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Secrets of the Sun

Secrets of the Sun

Apr 24, 2012 54m
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Synopsis

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core is a staggering 27 million degrees Fahrenheit. It convulses, it blazes, it sings. You know it as the sun. Scientists know it as one of the most amazing physics laboratories in the universe.

Title Secrets of the Sun
Companies
Countries United States of America
Keywords nasa, sun, space
Holly Gilbert

Holly Gilbert

Herself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bill Murtagh

Bill Murtagh

Himself - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Center
Jim Green

Jim Green

Himself - NASA Planetary Science
Todd Hoeksema

Todd Hoeksema

Himself - Stanford University
Sarah Gibson

Sarah Gibson

Herself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Scott McIntosh

Scott McIntosh

Himself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Karel Schrjiver

Karel Schrjiver

Himself - Lockheed Martin
W. Dean Pesnell

W. Dean Pesnell

Himself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Luc Peterson

Luc Peterson

Himself - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phillip Chamberlin

Phillip Chamberlin

Himself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center