Bill Nye the Science Guy - Season 2 Episode 13 The Sun
The Sun is huge. It's bigger than huge. It's so big that 1.3 million Earths would fit inside a hollowed-out Sun. It's really far away, too - about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles) Even at that distance the Sun affects everything on Earth. All the energy we have comes, or once came from, the Sun. That includes energy to light a lamp, energy to kick a soccer ball, and energy in batteries that play your personal stereo. We're talking about nearly all of the energy. There's a little bit of energy that comes from nuclear reactions deep in the Earth's core. But that energy pales compared with the nuclear fusion fueling the Sun. Without the Sun, the Earth would be a big hunk of rock with nearly nothing on it. The Sun is made of gas. It has so much gravity that it's atoms are smashed into hot gas. In the sun, atoms of gas are constantly crashing into each other. When they collide, they form new atoms and release energy. Scientists call this atom smashing "nuclear fus
Year: 1998
Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Kids
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: Bill Nye
Cast: Bill Nye, Rachel Glenn, Jennifer Lin, Amy Broder, Ethan Ferkiss
Crew: Darrel Suto (Writer), Erren Gottlieb (Writer), Michael Palleschi (Writer), Erren Gottlieb (Executive Producer), Kit Boss (Writer), Michael Gross (Writer)
First Air Date: Sep 10, 1993
Last Air date: Jun 20, 1998
Season: 5 Season
Episode: 100 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 7.21/10 by 76.00 users
Popularity: 25.286
Language: English