Secrets of the Sun 

Nova reviews what scientists have learned in recent years about the sun's behavior and how it works. Most significantly, astronomers are at last beginning to understand the the solar ... See full summary »

Director:

Duncan Copp

Stars:

Lance Lewman, Holly Gilbert, Bill Murtagh

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Lance Lewman	...	Self - Narrator
Holly Gilbert	...	Self - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Bill Murtagh	...	Self - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Center
Jim Green	...	Self - NASA Planetary Science
Todd Hoeksema	...	Self - Stanford University
Sarah Gibson	...	Self - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Scott McIntosh	...	Self - National Center for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory
Karel Schrjiver	...	Self - Lockheed Martin
W. Dean Pesnell	...	Self - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (as Dean W. Pesnell)
Luc Peterson	...	Self - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phillip Chamberlin	...	Self - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Storyline

Nova reviews what scientists have learned in recent years about the sun's behavior and how it works. Most significantly, astronomers are at last beginning to understand the the solar phenomenon that impact our civilization; solar flares and coronal mass ejections.

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Plot Keywords:

solar flare | solar dynamics observatory | coronal mass ejection | microfilm | solar minimum | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

TV-G

User Reviews

Looking Beneath The Sun's Surface

(*Question*) - "How did the sun create itself?"

Even though our solar system's sun is a staggering 93 million miles away, scientists here of Earth are earnestly trying to understand its overall makings from the inside out.

Through interviews, actual photographs from spacecraft telescopes, and CGI imagery - This educational documentary (from the NOVA Network) offers the viewer a fairly interesting look at the sun (which, without it, life as we know it would not exist at all).

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2012 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

54 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD