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John Batchelor 09-03 segment 11.mp3 Guest: Bob Zimmerman who keeps the website Behind the Black. New Discoveries in Space and Planetary Science Bob Zimmerman highlights new solar research using the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe, improving pr

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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John Batchelor 09-03 segment 11.mp3 Guest: Bob Zimmerman who keeps the website Behind the Black. New Discoveries in Space and Planetary Science Bob Zimmerman highlights new solar research using the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe, improving predictions of solar events that impact Earth's technology. He discusses the uniqueness of stars, Juice's Venus flyby en route to Jupiter, and Mars' chaotic mantle structure. Zimmermanemphasizes Mars' ample near-surface ice, making it attractive for colonization, and presents an exoplanet found in an accretion disc, challenging planetary formation theories.

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0:00.0

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0:01.9

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0:04.1

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0:06.1

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0:07.1

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0:09.9

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0:13.4

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0:15.0

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0:17.9

Visit sumup.co.uk to learn more.

0:24.0

This is CBS, Iron the World. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome Bob Zimmerman. He keeps the website

0:29.4

behind the black. We're going to the most important star in the universe, the sun.

0:35.1

Bob, a very good evening to you. We begin with the scientific inquiry of the sun, which I've taken over the years

0:41.6

in all your reports.

0:42.7

We don't know very much about it.

0:43.9

Have we learned more than we did yesterday?

0:47.1

Good evening to you.

0:48.4

Good evening, John.

0:49.6

Yes.

0:50.7

You've seen the European Space Agency's solo orbit a probe, this is a probe that's orbiting the sun,

0:57.8

closer than previously done.

1:02.2

It's different than the Parker Solar Probe, which does deep dives very close, but only for short periods.

1:11.9

Solar orbiter goes in a wider orbit, but much closer than previously attempted,

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