If you missed the programme last night, you must see Prof Brian Cox on the wonders of the solar system:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rf172/Wonders_of_the_Solar_System_Empire_of_the_Sun/
He covers a lot of stuff about the Sun and the Solar System. I love his enthusiasm. I am going to re-create Herschel's tin can experiment in the summer and I particularly admired the "That's why I love physics" aside at the end of that sequence in the programme.
If it doesn't make you want to become an astronomer, nothing will.
