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    #6: The Sun

    October 26th, 2015 · 57 minutes

    This week, Stephen and Jason answer some burning questions about the sun.

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    Links and Show Notes

    The sun is complicated

    image via NASA

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    NASA TechPort - Home Page
    Weird star: Strange dips in brightness are a bit baffling.
    Dyson sphere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    The Search For Extraterrestrial Civilizations With Large Energy Supplies (PDF)
    New Horizons: First Pluto journal paper discusses dwarf planet's origins - BBC News
    The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
    DSCOVR: Daily pictures of the Earth from space.
    DSCOVR::EPIC::Earth Polychromatic Camera
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    Total Solar Eclipse - 14th November 2012 - philhart
    They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma) - YouTube
    The Sunspot Cycle - NASA/Marshall Solar Physics
    Image: Raining loops of plasma
    March 1989 geomagnetic storm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    TMBG-Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass of Incandescent Gas) original version lyrics - YouTube