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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 00:01:06,751 00:01:10,422 (INTENSE CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) (INTENSE CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
5 00:01:36,549 00:01:37,149 Mmm. Mmm.
6 00:01:37,851 00:01:39,553 (SNIFFING) (SNIFFING)
7 00:01:40,654 00:01:41,957 (CLEARING THROAT) (CLEARING THROAT)
8 00:01:45,025 00:01:46,561 Sorry. Sorry.
9 00:01:48,930 00:01:50,852 Uh, yesterday, Uh, yesterday,
10 00:01:50,932 00:01:52,934 we were talking about the, um... we were talking about the, um...
11 00:01:54,737 00:01:55,905 The Fermi paradox. The Fermi paradox.
12 00:01:58,506 00:02:01,664 Right, the Fermi paradox. Right, the Fermi paradox.
13 00:02:01,744 00:02:03,666 Worse. Worse.
14 00:02:04,046 00:02:06,802 The, uh contradiction of having a high probability The, uh contradiction of having a high probability
15 00:02:06,882 00:02:09,838 of life existing elsewhere in the universe of life existing elsewhere in the universe
16 00:02:09,918 00:02:12,956 while having no actual evidence to prove it. while having no actual evidence to prove it.
17 00:02:15,024 00:02:17,348 The Drake equation. The Drake equation.
18 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
19 00:02:24,034 00:02:25,502 Exciting right? Exciting right?
20 00:02:26,971 00:02:29,060 So why haven't we found anything? So why haven't we found anything?
21 00:02:29,140 00:02:32,863 Over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, Over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way,
22 00:02:32,943 00:02:34,732 the vast majority of which host planets, the vast majority of which host planets,
23 00:02:34,812 00:02:37,034 many of those planets capable of supporting life many of those planets capable of supporting life
24 00:02:37,114 00:02:40,353 and still we have found nothing. and still we have found nothing.
25 00:02:41,586 00:02:44,944 No sign of anyone or anything else. No sign of anyone or anything else.
26 00:02:45,024 00:02:47,661 And believe me, we're looking. And believe me, we're looking.
27 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,
28 00:02:55,436 00:02:58,091 burying ourselves in mountains of data. burying ourselves in mountains of data.
29 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.
30 00:03:03,878 00:03:05,047 And if we don't, And if we don't,
31 00:03:06,980 00:03:08,669 you will right? you will right?
32 00:03:08,749 00:03:09,784 (CLEARS THROAT) (CLEARS THROAT)
33 00:03:11,785 00:03:13,407 Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, go ahead.
34 00:03:13,487 00:03:15,076 Didn't NASA predict Didn't NASA predict
35 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?
36 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
37 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.
38 00:03:22,096 00:03:24,819 But the game is changing though. But the game is changing though.
39 00:03:24,899 00:03:27,857 The TESS and James Webb telescopes launch soon, The TESS and James Webb telescopes launch soon,
40 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...
41 00:03:33,677 00:03:36,714 Please. Don't stop. This is getting interesting. Please. Don't stop. This is getting interesting.
42 00:03:37,581 00:03:38,903 If you're frustrated If you're frustrated
43 00:03:38,983 00:03:41,606 that you personally haven't found anything, that you personally haven't found anything,
44 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.
45 00:03:44,922 00:03:46,177 Hmm. Hmm.
46 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?
47 00:03:48,826 00:03:50,015 Look, I just think... Look, I just think...
48 00:03:50,095 00:03:51,183 - You think. So it's your opinion. - Yeah. - You think. So it's your opinion. - Yeah.
49 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,
50 00:03:55,567 00:03:57,890 might as well do other things. might as well do other things.
51 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
52 00:04:00,739 00:04:02,961 than answering the question, "Are we alone?" than answering the question, "Are we alone?"
53 00:04:03,041 00:04:04,912 Uh, reproduction? Uh, reproduction?
54 00:04:05,777 00:04:08,047 Or like, love, even? Or like, love, even?
55 00:04:10,516 00:04:11,852 Love? That's pretty good. Love? That's pretty good.
56 00:04:13,285 00:04:14,608 Remind me of your name. Remind me of your name.
57 00:04:14,688 00:04:15,776 Kiefer. Kiefer.
58 00:04:15,856 00:04:17,711 Nice, Kiefer. Nice, Kiefer.
59 00:04:17,791 00:04:19,226 Uh, you're seeing anyone, Kiefer? Uh, you're seeing anyone, Kiefer?
60 00:04:21,762 00:04:23,017 - No not really. - ISAAC: Hmm. - No not really. - ISAAC: Hmm.
61 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?
62 00:04:26,066 00:04:27,266 Let's take a look at the data. Let's take a look at the data.
63 00:04:31,071 00:04:34,895 All right. L is the value of love. All right. L is the value of love.
64 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...
65 00:04:40,849 00:04:44,172 At least, enrolled in this class. At least, enrolled in this class.
66 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.
67 00:04:48,658 00:04:51,048 So, that's 200 students married. So, that's 200 students married.
68 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
69 00:04:56,066 00:04:57,753 will end in divorce. will end in divorce.
70 00:04:57,833 00:05:02,093 Which gives us 120. Which gives us 120.
71 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.
72 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.
73 00:05:08,245 00:05:09,701 But that's just marriage. But that's just marriage.
74 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%
75 00:05:11,949 00:05:13,504 of relationships that end in break-ups. of relationships that end in break-ups.
76 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.
77 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
78 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.
79 00:05:22,861 00:05:24,783 Those are just random statistics, Those are just random statistics,
80 00:05:24,863 00:05:26,119 they don't actually prove anything. they don't actually prove anything.
81 00:05:26,199 00:05:27,667 Proof? Proof?
82 00:05:29,069 00:05:30,657 Good. Good.
83 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.
84 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.
85 00:05:39,914 00:05:41,582 (CLASS MURMURING) (CLASS MURMURING)
86 00:05:58,799 00:06:00,289 Plug values into the Drake Equation, Plug values into the Drake Equation,
87 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.
88 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.
89 00:06:08,211 00:06:10,146 Outer space is a safer bet. Outer space is a safer bet.
90 00:06:11,814 00:06:12,950 Is that a fact? Is that a fact?
91 00:06:17,186 00:06:19,008 Excuse me? Excuse me?
92 00:06:19,088 00:06:21,779 Is that a fact or is that just your opinion? Is that a fact or is that just your opinion?
93 00:06:21,859 00:06:23,094 (ALL LAUGHING) (ALL LAUGHING)
94 00:06:24,260 00:06:25,898 It's an educated opinion. It's an educated opinion.
95 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.
96 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.
97 00:06:59,398 00:07:01,922 I read one that says increase productivity I read one that says increase productivity
98 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.
99 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.
100 00:07:07,375 00:07:09,663 That's just something you can do. That's just something you can do.
101 00:07:09,743 00:07:10,745 Just exercise. Just exercise.
102 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.
103 00:07:16,751 00:07:18,339 Nope. Nope.
104 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.
105 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.
106 00:07:24,025 00:07:25,881 - Switch it back. - I did. Relax. - Switch it back. - I did. Relax.
107 00:07:25,961 00:07:27,249 It's still there. Switch it back, please. It's still there. Switch it back, please.
108 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?
109 00:07:29,432 00:07:31,388 It says one minute. It says one minute.
110 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.
111 00:07:35,004 00:07:37,026 I'm just getting a head start. I'm just getting a head start.
112 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,
113 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.
114 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
115 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?
116 00:07:49,286 00:07:52,309 Actually, yes. That's a life-hack. Actually, yes. That's a life-hack.
117 00:07:52,389 00:07:53,979 I might go commando. I might go commando.
118 00:07:54,059 00:07:56,114 Just a robe. Get a nice breeze going. Just a robe. Get a nice breeze going.
119 00:07:56,194 00:07:58,116 - Hey, Joelle. Hi. - Hey. - Hey, Joelle. Hi. - Hey.
120 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?
121 00:08:00,297 00:08:02,055 Doesn't matter. Um... Doesn't matter. Um...
122 00:08:02,135 00:08:03,236 This is somewhere here. This is somewhere here.
123 00:08:05,871 00:08:09,194 Ah! All right, now, your error calculations were great, Ah! All right, now, your error calculations were great,
124 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.
125 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?
126 00:08:16,350 00:08:18,285 You should be happy. You did well. You should be happy. You did well.
127 00:08:24,157 00:08:26,327 (SCRAPING) (SCRAPING)
128 00:08:50,821 00:08:53,423 (BELL DINGING) (BELL DINGING)
129 00:09:03,433 00:09:06,004 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
130 00:09:25,089 00:09:26,459 You're falling apart, Isaac. You're falling apart, Isaac.
131 00:09:27,392 00:09:28,995 What were you thinking? What were you thinking?
132 00:09:30,597 00:09:32,985 Misappropriating telescope time like that, Misappropriating telescope time like that,
133 00:09:33,065 00:09:34,387 it's not acceptable it's not acceptable
134 00:09:34,467 00:09:36,022 I know. I know.
135 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.
136 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.
137 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.
138 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.
139 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.
140 00:09:54,255 00:09:55,876 Nothing. It was just a bad day. Nothing. It was just a bad day.
141 00:09:55,956 00:09:57,112 It's been more than one day. It's been more than one day.
142 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.
143 00:10:01,196 00:10:03,820 I know that things have been tough, I know that things have been tough,
144 00:10:03,900 00:10:06,289 but I have to draw the line somewhere. but I have to draw the line somewhere.
145 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.
146 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...
147 00:10:11,473 00:10:13,228 You aren't listening. You aren't listening.
148 00:10:13,308 00:10:15,345 Facilities are for active staff only. Facilities are for active staff only.
149 00:11:25,087 00:11:27,110 (SNIFFLING) (SNIFFLING)
150 00:11:27,190 00:11:29,459 MAN: Three, two, one... MAN: Three, two, one...
151 00:11:34,296 00:11:35,485 ...and lift off... ...and lift off...
152 00:11:35,565 00:11:38,155 The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the TESS telescope. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying the TESS telescope.
153 00:11:38,235 00:11:41,125 Dr. John Rickman from TESS joins me. Dr. John Rickman from TESS joins me.
154 00:11:41,205 00:11:42,659 DR. RICKMAN: Yes. We're inviting astronomers DR. RICKMAN: Yes. We're inviting astronomers
155 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.
156 00:11:45,274 00:11:47,463 Our data is your data. Our data is your data.
157 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
158 00:11:50,715 00:11:53,052 will be the greatest discovery of our time. will be the greatest discovery of our time.
159 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
160 00:11:58,389 00:12:00,045 during this revolutionary mission. during this revolutionary mission.
161 00:12:00,125 00:12:02,448 And this means an enormous amount of data. And this means an enormous amount of data.
162 00:12:02,528 00:12:04,316 And we're gonna need your help And we're gonna need your help
163 00:12:04,396 00:12:06,265 to analyze every bit of it. to analyze every bit of it.
164 00:12:11,469 00:12:13,124 Jeremy, I need access to the cluster, Jeremy, I need access to the cluster,
165 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.
166 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...
167 00:12:26,354 00:12:28,509 We would like everyone involved We would like everyone involved
168 00:12:28,589 00:12:31,178 In this community-wide effort In this community-wide effort
169 00:12:31,258 00:12:33,494 to go ahead and reach out to others. to go ahead and reach out to others.
170 00:12:35,296 00:12:37,519 No matter what level of astronomer you are, No matter what level of astronomer you are,
171 00:12:37,599 00:12:39,587 professional, academic, independent, professional, academic, independent,
172 00:12:39,667 00:12:41,490 you can contribute to this search. you can contribute to this search.
173 00:12:41,570 00:12:44,407 From work, from home, wherever you like. From work, from home, wherever you like.
174 00:12:46,608 00:12:49,498 So, we're encouraging you, prepare yourself. So, we're encouraging you, prepare yourself.
175 00:12:49,578 00:12:51,601 Mark your colanders. Get excited. Mark your colanders. Get excited.
176 00:12:51,681 00:12:53,502 Because in the coming weeks, Because in the coming weeks,
177 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.
178 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
179 00:13:02,226 00:13:05,383 when the James Webb telescope launches next year. when the James Webb telescope launches next year.
180 00:13:05,463 00:13:07,752 It is 100 times more powerful than Hubble. It is 100 times more powerful than Hubble.
181 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
182 00:13:12,535 00:13:14,205 for signs of life. for signs of life.
183 00:13:15,574 00:13:18,763 (VOICE MESSAGE) You have no messages. (VOICE MESSAGE) You have no messages.
184 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.
185 00:13:41,335 00:13:43,390 (POP MUSIC PLAYING) (POP MUSIC PLAYING)
186 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?
187 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.
188 00:13:51,178 00:13:54,315 (LAUGHS) Okay. First of all, you're the most pretentious person that I know. (LAUGHS) Okay. First of all, you're the most pretentious person that I know.
189 00:13:56,284 00:13:57,318 Thank you. Thank you.
190 00:13:58,819 00:14:02,344 Second, you get to teach people about space. Second, you get to teach people about space.
191 00:14:02,424 00:14:03,778 I mean, what's bigger than that? I mean, what's bigger than that?
192 00:14:03,858 00:14:05,848 Literally that's the biggest thing there is. Literally that's the biggest thing there is.
193 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.
194 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...
195 00:14:12,901 00:14:14,490 What are we supposed to do with that? What are we supposed to do with that?
196 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.
197 00:14:17,473 00:14:18,494 Who said we have to? Who said we have to?
198 00:14:18,574 00:14:20,129 No one. No one.
199 00:14:20,209 00:14:21,644 But don't you want to? But don't you want to?
200 00:14:23,280 00:14:24,869 I'm good. I'm good.
201 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.
202 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.
203 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.
204 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.
205 00:14:39,630 00:14:41,252 (MUTTERING) Sure, got a big shot over here. (MUTTERING) Sure, got a big shot over here.
206 00:14:41,332 00:14:42,386 You know that's not what I meant. You know that's not what I meant.
207 00:14:42,466 00:14:43,535 Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
208 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.
209 00:14:53,579 00:14:55,281 Can't just stop looking. Can't just stop looking.
210 00:14:57,482 00:15:00,372 Okay. Okay.
211 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.
212 00:15:06,760 00:15:08,615 (LAUGHS) Jeez. (LAUGHS) Jeez.
213 00:15:08,695 00:15:10,297 See? Pretentious. See? Pretentious.
214 00:15:11,397 00:15:13,654 (POP MUSIC PLAYING) (POP MUSIC PLAYING)
215 00:15:13,734 00:15:16,738 Ooh. Hey, you wanna... You wanna ride? Ooh. Hey, you wanna... You wanna ride?
216 00:15:17,705 00:15:19,461 No. No, I'm good. I'll walk. No. No, I'm good. I'll walk.
217 00:15:19,541 00:15:21,596 You sure? My car's right over there. You sure? My car's right over there.
218 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
219 00:15:24,613 00:15:27,202 helping me out with my data, would you? helping me out with my data, would you?
220 00:15:27,282 00:15:29,672 It'd be like old times. It'd be like old times.
221 00:15:29,752 00:15:32,274 Undergrad labs. Undergrad labs.
222 00:15:32,354 00:15:34,544 You know, just with the baby coming. You know, just with the baby coming.
223 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.
224 00:15:37,928 00:15:39,397 No. Don't be. No. Don't be.
225 00:15:41,764 00:15:43,654 Anyway, uh, thanks for the drink. Anyway, uh, thanks for the drink.
226 00:15:43,734 00:15:45,803 - Yeah. - Hey, are you sure you're okay? - Yeah. - Hey, are you sure you're okay?
227 00:15:50,341 00:15:51,842 I will be. Hmm. I will be. Hmm.
228 00:15:53,377 00:15:54,545 See you around. See you around.
229 00:15:56,813 00:15:59,237 Hey, we should do this more often, huh? Hey, we should do this more often, huh?
230 00:15:59,317 00:16:00,686 Call me back once in a while. Call me back once in a while.
231 00:16:01,520 00:16:04,223 (POP MUSIC PLAYING) (POP MUSIC PLAYING)
232 00:16:12,830 00:16:14,287 Dr. Bruno. Dr. Bruno.
233 00:16:14,367 00:16:15,902 Stay. Stay. Stay. Stay.
234 00:16:16,869 00:16:18,571 How'd you know I live here? How'd you know I live here?
235 00:16:19,038 00:16:21,327 Uh, oh. I, um... Uh, oh. I, um...
236 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.
237 00:16:27,348 00:16:28,583 What's your name? What's your name?
238 00:16:29,649 00:16:30,784 Clara. Clara.
239 00:16:32,385 00:16:33,721 Clara. Clara.
240 00:16:34,355 00:16:36,010 It's late. It's late.
241 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.
242 00:16:38,492 00:16:40,649 Um, but this is Eva. Um, but this is Eva.
243 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?
244 00:16:46,835 00:16:48,623 (DOG WHINING) (DOG WHINING)
245 00:16:48,703 00:16:49,972 Please? Please?
246 00:17:04,922 00:17:07,611 All right. So, um... All right. So, um...
247 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?
248 00:17:12,796 00:17:14,952 Wait. You did go to school right? Wait. You did go to school right?
249 00:17:15,032 00:17:16,355 Yes. Yes.
250 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.
251 00:17:20,070 00:17:22,394 Okay, so you're not a student. Okay, so you're not a student.
252 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?
253 00:17:25,710 00:17:27,032 I haven't. No. I haven't. No.
254 00:17:27,112 00:17:30,603 Can you program or write data-handling code? Can you program or write data-handling code?
255 00:17:30,683 00:17:32,570 Or have any qualifications at all? Or have any qualifications at all?
256 00:17:32,650 00:17:35,374 Look, I'm under-qualified. Look, I'm under-qualified.
257 00:17:35,454 00:17:37,511 For sure. But I'm a fast learner. For sure. But I'm a fast learner.
258 00:17:37,591 00:17:39,346 And I work very hard. And I work very hard.
259 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.
260 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.
261 00:17:45,866 00:17:47,034 Haven't you? Haven't you?
262 00:17:50,438 00:17:51,806 Okay. Um... Okay. Um...
263 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.
264 00:17:56,777 00:17:58,733 Yeah. Yeah.
265 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?
266 00:18:01,850 00:18:03,371 Um... Um...
267 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.
268 00:18:08,790 00:18:10,492 (DOG WHINING) (DOG WHINING)
269 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.
270 00:18:20,603 00:18:22,605 Do you have many other applicants? Do you have many other applicants?
271 00:18:24,574 00:18:27,398 Are you fielding a lot of other options? Are you fielding a lot of other options?
272 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.
273 00:18:31,714 00:18:32,817 Wow. Wow.
274 00:18:34,785 00:18:36,588 That is an incredible vinyl collection. That is an incredible vinyl collection.
275 00:18:37,888 00:18:39,090 Thanks. Thanks.
276 00:18:39,691 00:18:41,813 Can I? Can I?
277 00:18:41,893 00:18:42,980 Just, like, one song? Just, like, one song?
278 00:18:43,060 00:18:44,896 - Yeah. - Great. - Yeah. - Great.
279 00:18:48,767 00:18:51,471 (OPENING RECORD PLAYER) (OPENING RECORD PLAYER)
280 00:18:54,040 00:18:55,509 (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
281 00:18:59,578 00:19:03,550 (BLUES MUSIC PLAYING) (BLUES MUSIC PLAYING)
282 00:19:07,553 00:19:09,523 Did you paint the Helix? Did you paint the Helix?
283 00:19:10,656 00:19:12,746 That mural in school? That mural in school?
284 00:19:12,826 00:19:15,898 (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES)
285 00:19:21,101 00:19:22,603 (SIGHING) (SIGHING)
286 00:19:24,272 00:19:25,860 You like Dylan? You like Dylan?
287 00:19:25,940 00:19:27,043 Yes. Yes.
288 00:19:27,943 00:19:29,097 Is this an original? Is this an original?
289 00:19:29,177 00:19:30,979 It was one of my favorites. It was one of my favorites.
290 00:19:31,780 00:19:33,101 Why is it empty? Why is it empty?
291 00:19:33,181 00:19:35,203 We lost it when we moved in here. We lost it when we moved in here.
292 00:19:35,283 00:19:36,571 Who's we? Who's we?
293 00:19:36,651 00:19:37,654 My wife and I. My wife and I.
294 00:19:41,056 00:19:42,226 Where is she? Where is she?
295 00:19:42,993 00:19:44,061 She's gone. She's gone.
296 00:20:02,847 00:20:04,570 Well, thank you. Well, thank you.
297 00:20:04,650 00:20:06,138 Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT) Yeah. (CLEARS THROAT)
298 00:20:06,218 00:20:07,753 Thank you for everything. Thank you for everything.
299 00:20:08,819 00:20:10,655 Come on, Eva, come on. Come on, Eva, come on.
300 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?
301 00:20:17,697 00:20:18,899 Yeah. Yeah.
302 00:20:20,967 00:20:22,102 Good. Good.
303 00:20:24,103 00:20:25,640 I'll show you your room. I'll show you your room.
304 00:20:28,576 00:20:31,279 (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES)
305 00:20:55,271 00:20:56,791 (DOG WHINING) (DOG WHINING)
306 00:20:56,871 00:20:58,274 Shh. It's okay, girl. Shh. It's okay, girl.
307 00:21:17,728 00:21:20,285 Before we start, a couple ground rules. Okay? Before we start, a couple ground rules. Okay?
308 00:21:20,365 00:21:22,787 We're gonna keep this objective and professional. We're gonna keep this objective and professional.
309 00:21:22,867 00:21:24,990 We are not roommates, we are not friends. We are not roommates, we are not friends.
310 00:21:25,070 00:21:27,592 We are research partners. All right? We are research partners. All right?
311 00:21:27,672 00:21:29,328 - Got it. - Good. - Got it. - Good.
312 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.
313 00:21:32,011 00:21:33,665 Americano with three extra shots. Americano with three extra shots.
314 00:21:33,745 00:21:35,067 And the warm water with honey. And the warm water with honey.
315 00:21:35,147 00:21:36,601 Thank you. Thank you.
316 00:21:36,681 00:21:38,905 Can you take that? Can you take that?
317 00:21:38,985 00:21:40,240 - Thank you. - Thanks. - Thank you. - Thanks.
318 00:21:40,320 00:21:42,008 You sure that's all you want? You sure that's all you want?
319 00:21:42,088 00:21:43,577 Yeah. This is perfect. Yeah. This is perfect.
320 00:21:43,657 00:21:45,278 Sorry. So the basics. Sorry. So the basics.
321 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?
322 00:21:48,194 00:21:49,817 Uh, hopefully I will soon. Uh, hopefully I will soon.
323 00:21:49,897 00:21:52,100 It's a good place to start. It's a good place to start.
324 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.
325 00:22:00,408 00:22:03,966 Now, this is a transit. Now, this is a transit.
326 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,
327 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.
328 00:22:10,052 00:22:11,872 This is the light This is the light
329 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.
330 00:22:16,092 00:22:17,947 So, we measure the brightness over time So, we measure the brightness over time
331 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.
332 00:22:20,896 00:22:23,018 The size, even temperature, The size, even temperature,
333 00:22:23,098 00:22:25,002 just by analyzing curves of light. just by analyzing curves of light.
334 00:22:25,903 00:22:27,324 - Okay? - Okay. - Okay? - Okay.
335 00:22:27,404 00:22:29,673 Right. So... Right. So...
336 00:22:32,308 00:22:34,045 Go. Find the transit. Go. Find the transit.
337 00:22:36,379 00:22:38,216 Hmm. Here. Hmm. Here.
338 00:22:39,250 00:22:40,704 That's a new planet. That's a new planet.
339 00:22:40,784 00:22:41,840 - What? - Mmm-hmm. - What? - Mmm-hmm.
340 00:22:41,920 00:22:43,074 That is amazing. That is amazing.
341 00:22:43,154 00:22:45,210 - It's incredible, right? - (LAUGHS) - It's incredible, right? - (LAUGHS)
342 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.
343 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?
344 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...
345 00:22:57,203 00:22:58,891 We're the best reference point for it. We're the best reference point for it.
346 00:22:58,971 00:23:00,759 We use this light data We use this light data
347 00:23:00,839 00:23:02,128 to find other planets to find other planets
348 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.
349 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...
350 00:23:08,881 00:23:10,183 We can find life. We can find life.
351 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
352 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.
353 00:23:21,161 00:23:22,264 All right. All right.
354 00:23:22,929 00:23:24,265 Good. Good.
355 00:23:26,134 00:23:27,736 Can I ask you something? Can I ask you something?
356 00:23:29,271 00:23:30,291 Yeah. Yeah.
357 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?
358 00:23:35,209 00:23:37,113 You know what people are scared of most? You know what people are scared of most?
359 00:23:37,781 00:23:38,868 CLARA: Death? CLARA: Death?
360 00:23:38,948 00:23:39,936 The unknown. The unknown.
361 00:23:40,016 00:23:44,374 Which unfortunately this universe is chock-full of. Which unfortunately this universe is chock-full of.
362 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,
363 00:23:47,256 00:23:49,227 but we still know basically nothing. but we still know basically nothing.
364 00:23:50,861 00:23:51,963 So how do we process that? So how do we process that?
365 00:23:53,163 00:23:54,431 We do what we've always done. We do what we've always done.
366 00:23:55,399 00:23:57,287 We make things up. We make things up.
367 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.
368 00:24:01,105 00:24:04,129 But if we found something, But if we found something,
369 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,
370 00:24:08,145 00:24:09,848 something entirely different, something entirely different,
371 00:24:11,449 00:24:12,919 we wouldn't be the dark anymore. we wouldn't be the dark anymore.
372 00:24:14,086 00:24:15,454 We wouldn't have to be scared. We wouldn't have to be scared.
373 00:24:17,123 00:24:19,144 So... So...
374 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
375 00:24:21,493 00:24:23,015 is because we're scared? is because we're scared?
376 00:24:23,095 00:24:24,884 Terrified. Terrified.
377 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?
378 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.
379 00:24:34,074 00:24:35,209 Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
380 00:24:37,011 00:24:38,298 What about this? What about this?
381 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,
382 00:24:41,348 00:24:42,703 and very well-respected and very well-respected
383 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.
384 00:24:46,453 00:24:48,943 But he's also religious But he's also religious
385 00:24:49,023 00:24:50,813 His driving force is his faith, His driving force is his faith,
386 00:24:50,893 00:24:53,281 his belief in God, a bedtime story. his belief in God, a bedtime story.
387 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.
388 00:24:56,165 00:24:57,533 What would you say to him? What would you say to him?
389 00:24:58,434 00:25:00,355 - What would I say? - Yes. - What would I say? - Yes.
390 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."
391 00:25:04,407 00:25:06,262 Oh, I think he did just fine. Oh, I think he did just fine.
392 00:25:06,342 00:25:07,798 What? What?
393 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.
394 00:25:16,654 00:25:18,390 (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)
395 00:25:23,494 00:25:25,031 All right, we've got work to do. All right, we've got work to do.
396 00:25:28,266 00:25:31,255 ISAAC: These are M dwarf stars. Smaller, dimmer than our own. ISAAC: These are M dwarf stars. Smaller, dimmer than our own.
397 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.
398 00:25:34,438 00:25:37,897 But that means one roughly every 365 days. But that means one roughly every 365 days.
399 00:25:37,977 00:25:39,866 These M dwarf stars, These M dwarf stars,
400 00:25:39,946 00:25:42,001 planets orbit them in a matter of weeks. planets orbit them in a matter of weeks.
401 00:25:42,081 00:25:43,336 So, less waiting around. So, less waiting around.
402 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
403 00:25:46,419 00:25:48,354 over everyone else looking through this data. over everyone else looking through this data.
404 00:25:50,056 00:25:51,177 That's it. That's... That's it. That's...
405 00:25:51,257 00:25:53,046 So is that gonna be a... Really? So is that gonna be a... Really?
406 00:25:53,126 00:25:55,028 - We got one. - That's so cool. - We got one. - That's so cool.
407 00:25:56,630 00:25:58,319 CLARA: Why the rush? CLARA: Why the rush?
408 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.
409 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,
410 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.
411 00:26:05,941 00:26:07,329 CLARA: You mean when we find out we're not alone. CLARA: You mean when we find out we're not alone.
412 00:26:07,409 00:26:08,643 ISAAC: Mmm-hmm. ISAAC: Mmm-hmm.
413 00:26:10,511 00:26:11,614 (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)
414 00:26:12,646 00:26:14,049 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
415 00:26:17,219 00:26:19,221 There. Is that a planet? There. Is that a planet?
416 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.
417 00:26:24,359 00:26:25,896 Keep looking. Keep looking.
418 00:26:29,098 00:26:30,453 CLARA: So, do you ever eat, CLARA: So, do you ever eat,
419 00:26:30,533 00:26:32,956 or does doing this just completely sustain you? or does doing this just completely sustain you?
420 00:26:33,036 00:26:35,606 ISAAC: (CHUCKLES) Food? What's that? ISAAC: (CHUCKLES) Food? What's that?
421 00:26:37,508 00:26:39,162 - Hi. - Hey. - Hi. - Hey.
422 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.
423 00:26:42,713 00:26:44,235 Look. Right there. Look. Right there.
424 00:26:44,315 00:26:46,604 Unfortunately, TESS' cadence missed the full transit, Unfortunately, TESS' cadence missed the full transit,
425 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.
426 00:26:49,420 00:26:52,057 Which means we're gonna need a telescope. Which means we're gonna need a telescope.
427 00:26:52,757 00:26:54,326 Thank you. Thank you.
428 00:26:56,195 00:26:57,429 Anything? Anything?
429 00:26:57,730 00:26:59,919 No. No.
430 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.
431 00:27:04,036 00:27:07,426 Well, what about that one? Well, what about that one?
432 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.
433 00:27:12,244 00:27:13,614 So why don't we use theirs? So why don't we use theirs?
434 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.
435 00:27:21,455 00:27:22,624 Okay. Got it. Okay. Got it.
436 00:27:23,424 00:27:24,626 (SIGHS) Okay. (SIGHS) Okay.
437 00:27:25,526 00:27:27,049 Come on. Come on.
438 00:27:27,129 00:27:28,531 - (DOOR BEEPS) - Go. - (DOOR BEEPS) - Go.
439 00:27:39,475 00:27:41,129 (ISAAC CLEARING THROAT) (ISAAC CLEARING THROAT)
440 00:27:41,209 00:27:42,298 Where's the telescope? Where's the telescope?
441 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,
442 00:27:45,148 00:27:47,436 which is only visible from the southern hemisphere. which is only visible from the southern hemisphere.
443 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.
444 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.
445 00:27:56,492 00:28:00,484 But given my current employment status, But given my current employment status,
446 00:28:00,564 00:28:02,267 I gotta make a phone call. I gotta make a phone call.
447 00:28:06,703 00:28:08,539 Hello. Hi, uh, ola. Hello. Hi, uh, ola.
448 00:28:09,673 00:28:13,332 My name is Dr. Bruno Dr. Isaac Bruno. My name is Dr. Bruno Dr. Isaac Bruno.
449 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.
450 00:28:19,484 00:28:23,322 Si, si. Uh, could I have the telescope shifted to new celestial coordinates? Si, si. Uh, could I have the telescope shifted to new celestial coordinates?
451 00:28:24,723 00:28:26,359 No, no. I have permission. No, no. I have permission.
452 00:28:28,161 00:28:29,397 From... Uh... From... Uh...
453 00:28:30,297 00:28:31,399 Dr. Charles Durant. Dr. Charles Durant.
454 00:28:32,398 00:28:36,056 Yes, ID number 917836187. Yes, ID number 917836187.
455 00:28:36,136 00:28:38,058 No, he's not... No, he's not...
456 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?
457 00:28:40,474 00:28:42,462 And then we'll put the telescope back... And then we'll put the telescope back...
458 00:28:42,542 00:28:45,165 - Clara, hold on, what are you... - (CLARA SPEAKING SPANISH) - Clara, hold on, what are you... - (CLARA SPEAKING SPANISH)
459 00:28:45,245 00:28:48,516 (CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH) (CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH)
460 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.
461 00:29:17,781 00:29:18,783 What did you say? What did you say?
462 00:29:20,383 00:29:21,585 I asked her how her day was. I asked her how her day was.
463 00:29:22,852 00:29:24,708 I was about to get to that. I was about to get to that.
464 00:29:24,788 00:29:27,258 Yeah. I knew you were. Yeah. I knew you were.
465 00:29:37,769 00:29:41,127 The observatory is pre-processing the images now, The observatory is pre-processing the images now,
466 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.
467 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?
468 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.
469 00:30:00,561 00:30:02,263 Amethyst from Zambia. Amethyst from Zambia.
470 00:30:03,364 00:30:06,187 Celestine from Australia. Celestine from Australia.
471 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.
472 00:30:09,436 00:30:11,205 Pyrite from Navajun. Pyrite from Navajun.
473 00:30:12,373 00:30:13,761 This piece is pretty impure, This piece is pretty impure,
474 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,
475 00:30:17,279 00:30:18,734 printed as perfect cubes. printed as perfect cubes.
476 00:30:18,814 00:30:20,135 What about one? What about one?
477 00:30:20,215 00:30:21,737 You're gonna like this one. You're gonna like this one.
478 00:30:21,817 00:30:23,553 It's a meteorite from Antarctica. It's a meteorite from Antarctica.
479 00:30:24,353 00:30:25,556 BOTH: Chondrite. BOTH: Chondrite.
480 00:30:26,556 00:30:27,810 - Wow. - Yeah. - Wow. - Yeah.
481 00:30:27,890 00:30:29,726 You know this is older than the Sun? You know this is older than the Sun?
482 00:30:29,992 00:30:32,382 Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm.
483 00:30:32,462 00:30:35,285 Why did you go to Antarctica? Why did you go to Antarctica?
484 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,
485 00:30:37,601 00:30:39,723 but that was my first one. but that was my first one.
486 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?
487 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.
488 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,
489 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.
490 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,
491 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
492 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.
493 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
494 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.
495 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
496 00:31:12,272 00:31:15,428 and these glacial blue eyes, like yours, and... and these glacial blue eyes, like yours, and...
497 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.
498 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.
499 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.
500 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.
501 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,
502 00:31:34,496 00:31:35,716 it came from the stars. it came from the stars.
503 00:31:35,796 00:31:37,433 Meteors aren't stars. Meteors aren't stars.
504 00:31:39,000 00:31:40,469 It had a story. It had a story.
505 00:31:40,936 00:31:42,472 He had a story. He had a story.
506 00:31:42,971 00:31:44,293 And a life. And a life.
507 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,
508 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.
509 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.
510 00:31:57,354 00:31:58,489 Give them back to the earth. Give them back to the earth.
511 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.
512 00:32:02,026 00:32:03,595 They're my pieces of home. They're my pieces of home.
513 00:32:08,700 00:32:10,535 So when did you move back? So when did you move back?
514 00:32:11,035 00:32:12,857 A year ago. A year ago.
515 00:32:12,937 00:32:14,425 All of the bouncing around All of the bouncing around
516 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.
517 00:32:18,077 00:32:20,865 And selling paintings to get by... And selling paintings to get by...
518 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.
519 00:32:24,783 00:32:27,787 A-ha. So you speak Spanish. What else you got? A-ha. So you speak Spanish. What else you got?
520 00:32:28,620 00:32:32,725 (SPEAKING FRENCH) (SPEAKING FRENCH)
521 00:32:33,560 00:32:35,047 That's French. Easy. That's French. Easy.
522 00:32:35,127 00:32:38,532 (SPEAKING JAPANESE) (SPEAKING JAPANESE)
523 00:32:39,066 00:32:40,402 Japanese. Japanese.
524 00:32:41,534 00:32:44,571 (SPEAKING AFRIKAANS) (SPEAKING AFRIKAANS)
525 00:32:44,938 00:32:46,027 German? German?
526 00:32:46,107 00:32:47,694 Afrikaans. Afrikaans.
527 00:32:47,774 00:32:48,930 (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)
528 00:32:49,010 00:32:51,399 People pretend that we're all so different. People pretend that we're all so different.
529 00:32:51,479 00:32:53,534 But really, just everybody wants the same thing. But really, just everybody wants the same thing.
530 00:32:53,614 00:32:55,770 They all want to hear "Thank you," They all want to hear "Thank you,"
531 00:32:55,850 00:32:57,419 they wanna be asked how their days are. they wanna be asked how their days are.
532 00:32:58,552 00:32:59,889 They wanna hear "I love you." They wanna hear "I love you."
533 00:33:00,989 00:33:02,544 Sounds like there's a story there. Sounds like there's a story there.
534 00:33:02,624 00:33:04,760 - More than one. - Oh. - More than one. - Oh.
535 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.
536 00:33:08,831 00:33:11,101 Whenever the conversation turned to marriage and kids, Whenever the conversation turned to marriage and kids,
537 00:33:12,402 00:33:13,670 I knew it was my time to go. I knew it was my time to go.
538 00:33:14,404 00:33:15,639 Hmm. Hmm.
539 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?
540 00:33:21,010 00:33:23,447 Yeah. I do. Yeah. I do.
541 00:33:40,999 00:33:42,554 - (KNOCKING AT DOOR) - MAN: Uh, excuse me. - (KNOCKING AT DOOR) - MAN: Uh, excuse me.
542 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...
543 00:33:45,171 00:33:48,728 Shit. Clara. Clara, hey, come on. Shit. Clara. Clara, hey, come on.
544 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.
545 00:33:51,778 00:33:53,146 - Go, go, go. - Okay, okay. - Go, go, go. - Okay, okay.
546 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!
547 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?
548 00:34:20,909 00:34:22,412 Hello. Hello.
549 00:34:22,677 00:34:23,999 Hi. Hi.
550 00:34:24,079 00:34:26,736 ISAAC: Charlie, Clara. Clara, Charlie. ISAAC: Charlie, Clara. Clara, Charlie.
551 00:34:26,816 00:34:29,605 - Nice to meet you, Charlie. - You too. - Nice to meet you, Charlie. - You too.
552 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.
553 00:34:31,854 00:34:32,955 Thank you. Thank you.
554 00:34:36,124 00:34:37,761 You definitely got something. You definitely got something.
555 00:34:39,529 00:34:40,631 Is it an Earth mass? Is it an Earth mass?
556 00:34:41,866 00:34:43,001 (SIGHING) But... (SIGHING) But...
557 00:34:44,134 00:34:45,722 But? But?
558 00:34:45,802 00:34:48,025 It's contaminated with stellar activity. It's contaminated with stellar activity.
559 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.
560 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,
561 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.
562 00:34:58,749 00:34:59,784 No. No.
563 00:35:01,888 00:35:02,889 No. No.
564 00:35:03,855 00:35:05,143 We'll find another option. We'll find another option.
565 00:35:05,223 00:35:06,878 There aren't any, genius. There aren't any, genius.
566 00:35:06,958 00:35:09,196 Sorry, guys, what are we talking about? Sorry, guys, what are we talking about?
567 00:35:12,965 00:35:14,354 After Isaac's little stunt, After Isaac's little stunt,
568 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.
569 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.
570 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.
571 00:35:20,874 00:35:22,562 - Charlie. - We have a friend. - Charlie. - We have a friend.
572 00:35:22,642 00:35:24,833 Isaac's ex-wife, Rebecca. Isaac's ex-wife, Rebecca.
573 00:35:24,913 00:35:26,900 She's is an Endowed Chair at CalTech. She's is an Endowed Chair at CalTech.
574 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.
575 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,
576 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.
577 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.
578 00:35:37,258 00:35:38,780 Isaac, let's talk to Rebecca. Isaac, let's talk to Rebecca.
579 00:35:38,860 00:35:39,749 Thanks for the data, Charlie... Thanks for the data, Charlie...
580 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,
581 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.
582 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.
583 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.
584 00:35:52,042 00:35:53,511 Sorry. Sorry.
585 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.
586 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?
587 00:36:05,221 00:36:06,524 The worst. The worst.
588 00:36:15,968 00:36:16,969 Hey. Hey.
589 00:36:18,836 00:36:19,991 Hey. Hey.
590 00:36:20,071 00:36:23,060 Um, do you have any extra pajamas? Um, do you have any extra pajamas?
591 00:36:23,140 00:36:24,977 Other than band T-shirts. Other than band T-shirts.
592 00:36:26,112 00:36:28,067 Uh... Uh...
593 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.
594 00:36:33,386 00:36:35,807 Some stuff that Rebecca never wore. Some stuff that Rebecca never wore.
595 00:36:35,887 00:36:37,044 Are you sure? Are you sure?
596 00:36:37,124 00:36:38,225 Yeah. Yeah.
597 00:36:39,727 00:36:41,915 Okay. Okay.
598 00:36:41,995 00:36:45,566 Actually, um... Here. I got you this. Actually, um... Here. I got you this.
599 00:36:48,370 00:36:49,971 Something for you. Something for you.
600 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.
601 00:37:30,947 00:37:35,686 (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY BY BOB DYLAN PLAYING) (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY BY BOB DYLAN PLAYING)
602 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
603 00:37:45,430 00:37:49,636 ♪ Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline ♪ Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
604 00:37:52,371 00:37:56,844 ♪ Remember me to one who lives there ♪ Remember me to one who lives there
605 00:37:59,378 00:38:04,118 ♪ She once was a true love of mine ♪ She once was a true love of mine
606 00:38:08,189 00:38:11,993 ♪ If you go when the snowflakes storm ♪ If you go when the snowflakes storm
607 00:38:14,762 00:38:19,300 ♪ When the rivers freeze and summer ends ♪ When the rivers freeze and summer ends
608 00:38:21,737 00:38:25,841 ♪ Please see she has a coat so warm ♪ Please see she has a coat so warm
609 00:38:28,845 00:38:33,082 ♪ To keep her from the howlin' winds ♪ To keep her from the howlin' winds
610 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
611 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.
612 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
613 00:38:57,207 00:38:59,097 Isaac? Isaac?
614 00:38:59,177 00:39:00,699 Are you sure this is okay? Are you sure this is okay?
615 00:39:00,779 00:39:03,749 ♪ That's the way I remember her best ♪ That's the way I remember her best
616 00:39:08,419 00:39:09,909 (CLEARS THROAT) (CLEARS THROAT)
617 00:39:09,989 00:39:10,990 Yeah, it's fine. Yeah, it's fine.
618 00:39:11,991 00:39:13,127 You look nice. You look nice.
619 00:39:17,164 00:39:19,119 ♪ Many times I've often prayed ♪ Many times I've often prayed
620 00:39:19,199 00:39:21,068 Isaac, you need to go see Rebecca. Isaac, you need to go see Rebecca.
621 00:39:23,836 00:39:28,042 ♪ In the darkness of my night ♪ In the darkness of my night
622 00:39:31,546 00:39:34,950 ♪ In the brightness of my day ♪ ♪ In the brightness of my day ♪
623 00:39:39,121 00:39:41,342 MAN: I'll let Dr. Jenkins know you're here. MAN: I'll let Dr. Jenkins know you're here.
624 00:39:41,422 00:39:42,945 Can I get you anything? Can I get you anything?
625 00:39:43,025 00:39:44,847 No, thanks. No, thanks.
626 00:39:44,927 00:39:45,928 (TELEPHONE RINGING) (TELEPHONE RINGING)
627 00:39:49,999 00:39:51,520 (TELEPHONE CONTINUES RINGING) (TELEPHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
628 00:39:51,600 00:39:54,270 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
629 00:40:03,848 00:40:04,849 Isaac. Isaac.
630 00:40:09,320 00:40:10,321 Hey. Hey.
631 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.
632 00:40:18,062 00:40:20,131 Went back to Jenkins, huh? Went back to Jenkins, huh?
633 00:40:25,404 00:40:27,492 That's new. That's new.
634 00:40:27,572 00:40:29,542 A little contradictory, don't you think? A little contradictory, don't you think?
635 00:40:31,310 00:40:32,965 In our field. In our field.
636 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?
637 00:40:37,084 00:40:38,386 Rebecca, I need your help. Rebecca, I need your help.
638 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.
639 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.
640 00:40:45,591 00:40:48,315 TESS has just launched, James Webb to follow, TESS has just launched, James Webb to follow,
641 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.
642 00:40:50,297 00:40:51,418 We're always fighting for renewal. We're always fighting for renewal.
643 00:40:51,498 00:40:52,520 Exactly. Exactly.
644 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?
645 00:40:56,971 00:40:58,159 You're obsessed, Isaac. You're obsessed, Isaac.
646 00:40:58,239 00:40:59,441 You used to want this, too. You used to want this, too.
647 00:41:00,642 00:41:02,411 I used to want a lot of things. I used to want a lot of things.
648 00:41:11,922 00:41:14,009 I'm sorry. This... I'm sorry. This...
649 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.
650 00:41:18,328 00:41:19,496 Isaac. Isaac.
651 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.
652 00:41:30,574 00:41:32,110 I know that. I know that.
653 00:41:36,048 00:41:37,283 But it's all I have. But it's all I have.
654 00:41:44,221 00:41:46,158 I can get you three hours with Keck. I can get you three hours with Keck.
655 00:41:48,393 00:41:50,550 It's the best I can do. It's the best I can do.
656 00:41:50,630 00:41:52,965 - Rebecca... - Promise me it stops after this. - Rebecca... - Promise me it stops after this.
657 00:41:54,666 00:41:56,168 For you. For you.
658 00:41:58,204 00:41:59,439 Yeah. Yeah.
659 00:42:04,979 00:42:07,381 Here. I know you. Here. I know you.
660 00:42:18,393 00:42:20,561 (SOBBING) (SOBBING)
661 00:42:36,746 00:42:39,569 (MOURNFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) (MOURNFUL CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
662 00:42:39,649 00:42:41,118 (SOBBING) (SOBBING)
663 00:43:01,073 00:43:02,194 (EVA WHINING) (EVA WHINING)
664 00:43:02,274 00:43:03,676 It's okay. It's okay.
665 00:43:09,515 00:43:11,317 (RUMBLING) (RUMBLING)
666 00:43:12,719 00:43:16,690 (CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) (CLASSICAL MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
667 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.
668 00:44:03,507 00:44:04,527 I'm sorry, Isaac. I'm sorry, Isaac.
669 00:44:04,607 00:44:05,609 Look. Look.
670 00:44:08,645 00:44:09,813 Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
671 00:44:13,184 00:44:14,553 It was right on time. It was right on time.
672 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.
673 00:44:21,492 00:44:22,647 The planet's diameter is... The planet's diameter is...
674 00:44:22,727 00:44:27,219 Twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers. Sound familiar? Twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers. Sound familiar?
675 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...
676 00:44:30,235 00:44:31,424 It's definitely an Earth mass. It's definitely an Earth mass.
677 00:44:31,504 00:44:32,558 Yeah. Yeah.
678 00:44:32,638 00:44:34,492 The planet's distance to the star? The planet's distance to the star?
679 00:44:34,572 00:44:36,696 0.5 astronomical units. 0.5 astronomical units.
680 00:44:36,776 00:44:39,265 Which gets me to around 303K. Which gets me to around 303K.
681 00:44:39,345 00:44:41,282 Inside the habitable zone. Inside the habitable zone.
682 00:44:43,150 00:44:44,651 Twenty light-years away from us. Twenty light-years away from us.
683 00:44:53,261 00:44:55,429 You might've just discovered Earth 2.0. You might've just discovered Earth 2.0.
684 00:44:59,767 00:45:02,204 Thank you, Rebecca. Thank you, Rebecca.
685 00:45:10,278 00:45:12,167 - (CHUCKLES) - (SIGHING) Oh, man. - (CHUCKLES) - (SIGHING) Oh, man.
686 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.
687 00:45:15,852 00:45:18,855 Of course. You owe me a sandwich. Of course. You owe me a sandwich.
688 00:45:31,335 00:45:32,704 (DOOR CLOSES) (DOOR CLOSES)
689 00:45:41,879 00:45:44,468 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
690 00:45:44,548 00:45:46,784 (BOTH LAUGHING) (BOTH LAUGHING)
691 00:45:52,558 00:45:53,826 I wanna show you something. I wanna show you something.
692 00:45:58,230 00:45:59,532 I found our star. I found our star.
693 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...
694 00:46:05,405 00:46:06,841 It's there. It's there.
695 00:46:19,487 00:46:20,722 Got an idea. Got an idea.
696 00:46:25,994 00:46:28,263 Sorry, the resolution's not great. Sorry, the resolution's not great.
697 00:46:29,731 00:46:33,488 There's software that's gonna virtually catalog There's software that's gonna virtually catalog
698 00:46:33,568 00:46:36,192 all of the stars discovered by TESS. all of the stars discovered by TESS.
699 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.
700 00:46:39,975 00:46:43,413 This is just a Hubble deep field image. This is just a Hubble deep field image.
701 00:46:44,580 00:46:46,349 It'll have do for now. It'll have do for now.
702 00:46:47,784 00:46:49,420 Yeah. It'll do. Yeah. It'll do.
703 00:46:54,992 00:46:57,461 Seems too beautiful to just be random. Seems too beautiful to just be random.
704 00:46:58,896 00:47:02,487 It's beautiful because it's random. It's beautiful because it's random.
705 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?
706 00:47:06,437 00:47:10,661 Like somebody painted this... Canvas. Like somebody painted this... Canvas.
707 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...
708 00:47:15,681 00:47:17,650 They did a pretty shitty job. They did a pretty shitty job.
709 00:47:19,719 00:47:21,655 Just look at the way things happen. Just look at the way things happen.
710 00:47:23,056 00:47:26,013 Supremely unintelligent design. Supremely unintelligent design.
711 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.
712 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,
713 00:47:32,499 00:47:34,254 but there is something else. but there is something else.
714 00:47:34,334 00:47:36,858 Something that reaches out to me. Something that reaches out to me.
715 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.
716 00:47:38,472 00:47:41,963 Clara, that connection you feel Clara, that connection you feel
717 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.
718 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.
719 00:47:53,622 00:47:56,044 Look, if some incredibly advanced species out there Look, if some incredibly advanced species out there
720 00:47:56,124 00:48:00,050 confirmed some metaphysical connection to everything exists, confirmed some metaphysical connection to everything exists,
721 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...
722 00:48:03,799 00:48:07,370 It's just an unproven, human-made concept. It's just an unproven, human-made concept.
723 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?
724 00:48:14,678 00:48:16,667 Wouldn't you want that comfort? Wouldn't you want that comfort?
725 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?
726 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?
727 00:48:24,723 00:48:26,426 It's not about what I want. It's not about what I want.
728 00:48:28,527 00:48:30,797 I can't just choose to believe otherwise. I can't just choose to believe otherwise.
729 00:48:35,934 00:48:37,503 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
730 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.
731 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.
732 00:49:05,766 00:49:07,068 Did you feel that? Did you feel that?
733 00:49:11,139 00:49:12,442 Prove it. Prove it.
734 00:49:23,185 00:49:24,989 CLARA: Wait. CLARA: Wait.
735 00:49:28,559 00:49:29,927 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
736 00:49:53,585 00:49:54,788 (CLATTERING) (CLATTERING)
737 00:49:58,123 00:50:00,747 Why do you keep moving those around? Why do you keep moving those around?
738 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.
739 00:50:07,166 00:50:08,522 What do you mean? What do you mean?
740 00:50:08,602 00:50:10,189 I mean, you said it yourself. I mean, you said it yourself.
741 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.
742 00:50:12,005 00:50:13,661 And we made our discovery, so... And we made our discovery, so...
743 00:50:13,741 00:50:15,429 Exactly. Exactly.
744 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.
745 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.
746 00:50:24,253 00:50:25,621 You don't have to leave. You don't have to leave.
747 00:50:42,571 00:50:44,092 I'm sorry for last night. I'm sorry for last night.
748 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.
749 00:50:46,542 00:50:47,711 No, you didn't. No, you didn't.
750 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.
751 00:50:57,755 00:50:59,511 Charlie? Charlie?
752 00:50:59,591 00:51:00,846 He'd be mid-lecture by now. He'd be mid-lecture by now.
753 00:51:00,926 00:51:02,547 Okay. So we'll crash it. Okay. So we'll crash it.
754 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.
755 00:51:07,332 00:51:09,268 Hence crashing. Hence crashing.
756 00:51:12,838 00:51:15,228 CHARLIE: If you'll only look up from your phones to glean one piece of information CHARLIE: If you'll only look up from your phones to glean one piece of information
757 00:51:15,308 00:51:16,943 from me all semester, let it be this. from me all semester, let it be this.
758 00:51:18,311 00:51:20,099 Data. Data.
759 00:51:20,179 00:51:22,735 Data is everything to us. Yes? Data is everything to us. Yes?
760 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.
761 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,
762 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.
763 00:51:32,359 00:51:35,782 (ETHEREAL SOUND PLAYS) (ETHEREAL SOUND PLAYS)
764 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.
765 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.
766 00:51:45,105 00:51:47,108 Consider what you're actually listening to. Consider what you're actually listening to.
767 00:51:51,079 00:51:52,567 Pretty trippy, right? Pretty trippy, right?
768 00:51:52,647 00:51:54,102 Let's switch it up. Hmm. Let's switch it up. Hmm.
769 00:51:54,182 00:51:57,305 (CHIMING SOUND PLAYS) (CHIMING SOUND PLAYS)
770 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.
771 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,
772 00:52:03,293 00:52:04,914 on your streaming devices, on your streaming devices,
773 00:52:04,994 00:52:06,715 can be broken down into data. can be broken down into data.
774 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.
775 00:52:11,067 00:52:12,256 What I want you to do What I want you to do
776 00:52:12,336 00:52:16,560 is go home and reverse the sonification process. is go home and reverse the sonification process.
777 00:52:16,640 00:52:18,943 Convert the sound back into data. Convert the sound back into data.
778 00:52:20,044 00:52:22,180 That's it. Get the hell outta here. That's it. Get the hell outta here.
779 00:52:23,415 00:52:25,117 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
780 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?
781 00:52:31,922 00:52:34,679 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.
782 00:52:34,759 00:52:36,082 (CHARLIE AND CLARA LAUGH) (CHARLIE AND CLARA LAUGH)
783 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.
784 00:52:38,197 00:52:39,718 You guys should sneak into that as well. You guys should sneak into that as well.
785 00:52:39,798 00:52:41,086 I recommend dressing exactly like this. I recommend dressing exactly like this.
786 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.
787 00:52:43,903 00:52:45,038 What are you talking about? What are you talking about?
788 00:52:46,938 00:52:48,142 We found our planet. We found our planet.
789 00:52:49,343 00:52:50,897 - Seriously? - Yeah. - Seriously? - Yeah.
790 00:52:50,977 00:52:51,933 (CELL PHONE RINGING) (CELL PHONE RINGING)
791 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.
792 00:52:54,415 00:52:56,317 Hello. Now? Hello. Now?
793 00:52:57,017 00:52:58,739 Like right now? Like right now?
794 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.
795 00:53:02,456 00:53:03,958 I'm having a baby. I'm having a baby.
796 00:53:05,025 00:53:07,328 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA SYSTEM) (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA SYSTEM)
797 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.
798 00:53:10,965 00:53:12,955 Uh, it's Maya Durant. M-A-Y-A. Uh, it's Maya Durant. M-A-Y-A.
799 00:53:13,035 00:53:15,957 Just love to know what floor she's on, please. Just love to know what floor she's on, please.
800 00:53:16,037 00:53:18,874 (DISTANT BEEPING) (DISTANT BEEPING)
801 00:53:26,248 00:53:28,418 (MONITOR BEEPING) (MONITOR BEEPING)
802 00:53:32,054 00:53:33,690 (PULSING) (PULSING)
803 00:53:34,824 00:53:35,912 (MOANS SOFTLY) (MOANS SOFTLY)
804 00:53:35,992 00:53:38,696 (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA SYSTEM) (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER PA SYSTEM)
805 00:53:39,863 00:53:41,151 (TELEPHONE RINGING) (TELEPHONE RINGING)
806 00:53:41,231 00:53:42,967 (ELEVATOR CLANGING) (ELEVATOR CLANGING)
807 00:53:45,035 00:53:46,905 (ELEVATOR DINGING) (ELEVATOR DINGING)
808 00:53:51,944 00:53:53,931 (ELEVATOR STOPS) (ELEVATOR STOPS)
809 00:53:54,011 00:53:55,233 (DINGS) (DINGS)
810 00:53:55,313 00:53:57,049 (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR OPENS)
811 00:54:04,157 00:54:07,327 (AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING) (AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING)
812 00:54:11,364 00:54:12,833 REBECCA: Isaac. REBECCA: Isaac.
813 00:54:15,301 00:54:17,824 You're gonna be a father. You're gonna be a father.
814 00:54:17,904 00:54:18,860 DOCTOR 1: He's not breathing. DOCTOR 1: He's not breathing.
815 00:54:18,940 00:54:20,127 DOCTOR 2: I don't have a heartbeat. DOCTOR 2: I don't have a heartbeat.
816 00:54:20,207 00:54:21,862 REBECCA: Isaac. (SOBS) REBECCA: Isaac. (SOBS)
817 00:54:21,942 00:54:23,111 (SOBBING) He's not breathing. (SOBBING) He's not breathing.
818 00:54:23,845 00:54:25,747 (SOBBING HYSTERICALLY) (SOBBING HYSTERICALLY)
819 00:54:27,548 00:54:29,271 NURSE: Just give her some space. Just focus on me. NURSE: Just give her some space. Just focus on me.
820 00:54:29,351 00:54:30,939 DOCTOR: Still no heartbeat. DOCTOR: Still no heartbeat.
821 00:54:31,019 00:54:32,755 REBECCA: (SOBBING) No! REBECCA: (SOBBING) No!
822 00:54:34,555 00:54:36,058 NURSE: I'm so sorry. NURSE: I'm so sorry.
823 00:54:42,397 00:54:43,499 CLARA: Isaac? CLARA: Isaac?
824 00:55:17,068 00:55:18,471 CLARA: What are you thinking about? CLARA: What are you thinking about?
825 00:55:20,572 00:55:22,275 That it's all just luck. That it's all just luck.
826 00:55:26,079 00:55:27,247 All this. All this.
827 00:55:27,479 00:55:29,102 Us. Us.
828 00:55:29,182 00:55:31,037 (ISAAC LAUGHS SARDONICALLY) (ISAAC LAUGHS SARDONICALLY)
829 00:55:31,117 00:55:34,522 It's just this total cosmic accident. It's just this total cosmic accident.
830 00:55:38,326 00:55:41,815 Just one minuscule variation, Just one minuscule variation,
831 00:55:41,895 00:55:43,550 a slight shift, one way or another, a slight shift, one way or another,
832 00:55:43,630 00:55:46,353 and the last 13.8 billion years and the last 13.8 billion years
833 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...
834 00:55:52,106 00:55:53,842 Here we are. (LAUGHS CYNICALLY) Here we are. (LAUGHS CYNICALLY)
835 00:55:58,347 00:56:00,050 Recycled matter. Recycled matter.
836 00:56:02,317 00:56:03,886 Dust. Dust.
837 00:56:05,455 00:56:06,456 (SCOFFS) (SCOFFS)
838 00:56:11,327 00:56:13,249 So many things have to go right So many things have to go right
839 00:56:13,329 00:56:15,165 to make anything. to make anything.
840 00:56:16,267 00:56:18,570 An atom, a star, a... An atom, a star, a...
841 00:56:22,206 00:56:23,875 A tiny person. A tiny person.
842 00:56:29,681 00:56:31,283 He was ours. He was ours.
843 00:56:33,451 00:56:35,856 For less than a minute, he was ours. For less than a minute, he was ours.
844 00:56:39,492 00:56:40,894 And then... And then...
845 00:56:45,932 00:56:47,168 He wasn't. He wasn't.
846 00:56:50,102 00:56:52,225 Isaac? Isaac?
847 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.
848 00:56:56,109 00:56:59,013 Or why life just stops. Or why life just stops.
849 00:57:00,981 00:57:02,250 But I can't. But I can't.
850 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
851 00:57:07,956 00:57:10,992 and we're here, and so was he. and we're here, and so was he.
852 00:57:11,493 00:57:13,314 He was here. He was here.
853 00:57:13,394 00:57:15,651 His atoms were here. His atoms were here.
854 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.
855 00:57:22,136 00:57:23,960 I read somewhere that once two atoms I read somewhere that once two atoms
856 00:57:24,040 00:57:25,394 come in contact with one another, come in contact with one another,
857 00:57:25,474 00:57:27,998 they can become linked, intertwined. they can become linked, intertwined.
858 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,
859 00:57:30,612 00:57:33,369 they still know one another's state, they still know one another's state,
860 00:57:33,449 00:57:35,238 instantly, over light years. instantly, over light years.
861 00:57:35,318 00:57:36,473 Quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement.
862 00:57:36,553 00:57:37,622 Yeah. Yeah.
863 00:57:40,191 00:57:41,926 You're still connected to him. You're still connected to him.
864 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.
865 00:57:44,729 00:57:46,631 Yeah, but you feel him, don't you? Yeah, but you feel him, don't you?
866 00:57:51,268 00:57:54,339 Maybe somewhere, somehow, he still feels you. Maybe somewhere, somehow, he still feels you.
867 00:57:56,208 00:57:57,576 (INHALES DEEPLY) (INHALES DEEPLY)
868 00:58:38,087 00:58:40,156 Now you've got one from every continent. Now you've got one from every continent.
869 00:58:46,796 00:58:48,766 This one will be both of ours. This one will be both of ours.
870 00:58:51,467 00:58:53,471 ISAAC: Then maybe that means you can stay. ISAAC: Then maybe that means you can stay.
871 00:58:55,172 00:58:57,474 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
872 00:59:05,649 00:59:09,006 CLARA: Stop looking at what you're drawing and just feel it. CLARA: Stop looking at what you're drawing and just feel it.
873 00:59:09,086 00:59:10,274 - ISAAC: Feel this? - Yeah. - ISAAC: Feel this? - Yeah.
874 00:59:10,354 00:59:11,677 ISAAC: Let's draw the bite out of your apple. ISAAC: Let's draw the bite out of your apple.
875 00:59:11,757 00:59:12,744 CLARA: Mmm. CLARA: Mmm.
876 00:59:12,824 00:59:14,746 It's gonna fall. It's gonna fall.
877 00:59:14,826 00:59:16,361 (CLARA GIGGLING) (CLARA GIGGLING)
878 00:59:18,496 00:59:20,485 CLARA: Now you gotta wear it till it falls off. CLARA: Now you gotta wear it till it falls off.
879 00:59:20,565 00:59:23,455 Uh, fire, and that's earth, and this is air. Uh, fire, and that's earth, and this is air.
880 00:59:23,535 00:59:25,191 My tooth went through my lip. My tooth went through my lip.
881 00:59:25,271 00:59:27,326 ISAAC: (LAUGHS) Get something out of it. ISAAC: (LAUGHS) Get something out of it.
882 00:59:27,406 00:59:29,175 CLARA: It's kind of Wonder Woman-ey. CLARA: It's kind of Wonder Woman-ey.
883 00:59:49,530 00:59:52,267 (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) (MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
884 01:00:30,875 01:00:33,098 (CARS HONKING) (CARS HONKING)
885 01:00:33,178 01:00:34,746 (CELL PHONE RINGING) (CELL PHONE RINGING)
886 01:00:42,820 01:00:43,822 Hello? Hello?
887 01:00:44,789 01:00:46,358 Yeah, that's me. Yeah, that's me.
888 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.
889 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...
890 01:00:55,769 01:00:57,890 Go back. Take a look. Hello? Go back. Take a look. Hello?
891 01:00:57,970 01:00:59,340 Hello? Hello?
892 01:01:00,574 01:01:03,331 What's going on? What's going on?
893 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
894 01:01:05,980 01:01:08,769 and they submitted it a week before us. and they submitted it a week before us.
895 01:01:08,849 01:01:11,473 Some guy from Ladakh, India, Some guy from Ladakh, India,
896 01:01:11,553 01:01:12,841 is gonna be credited with our discovery. is gonna be credited with our discovery.
897 01:01:12,921 01:01:13,908 - Not us. - Okay. - Not us. - Okay.
898 01:01:13,988 01:01:15,810 But we still found it, right? But we still found it, right?
899 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.
900 01:01:18,292 01:01:20,549 Yes, yes, yes it does! It really does. Yes, yes, yes it does! It really does.
901 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
902 01:01:21,964 01:01:23,585 of the next couple of years of analysis. of the next couple of years of analysis.
903 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?
904 01:01:25,268 01:01:26,856 And if they find signs of life? And if they find signs of life?
905 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.
906 01:01:29,404 01:01:30,693 Okay. Okay.
907 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?
908 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!
909 01:01:34,444 01:01:35,432 Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
910 01:01:35,512 01:01:37,568 At this point, finding a better planet candidate At this point, finding a better planet candidate
911 01:01:37,648 01:01:40,385 in time for James Webb is basically impossible. in time for James Webb is basically impossible.
912 01:01:41,718 01:01:42,787 Isaac. Isaac.
913 01:01:43,653 01:01:44,956 It's over. (SCOFFS) It's over. (SCOFFS)
914 01:01:46,991 01:01:48,226 It's over. It's over.
915 01:01:53,998 01:01:57,389 DR. RICKMAN: We made our most intriguing discovery so far. DR. RICKMAN: We made our most intriguing discovery so far.
916 01:01:57,469 01:01:59,591 Uh, TESS 421a. Uh, TESS 421a.
917 01:01:59,671 01:02:02,260 And 421a, it orbits an M dwarf. And 421a, it orbits an M dwarf.
918 01:02:02,340 01:02:04,229 Uh, it's in the Goldilocks zone Uh, it's in the Goldilocks zone
919 01:02:04,309 01:02:05,765 where the temperature, where the temperature,
920 01:02:05,845 01:02:07,533 you know, is just right for liquid water. you know, is just right for liquid water.
921 01:02:07,613 01:02:09,202 It's about 20 light-years away. It's about 20 light-years away.
922 01:02:09,282 01:02:12,205 And, uh, its size is closer to Earth's And, uh, its size is closer to Earth's
923 01:02:12,285 01:02:14,308 than any other planet recorded. than any other planet recorded.
924 01:02:14,388 01:02:16,243 REPORTER: Has TESS found any initial evidence REPORTER: Has TESS found any initial evidence
925 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?
926 01:02:18,357 01:02:21,581 Uh, no, that's not the primary objective of TESS. Uh, no, that's not the primary objective of TESS.
927 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
928 01:02:24,831 01:02:26,467 to search for Earth-like planets. to search for Earth-like planets.
929 01:02:27,969 01:02:30,457 Webb's infrared capabilities will allow us... Webb's infrared capabilities will allow us...
930 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.
931 01:02:33,708 01:02:36,665 ...its atmosphere will determine composition, ...its atmosphere will determine composition,
932 01:02:36,745 01:02:39,348 identify bio-signature gases... identify bio-signature gases...
933 01:02:40,816 01:02:42,737 (LAPTOP THUDS SHUT) (LAPTOP THUDS SHUT)
934 01:02:42,817 01:02:46,274 Wait. Everyone is looking for Earth-like planets. Wait. Everyone is looking for Earth-like planets.
935 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,
936 01:02:49,391 01:02:51,014 but what... but what...
937 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?
938 01:02:54,597 01:02:55,718 What do you mean? What do you mean?
939 01:02:55,798 01:02:58,021 Even if a planet has life, Even if a planet has life,
940 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.
941 01:03:00,437 01:03:01,593 We wouldn't be able to see it. We wouldn't be able to see it.
942 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
943 01:03:03,874 01:03:05,930 is to see the result of their existence. is to see the result of their existence.
944 01:03:06,010 01:03:07,832 Atmospheres affected by fossil fuels Atmospheres affected by fossil fuels
945 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.
946 01:03:10,715 01:03:13,038 Or, uh, uh, solar energy harvesting. Or, uh, uh, solar energy harvesting.
947 01:03:13,118 01:03:14,373 You know, footprints. You know, footprints.
948 01:03:14,453 01:03:16,041 The older and more evolved civilizations The older and more evolved civilizations
949 01:03:16,121 01:03:18,824 are bound to have produced unnatural phenomena. are bound to have produced unnatural phenomena.
950 01:03:20,958 01:03:22,060 Anomalies. Anomalies.
951 01:03:23,095 01:03:24,750 How would we even start? How would we even start?
952 01:03:24,830 01:03:26,800 We download the next batch of TESS data We download the next batch of TESS data
953 01:03:27,666 01:03:29,402 and we go through all of it. and we go through all of it.
954 01:03:30,035 01:03:32,057 Process of elimination. Process of elimination.
955 01:03:32,137 01:03:35,042 (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) (UPBEAT CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
956 01:03:48,555 01:03:49,877 Okay. Okay.
957 01:03:49,957 01:03:50,944 I'm done being a hermit. I'm done being a hermit.
958 01:03:51,024 01:03:52,414 I need to get out of this apartment. I need to get out of this apartment.
959 01:03:52,494 01:03:54,448 Uh, I'm, I'm making real progress here. Uh, I'm, I'm making real progress here.
960 01:03:54,528 01:03:55,517 Come on, just... Come on, just...
961 01:03:55,597 01:03:56,865 I'm sorry. I can't tonight. I'm sorry. I can't tonight.
962 01:04:03,538 01:04:06,442 CLARA: (INDISTINCT) Okay, well, I'm going out. CLARA: (INDISTINCT) Okay, well, I'm going out.
963 01:04:08,777 01:04:11,001 - What? - CLARA: I'm going out. - What? - CLARA: I'm going out.
964 01:04:11,081 01:04:12,749 - Where? - Dancing. - Where? - Dancing.
965 01:04:14,184 01:04:15,386 (DOOR BANGS SHUT) (DOOR BANGS SHUT)
966 01:04:18,688 01:04:20,657 (MUSIC CONTINUES LOUDLY) (MUSIC CONTINUES LOUDLY)
967 01:04:43,681 01:04:46,418 (CLARA BREATHING HEAVILY) (CLARA BREATHING HEAVILY)
968 01:04:57,763 01:04:59,433 (TAP RUNNING) (TAP RUNNING)
969 01:05:00,900 01:05:02,770 (EEVA WHINING) (EEVA WHINING)
970 01:05:07,174 01:05:08,509 (EXHALES) (EXHALES)
971 01:05:16,785 01:05:18,687 (TAP DRIPPING) (TAP DRIPPING)
972 01:05:21,189 01:05:22,425 (STONES CLATTER) (STONES CLATTER)
973 01:05:40,711 01:05:41,932 (BREATHES DEEPLY) (BREATHES DEEPLY)
974 01:05:42,012 01:05:43,514 You need a Tylenol or something? You need a Tylenol or something?
975 01:05:43,881 01:05:44,916 Mmm-mmm. Mmm-mmm.
976 01:05:47,685 01:05:48,786 What are you doing? What are you doing?
977 01:05:51,089 01:05:52,677 Uh... Uh...
978 01:05:52,757 01:05:54,846 Drawing... Evolution. Drawing... Evolution.
979 01:05:54,926 01:05:57,596 - (PENCIL SCRAPING) - ISAAC: Huh. Nice. - (PENCIL SCRAPING) - ISAAC: Huh. Nice.
980 01:05:59,564 01:06:01,633 (EVA WHINING) (EVA WHINING)
981 01:06:02,300 01:06:03,823 (PANTING) (PANTING)
982 01:06:03,903 01:06:06,539 CLARA: You know, Eeva's much closer to me these days. CLARA: You know, Eeva's much closer to me these days.
983 01:06:07,740 01:06:08,827 Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah?
984 01:06:08,907 01:06:11,197 CLARA: When I found her, she was a stray, CLARA: When I found her, she was a stray,
985 01:06:11,277 01:06:13,180 just wandering without a home. just wandering without a home.
986 01:06:15,948 01:06:18,151 Maybe it's her who found me. Maybe it's her who found me.
987 01:06:20,620 01:06:22,122 Maybe I'm a stray. Maybe I'm a stray.
988 01:06:23,690 01:06:25,092 ISAAC: Holy shit! ISAAC: Holy shit!
989 01:06:26,860 01:06:28,128 I think I found something. I think I found something.
990 01:06:31,731 01:06:32,934 I found something. I found something.
991 01:06:35,736 01:06:36,924 CHARLIE: What am I looking at here? CHARLIE: What am I looking at here?
992 01:06:37,004 01:06:38,106 You'll see it. You'll see it.
993 01:06:38,906 01:06:40,209 This is bad data. This is bad data.
994 01:06:41,577 01:06:43,632 What are you talking about? Look at this. What are you talking about? Look at this.
995 01:06:43,712 01:06:45,667 The data captured over these days... The data captured over these days...
996 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.
997 01:06:48,217 01:06:50,173 That suggests strategically scattered That suggests strategically scattered
998 01:06:50,253 01:06:51,574 objects orbiting that star. objects orbiting that star.
999 01:06:51,654 01:06:53,041 This is too intentional to be debris. This is too intentional to be debris.
1000 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.
1001 01:06:54,958 01:06:57,780 Some advanced civilization harvesting their star's energy. Some advanced civilization harvesting their star's energy.
1002 01:06:57,860 01:06:59,783 Charlie, would you look at this? Charlie, would you look at this?
1003 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?
1004 01:07:01,664 01:07:03,553 Charlie, this is not natural, man. Charlie, this is not natural, man.
1005 01:07:03,633 01:07:05,288 It's bad data. It's bad data.
1006 01:07:05,368 01:07:06,924 There was movement on the spacecraft. There was movement on the spacecraft.
1007 01:07:07,004 01:07:08,759 This batch is riddled with errors. This batch is riddled with errors.
1008 01:07:08,839 01:07:09,993 I'm surprised you don't know that. I'm surprised you don't know that.
1009 01:07:10,073 01:07:11,743 Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
1010 01:07:13,078 01:07:14,699 I think you might be too close to this. I think you might be too close to this.
1011 01:07:14,779 01:07:16,034 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1012 01:07:16,114 01:07:17,201 CLARA: Is everything okay? CLARA: Is everything okay?
1013 01:07:17,281 01:07:20,005 CHARLIE: Hey, I heard you were, uh, under the weather. CHARLIE: Hey, I heard you were, uh, under the weather.
1014 01:07:20,085 01:07:21,172 You look like you're on the mend. You look like you're on the mend.
1015 01:07:21,252 01:07:23,008 CLARA: Uh, not really, CLARA: Uh, not really,
1016 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
1017 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.
1018 01:07:28,260 01:07:30,129 (TAP RUNNING) (TAP RUNNING)
1019 01:07:30,863 01:07:32,184 How's Maya? How's Maya?
1020 01:07:32,264 01:07:34,721 Uh, good, good. I mean, Maya's a little nuts, you know. Uh, good, good. I mean, Maya's a little nuts, you know.
1021 01:07:34,801 01:07:35,956 It's kinda hard to get any sleep It's kinda hard to get any sleep
1022 01:07:36,036 01:07:38,090 when the baby's crying every seventh minute. when the baby's crying every seventh minute.
1023 01:07:38,170 01:07:39,992 - CLARA: Mmm-hmm. - I'm afraid I'm gonna come home one day - CLARA: Mmm-hmm. - I'm afraid I'm gonna come home one day
1024 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
1025 01:07:41,975 01:07:44,163 that says she's moved to Puerto Plata that says she's moved to Puerto Plata
1026 01:07:44,243 01:07:46,099 and she was never really into dad-bod. and she was never really into dad-bod.
1027 01:07:46,179 01:07:47,769 CLARA: Come on. CLARA: Come on.
1028 01:07:47,849 01:07:48,836 But besides that, we're good. But besides that, we're good.
1029 01:07:48,916 01:07:50,771 (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)
1030 01:07:50,851 01:07:53,640 Well, if she needs a tour guide, Well, if she needs a tour guide,
1031 01:07:53,720 01:07:55,142 just toss her my way. just toss her my way.
1032 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.
1033 01:07:57,858 01:07:59,898 CLARA: Goodnight, you guys. CHARLIE: Hey, goodnight. CLARA: Goodnight, you guys. CHARLIE: Hey, goodnight.
1034 01:08:05,968 01:08:07,288 Hey! Hey!
1035 01:08:07,368 01:08:08,824 What the hell's the matter with you? What the hell's the matter with you?
1036 01:08:08,904 01:08:10,860 Come on, Charlie, not now, please. Come on, Charlie, not now, please.
1037 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?
1038 01:08:13,710 01:08:15,731 You should be making her soup. You should be making her soup.
1039 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,
1040 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.
1041 01:08:18,981 01:08:21,003 Again. Again.
1042 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?
1043 01:08:23,119 01:08:25,209 You met Clara. You got closure with Rebecca. You met Clara. You got closure with Rebecca.
1044 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.
1045 01:08:26,990 01:08:28,192 You deserve that, too. You deserve that, too.
1046 01:08:30,194 01:08:31,229 What do you mean by that? What do you mean by that?
1047 01:08:32,762 01:08:35,353 She got in touch with Maya She got in touch with Maya
1048 01:08:35,433 01:08:37,268 to say congratulations on the baby. to say congratulations on the baby.
1049 01:08:38,803 01:08:40,759 And? And?
1050 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.
1051 01:08:49,782 01:08:52,019 (SIRENS WAILING IN THE DISTANCE) (SIRENS WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)
1052 01:08:57,055 01:08:58,157 (SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES)
1053 01:09:01,327 01:09:03,063 (PENCIL SCRAPING) (PENCIL SCRAPING)
1054 01:09:14,409 01:09:15,744 ISAAC: Hey. ISAAC: Hey.
1055 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...
1056 01:09:23,017 01:09:24,052 It's fine. It's fine.
1057 01:09:27,923 01:09:29,025 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1058 01:09:32,294 01:09:33,763 How are you feeling? How are you feeling?
1059 01:09:35,932 01:09:37,334 You don't have to worry about me. You don't have to worry about me.
1060 01:09:40,771 01:09:42,106 But I do. But I do.
1061 01:09:45,275 01:09:47,912 (ISAAC BREATHES DEEPLY) (ISAAC BREATHES DEEPLY)
1062 01:09:48,912 01:09:50,081 This is for you. This is for you.
1063 01:09:51,415 01:09:52,951 It's not great. It's not great.
1064 01:09:56,086 01:09:57,841 I tried to do everything you told me. I tried to do everything you told me.
1065 01:09:57,921 01:10:01,893 I got charcoal all over my hands. I got charcoal all over my hands.
1066 01:10:03,295 01:10:05,083 (ISAAC CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (ISAAC CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
1067 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.
1068 01:10:08,466 01:10:11,270 You're always busy observing everything else. You're always busy observing everything else.
1069 01:10:14,039 01:10:15,875 I just wanted to let you know that... I just wanted to let you know that...
1070 01:10:19,812 01:10:21,047 I see you. I see you.
1071 01:10:27,420 01:10:30,825 And I know I've been distracted lately. And I know I've been distracted lately.
1072 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...
1073 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.
1074 01:10:45,005 01:10:47,863 Everything just made sense to him. Everything just made sense to him.
1075 01:10:47,943 01:10:50,012 And I realized that all this time, I... And I realized that all this time, I...
1076 01:10:53,381 01:10:56,018 (SCOFFS) I've just been chasing that look. (SCOFFS) I've just been chasing that look.
1077 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,
1078 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,
1079 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...
1080 01:11:08,998 01:11:10,268 Isaac... Isaac...
1081 01:11:13,036 01:11:14,138 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1082 01:11:15,472 01:11:17,462 (CLARA SIGHS) (CLARA SIGHS)
1083 01:11:17,542 01:11:19,244 I think it's time to give up. I think it's time to give up.
1084 01:11:21,378 01:11:23,382 - I tried but I failed. - Get up. - I tried but I failed. - Get up.
1085 01:11:24,383 01:11:26,005 - Come on. - What? - Come on. - What?
1086 01:11:26,085 01:11:27,907 Come on, get up. Come on, get up.
1087 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,
1088 01:11:29,955 01:11:31,109 but this time no more data. but this time no more data.
1089 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.
1090 01:11:34,125 01:11:35,582 I don't understand. I don't understand.
1091 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?
1092 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...
1093 01:11:41,300 01:11:43,534 Set it up. Set it up.
1094 01:11:47,507 01:11:49,144 CLARA: We're gonna pick a star. CLARA: We're gonna pick a star.
1095 01:11:51,645 01:11:52,967 ISAAC: At random? ISAAC: At random?
1096 01:11:53,047 01:11:55,150 CLARA: No, not at random. CLARA: No, not at random.
1097 01:11:56,417 01:11:57,519 Give me your hand. Give me your hand.
1098 01:12:00,321 01:12:01,356 Here. Here.
1099 01:12:05,627 01:12:07,330 I want you to see what I see. I want you to see what I see.
1100 01:12:08,597 01:12:10,553 - What? - You said it yourself. - What? - You said it yourself.
1101 01:12:10,633 01:12:12,187 Right? We're dust. Right? We're dust.
1102 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.
1103 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.
1104 01:12:16,339 01:12:18,294 So find it. So find it.
1105 01:12:18,374 01:12:20,244 - Use it. - Clara, this is crazy. - Use it. - Clara, this is crazy.
1106 01:12:21,244 01:12:22,313 Trust me. Trust me.
1107 01:12:26,517 01:12:27,518 All right. All right.
1108 01:12:28,618 01:12:29,621 I'll try. I'll try.
1109 01:12:31,121 01:12:32,257 Close your eyes. Close your eyes.
1110 01:12:33,624 01:12:35,461 - Come on... - CLARA: Close them. - Come on... - CLARA: Close them.
1111 01:12:38,296 01:12:41,433 (ISAAC BREATHES DEEPLY) (ISAAC BREATHES DEEPLY)
1112 01:12:45,069 01:12:46,506 CLARA: Let yourself drift... CLARA: Let yourself drift...
1113 01:12:53,479 01:12:55,015 To where you've been... To where you've been...
1114 01:13:06,560 01:13:08,428 And where you can go next. And where you can go next.
1115 01:13:16,137 01:13:18,139 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
1116 01:13:23,746 01:13:25,315 (RUMBLING) (RUMBLING)
1117 01:13:56,579 01:13:57,567 (MUSIC STOPS) (MUSIC STOPS)
1118 01:13:57,647 01:13:59,285 (PANTING) (PANTING)
1119 01:14:16,501 01:14:17,504 Turn it off. Turn it off.
1120 01:14:26,412 01:14:28,202 Isaac... Isaac...
1121 01:14:28,282 01:14:30,270 ISAAC: I can't believe I let you talk me into that. ISAAC: I can't believe I let you talk me into that.
1122 01:14:30,350 01:14:33,506 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1123 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...
1124 01:14:36,557 01:14:38,092 When are you going to get it? When are you going to get it?
1125 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,
1126 01:14:42,230 01:14:43,618 but you know that it's not. but you know that it's not.
1127 01:14:43,698 01:14:44,686 And so you sugarcoat it And so you sugarcoat it
1128 01:14:44,766 01:14:46,722 with these bullshit philosophies. with these bullshit philosophies.
1129 01:14:46,802 01:14:48,156 Because the truth is Because the truth is
1130 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.
1131 01:14:50,205 01:14:52,093 Isaac, I saw you feel something back there. Isaac, I saw you feel something back there.
1132 01:14:52,173 01:14:53,661 I saw you feel something inside of yourself I saw you feel something inside of yourself
1133 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?
1134 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.
1135 01:14:57,513 01:14:59,068 - No, because... - You trust your data - No, because... - You trust your data
1136 01:14:59,148 01:15:00,403 more than you trust yourself. It's sad. more than you trust yourself. It's sad.
1137 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.
1138 01:15:04,653 01:15:05,656 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1139 01:15:07,223 01:15:08,444 And I care about you. And I care about you.
1140 01:15:08,524 01:15:10,448 And all I wanted to do was... And all I wanted to do was...
1141 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?
1142 01:15:12,729 01:15:14,217 - CLARA: Come on. - Huh? - CLARA: Come on. - Huh?
1143 01:15:14,297 01:15:16,186 You wanted to have some great experience You wanted to have some great experience
1144 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?
1145 01:15:18,202 01:15:19,290 - No... - It's like you said, - No... - It's like you said,
1146 01:15:19,370 01:15:21,158 you missed being on the move, right? you missed being on the move, right?
1147 01:15:21,238 01:15:22,794 (SOBS) (SOBS)
1148 01:15:22,874 01:15:24,543 You wanna talk about trust? You wanna talk about trust?
1149 01:15:28,447 01:15:29,715 I trusted you. I trusted you.
1150 01:15:30,849 01:15:32,570 Right up until the moment that I realized Right up until the moment that I realized
1151 01:15:32,650 01:15:35,141 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.
1152 01:15:35,221 01:15:36,623 (STONE CLATTERS) (STONE CLATTERS)
1153 01:15:37,222 01:15:38,225 Isaac... Isaac...
1154 01:15:39,758 01:15:41,494 (CLARA TREMBLING) (CLARA TREMBLING)
1155 01:15:49,202 01:15:50,523 Eva. Eva.
1156 01:15:50,603 01:15:51,692 Come on, girl, I wanna go. Come on, girl, I wanna go.
1157 01:15:51,772 01:15:53,374 - (WHINING) - Eva! - (WHINING) - Eva!
1158 01:15:55,509 01:15:56,563 (SOBBING) Where is she? (SOBBING) Where is she?
1159 01:15:56,643 01:15:57,764 Clara, she's right there. Clara, she's right there.
1160 01:15:57,844 01:15:59,415 (EVA WHINES) (EVA WHINES)
1161 01:15:59,915 01:16:01,183 CLARA: Eva? CLARA: Eva?
1162 01:16:02,317 01:16:03,839 - What's going on? - CLARA: Eva? - What's going on? - CLARA: Eva?
1163 01:16:03,919 01:16:05,573 - Clara! Clara! - (CLARA GASPS) - Clara! Clara! - (CLARA GASPS)
1164 01:16:05,653 01:16:07,208 - Eva... - Clara? Hey, hey, hey! - Eva... - Clara? Hey, hey, hey!
1165 01:16:07,288 01:16:08,477 - What, what is happening? - Isaac... - What, what is happening? - Isaac...
1166 01:16:08,557 01:16:09,544 What's happening? What's happening?
1167 01:16:09,624 01:16:10,680 I don't know where I'm going. I don't know where I'm going.
1168 01:16:10,760 01:16:11,747 Clara! Stop, stop! Clara! Stop, stop!
1169 01:16:11,827 01:16:13,115 - Hey, no, no! - (EVA BARKING) - Hey, no, no! - (EVA BARKING)
1170 01:16:13,195 01:16:14,484 No, no, no. No, no, no, no... No, no, no. No, no, no, no...
1171 01:16:14,564 01:16:16,519 Clara, wake up! Clara! Clara, wake up! Clara!
1172 01:16:16,599 01:16:19,436 Help! Help! Clara! Help! Help! Clara!
1173 01:16:19,969 01:16:21,738 (TELEPHONE RINGING) (TELEPHONE RINGING)
1174 01:16:26,944 01:16:28,846 (BREATHING SHAKILY) (BREATHING SHAKILY)
1175 01:16:30,547 01:16:32,335 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
1176 01:16:32,415 01:16:33,583 DOCTOR: Mr. Bruno? DOCTOR: Mr. Bruno?
1177 01:16:34,252 01:16:35,553 She's awake now. She's awake now.
1178 01:16:39,590 01:16:40,726 What's wrong with her? What's wrong with her?
1179 01:16:41,925 01:16:43,227 We, um... We, um...
1180 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.
1181 01:16:48,834 01:16:50,255 Her skin is being affected, Her skin is being affected,
1182 01:16:50,335 01:16:51,624 her muscles are atrophying. her muscles are atrophying.
1183 01:16:51,704 01:16:53,291 Her connective tissue's breaking down Her connective tissue's breaking down
1184 01:16:53,371 01:16:55,193 and her organs... and her organs...
1185 01:16:55,273 01:16:57,630 It's her heart, her lungs, her kidneys, It's her heart, her lungs, her kidneys,
1186 01:16:57,710 01:16:59,166 they've been failing for some time now. they've been failing for some time now.
1187 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...
1188 01:17:04,384 01:17:07,340 She... (SCOFFS) She's been tired. She's... She... (SCOFFS) She's been tired. She's...
1189 01:17:07,420 01:17:08,408 Been a little under the weather. Been a little under the weather.
1190 01:17:08,488 01:17:09,768 Other than that, she's been fine. Other than that, she's been fine.
1191 01:17:10,391 01:17:11,878 Fine? Fine?
1192 01:17:11,958 01:17:13,314 The state that you brought her in here, The state that you brought her in here,
1193 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.
1194 01:17:16,463 01:17:18,319 The corticosteroid she was taking The corticosteroid she was taking
1195 01:17:18,399 01:17:20,635 might have relieved her symptoms, but... might have relieved her symptoms, but...
1196 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.
1197 01:17:27,276 01:17:28,597 We'll do what we can for Claira. We'll do what we can for Claira.
1198 01:17:28,677 01:17:29,712 Clara. Clara.
1199 01:17:30,779 01:17:32,582 I'm sorry. Clara. I'm sorry. Clara.
1200 01:17:33,481 01:17:35,485 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
1201 01:17:36,518 01:17:38,241 (MONITOR BEEPING) (MONITOR BEEPING)
1202 01:17:38,321 01:17:39,389 (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR OPENS)
1203 01:17:42,924 01:17:44,260 (DOOR SHUTS) (DOOR SHUTS)
1204 01:17:46,063 01:17:47,864 (BREATHES DEEPLY) (BREATHES DEEPLY)
1205 01:17:50,800 01:17:52,236 Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me?
1206 01:17:54,071 01:17:55,872 It wouldn't have made any difference. It wouldn't have made any difference.
1207 01:17:58,376 01:18:00,346 I was always gonna end up here. I was always gonna end up here.
1208 01:18:04,882 01:18:06,585 (SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES)
1209 01:18:19,397 01:18:20,499 ISAAC: I brought you these. ISAAC: I brought you these.
1210 01:18:35,616 01:18:36,718 (CLARA INHALES SHARPLY) (CLARA INHALES SHARPLY)
1211 01:18:37,852 01:18:39,421 (SHAKILY) I don't wanna go. (SHAKILY) I don't wanna go.
1212 01:18:43,558 01:18:45,426 I really wanna stay. (SOBS) I really wanna stay. (SOBS)
1213 01:18:46,561 01:18:47,582 I wanna stay. I wanna stay.
1214 01:18:47,662 01:18:48,684 ISAAC: Hey, hey. ISAAC: Hey, hey.
1215 01:18:48,764 01:18:49,917 I wanna stay. I wanna stay.
1216 01:18:49,997 01:18:51,987 You're not going anywhere. You're not going anywhere.
1217 01:18:52,067 01:18:53,903 (BREATHING SHAKILY) (BREATHING SHAKILY)
1218 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?
1219 01:19:01,910 01:19:03,346 I didn't say that. I didn't say that.
1220 01:19:06,583 01:19:08,585 (SIGHS) I'm sorry. (SIGHS) I'm sorry.
1221 01:19:14,825 01:19:15,927 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
1222 01:19:25,403 01:19:27,339 Pretty entangled, huh? Pretty entangled, huh?
1223 01:19:33,912 01:19:34,980 Yeah. Yeah.
1224 01:19:41,621 01:19:43,357 (STONES CLATTERING) (STONES CLATTERING)
1225 01:19:51,998 01:19:53,066 Clara? Clara?
1226 01:19:55,068 01:19:56,404 What are you doing? What are you doing?
1227 01:19:57,503 01:19:59,507 I don't need to move them anymore. I don't need to move them anymore.
1228 01:20:01,942 01:20:02,945 What? What?
1229 01:20:04,913 01:20:06,080 (ISAAC SNIFFLES) (ISAAC SNIFFLES)
1230 01:20:12,521 01:20:14,023 You gotta rest, okay? You gotta rest, okay?
1231 01:20:16,459 01:20:18,395 Just remember them like that. Just remember them like that.
1232 01:20:19,895 01:20:21,030 For me. For me.
1233 01:20:21,898 01:20:24,402 Yeah. I will. Yeah. I will.
1234 01:20:46,792 01:20:48,961 (ALARM BEEPING RAPIDLY) (ALARM BEEPING RAPIDLY)
1235 01:20:50,796 01:20:51,963 (INHALES SHARPLY) (INHALES SHARPLY)
1236 01:20:56,834 01:20:58,023 (ALARM CONTINUES BEEPING) (ALARM CONTINUES BEEPING)
1237 01:20:58,103 01:20:59,106 Clara? Clara?
1238 01:21:00,839 01:21:01,975 Isaac? Isaac?
1239 01:21:07,012 01:21:08,968 No, no. Something's wrong. Something's wrong. No, no. Something's wrong. Something's wrong.
1240 01:21:09,048 01:21:10,737 Nurse? Hey, nurse? Nurse? Hey, nurse?
1241 01:21:10,817 01:21:13,973 Nurse! Hey. Hey, something's wrong, okay? Nurse! Hey. Hey, something's wrong, okay?
1242 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.
1243 01:21:17,090 01:21:18,579 (CLARA SIGHS) (CLARA SIGHS)
1244 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.
1245 01:21:23,665 01:21:24,885 - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) - What? - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) - What?
1246 01:21:24,965 01:21:26,555 (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR OPENS)
1247 01:21:26,635 01:21:28,723 DOCTOR: You're gonna have to stand aside... DOCTOR: You're gonna have to stand aside...
1248 01:21:28,803 01:21:30,791 - Sir, step aside, please. - ISAAC: All right. - Sir, step aside, please. - ISAAC: All right.
1249 01:21:30,871 01:21:32,993 - Clara? - (ALARM BEEPING) - Clara? - (ALARM BEEPING)
1250 01:21:33,073 01:21:35,144 DOCTOR: Clara, can you hear me? Clara. Clara! DOCTOR: Clara, can you hear me? Clara. Clara!
1251 01:21:36,546 01:21:37,547 DOCTOR: Okay. DOCTOR: Okay.
1252 01:21:42,318 01:21:43,920 (BEEPING CONTINUES) (BEEPING CONTINUES)
1253 01:21:45,821 01:21:47,757 (BEEPING STOPS) (BEEPING STOPS)
1254 01:21:50,927 01:21:52,062 NURSE: Mr. Bruno? NURSE: Mr. Bruno?
1255 01:21:53,129 01:21:54,198 Mr. Bruno? Mr. Bruno?
1256 01:21:57,567 01:21:58,736 Her belongings. Her belongings.
1257 01:22:07,144 01:22:08,513 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
1258 01:22:12,785 01:22:14,287 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
1259 01:22:21,626 01:22:22,795 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1260 01:22:23,729 01:22:25,665 - (KEYS JANGLE) - (ISAAC SNIFFLES) - (KEYS JANGLE) - (ISAAC SNIFFLES)
1261 01:22:42,248 01:22:43,937 (SNIFFLES) (SNIFFLES)
1262 01:22:44,017 01:22:46,856 - (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) - (ISAAC CRYING) - (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) - (ISAAC CRYING)
1263 01:22:58,735 01:23:00,689 (CONTINUES CRYING) (CONTINUES CRYING)
1264 01:23:00,769 01:23:02,906 (EVA WHINES DEEPLY) (EVA WHINES DEEPLY)
1265 01:23:05,907 01:23:08,044 (SOBBING) (SOBBING)
1266 01:23:13,650 01:23:16,587 (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC CONTINUES)
1267 01:23:53,093 01:23:54,313 (EVA WHINING) (EVA WHINING)
1268 01:23:54,393 01:23:56,364 (SWITCH CLICKING) (SWITCH CLICKING)
1269 01:24:16,350 01:24:18,320 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
1270 01:24:25,962 01:24:26,964 (CELL PHONE CHIMES) (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
1271 01:24:36,807 01:24:38,743 (BREATHES DEEPLY) (BREATHES DEEPLY)
1272 01:25:11,345 01:25:12,780 (EXHALES) (EXHALES)
1273 01:25:36,105 01:25:38,928 CHARLIE: I'd like to thank Dr. Rickman for coming here to speak with us today. CHARLIE: I'd like to thank Dr. Rickman for coming here to speak with us today.
1274 01:25:39,008 01:25:40,495 - Please. A round of applause. - (ALL APPLAUDING) - Please. A round of applause. - (ALL APPLAUDING)
1275 01:25:40,575 01:25:42,798 Thank you for being here, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you for being here, sir. Thank you so much.
1276 01:25:42,878 01:25:44,914 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1277 01:25:47,550 01:25:50,139 CHARLIE: Um, can you excuse me for a second, Dr. Rickman? CHARLIE: Um, can you excuse me for a second, Dr. Rickman?
1278 01:25:50,219 01:25:51,507 I'll be right back. I'll be right back.
1279 01:25:51,587 01:25:53,510 Excuse me. Excuse me.
1280 01:25:53,590 01:25:56,412 Hey, Isaac, man, what are you doing here? Hey, Isaac, man, what are you doing here?
1281 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?
1282 01:25:58,395 01:25:59,850 I need to speak to Rickman. I need to speak to Rickman.
1283 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?
1284 01:26:01,399 01:26:02,386 I'm fine. I'm fine.
1285 01:26:02,466 01:26:03,887 Did they figure out what she had? Did they figure out what she had?
1286 01:26:03,967 01:26:05,756 Charlie, I'm serious. Charlie, I'm serious.
1287 01:26:05,836 01:26:07,425 I need to speak to Rickman now. I need to speak to Rickman now.
1288 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.
1289 01:26:09,105 01:26:10,329 - Charlie. - Isaac, - Charlie. - Isaac,
1290 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...
1291 01:26:12,511 01:26:13,879 This is real. This is real.
1292 01:26:16,080 01:26:17,083 Please. Please.
1293 01:26:33,901 01:26:37,224 (BREATHES DEEPLY) (BREATHES DEEPLY)
1294 01:26:37,304 01:26:38,893 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
1295 01:26:38,973 01:26:39,960 (DOOR OPENS) (DOOR OPENS)
1296 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.
1297 01:26:43,509 01:26:46,447 Um, Dr, Rickman, this is Dr. Bruno. Um, Dr, Rickman, this is Dr. Bruno.
1298 01:26:47,648 01:26:50,070 I thought you two should meet. I thought you two should meet.
1299 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.
1300 01:26:52,487 01:26:55,844 Dr. Rickman, please. I... Dr. Rickman, please. I...
1301 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.
1302 01:26:58,927 01:27:01,083 What kind of an anomaly? What kind of an anomaly?
1303 01:27:01,163 01:27:03,485 Uh, it's a nearby system. Orange dwarf star. Uh, it's a nearby system. Orange dwarf star.
1304 01:27:03,565 01:27:05,387 Jupiter mass planet orbiting just outside the... Jupiter mass planet orbiting just outside the...
1305 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.
1306 01:27:08,203 01:27:10,494 Yes, but I think you might be interested Yes, but I think you might be interested
1307 01:27:10,574 01:27:12,543 in what I found orbiting with it. in what I found orbiting with it.
1308 01:27:15,145 01:27:17,315 ISAAC: This step, right here. ISAAC: This step, right here.
1309 01:27:18,649 01:27:21,017 The algorithm skipped right over it, but I... The algorithm skipped right over it, but I...
1310 01:27:22,387 01:27:23,607 I got lucky. I got lucky.
1311 01:27:23,687 01:27:25,156 Happened to notice it. Happened to notice it.
1312 01:27:26,089 01:27:27,478 It's most likely an exomoon, It's most likely an exomoon,
1313 01:27:27,558 01:27:31,081 which is a nice find, Dr. Bruno, which is a nice find, Dr. Bruno,
1314 01:27:31,161 01:27:32,383 but it's nothing anomalous. but it's nothing anomalous.
1315 01:27:32,463 01:27:34,319 That's what I thought. That's what I thought.
1316 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
1317 01:27:37,269 01:27:38,504 and I found this. and I found this.
1318 01:27:42,006 01:27:43,362 And this. And this.
1319 01:27:43,442 01:27:44,944 And these. And these.
1320 01:27:46,246 01:27:48,301 Multiple transits from this star Multiple transits from this star
1321 01:27:48,381 01:27:50,618 with this same period. And this step... with this same period. And this step...
1322 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.
1323 01:27:56,622 01:27:57,992 It's not a moon. It's not a moon.
1324 01:27:59,360 01:28:00,448 I checked. I checked.
1325 01:28:00,528 01:28:02,097 And double-checked. And double-checked.
1326 01:28:02,696 01:28:04,451 And triple checked. And triple checked.
1327 01:28:04,531 01:28:05,552 This guy checks. This guy checks.
1328 01:28:05,632 01:28:06,934 Hmm. Hmm.
1329 01:28:09,270 01:28:11,325 Hmm. All right. Hmm. All right.
1330 01:28:11,405 01:28:13,942 Looks like I'm missing my flight. Looks like I'm missing my flight.
1331 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
1332 01:28:28,191 01:28:29,626 is getting harder by the minute. is getting harder by the minute.
1333 01:28:31,059 01:28:32,129 Yup. Yup.
1334 01:28:35,666 01:28:37,702 Charlie, I got another favor to ask you. Charlie, I got another favor to ask you.
1335 01:28:39,470 01:28:41,072 If this thing checks out, If this thing checks out,
1336 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.
1337 01:28:46,110 01:28:48,199 What the hell are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about?
1338 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.
1339 01:28:51,016 01:28:52,484 No, it doesn't belong to me. No, it doesn't belong to me.
1340 01:28:53,417 01:28:54,485 It's hers. It's hers.
1341 01:28:56,287 01:28:58,325 Well, that's why you should share it. Well, that's why you should share it.
1342 01:28:59,091 01:29:00,360 I just did. I just did.
1343 01:29:03,195 01:29:05,065 Look, I'll see this part through. Look, I'll see this part through.
1344 01:29:06,065 01:29:07,133 (CLEARS THROAT) (CLEARS THROAT)
1345 01:29:08,467 01:29:10,189 Besides, you'd look a lot better Besides, you'd look a lot better
1346 01:29:10,269 01:29:11,549 on the front of the paper anyway. on the front of the paper anyway.
1347 01:29:16,710 01:29:19,347 Well, there is definitely... Well, there is definitely...
1348 01:29:20,613 01:29:22,084 There is something there. There is something there.
1349 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,
1350 01:29:26,219 01:29:27,007 but for now, but for now,
1351 01:29:27,087 01:29:31,278 we cannot draw any wild conclusions. we cannot draw any wild conclusions.
1352 01:29:31,358 01:29:33,362 With all due respect, Dr. Rickman, With all due respect, Dr. Rickman,
1353 01:29:34,262 01:29:35,364 yes we can. yes we can.
1354 01:29:36,798 01:29:38,067 Here. Here.
1355 01:29:38,634 01:29:39,635 Look. Look.
1356 01:29:44,372 01:29:46,730 This planet is orbiting the star This planet is orbiting the star
1357 01:29:46,810 01:29:50,100 just outside the habitable zone. just outside the habitable zone.
1358 01:29:50,180 01:29:52,701 Now this object is orbiting with the planet, Now this object is orbiting with the planet,
1359 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.
1360 01:29:56,552 01:29:58,142 Now if we take gravitational pull Now if we take gravitational pull
1361 01:29:58,222 01:30:00,143 and Lagrangian points into consideration, and Lagrangian points into consideration,
1362 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,
1363 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.
1364 01:30:04,762 01:30:06,517 But L1 is unstable. But L1 is unstable.
1365 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?
1366 01:30:09,334 01:30:10,755 So when we launch the James Webb, So when we launch the James Webb,
1367 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,
1368 01:30:13,138 01:30:16,327 which is also unstable, which is also unstable,
1369 01:30:16,407 01:30:17,728 it's just going to drift off? it's just going to drift off?
1370 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
1371 01:30:20,445 01:30:22,301 is an artificial satellite. is an artificial satellite.
1372 01:30:22,381 01:30:24,051 They all have thrusters, they're... They all have thrusters, they're...
1373 01:30:29,822 01:30:32,078 Under control. Under control.
1374 01:30:32,158 01:30:35,663 So, something is keeping it there. So, something is keeping it there.
1375 01:30:43,470 01:30:44,539 (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES)
1376 01:30:46,740 01:30:48,495 (LAUGHING) (LAUGHING)
1377 01:30:48,575 01:30:50,611 (CHARLIE AND ISAAC LAUGH) (CHARLIE AND ISAAC LAUGH)
1378 01:31:03,826 01:31:05,180 DR. RICKMAN: Good morning, everyone. DR. RICKMAN: Good morning, everyone.
1379 01:31:05,260 01:31:06,816 Or good afternoon or evening Or good afternoon or evening
1380 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.
1381 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,
1382 01:31:13,903 01:31:16,693 as the whole world watched. as the whole world watched.
1383 01:31:16,773 01:31:20,096 And then after that we stopped watching. And then after that we stopped watching.
1384 01:31:20,176 01:31:22,233 We stopped looking up. We stopped looking up.
1385 01:31:22,313 01:31:25,669 Well, not everyone, but we as a species, Well, not everyone, but we as a species,
1386 01:31:25,749 01:31:28,573 we lost interest in what was above us. we lost interest in what was above us.
1387 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.
1388 01:31:32,789 01:31:35,180 Finding flowing water on Mars, Finding flowing water on Mars,
1389 01:31:35,260 01:31:37,281 soon sending men and women to live there, soon sending men and women to live there,
1390 01:31:37,361 01:31:39,750 space is once again uniting us space is once again uniting us
1391 01:31:39,830 01:31:42,820 as curious human beings. as curious human beings.
1392 01:31:42,900 01:31:46,372 Well, today, our curiosity Well, today, our curiosity
1393 01:31:46,839 01:31:48,660 has paid off. has paid off.
1394 01:31:48,740 01:31:50,696 Ladies and gentlemen, let me present first, Ladies and gentlemen, let me present first,
1395 01:31:50,776 01:31:52,913 TESS-1417. TESS-1417.
1396 01:31:54,614 01:31:56,215 It's 200 light-years away. It's 200 light-years away.
1397 01:31:57,317 01:31:59,540 It's home to four exoplanets, It's home to four exoplanets,
1398 01:31:59,620 01:32:01,689 one of them a Jupiter mass. one of them a Jupiter mass.
1399 01:32:02,356 01:32:04,526 And then, this. And then, this.
1400 01:32:05,425 01:32:07,648 It's a large object. It's a large object.
1401 01:32:07,728 01:32:10,618 It orbits with the planet It orbits with the planet
1402 01:32:10,698 01:32:14,488 within the habitable zone. within the habitable zone.
1403 01:32:14,568 01:32:16,158 REBECCA: For the past two years, REBECCA: For the past two years,
1404 01:32:16,238 01:32:18,592 SETI has monitored the constant radio signal SETI has monitored the constant radio signal
1405 01:32:18,672 01:32:20,895 created by the object's presence. created by the object's presence.
1406 01:32:20,975 01:32:24,467 Although nothing in the signal suggests communication, Although nothing in the signal suggests communication,
1407 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.
1408 01:32:28,618 01:32:32,389 It adjusts itself with the utmost precision. It adjusts itself with the utmost precision.
1409 01:32:33,656 01:32:35,312 And therefore we have concluded And therefore we have concluded
1410 01:32:35,392 01:32:38,248 that this artificial object, that this artificial object,
1411 01:32:38,328 01:32:40,416 it's the result of intelligent life. it's the result of intelligent life.
1412 01:32:40,496 01:32:42,333 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) (REPORTERS CLAMORING)
1413 01:32:44,767 01:32:46,424 DR. RICKMAN: The panel will now take questions. DR. RICKMAN: The panel will now take questions.
1414 01:32:46,504 01:32:47,759 Uh, yes. Uh, yes.
1415 01:32:47,839 01:32:48,826 Can you elaborate Can you elaborate
1416 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?
1417 01:32:52,376 01:32:53,598 We cannot begin to comprehend We cannot begin to comprehend
1418 01:32:53,678 01:32:55,767 the architecture of an object this large, the architecture of an object this large,
1419 01:32:55,847 01:32:57,536 but it does not change the fact but it does not change the fact
1420 01:32:57,616 01:33:00,920 that this mega-structure is being commandeered. that this mega-structure is being commandeered.
1421 01:33:02,354 01:33:04,275 We believe it to be some sort of space station. We believe it to be some sort of space station.
1422 01:33:04,355 01:33:06,693 (REPORTERS CLAMORING) (REPORTERS CLAMORING)
1423 01:33:08,359 01:33:09,548 (STONES CLATTER) (STONES CLATTER)
1424 01:33:09,628 01:33:12,718 (BIRDS SCREECHING) (BIRDS SCREECHING)
1425 01:33:12,798 01:33:15,989 REBECCA: Isaac finally picks the right star and all this happens. REBECCA: Isaac finally picks the right star and all this happens.
1426 01:33:16,069 01:33:18,257 CHARLIE: It's crazy, right? CHARLIE: It's crazy, right?
1427 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.
1428 01:33:21,475 01:33:23,245 I guess he just knew where to look. I guess he just knew where to look.
1429 01:33:24,744 01:33:25,879 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
1430 01:33:32,686 01:33:34,375 CLARA: What are you thinking about? CLARA: What are you thinking about?
1431 01:33:34,455 01:33:35,910 (SWITCH CLICKING) (SWITCH CLICKING)
1432 01:33:35,990 01:33:37,559 ISAAC: It's all just luck. ISAAC: It's all just luck.
1433 01:33:40,428 01:33:43,531 This is this total cosmic accident. This is this total cosmic accident.
1434 01:33:48,905 01:33:51,027 What are these rocks you take everywhere with you? What are these rocks you take everywhere with you?
1435 01:33:51,107 01:33:53,042 (STONES CLATTER) (STONES CLATTER)
1436 01:33:55,510 01:33:56,879 CLARA: They're my pieces of home. CLARA: They're my pieces of home.
1437 01:34:05,389 01:34:06,891 Oh, my God. (LAUGHS) Oh, my God. (LAUGHS)
1438 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.
1439 01:34:16,735 01:34:18,337 This one will be both of ours. This one will be both of ours.
1440 01:34:25,477 01:34:26,499 Isaac? Isaac?
1441 01:34:26,579 01:34:27,714 (CELL PHONE CHIMES) (CELL PHONE CHIMES)
1442 01:34:35,021 01:34:35,975 (CLARA GASPS) (CLARA GASPS)
1443 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.
1444 01:34:45,733 01:34:48,537 (SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) (SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1445 01:35:48,000 01:35:52,773 (SPLASHING) (SPLASHING)
1446 01:35:59,946 01:36:04,819 (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY PLAYING ON GUITAR) (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY PLAYING ON GUITAR)
1447 01:36:16,630 01:36:18,453 (SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE) (SIRENS WAIL IN THE DISTANCE)
1448 01:36:18,533 01:36:20,067 (CELL PHONE RINGING) (CELL PHONE RINGING)
1449 01:36:31,513 01:36:33,516 (BIRDS CHIRPING) (BIRDS CHIRPING)
1450 01:36:38,787 01:36:39,924 REBECCA: Isaac. REBECCA: Isaac.
1451 01:36:45,962 01:36:48,051 - How are you? - ISAAC: Good. - How are you? - ISAAC: Good.
1452 01:36:48,131 01:36:49,520 How's your son? How's your son?
1453 01:36:49,600 01:36:50,687 Great. Great.
1454 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.
1455 01:36:52,802 01:36:54,124 He's getting big. He's getting big.
1456 01:36:54,204 01:36:56,006 Wow. (CHUCKLES) Wow. (CHUCKLES)
1457 01:36:57,575 01:36:59,744 Sorry for being so cryptic on the phone. Sorry for being so cryptic on the phone.
1458 01:37:00,913 01:37:02,234 First contact isn't something First contact isn't something
1459 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.
1460 01:37:05,883 01:37:06,972 They made contact? They made contact?
1461 01:37:07,052 01:37:08,187 That's what it seems. That's what it seems.
1462 01:37:09,688 01:37:11,678 Two weeks ago, an electron spin detector Two weeks ago, an electron spin detector
1463 01:37:11,758 01:37:13,780 at Los Alamos was observing a particle at Los Alamos was observing a particle
1464 01:37:13,860 01:37:15,881 for an unrelated project. for an unrelated project.
1465 01:37:15,961 01:37:18,750 The particle started spinning bizarrely. The particle started spinning bizarrely.
1466 01:37:18,830 01:37:21,488 Soon we realized it was being manipulated Soon we realized it was being manipulated
1467 01:37:21,568 01:37:23,890 to get our attention. to get our attention.
1468 01:37:23,970 01:37:26,193 They must have exploited entanglement They must have exploited entanglement
1469 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.
1470 01:37:28,709 01:37:30,130 I don't understand. What kind of data I don't understand. What kind of data
1471 01:37:30,210 01:37:32,032 could you send through spinning particles? could you send through spinning particles?
1472 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.
1473 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.
1474 01:37:37,752 01:37:38,739 Binary. Binary.
1475 01:37:38,819 01:37:39,774 REBECCA: Not just that. REBECCA: Not just that.
1476 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.
1477 01:37:42,657 01:37:44,011 It's beyond us how, It's beyond us how,
1478 01:37:44,091 01:37:45,080 but they must have found a way but they must have found a way
1479 01:37:45,160 01:37:46,548 to probe us relatively recently to probe us relatively recently
1480 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.
1481 01:37:48,763 01:37:50,100 Well, what did the message say? Well, what did the message say?
1482 01:37:59,776 01:38:00,912 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1483 01:38:04,013 01:38:05,016 (BREATHES SHAKILY) (BREATHES SHAKILY)
1484 01:38:05,949 01:38:07,118 Bec... Bec...
1485 01:38:08,218 01:38:10,575 I don't understand. I don't understand.
1486 01:38:10,655 01:38:12,724 Somehow they know all about us. Somehow they know all about us.
1487 01:38:13,223 01:38:15,280 About you. About you.
1488 01:38:15,360 01:38:17,048 We figured they can anticipate you We figured they can anticipate you
1489 01:38:17,128 01:38:18,796 listening for the next message. listening for the next message.
1490 01:38:20,799 01:38:22,234 Let's find out. Let's find out.
1491 01:38:25,104 01:38:26,205 How? How?
1492 01:38:28,373 01:38:29,943 REBECCA: (ON INTERCOM) Stand by, Isaac. REBECCA: (ON INTERCOM) Stand by, Isaac.
1493 01:38:35,148 01:38:36,336 (RAPID BEEPING) (RAPID BEEPING)
1494 01:38:36,416 01:38:38,752 TECHNICIAN: Los Alamos is detecting transformations again. TECHNICIAN: Los Alamos is detecting transformations again.
1495 01:38:44,190 01:38:47,315 (SIGHS) It's not Morse code. (SIGHS) It's not Morse code.
1496 01:38:47,395 01:38:49,784 REBECCA: Maybe they're building a file? REBECCA: Maybe they're building a file?
1497 01:38:49,864 01:38:51,352 TECHNICIAN: Then we'd need a format. TECHNICIAN: Then we'd need a format.
1498 01:38:51,432 01:38:53,068 Okay. Try a text file. Okay. Try a text file.
1499 01:38:55,235 01:38:56,236 (BEEPS) (BEEPS)
1500 01:38:56,871 01:38:58,139 (SIGHS) (SIGHS)
1501 01:39:00,375 01:39:01,964 Try an audio format. Try an audio format.
1502 01:39:02,044 01:39:03,698 (TYPING) (TYPING)
1503 01:39:03,778 01:39:04,780 (CHIMES) (CHIMES)
1504 01:39:08,215 01:39:09,251 Okay. Okay.
1505 01:39:15,358 01:39:16,693 (DOOR SHUTS) (DOOR SHUTS)
1506 01:39:20,797 01:39:22,065 (CLEARS THROAT) (CLEARS THROAT)
1507 01:39:27,371 01:39:28,373 REBECCA: Play it. REBECCA: Play it.
1508 01:39:30,440 01:39:31,809 (CLICKS) (CLICKS)
1509 01:39:33,177 01:39:35,346 (CRACKLING STATIC) (CRACKLING STATIC)
1510 01:39:42,253 01:39:44,189 (STATIC CONTINUES) (STATIC CONTINUES)
1511 01:39:56,368 01:39:59,206 (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY PLAYING SOFTLY) (GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY PLAYING SOFTLY)
1512 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
1513 01:40:11,051 01:40:14,989 ♪ Where the winds Hit heavy on the borderline ♪ Where the winds Hit heavy on the borderline
1514 01:40:15,989 01:40:17,944 (BREATHES SHAKILY) (BREATHES SHAKILY)
1515 01:40:18,024 01:40:22,251 ♪ Remember me to one Who lives there ♪ Remember me to one Who lives there
1516 01:40:22,331 01:40:24,919 (SOBS) (SOBS)
1517 01:40:24,999 01:40:29,824 ♪ She once was A true love of mine ♪ ♪ She once was A true love of mine ♪
1518 01:40:29,904 01:40:32,108 (WHIMPERS AND SOBS) (WHIMPERS AND SOBS)
1519 01:40:33,342 01:40:35,078 (SOBBING AND LAUGHING) Thank you. (SOBBING AND LAUGHING) Thank you.
1520 01:40:48,558 01:40:53,063 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING) (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)