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Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 5^th Dec 2018, 03:32 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Sun 6^th Sep 2020, 11:32 on BBC World Service East Asia

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The Sun is the source and sustainer of all life on Earth, but what do we really know about it? Show more

The Compass

The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Energy

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 12^th Dec 2018, 03:32 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Sun 13^th Sep 2020, 11:32 on BBC World Service East Asia

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Dava Sobel explores the progress being made in tapping the Sun for its inexhaustible supply of free, clean energy Show more

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The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Ancient sun

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 19^th Dec 2018, 03:32 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Sun 20^th Sep 2020, 11:32 on BBC World Service East Asia

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Dava Sobel explores how the Sun’s life-giving light and heat inspired rituals and relics dating back to the earliest humans. Show more

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The Compass

The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Space weather

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 26^th Dec 2018, 03:32 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Sun 27^th Sep 2020, 11:32 on BBC World Service East Asia

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What effect could solar winds have on life on Earth? Show more

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The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Health and beauty

Duration: 27 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 2^nd Jan 2019, 03:32 on BBC World Service OnlineLatest broadcast: Sun 4^th Oct 2020, 11:32 on BBC World Service East Asia

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What does being deprived of sunlight do to you? Show more

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