Green Bean Galaxies and more! - The Countdown, Episode 11

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The Countdown is a biweekly video show highlighting the best stuff happening in space, astronomy and physics. In this episode: Ticket to the Moon, Earth at Night, Ebb and Flow, Mayan Unpocalypse and Green Bean Galaxies.

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