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Is There Life Out There?: NASA's Search Continues
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Audience: Educators and StudentsGrades: 5-12
Year: 1976
This NASA video segment explores the possibility of intelligent life in other parts of the universe. Viewers learn that the complex molecules that make up Earth exist throughout interstellar space and that this space contains billions of galaxies that have yet to be explored. This segment also discusses the use of radio telescopes to receive signals from these outer reaches.
Is There Life Out There?: NASA's Search Continues
Duration: 3 minutes 2 seconds
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This video clip is part of the Universe DVD that may be ordered from the Central Operation of Resources for Educators, or CORE →.
Other video learning clips in this series include:
The Universe Is Born
Scientists Use Observatories to Learn About the Sun
The Structure of the Sun and Solar Events
The Planets
A Look Beyond the Planets: Nebulae, Stars, Quasars and Galaxies
Lifecycle of a Star
The Evolving Universe