January 20, 2011

You've Got Sol!

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51 minutes

It’s the star of our solar system, but much about the Sun is still mysterious. Find out what a new NASA mission to our favorite fireball might discover about its super-hot outer regions.

Also, why the most common stars in the galaxy don’t shine thanks to nuclear energy as our Sun does. And, recreating Sol’s energy source on Earth at the National Ignition Facility.

Plus, an ex-Star Wars animator and photographer on how to film an atomic blast.

Guests:

Peter Kuran – An animator on Star Wars, now a filmmaker, documentarian of “Trinity and Beyond,” and author of How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb

Davy Kirkpatrick – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology, and scientist for NASA’s WISE mission

Stuart Bale – Physicist at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory

Mike Dunne – Physicist, and Program Director for Fusion Energy at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

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January 20, 2011

You've Got Sol!

Listen Later

51 minutes

It’s the star of our solar system, but much about the Sun is still mysterious. Find out what a new NASA mission to our favorite fireball might discover about its super-hot outer regions.

Also, why the most common stars in the galaxy don’t shine thanks to nuclear energy as our Sun does. And, recreating Sol’s energy source on Earth at the National Ignition Facility.

Plus, an ex-Star Wars animator and photographer on how to film an atomic blast.

Guests:

Peter Kuran – An animator on Star Wars, now a filmmaker, documentarian of “Trinity and Beyond,” and author of How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb

Davy Kirkpatrick – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology, and scientist for NASA’s WISE mission

Stuart Bale – Physicist at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory

Mike Dunne – Physicist, and Program Director for Fusion Energy at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory

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