
Secrets of the Sun
Documentary
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Lance Lewman
Lance Lewman
Narrator
Lance Lewman
Narrator


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