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Secrets of the Sun (2012)

9 | Apr 24, 2012 (US) | Documentary | 00:54

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.

Featured Crew

Director, Producer
Executive Producer
Coordinating Producer
Supervising Producer
Executive Producer
Development Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer

Cast

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Lance Lewman
Narrator
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Holly Gilbert
Herself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Bill Murtagh
Himself - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Center
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Jim Green
Himself - NASA Planetary Science
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Todd Hoeksema
Himself - Stanford University
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Sarah Gibson
Herself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
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Scott McIntosh
Himself - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
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Karel Schrjiver
Himself - Lockheed Martin
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W. Dean Pesnell
Himself - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Luc Peterson
Himself - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Teasers

NOVA | Secrets of the Sun

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