WEBVTT 00:03.900 --> 00:07.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% HOWDY STAR SHINES TRACE HERE! NEXT WEEK ON JUNE 20TH IS THE 00:07.833 --> 00:12.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% SUMMER SOLSTICE. WE USE THIS LONGEST DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR CLOSEST STAR THE SUN! 00:12.333 --> 00:17.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% OUR STAR WAS BORN ABOUT 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO FROM A CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST. GRAVITY CAUSED 00:17.100 --> 00:20.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% IT TO COLLAPSE IN ON ITSELF, EVENTUALLY BECOMING DENSE ENOUGH THAT THE HYDROGEN 00:20.533 --> 00:25.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% AT THE CENTER FUSED INTO HELIUM, KICKSTARTING NUCLEAR FUSION. THIS WAS THE START OF OUR SUN. 00:25.033 --> 00:29.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TAKE A MINUTE TO APPRECIATE THE SUN. AT 5:30AM LOOK FOR MARS IN 00:29.133 --> 00:32.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% THE EAST AND SATURN IN THE SOUTHEAST. ENJOY HOW THE SUN CHANGES THE WIND, 00:32.800 --> 00:36.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THE CLOUDS, AND THE ANIMALS AS IT APPEARS OVER THE HORIZON. 00:36.500 --> 00:41.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% OUR STAR IS A FAIRLY AVERAGE MAIN SEQUENCE YELLOW DWARF STAR. IT’S TEN TIMES LARGER 00:41.233 --> 00:45.166 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% THAN SMALL STARS, AND HUNDREDS OF TIMES SMALLER THAN BIG ONES. BUT, TO US, IT IS EVERYTHING. 00:45.166 --> 00:48.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% TODAY ON THIS LONGEST OF DAYS: BREATHE. FEEL THE 00:48.100 --> 00:59.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% STARLIGHT ON YOUR SKIN. HAPPY DAY STAR DAY FRIENDS. KEEP LOOKIN’ UP.