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Cosmic Queries – Astro-lore with Moiya McTier

Dec 6, 2022

50:04

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Is it time to update the constellations? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen dive into astrophysics, folklore, and our ancient connection to the stars with astrophysicist Moiya McTier, Ph.D.

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Thanks to our Patrons Viny Adomonis, Thomas Blankenhorn, Weston Daniel L., Lauren Scott, and Aaryan Kukar for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Cosmic Queries – Astro-lore with Moiya McTier

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The Milky Way and Andromeda Have a Healthy Ego

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