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What Does the Universe Look Like?

Katie Mack and Laura Bottomley answer the web's most-searched questions about outer space and astronauts.

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Katie Mack and Laura Bottomley answer questions about outer space.

What does the universe look like? How do astronauts sleep? What are the planets named after?

Google Autocomplete suggests the most common searches on the internet. We asked NC State Sciences professor Katie Mack and NC State Engineering professor Laura Bottomley to answer some popular out-of-this-world questions. Listen and learn as they talk about everything from what the universe sounds like to how astronauts sleep.

What’s your biggest question about outer space?