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This week in space and astronomy: the Sun's hidden far side gets its first full magnetic read-out, Webb discovers a galaxy from the dawn of time that simply refuses to spin, a planetary odd couple defies everything we know about planet formation, 200,000 citizen scientists double the known brown dwarf population, a space doughnut mission launches to the ISS on Tuesday, and Webb directly analyses an exoplanet's surface for the very first time.
🕐 CHAPTERS
00:00 — Introduction & Weekend Wrap Format
01:30 — The Sun's Hidden Face: Far-Side Magnetic Mapping Breakthrough
07:00 — Webb Finds an Ancient Galaxy That Doesn't Spin
13:00 — WEEKLY WRAP: The Planetary Odd Couple (Hot Jupiter + Mini-Neptune)
18:30 — WEEKLY WRAP: 200,000 Volunteers Double Known Brown Dwarfs
23:30 — WEEKLY WRAP: NASA's Space Doughnut Mission Launches Tuesday (STORIE/CRS-34)
28:30 — WEEKLY WRAP: Webb Directly Reads an Exoplanet's Surface — A First
33:30 — Outro & Credits
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