Season 3, Episode 11: The Moon Was Like a Magnet, with Sonia Tikoo

Published: Aug. 23, 2019, 5:57 p.m.

From lunar samples brought back in the Apollo program, scientists have figured out that the Moon once had a shield around it called a magnetosphere, just like the Earth has today. As NASA prepares to send humans to the Moon, and eventually on to Mars, scientists are exploring the Moon's magnetic past.