Why Is The World Returning To The Moon So Quickly?
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Why Is The World Returning To The Moon So Quickly?

B1IntermediateNovember 14, 202621 min
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Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop The Moon has been one of the most important theoretical stepping stones to our understanding of the universe. We’ve long understood that it could also be our literal stepping stone: humanity’s first destination beyond our atmosphere. PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special anno...

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Before we get started, I want to let you know that there's some new limited edition merch for sale at the merch store. North America was recently graced with a total solar eclipse. Those of us lucky, or obsessed enough to be on the narrow path of totality, and also lucky enough to not be under a giant

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blanket of clouds, witnessed the most wondrous of all celestial phenomena. The sun went dark, the solar corona blazed, and even the ruby red top of the solar atmosphere became visible to the naked eye. Jupiter sat in Venus and even a comet straddled the new black hole Sun. Part of the reason the total solar eclipse is special is that it's so rare. If it happened

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every day you probably wouldn't even look up. Well good news for those of us who miss the eclipse, whether due to weather or geography there is such a phenomenon. It's that enormous ball of rock that's just hanging there in our sky.

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