Sun
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Born from a swirling cloud of dust and gas some 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun seethes and boils like a living thing. It is the very center of our solar system, and large enough to encompass 1.3 million Earths. Explosions flash on its surface in colors of light beyond human vision and enormous loops of plasma stretch into space. The Sun’s influence extends out beyond the planets, creating a protective cocoon within the galaxy.
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Cosmic Cycles 1: The Sun
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Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Producer
Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Editor
Wade Sisler (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Henry Dehlinger (National Philharmonic): Music Composer
Scott Wiessinger (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Editor
Wade Sisler (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Henry Dehlinger (National Philharmonic): Music Composer
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as indicated above.
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Keywords:
SVS >> Mercury
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
SVS >> ISS
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Aurora
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14313
Keywords:
SVS >> Mercury
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
SVS >> ISS
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Aurora
