Moon Cities Are Not Happening. Here's Why

Interview with Martin Elvis about the Moon: https://youtu.be/CvFMw-kXIzs
Astronomy Cast video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdAB_hwPeA

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00:00 Intro
00:42 Problems for Moon Cities
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dont-get-your-hopes-up-for-a-city-on-the-moon
03:32 New Crater
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-moon-orbiter-spots-new-once-in-century-moon-crater/
04:44 Roman Mission Already Extended
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/from-10-to-22-years-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescopes-mission-has-just-been-extended
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/09/15/nasa-activates-romans-primary-instrument-checks-out-coronagraph/
08:34 Black Hole Hair
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/if-black-holes-have-hair-we-will-see-it-in-the-ringdown-of-their-mergers
10:23 Vote results
10:45 The Sun May Have Swallowed a Planet
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-sun-may-have-swallowed-a-planet
13:17 Beauty by Webb
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-searches-for-brown-dwarfs-in-a-stunning-star-forming-region
15:19 More space news
16:13 Final thoughts

Host: Fraser Cain
Producer: Anton Pozdnyakov

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