The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries — Season 1, Episode 3: Inexplicable Life
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
Neil deGrasse Tyson examines the origin of life in the universe. He begins by considering some reflections by the astronomer Christiaan Huygens before discussing why life's origin is such a difficult scientific topic. He then looks at the early planet Earth and discusses why there is only one tree of life. He considers extremophiles that have the ability to live in environments that appear hostile to life and examines the theory that microscopic life may have originally come to Earth from outer space. He talks about chirality in organic molecules before discussing the question of intelligence
About The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
Everything we now know about the universe from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxies has stemmed from scientists who’ve been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And with the advent of modern science, great minds have turned to testing and experimentation rather than mere thought as a way of approaching and grappling with some of the universe’s most pressing and vexing dilemmas.