Daniel and Heidi stand in the set of "The Space."

Daniel is in his twenties, with very short brown hair and wears glasses and a burgundy TVO Kids T-shirt.

Heidi is in her twenties, with long straight light brown hair in a ponytail and wears glasses and a blue T-shirt.

Daniel says WELCOME BACK TO
THE SPACE,
TVO KIDS.
YOU GUYS ARE HANGING OUT
WITH DANIEL
AND OUR RESIDENT ASTRONOMER
HEIDI.
AND WE ARE TALKING
ALL THINGS ABOUT SPACE.
CORRECT?

Heidi says YEAH.

Daniel says SO I'VE HEARD A LOT OF
THINGS IN THE NEWS
ABOUT CASSINI THIS
AND CASSINI THAT.
WHO IS CASSINI
OR WHAT IS CASSINI?

Heidi laughs and says SO CASSINI IS A SPACECRAFT,
WAS A SPACECRAFT...

Daniel says YEAH.

Heidi says IT WAS LAUNCHED
OVER 20 YEARS AGO
TO STUDY
THE SATURN SYSTEM.

Daniel says INTERESTING.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME
COOL THINGS
THAT WE DISCOVERED
FROM CASSINI?

Heidi says SO CASSINI WE HAD A LOT OF
GREAT DISCOVERIES,
BUT ONE REALLY COOL DISCOVERY
WAS ABOUT THE MOON ENCELADUS.
SO, WHAT CASSINI
SHOWED US
WAS THAT THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT
ENCELADUS IS AN ACTIVE MOON.
AND IN FACT,
IT HAS ICE VOLCANOES
WHICH ARE SPEWING WATER ICE
FROM THE SOUTH POLE.

Daniel says WHAT?
IT HAS ICE VOLCANOES?

Heidi says YEAH,
ICE VOLCANOES.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Daniel says THAT IS SO SWEET.
SO, WHAT OTHER THINGS
DID IT, UH, DISCOVER?
OR TAKE PICTURES OF,
LET'S JUST SAY.

Heidi says SO ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS
OF CASSINI
WAS TO STUDY
SATURN'S RINGS.

An image of Saturn appears on screen.

Heidi says SO, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW
IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
THAT CASSINI SENT US BACK
OF THE SATURN RING SYSTEM
BACKLIT.
WHICH MEANS THAT THE SUN IS ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET,
ALLOWING US TO SEE
SOME OF THE FAINT FEATURES
IN THE SATURN RING SYSTEM
INCLUDING THE E RING,
OR THAT OUTERMOST FAINT RING
THAT YOU SEE THERE
THAT ACTUALLY IS COMPOSED OF
ICE PARTICLES
FROM THOSE ICE VOLCANOES
ON ENCELADUS.

Daniel says THAT IS SO SWEET.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF
THE QUESTIONS FROM JULIA.
SO, WHAT ARE THE RINGS
MADE OUT OF?

Heidi says SO THE MAJORITY OF
SATURN'S RINGS
ARE MADE OUT OF
TINY, TINY, VERY TINY
LITTLE PARTICLES OF
ICE AND DUST.
AND IN FACT, ALTHOUGH
THEY LOOK VERY, VERY BRIGHT,
THE SATURN RING SYSTEM
IS REALLY REALLY THIN.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE
THAT IF YOU TOOK SATURN
AND YOU SHRUNK THE PLANET DOWN
TO THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL
THE WIDTH,
THE THICKNESS OF THE RINGS
WOULD BE ABOUT AS THICK
AS A HUMAN HAIR.

Daniel says WHOA, THAT IS SO THIN
COMPARED TO SATURN, RIGHT?
VERY THIN.
OKAY, SO YOU SAID THAT
CASSINI WAS A SPACECRAFT.

Heidi says YES.

Daniel says WHY DID YOU SAY "WAS"?

Heidi says BECAUSE LAST FRIDAY
SCIENTISTS DIRECTED CASSINI
TO CRASH INTO THE PLANET.

Daniel says AND WHY DID
THEY DO THAT?

A caption reads "Heidi. Astronomer."

Heidi says WELL, PART OF
THE REASON IS
BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED
SO MUCH ABOUT SATURN'S MOONS
THAT WE BELIEVE SOME OF THEM
MIGHT BE PLACES
WHERE EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
MIGHT ARISE.

Daniel says ALIENS!

Heidi says AND WE DON'T WANT
THE SPACECRAFT
TO ACCIDENTALLY CRASH
INTO THOSE MOONS
AND CONTAMINATE THEM.
SO IT WAS EASIER
TO JUST SEND IT
RIGHT INTO THE PLANET
TO BURN UP.

Daniel says EXACTLY.
WE DIDN'T WANNA HARM
THE "POSSIBLE" ALIENS OUT THERE.

Heidi says EXACTLY.

Daniel says THAT'S SO GREAT.
WELL, UH, THANK YOU
SO MUCH, UH, HEIDI.
BUT I WANNA KNOW,
SO YOU WORK FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.

Heidi says I AM. I'M AN ASTRONOMER
AT U OF T.

Daniel says AMAZING.
IS THERE ANYTHING COOL THAT'S
HAPPENING AROUND THERE?

Heidi says SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
IN TAKING PART IN
ANY OF OUR OUTREACH ASTRONOMY
EVENTS WE HAVE AT U OF T...
WE HAVE TONNES OF EVENTS
FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS.

-YOU CAN GO TO OUR
UNIVERSE.UTORONTO.CA WEBSITE
AND FIND OUT MORE
THERE.

Daniel says OH, THAT'S AMAZING.
SAY IT ONE MORE TIME,
THAT URL.

Heidi says UNIVERSE.UTORONTO.CA

Daniel says THAT'S AMAZING.
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN,
HEIDI, FOR JOINING US.
NO PROBLEM.
I CAN'T WAIT TILL YOU'RE BACK
TO TALK MORE SPACE.
UH, BUT TVO KIDS,
STAY TUNED
BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
KINDNESS COMING UP NEXT.
SO STAY TUNED.

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

The animated logo of "The Space" appears.