SciShow Space: The Mysterious Green Glass on the Moon (Plus: How to See Comet NEOWISE!) | SciShow News

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Subject: Astronomy, Astronautics, Astrophysics
Content of the Lesson: Earlier this month, a Chinese moon rover discovered a mysterious glittery substance at the bottom of a lunar crater. How did it get there? Also, Comet NEOWISE takes thousands of years to circle the Sun, and right now we can see it in our night sky! More information on seeing Comet NEOWISE: https://theskylive.com/riseset?obj=c2020f3 Hosted by: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg, Lehel Kovacs, Bd_Tmprd ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X20303228 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-spies-newly-discovered-comet-neowise/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/comet-neowise-sizzles-as-it-slides-by-the-sun-providing-a-treat-for-observers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/comet-neowise-could-be-spectacular-heres-how-to-see-it/ https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise https://www.space.com/comet-neowise-visibility-july-2020.html https://www.space.com/where-have-the-bright-comets-gone.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/one-of-brightest-comets-in-decades-passing-earth-how-to-see/ https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-see-comet-c2020-f3-neowise Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_first_panorama_from_the_far_side_of_the_moon.jpg https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/atlas/images/hires/70019/S73-15333.jpg https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/atlas/lab_view/?mission=Apollo%2017&sample=70019&side=t https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/samples/atlas/lab_view/?mission=Apollo%2015&sample=15466&side=t https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/samples/antmet_img.cfm?image=jsc2018e091999.jpg&sample=QUE99157 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-parker-solar-probe-spies-newly-discovered-comet-neowise/ https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/48/the-moons-surface/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_craters_Clavius_and_Maginus.jpg


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