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The universe is huge. That means two things: 1. there is probably life elsewhere, 2. It is likely too far away to have reached us.

Fast, Furious & Funny - http://www.youtube.com/fastfuriousand... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWxub2...)

The Brain Scoop - http://www.youtube.com/thebrainscoop (http://youtu.be/mNuu0y6ZmAs)

ASAPScience - http://www.youtube.com/AsapSCIENCE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxJhp...)

The Royal Institute of Great Britain - http://www.youtube.com/TheRoyalInstit... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm02Oi...)

PBS Idea Channel - http://www.youtube.com/pbsideachannel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbNymw...)

The Spangler Effect - http://www.youtube.com/TheSpanglerEffect (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fQ4uB...)

Minute Physics - http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHDeK...)

Head Squeeze - http://www.youtube.com/HeadsqueezeTV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPBJX1...)

Vsauce - http://www.youtube.com/Vsauce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L45Q1_...)

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. ~Douglas Adams

Thanks to Dr. Simon O'Toole for talking exoplanets with me! We also discussed the Drake equation but there wasn't really room for it.

Camera by Charles Clement

Music by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Mirage, Scissors