Are there clouds in space?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Quick, look up at the sky! Do you see any fluffy puffy cotton candy clouds? Or maybe long, wispy ones? What about dark storm clouds? There are so many different types of clouds on Earth. But what about space? Are there clouds up there, too? We asked astrophysicist Ian Hall to help us find the answer.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on this is the moment of um.
0:04.0	Moment of um.
0:06.0	Moment of um comes to you from 8 p.m. studios.
0:12.0	I'm Debbie Downer, the storm cloud.
0:15.0	I just got back from raining all over a parade. I know that's a figure of speech, but this was an
0:26.0	actual parade with marching bands and floats and people throwing big handfuls of candy into the crowd.
0:37.2	It was really fun.
0:39.4	Too bad I had to get rained out by me.
0:42.5	Sometimes it's hard being a storm cloud.
0:48.2	Everyone always goes running for cover
0:50.1	as soon as I show up.
0:51.8	Have you ever had someone look at you and say,
0:54.4	ugh, the day's ruined? Well, I have. Sometimes I wish I could just move
1:01.2	somewhere new and start fresh, you know? I could go be a cloud where no one knows me, where I'm not Debbie Downer, just Debbie.
1:11.0	Actually, that's a pretty good idea. It could be a whole new me. I could start taking pottery classes and buying all my veggies at the farmers market.
1:23.0	I could even start my own turquoise jewelry business.
1:27.0	And I'll start calling myself Deborah much more sophisticated.
1:33.0	Hello, I'm Deborah.
1:36.0	Delighted to meet you, Deborah.
1:39.0	It is a sophisticated name, isn't it?
1:42.0	Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Okay, I just have to figure out where to move to.
1:49.6	Maybe New Mexico? What's a turquoise there? Or, oh, Mexico City? Or, oh, oh, oh, oh, what about outer space?
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