They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)

Directed by David Cowles & Liesje Kraai. From TMBGs new DVD/CD set Here Comes Science. Available at iTunes and Amazon now! http://bit.ly/AmazonScience

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[Tmilicus]

So... what you're telling me... is that the Sun isn't actually a mass of incandescent gas? The fourth grade me is heartbroken.

[AshtaFelix]

If there are multiple Linnells, may I have one?

[5thDoubleM]

@LordAmbitious Exactly! They even say it in the song, plasma is an entirely different state of matter.

[5thDoubleM]

@LordAmbitious Exactly. They even say it in the song, an entirely different state of matter.

[TheFionstein]

I love the three clones

[LordAmbitious]

@Danaroth but, that's like saying that water is liquid ice, while technically correct, it doesn't convey that it's an entirely different state of matter.

[dhruvdeviah]

i wish school had catchy songs so we would remember!

[Danaroth]

@LordAmbitious All in all, I'd say this is about semantics. While you are completely right in what you say, it's not entirely wrong to say that plasma is ionized gas.

[LordAmbitious]

@Danaroth not just ionized gas, but completely ionized. The electrons are completely stripped, and it takes on properties that gases don't have, just like gases have properties that liquids don't have.

[Danaroth]

Not gas? But plasma is ionized gas.

[vampireapple666]

Boy, Talk about a split personality......

[zemysticmuffin]

0:47 is the best sound I have ever heard. EVER.