The Moon's History

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If the Earth wobbled like Mars, it would make a huge difference to life here. All these grand stories and cosmic questions were contained in just a few hundred pounds of moon rocks brought down by the Apollo missions decades ago. Do you have a favorite Apollo to get samples from? No, they're all amazing. I feel like rocks are, they have a whole history. And you just have to ask them the right questions.

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.

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