In today’s episode, I take on the Chinese blockbuster “The Wandering Earth” which is about … uh … a wandering Earth. Could the Sun actually become dangerous to our survival? Could you really push Earth out of its orbit? And what the heck is a “gravity spike?” I’m hear to answer all the question you never knew you’ve have to ask.
Michael Siegel
Michael Siegel is an astronomer living in Pennsylvania. He blogs at his own site, and has written a novel.
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Heh. I remember seeing this fifty years ago when it was “Space: 1999”Report
I did have an oblique reference to that but cut it for time.Report