Captain Sig Hansen from “Deadliest Catch” discusses the surprising ways the coronavirus pandemic made the world’s most dangerous job even harder. Then, you’ll learn about our moon’s comet-like tail that collides with Earth every month.

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The moon has a comet-like tail and it collides with the Earth each month by Grant Currin

• The Moon Has a Comet-Like Tail. Every Month It Shoots a Beam Around Earth. (2021). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/science/moon-tail-beam.html
• Baumgardner, J., Luettgen, S., Schmidt, C., Mayyasi, M., Smith, S., Martinis, C., Wroten, J., Moore, L., & Mendillo, M. (2021). Long‐Term Observations and Physical Processes in the Moon’s Extended Sodium Tail. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020je006671

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