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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