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Listener Questions 41: Questions about the mass of the Universe, moons made of gas, and backyard blackholes.

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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How to Make a Moon Out of Gas

Every hydrogen molecule in the vicinity of the moon basically has escape velocity. It's just gonna boil away into space. If you could chill that hydrogen down and keep it cold then it might stay together. The pressure is essentially zero out there so the phases get a little bit weird.

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