E281 - The Sun Ate a Planet, Mercury is Shrinking & 50 AI Satellites for the UAE

This week on Kalam Astro, host Alya Al-Nuaimi serves up a feast of solar system secrets, space industry news from right here in the UAE, and a stargazing event you won't want to miss in Sharjah!

We start with our very own star — the Sun. Billions of years ago, did our Sun actually swallow an entire planet larger than Earth? Professor Melis Yildiz from Ege University in Turkey says yes — and advanced computer simulations of the Sun's chemical composition back it up. The evidence is hidden in the Sun's own chemistry.

Then we head to Merc...