1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,949 thank you 2 00:00:08,210 --> 00:00:06,470 welcome aboard the jordy's resolution a 3 00:00:11,570 --> 00:00:08,220 massive research vessel for scientific 4 00:00:13,549 --> 00:00:11,580 ocean Drilling and a floating Laboratory 5 00:00:15,169 --> 00:00:13,559 did you know that scientists all over 6 00:00:17,269 --> 00:00:15,179 the world are conducting research in 7 00:00:19,010 --> 00:00:17,279 Earth's ocean much of which will help us 8 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:19,020 better understand the search for life in 9 00:00:22,550 --> 00:00:20,760 outer space 10 00:00:24,230 --> 00:00:22,560 that's right this research is known as 11 00:00:26,570 --> 00:00:24,240 astrobiology and it strives to 12 00:00:28,310 --> 00:00:26,580 understand how life came to be how life 13 00:00:31,070 --> 00:00:28,320 evolved and whether or not life is 14 00:00:32,870 --> 00:00:31,080 elsewhere in the universe 15 00:00:34,250 --> 00:00:32,880 in order to understand the origin of 16 00:00:36,709 --> 00:00:34,260 life on Earth we need to look at the 17 00:00:38,270 --> 00:00:36,719 past luckily the Jody's resolution is 18 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:38,280 also a time machine 19 00:00:43,010 --> 00:00:40,800 well sort of a lot of Earth's histories 20 00:00:44,869 --> 00:00:43,020 actually stored within ancient rocks and 21 00:00:47,869 --> 00:00:44,879 months which are collected on this ship 22 00:00:49,970 --> 00:00:47,879 in what we call of course by Julian dip 23 00:00:52,190 --> 00:00:49,980 into the ocean floor and examine in this 24 00:00:54,049 --> 00:00:52,200 pores we can travel back in time and 25 00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:54,059 learn much more about what the air used 26 00:00:57,709 --> 00:00:55,920 to be like 27 00:00:59,990 --> 00:00:57,719 we can learn about Earth's ancient 28 00:01:01,970 --> 00:01:00,000 atmospheres for molecules trapped within 29 00:01:04,310 --> 00:01:01,980 the course 30 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:04,320 about how our planet evolved and Morse 31 00:01:08,690 --> 00:01:06,540 through volcanoes and earthquakes we 've 32 00:01:11,810 --> 00:01:08,700 learned about how life began and evolved 33 00:01:13,609 --> 00:01:11,820 through microfossils 34 00:01:14,990 --> 00:01:13,619 and we can even learn about the limits 35 00:01:16,690 --> 00:01:15,000 of Life by looking for organisms that 36 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:16,700 live in extreme environments 37 00:01:23,510 --> 00:01:21,000 places are extremely cold hot lack 38 00:01:24,609 --> 00:01:23,520 oxygen or don't rely on the sun to 39 00:01:26,810 --> 00:01:24,619 survive 40 00:01:28,370 --> 00:01:26,820 this can help NASA scientists and 41 00:01:30,230 --> 00:01:28,380 Engineers understand if it's possible 42 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:30,240 for life to exist on other planets that 43 00:01:34,249 --> 00:01:32,060 might have harsh environments as well 44 00:01:35,990 --> 00:01:34,259 and speaking of other lives in other 45 00:01:38,030 --> 00:01:36,000 worlds that you know one of the 46 00:01:40,429 --> 00:01:38,040 precursors for one of the instruments on 47 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:40,439 Mars 2020 Rover was tested and developed 48 00:01:44,569 --> 00:01:42,600 right here 49 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:44,579 the Sherlock instrument is on Mars right 50 00:01:48,770 --> 00:01:46,740 now using its cameras lasers and other 51 00:01:52,490 --> 00:01:48,780 technology to search for chemical clues 52 00:01:55,429 --> 00:01:52,500 that may provide signs of past life 53 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:55,439 so from below the sea floor to the outer 54 00:02:02,200 --> 00:01:57,360 reaches of space there's inspiration for 55 00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:12,090 [Music]