WEBVTT 00:02.302 --> 00:24.691 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.791 --> 00:28.194 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.294 --> 00:31.831 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:31.931 --> 00:34.768 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:34.868 --> 00:38.605 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE PLANETS OF LOVE AND WAR ARE UP IN THE EVENING SKY TONIGHT. 00:38.705 --> 00:40.407 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% IM TALKING VENUS AND MARS. 00:40.507 --> 00:44.644 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THESE ARE THE TWO PLANETS THAT CAN COME CLOSEST TO THE EARTH, AND THEY HAVE A 00:44.744 --> 00:46.379 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LOT IN COMMON. 00:46.479 --> 00:50.016 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THEY'RE BOTH ROUND, ROCKY OBJECTS THAT CIRCLE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE SUN. 00:50.116 --> 00:53.853 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: RELATIVELY - AT LEAST COMPARED TO THE OUTER PLANETS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, AND 00:53.953 --> 00:55.488 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% NEPTUNE. 00:55.588 --> 00:58.858 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% BUT WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSER AT THEM, THEY PRESENT SOME STARTLING DIFFERENCES. 00:58.958 --> 01:05.065 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: FOR INSTANCE, MARS MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PERSONALLY VISIT SOMEDAY, WHILE VENUS WELL YOUD 01:05.165 --> 01:07.000 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% DIE PRETTY MUCH INSTANTLY ON THE SURFACE. 01:07.100 --> 01:11.971 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: AND WE HAVE SOMETHING REALLY COOL BECAUSE THIS WEEK, VENUS WILL APPEAR CLOSE TO MARS 01:12.072 --> 01:14.474 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% IN THE SKY, SO LET'S GO CHECK THEM OUT! 01:14.574 --> 01:21.014 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO FEBRUARY 6 AT 7:30PM FACING SOUTHWEST. 01:21.114 --> 01:25.585 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% YOU CAN SEE THE TWO PLANETS, VENUS AND MARS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY UP IN THE SKY. 01:25.685 --> 01:26.820 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% BUT WHICH IS WHICH? 01:26.920 --> 01:28.121 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% JAMES: ITS EASY! 01:28.221 --> 01:31.658 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS THE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT ONE. 01:31.758 --> 01:33.193 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% IT'S SUSPICIOUSLY BRIGHT. 01:33.293 --> 01:34.994 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT LOOKS LIKE A PLANE OR U.F.O. 01:35.095 --> 01:36.930 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% COMING IN FOR A LANDING. 01:37.030 --> 01:41.134 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS ABOUT 46 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH THIS WEEK AND GETTING CLOSER EACH NIGHT. 01:41.234 --> 01:46.439 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5% DEAN: MARS IS THE FAINTER, AND PERHAPS REDDER-LOOKING ONE UP AND TO THE LEFT OF VENUS. 01:46.539 --> 01:51.244 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT WAS A LOT BRIGHTER BACK IN 2016 WHEN IT WAS CLOSER TO THE EARTH. 01:51.344 --> 01:56.349 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS WEEK IT WILL BE OVER 175 MILLION MILES AWAY AND GETTING FARTHER. 01:56.449 --> 02:01.254 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: RIGHT NOW VENUS AND MARS LOOK TO BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES APART IN THE SKY. 02:01.354 --> 02:06.793 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% BUT, LETS GO BACK IN TIME - BACK TO TWO MONTHS AGO - TO SEE HOW THESE TWO PLANETS LOOKED 02:06.893 --> 02:08.061 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% IN DECEMBER. 02:08.161 --> 02:13.299 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: ITS NOW DECEMBER 6 AT 7:30PM FACING SOUTHWEST. 02:13.399 --> 02:17.237 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% VENUS AND MARS ARE STILL IN THE SKY BUT THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS. 02:17.337 --> 02:19.672 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% LOOK, THEY'RE MUCH MORE SEPARATED. 02:19.772 --> 02:21.808 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% IN FACT THEY'RE ALMOST 21 DEGREES APART. 02:21.908 --> 02:26.212 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% DEAN: THIS IS WHAT MADE THE PLANETS SO FASCINATING TO THE ANCIENT STAR GAZERS. 02:26.312 --> 02:29.749 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THEY SEEMED TO WANDER ACROSS THE BACKGROUND STARS. 02:29.849 --> 02:32.352 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% LET'S MOVE TIME FORWARD AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. 02:32.452 --> 02:36.789 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: HERE IS DECEMBER 15TH DECEMBER 24TH JANUARY 2ND 02:36.890 --> 02:38.691 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: HEY LOOK! 02:38.791 --> 02:42.061 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THERE'S THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON WANDERING THROUGH OUR PLANET PAIR. 02:42.162 --> 02:48.935 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: HERE'S JANUARY 11TH JANUARY 20TH JANUARY 29TH AND BACK TO FEBRUARY 6TH AGAIN. 02:49.035 --> 02:50.770 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% DEAN: WOW! 02:50.870 --> 02:55.175 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THOSE PLANETS ARE MOVING! AND AS THE DAYS CONTINUE, VENUS WILL TURN TAIL AND HEAD AWAY 02:55.275 --> 02:56.543 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% FROM MARS. 02:56.643 --> 02:58.578 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% AND THEY WILL SPREAD OUT ONCE MORE. 02:58.678 --> 03:01.147 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% JAMES: WERE GOING TO VISIT VENUS FIRST. 03:01.247 --> 03:06.019 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AS WE APPROACH, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS PLANET IS ABOUT 7,500 MILES IN DIAMETER - ALMOST 03:06.119 --> 03:07.520 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% THE SAME SIZE AS EARTH. 03:07.620 --> 03:10.690 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S OFTEN CALLED OUR SISTER PLANET FOR THIS VERY REASON. 03:10.790 --> 03:15.061 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: HOWEVER, THAT IS WHERE THE SIMILARITIES END BECAUSE UNDER A THICK BLANKET OF CARBON 03:15.161 --> 03:19.098 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DIOXIDE CLOUDS LIES A BATTERED, SWELTERING SURFACE. 03:19.199 --> 03:24.103 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ROBOTIC CRAFTS RECORDED SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF ABOUT 900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 03:24.204 --> 03:28.975 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% ALSO THE AIR PRESSURE, UNDER ALL THESE CLOUDS, WOULD BE SO INTENSE THAT THEY'D SQUISH YOU 03:29.075 --> 03:29.976 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% FLAT. 03:30.076 --> 03:31.377 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% JAMES: I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD 03:31.477 --> 03:33.513 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% DEAN: AND FINALLY WHEN IT RAINS ON VENUS 03:33.613 --> 03:34.514 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: OH NO 03:34.614 --> 03:36.449 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% DEAN: IT RAINS SULFURIC ACID. 03:36.549 --> 03:41.721 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO THAT WOULD LEAVE ANY VISITOR TO VENUS, LIKE JAMES OVER THERE, A MELTED, SQUISHED, 03:41.821 --> 03:43.089 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% ACIDY PILE OF GOOP. 03:43.189 --> 03:45.558 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OKAY, I THINK WE'VE SHOWED THEM ENOUGH FROM VENUS. 03:45.658 --> 03:47.260 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GO TO MARS? 03:47.360 --> 03:48.761 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DEAN: GREAT IDEA! 03:48.861 --> 03:53.132 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: MARS IS A MUCH SMALLER PLANET - ONLY ABOUT 4,200 MILES WIDE. 03:53.233 --> 03:55.702 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S MUCH FARTHER FROM THE SUN SO IT'S A LOT COLDER. 03:55.802 --> 03:59.973 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: ALTHOUGH OUR ROBOTIC VISITORS TO MARS HAVE OCCASIONALLY RECORDED SURFACE TEMPERATURES 04:00.073 --> 04:03.776 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IN THE 70S, MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S WELL BELOW ZERO. 04:03.876 --> 04:07.280 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND AT NIGHT, OH MAN WATCH OUT, IT CAN DROP TO MINUS SEVENTY. 04:07.380 --> 04:11.985 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: STILL, OUT OF THE TWO PLANETS, MARS IS THE BETTER PLACE FOR HUMANS TO GO VISIT. 04:12.085 --> 04:15.221 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND SOMEDAY WE MAY EVEN ESTABLISH A COLONY ON MARS. 04:15.321 --> 04:21.628 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: SO THIS WEEK LOOK FOR BRILLIANT VENUS NEAR RUBY-RED MARS IN THE EVENING SKY. 04:21.728 --> 04:25.498 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THEY WON'T APPEAR ANY CLOSER THAN THIS UNTIL SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 04:25.598 --> 04:29.469 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WHEN YOU LOOK UP AND SEE THEM, YOU CAN IMAGINE FLYING THERE AND STANDING ON THE 04:29.569 --> 04:31.070 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% BROILING SURFACE OF VENUS 04:31.170 --> 04:35.708 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OR BEING THE FIRST PERSON ON MARS AND COLONIZING AN ENTIRE PLANET. 04:35.808 --> 04:36.843 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% IT'S ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:36.943 --> 04:40.943 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!