Cosmic Cycles 1: The Sun

  • Released Thursday, May 11, 2023
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This video includes music from a synthesized orchestra provided by composer Henry Dehlinger.

Music credit: "The Sun" from Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony by Henry Dehlinger. Courtesy of the composer.

Complete list of footage used HERE.

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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.

To learn more, visit science.nasa.gov/heliophysics

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This is the concert copy of the video and contains no audio.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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