Wanna see Mars' close approach? Just look up!

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Red Planet is putting on a show this July. It'll be closer to Earth than it’s been in 15 years and that means at night it'll appear bigger and brighter than average. In fact, you should be able to see it easily without a telescope! In this episode we'll tell you how to spot Mars plus, you'll hear the planet itself answer your questions. Plus a mystery sound and, in our Moment of Um, we'll explain why lava moves slowly even though it's a liquid. Brains On is sponsored today by Build-A-Bear Workshop (buildabear.com), Kind Snacks (KindSnacks.com/BRAINS), P.volve (Pvolve.com/brainson) and Plated (plated.com/reddem and promo code BRAINS). Find more episodes of Brains On at brainson.org

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0:00.0	You're listening to Brains On. We're serious about being curious.
0:04.2	Brains On is supported on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
0:15.3	Downtown is crowded tonight as legions of screaming fans gather in hopes of catching a glimpse
0:21.6	of their favorite celebrity. We've got WKP BBBCCRP's Karen Marmalade on the scene.
0:28.8	As you can hear Lester, it's fan-demonium at the Planetarium.
0:33.8	News pun, love it.
0:35.8	People of all ages with cameras ready, they're living for this moment.
0:40.1	The chance to see someone so famous they go by one name and one name only.
0:45.2	Like Morrissey.
0:46.8	Bigger.
0:47.4	Abano.
0:48.2	Bigger.
0:48.9	Madonna.
0:50.0	Still bigger.
0:50.9	Huh.
0:51.9	Oprah.
0:52.5	Lester, this celebrity is so big, you'll actually see them with the naked eye from 35
0:58.5	million miles away.
1:00.3	Oh, I think they've just arrived.
1:02.6	Sup people, it's your boy, Mars.
1:05.0	The red planet.
1:06.0	Or is my bro's colony, the red planet.
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