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CrowdScience: Why do planets spin?

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09/10/2020 GMT

Why do planets spin?

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Crowdscience answers listeners’ celestial questions

We head back in time to the creation of the solar system to discover how planets gained their spin.

Crowdscience solves a range of listeners’ cosmic mysteries, from the reason we only ever see one side of the moon, to why planets spin, and discover the answer can be found in the formation of the solar system. We talk to astronomer Dr Carolin Crawford to understand how stars are made, and investigate the art of astronomy with journalist Jo Marchant, hearing how the ancient Greeks came up with a zodiac long before the invention of a telescope, revealing an intimate relationship between humans and the night sky.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton 
Producer: Marijke Peters 

[Image: The Solar System. Credit: Getty Images]

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