The Nature of Things Planet Hunters
The Nature of Things Planet Hunters
For millennia humans studying the stars had no idea if there were any other planets outside our solar system, let alone ones similar enough to ours to sustain life. The first extra-solar planet – or exoplanet – was only discovered in 1995. Now, a new space-based telescope has discovered thousands more, and some of them may be just like Earth. If the Kepler Space Telescope’s discoveries are verified, and if what is true for this one tiny randomly chosen area of the cosmos is true throughout, then our universe is probably chock full of habitable planets. This discovery would have enormous implications for the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. We would move from slim chance to great likelihood in one giant step. And we’re about to take that step.
- 2012
- 00:44:36
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
Metadata
- Subjects
- Extrasolar planets [LCSH] Solar system [LCSH] Astronomy [LCSH] Life on other planets [LCSH] Space telescopes [LCSH] Science [LCSH] Space sciences [LCSH]
- Team
- David Suzuki (Host), Jerry Thompson (Director), Terence McKeown (Producer), Bette Thompson (Producer), Laurie Case (Producer)
- Closed captioning
- Available
- MARC Record
- View Download
Teacher Guide(s)
-
![How to Use Video Effectively in the Classroom [.pdf]](//media.curio.ca/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/91/78/9178e38f-c7d3-417c-8d8c-810a54bf7c85/howtousevideoguide.jpg__428x248_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg)
How to Use Video Effectively in the Classroom [.pdf]
![How to Use Video Effectively in the Classroom [.pdf]](http://media.curio.ca/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/91/78/9178e38f-c7d3-417c-8d8c-810a54bf7c85/howtousevideoguide.jpg__428x248_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg)
Can be found in
All rights reserved © CBC/Radio-Canada 2013-2017 Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
