The Sun Is Weirder Than You Think
Cleo Abram
Sep 30, 2026 13:02
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If you dove into the sun, the first layer you’d hit is hot enough to make diamonds BOIL.
Right now we’re in a golden age of new solar science. For the first time, we’re getting close-up pictures of the Sun like we’ve never seen. Sending probes into its atmosphere. And revealing secrets about our star we never thought possible…
Trust me, after this video, you’ll never look up at the sun the same way.
So let me take you on a journey… INTO THE SUN.
This episode was made possible by AT&T, the official connectivity partner of HUGE* If True.
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Bio:
Cleo Abram is an Emmy-nominated independent video journalist. On her show, HUGE* If True, Cleo explores complex technology topics with rigor and optimism, helping her audience understand the world around them and see positive futures they can help build. Before going independent, Cleo was a video producer for Vox. She wrote and directed the Coding and Diamonds episodes of Vox’s Netflix show, Explained. She produced videos for Vox’s popular YouTube channel, was the host and senior producer of Vox’s first ever daily show, Answered, and was co-host and producer of Vox’s YouTube Originals show, Glad You Asked.
Additional Reading and Watching:
- Parker Solar Probe (NASA) https://science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe/, https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/traveling-to-the-sun-why-wont-parker-solar-probe-melt/
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (NASA) https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
- Solar Orbiter (ESA) https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter
- Images of a Sunspot: https://nso.edu/press-release/inouye-solar-telescope-releases-first-image-of-a-sunspot/#foobox-1/0/reconstruction3_lin-CC12.jpg
- Sounds of the Sun: https://science.nasa.gov/sun/what-is-the-solar-wind/
- Solar Cycles: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/space-weather/what-was-the-carrington-event
- Bubbling on the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znBesUwVOok
- Zoom in on the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9E2-sSHYjw&t=3s
- Helioseismology: http://nso.edu/research/helioseismology/
- Nuclear Fusion: https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Nuclear_fusion_in_the_Sun
Vox: https://www.vox.com/authors/cleo-abram
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10108242/
Gear I use:
Camera: Sony A7SIII
Lens: Sony 16–35 mm F2.8 GM
Audio: Sennheiser SK AVX and Zoom H4N Pro
Music: Musicbed, Tom Fox
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What did the photon take on vacation?
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