Brian Cox

So the way we first detected the one in the Milky Way, because that image is very new that we have of it, is the stars orbiting it very close to it. They call the S stars that whiz around in these orbits very close to the black hole.

It'd be so cool. I'd love to see one.

It'd be so cool. I'd love to see one.

It'd be so cool. I'd love to see one.

Yeah, did you see it?

Yeah, did you see it?

Yeah, did you see it?

Did you get this? Because I saw one in India. And I got this feeling that I was living on a ball of rock. Right. And it must have been just because the night just falls. Right. And suddenly you see the universe comes much more quickly. Yeah.

Did you get this? Because I saw one in India. And I got this feeling that I was living on a ball of rock. Right. And it must have been just because the night just falls. Right. And suddenly you see the universe comes much more quickly. Yeah.

Did you get this? Because I saw one in India. And I got this feeling that I was living on a ball of rock. Right. And it must have been just because the night just falls. Right. And suddenly you see the universe comes much more quickly. Yeah.

Yeah, because, you know, these questions we have about our place. And as you said, it can be easy to be myopic, can't it? You said if you look at our screens, it's Earth that we think about at most. And most of us don't really think about Earth. You think about your country or your city or your town. Or your neighborhood. Yeah, even think about the Earth. But you're right.

Yeah, because, you know, these questions we have about our place. And as you said, it can be easy to be myopic, can't it? You said if you look at our screens, it's Earth that we think about at most. And most of us don't really think about Earth. You think about your country or your city or your town. Or your neighborhood. Yeah, even think about the Earth. But you're right.

Yeah, because, you know, these questions we have about our place. And as you said, it can be easy to be myopic, can't it? You said if you look at our screens, it's Earth that we think about at most. And most of us don't really think about Earth. You think about your country or your city or your town. Or your neighborhood. Yeah, even think about the Earth. But you're right.

If you know, when you look at that arc of stars, and as you said, when you see it in a truly dark sky, it's powerful. It's incredible. 400 billion suns, give or take. 400,000 million suns. That's just words. You know what I'm saying? It's impossible to picture.

If you know, when you look at that arc of stars, and as you said, when you see it in a truly dark sky, it's powerful. It's incredible. 400 billion suns, give or take. 400,000 million suns. That's just words. You know what I'm saying? It's impossible to picture.

If you know, when you look at that arc of stars, and as you said, when you see it in a truly dark sky, it's powerful. It's incredible. 400 billion suns, give or take. 400,000 million suns. That's just words. You know what I'm saying? It's impossible to picture.

It's so abstract. And most of them, I think the best guess would be all of them have planets. So pretty much. So you're talking about trillions of planets.

It's so abstract. And most of them, I think the best guess would be all of them have planets. So pretty much. So you're talking about trillions of planets.

It's so abstract. And most of them, I think the best guess would be all of them have planets. So pretty much. So you're talking about trillions of planets.

No, I mean, the thing is, there's a thing called the Fermi paradox. Yes. Which I think we talked about before on the show. Yes. And the paradox is that if we haven't seen it, let's assume we haven't seen any evidence of anything. That's a paradox because, as I said, we now know. We didn't when Fermi first posed it, by the way. We now know there are so many planets out there.