>> Stephen: SO YOU ARE A
SCIENCE FAN TOO.
>> YES, YES.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW THAT JUST LOOK
AT HIS CHARACTER STUIE, HE
INVENTED TIME
MACHINE,-- MACHINE.
CHECK IT OUT
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE SUBJECT THAT SET A LOT OF
PEOPLE-- LET'S TALK ABOUT A
SUBJECT THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
EXCITED A STAR KIC8465852.
A LOT OF FANS OUT THERE TONIGHT.
THE KEPLER, EXPLAIN WHAT THE
TELESCOPE IS.
>> A TELESCOPE CONCEIVED,
DESIGNED AND LAUNCHED WITH ONE
PURPOSE IN MIND, TO FIND EARTH
LIKE PLANETS ORBITING SUN-LIKE
STARS
>> Stephen: AND THEY DO IT
SHALL WITH WSH.
>> AND THERE SAY CATALOG OF
NEARLY 2,000
>> Stephen: AND THEY DO IT
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A
TRANSITY, A PLANET GOING BETWEEN
US AND THE STAR THAT DIMS.
>> YOU WILL NOTTEE A PLANET
REFLECTING ITS LIGHT NEXT TO IT,
IT IS LIKE LOOKING LIKE A FIRE
FLY NEXT TO A HOLLYWOOD--
>> Stephen: NEXT TO SETH
MacFARLANE.
>> IF YOU WATCH THE PLANET MOVE
IN FRONT OF THE STAR AND WHAT IS
THE LIGHT OF THE STAR DIP IN ITS
INTENSITY.
>> Stephen: BUT THIS IS
DIFFERENT.
>> IT HAS STUFF WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT IS
>> Stephen: IT IS DIMMING BY
22%, NOT LIKE 1%, IT IS A BIG
DIP AND IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
AND ONE THING HAS BEEN THROWN
OUT THERE, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT
THIS.
>> YEAH
>> Stephen: TELL THE PEOPLE.
>> Z THEY THINK IT'S SIGH SIGH
BORG
>> Stephen: THEY THINK IT
MIGHT BE AN ALIEN MEGA STRUCTURE
IS ONE, UNLIKELY BUT POSSIBLE
ANSWER.
>> EXCUSE ME
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> YES, YES
>> Stephen: THE PROMISING
YOUNG MAN IN THE FRONT ROW.
>> JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING
AT, DOES NOT MEAN IT'S ALIENS
>> Stephen: IT COULD BE GOD.
>> I READ THIS ON BUZZ FEED
>> Stephen: I WILL TELL YOU
WHAT IT IS, MY FRIEND.
THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S THE RING WORLD, OKAY.
THAT IS FROM THE CLASSIC 1907
LARRY NIFEN NOVEL RING WORLD, A
RING OF MATERIAL 93 MILLION
MILES IN ITS RADIUS WITH SHADOW
SQUARES TO CREATE DAY AND NIGHT
CHECKS ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT YOU
LIVE ON THE INSIDE, IT SPINS AT
770 MILES PER SECRETARY, ONE
GRAFERRITY OUTWARD, THE
ATMOSPHERE ON THE INSIDE.
WE FOUND THE RING WORLD.
>> OR WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
IS
>> Stephen: IT'S THE RING
WORLD.
I HAVE A PICTURE.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT.
