I can't believe it's already time to go home.
Maybe next time.
[beeps]
We barely have any time for the gift shop.
- [chimes] - Don't worry.
I have something even better.
[gasps]
What's this?
In honor of your contribution to NASA's search for life,
I'd like to present you with…
- mission medals. - Whoa. Ooh.
- One for you. Here you go. - [gasps]
Neat.
- There you go. - [giggles]
- Here you go. - [exclaims]
There you go.
- [grunts] - Oops.
Wait. I think this one is Franklin's.
[Franklin] I don't want one, Charlie Brown.
I wish I could accept a mission medal.
But medals are meant to reward a job well done,
and our job isn't done.
Hey. Don't be so hard on yourself.
We worked together and made lots of great discoveries.
Like an interstellar asteroid.
And that was great. But we didn't make "the" discovery.
I'm not going anywhere until we find life.
Hmm.
Franklin, I'm sure I'll be seeing you again for a future mission,
but for now, it is time to go home.
- Really? - Really.
[sighs] I thought if we could just find the right piece of the puzzle,
we'd figure out the answer.
But after all that exploring, all we have are more questions.
[sighs]
[Snoopy groans] [Snoopy groans]
What do we do now?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't look at me.
The complexities of human emotions are outside my programming parameters.
Hmm.
[whistles]
- Oh! - Hmm.
- Huh. - Mm-hmm.
- I can do that. - It just might work.
- Great idea, boy. - Count me in.
Sorry, Snoopy, but I just wanna be alone for a bit.
[whistles]
[straining]
That's a nice wagon. But I'm not sure what it has to do--
[gasps] Whoa!
- [birds chattering] - Um…
[gasps]
[exclaims] [exclaims]
[shudders] Uh…
[birds straining]
[shudders] Whoa!
What's going on in-- Whoa.
Behold! The once inscrutable cosmos.
Revealing its secrets with each new discovery.
[chuckles] Whoa. This is pretty neat.
Is that Mars?
Hey, look. It's the ice we found.
You got it.
The same ice that makes scientists think Mars may have once had lots of water.
Whoa.
Which makes us wonder if one day
we'll find evidence that life existed long ago.
- Like a fossil. - Yeah.
Or maybe even evidence of microorganisms that could be there right now.
Whoa! [grunts]
Good catch, sir.
Ahoy!
I am the tides of Europa dancing to Jupiter's rhythm I am the tides of Europa dancing to Jupiter's rhythm
beneath a mysterious cap of ice.
Who knows what kind of life might be flourishing in there.
- [snarls] - [all scream]
[laughs]
- [snarling] - [screaming]
[chuckles]
Well, it sounds like science fiction,
but with all that water and plenty of time for life to have developed,
that's actually a possibility.
Thick atmosphere. Must be Venus.
Really? A cloud?
I was informed I would be playing a leading role in this production!
[Linus whispering] Just say the line. Please.
Quoting Charlie Brown, "Has it really come to this?"
[sighs]
Don't forget about life as we don't know it.
Yeah. Poisonous air, underground lava.
Venus doesn't seem too hospitable
until you remember that life outside Earth may take a completely different form
than what we expect.
Uh-huh.
There might even be life in Venus's extreme environments.
And if life could be there, where else might it be?
Exoplanet, you're up.
[grunting]
We can't forget that there are planets positioned in just the right place
to have the perfect conditions for life.
I'll use the other door.
They're just too far away to reach right now.
Check it out. A traveler from a faraway solar system.
Ah, our big discovery. An interstellar asteroid.
Could it be carrying information from distant planets?
Or life itself?
Incredible.
Hey. Maybe questions actually can be as good as answers.
Every time we hit a snag, it just inspired us to try something else…
- [whirring] - …or think in a different way! - [whirring] - …or think in a different way!
[beeping]
Whoa.
Look at all these stars.
You know, given that scientists think
there are over 40 billion planets just in our galaxy alone
and over 100 billion galaxies in the universe,
it's almost harder to believe that there isn't life out there somewhere.
It's just a matter of not giving up the search.
Thanks, everyone.
I get it now.
Whether or not there's any life outside of Earth is a big question.
We can't expect to come up with an answer all at once.
What we can do is keep exploring
and use what we learn to figure out which new questions to ask.
That's the whole point of science.
Don't forget your mission medal, Franklin.
[Sally, Snoopy] Aw.
Thanks, everyone.
Aw. Look at you. Aw. Look at you.
[gasps] Oh, no! I'm late for the gift shop!
I get it now, Snoopy.
Life is amazing, and it's worth the wait.
[grunts, strains]
Come on.
Turn the planet, you blockhead.
[brakes squeal]
[gasps, whistles]
[shouts]
[straining]
[shouting]