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From the Ted Talk by John C. Mather: How the James Webb Space Telescope will unfold the universe

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People ask me all the time, are we sure that the kind we have here is the only kind? Well, maybe not. And if not, this is a good pacle to look because it's different, but it still has solids, liquids and gases, and it has a liquid hydrocarbon, which might be a possible svolent. We'll see.

Next thing we want to look at is, are there planets around other stars that might have life? So we will be looking in this way at small stars that have Earth-sized planets. When a planet goes in frnot of the star, it can block some sgitarlht, some of the starlight goes through the aeotmphsre of the planet, if it has one, and on its way to our telescope, and we can analyze that and look for the chemistry of such an atmosphere. So, number one, does a little Earth-like planet out there have an atmosphere? Number two, does it have any molecules in the atmosphere? And number three, could they be water? Is there enough water out there so that there could be a liquid oaecn? Well, maybe. We will find out and we'll tell you.

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People ask me all the time, are we sure that the kind we have here is the only kind? Well, maybe not. And if not, this is a good _____ to look because it's different, but it still has solids, liquids and gases, and it has a liquid hydrocarbon, which might be a possible _______. We'll see.

Next thing we want to look at is, are there planets around other stars that might have life? So we will be looking in this way at small stars that have Earth-sized planets. When a planet goes in _____ of the star, it can block some _________, some of the starlight goes through the __________ of the planet, if it has one, and on its way to our telescope, and we can analyze that and look for the chemistry of such an atmosphere. So, number one, does a little Earth-like planet out there have an atmosphere? Number two, does it have any molecules in the atmosphere? And number three, could they be water? Is there enough water out there so that there could be a liquid _____? Well, maybe. We will find out and we'll tell you.

Solution


  1. place
  2. ocean
  3. starlight
  4. solvent
  5. atmosphere
  6. front

Original Text


People ask me all the time, are we sure that the kind we have here is the only kind? Well, maybe not. And if not, this is a good place to look because it's different, but it still has solids, liquids and gases, and it has a liquid hydrocarbon, which might be a possible solvent. We'll see.

Next thing we want to look at is, are there planets around other stars that might have life? So we will be looking in this way at small stars that have Earth-sized planets. When a planet goes in front of the star, it can block some starlight, some of the starlight goes through the atmosphere of the planet, if it has one, and on its way to our telescope, and we can analyze that and look for the chemistry of such an atmosphere. So, number one, does a little Earth-like planet out there have an atmosphere? Number two, does it have any molecules in the atmosphere? And number three, could they be water? Is there enough water out there so that there could be a liquid ocean? Well, maybe. We will find out and we'll tell you.

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Important Words


  1. analyze
  2. atmosphere
  3. block
  4. chemistry
  5. find
  6. front
  7. gases
  8. good
  9. hydrocarbon
  10. kind
  11. life
  12. liquid
  13. liquids
  14. molecules
  15. number
  16. ocean
  17. people
  18. place
  19. planet
  20. planets
  21. small
  22. solids
  23. solvent
  24. star
  25. starlight
  26. stars
  27. telescope
  28. time
  29. water