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The Sun and Space Weather
Read the star that powers Earth—from ancient photons to modern grid risk.
Start hereThe Sun Has a Hidden Heartbeat
Trace 5 connected stories →Explore the StarPixels sky
Pick one bright idea. Follow the line.
The map is celestial; the links are conventional. Every constellation has a clear starting point, related videos, articles, observing guides, and gear only where it genuinely helps.
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Worlds Gone Wrong
Follow familiar planets until one hidden condition changes the ending.
Start hereEarth’s Twin Went Wrong—Here’s How
Trace 4 connected stories →03
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Cosmic Impacts and Planetary Defense
Airbursts, comets, and the new ability to change an asteroid’s path.
Start hereThe Asteroid That Turned Air Into a Bomb
Trace 2 connected stories →04
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Hidden Physics
Sound in cluster gas, invisible particles, and evidence that arrives in unexpected forms.
Trace 2 connected stories →05
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Your Moving Universe
Replace the static classroom poster with a moving, evolving sky.
Trace 2 connected stories →All routes
The wider topic map
A launch-ready cluster with video and article connections.
Search this route →A launch-ready cluster with video and article connections.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Indexed across the full search system as the archive grows.
Search this route →Featured starting points
Video first, then deeper context
1:15Video · Cosmic Impacts and Planetary Defense
The Asteroid That Turned Air Into a Bomb
Tunguska flattened a forest without making a crater: the atmosphere became the weapon.
0:50Video · Your Moving Universe
You Have Never Been in the Same Place Twice
Standing still is only a local illusion; Earth carries you through a path that never closes.
5:06Video · Worlds Gone Wrong
Earth’s Twin Went Wrong—Here’s How
Venus began with Earth-like ingredients and became a world that melts lead.
Article paths
Original synthesis beyond the episode
Cosmic Bytes · Launch article
Why the Sun’s Corona Is Hotter Than Its Surface
What observations support—and what remains open—in the coronal-heating problem.
By Rick Wood · Updated July 16, 2026Deep Dives · Launch article
The Sun Has a Hidden Heartbeat: Helioseismology Explained
How surface oscillations reveal the otherwise invisible solar interior.
By Rick Wood · Updated July 16, 2026Deep Dives · Launch article
What NASA’s Black-Hole Sound Actually Is
A clear line between pressure waves, X-ray images, and sonification.
By Rick Wood · Updated July 16, 2026