What Could An Explosion On the Sun Do Here On Earth?

The sun is essential plant food that’s heating our planet, but we don’t often think about the wild things happening on and below its surface. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we talk about those wild things, and how they can affect us all the way down here on Earth.

And by the way, if you’re curious about the relative sizes of the Earth and the Sun, and how we calculated that 1.3 million Earth-volumes would fit inside the Sun, check this out: http://www.suntrek.org/sun-as-a-star/sun-and-earth/comparing-size-sun-and-earth.shtml.

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Credits:

Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson

Producer/Editor:
Darren Weaver

Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis, PhD

Assistant Editor:
Brett Kuxhausen

Animator:
Shea Lord

Fact Checker:
Bob Hunt

Archive Producer:
Annalea Embree

Coordinating Producer:
Samantha Jones, PhD

Scientific Consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Leila Duman, PhD
Liz MacDonald, PhD
Dean Pesnell, PhD
Alex Young, PhD

Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qo0QJeRxy9Cekiv9L0GcPdk8yk_itHbIdw2tULOHkzw/edit?usp=sharing

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