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Millions of planets
similar to our own.
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The discoveries of exoplanets
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over the past few years have
been absolutely extraordinary.
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And many could soon be within
the grasp of our technology.
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Think about it.
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Civilizations over billions
of years could have
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risen and fallen
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even before
the Earth was formed.
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But if we can reach out in
pursuit of life on other worlds,
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might they also
be reaching out to us?
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And have they been doing so
for thousands of years?
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Could it be that
ancient civilizations,
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ancient aliens from far away
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migrated from their home worlds
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and they found Earth?
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The implications for humanity
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are enormous.
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There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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April 18, 2018.
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At 6:51 p. m.,
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a Falcon 9 rocket blasts off
on a mission to deploy
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NASA's newest
space telescope into orbit:
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the Transiting Exoplanet
Survey Satellite,
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or TESS.
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TESS is like a survey
of the whole sky, a survey
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of the nearest
100 light‐years or so
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of planets that would be
around these stars.
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Over the next decade,
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scientists expect that TESS will
fulfill its primary mission:
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to discover thousands
of so‐called exoplanets.
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Exoplanets are planets
that exist
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outside of our solar system.
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We're certainly in an exoplanet
golden age of discovery.
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20 years ago, we didn't know
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if there were other Earth‐like
planets in the universe.
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And now we can't imagine
how we could discover things
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at a higher rate and still try
to make sense of it.
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It's such a struggle
just to keep up
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with the discoveries
that we're making right now.
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It is only recently,
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with the development
of deep‐space satellites
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and high‐powered telescopes,
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that a more accurate
understanding of nearby planets,
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especially planets capable
of supporting human life,
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has been possible.
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But it wasn't so long ago that
the notion of Earth‐like planets
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existing in our galaxy
wasn't simply unknown;
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it was considered blasphemy.
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When the 16th century Italian
philosopher and cosmologist
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Giordano Bruno
expressed his belief
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in "an infinity of worlds"
and raised the possibility
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that other planets
could harbor life,
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he was charged with heresy
and burned at the stake.
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It was heretical, revolutionary,
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to believe that there could be
alien life out there.
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Giordano Bruno was burned alive
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in the streets of Rome,
and what was his crime?
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To say that there are aliens
out there on other planets.
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You weren't allowed
to think like that.
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It challenged
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all their predispositions
and their power structure.
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"No, there are no other worlds.
There's nothing out there."
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But there is
something out there,
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there's no question about it.
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As recently as the early 1990s,
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astronomers were still unable
to detect these distant planets,
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even with high‐powered
telescopes.
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It's hard to see an exoplanet.
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Imagine trying to look at
a firefly next to a spotlight.
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It's incredibly difficult
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because stars shine
by their own light.
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They give off their own light,
but planets reflect light.
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A typical star is about
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ten billion times brighter
than a planet.
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Thanks to remarkable
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advances in technology,
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astronomers made the very first
discovery of an exoplanet
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in 1992 using
an Earth‐based telescope.
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But that search kicked
into high gear in 2009
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with the launch of Kepler,
the first space telescope
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specially designed
to find exoplanets.
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And in 2018, Kepler was replaced
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by the even more powerful TESS.
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So, one of the really
cool things about TESS,
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the new satellite
that NASA's put up,
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is basically it was specifically
designed to detect exoplanets
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by what's called
the transit method,
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which is where, when a planet
goes in front of a star,
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it blocks the light briefly
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and you really see the light
blink on and off.
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That tell‐tale dip
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is what tells you
there might be something
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that's passing in front of it.
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The regularity tells you
about the orbit,
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which is the easiest way
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to actually start looking
for new planets.
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Although the initial objective
in the search
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for exoplanets was simply
to determine how many stars
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in our galaxy might have planets
in orbit around them,
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the actual results
were staggering.
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Our galaxy has around, um,
400 billion stars.
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From what we've seen so far is,
on average,
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every star has
at least one planet.
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So that means that there are
400 billion, at least,
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planets in our galaxy.
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400 billion planets
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in the Milky Way galaxy alone?
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The discovery of such
an extraordinary number
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of exoplanets represents
a radical change
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in our understanding
of the universe.
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But even more radical
is the notion
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that millions of those planets
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might actually be capable
of not just supporting life
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but generating it.
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And, to that end, astronomers
and astrophysicists
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actively search for planets
in a region
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they refer to as
the Goldilocks zone.
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The Goldilocks zone is exactly
that range for a given star
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of where water
is gonna be liquid
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on a given type of planet.
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We want a planet
that is not too close,
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not too far
from the mother star,
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but just right.
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Planets that may have oxygen
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and H2O, water,
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that may make possible
an atmosphere
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and maybe even life.
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Based upon current observations,
scientists are astounded
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by the number of potentially
habitable planets that exist
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in the Goldilocks zone.
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With at least 400 billion
planets in our galaxy,
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if you just look
at one percent of that,
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you're still talking
about billions of planets
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that could potentially
be habitable.
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This is exciting 'cause
we once thought that we were
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the only game in town,
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that can only exist
on the planet Earth.
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The discovery of exoplanets,
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I think it's really
changed our view
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of the potential for life
in the universe.
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Fundamentally, I think
most scientists would now agree
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that there is some form of life
elsewhere in the universe.
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But in spite of the abundance
of habitable exoplanets,
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many scientists
still cling to the notion
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that the only kind of life
likely to exist outside of Earth
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is microbial or bacterial.
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They are resistant to what they
claim are far‐fetched notions
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that these planets might not
only contain more sophisticated
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or evolved life‐forms,
but intelligent life‐forms,
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some much more evolved
or technologically advanced
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than our own.
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Think about it.
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The universe is about
13.8 billion years old.
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The Earth is
4.6 billion years old.
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Civilizations,
over billions of years,
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could have risen and fallen
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even before the Earth
was formed.
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Although the realization
that the galaxy is teeming
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with Earth‐like planets
has triggered a revolution
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in conventional
scientific thinking,
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as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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it merely confirms what they
have believed all along.
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The discoveries of exoplanets
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over the past few years have
been absolutely extraordinary.
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I remember that the first time
they discovered
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this first exoplanet, and me
and my colleagues were like‐‐
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were saying, "Okay,
this will be the first of many."
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And now, apparently,
as many as three exoplanets
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are being discovered
on a daily basis.
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So what we've said all along,
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that Earth is not unique
in this gigantic universe,
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turns out to be correct.
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This raises the question
that we've been bringing up,
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that for thousands of years,
there's evidence
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of some type of visitation
from other civilizations.
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Hopefully, our sciences are able
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to now detect exoplanets,
will allow us to pinpoint
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some of these actual home worlds
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where aliens
have been visiting us.
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I propose that most
of those planets
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that are in this Goldilocks zone
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have life very similar to ours.
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The only question is:
was it them
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who came here
thousands of years ago?
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But while a growing number
of mainstream scientists
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do admit that intelligent life
can, theoretically,
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exist elsewhere
within our galaxy,
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they also argue that the
distances between those planets
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and our own are too vast for any
extraterrestrial visitation
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to take place.
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It is a position that puts them
in direct conflict
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with ancient
astronaut theorists,
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who contend that the keys
to extraterrestrial space travel
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can be found
in Albert Einstein's
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theory of relativity,
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and that a voyage to a distant
star could take not centuries
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but seconds.
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The Atacama Desert, Chile.
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August 2016.
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At the La Silla Observatory,
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astronomers searching
for exoplanets
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announce the detection
of an Earth‐like planet
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orbiting the closest star to our
solar system, Proxima Centauri.
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They name the planet Proxima b,
and describe it
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as both Earth‐like
and close enough to its star
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to be capable
of supporting life.
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One of the more interesting
exoplanets we've found recently
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is Proxima b.
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This exoplanet is about
1.3 times the size of Earth,
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so scientists think
that it might be rocky,
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which means that it could be
quite similar to Earth.
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Proxima b may be habitable.
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We'll be able to study it
in more detail
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with large telescopes.
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And in the next ten years,
we may even be able
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to get pictures of the planet.
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Proxima b is located
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just over four light‐years
from Earth,
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a distance of about
25 trillion miles.
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Despite the immense distance,
an ambitious program
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is already underway to send
spacecraft to study it.
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Called Breakthrough Starshot,
the program began
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as the joint brainchild
of philanthropist Yuri Milner
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and famous cosmologist,
the late Stephen Hawking.
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For the first time
in human history,
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we can do more
than just gaze at the stars.
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We can actually reach them.
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The goal
of Breakthrough Starshot
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is to send tiny probes,
mere centimeters thick,
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to the nearby planet.
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We take a computer chip,
energize it with laser beams,
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add a parachute.
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The laser beam inflates
the parachute
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and shoots the chip
to the nearest star
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You deploy this and you
basically just cruise.
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You can possibly
accelerate them fairly high,
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20% the speed of light,
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and now getting to the nearest
stars becomes very reasonable.
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But even traveling
at such high speeds,
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the probes will take 20 years
to complete their journey.
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Light travels at a finite speed.
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A very simple example
of this is:
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the Sun is eight minutes away
by the way light travels.
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And most things are millions
of light‐years away
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or thousands
of light‐years away.
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If we pick up a signal
from another civilization,
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uh, that's a big thing,
but it's very distant.
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They may never get here,
we may never meet them,
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indeed, because
of interstellar distances.
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If, as ancient astronaut
theorists believe,
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Earth has been visited
by alien entities
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coming from exoplanets
only now being discovered,
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such entities would have
to overcome the primary obstacle
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to space travel, the vast
distance between objects.
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You talk to many scientists,
they'll say the same thing
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over and over again:
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"The distances between stars
is so great,
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impossible that these aliens
can visit us."
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Think for a moment,
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if they're a million years
more advanced than us.
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Just realize
that modern technology,
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with all our wonders,
is only about 300 years old.
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In recent years a growing number
of astrophysicists
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have proposed
that mankind's ability
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to unlock the mysteries
of interstellar space travel
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might be much closer
than previously thought.
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And they believe the key
is by using
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a theoretically possible
structure known as a wormhole,
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a bend in space‐time
that was first proposed
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by Albert Einstein, which could
make travel times between stars
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not only shorter,
but nearly instantaneous.
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From the perspective
of ultimate space travel,
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from my point of view,
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wormholes are simply,
you take space‐‐
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which can bend, in our theory
of general relativity,
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the modern theory of gravity‐‐
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you bend it around on itself
so you have two layers
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that are apart and you connect
them with a tunnel.
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That tunnel is a wormhole.
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They're commonly referred to
as stargates
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because it gives you
a way to get
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faster‐than‐light space travel
across large distances.
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In theory, spacecraft
that can create wormholes
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would be able to travel
to distant exoplanets
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in just hours,
possibly even seconds.
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If extraterrestrial
civilizations,
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far more advanced
than humans, do exist,
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could they have discovered
the secrets of space travel
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hundreds or perhaps
thousands of years ago?
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And, if so, might they have even
traveled here to planet Earth?
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Mount Palomar, California.
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October 6, 2013.
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A massive red star
in the constellation Pegasus,
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ten times larger than our sun,
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explodes
in a colossal supernova.
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For the first time,
scientists are able to witness
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the death of a giant star
in real time.
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But perhaps even more
profound is the fact
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that, because the dying star
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is 160 million light‐years
from Earth,
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astronomers are actually
witnessing an event
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that took place
160 million years ago.
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So one of the things
to realize about astronomy
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is almost everything we are
looking at is in the past...
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'cause the light
doesn't travel instantly.
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And a supernova is basically
a star exploding.
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If it had any planets around it,
those are wiped out.
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So, if there was a civilization
or if there was life there,
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what we're seeing happen now
happened very far in the past.
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The violent death
of the star in Pegasus
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provides dramatic confirmation
that the universe
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is both ancient and dynamic.
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But ancient astronaut theorists
believe such discoveries
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also provide reasons
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why an advanced extraterrestrial
civilization might need to leave
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its home planet
in search of other worlds.
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When astronomers look out
into the, the galaxy
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for dying suns,
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if there were beings who had
an advanced civilization
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around this dying sun,
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they would, in theory, want to
migrate to another solar system,
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to another planet
that they could inhabit.
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And it's quite possible
that they did that
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and came to our planet, in fact.
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We know that billions
of years from now,
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our own star, our sun,
will go supernova,
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and we are very close now
to being able to venture out
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or migrate to another
habitable planet.
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We can extrapolate that to
ancient civilizations as well,
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ancient star civilizations,
who knew that their own star
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was ready to go supernova
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and they embarked on a plan
of planetary migration.
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Has the story
of the cosmos been, in part,
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a story of
the extraterrestrial migration
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of various advanced
exoplanet life‐forms?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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the answer is a resounding yes.
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And they claim the proof can be
found by carefully examining
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everything from ancient carvings
to the religious beliefs
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of ancient cultures
from across the globe.
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La Silla Observatory, Chile.
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2011.
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Astronomers announce
the discovery
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of a large Earth‐like planet
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orbiting a star
in the constellation Orion.
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The planet is located
in the Goldilocks zone,
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and the star it orbits
is very similar to our own,
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making it an ideal candidate
for extraterrestrial life.
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This is exciting 'cause we want
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to have a stable solar system
like the planet Earth,
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that's the goal.
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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this may be the most compelling
exoplanet discovery yet,
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because throughout the world,
numerous ancient cultures
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have told stories
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of otherworldly visitors
coming from Orion,
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and even built their most
important structures
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in alignment
with that constellation.
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All around the world, there
are these ancient structures
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that have been built
in the form of Orion.
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One example that comes to mind
is the Great Pyramid of Giza,
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where the three pyramids
are aligned
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according to the belt stars
of Orion.
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But also,
in the American Southwest,
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there are structures
that are in reference to Orion.
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Native American myths talk
specifically about visitors
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who came here
from the Orion constellation.
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The fact that Orion's
constellation exists
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in magnificent archaeological
monuments on Earth
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indicates to me that someone at
some point taught our ancestors
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where and how to build
these structures
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to illustrate
where they are from.
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Is it possible that
the exoplanet discovered
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in the Orion constellation
is the same place
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where extraterrestrial visitors
to Earth came from
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thousands of years ago?
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
such an audacious notion
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is a very real possibility.
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And they also insist that Orion
is not the only star system
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from where aliens may have come.
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All over the world,
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we have different cultures
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who identify with certain
star systems as their origins.
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The Quechua people of Peru,
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they believe that we're
from the, the Pleiades.
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In Africa, we have the Dogon,
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who are saying that, uh,
our origin is actually
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with the Sirius star system.
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Various cultures have
imagined they have come
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from specific places, uh,
the Pleiades or Sirius.
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Well, that would be a planet
near the star system,
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suggesting that,
at least in mythology,
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there are planets there
that could be
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inhabited by creatures like us.
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While many ancient cultures
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pointed to distant star systems
as the homes of their gods,
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ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that
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one of the oldest human
civilizations, the Sumerians,
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left records of otherworldly
beings that came from a planet
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right in our own solar system.
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A planet that until
very recently
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was thought not to exist.
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New York City.
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1976.
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Author Zecharia Sitchin
publishes his landmark book
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The 12th Planet.
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The first of over
a dozen books based upon
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Sitchin's translations
of ancient Sumerian texts,
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The 12th Planet
ultimately reshapes the way
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millions of people view
the history of life on Earth.
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In it, Sitchin claims that
ancient Sumerians wrote about
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an extraterrestrial race
that once visited Earth,
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the Anunnaki.
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The term "Anunnaki"
is essentially
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interchangeable
with "extraterrestrial,"
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because the word
"Anunnaki" itself means
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"those who from
the heavens came."
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There's a whole pantheon
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of Anunnaki, basically.
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There was Anu,
who is essentially
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the king of all the Anunnaki.
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And then his two sons
Enlil and Enki.
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When we look in a lot
of the Sumerian tablets,
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they seemed to have come from
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a much larger planet,
a reddish, glowing planet.
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One of the great questions
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about the Anunnaki is:
where did they come from?
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Well, Zecharia went back
into the ancient texts
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and began to build a theory
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that the Anunnaki came
from an as‐yet undiscovered
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12th planet in our solar system
that he called Nibiru.
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Nibiru is described
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as a much larger planet
than Earth.
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00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,787
And it has
a very elliptical orbit.
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More like a large
egg‐shaped orbit.
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The kicker here is that
it goes once around the Sun
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every 3,600 years.
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So a solar year for them
is 3,600 of our years.
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Sitchin believed that there was
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a time during
this 3,600‐year orbit
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when this planet was actually
relatively close to the Earth.
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And Sitchin then theorized
the Anunnaki
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would then fire their rockets
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and then they would
come here to Earth.
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And that this was how they were
interacting with humans.
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For decades,
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astronomers claimed
that no such planet
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could exist in our solar system.
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But in 2016, Caltech astronomers
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00:24:22,419 --> 00:24:24,879
Konstantin Batygin
and Mike Brown
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00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:29,968
made a discovery that could
prove this theory wrong.
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Batygin and Brown were using
an interesting method
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of looking for other planets
in the solar system.
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Namely, they were looking
at dwarf planets
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and distant Kuiper belt objects
to see how they move.
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If they exhibit
any strange behavior,
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astronomers can use that
to theorize new planets.
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And what they found was
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a theoretical planet‐sized mass,
orbiting in
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a hugely elliptical orbit
around the Sun.
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Astronomers have often
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suspected, because of certain
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gravitational anomalies
and things,
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that there is still
some other planet
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far out in our solar system,
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uh, beyond Pluto.
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Astronomers called
this other planet Planet X.
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And it could be
a very large planet.
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Astronomers cannot see it,
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but I would suspect
that astronomers
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will eventually discover it
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and‐and prove that it exists.
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Batygin and Brown estimate
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that Planet X has
a highly elliptical orbit
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and takes it thousands of years
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to make a single trip
around our sun.
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This matches exactly
what Zecharia Sitchin found
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in his translation
of the ancient Sumerian tablets,
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concerning an extra planet
in our solar system.
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The thing about it is, is that
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if we discover Planet X,
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then we will also discover
the Anunnaki.
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So they're absolutely entwined.
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The idea of the Anunnaki
and the discovery of Planet X
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will prove one another.
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Could extraterrestrials have
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come to Earth from a planet
within our own solar system?
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00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:06,689
And if Earth has, in fact,
played host to alien visitors
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from multiple worlds,
what brought them here?
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According to the ancient
Sumerian tablets,
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the Anunnaki valued
one thing above all else...
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gold.
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The Trans Astronautic
Corporation announces
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00:26:32,132 --> 00:26:36,010
a partnership with NASA to
develop a new venture in space‐‐
505
00:26:36,011 --> 00:26:39,263
asteroid mining.
506
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:43,935
We incorporated TransAstra
in 2015 when we saw that
507
00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:46,604
SpaceX and Elon Musk
508
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:49,649
and Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos
509
00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:52,318
and other entrepreneurs
were developing low‐cost,
510
00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:55,780
really effective ways
to get in orbit.
511
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:58,825
Once we have rockets that can
get into orbit inexpensively,
512
00:26:58,826 --> 00:27:01,202
then it makes sense to start
513
00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:03,412
building real industries
in space.
514
00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,998
And one of the first industries
is asteroid mining.
515
00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:10,962
Precious metals that
we really value on the Earth‐‐
516
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:14,632
things like gold and platinum‐‐
they're called precious metals
517
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,092
'cause they're not around much.
518
00:27:16,093 --> 00:27:17,802
Question is: where are they?
519
00:27:17,803 --> 00:27:19,887
And the answer is asteroids.
520
00:27:19,888 --> 00:27:22,473
Metals like gold, copper,
521
00:27:22,474 --> 00:27:25,643
and zinc have been mined
on Earth for thousands of years
522
00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:28,521
and are vital to civilization.
523
00:27:28,522 --> 00:27:31,232
But their supply is finite,
524
00:27:31,233 --> 00:27:34,570
in part because they are
not native to this planet.
525
00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,991
When the Earth was originally
being formed, it was molten,
526
00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:43,661
and a lot of the precious metals
527
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,872
were drawn towards
the center of the Earth.
528
00:27:45,873 --> 00:27:49,083
And through this molten process,
529
00:27:49,084 --> 00:27:51,836
all the heavy elements went
down to the core of the Earth
530
00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:53,921
where we can't
get access to them.
531
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:56,173
Then the Earth started to cool
and form a cool crust,
532
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:59,176
which was made
of lighter materials.
533
00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:01,470
It is widely accepted that
534
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:03,723
without access to metals,
both technology
535
00:28:03,724 --> 00:28:06,434
and civilization
would not have been possible.
536
00:28:06,435 --> 00:28:08,519
But luckily for mankind,
537
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,772
some 3.8 billion years ago,
538
00:28:11,773 --> 00:28:15,943
it is estimated that trillions
of asteroids crashed
539
00:28:15,944 --> 00:28:18,529
into the Earth and deposited
a layer of heavy metals
540
00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:22,700
into the planet's
now‐hardened crust.
541
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,329
These elements weren't actually
from Earth originally.
542
00:28:26,330 --> 00:28:30,041
All of these elements came to
Earth via comets and asteroids
543
00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:33,879
that impacted our planet long
ago and early in its history.
544
00:28:36,006 --> 00:28:37,590
So all the precious metals
545
00:28:37,591 --> 00:28:39,383
that we mine on the Earth
546
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,135
actually came
from the asteroids.
547
00:28:41,136 --> 00:28:44,180
The bombardment of asteroids
548
00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:47,600
seeded Earth's crust with
enough metals to make possible
549
00:28:47,601 --> 00:28:51,812
the Bronze Age, the Iron Age,
550
00:28:51,813 --> 00:28:55,566
and today's technological
civilization.
551
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:59,570
But many metals, including
rare earth elements needed
552
00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:03,741
for high technology, are
in increasingly short supply.
553
00:29:03,742 --> 00:29:07,203
Because of this, many experts
believe the asteroid belt
554
00:29:07,204 --> 00:29:10,206
may once again
come to the rescue.
555
00:29:10,207 --> 00:29:12,875
You get a typical asteroid,
556
00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:14,418
a few hundred meters
in diameter,
557
00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:17,254
it will have more of those
rare earth elements
558
00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:20,508
than have been mined on Earth
in all of human history.
559
00:29:20,509 --> 00:29:23,844
Of the more than 6,000 asteroids
560
00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:27,848
in NASA's database,
it is estimated that even just
561
00:29:27,849 --> 00:29:30,184
the ten easiest
to reach and mine
562
00:29:30,185 --> 00:29:34,772
would yield an astonishing $1.5
trillion dollars in resources.
563
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,607
The asteroid belt could
564
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:39,944
provide for the needs of our
civilization for many centuries.
565
00:29:39,945 --> 00:29:42,029
Maybe thousands of years
into their future.
566
00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:44,699
The natural thing to do
567
00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:46,951
is to build spacecraft,
568
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:51,497
go out to the asteroids,
569
00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:54,291
mine them,
570
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,043
make goods out of the asteroids.
571
00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:59,380
And we presume
that other intelligences,
572
00:29:59,381 --> 00:30:00,840
if there are other intelligence,
573
00:30:00,841 --> 00:30:02,800
would think
the same way we would.
574
00:30:02,801 --> 00:30:04,802
And so anything that seems
to make sense to us
575
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:06,345
could make sense to others.
576
00:30:06,346 --> 00:30:09,265
If other intelligent life‐forms
577
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:13,144
exist on nearby exoplanets,
might they too
578
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,646
be aware of the vast
resources that exist
579
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:20,526
in the asteroid belt
and also on planet Earth?
580
00:30:20,527 --> 00:30:23,112
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
581
00:30:23,113 --> 00:30:27,491
and suggest that Earth
is rich in another commodity
582
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:30,911
that would be of great value
to any advanced civilization
583
00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:33,998
looking to mine
for precious metals...
584
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:36,418
liquid water.
585
00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:41,338
If aliens wanted to mine
the asteroid belt,
586
00:30:41,339 --> 00:30:46,218
they'd need a base,
somewhere to regroup and refuel.
587
00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:48,554
As it happens,
there's one pretty close,
588
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:50,264
and it's called planet Earth.
589
00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:53,851
Why aliens come here
590
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,854
might well be
because we're mostly
591
00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,814
water on planet Earth.
592
00:30:58,815 --> 00:31:01,567
They stop here
because they could
593
00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,612
break down water into hydrogen
594
00:31:04,613 --> 00:31:08,199
and oxygen as fuel.
595
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,286
So, if you have a craft
596
00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:14,413
that somehow uses
hydrogen power,
597
00:31:14,414 --> 00:31:17,583
you have all the hydrogen
you'll ever need.
598
00:31:17,584 --> 00:31:20,377
It well could be that this is
599
00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:23,839
a way station
for extraterrestrials.
600
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,842
Is it possible
601
00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:29,512
that extraterrestrial
civilizations have come to Earth
602
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:33,432
not only as refugees from
planets orbiting dying stars
603
00:31:33,433 --> 00:31:35,810
but also to mine precious metals
604
00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:38,938
or abundant natural resources
like water?
605
00:31:38,939 --> 00:31:42,566
And if so, would that indicate
606
00:31:42,567 --> 00:31:45,319
that these Earth visitors
might be physically
607
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,405
very similar to ourselves?
608
00:31:53,954 --> 00:31:55,871
La Silla Observatory.
609
00:31:55,872 --> 00:31:59,126
Chile. 2009.
610
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:02,253
Astronomers identify
611
00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:08,217
a potentially habitable planet
orbiting the star Gliese 667 C.
612
00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:10,094
It's a large Earth‐like planet
613
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,430
located firmly
in the Goldilocks zone.
614
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:16,267
While evidence of life has yet
to be discovered,
615
00:32:16,268 --> 00:32:18,435
scientists are able to speculate
616
00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:21,939
as to how life on this planet
would evolve.
617
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:25,276
When we imagine life
on other planets,
618
00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:26,735
we have to imagine that
619
00:32:26,736 --> 00:32:29,405
the environment on those planets
620
00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:33,576
will determine what the creature
may look like.
621
00:32:33,577 --> 00:32:37,163
In considering planets
larger than Earth,
622
00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:39,290
the increased gravity
will likely result
623
00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:41,500
in shorter complex life‐forms.
624
00:32:41,501 --> 00:32:44,753
This results in a more stable,
um, life‐form
625
00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:46,130
and protects against falls.
626
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:50,134
So life‐forms on larger planets
would likely be smaller
627
00:32:50,135 --> 00:32:51,760
than those on smaller planets.
628
00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:56,098
Like Earth, a major evolutionary
force on the planet
629
00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,185
is the strength of its sun.
630
00:32:59,186 --> 00:33:03,772
Gliese 667 C is
a red dwarf star, an M star,
631
00:33:03,773 --> 00:33:06,942
that's about 1.4%
as bright as our sun.
632
00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:10,321
Because M‐dwarf stars
are much smaller than our sun,
633
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:13,157
they're much cooler and they
give off a lot less light.
634
00:33:13,158 --> 00:33:16,994
Because the star gives out such
low light compared to our sun,
635
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:20,664
any life on those planets
would look much different.
636
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:22,625
Let's assume,
for the sake of argument,
637
00:33:22,626 --> 00:33:26,086
that there is life
on Gliese 667 C,
638
00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:30,591
such life would be living
in kind of eternal darkness.
639
00:33:30,592 --> 00:33:32,509
In order for life‐forms
640
00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:34,178
on a planet like that to see,
641
00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:36,680
they'd be like owls
on planet Earth.
642
00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:39,391
They would have
very, very large eyes
643
00:33:39,392 --> 00:33:41,685
to capture as much light
as possible.
644
00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:45,189
They are going to develop eyes
645
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:48,359
that are perhaps more like
a insect's eyes,
646
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,195
where you're seeing
different light spectrums
647
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:53,530
and heat signatures.
648
00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:57,826
Something completely different
than the way we see.
649
00:33:57,827 --> 00:34:00,162
For ancient astronaut theorists,
650
00:34:00,163 --> 00:34:02,873
these descriptions
share a curious similarity
651
00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:06,711
to accounts reported
by alleged alien abductees.
652
00:34:07,754 --> 00:34:09,546
Alien abductees
653
00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:13,050
give very consistent accounts
of some of the types
654
00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:16,053
of aliens they see.
655
00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:18,055
The most consistent account is:
656
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:21,350
four feet, short, gray,
657
00:34:21,351 --> 00:34:24,144
big‐headed, big‐eyed aliens.
658
00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:27,773
And this would fit what
we might expect with gravity
659
00:34:27,774 --> 00:34:31,026
so intense that you couldn't
grow to six feet.
660
00:34:31,027 --> 00:34:36,240
Short, gray aliens
with large, black eyes?
661
00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:39,243
Is it possible
that the habitable planet
662
00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:42,746
orbiting Gliese 667 C
is the home world
663
00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:44,999
of the beings known
in the UFO community
664
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,418
as the Greys?
665
00:34:47,419 --> 00:34:51,422
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
666
00:34:51,423 --> 00:34:54,633
the planet orbiting Gliese 667 C
667
00:34:54,634 --> 00:34:57,595
is just one of a number
of recently discovered worlds
668
00:34:57,596 --> 00:35:01,015
that could represent places
of origin for extraterrestrials
669
00:35:01,016 --> 00:35:05,645
encountered both in modern times
and in the distant past.
670
00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:10,941
Mountain View, California.
671
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:14,154
April 2013.
672
00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:18,407
NASA scientists
at the Ames Research Center
673
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:20,743
announce that the
Kepler space telescope
674
00:35:20,744 --> 00:35:22,911
has discovered
two new exoplanets
675
00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:25,039
that seem highly promising
for life.
676
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,126
Named Kepler‐62e and 62f,
677
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:31,128
they are so‐called water worlds,
678
00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:35,758
planets covered by an
all‐encompassing global ocean.
679
00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:39,637
The planets 62e and f are
very exciting because they are
680
00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:42,348
ocean‐covered planets
and in the habitable zone.
681
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:44,642
So if you're
an ocean‐covered planet,
682
00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,060
it increases the chance
683
00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:48,604
that there's actually life
on that planet.
684
00:35:48,605 --> 00:35:50,773
If there is a water world
685
00:35:50,774 --> 00:35:53,734
with an atmosphere, with water,
686
00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:59,114
the creatures that may inhabit
there are waterborne creatures.
687
00:35:59,115 --> 00:36:01,784
They wouldn't necessarily
look like human beings
688
00:36:01,785 --> 00:36:03,827
standing up on two legs
and two arms.
689
00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:06,163
They might look
more like mermaids.
690
00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:09,541
Ancient astronaut theorists
point out
691
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:12,836
that many early civilizations
reported sky visitors
692
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:15,798
with amphibious,
fish‐like characteristics.
693
00:36:15,799 --> 00:36:19,885
Considered to be gods,
they were seen in China,
694
00:36:19,886 --> 00:36:23,138
sub‐Saharan Africa,
Central America,
695
00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,307
and Egypt, just to name a few.
696
00:36:25,308 --> 00:36:28,268
These amphibian beings
697
00:36:28,269 --> 00:36:30,688
were said to interact
with humans by day
698
00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:34,525
and retreat to rivers
or lakes at night.
699
00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:37,861
Could such entities have come
from so‐called water worlds
700
00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:41,323
like Kepler 62‐e and f?
701
00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:43,158
Creatures like that,
702
00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:46,995
if they existed,
would evolve on water worlds,
703
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:49,123
planets with a global ocean,
704
00:36:49,124 --> 00:36:52,876
and it just so happens that
in the ongoing search
705
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:57,214
for exoplanets, many such worlds
are being discovered.
706
00:36:57,215 --> 00:37:02,177
These half‐human,
half‐fish‐type gods
707
00:37:02,178 --> 00:37:05,389
that are like us
but are still aquatic
708
00:37:05,390 --> 00:37:08,267
are coming from
these water planets.
709
00:37:08,268 --> 00:37:11,061
Extraterrestrials may be
very attracted to planet Earth
710
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:14,523
because the oceans
are huge and vast.
711
00:37:14,524 --> 00:37:16,150
So aquatic extraterrestrials
712
00:37:16,151 --> 00:37:20,822
could find a‐a‐a very happy home
here on planet Earth.
713
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:25,909
So, when we encounter
alien life‐forms out in space,
714
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:28,162
are they gonna look like us? No.
715
00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:30,539
They could look completely
different from us
716
00:37:30,540 --> 00:37:33,542
and have a different pathway
to intelligence.
717
00:37:33,543 --> 00:37:37,087
In their search
for habitable exoplanets,
718
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:39,923
could mainstream scientists
be discovering the home worlds
719
00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:43,135
of extraterrestrial
visitors to Earth?
720
00:37:43,136 --> 00:37:48,098
For ancient astronaut theorists,
the answer is a resounding yes,
721
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:51,101
and they suggest
that the search for life
722
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:54,438
is about to be
revolutionized once again
723
00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:58,609
as NASA prepares to launch
an extraordinary new technology
724
00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:01,196
into space.
725
00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:15,626
Astronomers Michel Mayor
and Didier Queloz
726
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:18,796
are awarded the Nobel Prize
in Physics for discovering
727
00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:22,132
the first exoplanet in 1992.
728
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,343
In the years since,
729
00:38:24,344 --> 00:38:27,679
more than 4,000 have been
examined and categorized,
730
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,266
and more are being found
every day.
731
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:35,145
Let's do a science
experiment tonight.
732
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:37,231
Go outside, look up,
733
00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:39,983
and see all the
thousands of stars you see.
734
00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:42,528
Every single one, on average,
735
00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:44,822
has a planet going around them,
736
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,115
and about one in 20
737
00:38:47,116 --> 00:38:49,326
has an Earth‐like planet.
738
00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:52,579
And so, when you look
at the stars tonight,
739
00:38:52,580 --> 00:38:55,999
realize that somebody
could be looking back at you
740
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:57,919
from outer space.
741
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,506
In 2021,
742
00:39:02,507 --> 00:39:05,634
NASA will launch
the James Webb Space Telescope,
743
00:39:05,635 --> 00:39:07,636
a satellite that can
do something
744
00:39:07,637 --> 00:39:11,723
once thought impossible:
take detailed, color images
745
00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:14,685
of an exoplanet.
746
00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:18,730
The James Webb Space Telescope
is, um, a‐a different type
747
00:39:18,731 --> 00:39:21,191
of telescope than we've had
in space before.
748
00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:25,696
It will give us the ability
to look at the reflected light
749
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:28,532
from exoplanets and the
infrared part of the spectrum
750
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:32,870
and to search for the potential
for biology being present.
751
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:37,416
But when we look upon
the images of other worlds,
752
00:39:37,417 --> 00:39:40,711
and possibly even the beings
that inhabit them,
753
00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:42,546
what will we find?
754
00:39:42,547 --> 00:39:47,217
I think that what's really lying
in store for humanity now
755
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:51,555
is that we will prove that there
are these exoplanets out there,
756
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:53,265
that they have life
757
00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:56,059
and quite possibly
intelligent life
758
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:58,770
capable of coming
to our solar system.
759
00:39:58,771 --> 00:40:03,901
This will cause a sea change
all over the world,
760
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:06,236
within scientific communities
761
00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,948
and within the religious
communities, too.
762
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:13,285
If astronomers
discover exoplanets
763
00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:15,579
with intelligent
alien life‐forms,
764
00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:17,581
will they appear
eerily familiar?
765
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:21,126
Could they find amphibious
humanoid beings,
766
00:40:21,127 --> 00:40:23,879
like the gods depicted
in ancient times?
767
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:28,425
Small, gray aliens like those
reported by alleged abductees?
768
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:32,930
And is it possible
that some visitors,
769
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,766
perhaps coming from worlds
very similar to Earth,
770
00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:39,353
might look remarkably like us?
771
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:42,606
Within established
ancient astronaut theory,
772
00:40:42,607 --> 00:40:45,651
it's generally thought
that these
773
00:40:45,652 --> 00:40:49,613
extraterrestrial beings coming
from outside of our solar system
774
00:40:49,614 --> 00:40:51,823
were interacting
with our society
775
00:40:51,824 --> 00:40:54,826
and they were manipulating
our DNA and, in a sense,
776
00:40:54,827 --> 00:40:57,704
creating people
on this planet, us,
777
00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,998
who look like them
and are similar to them.
778
00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:03,877
As we discover
more and more exoplanets,
779
00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:06,922
the implications for humanity
are enormous.
780
00:41:06,923 --> 00:41:09,841
I think it's very possible
that we're on the verge
781
00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:12,719
of discovering our home planet,
782
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:15,681
the place of our origins.
783
00:41:15,682 --> 00:41:18,892
The big revelation will not be,
"Do they look like us?"
784
00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:23,188
But we look like them
'cause we are their offspring.
785
00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:28,151
As scientists continue their
search for habitable worlds,
786
00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:32,489
are we on the verge of
discovering not only alien life
787
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,242
but the very extraterrestrials
that came to Earth
788
00:41:35,243 --> 00:41:36,994
centuries ago?
789
00:41:36,995 --> 00:41:39,871
And will we find
that the strange gods
790
00:41:39,872 --> 00:41:43,333
depicted by our ancestors
as mythological creations
791
00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:45,836
were very real
flesh and blood entities
792
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:48,505
not so different from ourselves?
793
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,758
Perhaps one day soon
we will look
794
00:41:51,759 --> 00:41:54,344
at the satellite image
of a distant exoplanet
795
00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:57,431
and see not only
mankind's future home
796
00:41:57,432 --> 00:42:01,059
but one that could have
once been inhabited
797
00:42:01,060 --> 00:42:04,855
by our ancient alien ancestors.
63783
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