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Here Comes The Sun, But What Holds It Together?

WUWM 89.7 FM | By Bonnie North,
Jean Creighton
Published August 30, 2018 at 12:45 PM CDT
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Active regions in the sun

If, as the They Might Be Giants song goes, the sun a mass of incandescent gas, how does it all stay together? That's the question astronomer and Lake Effect contributor Jean Creighton answers for us this month. (Hint: gravity has something to do with it...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JdWlSF195Y
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Bonnie North
Bonnie joined WUWM in March 2006 as the Arts Producer of the locally produced weekday magazine program Lake Effect.
Jean Creighton
Dr. Jean Creighton has always been inspired by how the cosmos works. She was born in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in Athens, Greece where her mother claims she showed a great interest in how stars form from the age of five.
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