The Cambridge scientist who thinks he’s just discovered alien life

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  • Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
  • Is there life on...K2-18b?
    Professor Nikku Madhusudhan believes he has discovered alien life on an exoplanet 120 light years away from Earth.
    Speaking to Tom Swarbrick, he puts the chances of there being life on the faraway planet at '50/50'.
    At the time of upload, the James Webb Space Telescope was observing the planet, and the analysis will take a few months. It follows the discovery of carbon dioxide on the planet in scans last year.
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @SurajGupta_3D
    @SurajGupta_3D 13 дней назад +17770

    We have Potentially discovered life on another Planet before GTA 6 💀

    • @jaybristowe2346
      @jaybristowe2346 13 дней назад +508

      We will meet aliens before the release of elder scrolls 6

    • @FrancescoCastiglioneChannel
      @FrancescoCastiglioneChannel 13 дней назад +293

      We will be in Mars before GTA 7

    • @jaybristowe2346
      @jaybristowe2346 13 дней назад +231

      @@FrancescoCastiglioneChannel I mean that’s not even a joke that’s a sensible statement of fact

    • @NavySeal2k
      @NavySeal2k 13 дней назад +72

      We land on Mars before Half Life 3...

    • @jghifiversveiws8729
      @jghifiversveiws8729 13 дней назад +19

      @@FrancescoCastiglioneChannel We've been on Mars for decades.

  • @jacobkuntflapp
    @jacobkuntflapp 14 дней назад +18959

    For those wondering, it's 124 light years away from Earth, which is approximately 2 and a half football fields.

    • @paradiseb5950
      @paradiseb5950 14 дней назад +3158

      Yes yes that’s about right in american measuring system.

    • @michaelwachendorf2096
      @michaelwachendorf2096 14 дней назад

      ​@paradiseb5950 Yeah, cause you know those Americans only have more space agencies than any country in the world. Not sure have you heard of NASA and space X??

    • @Sambrowski10
      @Sambrowski10 14 дней назад +879

      Roughly thirty cubic litres high

    • @danielcorea8985
      @danielcorea8985 14 дней назад

      @@paradiseb5950RAHHH🦅🦅🦅

    • @LungsMcGee
      @LungsMcGee 14 дней назад +1215

      Yes, but how heavy is 124 light years in elephants?

  • @Aaackermann
    @Aaackermann 11 дней назад +2599

    The real question: Is there oil?
    Eagle screech

    • @Originalcopy20
      @Originalcopy20 10 дней назад +100

      Let's bring democracy to that planet
      *Plays 'Ride of the Valkyries'*

    • @richurichu8781
      @richurichu8781 10 дней назад +19

      B2 bombers took off as we speak!!!

    • @ravenblack5733
      @ravenblack5733 10 дней назад +8

      🤪 please let there be NO OIL..

    • @von1477
      @von1477 9 дней назад +15

      red-tailed hawk screech *

    • @twstdreality
      @twstdreality 9 дней назад +11

      If there’s unconquered land, watch out! The British might resort to old tactics

  • @nickkowak9628
    @nickkowak9628 10 дней назад +1765

    Say you found oil on that planet, US will be there in two weeks

    • @eesanana7414
      @eesanana7414 10 дней назад +84

      Gotta implement democracy to an alien government raaaah

    • @elProvos
      @elProvos 9 дней назад +2

      ​@@eesanana7414LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

    • @cycling9945
      @cycling9945 9 дней назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @monster17368
      @monster17368 9 дней назад +2

      Then the aliens would invite americans for Thanksgiving 💀

    • @som3839
      @som3839 8 дней назад +11

      Right and then try to colonize them and steal all their resources

  • @stitchwod
    @stitchwod 14 дней назад +12024

    For some reason I'm imagining that planet having the same exact interview about us

    • @reneokoli
      @reneokoli 14 дней назад +97

      Haha

    • @badmanjosh6091
      @badmanjosh6091 14 дней назад +129

      Multi verse. Universe so big its infinite you and me in different dimensions

    • @Valkyrae123
      @Valkyrae123 14 дней назад +50

      I doubt it, this is a water planet

    • @ako8791
      @ako8791 14 дней назад +77

      I’m imagining the Spider-Man pointing at each other meme just on a universal level. 😂

    • @ericaulbach
      @ericaulbach 14 дней назад +3

      😂

  • @roadwarrior1459
    @roadwarrior1459 12 дней назад +7717

    After recently discovering planet Earth, the scientists of K2-18 have concluded that no intelligent life exists here.

    • @kelvindeen
      @kelvindeen 12 дней назад +177

      I laughed harder at this than I should have

    • @BluerPanda1411
      @BluerPanda1411 12 дней назад +35

      Well there is, so they’re wrong.

    • @mitcho5452
      @mitcho5452 12 дней назад +145

      @@BluerPanda1411 depends on your definition of intelligence

    • @xMrjamjam
      @xMrjamjam 12 дней назад +254

      @BluerPanda1411 considering you didnt get the joke proves the dude correct

    • @BluerPanda1411
      @BluerPanda1411 12 дней назад

      @@mitcho5452 doesn’t matter “your definition of intelligence” we are smarter than every other creature on the planet

  • @nicomcmahon2491
    @nicomcmahon2491 7 дней назад +392

    ‼️Astrophysics student here, just wanted to mention that the detection for DMS in his data was about 2.4 sigma. Usually in astronomy we require 3 sigma to even consider it a reliable detection, and 5 sigma to be certain that it is not a result of some fluctuation of confounding variables. In physics, results less than 5 sigma are routinely discarded to be extra scrupulous. I think his assertion that the odds are 50/50 is bonkers and totally inflated. As far as I'm concerned, the odds are 0 until his results are replicated and confirmed by other researchers.

    • @blasemathews806
      @blasemathews806 6 дней назад +24

      Is that why physicists at CERN were looking for 5 Sigma when looking for the Higgs?

    • @xEkulz
      @xEkulz 6 дней назад +169

      ermm.. what the sigma

    • @pr0cy0n1
      @pr0cy0n1 6 дней назад +35

      Everything that's claimed here in this video, was claimed back in September. There's no new data added to confirm what was reported 8 months ago. I'm about to research this professor to even see how he's related to this study in the first place

    • @nicomcmahon2491
      @nicomcmahon2491 6 дней назад +3

      ​@@blasemathews806 Exactly!! You got it :)

    • @imjonathan6745
      @imjonathan6745 6 дней назад +29

      sticking out your gyat for the sigma..

  • @MagashiSaizen
    @MagashiSaizen 11 дней назад +252

    Lets give the interviewer their proper graces, the guy did an amazing job in that interview, respectful, well though out questions and all. Congratulations to Mr. Nikku Madhusudhan and their potentially monumental discovery.

  • @otama213
    @otama213 12 дней назад +4343

    “You could be the most famous person in the world soon”
    “I just want to find the truth and leave it at that.” A true scientist and gentleman

    • @brandonvasser5902
      @brandonvasser5902 11 дней назад +14

      Methane is also produced in volcanic events or from meteor impacts.

    • @Josh-st6sx
      @Josh-st6sx 11 дней назад +173

      ​@brandonvasser5902 not to sound messed up but pretty sure a scientist would know that fact already lol

    • @joshishmo
      @joshishmo 11 дней назад +13

      a true scientist would wait for confirmation

    • @CesarSandwich
      @CesarSandwich 11 дней назад +48

      @@joshishmo this coming from a true scientist, right?

    • @zackiaryruddick701
      @zackiaryruddick701 11 дней назад +6

      This is all fake

  • @manticore5733
    @manticore5733 13 дней назад +6308

    Forget life in space, we just found intelligent life on Earth - great interviewer and sensible scientist.

  • @TheTruthIsGonnaHurt
    @TheTruthIsGonnaHurt 9 дней назад +68

    This guy is the right type of humble.
    Intelligence and Humility means he won't rush this, his ego won't get in the way, so the odds are high and I hope he succeeds!

  • @wheres_bears1378
    @wheres_bears1378 11 дней назад +448

    Those aliens are probably thinking oh no the humans have spotted us

  • @TheSealDribble
    @TheSealDribble 12 дней назад +3942

    No bragging, no hyperbole, no claims of grandeur. Just talking about his duty and finding the truth. This is the kind of people that bring humanity forward!

    • @IIISentorIII
      @IIISentorIII 12 дней назад +15

      Could you repeat the Question?!

    • @LukeNukem82
      @LukeNukem82 12 дней назад +21

      I'm curious if you think that your statement is the way any scientists behave.. and if so which ones? because I've never met anyone like that, and perhaps only seen such in the movies.

    • @DavidMcCoul
      @DavidMcCoul 12 дней назад +4

      Agreed!

    • @DavidMcCoul
      @DavidMcCoul 12 дней назад +56

      @@LukeNukem82The ultimate goal of science is to uncover the truth. If scientists fail to convey humility, it is merely because they are human.

    • @Jairan78
      @Jairan78 12 дней назад +14

      Idk….50/50 is pretty ballsy🙃

  • @MelliaBoomBot
    @MelliaBoomBot 14 дней назад +3745

    You could see the prof slowly relaxing as the interviewer actually asked proper questions with the right attitude..superb.

    • @wilderbeast96
      @wilderbeast96 14 дней назад +124

      He's so charmingly proud, and deservedly so.

    • @eliwol3789
      @eliwol3789 14 дней назад +13

      He’s not better than me.

    • @Slycoop
      @Slycoop 14 дней назад +24

      I was disappointed he didn't ask how far the planet is

    • @miked8249
      @miked8249 14 дней назад +22

      I mean interviewer couldn't stop making it about his show, begging the scientist to make him one of the first calls. Interviewer needs to get over himself

    • @jvegas3209
      @jvegas3209 13 дней назад +3

      Ya he found it Washington DC

  • @ryanbaker7404
    @ryanbaker7404 11 дней назад +50

    At 47, I grew up on a rural non light polluted cattle farm, Carl Sagan’s Cosmos on VHS, and dreams of the cosmos. To think that I am alive to see an instrument of such startling complexity and accuracy that can test, confirm or deny nearly everything that we’ve learned is mind boggling. 😮🎉❤

    • @andreaodessa9181
      @andreaodessa9181 2 дня назад +2

      We need to come together as a species and I dont see any other way other than a discovery like this.

  • @red88ization
    @red88ization 10 дней назад +99

    congratulations Professor Nikku Madhusudhan and team

  • @nickhockings443
    @nickhockings443 15 дней назад +3026

    I'm glad this Professor is a diligent, sober and cautious scientist, also that the interviewers asked serious questions.

    • @digitalbath6057
      @digitalbath6057 14 дней назад +37

      Thanks for this comment, now I'll watch the video😂

    • @Kx0195
      @Kx0195 14 дней назад +24

      The gent is on the complete other end of the spectrum to the guy who announced his room-temperature superconductor.

    • @lincruste
      @lincruste 14 дней назад +9

      It's a UK thing

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF 14 дней назад +11

      Cautious and serious? Pretty sensationalist more likely since the evidence for life on the planet is solely based on a statistical value that has a 2.4 sigma score...
      There's obviously a (lucrative) race among astronomers going on to be the first to find life outside Earth.

    • @swayback7375
      @swayback7375 14 дней назад +41

      @@JZsBFFuh… he sounded pretty cautious to me… what about this seems sensational to you?

  • @mojojoji5493
    @mojojoji5493 17 дней назад +3900

    Detecting molecules from such a massive distance is insane to me

    • @donnievance1942
      @donnievance1942 16 дней назад +727

      It is done by spectroscopic analysis of the light passing through the planet's atmosphere when the planet is between us and its sun.

    • @Piecenotwar
      @Piecenotwar 16 дней назад

      @@fplbrunoo858Not our sun, the sun in its own solar systems

    • @aarondonald1611
      @aarondonald1611 16 дней назад

      @@fplbrunoo858 its when the planet goes between earth and it's OWN sun. they analyze the tiny gradient of atmosphere you can see as it passes their sun and analyzing the light that's filtered through the atmosphere

    • @mojojoji5493
      @mojojoji5493 16 дней назад +263

      @@donnievance1942 thanks for that but the distance still boggles my mind lololol

    • @lifesbutastumble
      @lifesbutastumble 16 дней назад +138

      @@fplbrunoo858 That's not what the comment said lol

  • @youtubebannedme
    @youtubebannedme 11 дней назад +142

    i could ask my mom that i can't find the evidence of life in other planet and my mom will find it immediately😂

  • @kathycarlson7947
    @kathycarlson7947 11 дней назад +57

    50-50. This fills me with awe. What a humble, dedicated scientist!!

  • @nickd4310
    @nickd4310 17 дней назад +3088

    Considering the vast size of the universe, finding life this close would indicate that life would be fairly common throughout the universe.

    • @PersonaJohnGrata
      @PersonaJohnGrata 17 дней назад +111

      It's amazing, I look forward to the announcement!

    • @keithposter5543
      @keithposter5543 17 дней назад +303

      *Could* be. Still a low sample size. Could be that it's fairly common in regions such as ours in galaxies like ours, but not in other galaxy types/more central regions etc etc. So many variables and unknowns. Fascinating!

    • @SRMoore1178
      @SRMoore1178 17 дней назад +200

      Very exciting. I don't care if it's intelligent beings or single cell organisms, life is life!

    • @AutoAlligator
      @AutoAlligator 17 дней назад +32

      "Life" is distinctly uncommon outside of our planet...in fact it does not exist.

    • @sidsuspicious
      @sidsuspicious 17 дней назад +196

      @@AutoAlligator You don't know that, I don't know that, nobody who has ever existed knows that... Just as bad as those imbeciles who proclaim life exists elsewhere in the Universe without a shred of evidence.

  • @xthegreat1x
    @xthegreat1x 12 дней назад +2455

    They can find molecules on another planet but I still can’t find my tv remote in the house

  • @1More_Dreamer
    @1More_Dreamer 9 дней назад +33

    Do we realize we are living at the very momment in the history of humanity, that we are probably going to see the announcement of alien life?

    • @kageotoshi
      @kageotoshi 9 дней назад +5

      Life is a stretch....you step on microbes daily, you inhale them.....is it even life xd

    • @martiananomaly
      @martiananomaly 7 дней назад

      Yep especially with AI which would only accelerate our ability to find alien life.

    • @mondiramaji791
      @mondiramaji791 7 дней назад

      I’m scared

    • @rohitptnk03
      @rohitptnk03 6 дней назад

      Don't dream lol.

    • @kitkat47chrysalis95
      @kitkat47chrysalis95 5 дней назад

      evidence of megastructures would be interesting. microbes? potentially irrelevant.
      we already have evidence of organic material and dust, microbes is still 4 billion years away from what we would call intelligent life. we should be looking for Dyson swarms and star-lifting, not microbes.

  • @ondrasramek8426
    @ondrasramek8426 11 дней назад +52

    A planet covered in oceans with potential life?
    *SUBNAUTICA ABANDON SHIP MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

    • @MrRayrenz
      @MrRayrenz День назад +1

      "Detecting multiple leviathan life forms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

    • @richrich2862
      @richrich2862 17 часов назад +1

      New research suggests Exoplanet K2-18b may actually be a gas-rich planet with no habitable surface instead of a habitable water world.

  • @Mkhehla
    @Mkhehla 14 дней назад +1697

    "I would like to find what the truth is and leave it there. That is my number-1 duty here."
    Respect!!

    • @southfieldtrill9690
      @southfieldtrill9690 14 дней назад +12

      💯

    • @WithmeVerissimusWhostoned
      @WithmeVerissimusWhostoned 14 дней назад

      I, and many others before me, already discovered aliens thru' the use of alternative means of discovery... this is no news, alas it might be for the next hundred of years, cuz people are slow to catch up

    • @YNWA188..
      @YNWA188.. 14 дней назад +2

      Probably got the f signal from his old micro wave 😂

    • @kevinac4397
      @kevinac4397 14 дней назад +3

      Harvard disagrees

    • @cjohnson5391
      @cjohnson5391 14 дней назад

      @@kevinac4397explain please. I’m a stoner

  • @ninjaplavi
    @ninjaplavi 14 дней назад +2062

    Interviewer: "Dumb question..." Then proceeds to ask a great logical question to put this discovery into perspective.

    • @unlink1649
      @unlink1649 12 дней назад +140

      The interviewer was amazing. By far the best I have ever seen someone interviewed on hard science

    • @davidroberts6549
      @davidroberts6549 12 дней назад +7

      We can all be grateful that this wasn’t the nick ferrari or Alan Dale show

    • @hubadabubbada
      @hubadabubbada 12 дней назад +9

      Haha its always unnerving when you speak with experts 😅

    • @autumnb7135
      @autumnb7135 12 дней назад +11

      He’s one of the few really intelligent talk show hosts. He’s just brilliant.

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

  • @jayashp3855
    @jayashp3855 11 дней назад +15

    the interview asked all the right questions, guy should start a podcast ngl

    • @rahuldahoob
      @rahuldahoob 3 дня назад

      He already has one. Called THE SESSION. TOM SWARBRICK.
      you're welcome 😊

    • @jayashp3855
      @jayashp3855 2 дня назад

      @@rahuldahoob yo appreciate that

  • @killerbee8892
    @killerbee8892 11 дней назад +6

    What a top guy, I love that people like this have come to the UK, such a blessing ❤

  • @NorLedges
    @NorLedges 12 дней назад +1161

    As a certified and licensed Plummer employed by Alfa plumbing LLC, I can indeed confirm that this is in fact NOT a plumbing issue.

    • @JotaroKujo-fr7uo
      @JotaroKujo-fr7uo 12 дней назад +9

      It is what do you mean get your bull void projector ready

    • @IBADSNU
      @IBADSNU 11 дней назад +51

      We'll cross it off the list. Thanks.

    • @XxSniperFiendxX
      @XxSniperFiendxX 11 дней назад +16

      A leak is still possible

    • @jamesstar33
      @jamesstar33 11 дней назад +9

      Get in the drainage guys

    • @raptorschamps2099
      @raptorschamps2099 11 дней назад +3

      Is that a Rake reference?

  • @RollcagerX
    @RollcagerX 14 дней назад +2345

    Meanwhile alien scientists on K2-18 b are looking at Earth 120 years ago.

    • @cdyanand
      @cdyanand 13 дней назад +172

      And they're probably seeing horse and buggies 😂
      The crazy part is by the time they arrive, we are already multiplanetary and have robots with AGI swarming the planet.

    • @abrahammagdalena5821
      @abrahammagdalena5821 13 дней назад +45

      Put into perspective, before Australia was a "nation", before Aboriginals were "people", before the t model ford...
      Also interestingly, before the first atomic explosion. Considering how we began being "investigated" immediately thereafter, would indicate either there is a quicker way to observe at a distance by folding space or something or we had been under close surveillance before that event, but then there are reports of that being the case anyway
      But who knows if it's the same life forms we have had contact with so far, how many bioregions are there and which of them are aware of us?..

    • @bharatcosmos7743
      @bharatcosmos7743 13 дней назад +7

      Ww1

    • @mawinstallation6626
      @mawinstallation6626 13 дней назад +27

      @@abrahammagdalena5821 Hold up wdym with "before aboriginals were people"

    • @abrahammagdalena5821
      @abrahammagdalena5821 13 дней назад +101

      @@mawinstallation6626 we were legally counted as fauna and property of govt with no rights until 1967

  • @ary2766
    @ary2766 10 дней назад +22

    glad my homeboy k2-18b getting the attention it deserves. Been fascinated with it for years

  • @richardlee5412
    @richardlee5412 10 дней назад +8

    I've always found it almost poetic how the most obvious indicators of life across the stars were always predicted to come from not the largest but the smallest organisms which shine the brightest across the gulfs of space

  • @balbindersingh8692
    @balbindersingh8692 16 дней назад +1809

    Kudos to the interviewer for asking intelligent questions.

    • @markmarson6483
      @markmarson6483 15 дней назад +11

      He didn't quite appreciate it, saying "proper life" at the end. The first detection of _any_ extraterrestrial life is significant.

    • @SpaceLord2025
      @SpaceLord2025 15 дней назад +5

      lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll if you call those ?'s intelligent i feel so sorry for your parents!!!

    • @uncensored393
      @uncensored393 15 дней назад +25

      @@SpaceLord2025 "lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll" ...

    • @cable7152
      @cable7152 15 дней назад +37

      ​@@SpaceLord2025If you can't use actual words to make a mean comment, I feel bad for your parents.

    • @jrspringston
      @jrspringston 15 дней назад +29

      ​@@SpaceLord2025 those questions are better than what USUALLY get asked. Get over yourself

  • @jpdemer5
    @jpdemer5 12 дней назад +1631

    I like that this guy is a serious scientist - he checked, double- and triple-checked, and talked to other scientists, rather than calling the media and flogging his story on interview shows.

    • @thatguy2244
      @thatguy2244 12 дней назад +90

      Its what most scientists do. But when their conclusion is against republican politics...ppl say theyre quacks.

    • @universalmother
      @universalmother 12 дней назад +14

      He didn't discover anything. You humans have never been alone.

    • @hellion7514
      @hellion7514 12 дней назад +42

      @@universalmotherHe discovered, he didn’t invent anything

    • @msharp6887
      @msharp6887 12 дней назад

      @@thatguy2244you really believe the propaganda that republicans are anti science?

    • @ripkm-iwaly
      @ripkm-iwaly 12 дней назад

      ​@@universalmother that is a rather unscientific comment, if we have no proof even though the probablity is there, then we didn't discover anything, we only theorize about the likely probability of there being life, however, having absolute proof of unlikely circumstances to happen naturally outside of planet Earth without the existence of another biological organism is indeed evidence, therefore discovered.

  • @diyak2182
    @diyak2182 8 дней назад +4

    It's hard to put into words just how profound a discovery this could potentially be and to maybe experience this in our lifetimes!!

  • @tenacity8281
    @tenacity8281 5 дней назад +7

    Given that 1 light year is approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers and the fastest spacecraft (Parker Solar Probe) can travel at a speed of 700,000 km/h.
    It would take approximately 185,290 years to cover 120 light years with our current fastest spacecraft.

    • @JC-gv4dm
      @JC-gv4dm 4 дня назад

      I feel like most people don't realize the great distances between solar systems are. Then we talk about red shift stars... wonder how many astronomical miles they are away.

    • @DirtyRed
      @DirtyRed День назад

      If the universe is expanding how would we even begin to catch up to it. I mean, isn't our very own galaxy moving millions of miles an hour through space?

    • @tenacity8281
      @tenacity8281 День назад +1

      @@DirtyRed While this expansion affects the distances between galaxies, it doesn't significantly impact distances within our own galaxy, the Milky Way. The gravitational forces within our galaxy are much stronger than the expansion of the universe, so objects within the Milky Way, such as stars and planets, are not being pushed away from each other by the expansion.Therefore, when considering travel within our galaxy, like to a planet 120 light years away, the expansion of the universe doesn't play a significant role in the travel time.

    • @DirtyRed
      @DirtyRed День назад

      @tenacity8281 I was thinking this was in another galaxy my bad

    • @tenacity8281
      @tenacity8281 День назад

      @@DirtyRed no issues mate

  • @jaymann.g
    @jaymann.g 12 дней назад +1539

    Water on another planet? Organisms in the water? Get the rods boys, let's go fishing

    • @compactreview
      @compactreview 11 дней назад +17

      We couldnt tell the difference of Earth and Venus, if both were an exoplanet. And Venus is absolutely leathal, even for medall.
      So dont get to excited with exoplanets :D
      look up who Dr. Anna Gülcher is. She is in a science group indirectly working for NASA to finally get some instruments to Venus to gather high quality data.
      Two weeks ago she said that in a
      colloquium at the University in Münster at an geophysical institute (Germany), where I am currently studying.

    • @AstroLoops69
      @AstroLoops69 11 дней назад +56

      @@compactreviewSo what I’m reading is that…you don’t want a fishing pole. No extra-solar fishing jamboree for you!

    • @UchuuLightsaber
      @UchuuLightsaber 11 дней назад +2

      What if there are large sea monsters instead? 😨

    • @priv8_nobody359
      @priv8_nobody359 11 дней назад +1

      Sounds like we’ll need a real big rod then

    • @squid1712
      @squid1712 11 дней назад

      Wishin I was fishin

  • @lsu1992
    @lsu1992 13 дней назад +1264

    This is what a real, honest scientist looks like.

    • @birdman9585
      @birdman9585 13 дней назад

      As opposed to all the other fake, lying scientists?

    • @williammullinax6130
      @williammullinax6130 13 дней назад +23

      Don't hold your breath

    • @ryanwood6006
      @ryanwood6006 13 дней назад +7

      Is been so long since something brilliant has come forth to the anerican public

    • @alexevans4877
      @alexevans4877 12 дней назад +18

      If he was being honest, he may have mentioned that its expected to have a temperature around 5000C, rather than saying, "Yes there is likely water there" over two and a half times the mass of earth, DNA is misshapen at temperatures around boiling at 100C. The Amount of information you have to ignore is insane. When he finally gets to sleep, hes going to be kicking himself. What a smear on Cambridge and its reputation.

    • @zefallafez
      @zefallafez 12 дней назад +6

      Greta Thunberg: How dare you!

  • @apratimdutta2223
    @apratimdutta2223 2 дня назад +15

    As an Indian , he is one of the real inspirational IITians I could find. Not any big CEO or any politician but a real scientist working at the forefront of today's science.

    • @danb8877
      @danb8877 День назад

      CEOs and politicians are bottom of the barrel individuals and should never be held highly by society.

  • @Stephenwithaphd
    @Stephenwithaphd 11 дней назад +2

    Outstanding journalism and interview!

  • @NeverQuiteAlex
    @NeverQuiteAlex 13 дней назад +874

    Well done to Tom for treating this interview with the respect, curiosity, and frankly awe that it deserved.

    • @jolieakea1640
      @jolieakea1640 13 дней назад +22

      I noticed that too that he was absolutely giddy about the implications, rightfully so

    • @theboythatdid2495
      @theboythatdid2495 12 дней назад +3

      I liked the question about who do you call in that scenario where you have found signs of life on a planet other than our own

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

    • @user-jd2xf1zf9m
      @user-jd2xf1zf9m 12 дней назад +1

      Joke joke joke! He detected alien life in a so far light years away from earth jajaja! Moon and Mars are so close to earth i wonder why he cant detect an alien life or he cant explore Mars and Moon he has the James webb telescope he can easily see the surface and map the whole moon or mars with HD pictures or videos jajaja jajajaja so he decided to go 124 light years away from earth jajaja with all the advance technologies at hand he cant explore moon or mars

    • @juanalmos1959
      @juanalmos1959 12 дней назад

      But can this prestigious scientist discover the science on how to make a ungrateful wife happy?🤔

  • @costidisa
    @costidisa 14 дней назад +988

    The professor's response to "you will be the most famous person" was priceless, and reflective of the selflessness of so many of the scientists I know. How dramatically it contrasts with the rampant narcissism all around us. Kudos.

    • @Chez8922-kf6cy
      @Chez8922-kf6cy 14 дней назад +48

      IKR? Humble man. He's probably one of those people who is in it for the love of science and nothing else.

    • @samus598
      @samus598 14 дней назад +34

      That's just the nature of the internet. The narcissists post every day whether they have something interesting to contribute or not.

    • @SGB1977
      @SGB1977 14 дней назад +9

      Seems like a nice guy, for sure.

    • @thejinn99
      @thejinn99 13 дней назад +13

      @@samus598 IDK, man. I grew up when the internet started, and it wasn't like that in the beginning.

    • @Majikfish
      @Majikfish 13 дней назад +5

      @@thejinn99Have to agree with this statement. It wasn’t always like this.
      I can remember by parents and grandparents saying that “it’ll get ruined the same way that TV did eventually” or words to that effect.
      I naively didn’t believe them at the time, but here we are, and celebrity culture dominates what we see on the Internet… with the occasional brilliant exception such as videos like this one 🙂

  • @groovy_jameshurt3
    @groovy_jameshurt3 2 дня назад +2

    We've all seen this simulation. Think about it. Then think about it again. -Ripley

  • @yamyite
    @yamyite 4 дня назад +4

    Recon it’ll be full of reptiles/dinosaurs with Nokia brick phones, thinking they’re all advanced

  • @MrJoel9679
    @MrJoel9679 14 дней назад +1116

    One week ago a man looked 120 years into the past and saw the future open up. He couldn’t shut his eyes for a week afterward. That’s intelligence and purpose right there. Bravo… bravo.

    • @ChuckFreeman0102
      @ChuckFreeman0102 14 дней назад +19

      Who told you that hogwash ?

    • @c3pno
      @c3pno 14 дней назад +13

      If he was that Intelligent he wouldn't be so excited over nothing, he'd keep his cool, this shows he is easily entertained and probably has a pea for a brain 👍 if an alien walked up to me and said we exist I wouldn't care as it doesn't change anything

    • @jollyroger2012
      @jollyroger2012 14 дней назад +177

      @@ChuckFreeman0102 what's hogwash about it. 120 light years away = light taking 120 years to get here showing us what it looked like 120 years ago

    • @loodlebop
      @loodlebop 14 дней назад +89

      ​@@c3pno actually it changes just about everything, we'd be living in a different society before long

    • @loodlebop
      @loodlebop 14 дней назад +77

      ​@@ChuckFreeman0102hogwash? That's literally what was spoken about in the video, did you not watch?

  • @billysummers1616
    @billysummers1616 14 дней назад +492

    If this is confirmed, i think alot of people don't fully understand how big this is. To be alive now when humanity finds life outside of Earth is absolutely incredible.

    • @genx7006
      @genx7006 14 дней назад +32

      But how would you really confirm it? Okay, there are strange gases on the planet, then what? What if you observe the planet for the next thousand years and nothing happens? You would have to visually detect some spacecraft floating around or something of true significance before declaring victory.

    • @strayspark1967
      @strayspark1967 14 дней назад +6

      @@genx7006 agreed

    • @Iz7zI
      @Iz7zI 14 дней назад +35

      Meh many times I hear there might be micro life forms etc etc. Of course their is life out there if there is the right conditions. I want to know if there is intelligent life

    • @AEVMU
      @AEVMU 14 дней назад +29

      ​@@genx7006They detected a gas that is only produced by life. At least on this planet.

    • @AdrianOkay
      @AdrianOkay 14 дней назад +24

      ​​@@Iz7zI give it a thousand years and a gorillion of funds, and maybe they'll discover some sort of crab living in the depths of some ocean planet
      ....and that's about it
      nothing else

  • @wilko9346
    @wilko9346 8 дней назад +5

    Looks like we’ll be calling it New Sudhan which is pretty cool.

  • @PiDsPagePrototypes
    @PiDsPagePrototypes 5 дней назад

    Love how he sticks to following the processes, doing the science while remaining optimistic, letting the data speak for itself. Follow up with vigorous checking of the data and the workflow, and if he and his team are right, there's going to be a lot of money suddenly interested in space research. 120ly, not quite the celestial backyard, more, the block at the end of the street. Much closer then a lot of models for this stuff would have pointed to.

  • @Suraj4m1n
    @Suraj4m1n 13 дней назад +960

    Interviewer : "You're perhaps couple of months away from being very famous"
    Professor talks about his duty instead. What a humble guy. 🙌

    • @seanmartyn3956
      @seanmartyn3956 12 дней назад +29

      You can tell too though he’s just so excited and rightfully so! The poor guy lol

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

    • @ZackestTV
      @ZackestTV 12 дней назад +8

      That's nerve wracking lol

    • @Ben-iz9ud
      @Ben-iz9ud 12 дней назад

      Meanwhile the government is has been tracking them for 70 years

    • @Nitidus
      @Nitidus 12 дней назад +33

      There seems to be a little misunderstanding here. None of this is actually about life on K2-18b.
      When the planet was first observed in 2019, there were very tiny, ambiguous signs that maybe, just maybe, there could be Dimethylsulfide in the atmosphere of K2-18b. That's what they're looking at right now. It's just about whether this one molecule might be detectable or not. The reason that's interesting is because for all we currently know, DMS can only be produced by biological processes, on Earth it's phytoplankton, and would therefore suggest the existence of life on this exoplanet.
      Now there are several problems with claiming the existence of life over there based on DMS. First of all, the initial data suggesting DMS in K2-18b's atmosphere was very, very thin. It's very possible that it was just a misinterpretation. But most importantly, we don't have proof that DMS actually means life. We don't REALLY know that it's a biosignature. There were other molecules we thought couldn't exist without biological processes, like whatever we found in Venus's atmosphere recently, and then somebody came out with a purely chemical reaction that produces the stuff. It's just that here on Earth, we haven't discovered a non-biological source for DMS.
      Long story short, IF it turns out to actually be DMS, we MIGHT have found a biosignature, but we STILL WON'T KNOW for sure if this ACTUALLY means, "Life." If the theories are correct, K2-18b is a massive planet with a hydrogen atmosphere that's covered in deep oceans. We can't just zoom in 124 light-years and see for ourselves. Not even the new iPhone can.

  • @MalTimeTV
    @MalTimeTV 17 дней назад +743

    If we are finding bio-markers on an exo-planet that is a mere 120 light years away, that sounds very much like a possible hint that the galaxy is simply teeming with life.

    • @keithposter5543
      @keithposter5543 17 дней назад +84

      Possibly, but also possible that only in regions like ours. Conditions towards the galactic centre are quite different

    • @adayinthelife5496
      @adayinthelife5496 15 дней назад +4

      It makes communication difficult.

    • @Ixaglet
      @Ixaglet 15 дней назад +39

      Makes the fermi paradox all the more interesting

    • @Jacob-ed1bl
      @Jacob-ed1bl 15 дней назад +34

      A mere 120 light years away, that's all, lol. I get it, in the grand size of the universe that isn't much but it's still unbelievable far away for us.

    • @robertloader9826
      @robertloader9826 15 дней назад +5

      @@keithposter5543Because life is most likely uncommon there due to…radiation?

  • @ShaoMan-yw2gf
    @ShaoMan-yw2gf 6 дней назад +2

    Truly a gentleman with nothing but pure brain power and intelligence.

  • @WistrelChianti
    @WistrelChianti 11 дней назад +1

    I had the best advert cut on this...
    Interviewer: "you are perhaps a few months away from becoming the most famous person on earth"
    Greg Secker: "Job done! Perfect!"

  • @JakeAdkinsOfficial
    @JakeAdkinsOfficial 12 дней назад +431

    Man, I wish our US news media could be more like this...what a refreshing interview...

    • @james505ism
      @james505ism 12 дней назад +24

      Should see some of the other presenters on LBC, they aren’t all like this 😂

    • @user-wh3vq1qi7x
      @user-wh3vq1qi7x 12 дней назад +6

      ​@@james505ismbeat me to it 😆

    • @JakeAdkinsOfficial
      @JakeAdkinsOfficial 12 дней назад +9

      @jacobclement8150 not really. I wouldn't have heard about this story without this interview...

    • @vincea1830
      @vincea1830 12 дней назад +9

      ​@jacobclement8150 and random opinion pieces with certain facts withheld that go against the media's bias is better? Are you looking for an entertaining tv show, or the actual news?

    • @camelcase_4336
      @camelcase_4336 12 дней назад +10

      @jacobclement8150 get back to your reality tv shows jacob, this is for adults with a brain.

  • @DanTheSquid
    @DanTheSquid 14 дней назад +365

    What an incredibly humble man, Professor Nikku Madhusudhan deserves our accolades for his efforts regardless of the outcome of this tremendous find.

    • @1antti
      @1antti 13 дней назад +33

      Lets name the planet Nikku

    • @LATR0NIS
      @LATR0NIS 13 дней назад +12

      @@1antti At least until the aliens tell us what it's called.

    • @jacobkuntflapp
      @jacobkuntflapp 13 дней назад +5

      Tremendous. What a word!

    • @giovannifederici673
      @giovannifederici673 13 дней назад +1

      You sound ridiculous

    • @uncontrollable343
      @uncontrollable343 13 дней назад +9

      ⁠@@giovannifederici673I’m sorry you feel that way Giovanni. Mind telling us who shat in your Carbonara?

  • @cranberrycanvas
    @cranberrycanvas 8 дней назад +1

    The craziest thing about life on this planet to me is the way it looks. This video is a great example all of the logos and chyrons and colors like we’ve created this analogous world inside of the natural world that is a reflection of us and mostly our sensibilities and formulas of what the human eye responds to

  • @yates6608
    @yates6608 6 дней назад

    It would be brilliant if they actually made a documentary about it, all the space documentaries have been on repeat for the last 20 years

  • @tvs3038
    @tvs3038 13 дней назад +1594

    The universe being full of life makes you realize that you also are an 'alien', in case you wonder what an alien looks like

    • @michaelbarker6460
      @michaelbarker6460 13 дней назад +229

      Well maybe you do but my mom says I'm very handsome

    • @stephenrose9845
      @stephenrose9845 13 дней назад +42

      We know this. Trump supporters tell us millions are crossing the border every year

    • @ultratronger
      @ultratronger 13 дней назад +65

      ​@@stephenrose9845dude im not american but why do you pretend like there isnt a huge issue of illegal immigration into the US and that its made up by trump lol

    • @gha5243
      @gha5243 13 дней назад

      @stephenrose9845.... Please tell me you aren't implying that immigrants aren't crossing the border in record numbers and infesting our country. Please tell me that you aren't so far removed from reality, that your hate doesn't let you realize what is real and what is not

    • @wenzyybeats9223
      @wenzyybeats9223 13 дней назад +17

      @@ultratrongeryou gotta be 12

  • @EaglesQuestions
    @EaglesQuestions 13 дней назад +780

    What always happens:
    *News:* Aliens!
    *Later:* It's dust.

    • @kevinmcdowell9074
      @kevinmcdowell9074 12 дней назад

      I can't help but think back to the time President Bill Clinton made a similar announcement...turned out to be nothing much. So lets tone down the proclamations that we found "proper life" as the interviewer put it. Still waiting on evidence.

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

    • @ashes2diamond
      @ashes2diamond 12 дней назад +18

      Booo. Boooooooooo. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Well... maybe this time, right?

    • @peeper2070
      @peeper2070 12 дней назад +103

      More specifically:
      Scientist: Statistically possible chance we may have detected markers of biological systems on an exoplanet
      News: Aliens!
      Later: It’s dust

    • @newbie504
      @newbie504 12 дней назад +20

      Yeah, since I was a kid (30yo now), the news has always been "water on some moon" somewhere like it was a big thing. 25 years later and things did not advance much...

  • @hikingwithhollywood
    @hikingwithhollywood 6 дней назад

    Terrific interview and really amazing. This is the type of guy you want to discover life the first time

  • @CityColourr
    @CityColourr 5 дней назад

    What a great communicator the professor is!

  • @peacetoall1858
    @peacetoall1858 14 дней назад +401

    50/50 chance of life having been found on another planet is crazy amazing

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 13 дней назад +13

      It's never Aliens.

    • @Beeti1
      @Beeti1 13 дней назад +24

      It's not 50/50.

    • @matthewclarke5008
      @matthewclarke5008 13 дней назад +27

      @@jimmyzhao2673 Most likely bacteria.

    • @asburycollins9182
      @asburycollins9182 13 дней назад +12

      Since there was water on mars its save to assume it also supported life at some point in time

    • @captainchillygorilla7315
      @captainchillygorilla7315 13 дней назад

      @@asburycollins9182no it is not

  • @SecondaryHomunculus
    @SecondaryHomunculus 12 дней назад +418

    There's an alien on that planet, sitting on his alien toilet with some weird mobile device in his tentacle, watching a video of his planet's scientists discuss Earth.

    • @jasonsmithy6822
      @jasonsmithy6822 11 дней назад +3

      Hahaha superb 👌

    • @BushmanCanuck
      @BushmanCanuck 11 дней назад

      ...planning a planetary take over.

    • @RSCALES11
      @RSCALES11 11 дней назад +4

      You ever think life for aliens could be completely different than how we live?

    • @scoobertmcruppert2915
      @scoobertmcruppert2915 11 дней назад +3

      @@RSCALES11I sure hope so

    • @binks7988
      @binks7988 11 дней назад +1

      😂100% doing that right now

  • @leodv1922
    @leodv1922 10 дней назад +6

    So when do we fly there to give them the gift of democracy?

  • @payojaaa
    @payojaaa 5 дней назад

    the professor is so sweet and humble!!

  • @Yosser70
    @Yosser70 14 дней назад +331

    I don’t know who I’m more impressed with, the scientist with an amazing discovery or the reporter, who actually asked relevant and insightful questions. Well done to both, as they are both needed in the world today, and many more like them.

    • @glenhendry
      @glenhendry 13 дней назад

      This

    • @oggyoggy1299
      @oggyoggy1299 13 дней назад +8

      The scientist.

    • @Gainzster
      @Gainzster 13 дней назад

      Why is everything so surprising to everyone nowadays?

    • @novelas3536
      @novelas3536 12 дней назад

      ​@@Gainzster Standards lowered for the weak and inept makes anyone who is competent seem like a gem when it should be the standard.

    • @sigma_curry
      @sigma_curry 12 дней назад

      R u a real commenter

  • @DjScary1122
    @DjScary1122 12 дней назад +515

    We are actually happy, that this is a normal interview...its so sad that this is not the standard

    • @guzvar
      @guzvar 10 дней назад +51

      We? Are you Venom or what?

    • @RyuLongRHOG
      @RyuLongRHOG 10 дней назад

      We are the Hive.

    • @vishwas425
      @vishwas425 10 дней назад +5

      @@guzvar 💀💀

    • @SACKBOY123432
      @SACKBOY123432 10 дней назад +4

      ​@@guzvar He has two brain halfes so technically everyone is two people working together as one

    • @afoxstale
      @afoxstale 10 дней назад +1

      @@guzvarwe are legion

  • @jesus_inco
    @jesus_inco 8 дней назад +4

    You work for 40yrs to have $1m in your retirement, Meanwhile some people are putting just $10k in a meme coin for just few months and now they are multi millionaires. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

  • @cachetes888
    @cachetes888 11 дней назад

    Guys, do you realize his way of explaining the questions? This is someone who is in search of the truth and you can tell by his honesty and humbleness.
    True science spirit ❤

    • @TheBanjoShowOfficial
      @TheBanjoShowOfficial 10 дней назад

      Someone who is in search of truth is confessed to Jesus Christ. The only spirit that there is which is in truth is the spirit in Jesus Christ. Stop worshipping the doctrine of men.

    • @realherobrine5636
      @realherobrine5636 4 дня назад

      @@TheBanjoShowOfficial Yo did you know im jesus

  • @tedz2usa
    @tedz2usa 15 дней назад +461

    The interviewer has utmost appreciation for the meaning and ramifications of this scientific discovery. He deserves to be the one to break the official news when it comes!

  • @chocoolatey
    @chocoolatey 11 дней назад +459

    If K2-18B has sentient life and they are observing us with powerful telescopes, they would be seeing the beginning of the 1900s on Earth... Crazy....

    • @OnePiecerooles
      @OnePiecerooles 10 дней назад +10

      😮

    • @RogueElement.
      @RogueElement. 9 дней назад +61

      Hah same goes for us ... They may already have Big FVCKING guns aimed towards us and we're looking at the past 😂🤷🏾

    • @Kryptarch
      @Kryptarch 9 дней назад +8

      I want to go there lol

    • @JoshOSU73
      @JoshOSU73 8 дней назад +1

      That's because he didn't begin with "Hi, my name is Brandon!"

    • @nathanieldesanctis7790
      @nathanieldesanctis7790 8 дней назад +3

      Same for the gas he discovered on K12-18B. We are seeing wat on this planet 124 years ago. Who knows what it will be like when we get there.

  • @GlitchedXP
    @GlitchedXP 7 дней назад +2

    As a voices of the void player, I see this as a win

  • @FIintztone
    @FIintztone 10 дней назад +4

    Can someone link me what do the actual images look like from these telescopes and what the method is they use to detect certain molecules from light years away?

  • @Moggery
    @Moggery 12 дней назад +276

    Credit to the interviewer. He asked fantastic questions, that highlighted the key areas for the average person not familiar with scientific lingo.

  • @AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh
    @AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh 15 дней назад +330

    🔥 He oozes Humilty. This guy is...🙌 🔥

    • @BrunetteVignette
      @BrunetteVignette 14 дней назад +7

      Give me a look that way but he's not telling you that there's a whole host of researchers that went before him who have suspected that exoplanet of harboring life for a long time. He's soaking up the Limelight but it shouldn't all be his.

    • @allnewnow2023
      @allnewnow2023 14 дней назад +29

      @@BrunetteVignette Wow, you're bitter.

    • @InderMand79
      @InderMand79 14 дней назад +20

      He clearly mentions the effort of his team.

    • @Xboxlegand874
      @Xboxlegand874 14 дней назад +5

      Like Eddie howe

    • @AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh
      @AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh 13 дней назад +2

      ​@@Xboxlegand874 agreed, just different job titles.

  • @CrownedGaming
    @CrownedGaming День назад

    Definitely can't wait to see what their in depth analysis reveals... Crazy!

  • @mm1k3y
    @mm1k3y 9 дней назад +1

    It's fascinating that it may have been found but I've undoubtedly believed the universe is as full of life as it is full of galaxies, moons, mountains, craters, rivers, stars, and planets...

  • @dismalfist
    @dismalfist 18 дней назад +1214

    And it goes "Take me to your leader"
    *Rishi Sunak appears*
    *It sighs, gets in the spaceship and leaves*

    • @brianferguson7840
      @brianferguson7840 18 дней назад +28

      Thanks😂 I enjoyed that !

    • @anonony9081
      @anonony9081 18 дней назад

      It would be cool if they asked to meet our leaders and then sent them all into the vacuum of space. if they are super advanced they will recognize who the tyrants are and who is holding us back from flourishing

    • @strikeforcealpha9343
      @strikeforcealpha9343 18 дней назад +8

      That's a really small space ship then.... ar.

    • @CL-un9gg
      @CL-un9gg 18 дней назад +4

      It’s disappointment spooked the horses 😂

    • @mikeomolt4485
      @mikeomolt4485 18 дней назад +17

      Rishi would refer them to Netanyahu.

  • @mariocastillo8334
    @mariocastillo8334 14 дней назад +75

    Prof. Madhusudhan understands quite clearly the concept of "extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence". Science doesn't always reassure with answers, but should try to reassure by the discipline of following its own rules when seeking for those answers.

    • @YeaaIJusShiddedOnEm
      @YeaaIJusShiddedOnEm 13 дней назад +3

      This is not true. Extraordinary claims require the same evidence as any other type of claim, not some special type of extraordinary evidence.
      Not trying to argue, I just hate that phrase 🤣

  • @MajorMosh710
    @MajorMosh710 11 дней назад +1

    This is big. Even if it isn’t microorganisms making the sulphide, it’s still a new discovery worth investigating and that’s still exciting.

  • @hamzahajji5814
    @hamzahajji5814 11 дней назад +7

    I thought it was twomad in the thumbnail

  • @tg4941
    @tg4941 17 дней назад +509

    Nikku Madhusdhan a name that will go down in history? K2 18b. Give that man a raise.

    • @boltzmannbrain6607
      @boltzmannbrain6607 17 дней назад +24

      I hope not because that name is hard to remember and pronounce

    • @TechnoViking__
      @TechnoViking__ 16 дней назад +82

      @@boltzmannbrain6607racist

    • @tg4941
      @tg4941 16 дней назад +46

      @@boltzmannbrain6607 I expect some couldn't say Einstein either.

    • @paulmuriithi9195
      @paulmuriithi9195 16 дней назад +12

      @@TechnoViking__ cmon pls some light banter to a science video isnt too bad..

    • @_sayan_roy_
      @_sayan_roy_ 16 дней назад +17

      @@TechnoViking__ It is alright and I'm an Indian.

  • @jguitar23
    @jguitar23 17 дней назад +447

    Let's not forget the generations of scientists, engineers, teachers, businesses, technicians & support staff that have made & make this type of inquiry possible.

    • @VicGreenBitcoin
      @VicGreenBitcoin 16 дней назад +7

      He is only there be cource he is from India (the Country without toilets)

    • @HedgeWalker
      @HedgeWalker 16 дней назад +6

      @@VicGreenBitcoinsomeone else who gets it. Staged story

    • @SirHargreeves
      @SirHargreeves 16 дней назад +2

      Exactly, NASA telescope was used.

    • @point-xn4tu
      @point-xn4tu 16 дней назад +6

      Let's not forget the generations of scientists, engineers, etc who made great discoveries but were silenced so the cover-ups could continue.

    • @jameswatson5807
      @jameswatson5807 15 дней назад

      @@VicGreenBitcoin What's with all the right wing stuff, at least India has a space programme, they are the first to land on one of the moons polar region's.
      They are the first to find water on the moon, the UK sent a probe to mars and that failed. You should not be throwing shade at India.
      The UK has all the history of empire, and industrial revolution the UK should have sent a British man on the moon from the 70s on British made rocket , USA or the soviets were going to win but the brits should have been not that far behind.
      They should be looking to send a brit to mars, all they are doing is piggy backing off the American's. What ever motivation British the British had to go around the would, and do empire stuff they lost all that drive after WW2.
      The reality is the UK does not have enough wealth for a space programme, yet you are making negative jokes about India, the jokes on you because Indian will soon in the next 2 year send an Indian space on an Indian built rocket.
      Great Britain yeah you guys were great once but others have risen, look at china compared to the UK.

  • @twelvesmylimit
    @twelvesmylimit 9 дней назад +2

    What a beautiful man the scientist is.

  • @dukesgixer5365
    @dukesgixer5365 6 дней назад +4

    Sounds like a kids bedtime story...😂

  • @VicJang
    @VicJang 13 дней назад +365

    It so refreshing to see an actual, real scientist talking about alien discovery. There’s literally no bs, everything he said was based on observation and actually collected data. This isn’t your everyday lunatics claiming alien abduction folks, this is the real deal!

    • @williamborregard6384
      @williamborregard6384 13 дней назад +12

      Tell me what makes a real scientist. If I conduct experiments based of observations and run these postulations through the scientific method, me performing science makes me a scientist, yeah?

    • @boongash
      @boongash 13 дней назад +24

      @@williamborregard6384 by definition but you'll need a degree and publish papers to be recognized by the establisment

    • @VoodooWalterWhite
      @VoodooWalterWhite 13 дней назад +12

      ​@williamborregard6384 What is this comment? Dude is right, it's nice to see a real scientist give us data and update of a possible discovery. I don't understand what is so incomprehensible to you? Simple, the one who has devoted his life to science and has high education for any of the scientific fields and also has access to high grade equipment for searching around universe is a person you can trust about this information. It's not just as simple as "doing scientific calculations". It's his position, his diplomas etc..
      Regarding your intelligent comment, I would say if you even manage to do a "scientific calculation" it would be a breakthrough on its own.

    • @williamborregard6384
      @williamborregard6384 13 дней назад +3

      @@VoodooWalterWhite 😂you’re a real winner

    • @williamborregard6384
      @williamborregard6384 13 дней назад +1

      @@VoodooWalterWhite I suppose you’re operating at a real high level of intelligence . Given you think space is real and “alien life” exists . A level of irony I wasn’t ready for . While your attempted insult was there, I find it far more hilarious than insulting . Space 😂what a joke

  • @the_best_of_times
    @the_best_of_times 17 дней назад +343

    My man absolutely beamed when the host said there were more amounts of this substance seen in the exoplanet atmos than Earth.

    • @SurinderNagi-yw6qn
      @SurinderNagi-yw6qn 14 дней назад +6

      Too many dinosourous and big trees

    • @ThursoBerwick
      @ThursoBerwick 14 дней назад

      I would like to know why the amount is lower on Earth. Is there some mechanism which removes it from our atmosphere over time?

    • @diegogschmidt
      @diegogschmidt 14 дней назад

      @@ThursoBerwick Biomass ?

    • @essexlad8151
      @essexlad8151 14 дней назад +14

      ​@@ThursoBerwickThe planet is over twice the size of earth and could have a population density far greater than ours. Plus as you mentioned, there could be a environmental factor that means the molecule chains remaining intact longer.

    • @er4din903
      @er4din903 14 дней назад

      To be honest this seems suspicious to me - we know that there is a lot of life on earth (duh) and this planet which shows no other signs of habitation by life other than this has has more of it than we do? Until we have more information, I think it’s more likely that on this planet, for some reason, there exists a way for this gas to be produced naturally without any biological process, rather than for it to have an ocean with orders of magnitude more life than on our planet,

  • @christophgouws8311
    @christophgouws8311 12 часов назад

    This guy is going to be millions of years old when we finally reach that planet. Welldone buddy💪

  • @tunaSalsa
    @tunaSalsa 9 дней назад

    Another crazy thing about these type of discoveries is that with this planet being 120 lightyears away, what we see is the planet from 120 years ago, so we dont even know how it has developed and what it looks like in present time

  • @stuart207
    @stuart207 13 дней назад +232

    Professor Nikku Madhusudhan. You are a credit to the scientific community. Bravo 👏

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

    • @stuffedgrubs
      @stuffedgrubs 12 дней назад +3

      So unassuming and humble.
      Exactly what the world needs.

    • @stuart207
      @stuart207 12 дней назад

      Absoduckinlutely. What a decent, enthusiastic teacher. Noble peace prize incoming...

    • @stuart207
      @stuart207 11 дней назад

      For the amount of organic compound they've found I can easily imagine a planet of mega fauna. What an amazing time to be alive!

  • @FoggyPigeon
    @FoggyPigeon 14 дней назад +373

    How has this not been bigger news? This is incredible. This has the potential to be the single biggest discovery in human history.

    • @tonyslicer7399
      @tonyslicer7399 14 дней назад +18

      😂😂😂😂😂 stop

    • @Valkyrae123
      @Valkyrae123 14 дней назад +43

      Because its not confirmed yet and like he said its a 50/50 chance so they’re still not 100% sure if life exist on the planet

    • @jamessmith785
      @jamessmith785 14 дней назад +37

      People are too preoccupied by themselves and their socials to care about anything going on in the world.

    • @JCL1023
      @JCL1023 14 дней назад +17

      Because with current technology it would take about 2.2 million years to send the fastest probe we have. It's just not relevant yet or possibly ever.

    • @popcultexpress
      @popcultexpress 14 дней назад +2

      it has been huge news my friend but im guessing your algorithm doesnt show much news like this. It has been in the on and offline media for a bit now. Dimethyl sulphide REMEMBER.

  • @sheeeeshhh573
    @sheeeeshhh573 11 дней назад

    I subscribed due to his delivery and that news is insane

  • @kaustavp
    @kaustavp 9 дней назад +2

    So our scientists are seeing 124 years back into that planet.

  • @jeffdeloach1786
    @jeffdeloach1786 13 дней назад +197

    This dude is humility personified. If hes correct....my dude HAS to get the Nobel Prize. With an extra kicker bonus.

    • @moose2943
      @moose2943 12 дней назад

      The CIA released documents last year stating they’ve known about aliens for decades

    • @michaelc2923
      @michaelc2923 12 дней назад +6

      What is he getting a noble prize for?

    • @FadingVitals
      @FadingVitals 12 дней назад +2

      Yes, for what?

    • @lessgo8738
      @lessgo8738 12 дней назад

      Fr bro aint getting no nobel prize🤣🤣

    • @merlebarney
      @merlebarney 12 дней назад +11

      If he’s actually found verifiable alien life he should win a Nobel Prize in Astrobiology.

  • @suhanii8837
    @suhanii8837 10 дней назад

    The fact he is an Indian🧿 Makes me so proud!✨

  • @spencercress5348
    @spencercress5348 9 дней назад +1

    Man, all this excited stuff but I was so bummed out he didn't drop the old 'either we did, or we didn't' after saying 'at this point I would say 50/50'

  • @WillTrespass
    @WillTrespass 12 дней назад +279

    Always scary searching for alien life when we don’t even get along with each other on earth 😅

    • @OriginalContent89
      @OriginalContent89 11 дней назад +31

      Don't worry, I'm sure rebelling against our alien overlords will bring us together

    • @krox477
      @krox477 11 дней назад

      Yeah humans will colonize it soon

    • @mr.guzwee7695
      @mr.guzwee7695 11 дней назад +7

      Interplanetary travel and discovery will continue

    • @zerma6
      @zerma6 11 дней назад +8

      Maybe we need to find aliens to hate them and love each others

    • @swivels
      @swivels 11 дней назад +11

      They might have oil

  • @Reichenbach459
    @Reichenbach459 12 дней назад +169

    Professor checks out
    He has maths on his board in the back

  • @minxiie
    @minxiie 10 дней назад

    This is Nikku Madhusudhan, Really feeling proud as an Indian 🇮🇳❤️

  • @susheeldagar
    @susheeldagar 11 дней назад

    Real British gems , exactly the kind of people we need .

  • @Stonehawk
    @Stonehawk 13 дней назад +66

    All the most profound discoveries were heralded not by an exuberantly shouted "Eureka!" but by a tentatively murmured "...Huh. That's interesting..."