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Crash Course Astronomy
The Sun: Crash Course Astronomy #10
Season 1
Episode 10
Phil takes us for a closer (eye safe!) look at the two-octillion ton star that rules our solar system. We look at the sun's core, plasma, magnetic fields, sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and what all of that means for our planet.
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