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What Could An Explosion On the Sun Do Here On Earth?

Season 6 Episode 13

The sun is essential plant food that’s heating our planet, but we don’t often think about the wild things happening on and below its surface. So, we talk about those wild things, and how they can affect us all the way down here on Earth.

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