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Nov 4, 2026 17 min

Telescopes on the Moon

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACEUploaded 05-04-17Find out about China’s current telescope on the moon and what the future plans are for mounting larger telescopes on the lunar surface. And try 23andMe at http://23andme.com/spacetimeYou can further support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetimeGet your own Space Time t­shirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBiTweet at us! @pbsspacetimeFacebook: facebook.com/pbsspacetimeEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] comComment on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetimeIf you missed it on April 1st - Here's the new Space Time Theme Songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3SjurCgrAReferenced Videos:Telescopes of Tomorrowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoQE5J346mUPrevious Episode:How Time Becomes Space Inside a Black Holehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reIHelp translate our videos! https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7gHosted by Matt O'DowdWritten by Alexandra Yep and Matt O’DowdProduced by Rusty WardGraphics by Grayson BlackmonMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)Comments answered by Matt:Feynstein 100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI&lc=z13bd5eqysauzh04104cgtoghljatf0isjsNuclearCraft Modhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI&lc=z13dxviqgsuifduxh04cebjzdxyicl2pthwAntiTwister - Reddit Thread -https://www.reddit.com/r/pbsspacetime/comments/62exk3/how_time_becomes_space_inside_a_black_hole/Nezar Chahdihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePNhUJ2reI&lc=z12xwrmiepethnkkx22dxjmqfzuyyrj3fSpecial thanks to our Patreon Big Bang, Quasar and Hypernova Supporters: Big BangShane RobinsonDavid NicklasQuasarTambe BarsbayLuna IT SolutionsMax LevineAvan and Kyan GriggsCoolAsCatsJustin LloydHypernovaChuck ZegarCraig PetersonJordan YoungRatfeastJohn HofmannScience via MarketsThanks to our Patreon Gamma Ray Burst Supporters: Anthony CormacJared MooreMichal-Peanut KarmiBernardo HigueraErik SteinDaniel LyonsJade BilkeyKevin WarneJJ BagnellJ RejcMichael FischerDylan MeridaAmy JieAnthony CaridiJohn PettitAvi GoldfingerShannan CatalanoFlorian StinglmayrYubo DuBenoit Pagé-GuitardRonny PoloniaNathan LenizJessica FraleyKirk MathewsLoro LukicCarl P.

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