00:22:11,952 00:22:16,012 dimming while the transiting object passes in front of the star. dimming while the transiting object passes in front of the star.
304 00:22:16,092 00:22:17,947 So, we measure the brightness over time So, we measure the brightness over time
305 00:22:18,027 00:22:20,816 so that we can determine different qualities of that planet. so that we can determine different qualities of that planet.
306 00:22:20,896 00:22:23,018 The size, even temperature, The size, even temperature,
307 00:22:23,098 00:22:25,002 just by analyzing curves of light. just by analyzing curves of light.
308 00:22:25,903 00:22:27,324 - Okay? - Okay. - Okay? - Okay.
309 00:22:27,404 00:22:29,673 Right. So... Right. So...
310 00:22:32,308 00:22:34,045 Go. Find the transit. Go. Find the transit.
311 00:22:36,379 00:22:38,216 Here. Here.
312 00:22:39,250 00:22:40,704 That's a new planet. That's a new planet.
313 00:22:40,784 00:22:41,840 What? What?
314 00:22:41,920 00:22:43,074 That is amazing. That is amazing.
315 00:22:43,154 00:22:45,210 It's incredible, right? It's incredible, right?
316 00:22:45,290 00:22:50,048 So, you are gonna be finding the dips, and I will be vetting the data. So, you are gonna be finding the dips, and I will be vetting the data.
317 00:22:50,128 00:22:53,318 And then how are we gonna know which planets have life? And then how are we gonna know which planets have life?
318 00:22:53,398 00:22:57,123 Well, we're the only planet that we know capable of sustaining life, so... Well, we're the only planet that we know capable of sustaining life, so...
319 00:22:57,203 00:22:58,891 We're the best reference point for it. We're the best reference point for it.
320 00:22:58,971 00:23:00,759 We use this light data We use this light data
321 00:23:00,839 00:23:02,128 to find other planets to find other planets
322 00:23:02,208 00:23:05,097 that are as similar as possible to Earth in mass and temperature. that are as similar as possible to Earth in mass and temperature.
323 00:23:05,177 00:23:08,801 It's an over-simplification, but if we find another Earth... It's an over-simplification, but if we find another Earth...
324 00:23:08,881 00:23:10,183 We can find life. We can find life.
325 00:23:13,353 00:23:16,277 Now, next year the James Webb Space Telescope is gonna launch Now, next year the James Webb Space Telescope is gonna launch
326 00:23:16,357 00:23:20,395 and we need our planet candidate to be the first follow-up observation. and we need our planet candidate to be the first follow-up observation.
327 00:23:21,161 00:23:22,264 All right. All right.
328 00:23:22,929 00:23:24,265 Good. Good.
329 00:23:26,134 00:23:27,736 Can I ask you something? Can I ask you something?
330 00:23:29,271 00:23:30,291 Yeah. Yeah.
331 00:23:30,371 00:23:33,008 Why is finding life out there so important to you? Why is finding life out there so important to you?
332 00:23:35,209 00:23:37,113 You know what people are scared of most? You know what people are scared of most?
333 00:23:37,781 00:23:38,868 Death? Death?
334 00:23:38,948 00:23:39,936 The unknown. The unknown.
335 00:23:40,016 00:23:44,374 Which unfortunately this universe is chock-full of. Which unfortunately this universe is chock-full of.
336 00:23:44,454 00:23:47,176 Sure, we've been chipping away at it for thousands of years, Sure, we've been chipping away at it for thousands of years,
337 00:23:47,256 00:23:49,227 but we still know basically nothing. but we still know basically nothing.
338 00:23:50,861 00:23:51,963 So how do we process that? So how do we process that?
339 00:23:53,163 00:23:54,431 We do what we've always done. We do what we've always done.
340 00:23:55,399 00:23:57,287 We make things up. We make things up.
341 00:23:57,367 00:24:01,025 Create these elaborate bed-time stories to explain it all. Create these elaborate bed-time stories to explain it all.
342 00:24:01,105 00:24:04,129 But if we found something, But if we found something,
343 00:24:04,209 00:24:08,065 even the smallest clue that something else exists out there, even the smallest clue that something else exists out there,
344 00:24:08,145 00:24:09,848 something entirely different, something entirely different,
345 00:24:11,449 00:24:12,919 we wouldn't be the dark anymore. we wouldn't be the dark anymore.
346 00:24:14,086 00:24:15,454 We wouldn't have to be scared. We wouldn't have to be scared.
347 00:24:17,123 00:24:19,144 So... So...
348 00:24:19,224 00:24:21,413 You think that the only reason we tell stories You think that the only reason we tell stories
349 00:24:21,493 00:24:23,015 is because we're scared? is because we're scared?
350 00:24:23,095 00:24:24,884 Terrified. Terrified.
351 00:24:24,964 00:24:28,956 Okay, but what if telling stories is just a part of human nature? Okay, but what if telling stories is just a part of human nature?
352 00:24:29,036 00:24:31,806 I'm done playing pretend. I think we all should be. I'm done playing pretend. I think we all should be.
353 00:24:34,074 00:24:35,209 Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
354 00:24:37,011 00:24:38,298 What about this? What about this?
355 00:24:38,378 00:24:41,268 Let's say there's this scientist who is brilliant, Let's say there's this scientist who is brilliant,
356 00:24:41,348 00:24:42,703 and very well-respected and very well-respected
357 00:24:42,783 00:24:46,373 who makes game-changing, world-altering advancements in his filed. who makes game-changing, world-altering advancements in his filed.
358 00:24:46,453 00:24:48,943 But he's also religious But he's also religious
359 00:24:49,023 00:24:50,813 His driving force is his faith, His driving force is his faith,
360 00:24:50,893 00:24:53,281 his belief in God, a bedtime story. his belief in God, a bedtime story.
361 00:24:53,361 00:24:56,085 But the result of his work is science and progress. But the result of his work is science and progress.
362 00:24:56,165 00:24:57,533 What would you say to him? What would you say to him?
363 00:24:58,434 00:25:00,355 - What would I say? - Yes. - What would I say? - Yes.
364 00:25:00,435 00:25:03,275 I'd say "Skip church and get back to work. You'll get more done faster." I'd say "Skip church and get back to work. You'll get more done faster."
365 00:25:04,407 00:25:06,262 Oh, I think he did just fine. Oh, I think he did just fine.
366 00:25:06,342 00:25:07,798 What? What?
367 00:25:07,878 00:25:10,214 Sir Isaac Newton. I think he did just fine. Sir Isaac Newton. I think he did just fine.
368 00:25:23,494 00:25:25,031 All right, we've got work to do. All right, we've got work to do.
369 00:25:28,266 00:25:31,255 These are M dwarf stars. Smaller, dimmer than our own. These are M dwarf stars. Smaller, dimmer than our own.
370 00:25:31,335 00:25:34,358 Now, TESS mainly focuses on brighter, bigger stars like ours. Now, TESS mainly focuses on brighter, bigger stars like ours.
371 00:25:34,438 00:25:37,897 But that means one roughly every 365 days. But that means one roughly every 365 days.
372 00:25:37,977 00:25:39,866 These M dwarf stars, These M dwarf stars,
373 00:25:39,946 00:25:42,001 planets orbit them in a matter of weeks. planets orbit them in a matter of weeks.
374 00:25:42,081 00:25:43,336 So, less waiting around. So, less waiting around.
375 00:25:43,416 00:25:46,339 Exactly. So if we focus on these stars, we have edge Exactly. So if we focus on these stars, we have edge
376 00:25:46,419 00:25:48,354 over everyone else looking through this data. over everyone else looking through this data.
377 00:25:50,056 00:25:51,177 That's it. That's... That's it. That's...
378 00:25:51,257 00:25:53,046 So is that gonna be a... Really? So is that gonna be a... Really?
379 00:25:53,126 00:25:55,028 - We got one. - That's so cool. - We got one. - That's so cool.
380 00:25:56,630 00:25:58,319 Why the rush? Why the rush?
381 00:25:58,399 00:26:01,089 The James Webb telescope will follow up on planets discovered by TESS. The James Webb telescope will follow up on planets discovered by TESS.
382 00:26:01,169 00:26:03,091 If we're the first ones with the perfect candidate, If we're the first ones with the perfect candidate,
383 00:26:03,171 00:26:05,861 we have a chance to be part of something huge. we have a chance to be part of something huge.
384 00:26:05,941 00:26:07,581 You mean when we find out we're not alone. You mean when we find out we're not alone.
385 00:26:17,219 00:26:19,221 There. Is that a planet? There. Is that a planet?
386 00:26:20,990 00:26:24,279 No. You see that sharp drop, it's probably nothing. No. You see that sharp drop, it's probably nothing.
387 00:26:24,359 00:26:25,896 Keep looking. Keep looking.
388 00:26:29,098 00:26:30,453 So, do you ever eat, So, do you ever eat,
389 00:26:30,533 00:26:32,956 or does doing this just completely sustain you? or does doing this just completely sustain you?
390 00:26:33,036 00:26:35,606 Food? What's that? Food? What's that?
391 00:26:37,508 00:26:39,162 - Hi. - Hey. - Hi. - Hey.
392 00:26:39,242 00:26:42,633 So, that strange dip you caught, it's a planet. A promising one. So, that strange dip you caught, it's a planet. A promising one.
393 00:26:42,713 00:26:44,235 Look. Right there. Look. Right there.
394 00:26:44,315 00:26:46,604 Unfortunately, TESS' cadence missed the full transit, Unfortunately, TESS' cadence missed the full transit,
395 00:26:46,684 00:26:49,340 so we need to get a new transit ourselves to help prove it. so we need to get a new transit ourselves to help prove it.
396 00:26:49,420 00:26:52,057 Which means we're gonna need a telescope. Which means we're gonna need a telescope.
397 00:26:52,757 00:26:54,326 Thank you. Thank you.
398 00:26:56,195 00:26:57,429 Anything? Anything?
399 00:26:57,730 00:26:59,919 No. No.
400 00:26:59,999 00:27:03,003 We're supposed to apply for telescope time months in advance. We're supposed to apply for telescope time months in advance.
401 00:27:04,036 00:27:07,426 Well, what about that one? Well, what about that one?
402 00:27:07,506 00:27:11,110 We need... We need one like the one I used to operate through the university. We need... We need one like the one I used to operate through the university.
403 00:27:12,244 00:27:13,614 So why don't we use theirs? So why don't we use theirs?
404 00:27:18,718 00:27:21,375 Keep an eye out for the campus security. This is gonna take a while. Keep an eye out for the campus security. This is gonna take a while.
405 00:27:21,455 00:27:22,624 Okay. Got it. Okay. Got it.
406 00:27:23,424 00:27:24,626 Okay. Okay.
407 00:27:25,526 00:27:27,049 Come on. Come on.
408 00:27:27,129 00:27:28,531 Go. Go.
409 00:27:41,209 00:27:42,298 Where's the telescope? Where's the telescope?
410 00:27:42,378 00:27:45,068 A lot of our research is based in the galactic center, A lot of our research is based in the galactic center,
411 00:27:45,148 00:27:47,436 which is only visible from the southern hemisphere. which is only visible from the southern hemisphere.
412 00:27:47,516 00:27:51,756 The one we use is a remote robotic telescope based out of Chile. The one we use is a remote robotic telescope based out of Chile.
413 00:27:53,390 00:27:56,412 Normally we access it with just a couple clicks. Normally we access it with just a couple clicks.
414 00:27:56,492 00:28:00,484 But given my current employment status, But given my current employment status,
415 00:28:00,564 00:28:02,267 I gotta make a phone call. I gotta make a phone call.
416 00:28:06,703 00:28:08,539 Hello. Hi, ola. Hello. Hi, ola.
417 00:28:09,673 00:28:13,332 My name is Dr. Bruno Dr. Isaac Bruno. My name is Dr. Bruno Dr. Isaac Bruno.
418 00:28:13,412 00:28:19,404 I last accessed the telescope on March 14th at approximately 3:00 a.m. I last accessed the telescope on March 14th at approximately 3:00 a.m.
419 00:28:19,484 00:28:23,322 Si, si. Could I have the telescope shifted to new celestial coordinates? Si, si. Could I have the telescope shifted to new celestial coordinates?
420 00:28:24,723 00:28:26,359 No, no. I have permission. No, no. I have permission.
421 00:28:28,161 00:28:29,397 From... From...
422 00:28:30,297 00:28:31,399 Dr. Charles Durant. Dr. Charles Durant.
423 00:28:32,398 00:28:36,056 Yes, ID number 917836187. Yes, ID number 917836187.
424 00:28:36,136 00:28:38,058 No, he's not... No, he's not...
425 00:28:38,138 00:28:40,394 Listen, this only gonna take a couple of hours, okay? Listen, this only gonna take a couple of hours, okay?
426 00:28:40,474 00:28:42,462 And then we'll put the telescope back... And then we'll put the telescope back...
427 00:28:42,542 00:28:45,243 Clara, hold on, what are you... Clara, hold on, what are you...
428 00:29:13,744 00:29:17,701 All right, she said it will take 15 minutes, but it will be ours. All right, she said it will take 15 minutes, but it will be ours.
429 00:29:17,781 00:29:18,783 What did you say? What did you say?
430 00:29:20,383 00:29:21,585 I asked her how her day was. I asked her how her day was.
431 00:29:22,852 00:29:24,708 I was about to get to that. I was about to get to that.
432 00:29:24,788 00:29:27,258 Yeah. I knew you were. Yeah. I knew you were.
433 00:29:37,769 00:29:41,127 The observatory is pre-processing the images now, The observatory is pre-processing the images now,
434 00:29:41,207 00:29:43,567 It's gonna be a little while until we can download the data. It's gonna be a little while until we can download the data.
435 00:29:50,550 00:29:52,630 So what are these rocks you take everywhere with you? So what are these rocks you take everywhere with you?
436 00:29:54,922 00:29:58,459 This is obsidian from the Huayhuash pass in Peru. This is obsidian from the Huayhuash pass in Peru.
437 00:30:00,561 00:30:02,263 Amethyst from Zambia. Amethyst from Zambia.
438 00:30:03,364 00:30:06,187 Celestine from Australia. Celestine from Australia.
439 00:30:06,267 00:30:08,269 It's really rare there, actually, this was a gift. It's really rare there, actually, this was a gift.
440 00:30:09,436 00:30:11,205 Pyrite from Navajun. Pyrite from Navajun.
441 00:30:12,373 00:30:13,761 This piece is pretty impure, This piece is pretty impure,
442 00:30:13,841 00:30:17,199 but I watched them chip them out of the ground like they were designed, but I watched them chip them out of the ground like they were designed,
443 00:30:17,279 00:30:18,734 printed as perfect cubes. printed as perfect cubes.
444 00:30:18,814 00:30:20,135 What about one? What about one?
445 00:30:20,215 00:30:21,737 You're gonna like this one. You're gonna like this one.
446 00:30:21,817 00:30:23,553 It's a meteorite from Antarctica. It's a meteorite from Antarctica.
447 00:30:24,353 00:30:25,556 Chondrite. Chondrite.
448 00:30:26,556 00:30:27,810 - Wow. - Yeah. - Wow. - Yeah.
449 00:30:27,890 00:30:29,726 You know this is older than the Sun? You know this is older than the Sun?
450 00:30:32,462 00:30:35,285 Why did you go to Antarctica? Why did you go to Antarctica?
451 00:30:35,365 00:30:37,521 That was actually the one continent that I couldn't get to, That was actually the one continent that I couldn't get to,
452 00:30:37,601 00:30:39,723 but that was my first one. but that was my first one.
453 00:30:39,803 00:30:42,160 - That's what made me want to travel. - Why? - That's what made me want to travel. - Why?
454 00:30:42,240 00:30:45,363 I grew up around here, group care, foster homes. I grew up around here, group care, foster homes.
455 00:30:45,443 00:30:46,964 And they weren't great for the most part, And they weren't great for the most part,
456 00:30:47,044 00:30:50,836 but they used to let us go on these trips to the waterfront or to the island. but they used to let us go on these trips to the waterfront or to the island.
457 00:30:50,916 00:30:54,906 You know, and me being me I would sneak off, You know, and me being me I would sneak off,
458 00:30:54,986 00:30:57,742 and I would find families with really nice beach towels and snacks and I would find families with really nice beach towels and snacks
459 00:30:57,822 00:31:01,762 and I would sort of befriend them and pretend they were my own. and I would sort of befriend them and pretend they were my own.
460 00:31:02,962 00:31:04,751 And anyway, one day we went to the pier And anyway, one day we went to the pier
461 00:31:04,831 00:31:08,620 when I snuck off, I met this guy who was a sailor. when I snuck off, I met this guy who was a sailor.
462 00:31:08,700 00:31:12,192 He was this huge Icelandic guy with this big red beard He was this huge Icelandic guy with this big red beard
463 00:31:12,272 00:31:15,428 and these glacial blue eyes, like yours, and... and these glacial blue eyes, like yours, and...
464 00:31:15,508 00:31:18,499 He let me help get his boat ready to sail. He let me help get his boat ready to sail.
465 00:31:18,579 00:31:23,337 He taught me all about the proper rigging and even how to signal with morse code. He taught me all about the proper rigging and even how to signal with morse code.
466 00:31:23,417 00:31:27,375 And I loved that as an eight-year-old. And I loved that as an eight-year-old.
467 00:31:27,455 00:31:30,512 And when we were done, to say thank you, he gave me that. And when we were done, to say thank you, he gave me that.
468 00:31:30,592 00:31:33,629 Then he told me that not only did it come from opposite side of the planet, Then he told me that not only did it come from opposite side of the planet,
469 00:31:34,496 00:31:35,716 it came from the stars. it came from the stars.
470 00:31:35,796 00:31:37,433 Meteors aren't stars. Meteors aren't stars.
471 00:31:39,000 00:31:40,469 It had a story. It had a story.
472 00:31:40,936 00:31:42,472 He had a story. He had a story.
473 00:31:42,971 00:31:44,293 And a life. And a life.
474 00:31:44,373 00:31:47,763 And I promised myself right then and there, that when I grew up, And I promised myself right then and there, that when I grew up,
475 00:31:47,843 00:31:51,015 I was gonna travel the world and I was gonna make my own stories. I was gonna travel the world and I was gonna make my own stories.
476 00:31:53,016 00:31:56,254 And when I'm done being on the move, I'll throw them in the ocean. And when I'm done being on the move, I'll throw them in the ocean.
477 00:31:57,354 00:31:58,489 Give them back to the earth. Give them back to the earth.
478 00:31:59,756 00:32:01,946 But for right now they're all I've got. But for right now they're all I've got.
479 00:32:02,026 00:32:03,595 They're my pieces of home. They're my pieces of home.
480 00:32:08,700 00:32:10,535 So when did you move back? So when did you move back?
481 00:32:11,035 00:32:12,857 A year ago. A year ago.
482 00:32:12,937 00:32:14,425 All of the bouncing around All of the bouncing around
483 00:32:14,505 00:32:17,997 really started to take a toll on me, so I decided it was time to come back. really started to take a toll on me, so I decided it was time to come back.
484 00:32:18,077 00:32:20,865 And selling paintings to get by... And selling paintings to get by...
485 00:32:20,945 00:32:24,703 And also, I found Eva, so we've just been taking it easy, hanging out. And also, I found Eva, so we've just been taking it easy, hanging out.
486 00:32:24,783 00:32:27,787 A-So you speak Spanish. What else you got? A-So you speak Spanish. What else you got?
487 00:32:33,560 00:32:35,125 That's French. Easy. That's French. Easy.
488 00:32:39,066 00:32:40,402 Japanese. Japanese.
489 00:32:44,938 00:32:46,027 German? German?
490 00:32:46,107 00:32:47,772 Afrikaans. Afrikaans.
491 00:32:49,010 00:32:51,399 People pretend that we're all so different. People pretend that we're all so different.
492 00:32:51,479 00:32:53,534 But really, just everybody wants the same thing. But really, just everybody wants the same thing.
493 00:32:53,614 00:32:55,770 They all want to hear "Thank you," They all want to hear "Thank you,"
494 00:32:55,850 00:32:57,419 they wanna be asked how their days are. they wanna be asked how their days are.
495 00:32:58,552 00:32:59,889 They wanna hear "I love you." They wanna hear "I love you."
496 00:33:00,989 00:33:02,544 Sounds like there's a story there. Sounds like there's a story there.
497 00:33:02,624 00:33:04,760 More than one. More than one.
498 00:33:05,961 00:33:08,751 But I never really let anything get too far. But I never really let anything get too far.
499 00:33:08,831 00:33:11,101 Whenever the conversation turned to marriage and kids, Whenever the conversation turned to marriage and kids,
500 00:33:12,402 00:33:13,670 I knew it was my time to go. I knew it was my time to go.
501 00:33:16,873 00:33:18,675 Not the right version of my life, you know? Not the right version of my life, you know?
502 00:33:21,010 00:33:23,447 Yeah. I do. Yeah. I do.
503 00:33:40,999 00:33:42,554 Excuse me. Excuse me.
504 00:33:42,634 00:33:45,091 Campus is closed right now. You're not supposed to be... Campus is closed right now. You're not supposed to be...
505 00:33:45,171 00:33:48,728 Shit. Clara. Clara, hey, come on. Shit. Clara. Clara, hey, come on.
506 00:33:48,808 00:33:51,698 Campus security. We'll have to find a way to get the data later. Go. Campus security. We'll have to find a way to get the data later. Go.
507 00:33:51,778 00:33:53,146 - Go, go, go. - Okay, okay. - Go, go, go. - Okay, okay.
508 00:34:10,497 00:34:14,456 Don't you ever use my name for something so stupid and irresponsible again! Don't you ever use my name for something so stupid and irresponsible again!
509 00:34:14,536 00:34:17,507 Do you realize you put my career in jeopardy? Do you realize you put my career in jeopardy?
510 00:34:20,909 00:34:22,412 Hello. Hello.
511 00:34:22,677 00:34:23,999 Hi. Hi.
512 00:34:24,079 00:34:26,736 Charlie, Clara. Clara, Charlie. Charlie, Clara. Clara, Charlie.
513 00:34:26,816 00:34:29,605 - Nice to meet you, Charlie. - You too. - Nice to meet you, Charlie. - You too.
514 00:34:29,685 00:34:31,774 Hope he hasn't made your life a living hell yet. Hope he hasn't made your life a living hell yet.
515 00:34:31,854 00:34:32,955 Thank you. Thank you.
516 00:34:36,124 00:34:37,761 You definitely got something. You definitely got something.
517 00:34:39,529 00:34:40,631 Is it an Earth mass? Is it an Earth mass?
518 00:34:41,866 00:34:43,001 But... But...
519 00:34:44,134 00:34:45,722 But? But?
520 00:34:45,802 00:34:48,025 It's contaminated with stellar activity. It's contaminated with stellar activity.
521 00:34:48,105 00:34:51,629 Plus you're gonna need a spectrum if you want the mass and all the other fun stuff. Plus you're gonna need a spectrum if you want the mass and all the other fun stuff.
522 00:34:51,709 00:34:53,731 No one's gonna give you any telescope time now, No one's gonna give you any telescope time now,
523 00:34:53,811 00:34:56,291 unless you get someone with considerable clout to help you out. unless you get someone with considerable clout to help you out.
524 00:34:58,749 00:34:59,784 No. No.
525 00:35:01,888 00:35:02,889 No. No.
526 00:35:03,855 00:35:05,143 We'll find another option. We'll find another option.
527 00:35:05,223 00:35:06,878 There aren't any, genius. There aren't any, genius.
528 00:35:06,958 00:35:09,196 Sorry, guys, what are we talking about? Sorry, guys, what are we talking about?
529 00:35:12,965 00:35:14,354 After Isaac's little stunt, After Isaac's little stunt,
530 00:35:14,434 00:35:16,856 it will be a cold day in hell before he books telescope time again. it will be a cold day in hell before he books telescope time again.
531 00:35:16,936 00:35:19,091 You need a good rep and referrals and that sort of thing. You need a good rep and referrals and that sort of thing.
532 00:35:19,171 00:35:20,794 And Isaac just... Splat. Took a dump all over that. And Isaac just... Splat. Took a dump all over that.
533 00:35:20,874 00:35:22,562 - Charlie. - We have a friend. - Charlie. - We have a friend.
534 00:35:22,642 00:35:24,833 Isaac's ex-wife, Rebecca. Isaac's ex-wife, Rebecca.
535 00:35:24,913 00:35:26,900 She's is an Endowed Chair at CalTech. She's is an Endowed Chair at CalTech.
536 00:35:26,980 00:35:29,170 She got poached, moved to California, she's kicking ass. She got poached, moved to California, she's kicking ass.
537 00:35:29,250 00:35:32,139 As long as you don't put her career at risk too, As long as you don't put her career at risk too,
538 00:35:32,219 00:35:35,210 she could probably get you time on the Keck telescope. she could probably get you time on the Keck telescope.
539 00:35:35,290 00:35:37,178 - I mean, if you're not too proud to ask for help. - Right. - I mean, if you're not too proud to ask for help. - Right.
540 00:35:37,258 00:35:38,780 Isaac, let's talk to Rebecca. Isaac, let's talk to Rebecca.
541 00:35:38,860 00:35:39,749 Thanks for the data, Charlie... Thanks for the data, Charlie...
542 00:35:39,829 00:35:40,950 Look, if you go make things right with her, Look, if you go make things right with her,
543 00:35:41,030 00:35:42,918 you can also catch the next transit three days from now. you can also catch the next transit three days from now.
544 00:35:42,998 00:35:45,068 Charlie, this is the part where you stay out of it. Charlie, this is the part where you stay out of it.
545 00:35:47,902 00:35:50,206 You're just making things harder for yourself, asshole. You're just making things harder for yourself, asshole.
546 00:35:52,042 00:35:53,511 Sorry. Sorry.
547 00:35:57,212 00:36:00,116 Believe it or not he's the smartest guy I know. Believe it or not he's the smartest guy I know.
548 00:36:01,152 00:36:02,820 Was it as bad as I think it was? Was it as bad as I think it was?
549 00:36:05,221 00:36:06,524 The worst. The worst.
550 00:36:15,968 00:36:16,969 Hey. Hey.
551 00:36:18,836 00:36:19,991 Hey. Hey.
552 00:36:20,071 00:36:23,060 Um, do you have any extra pajamas? Um, do you have any extra pajamas?
553 00:36:23,140 00:36:24,977 Other than band T-shirts. Other than band T-shirts.
554 00:36:28,147 00:36:32,552 Yeah. Should be... Should be something in your closet. Yeah. Should be... Should be something in your closet.
555 00:36:33,386 00:36:35,807 Some stuff that Rebecca never wore. Some stuff that Rebecca never wore.
556 00:36:35,887 00:36:37,044 Are you sure? Are you sure?
557 00:36:37,124 00:36:38,225 Yeah. Yeah.
558 00:36:39,727 00:36:41,915 Okay. Okay.
559 00:36:41,995 00:36:45,566 Actually, Here. I got you this. Actually, Here. I got you this.
560 00:36:48,370 00:36:49,971 Something for you. Something for you.
561 00:37:00,749 00:37:03,619 It's not an original. But it's a piece of home. It's not an original. But it's a piece of home.
562 00:37:38,756 00:37:43,261 If you're travelin' in the north country fair If you're travelin' in the north country fair
563 00:37:45,430 00:37:49,636 Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
564 00:37:52,371 00:37:56,844 Remember me to one who lives there Remember me to one who lives there
565 00:37:59,378 00:38:04,118 She once was a true love of mine She once was a true love of mine
566 00:38:08,189 00:38:11,993 If you go when the snowflakes storm If you go when the snowflakes storm
567 00:38:14,762 00:38:19,300 When the rivers freeze and summer ends When the rivers freeze and summer ends
568 00:38:21,737 00:38:25,841 Please see she has a coat so warm Please see she has a coat so warm
569 00:38:28,845 00:38:33,082 To keep her from the howlin' winds To keep her from the howlin' winds
570 00:38:39,156 00:38:42,893 Please see for me if her hair hanging long Please see for me if her hair hanging long
571 00:38:44,862 00:38:49,868 If it rolls and flows all down her breast. If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
572 00:38:52,102 00:38:56,709 Please see for me if her hair's hanging long Please see for me if her hair's hanging long
573 00:38:57,207 00:38:59,097 Isaac? Isaac?
574 00:38:59,177 00:39:00,699 Are you sure this is okay? Are you sure this is okay?
575 00:39:00,779 00:39:03,749 That's the way I remember her best That's the way I remember her best
576 00:39:09,989 00:39:10,990 Yeah, it's fine. Yeah, it's fine.
577 00:39:11,991 00:39:13,127 You look nice. You look nice.
578 00:39:17,164 00:39:19,119 Many times I've often prayed Many times I've often prayed
579 00:39:19,199 00:39:21,068 Isaac, you need to go see Rebecca. Isaac, you need to go see Rebecca.
580 00:39:23,836 00:39:28,042 In the darkness of my night In the darkness of my night
581 00:39:31,546 00:39:34,950 In the brightness of my day In the brightness of my day
582 00:39:39,121 00:39:41,342 I'll let Dr. Jenkins know you're here. I'll let Dr. Jenkins know you're here.
583 00:39:41,422 00:39:42,945 Can I get you anything? Can I get you anything?
584 00:39:43,025 00:39:44,925 No, thanks. No, thanks.
585 00:40:03,848 00:40:04,849 Isaac. Isaac.
586 00:40:09,320 00:40:10,321 Hey. Hey.
587 00:40:14,359 00:40:17,196 I have a meeting in a few minutes. I'm just finishing up my lunch. I have a meeting in a few minutes. I'm just finishing up my lunch.
588 00:40:18,062 00:40:20,131 Went back to Jenkins, huh? Went back to Jenkins, huh?
589 00:40:25,404 00:40:27,492 That's new. That's new.
590 00:40:27,572 00:40:29,542 A little contradictory, don't you think? A little contradictory, don't you think?
591 00:40:31,310 00:40:32,965 In our field. In our field.
592 00:40:33,045 00:40:37,004 So you never answer any of my phone calls and then you just show up here out of nowhere? So you never answer any of my phone calls and then you just show up here out of nowhere?
593 00:40:37,084 00:40:38,386 Rebecca, I need your help. Rebecca, I need your help.
594 00:40:39,952 00:40:42,309 I need to prove that the planet I found is habitable. I need to prove that the planet I found is habitable.
595 00:40:42,389 00:40:45,511 And I'd assume you'd want that, too. And I'd assume you'd want that, too.
596 00:40:45,591 00:40:48,315 TESS has just launched, James Webb to follow, TESS has just launched, James Webb to follow,
597 00:40:48,395 00:40:50,217 ground telescopes, you're gonna be fighting for renewal. ground telescopes, you're gonna be fighting for renewal.
598 00:40:50,297 00:40:51,418 We're always fighting for renewal. We're always fighting for renewal.
599 00:40:51,498 00:40:52,520 Exactly. Exactly.
600 00:40:52,600 00:40:54,136 Oh, okay. So you're here to help me? Oh, okay. So you're here to help me?
601 00:40:56,971 00:40:58,159 You're obsessed, Isaac. You're obsessed, Isaac.
602 00:40:58,239 00:40:59,441 You used to want this, too. You used to want this, too.
603 00:41:00,642 00:41:02,411 I used to want a lot of things. I used to want a lot of things.
604 00:41:11,922 00:41:14,009 I'm sorry. This... I'm sorry. This...
605 00:41:14,089 00:41:15,859 This was a bad idea. I'm gonna go. This was a bad idea. I'm gonna go.
606 00:41:18,328 00:41:19,496 Isaac. Isaac.
607 00:41:25,536 00:41:28,405 Finding some other lifeforms isn't going to bring him back. Finding some other lifeforms isn't going to bring him back.
608 00:41:30,574 00:41:32,110 I know that. I know that.
609 00:41:36,048 00:41:37,283 But it's all I have. But it's all I have.
610 00:41:44,221 00:41:46,158 I can get you three hours with Keck. I can get you three hours with Keck.
611 00:41:48,393 00:41:50,550 It's the best I can do. It's the best I can do.
612 00:41:50,630 00:41:52,965 - Rebecca... - Promise me it stops after this. - Rebecca... - Promise me it stops after this.
613 00:41:54,666 00:41:56,168 For you. For you.
614 00:41:58,204 00:41:59,439 Yeah. Yeah.
615 00:42:04,979 00:42:07,381 Here. I know you. Here. I know you.
616 00:43:02,274 00:43:03,676 It's okay. It's okay.
617 00:43:58,801 00:44:01,204 No one will blame you for not finding anything. No one will blame you for not finding anything.
618 00:44:03,507 00:44:04,527 I'm sorry, Isaac. I'm sorry, Isaac.
619 00:44:04,607 00:44:05,609 Look. Look.
620 00:44:08,645 00:44:09,813 Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
621 00:44:13,184 00:44:14,553 It was right on time. It was right on time.
622 00:44:17,689 00:44:21,412 Mag 13.5. Just right for a James Webb follow-up. Mag 13.5. Just right for a James Webb follow-up.
623 00:44:21,492 00:44:22,647 The planet's diameter is... The planet's diameter is...
624 00:44:22,727 00:44:27,219 Twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers. Sound familiar? Twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers. Sound familiar?
625 00:44:27,299 00:44:30,155 With a density of 5.4 grams per centimeter cubed... With a density of 5.4 grams per centimeter cubed...
626 00:44:30,235 00:44:31,424 It's definitely an Earth mass. It's definitely an Earth mass.
627 00:44:31,504 00:44:32,558 Yeah. Yeah.
628 00:44:32,638 00:44:34,492 The planet's distance to the star? The planet's distance to the star?
629 00:44:34,572 00:44:36,696 0.5 astronomical units. 0.5 astronomical units.
630 00:44:36,776 00:44:39,265 Which gets me to around 303K. Which gets me to around 303K.
631 00:44:39,345 00:44:41,282 Inside the habitable zone. Inside the habitable zone.
632 00:44:43,150 00:44:44,651 Twenty light-years away from us. Twenty light-years away from us.
633 00:44:53,261 00:44:55,429 You might've just discovered Earth 2.0. You might've just discovered Earth 2.0.
634 00:44:59,767 00:45:02,204 Thank you, Rebecca. Thank you, Rebecca.
635 00:45:10,278 00:45:12,167 Oh, man. Oh, man.
636 00:45:12,247 00:45:14,851 All right, I need to submit this to NASA immediately. All right, I need to submit this to NASA immediately.
637 00:45:15,852 00:45:18,855 Of course. You owe me a sandwich. Of course. You owe me a sandwich.
638 00:45:41,879 00:45:44,546 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
639 00:45:52,558 00:45:53,826 I wanna show you something. I wanna show you something.
640 00:45:58,230 00:45:59,532 I found our star. I found our star.
641 00:46:01,468 00:46:03,708 It's a little hard to see with all the city light. But... It's a little hard to see with all the city light. But...
642 00:46:05,405 00:46:06,841 It's there. It's there.
643 00:46:19,487 00:46:20,722 Got an idea. Got an idea.
644 00:46:25,994 00:46:28,263 Sorry, the resolution's not great. Sorry, the resolution's not great.
645 00:46:29,731 00:46:33,488 There's software that's gonna virtually catalog There's software that's gonna virtually catalog
646 00:46:33,568 00:46:36,192 all of the stars discovered by TESS. all of the stars discovered by TESS.
647 00:46:36,272 00:46:38,775 I'll be like a map of the galaxy. I'll be like a map of the galaxy.
648 00:46:39,975 00:46:43,413 This is just a Hubble deep field image. This is just a Hubble deep field image.
649 00:46:44,580 00:46:46,349 It'll have do for now. It'll have do for now.
650 00:46:47,784 00:46:49,420 Yeah. It'll do. Yeah. It'll do.
651 00:46:54,992 00:46:57,461 Seems too beautiful to just be random. Seems too beautiful to just be random.
652 00:46:58,896 00:47:02,487 It's beautiful because it's random. It's beautiful because it's random.
653 00:47:02,567 00:47:06,357 Doesn't it seem like there's so much intention behind all of it? Doesn't it seem like there's so much intention behind all of it?
654 00:47:06,437 00:47:10,661 Like somebody painted this... Canvas. Like somebody painted this... Canvas.
655 00:47:10,741 00:47:15,601 If some God was trying to paint a perfect universe... If some God was trying to paint a perfect universe...
656 00:47:15,681 00:47:17,650 They did a pretty shitty job. They did a pretty shitty job.
657 00:47:19,719 00:47:21,655 Just look at the way things happen. Just look at the way things happen.
658 00:47:23,056 00:47:26,013 Supremely unintelligent design. Supremely unintelligent design.
659 00:47:26,093 00:47:30,350 Oh, I know that I feel a connection to all this. Oh, I know that I feel a connection to all this.
660 00:47:30,430 00:47:32,419 And people use all different kinds of words for it, And people use all different kinds of words for it,
661 00:47:32,499 00:47:34,254 but there is something else. but there is something else.
662 00:47:34,334 00:47:36,858 Something that reaches out to me. Something that reaches out to me.
663 00:47:36,938 00:47:38,392 And I don't know how to explain it. And I don't know how to explain it.
664 00:47:38,472 00:47:41,963 Clara, that connection you feel Clara, that connection you feel
665 00:47:42,043 00:47:46,700 basically just boils down to a release of chemicals in the brain, like serotonin. basically just boils down to a release of chemicals in the brain, like serotonin.
666 00:47:46,780 00:47:48,860 - There's more to it than that. - There really isn't. - There's more to it than that. - There really isn't.
667 00:47:53,622 00:47:56,044 Look, if some incredibly advanced species out there Look, if some incredibly advanced species out there
668 00:47:56,124 00:48:00,050 confirmed some metaphysical connection to everything exists, confirmed some metaphysical connection to everything exists,
669 00:48:00,130 00:48:03,719 then maybe I'd look at the data. But for now... then maybe I'd look at the data. But for now...
670 00:48:03,799 00:48:07,370 It's just an unproven, human-made concept. It's just an unproven, human-made concept.
671 00:48:09,806 00:48:12,046 Wouldn't you want there to be something more to all this? Wouldn't you want there to be something more to all this?
672 00:48:14,678 00:48:16,667 Wouldn't you want that comfort? Wouldn't you want that comfort?
673 00:48:16,747 00:48:18,803 That certainty of knowing that we're going to be okay? That certainty of knowing that we're going to be okay?
674 00:48:18,883 00:48:22,788 Or that we don't just fade away into the darkness when all this is over? Or that we don't just fade away into the darkness when all this is over?
675 00:48:24,723 00:48:26,426 It's not about what I want. It's not about what I want.
676 00:48:28,527 00:48:30,797 I can't just choose to believe otherwise. I can't just choose to believe otherwise.
677 00:48:35,934 00:48:37,503 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
678 00:48:40,907 00:48:43,577 I've always had a feeling that the universe can still surprise us. I've always had a feeling that the universe can still surprise us.
679 00:48:48,882 00:48:51,085 We can't prove something based on a feeling. We can't prove something based on a feeling.
680 00:49:05,766 00:49:07,068 Did you feel that? Did you feel that?
681 00:49:11,139 00:49:12,442 Prove it. Prove it.
682 00:49:23,185 00:49:24,989 Wait. Wait.
683 00:49:28,559 00:49:29,927 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
684 00:49:58,123 00:50:00,747 Why do you keep moving those around? Why do you keep moving those around?
685 00:50:00,827 00:50:03,830 Um, it just helps me figure out what I need to get to next. Um, it just helps me figure out what I need to get to next.
686 00:50:07,166 00:50:08,522 What do you mean? What do you mean?
687 00:50:08,602 00:50:10,189 I mean, you said it yourself. I mean, you said it yourself.
688 00:50:10,269 00:50:11,925 We're not friends, we're not roommates, we are research partners. We're not friends, we're not roommates, we are research partners.
689 00:50:12,005 00:50:13,661 And we made our discovery, so... And we made our discovery, so...
690 00:50:13,741 00:50:15,429 Exactly. Exactly.
691 00:50:15,509 00:50:17,632 Finding a planet candidate is just the first step. Finding a planet candidate is just the first step.
692 00:50:17,712 00:50:20,382 I mean, there's still plenty of analysis to do. I mean, there's still plenty of analysis to do.
693 00:50:24,253 00:50:25,621 You don't have to leave. You don't have to leave.
694 00:50:42,571 00:50:44,092 I'm sorry for last night. I'm sorry for last night.
695 00:50:44,172 00:50:46,462 - I shouldn't have done that to you. - No. I made you uncomfortable. - I shouldn't have done that to you. - No. I made you uncomfortable.
696 00:50:46,542 00:50:47,711 No, you didn't. No, you didn't.
697 00:50:55,119 00:50:57,675 Okay, then. We should go tell Charlie the good news. Okay, then. We should go tell Charlie the good news.
698 00:50:57,755 00:50:59,511 Charlie? Charlie?
699 00:50:59,591 00:51:00,846 He'd be mid-lecture by now. He'd be mid-lecture by now.
700 00:51:00,926 00:51:02,547 Okay. So we'll crash it. Okay. So we'll crash it.
701 00:51:02,627 00:51:05,163 I don't really wanna be seen on campus. I don't really wanna be seen on campus.
702 00:51:07,332 00:51:09,268 Hence crashing. Hence crashing.
703 00:51:12,838 00:51:15,228 If you'll only look up from your phones to glean one piece of information If you'll only look up from your phones to glean one piece of information
704 00:51:15,308 00:51:16,943 from me all semester, let it be this. from me all semester, let it be this.
705 00:51:18,311 00:51:20,099 Data. Data.
706 00:51:20,179 00:51:22,735 Data is everything to us. Yes? Data is everything to us. Yes?
707 00:51:22,815 00:51:24,837 Without data we wouldn't understand what we're looking at. Without data we wouldn't understand what we're looking at.
708 00:51:24,917 00:51:29,142 But if you're like me and staring at graphs all day is not a lot of fun to you, But if you're like me and staring at graphs all day is not a lot of fun to you,
709 00:51:29,222 00:51:31,158 well, there's a way to make it fun. well, there's a way to make it fun.
710 00:51:35,862 00:51:40,722 Sonification is the process of converting data into sound. Sonification is the process of converting data into sound.
711 00:51:40,802 00:51:45,025 What we're listening to right now are vibrations from Saturn's rings. What we're listening to right now are vibrations from Saturn's rings.
712 00:51:45,105 00:51:47,108 Consider what you're actually listening to. Consider what you're actually listening to.
713 00:51:51,079 00:51:52,567 Pretty trippy, right? Pretty trippy, right?
714 00:51:52,647 00:51:54,180 Let's switch it up. Let's switch it up.
715 00:51:57,385 00:52:00,210 Listening to data is very useful for detecting patterns. Listening to data is very useful for detecting patterns.
716 00:52:00,290 00:52:03,213 If you think about it, basically every song on your radios, If you think about it, basically every song on your radios,
717 00:52:03,293 00:52:04,914 on your streaming devices, on your streaming devices,
718 00:52:04,994 00:52:06,715 can be broken down into data. can be broken down into data.
719 00:52:06,795 00:52:10,987 Now, I've put the MP3 of this sonified track on e-class. Now, I've put the MP3 of this sonified track on e-class.
720 00:52:11,067 00:52:12,256 What I want you to do What I want you to do
721 00:52:12,336 00:52:16,560 is go home and reverse the sonification process. is go home and reverse the sonification process.
722 00:52:16,640 00:52:18,943 Convert the sound back into data. Convert the sound back into data.
723 00:52:20,044 00:52:22,180 That's it. Get the hell outta here. That's it. Get the hell outta here.
724 00:52:28,719 00:52:31,842 So this is how you think college students dress? So this is how you think college students dress?
725 00:52:31,922 00:52:34,757 You look like you're about to drop a really, really obnoxious mix tape. You look like you're about to drop a really, really obnoxious mix tape.
726 00:52:36,162 00:52:38,117 Hey, Dr. Rickman from TESS is coming to give a lecture next month. Hey, Dr. Rickman from TESS is coming to give a lecture next month.
727 00:52:38,197 00:52:39,718 You guys should sneak into that as well. You guys should sneak into that as well.
728 00:52:39,798 00:52:41,086 I recommend dressing exactly like this. I recommend dressing exactly like this.
729 00:52:41,166 00:52:43,823 We may need to talk to him a little sooner. We may need to talk to him a little sooner.
730 00:52:43,903 00:52:45,038 What are you talking about? What are you talking about?
731 00:52:46,938 00:52:48,142 We found our planet. We found our planet.
732 00:52:49,343 00:52:50,975 - Seriously? - Yeah. - Seriously? - Yeah.
733 00:52:52,013 00:52:53,853 Are you kidding me right now? Hang on a second. Are you kidding me right now? Hang on a second.
734 00:52:54,415 00:52:56,317 Hello. Now? Hello. Now?
735 00:52:57,017 00:52:58,739 Like right now? Like right now?
736 00:52:58,819 00:53:00,956 Yeah. Yeah, okay. I'm coming. I'm coming. Yeah. Yeah, okay. I'm coming. I'm coming.
737 00:53:02,456 00:53:03,958 I'm having a baby. I'm having a baby.
738 00:53:08,996 00:53:10,885 Hi, my wife is having a baby. Our baby. Hi, my wife is having a baby. Our baby.
739 00:53:10,965 00:53:12,955 It's Maya Durant. M-A-Y-A. It's Maya Durant. M-A-Y-A.
740 00:53:13,035 00:53:16,035 Just love to know what floor she's on, please. Just love to know what floor she's on, please.
741 00:54:11,364 00:54:12,833 Isaac. Isaac.
742 00:54:15,301 00:54:17,824 You're gonna be a father. You're gonna be a father.
743 00:54:17,904 00:54:18,860 He's not breathing. He's not breathing.
744 00:54:18,940 00:54:20,127 I don't have a heartbeat. I don't have a heartbeat.
745 00:54:20,207 00:54:21,862 Isaac. Isaac.
746 00:54:21,942 00:54:23,111 He's not breathing. He's not breathing.
747 00:54:27,548 00:54:29,271 Just give her some space. Just focus on me. Just give her some space. Just focus on me.
748 00:54:29,351 00:54:30,939 Still no heartbeat. Still no heartbeat.
749 00:54:31,019 00:54:32,755 No! No!
750 00:54:34,555 00:54:36,058 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
751 00:54:42,397 00:54:43,499 Isaac? Isaac?
752 00:55:17,068 00:55:18,471 What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about?
753 00:55:20,572 00:55:22,275 That it's all just luck. That it's all just luck.
754 00:55:26,079 00:55:27,247 All this. All this.
755 00:55:27,479 00:55:29,180 Us. Us.
756 00:55:31,117 00:55:34,522 It's just this total cosmic accident. It's just this total cosmic accident.
757 00:55:38,326 00:55:41,815 Just one minuscule variation, Just one minuscule variation,
758 00:55:41,895 00:55:43,550 a slight shift, one way or another, a slight shift, one way or another,
759 00:55:43,630 00:55:46,353 and the last 13.8 billion years and the last 13.8 billion years
760 00:55:46,433 00:55:49,237 could have gone in infinite number of ways, but... could have gone in infinite number of ways, but...
761 00:55:52,106 00:55:53,842 Here we are. Here we are.
762 00:55:58,347 00:56:00,050 Recycled matter. Recycled matter.
763 00:56:02,317 00:56:03,886 Dust. Dust.
764 00:56:11,327 00:56:13,249 So many things have to go right So many things have to go right
765 00:56:13,329 00:56:15,165 to make anything. to make anything.
766 00:56:16,267 00:56:18,570 An atom, a star, a... An atom, a star, a...
767 00:56:22,206 00:56:23,875 A tiny person. A tiny person.
768 00:56:29,681 00:56:31,283 He was ours. He was ours.
769 00:56:33,451 00:56:35,856 For less than a minute, he was ours. For less than a minute, he was ours.
770 00:56:39,492 00:56:40,894 And then... And then...
771 00:56:45,932 00:56:47,168 He wasn't. He wasn't.
772 00:56:50,102 00:56:52,225 Isaac? Isaac?
773 00:56:52,305 00:56:56,029 I wish I could tell you why bad things happen to good people. I wish I could tell you why bad things happen to good people.
774 00:56:56,109 00:56:59,013 Or why life just stops. Or why life just stops.
775 00:57:00,981 00:57:02,250 But I can't. But I can't.
776 00:57:05,018 00:57:07,876 All I know is that the universe went our way All I know is that the universe went our way
777 00:57:07,956 00:57:10,992 and we're here, and so was he. and we're here, and so was he.
778 00:57:11,493 00:57:13,314 He was here. He was here.
779 00:57:13,394 00:57:15,651 His atoms were here. His atoms were here.
780 00:57:15,731 00:57:18,568 And they're not gone. They've only changed. And they're not gone. They've only changed.
781 00:57:22,136 00:57:23,960 I read somewhere that once two atoms I read somewhere that once two atoms
782 00:57:24,040 00:57:25,394 come in contact with one another, come in contact with one another,
783 00:57:25,474 00:57:27,998 they can become linked, intertwined. they can become linked, intertwined.
784 00:57:28,078 00:57:30,532 And then no matter how far they're separated, And then no matter how far they're separated,
785 00:57:30,612 00:57:33,369 they still know one another's state, they still know one another's state,
786 00:57:33,449 00:57:35,238 instantly, over light years. instantly, over light years.
787 00:57:35,318 00:57:36,473 Quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement.
788 00:57:36,553 00:57:37,622 Yeah. Yeah.
789 00:57:40,191 00:57:41,926 You're still connected to him. You're still connected to him.
790 00:57:43,093 00:57:44,649 I'm not sure that's how that works. I'm not sure that's how that works.
791 00:57:44,729 00:57:46,631 Yeah, but you feel him, don't you? Yeah, but you feel him, don't you?
792 00:57:51,268 00:57:54,339 Maybe somewhere, somehow, he still feels you. Maybe somewhere, somehow, he still feels you.
793 00:58:38,087 00:58:40,156 Now you've got one from every continent. Now you've got one from every continent.
794 00:58:46,796 00:58:48,766 This one will be both of ours. This one will be both of ours.
795 00:58:51,467 00:58:53,471 Then maybe that means you can stay. Then maybe that means you can stay.
796 00:59:05,649 00:59:09,006 Stop looking at what you're drawing and just feel it. Stop looking at what you're drawing and just feel it.
797 00:59:09,086 00:59:10,274 - Feel this? - Yeah. - Feel this? - Yeah.
798 00:59:10,354 00:59:11,834 Let's draw the bite out of your apple. Let's draw the bite out of your apple.
799 00:59:12,824 00:59:14,824 It's gonna fall. It's gonna fall.
800 00:59:18,496 00:59:20,485 Now you gotta wear it till it falls off. Now you gotta wear it till it falls off.
801 00:59:20,565 00:59:23,455 Fire, and that's earth, and this is air. Fire, and that's earth, and this is air.
802 00:59:23,535 00:59:25,191 My tooth went through my lip. My tooth went through my lip.
803 00:59:25,271 00:59:27,326 Get something out of it. Get something out of it.
804 00:59:27,406 00:59:29,175 It's kind of Wonder Woman-ey. It's kind of Wonder Woman-ey.
805 01:00:42,820 01:00:43,822 Hello? Hello?
806 01:00:44,789 01:00:46,358 Yeah, that's me. Yeah, that's me.
807 01:00:49,863 01:00:52,319 What are you talking about? That doesn't make any sense. What are you talking about? That doesn't make any sense.
808 01:00:52,399 01:00:54,801 No, we gave you all of our data. It's been... No, we gave you all of our data. It's been...
809 01:00:55,769 01:00:57,890 Go back. Take a look. Hello? Go back. Take a look. Hello?
810 01:00:57,970 01:00:59,340 Hello? Hello?
811 01:01:00,574 01:01:03,331 What's going on? What's going on?
812 01:01:03,411 01:01:05,900 Somebody discovered our planet candidate using the TESS data Somebody discovered our planet candidate using the TESS data
813 01:01:05,980 01:01:08,769 and they submitted it a week before us. and they submitted it a week before us.
814 01:01:08,849 01:01:11,473 Some guy from Ladakh, India, Some guy from Ladakh, India,
815 01:01:11,553 01:01:12,841 is gonna be credited with our discovery. is gonna be credited with our discovery.
816 01:01:12,921 01:01:13,908 - Not us. - Okay. - Not us. - Okay.
817 01:01:13,988 01:01:15,810 But we still found it, right? But we still found it, right?
818 01:01:15,890 01:01:18,212 I mean, it doesn't really matter whose name goes on what. I mean, it doesn't really matter whose name goes on what.
819 01:01:18,292 01:01:20,549 Yes, yes, yes it does! It really does. Yes, yes, yes it does! It really does.
820 01:01:20,629 01:01:21,884 It means that we're not gonna be a part It means that we're not gonna be a part
821 01:01:21,964 01:01:23,585 of the next couple of years of analysis. of the next couple of years of analysis.
822 01:01:23,665 01:01:25,188 What do you mean the next couple of years? What do you mean the next couple of years?
823 01:01:25,268 01:01:26,856 And if they find signs of life? And if they find signs of life?
824 01:01:26,936 01:01:28,872 We're definitely not gonna be a part of that. We're definitely not gonna be a part of that.
825 01:01:29,404 01:01:30,693 Okay. Okay.
826 01:01:30,773 01:01:32,594 Well, then why don't we just find another candidate? Well, then why don't we just find another candidate?
827 01:01:32,674 01:01:34,364 - Just start the whole process over. - No, no, Clara, stop! - Just start the whole process over. - No, no, Clara, stop!
828 01:01:34,444 01:01:35,432 Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
829 01:01:35,512 01:01:37,568 At this point, finding a better planet candidate At this point, finding a better planet candidate
830 01:01:37,648 01:01:40,385 in time for James Webb is basically impossible. in time for James Webb is basically impossible.
831 01:01:41,718 01:01:42,787 Isaac. Isaac.
832 01:01:43,653 01:01:44,956 It's over. It's over.
833 01:01:46,991 01:01:48,226 It's over. It's over.
834 01:01:53,998 01:01:57,389 We made our most intriguing discovery so far. We made our most intriguing discovery so far.
835 01:01:57,469 01:01:59,591 TESS 421a. TESS 421a.
836 01:01:59,671 01:02:02,260 And 421a, it orbits an M dwarf. And 421a, it orbits an M dwarf.
837 01:02:02,340 01:02:04,229 It's in the Goldilocks zone It's in the Goldilocks zone
838 01:02:04,309 01:02:05,765 where the temperature, where the temperature,
839 01:02:05,845 01:02:07,533 you know, is just right for liquid water. you know, is just right for liquid water.
840 01:02:07,613 01:02:09,202 It's about 20 light-years away. It's about 20 light-years away.
841 01:02:09,282 01:02:12,205 And, its size is closer to Earth's And, its size is closer to Earth's
842 01:02:12,285 01:02:14,308 than any other planet recorded. than any other planet recorded.
843 01:02:14,388 01:02:16,243 Has TESS found any initial evidence Has TESS found any initial evidence
844 01:02:16,323 01:02:18,277 to suggest that there is life on this planet? to suggest that there is life on this planet?
845 01:02:18,357 01:02:21,581 No, that's not the primary objective of TESS. No, that's not the primary objective of TESS.
846 01:02:21,661 01:02:24,751 I mean, we're merely an Earth survey mission I mean, we're merely an Earth survey mission
847 01:02:24,831 01:02:26,467 to search for Earth-like planets. to search for Earth-like planets.
848 01:02:27,969 01:02:30,457 Webb's infrared capabilities will allow us... Webb's infrared capabilities will allow us...
849 01:02:30,537 01:02:33,628 The objective of TESS is to find Earth-like planets. The objective of TESS is to find Earth-like planets.
850 01:02:33,708 01:02:36,665 ...its atmosphere will determine composition, ...its atmosphere will determine composition,
851 01:02:36,745 01:02:39,348 identify bio-signature gases... identify bio-signature gases...
852 01:02:42,817 01:02:46,274 Wait. Everyone is looking for Earth-like planets. Wait. Everyone is looking for Earth-like planets.
853 01:02:46,354 01:02:49,311 They're all... They're all looking for circumstances that are right, They're all... They're all looking for circumstances that are right,
854 01:02:49,391 01:02:51,014 but what... but what...
855 01:02:51,094 01:02:53,364 What if we look for things that are wrong? What if we look for things that are wrong?
856 01:02:54,597 01:02:55,718 What do you mean? What do you mean?
857 01:02:55,798 01:02:58,021 Even if a planet has life, Even if a planet has life,
858 01:02:58,101 01:03:00,357 it could just be microbial, it would be too small. it could just be microbial, it would be too small.
859 01:03:00,437 01:03:01,593 We wouldn't be able to see it. We wouldn't be able to see it.
860 01:03:01,673 01:03:03,794 The only way to truly know if we find an advanced species The only way to truly know if we find an advanced species
861 01:03:03,874 01:03:05,930 is to see the result of their existence. is to see the result of their existence.
862 01:03:06,010 01:03:07,832 Atmospheres affected by fossil fuels Atmospheres affected by fossil fuels
863 01:03:07,912 01:03:10,635 or large mega-structures that are big enough to make a transit. or large mega-structures that are big enough to make a transit.
864 01:03:10,715 01:03:13,038 Or, solar energy harvesting. Or, solar energy harvesting.
865 01:03:13,118 01:03:14,373 You know, footprints. You know, footprints.
866 01:03:14,453 01:03:16,041 The older and more evolved civilizations The older and more evolved civilizations
867 01:03:16,121 01:03:18,824 are bound to have produced unnatural phenomena. are bound to have produced unnatural phenomena.
868 01:03:20,958 01:03:22,060 Anomalies. Anomalies.
869 01:03:23,095 01:03:24,750 How would we even start? How would we even start?
870 01:03:24,830 01:03:26,800 We download the next batch of TESS data We download the next batch of TESS data
871 01:03:27,666 01:03:29,402 and we go through all of it. and we go through all of it.
872 01:03:30,035 01:03:32,135 Process of elimination. Process of elimination.
873 01:03:48,555 01:03:49,877 Okay. Okay.
874 01:03:49,957 01:03:50,944 I'm done being a hermit. I'm done being a hermit.
875 01:03:51,024 01:03:52,414 I need to get out of this apartment. I need to get out of this apartment.
876 01:03:52,494 01:03:54,448 I'm, I'm making real progress here. I'm, I'm making real progress here.
877 01:03:54,528 01:03:55,517 Come on, just... Come on, just...
878 01:03:55,597 01:03:56,865 I'm sorry. I can't tonight. I'm sorry. I can't tonight.
879 01:04:03,538 01:04:06,442 Okay, well, I'm going out. Okay, well, I'm going out.
880 01:04:08,777 01:04:11,001 - What? - I'm going out. - What? - I'm going out.
881 01:04:11,081 01:04:12,749 - Where? - Dancing. - Where? - Dancing.
882 01:05:42,012 01:05:43,514 You need a Tylenol or something? You need a Tylenol or something?
883 01:05:47,685 01:05:48,786 What are you doing? What are you doing?
884 01:05:52,757 01:05:54,846 Drawing... Evolution. Drawing... Evolution.
885 01:05:54,926 01:05:57,596 Huh. Nice. Huh. Nice.
886 01:06:03,903 01:06:06,539 You know, Eeva's much closer to me these days. You know, Eeva's much closer to me these days.
887 01:06:07,740 01:06:08,827 Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah?
888 01:06:08,907 01:06:11,197 When I found her, she was a stray, When I found her, she was a stray,
889 01:06:11,277 01:06:13,180 just wandering without a home. just wandering without a home.
890 01:06:15,948 01:06:18,151 Maybe it's her who found me. Maybe it's her who found me.
891 01:06:20,620 01:06:22,122 Maybe I'm a stray. Maybe I'm a stray.
892 01:06:23,690 01:06:25,092 Holy shit! Holy shit!
893 01:06:26,860 01:06:28,128 I think I found something. I think I found something.
894 01:06:31,731 01:06:32,934 I found something. I found something.
895 01:06:35,736 01:06:36,924 What am I looking at here? What am I looking at here?
896 01:06:37,004 01:06:38,106 You'll see it. You'll see it.
897 01:06:38,906 01:06:40,209 This is bad data. This is bad data.
898 01:06:41,577 01:06:43,632 What are you talking about? Look at this. What are you talking about? Look at this.
899 01:06:43,712 01:06:45,667 The data captured over these days... The data captured over these days...
900 01:06:45,747 01:06:48,137 Look at the strange, periodic dimming of the light. Look at the strange, periodic dimming of the light.
901 01:06:48,217 01:06:50,173 That suggests strategically scattered That suggests strategically scattered
902 01:06:50,253 01:06:51,574 objects orbiting that star. objects orbiting that star.
903 01:06:51,654 01:06:53,041 This is too intentional to be debris. This is too intentional to be debris.
904 01:06:53,121 01:06:54,878 This could be some sort of partial Dyson sphere. This could be some sort of partial Dyson sphere.
905 01:06:54,958 01:06:57,780 Some advanced civilization harvesting their star's energy. Some advanced civilization harvesting their star's energy.
906 01:06:57,860 01:06:59,783 Charlie, would you look at this? Charlie, would you look at this?
907 01:06:59,863 01:07:01,584 You know aliens are always the last thing we're supposed to consider, right? You know aliens are always the last thing we're supposed to consider, right?
908 01:07:01,664 01:07:03,553 Charlie, this is not natural, man. Charlie, this is not natural, man.
909 01:07:03,633 01:07:05,288 It's bad data. It's bad data.
910 01:07:05,368 01:07:06,924 There was movement on the spacecraft. There was movement on the spacecraft.
911 01:07:07,004 01:07:08,759 This batch is riddled with errors. This batch is riddled with errors.
912 01:07:08,839 01:07:09,993 I'm surprised you don't know that. I'm surprised you don't know that.
913 01:07:10,073 01:07:11,743 Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
914 01:07:13,078 01:07:14,777 I think you might be too close to this. I think you might be too close to this.
915 01:07:16,114 01:07:17,201 Is everything okay? Is everything okay?
916 01:07:17,281 01:07:20,005 Hey, I heard you were, under the weather. Hey, I heard you were, under the weather.
917 01:07:20,085 01:07:21,172 You look like you're on the mend. You look like you're on the mend.
918 01:07:21,252 01:07:23,008 Not really, Not really,
919 01:07:23,088 01:07:25,243 but I just came in here to get a glass of water but I just came in here to get a glass of water
920 01:07:25,323 01:07:27,327 and then I'm gonna go back to bed. and then I'm gonna go back to bed.
921 01:07:30,863 01:07:32,184 How's Maya? How's Maya?
922 01:07:32,264 01:07:34,721 Good, good. I mean, Maya's a little nuts, you know. Good, good. I mean, Maya's a little nuts, you know.
923 01:07:34,801 01:07:35,956 It's kinda hard to get any sleep It's kinda hard to get any sleep
924 01:07:36,036 01:07:38,090 when the baby's crying every seventh minute. when the baby's crying every seventh minute.
925 01:07:38,170 01:07:39,992 I'm afraid I'm gonna come home one day I'm afraid I'm gonna come home one day
926 01:07:40,072 01:07:41,895 and she's gonna have a note taped to the kid's forehead and she's gonna have a note taped to the kid's forehead
927 01:07:41,975 01:07:44,163 that says she's moved to Puerto Plata that says she's moved to Puerto Plata
928 01:07:44,243 01:07:46,099 and she was never really into dad-bod. and she was never really into dad-bod.
929 01:07:46,179 01:07:47,769 Come on. Come on.
930 01:07:47,849 01:07:49,009 But besides that, we're good. But besides that, we're good.
931 01:07:50,851 01:07:53,640 Well, if she needs a tour guide, Well, if she needs a tour guide,
932 01:07:53,720 01:07:55,142 just toss her my way. just toss her my way.
933 01:07:55,222 01:07:57,778 I guess sometimes I miss being on the move. I guess sometimes I miss being on the move.
934 01:07:57,858 01:07:59,695 - Goodnight, you guys. - Hey, goodnight. - Goodnight, you guys. - Hey, goodnight.
935 01:08:05,968 01:08:07,288 Hey! Hey!
936 01:08:07,368 01:08:08,824 What the hell's the matter with you? What the hell's the matter with you?
937 01:08:08,904 01:08:10,860 Come on, Charlie, not now, please. Come on, Charlie, not now, please.
938 01:08:10,940 01:08:13,630 She's sick and you're looking at shit data? She's sick and you're looking at shit data?
939 01:08:13,710 01:08:15,731 You should be making her soup. You should be making her soup.
940 01:08:15,811 01:08:17,300 You spend all your time looking up at the stars, You spend all your time looking up at the stars,
941 01:08:17,380 01:08:18,901 you're gonna miss what's right in front of you. you're gonna miss what's right in front of you.
942 01:08:18,981 01:08:21,003 Again. Again.
943 01:08:21,083 01:08:23,039 All right? This whole hiatus thing bore fruit, right? All right? This whole hiatus thing bore fruit, right?
944 01:08:23,119 01:08:25,209 You met Clara. You got closure with Rebecca. You met Clara. You got closure with Rebecca.
945 01:08:25,289 01:08:26,910 I mean, she's moving on with her life. I mean, she's moving on with her life.
946 01:08:26,990 01:08:28,192 You deserve that, too. You deserve that, too.
947 01:08:30,194 01:08:31,229 What do you mean by that? What do you mean by that?
948 01:08:32,762 01:08:35,353 She got in touch with Maya She got in touch with Maya
949 01:08:35,433 01:08:37,268 to say congratulations on the baby. to say congratulations on the baby.
950 01:08:38,803 01:08:40,759 And? And?
951 01:08:40,839 01:08:44,076 And she asked our opinions on the best online baby registries. And she asked our opinions on the best online baby registries.
952 01:09:14,409 01:09:15,744 Hey. Hey.
953 01:09:20,315 01:09:22,937 Oh, I mean, you don't have to stop. I... Oh, I mean, you don't have to stop. I...
954 01:09:23,017 01:09:24,052 It's fine. It's fine.
955 01:09:32,294 01:09:33,763 How are you feeling? How are you feeling?
956 01:09:35,932 01:09:37,334 You don't have to worry about me. You don't have to worry about me.
957 01:09:40,771 01:09:42,106 But I do. But I do.
958 01:09:48,912 01:09:50,081 This is for you. This is for you.
959 01:09:51,415 01:09:52,951 It's not great. It's not great.
960 01:09:56,086 01:09:57,841 I tried to do everything you told me. I tried to do everything you told me.
961 01:09:57,921 01:10:01,893 I got charcoal all over my hands. I got charcoal all over my hands.
962 01:10:05,163 01:10:08,386 I just figured, you know, you're never in any of your own sketches. I just figured, you know, you're never in any of your own sketches.
963 01:10:08,466 01:10:11,270 You're always busy observing everything else. You're always busy observing everything else.
964 01:10:14,039 01:10:15,875 I just wanted to let you know that... I just wanted to let you know that...
965 01:10:19,812 01:10:21,047 I see you. I see you.
966 01:10:27,420 01:10:30,825 And I know I've been distracted lately. And I know I've been distracted lately.
967 01:10:36,264 01:10:39,234 I've been thinking about that look on Charlie's face when he... I've been thinking about that look on Charlie's face when he...
968 01:10:41,870 01:10:43,973 When he was holding his baby for the first time. When he was holding his baby for the first time.
969 01:10:45,005 01:10:47,863 Everything just made sense to him. Everything just made sense to him.
970 01:10:47,943 01:10:50,012 And I realized that all this time, I... And I realized that all this time, I...
971 01:10:53,381 01:10:56,018 I've just been chasing that look. I've just been chasing that look.
972 01:10:58,521 01:11:00,910 I thought that this, all of this, you know, I thought that this, all of this, you know,
973 01:11:00,990 01:11:04,162 the work, I thought that maybe if I could find life somewhere, the work, I thought that maybe if I could find life somewhere,
974 01:11:06,462 01:11:08,918 if I could just find something living, then maybe... if I could just find something living, then maybe...
975 01:11:08,998 01:11:10,268 Isaac... Isaac...
976 01:11:17,542 01:11:19,244 I think it's time to give up. I think it's time to give up.
977 01:11:21,378 01:11:23,382 - I tried but I failed. - Get up. - I tried but I failed. - Get up.
978 01:11:24,383 01:11:26,005 - Come on. - What? - Come on. - What?
979 01:11:26,085 01:11:27,907 Come on, get up. Come on, get up.
980 01:11:27,987 01:11:29,875 Look, we are going to try to find something tonight, Look, we are going to try to find something tonight,
981 01:11:29,955 01:11:31,109 but this time no more data. but this time no more data.
982 01:11:31,189 01:11:34,045 I need you to trust something more than just your eyes. I need you to trust something more than just your eyes.
983 01:11:34,125 01:11:35,582 I don't understand. I don't understand.
984 01:11:35,662 01:11:38,518 You said that there was a virtual map created from the TESS data, right? You said that there was a virtual map created from the TESS data, right?
985 01:11:38,598 01:11:41,220 Yes, but only two batches of data have been released... Yes, but only two batches of data have been released...
986 01:11:41,300 01:11:43,534 Set it up. Set it up.
987 01:11:47,507 01:11:49,144 We're gonna pick a star. We're gonna pick a star.
988 01:11:51,645 01:11:52,967 At random? At random?
989 01:11:53,047 01:11:55,150 No, not at random. No, not at random.
990 01:11:56,417 01:11:57,519 Give me your hand. Give me your hand.
991 01:12:00,321 01:12:01,356 Here. Here.
992 01:12:05,627 01:12:07,330 I want you to see what I see. I want you to see what I see.
993 01:12:08,597 01:12:10,553 - What? - You said it yourself. - What? - You said it yourself.
994 01:12:10,633 01:12:12,187 Right? We're dust. Right? We're dust.
995 01:12:12,267 01:12:14,323 We're made up of the same stuff that this universe is. We're made up of the same stuff that this universe is.
996 01:12:14,403 01:12:16,259 You're not just in it, Isaac. It's in you. You're not just in it, Isaac. It's in you.
997 01:12:16,339 01:12:18,294 So find it. So find it.
998 01:12:18,374 01:12:20,244 - Use it. - Clara, this is crazy. - Use it. - Clara, this is crazy.
999 01:12:21,244 01:12:22,313 Trust me. Trust me.
1000 01:12:26,517 01:12:27,518 All right. All right.
1001 01:12:28,618 01:12:29,621 I'll try. I'll try.
1002 01:12:31,121 01:12:32,257 Close your eyes. Close your eyes.
1003 01:12:33,624 01:12:35,461 - Come on... - Close them. - Come on... - Close them.
1004 01:12:45,069 01:12:46,506 Let yourself drift... Let yourself drift...
1005 01:12:53,479 01:12:55,015 To where you've been... To where you've been...
1006 01:13:06,560 01:13:08,428 And where you can go next. And where you can go next.
1007 01:14:16,501 01:14:17,504 Turn it off. Turn it off.
1008 01:14:26,412 01:14:28,202 Isaac... Isaac...
1009 01:14:28,282 01:14:30,348 I can't believe I let you talk me into that. I can't believe I let you talk me into that.
1010 01:14:33,586 01:14:36,477 I saw you feel something. You just need to try... I saw you feel something. You just need to try...
1011 01:14:36,557 01:14:38,092 When are you going to get it? When are you going to get it?
1012 01:14:39,526 01:14:42,150 You want the world to be this magical, connected place, You want the world to be this magical, connected place,
1013 01:14:42,230 01:14:43,618 but you know that it's not. but you know that it's not.
1014 01:14:43,698 01:14:44,686 And so you sugarcoat it And so you sugarcoat it
1015 01:14:44,766 01:14:46,722 with these bullshit philosophies. with these bullshit philosophies.
1016 01:14:46,802 01:14:48,156 Because the truth is Because the truth is
1017 01:14:48,236 01:14:50,125 you can't stand it just like the rest of us. you can't stand it just like the rest of us.
1018 01:14:50,205 01:14:52,093 Isaac, I saw you feel something back there. Isaac, I saw you feel something back there.
1019 01:14:52,173 01:14:53,661 I saw you feel something inside of yourself I saw you feel something inside of yourself
1020 01:14:53,741 01:14:55,697 that you couldn't explain, so what do you do? that you couldn't explain, so what do you do?
1021 01:14:55,777 01:14:57,433 You reject it because you can't prove it. You reject it because you can't prove it.
1022 01:14:57,513 01:14:59,068 - No, because... - You trust your data - No, because... - You trust your data
1023 01:14:59,148 01:15:00,403 more than you trust yourself. It's sad. more than you trust yourself. It's sad.
1024 01:15:00,483 01:15:02,652 - Because I'm objective! - No. Because you're lost. - Because I'm objective! - No. Because you're lost.
1025 01:15:07,223 01:15:08,444 And I care about you. And I care about you.
1026 01:15:08,524 01:15:10,448 And all I wanted to do was... And all I wanted to do was...
1027 01:15:10,528 01:15:12,649 What, you wanted to make me another chapter in your scrapbook? What, you wanted to make me another chapter in your scrapbook?
1028 01:15:12,729 01:15:14,217 - Come on. - Huh? - Come on. - Huh?
1029 01:15:14,297 01:15:16,186 You wanted to have some great experience You wanted to have some great experience
1030 01:15:16,266 01:15:18,122 and then up and leave just like you always do? and then up and leave just like you always do?
1031 01:15:18,202 01:15:19,290 - No... - It's like you said, - No... - It's like you said,
1032 01:15:19,370 01:15:21,236 you missed being on the move, right? you missed being on the move, right?
1033 01:15:22,874 01:15:24,543 You wanna talk about trust? You wanna talk about trust?
1034 01:15:28,447 01:15:29,715 I trusted you. I trusted you.
1035 01:15:30,849 01:15:32,570 Right up until the moment that I realized Right up until the moment that I realized
1036 01:15:32,650 01:15:35,219 that I'm just a pit stop on your way to somewhere else. that I'm just a pit stop on your way to somewhere else.
1037 01:15:37,222 01:15:38,225 Isaac... Isaac...
1038 01:15:49,202 01:15:50,523 Eva. Eva.
1039 01:15:50,603 01:15:51,692 Come on, girl, I wanna go. Come on, girl, I wanna go.
1040 01:15:51,772 01:15:53,374 Eva! Eva!
1041 01:15:55,509 01:15:56,563 Where is she? Where is she?
1042 01:15:56,643 01:15:57,842 Clara, she's right there. Clara, she's right there.
1043 01:15:59,915 01:16:01,183 Eva? Eva?
1044 01:16:02,317 01:16:03,839 - What's going on? - Eva? - What's going on? - Eva?
1045 01:16:03,919 01:16:05,573 Clara! Clara! Clara! Clara!
1046 01:16:05,653 01:16:07,208 - Eva... - Clara? Hey, hey, hey! - Eva... - Clara? Hey, hey, hey!
1047 01:16:07,288 01:16:08,477 - What, what is happening? - Isaac... - What, what is happening? - Isaac...
1048 01:16:08,557 01:16:09,544 What's happening? What's happening?
1049 01:16:09,624 01:16:10,680 I don't know where I'm going. I don't know where I'm going.
1050 01:16:10,760 01:16:11,747 Clara! Stop, stop! Clara! Stop, stop!
1051 01:16:11,827 01:16:13,115 Hey, no, no! Hey, no, no!
1052 01:16:13,195 01:16:14,484 No, no, no. No, no, no, no... No, no, no. No, no, no, no...
1053 01:16:14,564 01:16:16,519 Clara, wake up! Clara! Clara, wake up! Clara!
1054 01:16:16,599 01:16:19,436 Help! Help! Clara! Help! Help! Clara!
1055 01:16:32,415 01:16:33,583 Mr. Bruno? Mr. Bruno?
1056 01:16:34,252 01:16:35,553 She's awake now. She's awake now.
1057 01:16:39,590 01:16:40,726 What's wrong with her? What's wrong with her?
1058 01:16:41,925 01:16:43,227 We, We,
1059 01:16:45,230 01:16:47,500 We think it's some sort of rare auto immune disease. We think it's some sort of rare auto immune disease.
1060 01:16:48,834 01:16:50,255 Her skin is being affected, Her skin is being affected,
1061 01:16:50,335 01:16:51,624 her muscles are atrophying. her muscles are atrophying.
1062 01:16:51,704 01:16:53,291 Her connective tissue's breaking down Her connective tissue's breaking down
1063 01:16:53,371 01:16:55,193 and her organs... and her organs...
1064 01:16:55,273 01:16:57,630 It's her heart, her lungs, her kidneys, It's her heart, her lungs, her kidneys,
1065 01:16:57,710 01:16:59,166 they've been failing for some time now. they've been failing for some time now.
1066 01:16:59,246 01:17:01,815 No, no. This, this doesn't make any sense. She... No, no. This, this doesn't make any sense. She...
1067 01:17:04,384 01:17:07,340 She... She's been tired. She's... She... She's been tired. She's...
1068 01:17:07,420 01:17:08,408 Been a little under the weather. Been a little under the weather.
1069 01:17:08,488 01:17:09,768 Other than that, she's been fine. Other than that, she's been fine.
1070 01:17:10,391 01:17:11,878 Fine? Fine?
1071 01:17:11,958 01:17:13,314 The state that you brought her in here, The state that you brought her in here,
1072 01:17:13,394 01:17:15,230 I'm surprised she can even walk and talk. I'm surprised she can even walk and talk.
1073 01:17:16,463 01:17:18,319 The corticosteroid she was taking The corticosteroid she was taking
1074 01:17:18,399 01:17:20,635 might have relieved her symptoms, but... might have relieved her symptoms, but...
1075 01:17:22,870 01:17:25,507 Mr. Bruno, it was only a matter of time. Mr. Bruno, it was only a matter of time.
1076 01:17:27,276 01:17:28,597 We'll do what we can for Claira. We'll do what we can for Claira.
1077 01:17:28,677 01:17:29,712 Clara. Clara.
1078 01:17:30,779 01:17:32,582 I'm sorry. Clara. I'm sorry. Clara.
1079 01:17:50,800 01:17:52,236 Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me?
1080 01:17:54,071 01:17:55,872 It wouldn't have made any difference. It wouldn't have made any difference.
1081 01:17:58,376 01:18:00,346 I was always gonna end up here. I was always gonna end up here.
1082 01:18:19,397 01:18:20,499 I brought you these. I brought you these.
1083 01:18:37,852 01:18:39,421 I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go.
1084 01:18:43,558 01:18:45,426 I really wanna stay. I really wanna stay.
1085 01:18:46,561 01:18:47,582 I wanna stay. I wanna stay.
1086 01:18:47,662 01:18:48,684 Hey, hey. Hey, hey.
1087 01:18:48,764 01:18:49,917 I wanna stay. I wanna stay.
1088 01:18:49,997 01:18:52,065 You're not going anywhere. You're not going anywhere.
1089 01:18:55,938 01:18:58,542 Because there is nowhere for me to go, right? Because there is nowhere for me to go, right?
1090 01:19:01,910 01:19:03,346 I didn't say that. I didn't say that.
1091 01:19:06,583 01:19:08,585 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1092 01:19:14,825 01:19:15,927 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1093 01:19:25,403 01:19:27,339 Pretty entangled, huh? Pretty entangled, huh?
1094 01:19:33,912 01:19:34,980 Yeah. Yeah.
1095 01:19:51,998 01:19:53,066 Clara? Clara?
1096 01:19:55,068 01:19:56,404 What are you doing? What are you doing?
1097 01:19:57,503 01:19:59,507 I don't need to move them anymore. I don't need to move them anymore.
1098 01:20:01,942 01:20:02,945 What? What?
1099 01:20:12,521 01:20:14,023 You gotta rest, okay? You gotta rest, okay?
1100 01:20:16,459 01:20:18,395 Just remember them like that. Just remember them like that.
1101 01:20:19,895 01:20:21,030 For me. For me.
1102 01:20:21,898 01:20:24,402 Yeah. I will. Yeah. I will.
1103 01:20:58,103 01:20:59,106 Clara? Clara?
1104 01:21:00,839 01:21:01,975 Isaac? Isaac?
1105 01:21:07,012 01:21:08,968 No, no. Something's wrong. Something's wrong. No, no. Something's wrong. Something's wrong.
1106 01:21:09,048 01:21:10,737 Nurse? Hey, nurse? Nurse? Hey, nurse?
1107 01:21:10,817 01:21:13,973 Nurse! Hey. Hey, something's wrong, okay? Nurse! Hey. Hey, something's wrong, okay?
1108 01:21:14,053 01:21:16,023 - I'll be right back. - Don't go. Don't go. - I'll be right back. - Don't go. Don't go.
1109 01:21:18,659 01:21:21,196 I wish I could see your face when you see it. I wish I could see your face when you see it.
1110 01:21:23,665 01:21:24,963 What? What?
1111 01:21:26,635 01:21:28,723 You're gonna have to stand aside... You're gonna have to stand aside...
1112 01:21:28,803 01:21:30,791 - Sir, step aside, please. - All right. - Sir, step aside, please. - All right.
1113 01:21:30,871 01:21:32,993 Clara? Clara?
1114 01:21:33,073 01:21:35,144 Clara, can you hear me? Clara. Clara! Clara, can you hear me? Clara. Clara!
1115 01:21:36,546 01:21:37,547 Okay. Okay.
1116 01:21:50,927 01:21:52,062 Mr. Bruno? Mr. Bruno?
1117 01:21:53,129 01:21:54,198 Mr. Bruno? Mr. Bruno?
1118 01:21:57,567 01:21:58,736 Her belongings. Her belongings.
1119 01:22:07,144 01:22:08,513 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
1120 01:25:36,105 01:25:38,928 I'd like to thank Dr. Rickman for coming here to speak with us today. I'd like to thank Dr. Rickman for coming here to speak with us today.
1121 01:25:39,008 01:25:40,495 Please. A round of applause. Please. A round of applause.
1122 01:25:40,575 01:25:42,876 Thank you for being here, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you for being here, sir. Thank you so much.
1123 01:25:47,550 01:25:50,139 Um, can you excuse me for a second, Dr. Rickman? Um, can you excuse me for a second, Dr. Rickman?
1124 01:25:50,219 01:25:51,507 I'll be right back. I'll be right back.
1125 01:25:51,587 01:25:53,510 Excuse me. Excuse me.
1126 01:25:53,590 01:25:56,412 Hey, Isaac, man, what are you doing here? Hey, Isaac, man, what are you doing here?
1127 01:25:56,492 01:25:58,315 You didn't return any of my calls. What's going on? You didn't return any of my calls. What's going on?
1128 01:25:58,395 01:25:59,850 I need to speak to Rickman. I need to speak to Rickman.
1129 01:25:59,930 01:26:01,319 Jesus. You look like you haven't slept. Are you okay? Jesus. You look like you haven't slept. Are you okay?
1130 01:26:01,399 01:26:02,386 I'm fine. I'm fine.
1131 01:26:02,466 01:26:03,887 Did they figure out what she had? Did they figure out what she had?
1132 01:26:03,967 01:26:05,756 Charlie, I'm serious. Charlie, I'm serious.
1133 01:26:05,836 01:26:07,425 I need to speak to Rickman now. I need to speak to Rickman now.
1134 01:26:07,505 01:26:09,025 I don't think that's a good idea. I don't think that's a good idea.
1135 01:26:09,105 01:26:10,329 - Charlie. - Isaac, - Charlie. - Isaac,
1136 01:26:10,409 01:26:12,431 you need to stop this. You are not thinking... you need to stop this. You are not thinking...
1137 01:26:12,511 01:26:13,879 This is real. This is real.
1138 01:26:16,080 01:26:17,083 Please. Please.
1139 01:26:40,040 01:26:43,429 My wife's a huge fan. And so am I. My wife's a huge fan. And so am I.
1140 01:26:43,509 01:26:46,447 Um, Dr, Rickman, this is Dr. Bruno. Um, Dr, Rickman, this is Dr. Bruno.
1141 01:26:47,648 01:26:50,070 I thought you two should meet. I thought you two should meet.
1142 01:26:50,150 01:26:52,407 Gentlemen, I have a plane to catch at 7:00. I haven't time for this. Gentlemen, I have a plane to catch at 7:00. I haven't time for this.
1143 01:26:52,487 01:26:55,844 Dr. Rickman, please. I... Dr. Rickman, please. I...
1144 01:26:55,924 01:26:58,847 I found an anomaly in the most recent batch of TESS data. I found an anomaly in the most recent batch of TESS data.
1145 01:26:58,927 01:27:01,083 What kind of an anomaly? What kind of an anomaly?
1146 01:27:01,163 01:27:03,485 It's a nearby system. Orange dwarf star. It's a nearby system. Orange dwarf star.
1147 01:27:03,565 01:27:05,387 Jupiter mass planet orbiting just outside the... Jupiter mass planet orbiting just outside the...
1148 01:27:05,467 01:27:08,123 No, we're not interested in Jupiter masses. They're uninhabitable. No, we're not interested in Jupiter masses. They're uninhabitable.
1149 01:27:08,203 01:27:10,494 Yes, but I think you might be interested Yes, but I think you might be interested
1150 01:27:10,574 01:27:12,543 in what I found orbiting with it. in what I found orbiting with it.
1151 01:27:15,145 01:27:17,315 This step, right here. This step, right here.
1152 01:27:18,649 01:27:21,017 The algorithm skipped right over it, but I... The algorithm skipped right over it, but I...
1153 01:27:22,387 01:27:23,607 I got lucky. I got lucky.
1154 01:27:23,687 01:27:25,156 Happened to notice it. Happened to notice it.
1155 01:27:26,089 01:27:27,478 It's most likely an exomoon, It's most likely an exomoon,
1156 01:27:27,558 01:27:31,081 which is a nice find, Dr. Bruno, which is a nice find, Dr. Bruno,
1157 01:27:31,161 01:27:32,383 but it's nothing anomalous. but it's nothing anomalous.
1158 01:27:32,463 01:27:34,319 That's what I thought. That's what I thought.
1159 01:27:34,399 01:27:37,189 And then I accessed the online Kepler data archives And then I accessed the online Kepler data archives
1160 01:27:37,269 01:27:38,504 and I found this. and I found this.
1161 01:27:42,006 01:27:43,362 And this. And this.
1162 01:27:43,442 01:27:44,944 And these. And these.
1163 01:27:46,246 01:27:48,301 Multiple transits from this star Multiple transits from this star
1164 01:27:48,381 01:27:50,618 with this same period. And this step... with this same period. And this step...
1165 01:27:52,351 01:27:55,189 It's in the exact same spot relative to the planet. It's in the exact same spot relative to the planet.
1166 01:27:56,622 01:27:57,992 It's not a moon. It's not a moon.
1167 01:27:59,360 01:28:00,448 I checked. I checked.
1168 01:28:00,528 01:28:02,097 And double-checked. And double-checked.
1169 01:28:02,696 01:28:04,451 And triple checked. And triple checked.
1170 01:28:04,531 01:28:05,630 This guy checks. This guy checks.
1171 01:28:09,270 01:28:11,325 All right. All right.
1172 01:28:11,405 01:28:13,942 Looks like I'm missing my flight. Looks like I'm missing my flight.
1173 01:28:24,554 01:28:28,111 You know, that whole aliens-are-the-last- thing-to-consider business You know, that whole aliens-are-the-last- thing-to-consider business
1174 01:28:28,191 01:28:29,626 is getting harder by the minute. is getting harder by the minute.
1175 01:28:31,059 01:28:32,129 Yup. Yup.
1176 01:28:35,666 01:28:37,702 Charlie, I got another favor to ask you. Charlie, I got another favor to ask you.
1177 01:28:39,470 01:28:41,072 If this thing checks out, If this thing checks out,
1178 01:28:43,140 01:28:44,509 I want you to take the lead on it. I want you to take the lead on it.
1179 01:28:46,110 01:28:48,199 What the hell are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about?
1180 01:28:48,279 01:28:50,936 This could save your career. This is your big discovery. This could save your career. This is your big discovery.
1181 01:28:51,016 01:28:52,484 No, it doesn't belong to me. No, it doesn't belong to me.
1182 01:28:53,417 01:28:54,485 It's hers. It's hers.
1183 01:28:56,287 01:28:58,325 Well, that's why you should share it. Well, that's why you should share it.
1184 01:28:59,091 01:29:00,360 I just did. I just did.
1185 01:29:03,195 01:29:05,065 Look, I'll see this part through. Look, I'll see this part through.
1186 01:29:08,467 01:29:10,189 Besides, you'd look a lot better Besides, you'd look a lot better
1187 01:29:10,269 01:29:11,549 on the front of the paper anyway. on the front of the paper anyway.
1188 01:29:16,710 01:29:19,347 Well, there is definitely... Well, there is definitely...
1189 01:29:20,613 01:29:22,084 There is something there. There is something there.
1190 01:29:23,283 01:29:26,139 But we vet the data with our full attention, But we vet the data with our full attention,
1191 01:29:26,219 01:29:27,007 but for now, but for now,
1192 01:29:27,087 01:29:31,278 we cannot draw any wild conclusions. we cannot draw any wild conclusions.
1193 01:29:31,358 01:29:33,362 With all due respect, Dr. Rickman, With all due respect, Dr. Rickman,
1194 01:29:34,262 01:29:35,364 yes we can. yes we can.
1195 01:29:36,798 01:29:38,067 Here. Here.
1196 01:29:38,634 01:29:39,635 Look. Look.
1197 01:29:44,372 01:29:46,730 This planet is orbiting the star This planet is orbiting the star
1198 01:29:46,810 01:29:50,100 just outside the habitable zone. just outside the habitable zone.
1199 01:29:50,180 01:29:52,701 Now this object is orbiting with the planet, Now this object is orbiting with the planet,
1200 01:29:52,781 01:29:56,472 but closer to the star, and inside the habitable zone. but closer to the star, and inside the habitable zone.
1201 01:29:56,552 01:29:58,142 Now if we take gravitational pull Now if we take gravitational pull
1202 01:29:58,222 01:30:00,143 and Lagrangian points into consideration, and Lagrangian points into consideration,
1203 01:30:00,223 01:30:02,713 it seems fairly obvious that wherever this object is, it seems fairly obvious that wherever this object is,
1204 01:30:02,793 01:30:04,682 it's stuck at the L1 point of this planet. it's stuck at the L1 point of this planet.
1205 01:30:04,762 01:30:06,517 But L1 is unstable. But L1 is unstable.
1206 01:30:06,597 01:30:09,254 I mean, if it ended up there, why hasn't it drifted off? I mean, if it ended up there, why hasn't it drifted off?
1207 01:30:09,334 01:30:10,755 So when we launch the James Webb, So when we launch the James Webb,
1208 01:30:10,835 01:30:13,058 and it's orbiting Earth at our L2 point, and it's orbiting Earth at our L2 point,
1209 01:30:13,138 01:30:16,327 which is also unstable, which is also unstable,
1210 01:30:16,407 01:30:17,728 it's just going to drift off? it's just going to drift off?
1211 01:30:17,808 01:30:20,365 No, I mean, everything we have at L1 and L2 No, I mean, everything we have at L1 and L2
1212 01:30:20,445 01:30:22,301 is an artificial satellite. is an artificial satellite.
1213 01:30:22,381 01:30:24,051 They all have thrusters, they're... They all have thrusters, they're...
1214 01:30:29,822 01:30:32,078 Under control. Under control.
1215 01:30:32,158 01:30:35,663 So, something is keeping it there. So, something is keeping it there.
1216 01:31:03,826 01:31:05,180 Good morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone.
1217 01:31:05,260 01:31:06,816 Or good afternoon or evening Or good afternoon or evening
1218 01:31:06,896 01:31:10,754 to many of you who are watching this from around the world. to many of you who are watching this from around the world.
1219 01:31:10,834 01:31:13,823 Fifty years ago, we sent astronauts to the moon, Fifty years ago, we sent astronauts to the moon,
1220 01:31:13,903 01:31:16,693 as the whole world watched. as the whole world watched.
1221 01:31:16,773 01:31:20,096 And then after that we stopped watching. And then after that we stopped watching.
1222 01:31:20,176 01:31:22,233 We stopped looking up. We stopped looking up.
1223 01:31:22,313 01:31:25,669 Well, not everyone, but we as a species, Well, not everyone, but we as a species,
1224 01:31:25,749 01:31:28,573 we lost interest in what was above us. we lost interest in what was above us.
1225 01:31:28,653 01:31:32,709 But in recent years that has begun to change. But in recent years that has begun to change.
1226 01:31:32,789 01:31:35,180 Finding flowing water on Mars, Finding flowing water on Mars,
1227 01:31:35,260 01:31:37,281 soon sending men and women to live there, soon sending men and women to live there,
1228 01:31:37,361 01:31:39,750 space is once again uniting us space is once again uniting us
1229 01:31:39,830 01:31:42,820 as curious human beings. as curious human beings.
1230 01:31:42,900 01:31:46,372 Well, today, our curiosity Well, today, our curiosity
1231 01:31:46,839 01:31:48,660 has paid off. has paid off.
1232 01:31:48,740 01:31:50,696 Ladies and gentlemen, let me present first, Ladies and gentlemen, let me present first,
1233 01:31:50,776 01:31:52,913 TESS-1417. TESS-1417.
1234 01:31:54,614 01:31:56,215 It's 200 light-years away. It's 200 light-years away.
1235 01:31:57,317 01:31:59,540 It's home to four exoplanets, It's home to four exoplanets,
1236 01:31:59,620 01:32:01,689 one of them a Jupiter mass. one of them a Jupiter mass.
1237 01:32:02,356 01:32:04,526 And then, this. And then, this.
1238 01:32:05,425 01:32:07,648 It's a large object. It's a large object.
1239 01:32:07,728 01:32:10,618 It orbits with the planet It orbits with the planet
1240 01:32:10,698 01:32:14,488 within the habitable zone. within the habitable zone.
1241 01:32:14,568 01:32:16,158 For the past two years, For the past two years,
1242 01:32:16,238 01:32:18,592 SETI has monitored the constant radio signal SETI has monitored the constant radio signal
1243 01:32:18,672 01:32:20,895 created by the object's presence. created by the object's presence.
1244 01:32:20,975 01:32:24,467 Although nothing in the signal suggests communication, Although nothing in the signal suggests communication,
1245 01:32:24,547 01:32:28,538 there are frequent shifts that indicate the object's movements. there are frequent shifts that indicate the object's movements.
1246 01:32:28,618 01:32:32,389 It adjusts itself with the utmost precision. It adjusts itself with the utmost precision.
1247 01:32:33,656 01:32:35,312 And therefore we have concluded And therefore we have concluded
1248 01:32:35,392 01:32:38,248 that this artificial object, that this artificial object,
1249 01:32:38,328 01:32:40,494 it's the result of intelligent life. it's the result of intelligent life.
1250 01:32:44,767 01:32:46,424 The panel will now take questions. The panel will now take questions.
1251 01:32:46,504 01:32:47,759 Yes. Yes.
1252 01:32:47,839 01:32:48,826 Can you elaborate Can you elaborate
1253 01:32:48,906 01:32:52,296 on what you believe this "artificial object" to be? on what you believe this "artificial object" to be?
1254 01:32:52,376 01:32:53,598 We cannot begin to comprehend We cannot begin to comprehend
1255 01:32:53,678 01:32:55,767 the architecture of an object this large, the architecture of an object this large,
1256 01:32:55,847 01:32:57,536 but it does not change the fact but it does not change the fact
1257 01:32:57,616 01:33:00,920 that this mega-structure is being commandeered. that this mega-structure is being commandeered.
1258 01:33:02,354 01:33:04,353 We believe it to be some sort of space station. We believe it to be some sort of space station.
1259 01:33:12,798 01:33:15,989 Isaac finally picks the right star and all this happens. Isaac finally picks the right star and all this happens.
1260 01:33:16,069 01:33:18,257 It's crazy, right? It's crazy, right?
1261 01:33:18,337 01:33:20,440 You still never told me how he did it. You still never told me how he did it.
1262 01:33:21,475 01:33:23,245 I guess he just knew where to look. I guess he just knew where to look.
1263 01:33:32,686 01:33:34,453 What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about?
1264 01:33:35,990 01:33:37,559 It's all just luck. It's all just luck.
1265 01:33:40,428 01:33:43,531 This is this total cosmic accident. This is this total cosmic accident.
1266 01:33:48,905 01:33:51,105 What are these rocks you take everywhere with you? What are these rocks you take everywhere with you?
1267 01:33:55,510 01:33:56,879 They're my pieces of home. They're my pieces of home.
1268 01:34:05,389 01:34:06,891 Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
1269 01:34:11,663 01:34:14,466 It's seems too beautiful to just be random. It's seems too beautiful to just be random.
1270 01:34:16,735 01:34:18,337 This one will be both of ours. This one will be both of ours.
1271 01:34:25,477 01:34:26,577 Isaac? Isaac?
1272 01:34:36,055 01:34:38,959 I wish I could see your face when you see it. I wish I could see your face when you see it.
1273 01:36:38,787 01:36:39,924 Isaac. Isaac.
1274 01:36:45,962 01:36:48,051 - How are you? - Good. - How are you? - Good.
1275 01:36:48,131 01:36:49,520 How's your son? How's your son?
1276 01:36:49,600 01:36:50,687 Great. Great.
1277 01:36:50,767 01:36:52,722 Paul will be two in a couple of weeks. Paul will be two in a couple of weeks.
1278 01:36:52,802 01:36:54,124 He's getting big. He's getting big.
1279 01:36:54,204 01:36:56,006 Wow. Wow.
1280 01:36:57,575 01:36:59,744 Sorry for being so cryptic on the phone. Sorry for being so cryptic on the phone.
1281 01:37:00,913 01:37:02,234 First contact isn't something First contact isn't something
1282 01:37:02,314 01:37:04,549 you spill the beans about in an open line. you spill the beans about in an open line.
1283 01:37:05,883 01:37:06,972 They made contact? They made contact?
1284 01:37:07,052 01:37:08,187 That's what it seems. That's what it seems.
1285 01:37:09,688 01:37:11,678 Two weeks ago, an electron spin detector Two weeks ago, an electron spin detector
1286 01:37:11,758 01:37:13,780 at Los Alamos was observing a particle at Los Alamos was observing a particle
1287 01:37:13,860 01:37:15,881 for an unrelated project. for an unrelated project.
1288 01:37:15,961 01:37:18,750 The particle started spinning bizarrely. The particle started spinning bizarrely.
1289 01:37:18,830 01:37:21,488 Soon we realized it was being manipulated Soon we realized it was being manipulated
1290 01:37:21,568 01:37:23,890 to get our attention. to get our attention.
1291 01:37:23,970 01:37:26,193 They must have exploited entanglement They must have exploited entanglement
1292 01:37:26,273 01:37:28,629 - to instantly send us data through quantum states. - Wait, wait, wait. - to instantly send us data through quantum states. - Wait, wait, wait.
1293 01:37:28,709 01:37:30,130 I don't understand. What kind of data I don't understand. What kind of data
1294 01:37:30,210 01:37:32,032 could you send through spinning particles? could you send through spinning particles?
1295 01:37:32,112 01:37:35,002 The particle would vary between two specific transformations only. The particle would vary between two specific transformations only.
1296 01:37:35,082 01:37:37,672 So we assigned zeroes to the first spin, and ones to the other. So we assigned zeroes to the first spin, and ones to the other.
1297 01:37:37,752 01:37:38,739 Binary. Binary.
1298 01:37:38,819 01:37:39,774 Not just that. Not just that.
1299 01:37:39,854 01:37:42,577 The zeroes and ones were in Morse code patterns. The zeroes and ones were in Morse code patterns.
1300 01:37:42,657 01:37:44,011 It's beyond us how, It's beyond us how,
1301 01:37:44,091 01:37:45,080 but they must have found a way but they must have found a way
1302 01:37:45,160 01:37:46,548 to probe us relatively recently to probe us relatively recently
1303 01:37:46,628 01:37:48,683 if they're using Morse to send a message. if they're using Morse to send a message.
1304 01:37:48,763 01:37:50,100 Well, what did the message say? Well, what did the message say?
1305 01:38:05,949 01:38:07,118 Bec... Bec...
1306 01:38:08,218 01:38:10,575 I don't understand. I don't understand.
1307 01:38:10,655 01:38:12,724 Somehow they know all about us. Somehow they know all about us.
1308 01:38:13,223 01:38:15,280 About you. About you.
1309 01:38:15,360 01:38:17,048 We figured they can anticipate you We figured they can anticipate you
1310 01:38:17,128 01:38:18,796 listening for the next message. listening for the next message.
1311 01:38:20,799 01:38:22,234 Let's find out. Let's find out.
1312 01:38:25,104 01:38:26,205 How? How?
1313 01:38:28,373 01:38:29,943 Stand by, Isaac. Stand by, Isaac.
1314 01:38:36,416 01:38:38,752 Los Alamos is detecting transformations again. Los Alamos is detecting transformations again.
1315 01:38:44,190 01:38:47,315 It's not Morse code. It's not Morse code.
1316 01:38:47,395 01:38:49,784 Maybe they're building a file? Maybe they're building a file?
1317 01:38:49,864 01:38:51,352 Then we'd need a format. Then we'd need a format.
1318 01:38:51,432 01:38:53,068 Okay. Try a text file. Okay. Try a text file.
1319 01:39:00,375 01:39:02,042 Try an audio format. Try an audio format.
1320 01:39:08,215 01:39:09,251 Okay. Okay.
1321 01:39:27,371 01:39:28,373 Play it. Play it.
1322 01:40:04,777 01:40:08,381 If you're traveling In the north country fair If you're traveling In the north country fair
1323 01:40:11,051 01:40:14,989 Where the winds Hit heavy on the borderline Where the winds Hit heavy on the borderline
1324 01:40:18,024 01:40:22,329 Remember me to one Who lives there Remember me to one Who lives there
1325 01:40:24,999 01:40:29,902 She once was A true love of mine She once was A true love of mine
1326 01:40:33,342 01:40:35,078 Thank you. Thank you.