Are we alone in the universe?

Tai Asks Why

CBC

Kids & Family

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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So far, the only intelligent life we know of is right here on Earth — us! But could there be life on other planets just waiting to be discovered? In this episode, Tai goes deep in the cosmos to explore how scientists are searching for signs of life beyond our little blue dot, and what their work can tell us about our place in the universe. In this episode Tai talks to: - Nathalie Cabrol, astrobiologist and director of research at the SETI Institute - Jacob Haqq-Misra, senior research investigator at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science - Heidi White, astrophysicist at the University of Toronto For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/tai-asks-why-transcripts-listen-1.6747759

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:07.0	Really nice outside.
0:09.0	Yeah.
0:10.0	Oh, it's cold though.
0:11.0	Get the blanket.
0:13.0	You can actually see the stars because we're not in the city.
0:16.0	Huh?
0:17.0	Yeah, like normally, to look up,
0:19.0	you can see a couple of big bird stars,
0:21.0	but now it's just like the entire sky is poked on it.
0:25.0	It's like these shiny, white stars.
0:29.0	That's my little bro can't.
0:31.0	We were talking outside my family cottage
0:33.0	where we go during the summer,
0:35.0	and we could see tons and tons of stars.
0:38.0	I love being away from the city
0:40.0	and just looking up at the sky at night.
0:43.0	And if you've listened to this podcast,
0:45.0	you know I love learning about what's out there in the universe.
0:51.0	So what do you think?
0:53.0	Do you think there's like other people up there?
0:57.0	Other aliens?
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