Cosmic Queries: Lunar Geology

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🗓️ 7 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Why does the Moon have more craters than the Earth? What’s the Moon’s true color? Is the dark side of the Moon real? Could we terraform the Moon? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and planetary scientist Raquel Nuno answer fan questions on lunar geology.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk, Cosmic Query's edition.
0:18.0	Close, Chuck Knight, Chuck.
0:20.0	Hey, Neil, what's happening?
0:21.0	Feeling good today?
0:22.0	Absolutely, man.
0:23.0	So today's Cosmic Query is, they're all based on the moon.
0:27.0	Really?
0:28.0	And I know a little bit about the moon.
0:30.0	You know, a little bit.
0:31.0	You're being modest, bro.
0:32.0	No, no, no.
0:33.0	I know it as an astrophysical object.
0:36.0	I don't know.
0:37.0	Wait a minute.
0:38.0	What?
0:40.0	What more is there?
0:41.0	It's an astrophysical object.
0:43.0	No, no, no, no, no.
0:44.0	That is what you do.
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