hot for extraterrestrial life. why go through this now? why is the timing right? this was myn childhood dream. many factors have converged into launching this project. had -- one ise that we now have scientific evidence that emerged in the last few years due to nasa telescopes that have been launched. it has become clear now with scientific rigor that there are billion to 40 billion earthlike planets in our galaxy. when i say earthlike planets, it is what you see when you look outside. it will be liquid water. all of the conditions that life can use to emerge and proliferate. a fuse ago, we had no clue. maybe a few planets like earth, maybe there will be many. -- a few years ago, we had no clue. maybe a few planets like earth, maybe there will be many. size of the sun has a planet similar to earth within an habitable zone. we have options. one is to ignore the scientific data and continue business as usual. the second is let's try to do something about it, assuming that given some of the possibilities, somewhere life has emerged. life is also evidence that on eart

you are going to hunt for extraterrestrial life. why are you doing this now? my childhood dream.any factors have converged into launching this project now. one is that we now have scientific evidence that emerged due tolast few years nasa telescopes that have been launched. now withcome clear scientific rigor that there are probably 20 million to 40 billion earthlike planets in our galaxy. to 40 billion earthlike planets in our galaxy. when i say earthlike planets, it is what you see when you look outside. it will be earthlike water. all the conditions that life can news to proliferate. -- use to proliferate. ago, we had no clue, but we know that justin our galaxy -- just in our galaxy the number is 20 billion. one star the size of the sun has a planet similar to earth with an inhabitable zone. we have options. one is to ignore the scientific data and continue business as usual, and the second is, let's try to do something about it, assuming that given some of the possibilities, somewhere life is emerged. there is also evidence that life very earlyerged after the earth cooled dow

some people that are part of the estonian are working on instrument to look for evidence of extraterrestrial life. -- that are part of the smithsonian. there are so many examples like that that i am learning every day. >> that is why wanted to get the plug-in. it's not just the pandas, it's the astrophysics. skorton: there is nothing wrong with pandas. >> you are pandering to the pandas, i think. [laughter] the astrophysics observatory is astonishing, something the u.s. needs to do with the magellan. but to talk about how basic science is not necessarily linear. if there was exactly 100 years ago this week that albert einstein went to the prussian academy and gave his first lecture explaining general relativity, and it was just pure science for the sake of science, not bell labs saying we need to amplify the phone signal. just, how does space and time curve and thus create gravity? it is an awesomely beautiful thing. it has been 100 years, but now when i pull up my iphone, my daughter is going to be traveling to mexico. and we say, let's share locations. everything from gps to lasers to microchip

people who are part of the smithsonian are working on an instrument to look for evidence of extraterrestrial life. amazing. i never would have thought about that is something the smithsonian institution does but there is many examples like that but i'm still learning every day. >> that's why i wanted to get a plug-in because it's not just the pandas but the astrophysics. >> nothing wrong with pandas. >> you are pandering to the pandas. [laughter] end by putting it into the context because the astrophysics observatory is, something the united states needs to go along with. it was to talk about how basic science is not necessarily linear but it's beautiful. it was exactly 100 years ago this week that albert einstein went to the prussian academy and gave his first lecture explaining general relativity. it was just pure science for the sake of science. it was not they'll labs saying we need to have a fire phone signal. it was just how space and time curve and thus creates gravity. it was an awesomely beautiful thing. it has been 100 years but now when i pull out my iphone come i daughter will be trav

some people that are part of the estonian are working on instrument to look for evidence of extraterrestrial life. -- that are part of the smithsonian. there are so many examples like that that i am learning every day. >> that is why wanted to get the plug-in. it's not just the pandas, it's the astrophysics. skorton: there is nothing wrong with pandas. >> you are pandering to the pandas, i think. [laughter] the astrophysics observatory is astonishing, something the u.s. needs to do with the magellan. but to talk about how basic science is not necessarily linear. if there was exactly 100 years ago this week that albert einstein went to the prussian academy and gave his first lecture explaining general relativity, and it was just pure science for the sake of science, not bell labs saying we need to amplify the phone signal. just, how does space and time curve and thus create gravity? it is an awesomely beautiful thing. it has been 100 years, but now when i pull up my iphone, my daughter is going to be traveling to mexico. and we say, let's share locations. everything from gps to lasers to microchip