LIFE BEYOND | Chapter 1: The Dawn (4K). An exploration of alien life & our place in the universe.
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0:27 - 0:28In all of time
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0:32 - 0:33on all the planets of
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0:34 - 0:35all the galaxies in space
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0:40 - 0:42what civilizations have risen,
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0:44 - 0:46looked into the night
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0:50 - 0:52seen what we see
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0:57 - 0:59asked the questions that we ask?
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2:25 - 2:26What we see around us
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2:26 - 2:28is staggering complexity
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2:34 - 2:36How is it possible?
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2:42 - 2:44Living organisms are created by chemistry
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2:45 - 2:48We are huge packages of chemicals
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2:51 - 2:53And what are the ideal conditions for chemistry?
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2:54 - 2:57Well, first, you need energy.
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3:02 - 3:03But not too much.
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3:04 - 3:06What you want is just the right amount
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3:06 - 3:08and planets it turns out are just right
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3:08 - 3:10because they are close to stars, but not too close
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3:14 - 3:17You also need a great diversity of chemical elements.
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3:21 - 3:24And you need liquid, such as water.
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3:28 - 3:29Why?
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3:30 - 3:33Well, is gases, atoms move past each other so fast
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3:33 - 3:35that they can't hitch up.
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3:36 - 3:40In solids, atoms are stuck together
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3:40 - 3:42they can’t move.
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3:42 - 3:43In liquids,
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3:44 - 3:47they can cruise and cuddle
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3:47 - 3:50and link up to form molecules.
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3:56 - 3:59liquid water is just so good
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3:59 - 4:01for getting evolution going
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4:01 - 4:03molecules can dissolve in the water,
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4:03 - 4:04form more complex chains
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4:06 - 4:09Now, where do you find such Goldilocks conditions?
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4:09 - 4:12Well, planets are great
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4:12 - 4:15and our early Earth was almost perfect
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4:25 - 4:27It was just the right distance from its star
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4:27 - 4:30to contain huge oceans of liquid water.
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4:33 - 4:36And deep beneath those oceans,
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4:36 - 4:38at cracks in the Earth's crust,
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4:38 - 4:41fantastic chemistry began to happen
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4:41 - 4:44and atoms combined in all sorts of exotic combinations.
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5:59 - 6:01here, on our planet,
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6:01 - 6:03microbes have adapted
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6:03 - 6:06to survive the most hostile conditions.
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6:08 - 6:10Arid deserts,
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6:10 - 6:11the frozen Himalayas
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6:13 - 6:16in trenches under thousands of tons of pressure
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6:17 - 6:18in the ocean deeps.
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6:22 - 6:25In the vacuum of a space simulator
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6:25 - 6:28life forms have been flourishing for years
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6:29 - 6:31without oxygen.
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7:10 - 7:12Very very quickly,
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7:13 - 7:15as soon as the Earth cooled off,
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7:15 - 7:18after its formation, we know that life began here.
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7:23 - 7:25Because it happened quickly here on Earth
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7:25 - 7:27we think it's going to happen quickly
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7:27 - 7:29on other planets as well.
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9:18 - 9:22We know that the galaxy is awash in water,
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9:27 - 9:29it’s awash in organic molecules,
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9:29 - 9:31and complex chemistry.
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9:34 - 9:35All of the things that we know
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9:35 - 9:38were necessary for life to begin on this planet
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9:38 - 9:41exist in abundance throughout the galaxy.
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9:48 - 9:51Did something similar to what happened on our own planet
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9:51 - 9:54happen on those other planets?
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12:05 - 12:09There are more habitable Earth-mass planets
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12:09 - 12:12in the observable volume of the universe
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12:12 - 12:14than there are grains of sand
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12:14 - 12:16on all the beaches on Earth.
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15:51 - 15:54The discovery of just one bacteria on Mars,
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15:55 - 15:57or any other body of the solar system,
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15:58 - 16:01would indicate that the whole chain of evolutions
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16:02 - 16:05cosmic, chemical, and biological
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16:05 - 16:08is at work everywhere.
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16:08 - 16:10In that case,
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16:10 - 16:13the creation of life anywhere in the universe
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16:14 - 16:17would be more the rule than the exception.
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16:37 - 16:39Within all of our lifetimes we're going to understand
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16:39 - 16:42that there is life on other bodies in the solar system.
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16:50 - 16:52We're going to understand the implications of that
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16:52 - 16:54for evolution of life here on Earth.
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16:56 - 16:59We're going to find planets around other stars
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16:59 - 17:02that we can say we see potential signs of habitability
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17:02 - 17:05in their atmospheres.
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17:06 - 17:09That's all going to happen in the next 10 to 20 years
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17:10 - 17:12How exciting is that?
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17:14 - 17:15We're on the verge of things
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17:15 - 17:18that people have wondered about for millennia:
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17:18 - 17:19"Are we alone?"
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17:21 - 17:25And here we are on the verge of finding that out.
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17:48 - 17:51The Universe is nearly 14 billion years old,
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17:52 - 17:56and our Galaxy is something like 12 billion years old.
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17:56 - 17:59So there could be life out there
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17:59 - 18:01that could be dramatically more advanced
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18:01 - 18:04than the life that we have here on this planet.
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20:00 - 20:02The only elements that were created in the Big Bang
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20:02 - 20:06where hydrogen, helium and a little bit of lithium.
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20:08 - 20:10All the stuff that makes your life livable -
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20:10 - 20:13those elements weren't created in the Big Bang.
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20:16 - 20:17The only place they're created
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20:17 - 20:19is in the fiery core of a star
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20:19 - 20:21and the only way for them to get into your body
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20:22 - 20:25is if those stars were kind enough to explode.
- Title:
- LIFE BEYOND | Chapter 1: The Dawn (4K). An exploration of alien life & our place in the universe.
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Support this project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/melodysheep | The biggest question of our time. Are we alone? Chapter 1 of this experience takes you to alien worlds and distant places in time and space, in search of where alien life might be hiding and what our place is within the history of life. After generations of wondering, the truth is finally within our reach. New research and technologies have brought us closer than ever to an answer - only a few decades in the eyes of some NASA scientists.The search has led to new discoveries that will blow your mind wide open and give a profound new perspective on human life. The deeper we look, the deeper we see into nature's imagination, and the more we learn about ourselves. I hope stewing on these thoughts tickles your brain as deeply as it does mine.
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