
What is space made of?
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Look up at the night sky. It looks like a giant, empty, pitch-black room, right? But what if I told you space isn't actually empty at all?! Join Mira and Finn on a mind-blowing journey into the deepest, darkest parts of the universe to find out what space is really made of! We usually think of space as a perfect vacuum with absolutely nothing inside, but that’s a cosmic myth! You'll discover the secrets of the Interstellar Medium, where lonely atoms float in the dark, and ride alongside Voyager One, a robotic probe that has been flying for almost fifty years and can actually hear the hum of deep space! Plus, find out about the freezing Boomerang Nebula, the invisible gravity glue called Dark Matter that holds our universe together, and the crazy quantum particles that pop in and out of existence from nothing! Space isn't a boring empty room; it is a giant, buzzing ocean of plasma, ghost matter, and icy gas clouds. Oh, and did we mention there’s a giant dust cloud in the center of our galaxy that smells exactly like sweet raspberries?! Buckle up for an epic cosmic adventure!





