How extreme cosmic rays defy explanation

Lester and Dr. Krishna dive into:

• Beetlejuice & “Bracelet” – why a red super-giant may soon swallow its tiny partner

• Atomic Harlem Shake – 0.15 Å resolution images of thermal jiggles in 2-D materials

• Too Fast, Too Furious – IceCube’s constraints on proton fractions in 10²⁰ eV cosmic rays

• Interstellar Google Maps – New Horizons proves star-pattern navigation works

• Mind-Body Woo-Woo – VR coughs that literally raise your white-blood-cell count