Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode Doppelgangers.
Everything in the solar system is made of different rocks and materials, except the Earth and Moon. They're like twins. It's a mystery that planetary scientist Sarah T. Stewart set out to solve.
About Sarah T. Stewart
Sarah T. Stewart is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Davis. A planetary scientist and MacArthur Fellow, she specializes in the study of collisions in the solar system and directs the Shock Compression Laboratory, which uses light gas guns to study shock waves in planetary materials. Stewart is best known for proposing a new model for the origin of the moon.
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