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Podcast: ML - The way the world works - analyzing how things work
Episode: Spocks world
Description: Vulcan
1. Affected by the force of a Red Dwarf and white dwarf. Members stars of 40 Eridani. 2. Vulcan has no moon. 2. The red giant grew 10 percent of its size and the star flared. It took no longer than 10 to 20 minutes to burn almost all the forest and boiled away 70 percent of the oceans turning the beds to scorched sand and mud. Metal near the surface ran molten, trace gases in the atmosphere ignited and a great deal of oxygen and nitrogen on the planet was lost. On the other side of the planet, creatures survived by cave. Food was short and...