Why do we have a moon?

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In all our searching of the universe, we’ve never seen another moon like ours. It's big, it's weird, and it has played a huge role in shaping our planet. But how did we get it? Every possible story points to cataclysm. This episode originally ran on June 15, 2022. It is part of our Lost Worlds series exploring scientific mysteries buried in the deep past. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and
0:05.4	justice produced with Vox Creative.
0:09.0	Thousands of Afghans fled their homes when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.
0:14.2	The UK government promised to take in 20,000 of them as refugees, but in the first year,
0:19.2	only 22 Afghans had been approved for asylum in the UK.
0:23.2	So what happened?
0:24.2	And what does this mean for the tens of thousands of people left behind?
0:28.4	For that story, on the latest episode of Into the Mix.
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0:45.5	use the password.
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1:18.5	It seems like everyone is going to the moon right now.
1:21.5	A couple of weeks ago, India launched a mission to the moon, and if the probe lands safely,
1:25.9	it's going to be the first time a country besides the US, China or Russia has landed a ship
1:30.6	safely on the moon.
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