WEBVTT 00:02.369 --> 00:06.840 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% HELLO STARFANS, OUR ANCESTORS LOOKED UP AT THE NIGHT SKY AND WONDERED WHAT IT 00:06.840 --> 00:11.978 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% ALL REALLY WAS. ON A CLEAR, MOONLESS NIGHT, THEY COULD SEE THOUSANDS OF STARS. OVER THE CENTURIES 00:11.978 --> 00:17.417 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% HUMANITY PLAYED A CELESTIAL GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, CREATING PATTERNS THAT REPRESENTED OBJECTS, 00:17.417 --> 00:21.388 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% ANIMALS OR PEOPLE. WE CALL THESE PATTERNS CONSTELLATIONS. 00:21.388 --> 00:26.693 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% LET S FIND ONE OF THE FIRST NAMED CONSTELLATION: AURIGA THE CHARIOTEER. HIT THE DARKNESS AT FIVE 00:26.693 --> 00:33.166 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% AM AND LOOK NORTHEAST TO FIND CAPELLA THAT S AURIGA S LEFT SHOULDER. HERE, WE LL HELP YOU. 00:33.166 --> 00:38.038 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% ANCIENT PEOPLES CREATED STORIES ABOUT MORALITY, LOVE AND COURAGE INVOLVING MANY 00:38.038 --> 00:43.009 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% CONSTELLATIONS EVEN MADE-UP ONES! THERE ARE CURRENTLY EIGHTY-EIGHT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED 00:43.009 --> 00:48.615 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% CONSTELLATIONS. THERE ARE PEOPLE, ANIMALS EVEN A MICROSCOPE UP THERE. YOU CAN CREATE NEW ONES 00:48.615 --> 00:52.615 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% FOR FUN TOO, THERE S NOTHING STOPPING YOU! MAKE THE STARS YOUR OWN, AND KEEP LOOKING UP!