Ep. 607: InSight and Earthquakes

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

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🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 607: InSight and Earthquakes by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Mars is cold and dead today, but the massive volcanoes tell us what the planet used to be like, millions and even billions of years ago. But how volcanically active is the planet today? That's what NASA's Mars InSight lander is there to figure out.

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0:00.0	A Sronomy Cast, Episode 607, Insight, and Mars Quakes.
0:12.2	Welcome to Astronomy Cast, a weekly fax based journey through the cosmos, where we help
0:15.6	you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:19.1	I'm Fraser King, publisher of Universe Today, with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior
0:23.4	scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic West.
0:27.5	Hey Pamela, how you doing?
0:28.7	I am doing well.
0:30.5	I have a sad though, there's a lunar eclipse.
0:33.8	There is a missing moon in the sky that should be full that occurs next Wednesday and we
0:41.8	don't get to see it.
0:43.2	But everyone...
0:44.2	What do you mean we don't get to see it?
0:47.3	Fine.
0:48.3	Fine.
0:49.3	I get to see it.
0:50.3	Yeah.
0:51.3	I have a sad.
0:52.3	I'll report on whether or not the moon disappeared and whether it came back.
0:57.3	Excellent.
0:58.3	I remember to slam those pots or whatever you do in Canada to get the eclipse to end.
1:03.0	So how that works?
1:04.4	I think so.
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