Ep. 440: Destroy and Rebuild, Pt. 4: Supervolcanoes!
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition
English - March 24, 2017 19:47 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNatural Sciences Science astronomy space science planets supernova black holes telescopes telescope Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There are regular volcanoes, and then there are the supervolcanoes. Massive calderas of hot magma of incomprehensible size. Bad news, these things explode randomly and catastrophically. Worse news, there are a bunch around the Earth.