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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, black sweatpants, and a gray and blue hooded TVO Kids sweatshirt.

He says WELCOME BACK TO OUR TVO K NEWS
FEATURE OF THE WEEK.
NOW, ARE YOU FASCINATED BY
OUTER SPACE,
THE PLANETS, OUR GALAXY,
AND ALL OF THE MYSTERIES
OF THE UNIVERSE?

On a screen behind him appears a picture of a woman with the caption "Heidi White. Astronomer."

Heidi is in her twenties, with above the shoulders slightly wavy light brown hair and wears glasses, jeans and a gray sweater.

Daniel says WELL, HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED
BEING AN ASTRONOMER
WHEN YOU GROW UP?
YOU MIGHT WANT TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
RECENTLY, HEIDI STOPPED BY
TO TELL US ALL ABOUT
WHAT IT IS LIKE
TO BE AN ASTRONOMER.
CHECK IT OUT.

Heidi says MY NAME IS HEIDI WHITE
AND I'M AN ASTRONOMER.
SO AN ASTRONOMER IS A SCIENTIST
THAT STUDIES OUTER SPACE.
AND THIS INCLUDES PLANETS,
STARS, GALAXIES,
EVEN THE UNIVERSE AS A WHOLE.
SO THE THING I LOVE MOST
ABOUT MY JOB
IS THAT I'M A PERSON
THAT LOVES TO SOLVE PUZZLES.
AND THE UNIVERSE IS FULL OF
MYSTERIES LEFT UNSOLVED,
QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED,
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING
THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY
I GET TO SIT DOWN
AND WORK TO DISCOVER THINGS
THAT NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE.
ANOTHER THING I REALLY LOVE
ABOUT IT IS I LOVE TO TRAVEL.
AND ASTRONOMERS GET TO TRAVEL
QUITE OFTEN
TO COLLABORATE WITH RESEARCHERS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE THING THAT DREW ME TO SPACE
IS PROBABLY JUST HOW BIG IT IS.
WE'VE ONLY MAPPED A SMALL
FRACTION OF WHAT'S OUT THERE
AND THERE'S SO MUCH LEFT
TO EXPLORE.
AND TO ME THAT'S JUST
THE MOST AMAZING THING ABOUT IT.
EVERY SINGLE TIME WE GO OUT
AND WE EXPLORE NEW THINGS
IN OUTER SPACE
THE MORE WE EXPLORE,
THE MORE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
SO IF YOU LOVE ASTRONOMY
LIKE I DO
THE FIRST THING I WOULD SUGGEST
IS TO JUST GO OUT AND EXPLORE
YOUR OWN NIGHT SKY.
SO ONE THING YOU CAN DO
IS TO GET A NOTEBOOK
AND RECORD HOW THE MOON
CHANGES SHAPE
FROM NIGHT TO NIGHT.
ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO
IS TAKE PART IN CITIZEN SCIENCE.
SO THE BIG TELESCOPES
THAT WE HAVE NOWADAYS
PRODUCE TONNES AND TONNES
OF DATA,
SO MUCH SO THAT ASTRONOMERS
NEED THE PUBLIC
TO HELP US SIFT THROUGH IT.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE THINK
WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND
AND THEN THERE ARE THINGS THAT
WE DEFINITELY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND THE MORE WE EXPLORE,
THE MORE QUESTIONS WE HAVE.

Daniel says WOW! BEING AN ASTRONOMER
SOUNDS AMAZING.
AND I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED
IN CITIZEN SCIENCE.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
MAYBE WE COULD HELP UNLOCK
SOME OF THE MYSTERIES
OF THE UNIVERSE.
I KNOW HOW I'M SPENDING
SOME OF MY MARCH BREAK TIME.
JOIN ME NEXT WEEK
FOR MORE TVO K NEWS.

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