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How Eclipses Revealed Our Solar System

PBS Space Time · Season 2024 · Episode 9
Of all the astronomical phenomena you can witness, the total solar eclipse has to be the most visceral--the most in-your-face reminder that our reality consists of giant balls of rock spinning around stars. It's also the eclipse and phenomena like it that set us on the path to understanding that reality in the first place.

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Season
2024
Episode
9
Air Date
06/Apr/2024
Air Time
12:00
Runtime
16 min

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Of all the astronomical phenomena you can witness, the total solar eclipse has to be the most visceral--the most in-your-face reminder that our reality consists of giant balls of rock spinning around stars. It's also the eclipse and phenomena like it that set us on the path to understanding that reality in the first place.

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