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Dec 23
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Cosmic Queries – Space Volcanoes: Fire a...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What’s a supervolcano? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen discover all types of volcanoes in the solar system with cosmochemist and author of Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System, Natalie Starkey. Is there such a thing as an ice volcano? Originally Aired October 5, 2021. 
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