northwest of the airport at 8:15 this morning. four people were inside the plane. we just received word one of them died, three seriously injured. jamie: nasa's new mission, unlocking the sun's biggest mystery, scientists are going to bring a car-sized spacecraft close to the sun and then right into it. closer than ever before. the new project expected to begin no later than 2018. it's pretty fascinating stuff. here to tell us about the it, michio kakua. theoretical physics professor, host of the series "sci-fi science", physics of the impossible, every wednesday night on the science channel, you can't miss it, but wait until you hear about this, the sun. i was asking you how many mysteries there are regarding the sun. is it time to take a closer look? >> it sure is. every 11 years, the sun has a temper tantrum. but once in 100 years, we have a solar tsunami from outer space that could wipe