The solar system is like one giant pizza pie with the sun in the middle. All of those planets orbit the sun in about the same plane. Everybody's moving in the same direction, which was a deep hint for us to tell us how the solar system formed. At any given moment at night, you're looking at half the sky.
Does being in space mean there is no gravity? What does noon have to do with the Artemis Mission? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down weightlessness, planetary alignments, and what is going on on the south pole of the moon.
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