Space Kids: Is There Life on Other Planets?

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DESCRIPTION: In animation, stars shine in outer space among the planets of the solar system.

[Opening credits] T.V.O.kids presents.

[Gentle, funky music plays]

SINGER: I live on Earth. I look to the sky. So much wonder fills my mind. We are Space Kids. Space Kids.

[Title] Space Kids.

[Episode title] Is There Life on Other Planets?

ANNOUNCER: Is there life on other planets?

[Gentle, intense music plays]

DESCRIPTION: In space, planet Earth rotates.

FIRST NARRATOR: Planet Earth is special. Why? Because of you, me, and, well, life.

DESCRIPTION: In the winter, children bounce on a playground climbing rope net. In the Arctic, walruses lounge on a beach. A daffodil blooms. A sea horse swims.

SECOND NARRATOR: Walruses, daffodils, and sea horses.

FIRST NARRATOR: Amebas, ladybugs and baobab trees.

DESCRIPTION: A microscopic view shows an amoeba. A ladybug crawls on a leaf. Clouds billow above a giant baobab tree. A river flows through a forest.

SECOND NARRATOR: All life can grow and thrive here on Earth because the conditions are just right.

FIRST NARRATOR: But what about out there? In space? Could there be life forms on other planets looking up at the night sky, wondering if we exist?

DESCRIPTION: A cartoon features a moustached alien wearing a cape looking at Earth from space. In a black-and-white video, a person in a lab coat looks through a telescope.

SECOND NARRATOR: Scientists who study outer space isn't just possible, it's likely.

[Gasping]

DESCRIPTION: A second person in a lab coat looks through the telescope. In space, a bright light shines in the centre of a galaxy.

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FIRST NARRATOR: Scientists believe there could be tens of billions of planets in our galaxy like Earth. And they're looking.

DESCRIPTION: In animation, a green band highlights Earth’s orbit around the Sun.

SECOND NARRATOR: One place they're looking is a region around stars called the "Goldilocks zone".

FIRST NARRATOR: Temperatures in the Goldilocks Zone are "not too hot, not too cold, but just right".

DESCRIPTION: In the animation, a campfire icon appears between Earth and Venus. A snowflake icon appears between Earth and Mars. A thumbs-up icon appears in the green band beside Earth.

SECOND NARRATOR: Astronomers believe a planet must be in this zone to have the right conditions to support life. Back in 1974, astronomers used a giant radio telescope to send a message to a nearby collection of stars.

DESCRIPTION: A photo shows the giant radio telescope surrounded by lush trees. In animation, radio pulses leave the telescope and travel through space.

SECOND NARRATOR: The message was designed to alert aliens of our existence. Anyone listening would detect a series of radio pulses that could be translated into pictures.

DESCRIPTION: An image shows a grid of differently coloured squares. Red-coloured squares shape a person.

SECOND NARRATOR: It contained information about human life, like what human D.N.A. looks like and the shape of a human body.

FIRST NARRATOR: So far, no response. But we'll keep looking!!

[Gentle, funky music plays]

SINGER: I'm on my way, on my way. to outer space. We are Space Kids.

[End credits] Produced by Eric Hogan, Tara Hungerford, Tracey Mack. Written and Directed by Eric Hogan, Tara Hungerford. Narrated by Paris Hogan, Wilfred Hogan. Music by Jessie Farrell. Produced by Imagine Create, in Association with t.v.o.kids, Knowledge: kids. Copyright 2020 Space Kids 1 Inc. All Rights Reserved.