Synopsis

With Bill Nye, explore the timeless mysteries of the Moon. It waxes and wanes, growing and shrinking in a cycle of roughly thirty days – a cycle that gives us the very word "month." As our closest celestial neighbor, the Moon has captivated scientists for centuries, becoming one of the most thoroughly examined bodies in our solar system. We know its rocks are abundant in calcium and aluminum, that it lacks an atmosphere, and that its surface bears the marks of over a million craters. The Moon do