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[Space Bites] Dangers of A Super Solar Storm // Jupiter Twice The Size // Crazy Moon Landing System

21 min • 23 maj 2025

Jupiter could have been twice as big in the past, the challenges of landing on the Moon, the record for the farthest galaxy has been broken. And in our Patreon edition, how the location of gas plays a role in star formation.

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Jupiter was 2 times bigger
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-study-suggests-that-jupiter-was-once-twice-as-big-as-it-is-today
02:05 Moon landing pads
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/lunar-landing-pads-will-need-to-be-tough
03:41 Moon catching device
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/building-a-giant-catchers-mitt-on-the-moon
05:59 The world isn't ready for a big solar storm
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/is-the-world-ready-for-a-catastrophic-solar-storm
08:45 New record for JWST
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-new-farthest-galaxy-has-been-found-by-webb-only-280-million-years-after-the-big-bang
10:54 The mystery of little red dots deepens
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-deepening-mystery-around-the-jwsts-early-galaxies
12:42 Vote results
13:17 Habitable moons of Jupiter
- https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/staf794/8137882?rss=1
14:57 Terraforming Mars
- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/terraforming-mars-could-be-within-reach
17:34 Guide to Space
18:21 [Space Bites+] bonus story
18:31 Dangers from space

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