Happy Alien Week

Hairpin pal and alien enthusiast Katie Heaney informs us that this week is ALIEN WEEK on the Discovery channel. I can’t believe there was a time, all of 15 minutes ago, that I didn’t know Alien Week existed. How did I live? Last night Discovery aired a two-hour special called Aliens: The Definitive Guide, which included commentary like this, from theoretical physical Dr. Michio Kaku:

The Hubble space telescope can see about a hundred billion galaxies. That’s the visible universe. Each galaxy consists of about a hundred billion stars. Do the math! A hundred billion times a hundred billion is 10 sextillion. That’s one with 22 zeroes after it.

Do the math! [Does the math.] Ohh, I get it now.

I will sextillion percent be watching Alien Week this week. Happy Alien Week.