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[Space Bites] Sun’s Pole Revealed // Sun Shade vs Climate Change // Source of Cosmic Rays
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Episode [Space Bites] Sun’s Pole Revealed // Sun Shade vs Climate Change // Source of Cosmic Rays
Have we finally found the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays? Our first look at the Sun’s south pole, New Glenn slips again, what kind of damage would rockets do to the ozone layer? And in Space Bites+, a pair of quasars that dominated Cosmic Noon.
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00:00 Intro 00:23 Source of cosmic rays https://phys.org/news/2025-06-cosmic-rays-astrophysicists-closer.html 03:25 First ever view of the Sun's pole https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-solar-orbiter-is-giving-us-a-decisive-look-at-the-suns-poles 05:10 Detailed view of the Sun https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-suns-identity-crisis-solved 06:30 New Glenn launch slips again https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/06/second-new-glenn-launch-slips-toward-fall-as-program-leadership-departs/ 08:12 Vote results 08:59 Rockets and the ozone layer https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-01098-6 11:10 Sunshade to combat climate change https://www.universetoday.com/articles/would-a-planetary-sunshade-help-cool-the-planet-this-mission-could-find-out 13:01 Star formation in the center of the Milky Way https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-galactic-center-struggles-to-form-massive-stars 14:46 Colliding Galaxies https://www.universetoday.com/articles/colliding-galaxies-tearing-at-each-other-with-gravity-and-radiation 15:45 A planet forming https://www.universetoday.com/articles/youre-looking-at-a-newly-forming-planet 17:12 More space news 18:09 Bonus story 18:26 NASA's SMM
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