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The NEW SCIENCE of Moon Formation

2023-01-11 Education
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To Learn More Languages Check Out: https://speakly.app.link/Speakly PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to:http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Einstein once asked whether “the moon exists only when I look at it?". It was rhetorical objection to the idea that measurement in quantum mechanics causes reality to become real. But there was a time when the moon didn’t exist, and then hours later suddenly did. At least, according to the latest simulations of its formation. Check Out Matt on the Theories of Everything Podcast: https://youtu.be/T6xLFRHW-IY Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop Sign up for the mailing list to get episode notifications and hear special announcements! https://mailchi.mp/1a6eb8f2717d/spacetime Search the Entire Space Time Library Here: https://search.pbsspacetime.com/ Hosted by Matt O'Dowd Written by Matt Caplan & Matt O'Dowd Post Production by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, Pedro Osinski, Caique Oliveira, Adriano Leal & Stephanie Faria Directed by Andrew Kornhaber Associate Producer: Bahar Gholipour Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Spacetime is produced by Kornhaber Brown for PBS Digital Studios. This program is produced by Kornhaber Brown, which is solely responsible for its content. © 2023 PBS. All rights reserved. End Credits Music by J.R.S. Schattenberg: https://www.youtube.com/user/MultiDroideka Special Thanks to Our Patreon Supporters Big Bang Sponsors Tim O’Rourke Ryan Salsamendi Steffen Bendel Gautam Shine Bryce Fort Peter Barrett David Neumann Leo Koguan Alexander Tamas Morgan Hough Juan Benet Vinnie Falco Fabrice Eap Mark Rosenthal Quasar Sponsors Glenn Sugden Alex Kern Ethan Cohen Stephen Wilcox Christina Oegren Mark Heising Hank S Hypernova Sponsors Ryan Moser David Giltinan Ivari Tölp Vyce Ailour Ken S Kirk Honour drollere Joe Moreira Bradley Voorhees Marc Armstrong Scott Gorlick Paul Stehr-Green Ben Delo Scott Gray Антон Кочков John R. Slavik Mathew David S. Cerutti Donal Botkin John Pollock Edmund Fokschaner chuck zegar Jordan Young John Hofmann Daniel Muzquiz Gamma Ray Burst Joe Pavlovic Jswcp Ryan McGaughy Mark West Hypothasies Justin Lloyd Chuck Lukaszewski Edward Hodapp Kevin Tillery Cole Marc Forand D. Delair Walter Montalvo Andrea Galvagni Jerry Thomas Nikhil Sharma Alexander Gruber Jonathan Cordovano John Anderson Scott Hannum Paul Widden Bradley Ulis Craig Falls Kane Holbrook Ross Story teng guo Mason Dillon Harsh Khandhadia Thomas Tarler bsgbryan Sean McCaul Susan Albee Frank Walker Matt Q MHL SHS Terje Vold James Trimmier Anatoliy Nagornyy comboy Andre Stechert Paul Wood Kent Durham jim bartosh Nubble Ramon Nogueira The Mad Mechanic Ellis Hall John H. Austin, Jr. Diana S Faraz Khan Almog Cohen Alex Edwards Ádám Kettinger MD3 Endre Pech Daniel Jennings Cameron Sampson Geoffrey Clarion Russ Creech Jeremy Reed David Johnston Web Browser Michael Barton Mr T Isaac Suttell Devon Rosenthal Oliver Flanagan Bleys Goodson Robert Walter Mirik Gogri Mark Delagasse Mark Daniel Cohen Nickolas Andrew Freeman Shane Calimlim Tybie Fitzhugh Robert Ilardi Eric Kiebler Craig Stonaha Graydon Goss Frederic Simon Tonyface John Robinson Jim Hudson A G David Barnholdt David Neal justahat John Funai Tristan Bradley Jenkins Daniel Stříbrný Luaan Cody Brumfield Thomas Dougherty King Zeckendorff Dan Warren Patrick Sutton John Griffith DFaulk Sam Long

Top Comments (10)

@Skip6235 2023-01-11

I’m just trying to wrap my head around a column of molten rock several hundred thousand miles high raining down onto the surface of the planet in less than 24 hours. The sheer violence of such a thing is unimaginable.

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@billbill6094 2023-01-11

This is by far the easiest to understand SpaceTime episode and most awesome topic yet. Imagine going back just shy of 54 years ago and telling someone not only are the moon and the Earth formed from the same two planets in the same orbit colliding, but in just _a single day_ there might have been _two_ moons, one even bigger. Absolutely mind blowing.

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@MofoMan2000 2023-01-11

One correction: Neptune's moon is Triton. Titan is one of Saturn's moons.

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@realzachfluke1 2023-01-11

This is my favorite episode to date. Beautifully done, Space Time team.

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@firebladetenn6633 2023-01-11

It's always a good day when Spacetime uploads.

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@jacobthompson6592 2023-01-13

I was surprised you mentioned the lunar seismometers. My grandfather helped build the radioisotope heater units for the seismometers that were installed during the Apollo 11 mission.

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@harbirsingh7266 2023-01-12

18:00 "Some animals do have hands large enough to swim in a gas. They're called birds." This just blew my mind. How did I never think of that? Haha.

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@nellym46664 2023-01-12

It's crazy how such a random event possibly turned what may have remained a barren rock in space into the only known sanctuary for complex life in this universe. Pouring one out for Theia tonight.🙇‍♂

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@TheoriesofEverything 2023-01-12

Thanks Matt. It was an honor. Looking forward to speaking again.

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@scottdahneke1031 2023-01-14

Moon pun: "I'm Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon. Neil before me."

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