Posts Tagged ‘ET’

Life in the Universe #1: Just on Earth, or Everywhere?

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

This is the first episode of a series on life in the universe. Looking for life in the universe isn’t like looking for your car keys. It’s hard to know where to even start. The best place to start is probably by NOT trying to find alien civilizations, but rather ANY kind of life we can.

The problem is, civilizations live and die in the blink of an eye compared to the lifecycles stars. They could come and go and we’d never know it.

Duration : 0:8:2

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The Search For Earth-Like Planets

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

The search for Earth-like planets is reaching a fever-pitch. Does the evidence so far help shed light on the ancient question: Is the galaxy filled with life, or is Earth just a beautiful, lonely aberration? If things dont work out on this planet Or if our itch to explore becomes unbearable at some point in the future Astronomers have recently found out what kind of galactic real estate might be available to us. Well have to develop advanced transport to land there, 20 light years away. The question right now: is it worth the trip?

Duration : 0:21:29

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Our Solar System – Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

music is from the movie “The Island”
composed by Steve Jablonsky

1. This Tongue Thing’s Amazing
2. The Island Awaits You

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Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn Sun Sirius Vega Pollux Arcturus Aldebaran Rigel Deneb Pistol Star Betelgeuse Antares VV Cephei

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Duration : 0:3:35

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