Carolyn Porco: Could a Saturn moon harbor life?

[53redditheadit]

Do you sleep naked, only with your droid and think of me?

[53redditheadit]

Don't you have an I.Q. of like, 182?!

[vmorgun]

When do we bomb it to spread democracy :)

[Relativisticism]

Finding life on another planet will and should be the final nail in the coffin of religion.

[geiuy]

@Relativisticism you are overrating religious folks intelligence,if we find life on another planet they would still find a way to fit their god and their religion in it,like "you see,this prooves that our god is real because the book of genesis talks about "nephilim" and nephilim's are ufo's",there is no fast way out,it would be a slow change within every new generation

[yatter1]

@Relativisticism dream on brother

[eulercircles]

@Relativisticism Don't count on it. Religion seems to flourish in environments of abundant evidence and sound arguments to the contrary. They must go extinct for other reasons.

[3877michael]

@Relativisticism Good luck! The Pope said that life on another planet was not opposed to the teachings of the bible. So not in this life time.

[AmTickProductions]

gotta love that pin! and the agenda continues on...

[Prestonboy13]

this video is such bullshit, why is it only 3 4 minutes long

[gmanzeroalpha]

@Prestonboy13 I agree. People want to say there is life out there. Think about this. Of all the species on earth, that EVER lived. A plent BRIMING with life. OF all of them. how many develped conetive intelligence. so there is about what, 30 of us? out of 5 million there is almost none right, just 25? Nope.

ONE!!! just us. That is nature. Nature did that. We then make up that life will be every where. That is like saying that intelligent life is on the earth other than us

[oiomg]

The only true hope for human kind is to find life. Sigh its so sad how people dont take things like this seriously/

[JUKIO01]

and the space war begins....

[jtyme94]

@JUKIO01 no...... the clone wars

[AnagramISP]

Not content with fucking up this planet...

[serratealldemoncrats]

We have been to MArs, We have been to the Moon, common on people........enough of this fantasy trash! We have REAL problems here to deal with. We do NOT need to be funding horseshit goosechases to keep (I use this term sooo loosely) "scientists" employed! This is why I tell my kids to get up and leave thier "science" classes anytime they start yakkin this shit!

[JUKIO01]

@serratealldemoncrats wow, thats got to be one of the most ignorant things i have ever heard in my entire life. wow, um, you wouldnt be living here in this country if it wasnt for science, you probably wouldnt be alive if it wasnt for science. back in the 1800s, if we never crossed america and into the west, most people wouldnt even be here, its because of discoveries and science is what is building the future. go live in a cave if you hate it, if not, then shut up

[MihaZ]

@serratealldemoncrats You are an idiot.

[serratealldemoncrats]

Of every SINGLE organization on this planet "nasa" has to be not only the single biggest farce of BULLSH^T, but also one of the single biggest source of tax payers wasted money. What fool actually believes any of the shit that these (and I use this term as loosely as possible) "scientists" say about "life on other planets?

[JUKIO01]

@serratealldemoncrats i think its worth it, in the future, your kids kids kids life will be more promising. we will discover planets, build ships that will take us to planets, galaxies, meet other beings. imagine if the corporations and countries that funded the first pioneers to america, we never wouldnt be here today. it was the peoples money that got us here today. i think its worth some of our pennies to give. we will all be apart of the future just like the first people of americas.

[leapoffaith20]

@serratealldemoncrats Actually I think your wars are the biggest waste of money.

[emikochan13]

@serratealldemoncrats what your taxes are spent on, is open information, you should read it. Science gets a fraction of a percent of the total budget. And we still achieve so much with it. War is where all the money went. Educate yourself, and stop being such a terrible parent.

[studiojulio]

What is the music at the end called? it's beautiful

[phongbong]

What was up with the end? That was cool!

[gotaskor]

Life most likely exists on Enceladus, and on Europa, and on even Titan and Mars. We will very likely find that life is very common within our own solar system, let alone galaxy. What life we find will be exciting and exotic, and will at every stage redefine life in our well accepted philosophies. We are continuing to realise our position in this overwhelmingly incredible experience. Be ready for a rollercoaster - our children are already light years ahead of us.

[Mogzyx]

If life truly exist elwhere in our solarsystem, that doesn't mean it is common in our Galaxy. I mean imagine a solarsystem which has planet that sustain life, it would be a remarkable discovery. But 10 or more celestial bodies with life on it in a single solarsystem? This would make us unique. Maybe life on Earth and the position of the Sun and its type in the galaxy is average, but I doubt that there are many solarsytems with more than one planet with life.

[Jargonwhat]

It is entirely possible, remember that meteor strikes cause ejecta that does end up on other planets (many meteorites are from Mars)

[Mogzyx]

Which is possible? That our solarsystem is unique if life exist at several places Or not, because it is so common in our galaxy that life come into existence in other solarsystems I mean several different forms of abiogenezis in one solarsystem? Even if life is frequent in the galaxy that doesn't mean it is frequent in a solarsystem Also it isn't all the same if one form of life fertilize systems or every system "develops its own lifeform" Read Harald Lesch and Jörn Müller: Big Bang, Act Two

[chiminox]

Have u ever fathomed about the insane ammount of similar solar systems that could be out there?

Just check out any Hubble or VISTA deep space scans to realize that the probability of life existing anywhere else in the universe is absurdly high.

There's a probe already looking for similar start-planetary systems, so it is just a matter of time until we start stumbling upon more and more solar systems.

[Econniff]

Or perhaps having only one planet with life IS what makes us unique, and other solar systems have many. There's no way to know ;)

[chibiguy93]

the ending of this video was really something else! Was that supposed to be an advertisement? whatever...it was really cool.

[EchoInfinity]

I was just thinking, if an alien made some kind of connection to the 'net and watched 3:40 to 4:40 it would probably think "What strange creatures."

That was random..

[EchoInfinity]

I wannna go to Enceladus!

Mommy, can we go to Enceladus?

[ursweety888]

jew broach

[DaveGIS123]

It's a Sun/Moon broach with 7 solar rays. The Star of David has 6 points, not 7.

What she's saying is important. What she's wearing as a fashion accessory isn't.

Just imagine! If there is propane and benzene on Enceladus, not only could there be life as she argues, but there could be OIL on other planets. Therefore the idea that crude oil was built-up over millions of years from mats of algae and other biomass is wrong. Our whole way of thinking about the planet we live on would change.

[kubikmaster]

or it may mean there was life there in the form of algae and it became oil. :D It may fix the way we already think. LOL

[Glass2007]

So what your saying is we should invade Enceladus.

[DaveGIS123]

At 2:10 Dr. Porco says they've found propane and benzine in the geyser spray. That's amazing! In 2002 Jason Kenney et al published an "abiogenic theory" about the origin of hydrocarbons from carbon and hydrogen under pressure in the Earth's outer mantle, rather than from ancient biomass. In other words, oil didn't come from fossils! Think of the implications!

[0Dan1]

good god she's hard to listen to. She sounds bored with what she's saying and sort of trails off every line.

[66kompis]

I can't help thinking that we have the wrong approach to all this "l find-life-on-other planets-research"....what if the life on other planets don't drink water what if they don't eat food as us humans...?To research life as we now it here on our planet seems pretty ignorante...we assume they'll be like us humans have the same needs etc pretty silly and naive ..... !

[Thymonico]

We don't know how to search for life as we don't know it... pretteh obvious, eyh? ;)

[66kompis]

well that's my exact argument we don't know it....but they seem to be looking for other human just living things ...Wich seems pretty silly....

[rochet75]

just because we can. what a bad this to say.... shame on you

and the "thing" @ 3:42 was soo tripy..

[wo00ody]

talk was good, topic extremply interesting but i was also amazed with the last sentence, indeed that's a bad reason!

[nivsha]

We can hardly even sustain quality of life on earth and now we want people to imagine tour shuttles full of people who will litter on other moons and planets?

[CirqueDuCloud]

Life... is an over-rated phenomenon.

[mnemeth1]

The organic compounds seen in the discharges are function of ionized plasma discharge.

The tempel1 mission showed the same thing in the ejecta, caused by the functions of ionized plasma.

In fact I'll wager you'll find these same things in the plumes of IO, which is also a plasma discharge.

The effects are entirely electrical and can be reproduced in laboratory discharges of electrified plasma.

[Thymonico]

Isn't plasma too unstable to be found at small moons?

[Tatarize]

No. Plasma is a state of highly excited matter. It's not unstable. The Sun is largely thus composed and it's pretty consistent for the last 4 billion years.

[Thymonico]

I know that the sun is plasma and most of the matter in the universe (subtracted dark matter) is in this state, but it's stable only at very high temperatures, right? Those temperatures are not found in ordinary planets or moons, that's why I thought it had to be unstable relative to the temperature on the moon. Excited matter (high energy state) tends to "decay" into less energetic states, right?

Plasma we're talking about=ionized atoms + leptons.

So is the plasma still stable on the moon?

[Tatarize]

Stable at really high temperatures? It's a state of matter. It happens at really high temperatures. Just as gasses are hotter than liquids are hotter than solids are hotter than superconductors. It's about the heat. If we have plasma we have plasma. Cool it off and it isn't plasma.

[medic007]

Plasma just indicates the matter is ionized - it doesn't need to be at high temperature, some materials turn to plasma more easily, and pressure plays a role as well.

If you're interested in learning more, the wiki article on plasma is quite good.

[invisiblebears]

Plasma was invented by Satan.

[garvess]

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[ppdog27]

am i the only one who saw that ending?

[endsequence]

I've always wondered what it was. I've seen that ending before on another TED video too. It's beautiful

[masterohumans]

I think i missed something, what was that all about?

[danflyer22]

there is another part to this video, called "Fly me to the moons of Saturn".

[bxchicano]

EUROPAAAAAAAAAAAA

[capita12]

yeeeaaaa oceans under surfacesss

[TEN4HUXX]

I like her sheriff star broach. Whatta cutie lil nerdie astro- buff. lol

[XStreetKingSX]

Extra Terrestial Life does exist.....WTF still there are people trying to burry the evidence of UFO sightings.

[sunrisewalker]

Bury maybe, I'd settle for validate.

[GRNoam]

cause bullshit makes good fertilizer?

[k166a]

What's with all the colored balls at the end of the video????

[GMLSX]

Stupid Nokia Comercial.

[gukonni]

Don't be stupid morelshaman. We could build our spacecraft in space and nuclear propulsion systems could remain there... if we want to go to the surface we have other means. Besides, we're emitting far more crap into our atmosphere with coal than we ever would have with a fleet of spacecraft launched from earths surface equipped with nuclear pulsed propulsion. Don't promote hysteria, there's already too much of it.

[Jerrycosyweegirl]

We have to develop a few more things first, firstly we have only just developed a machine that can "deflect" small asteroids and radiation but its bigger than 5 4x4 cars just now.

More importantly is developing some form of artificial gravity and that we do not yet have.

These are more important than how fast you can go as you need to be able to survive the trip physically and mentally. And we are developing Ion propulsion that may be better than setting of a nuke behind you to push you along.

[gukonni]

You forgot ganymede (jupiter moon). It might also have an ocean beneath the outer layer of ice.

[MERIO88]

LOL Porco pare na bestemmia

[otivaeey]

gogogo, let's see if it has fish right there.

[falsafa]

I am NOT some microbe earthling! God will kick your ass for calling me names.

[sipolastaken]

as a doctor i facepalm u

[ChillpointNews]

What about Europa? Damnit, they still haven't done a lot of research on Europa. That's a moon filled with ice.

[GuineaJay]

The argument of the next hundred years won't be "Earth is the only planet with life" It'll be dummies and religious fanatics saying " I aint no microbe"

[RENTAMOB1]

@GuineaJay aint ?

[morelshaman]

The chances of humans ever leaving the Terra/Luna region go down every day the cost of fuel goes up. When the costs have become so prohibitively high that current rocket technologies are impossibly high the nuclear pulse engines will finally be brought on-line. Since this will cause horrible damage to the environment it will only be attempted once we have doomed ourselves.

We will not be going on tourist rides out to Saturn.

With our record we should stay away from nascent Edens elsewhere.

[timg455]

you're ridiculous.

[masthebes]

oh my god you are so ill informed, its okay if you lack knowledge about a subject just as long as you keep quiet.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

[GRNoam]

FAIL.

on... so many levels.

[GRNoam]

huh?

who said anything about what this woman is talking about?

[KillSwitchEngage0101]

lol liquid water

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

You do realize water has 3 physical states right?

Gas (vapor)

Liquid

Solid (Ice)

[farnium]

Sorry but there are loads of other wierd states that water can take in nature; what about water Plasma? Or water string-net liquid?

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

The point is, she was correct in saying "liquid water" because she was explaining the physical state.

[valentino1000]

I love this channel

[mooxim]

oo that was a short one. still awesome

[syater]

Some of us think the lines to see the Enceladus Geysers are ALREADY too long - without a bunch of Earthlings joining the crowds.

[xXAkridXx]

Um, no it's not.

[GaddingImp]

i call you a shithead.

[Loaki9]

No sir, It's not. Earthling has no negative connotation. Its no different than being call American, or British, or any other Nationality.

But we are citizens of this Earth, more than a citizen of any country.

[Jerrycosyweegirl]

I would say human or earthling is fine. And depending on your view point being called ether/or can be a complement or insult.

Though earthling has a more broad scope as it includes all life on earth not just us as a single species.

[ROFLpwnedvideos]

What?

You're an idiot. "Earthlings" refers to human life on earth. That's NOTHING like racism.

Do the world a favor...don't breed.

[IdleBystander1]

Just because we can ftw!

[Keylimedelight]

Fuckin' Rock and Roll!

[peterbundy84]

I LOVE TED

[bcosten2007]

should we do things just because we can?

[canerdc]

And if it feels right and not hurting anyone, then why not.

[bcosten2007]

inevitably some form of life would be hurt (if it exists) if we turned the geysers into an amusement park

[Keylimedelight]

But think about the suffering of humans without there geyser amusement parks...

[simchamo]

inevitably?

[Setivo]

depends on the circumstances.

[aybadvises]

Thanks, Lieutenant Obvious! I'm going to make a call to the Colonel and we'll see if you can't get promoted to Captain by next week.

[Setivo]

did i insult you, No, i didnt, i just gave an obvious answer to an obvious question. u are just another hater who has nothing better to do then insult people u dont know, while ur comfortably watching porn and masturbating. if u have issues, solve them but dont insult people for no reason. and i dont wish that u contact me after this point.

[aybadvises]

Your problem is that you're afraid of Saturn. You go around commenting on videos about Saturn with ambiguous, neutral remarks like "this could work" or "depends on the circumstances," when, in fact, you haven't even watched the video. Your fear is probably so thick that you won't demonstrate a saturnine disposition, go out on Saturday or consume saturated fat. You need to consult some kind of therapist or at least find a friend with a warm shoulder to cry on. Seriously, I'm worried about you.

[IdleBystander1]

People go to Yellow Stone because they can, I think it's ok.

[jungenbum]

She reminds me of Michael Jackson.

[Monchanger]

What a wonderfully random thing to say. I would never have seen that coming.

Tell me- what made you think that? The way she kept howling throughout her presentation or the way she emphasized key points by grabbing her crotch?

[jungenbum]

Stickler. Let a random comment be a random comment.

[ratholin]

oooooh pretty. I wanna go to the moons of saturn

[calistoatnight]

Enceladus is my favorite moon. It's pretty.

[niceonetom]

Is she a sheriff?

[Quizoid]

LOL... I'm not sure... wish I could make out what that is.

[wavy1972]

just because we can !

[conielo]

Nice but a bit short....

[fairlyNormalGuy]

we must go there and take their hydrocarbons.

[oggleman]

i don't expect to live to see the enceladus interplanetary geyser park

[BrodyLuv2]

You could...with the Ion Propulsion drive.

[Quizoid]

I'd like to. It's nice to dream.

[zombiesmasher]

Short and sweet. Great Stuff!

[tmafkap]

Should there be life on Enceladus, would those life forms be called enchiladas?

[saimhanman2004]

*facepalm*

This just made my morning lol

[tmafkap]

You're welcome! :)

[riversonthemoon]

Me first!

[ineffige]

Anyone knows how they found out what's in this jets?? co2 etc?? Is it spectral analysis??

[ClairvoyantTruth]

"The spacecraft passed through the plumes extending from its southern geysers, detecting water, carbon dioxide and various hydrocarbons with its mass spectrometer, while also mapping surface features that are at much higher temperature than their surroundings with the infrared spectrometer."

[stormkiller22]

thanks

[jesseekstrom]

wow

[Icecoldpoker]

Awesome

[leifpetersen]

kickass