Dort draußen – Die Suche nach fremden Welten

For thousands of years, mankind believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Thanks to our curiosity, our imagination and our thirst for exploration, we now know that planets like the Earth are nothing out of the ordinary in the cosmos.
Our sun is just an ordinary star among hundreds of billions of stars in our Milky Way. With ever more powerful telescopes and space probes, we are exploring ever larger parts of the universe. What we have found so far has exceeded even the boldest expectations of scientists: most stars have planets - alien solar systems are the rule rather than the exception. An incredible variety of different worlds awaits us in the vastness of the cosmos.
But one question remains unanswered: Is there life out there somewhere?