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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know what's going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.
π£ Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver
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π Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic Activity on the Moon
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00:00 Intro
01:44 Is the Moon dead?
08:44 What created the faults
14:04 Returning to the Moon
24:24 Beyond just the Moon
26:58 Boulders on the Moon
33:37 Current obsessions
38:42 Final thoughts
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How dead is the Moon (geologically speaking)? How can we know what's going on inside it? What should the people returning to the Moon expect from it? Finding the answers in this interview.
π£ Guest: Dr. Cole Nypaver
https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/cole-nypaver
π Smithsonian Planetary Scientists Discover Recent Tectonic Activity on the Moon
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-planetary-scientists-discover-recent-tectonic-activity-moon
00:00 Intro
01:44 Is the Moon dead?
08:44 What created the faults
14:04 Returning to the Moon
24:24 Beyond just the Moon
26:58 Boulders on the Moon
33:37 Current obsessions
38:42 Final thoughts
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What will Vera Rubin find? Can life on Tau Ceti be found? Why do we find galaxies of different age at same angular size? And in Q&A+, which is the closest planet we could find life at?
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00:25 [@pete.runde.j] Will Vera Rubin find planet 9?
02:03 [@joshmiller7870] Is Vera Rubin currently scanning in the direction we suspect Planet 9 might be?
04:29 [@PerryM-vy4fe] Can Vera Rubin find a terrestrial world at Tau Ceti?
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A galaxy without stars, the wake of Betelgeuseβs companion star, a privately-funded Hubble class telescope, and could there be exomoons at TRAPPIST-1? And on Space Bites+, seeing an event horizon in 3D.
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00:17 A galaxy with no stars
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02:08 Hubble detects the wake of Bettelbuddy
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04:31 JWST finds new objects astonomers cant explain
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06:25 Private initiative for a Hubble replacement
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08:48 Problems for potential life on Europa
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10:52 Rare lensed supernova
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12:36 Vote results
13:12 A mathematical solution for lunar dust problem
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15:28 Potential for exomoons in TRAPPIST-1 system
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17:02 Decades-long supernova timelapse
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00:24 [@EdSceptic-y2e] Biosphere 2 didnt work on our hospitable planet so how are they really gonna do it on the utterly inhospitable moon or Mars?
06:38 [@brettostrander1031] What payloads will Starship be able to launch?
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00:34 [@VigoHornblower] How much science will Dragonfly do?
02:39 [@SnusKing] Why cant JWST just look at all known exoplanets?
08:11 [@Noonyuh] How long can Webb focus on one target?
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