60 MILLION STARS, A COSMIC FOG MYSTERY & A ROCKET HEADED FOR THE MOON
Six extraordinary stories from the cutting edge of space science — including the most detailed image ever taken of our galaxy's heart, Hubble's solution to a decades-old cosmic mystery, the oldest scar on Earth, planets lighter than cotton candy, a SpaceX rocket stage on course to hit the Moon, and a live aurora alert for the Southern Hemisphere.
⏱️ CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
• 00:00 — Cold Open & Intro
• 01:15 — Euclid's Record Milky Way Image: 60 Million Stars
• 05:15 — Hubble Galaxy MXDFz4.4 Clears the Cosmic Fog
• 09:15 — Sponsor Break
• 10:00 — Earth's Oldest Asteroid Crater: 3 Billion Years (Western Australia)
• 13:30 — Super-Puff Planets Lighter Than Cotton Candy
• 17:00 — SpaceX Rocket Stage to Hit the Moon in August
• 20:30 — Skywatching: Geomagnetic Storm & Aurora Alert
• 23:30 — Outro, Trivia & Sign-Off
🔗 LINKS & SOURCES
• Euclid Galactic Bulge Image — esa.int
• Hubble MXDFz4.4 Paper — science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble
• North Pole Dome Study — Geology journal DOI: 10.1130/G54866.1
• Super-Puff Planets Paper — Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• SpaceX Moon Impact — space.com / Project Pluto
• Aurora Alerts — earthsky.org/sun
🎙️ Hosts: Anna & Avery | Produced by Huw | Part of the Bitesz.com Podcast Network
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