Episode Title
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Series Title
Walkabout the Galaxy
Keywords
lunar quakes, Venus volcanoes
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Physics
Description
The astroquarks discuss news about lunar quakes and Venus... volcanoes. But volcanoes doesn't rhyme with quakes, so I sacrificed alliteration for rhyming. Venus may be volcanically active, at least on relatively recent geological timescales. If only we could go back in time to see! Top quark Jim Cooney will bring us up to date on a new experiment that fiddles with the direction of time's arrow. All that, plus space news and bonus trivia on this episode of Walkabout.
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Date Created
5-19-2019
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
47:00
Recommended Citation
Colwell, Joshua; Dove, Adrienne; and Cooney, James, "Moon Quakes and Venus Shakes" (2019). Walkabout the Galaxy Podcast. 80.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/walkaboutthegalaxy/80
