Are the galaxies in Star Wars based on real science?
Moment of Um
American Public Media
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🗓️ 28 November 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Star Wars famously starts with “A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…” And boy are there some amazing galaxies in Star Wars. But a planet with two suns is just the stuff of science fiction, right? Maybe not! We asked astronomer Mark Popinchalk to help us find the answer.
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| 0:00.0 | From the brains behind brains on this is moment of um. Moment ofumum comes to you from APM Studios. I'm Sandin. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Sandin. |
| 0:22.0 | I love how Star Wars movies start with a long time ago in a galaxy far far |
| 0:30.0 | away I'm always like, here we go. Epic space adventure time. Cool aliens, sassy |
| 0:37.7 | droids, lightsabers, they go, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, |
| 0:42.0 | scur-kahosh, oh, so cool. |
| 0:45.0 | But I'm also like, how far away exactly is that galaxy? |
| 0:51.0 | Because I've been working on my bucket list. You know, your list of things you |
| 0:54.9 | need to experience at least once in your life. I've already added skydiving and ground |
| 1:00.8 | diving. That's where you lie on the ground and scream like you're skydiving. |
| 1:04.2 | I added, eat two kinds of pizza at once, pet a dog named Hubert, |
| 1:09.1 | win a chicken calling contest. Ma' it in the bag. |
| 1:15.0 | And I wrote, Visit the World's largest spatula and start a ska-themed breakfast spot |
| 1:21.0 | called the International House of Scophles, all of which I can do no |
| 1:24.8 | problem. But I also wanted to visit a planet like Tatuene from Star Wars. You know, |
| 1:30.3 | the one Luke is from that has two sons? |
| 1:33.4 | A double sunset sounds so awesome. |
| 1:36.7 | Probably hot there, so I also added a quick dip in the waters of a place like |
| 1:42.0 | Nibu, where Jar Jar-jar Binks and the Gungans live. |
| 1:46.0 | But if I had a spaceship, would I even be able to find planets like these? |
| 1:50.9 | Are they possible? |
| 1:51.9 | Looks like one of our listeners must be planning a trip too. |
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