AND SAY HELLO TO THE CAT EYE
NEBULA! PROFESSOR
COURTNEY DEMPSEY IS FILLING IN
TODAY AND SHE WANTS TO "SLAP
YOU WITH SCIENCE!"
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STARGAZERS---HAVE YOU
STARED DEEPLY INTO THE CAT'S
EYE NEBULA? NO? WELL
YOU'RE ABOUT TO! NASA
DESCRIBES THE DYING STAR--N-
G-C 6543 IN ELEGANT SCIENTIFIC
PROSE. THE SPACE AGENCY
RECENTLY POSTED THIS SHARPENED
IMAGE OF THE DISTANT NEBULA
THAT IS ABOUT 3-THOUSAND
LIGHT-YEARS BEYOND EARTH.
THIS STUNNING PICTURE WAS
CAPTURED BY THE HUBBLE SPACE
TELESCOPE. NASA SAYS THAT
WHEN GIANT STARS
IT'S A STUNNING PICTURE AND
THEN THERE'S A SPACE TELESCOPE
AND THEN THEY RELEASE THE GREAT
CLOUDS OF MATTER AND THEN AN
EXPLOSION.
THAT'S BRILLIANT.
THE REMAINS OF THE GIANT
STAR IS
THE BIRTH PLACE OF AN ENTIRE NEW
STARS AND PLANET SYSTEM.
YOU
MAY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN SLAPPED
WITH SCIENCE.
I GOT MORE FOR
YOU IN A MINUTE.
SPEAKING OF THE TELESCOPE,
IT CAPTURED TWO GALAXIES GETTING
BUSY.
SORT OF.
CHECK OUT THIS IMAGE CALL
CALLED 2369 AND HOW YOU
DOING.
IT SHOWS TWO DIFFERENT
GALAXIES THAT ARE SLOWLY MERGE
NOTHING TO ONE.
THIS
INTERACTING GALAXIES HAPPENS
WHEN THERE'S A FIELD THAT OVER
LAPS AND THEN ATTRACTS.
ONE DAY
THE MILKY WAY IS GOING TO
COLLIDE WITH THE BIGGEST
NEIGHBOR FOR US.
THAT'S THE
GALAXY, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN FOR 4 BILLION YEARS, SO
YOU HAVE TIME TO BUY THE
TICKETS.
YOU HAVE BEEN SLAPPED
BY SCIENCE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
HEY, WHAT DO YOU CALL A MOON
THAT ESCAPES A PLANET?
THIS IS
NOT A DAD JOKE.
IT'S A REAL
THING.
IT'S CALLED A PLUNET.
YOU'RE MAKING THAT UP
.
NO, I SWEAR.
ALTHOUGH THERE'S NONE OF
THOSE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, THEY
MIGHT EXIST IN OTHERS.
A GROUP
OF SCIENTIST IN COLUMBIA ARE
USING THE COMPUTER SIMULATION TO
PINPOINT THEM.
IN THEORY THEY
SAY THAT THEY MAY STAY CLOSE TO
THE PLANET PARENTS.
THEY'RE
HOPING TO BE ABLE TO FIND ONE OF
THESE BY USING THE HIGH POWER
TELESCOPES.
YOU GAIN HAVE BEEN
SLAPPED WITH SCIENCE.
THAT'S
IT.
THE DIRECTOR IS IN MY EAR
AND SAYING THAT HE SPILT IT.
