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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.64,0:00:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a planetary astrophysicist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.35,0:00:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.29,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.16,0:00:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will be the first to tell you\Nthat I made that title up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.48,0:00:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.97,0:00:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I had to make up a title\Nto describe what it is that I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.37,0:00:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got my PhD in astrophysics
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.26,0:00:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I look at the properties of stars\Nthat are near to the Sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.98,0:00:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also look at planets and how\Nthose planets and stars interact.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.69,0:00:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, up until about 25 years ago,\Nthe term "planetary scientist"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.39,0:00:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant only people who studied the planets\Nwithin our own solar system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.33,0:00:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was in 1992 that the first planet\Noutside of our solar system,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.02,0:00:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or exoplanet, was discovered.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.84,0:00:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there's no name for somebody\Nwho studies what I study,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.78,0:01:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today there are\N3,593 known exoplanets.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.56,0:01:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Whoo!)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.56,0:01:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.67,0:01:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this field that I'm in,\Nit is very young.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.09,0:01:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it was a person, it would\Nbarely be old enough to drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.51,0:01:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.68,0:01:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas astronomy in general,\Nwhich is the study of celestial bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.45,0:01:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been around for thousands of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.64,0:01:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the oldest of the natural sciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.70,0:01:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today we're only just learning
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.34,0:01:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about all the crazy possible planets\Nthat can exist out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.03,0:01:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some planets\Nthat actually share a star,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.90,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they have two stars over the same one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.17,0:01:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are some,\Nlike what you see on this picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.90,0:01:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are so close to their planet\Nthat they have a period of ten hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.94,0:01:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Earth's period is 365 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.09,0:01:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's pretty nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.13,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're only just now\Nreally beginning to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.78,0:01:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the weird physical\Nand geometric properties
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.62,0:02:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that exist between a star and a planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.64,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't look at just how\Na star and a planet move
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with respect to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.86,0:02:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I study how they chemically interact.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.10,0:02:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.37,0:02:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the Big Bang, the only elements\Nthat we got were hydrogen and helium.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.86,0:02:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is none of these\Ncarbon or oxygen or iron.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.06,0:02:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's none of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.18,0:02:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happened\Nwas that the Big Bang went off,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.41,0:02:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was hydrogen and helium\Nshot all over the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.62,0:02:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it did so in an uneven way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.40,0:02:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it formed\Nthese giant pockets of gas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.40,0:02:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is sort of what you're\Nseeing in this video.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.03,0:02:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eventually this gas collapsed\Nin on itself and formed stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.98,0:02:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these stars were massive,\Nthey were just absolutely huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.65,0:02:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were about a thousand times\Nbigger than the Sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.09,0:02:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.33,0:02:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is like saying our Sun is a grape,\Nand these massive stars were as a cat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.92,0:02:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.18,0:02:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except less furry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.97,0:03:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was within these first stars\Nthat you were able to have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.41,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high enough temperatures\Nand densities that you had fusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the first time, elements were\Nslamming together, and they were sticking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.63,0:03:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you have hydrogen,\Nwhich has one proton,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.06,0:03:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helium, which has two protons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.95,0:03:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they slam together,\Nand suddenly you have lithium,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.28,0:03:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then beryllium, and then carbon.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.22,0:03:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these first stars,\Nthey lived hard and died young,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.91,0:03:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they exploded out everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.84,0:03:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they took all of these new elements\Nthat they created inside of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.38,0:03:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they shot them out,\Nalso into the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.58,0:03:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a second generation of stars was formed\Nmostly out of hydrogen and helium,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.98,0:03:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with these seeds of carbon
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.13,0:03:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they could continue\Nthe process of fusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.32,0:03:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Periodic Table\Nwas compiled by looking at stars
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.29,0:03:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lived and died at different times.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.09,0:03:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one here is color-coded and was done\Nby a colleague of mine, Jennifer Johnson,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.54,0:04:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what she did was she color-coded it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.48,0:04:05.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to show the different ways\Nin which these elements could be formed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.80,0:04:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see that a few of them are blue\Nbecause they came from the Big Bang,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.32,0:04:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of them come
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.45,0:04:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from either two stars circling\Neach other and then exploding,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.86,0:04:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just one exploding as a supernova.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.87,0:04:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, our Sun is created out of the original\Nhydrogen and helium from the Big Bang,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.57,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also out of many of these elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.05,0:04:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the same time that the Sun\Nwas formed, were also planets.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.52,0:04:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's everything\Nfrom Mercury to Neptune,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.61,0:04:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the dwarf Pluto.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.15,0:04:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was on the Earth\Nthat life blossomed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.67,0:04:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of that life came humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.26,0:04:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our humanity is really rooted\Nin the properties of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.78,0:04:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you think about it,\Npeople are made up of raw ingredients,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.96,0:05:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these elements that are so basic to life,\Nwhich were created in stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.07,0:05:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are carbon-based beings,\Nthe bones made of calcium.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.43,0:05:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we walk on iron silicates\Non the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.21,0:05:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we breathe oxygen,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.94,0:05:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like right now, you're breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.53,0:05:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.54,0:05:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.54,0:05:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That came from a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.70,0:05:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're all stardust.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.54,0:05:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.50,0:05:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can also do a thing\Nthat is similar to other stars,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.07,0:05:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that we can create other elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.89,0:05:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tennessine]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.10,0:05:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.28,0:05:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, tennessine,\Nwhich you may or may not have heard of.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.85,0:05:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is Ts 117, and it was named\Nafter the great state of Tennessee
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.25,0:05:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a number of Vanderbilt scientists\Nwere part of the discovery team.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.50,0:05:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm often asked the question:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.88,0:05:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can you look into outer space
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.06,0:05:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there are so many\Nproblems here on Earth?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.19,0:06:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't it make you feel small?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.14,0:06:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my answer to that\Nquestion is always no.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.06,0:06:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't make me feel small,\Nit makes me feel empowered.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.16,0:06:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I know all of the things,\Nall of the events
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.13,0:06:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might have happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.57,0:06:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of the events that did happen\Nin order to create life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.58,0:06:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's important for us as people\Nto know where we came from,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.37,0:06:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's our parents, our ancestors,\Nour planet, the birth star,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.48,0:06:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the stellar nursery.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.59,0:06:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing our root is a fundamental drive\Nthat is so important to humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.59,0:06:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's by using the scientific method
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.56,0:06:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're able to come up\Nwith a hypothesis
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.61,0:06:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can explain how the solar system\Ngot to be where it is today.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.33,0:06:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, it's currently thought\Nthat a supernova must have gone off
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.73,0:06:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4.6 billion years ago\Nas the solar system was forming.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.64,0:07:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're then able to collect data\Nabout nearby stars and planets
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.82,0:07:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such that we can understand\Ntheir basic properties.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.81,0:07:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now we've found that there\Nare specific elements in meteorites,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.38,0:07:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also at the bottom of the ocean,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.11,0:07:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could have only come\Nfrom a supernova.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.39,0:07:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There, and with the help\Nof our peers reviewing our data,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.60,0:07:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're able to deduce the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.37,0:07:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this supernova\Nmust have acted like a huge blender.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.27,0:07:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it took the gas, and the dust,\Nand all of these new elements,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.08,0:07:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it swirled it together\Nuntil it made something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.93,0:07:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was palatable\Nor habitable for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.15,0:07:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's by looking at thousands of planets
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.94,0:07:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and millions of stars
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.70,0:07:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're able to see what a unique\Ncocktail of basic elements was needed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.57,0:07:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to create a planet\Nthat could sustain life.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.38,0:08:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there were even more unique\Ncircumstances that were needed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.73,0:08:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create that life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.09,0:08:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we are\Na mathematical anomaly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.34,0:08:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rarity in the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.44,0:08:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while there's probably\Nlife in the universe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.36,0:08:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe even our Milky Way galaxy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.57,0:08:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that life is going to be inherently\Ndifferent from our own
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.25,0:08:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were affected by events\Nthat never happened for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.26,0:08:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to take quite a lot\Nto actually detect that life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.81,0:08:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we need to be able to find,\Nfund and develop the new technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.00,0:08:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So thinking about the statistical\Nlikelihood of our existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.74,0:08:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't make me feel small,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.07,0:08:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it reminds me of all the possibilities\Nthat exist in outer space.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.28,0:08:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were undergrads, we'd walk\Nat night from the library to the dorm,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.39,0:09:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd look up at stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.06,0:09:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd look up at Orion in particular.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.32,0:09:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our classes, we learned that two stars\Nthat are shooting through space,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.16,0:09:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're probably never going to collide,\Nno matter the circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.71,0:09:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that the inside of a star\Nhas a structure like an onion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.22,0:09:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like shells.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.68,0:09:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over time, I realize\Nthat these constellations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.81,0:09:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changed from being just these dots\Nin the sky to being distinct characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.59,0:09:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see them, being\Nat different distances from us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.72,0:09:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they shone in different colors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.76,0:09:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were rotating\Nat different speeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.27,0:09:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them had planets\Nthat were so close to them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.59,0:09:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was hard to fathom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.50,0:09:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And others shared their planet\Nwith another star.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.47,0:09:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look up in the sky,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.71,0:09:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like zooming from the Earth\Ninto outer space.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.74,0:10:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except, instead of seeing\Ndata or pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.80,0:10:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're seeing questions and possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.90,0:10:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regularly looking outside of our world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.92,0:10:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gives you a perspective\Nthat's so easy to forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.04,0:10:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were so many events\Nthat had to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.54,0:10:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exactly the right sequence\Nin order for me to be with you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.15,0:10:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If even one of those things was different,\Nsay that the Earth was closer to the Sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.67,0:10:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that the Moon didn't exist,\Nthen maybe life wouldn't have happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.92,0:10:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Realizing the statistical odds\Nof our existence,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.93,0:10:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps to have\Nall of the day-to-day drama,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.82,0:10:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anxieties, and insecurities\Njust fall away.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.80,0:10:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reminds you who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.58,0:10:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A mathematical anomaly \Nin a sea of gas, stars and planets.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.64,0:11:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I do is I study those stars\Nand planets in order to try to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.22,0:11:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they formed and how they evolved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.02,0:11:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe, just maybe, to discover life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.78,0:11:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you don't have to be\Na planetary astrophysicist
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.87,0:11:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to feel inspired\Nor empowered by outer space.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.21,0:11:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All you need to do is look up and remember\Nthat there are so many things going on
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.43,0:11:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of the right here\Nand the right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.05,0:11:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's stars being born,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.36,0:11:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planets colliding,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.26,0:11:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,galaxies rotating,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.35,0:11:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which are beautiful\Nas you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.50,0:11:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have nothing to do with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.84,0:11:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.49,0:11:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or so you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.24,0:11:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these were the exact events\Nthat had to happen
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.38,0:11:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for the Milky Way\Ngalaxy to be formed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.40,0:11:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a supernova to go off,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.78,0:12:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Earth to rotate around the Sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.76,0:12:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for us to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.72,0:12:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.02,0:12:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)