# THE SUN with India Jackson & Michael Kirk

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Podcast: [Smologies with Alie Ward](https://stenobird.com/podcast/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815)
Published: 2026-01-01T08:00:00+00:00
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Sunspots! Solar storms! Photons! Magnetic fields! Let’s get to know the center of our solar system: the Sun. What is it made of? How big is it? How old is it? When will it explode? How does its light reach your eye? What kind of star is it? How do they form and change? Dr. Michael Kirk and Dr. India Jackson are brilliant and charming Heliologists who have both worked with NASA’s heliophysics departments. Get to know them and also the giant hot plasma ball we revolve around. You’ll never (not) look at it the same.

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