This presentation was recorded on April 7th, 2024 at the first DemystifySci conference in Austin TX. Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille presents an overview of his multi-decadal quest to understand the material basis of the stars. He also reveals a new theory to explain Mercury's anomalous precession - one that doesn't revert to warped spacetime or mathematical acrobatics. In the process, a clever solution to the mysterious solar cycles of magnetism is revealed, along with a possible mechanism for planetary formation, and sun spot production. Dr. Robitaille has faced an onslaught of attacks from the astrophysical community since he first turned his attention to the sun, perhaps because the material basis of the sun underpins all astrophysical revelations of modern times from black holes to the big bang. Like it or not, the material understanding of the sun appears to be in dire need of revision, and Dr. Robitaille has some unimpeachable concerns about the status quo.

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00:00 Go!
00:03:28 The secret to Pierre's Success
00:06:32 The Solar Photosphere
00:08:51 What the continuous solar spectrum tells us about the structure of the sun
00:11:56 Studying the Corona
00:14:39 William Harkeness at the Naval Observatory
00:19:33 Is the corona really at millions of degrees?
00:21:23 Does the sun have a surface?
00:24:28 The standard solar model and the gaseous sun
00:31:31 Does the sun have a surface?
00:37:32 Evolution of liquid sun theories
00:41:49 Liquid metallic hydrogen solar model
00:47:13 The little cousin of carbon
00:55:44 Liquid Metallic Hydrogen Solar Model
01:02:11 Limb darkening and the liquid sun
01:05:00 Sunspots as evidence of lattice structure
01:06:17 Chemistry in the Chromosphere
01:12:53 An Encounter with the Sun
01:14:12 Celestial Geometry of a Total Eclipse
01:16:24 Eclipses through history
01:20:16 Eclipses and Ancient Civilizations
01:24:36 Lockyer's & Janssen's Eclipse Studies
01:25:54 The Transit of Venus
01:30:01 Le Verrier and The New Planets
01:31:34 The Problem of Mercury's Perihelion
01:33:43 Searching for Vulcan
01:40:19 Two Vulcans?
01:42:49 The Dzhanibekov Effect and Mercury

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