Stop the Presses: The Sun May Be Solid and Metallic, Not Gas

This website by an amateur astronomer, thesurfaceofthesun.com, makes the case that the sun is composed of heavy metals, not burning hydrogen, and has a solid metal surface beneath a plasma (granular, 'gooey,' liquidy) atmosphere. This guy has assembled movies from satellite images of the sun and identifies relatively stable surface features, although erosion is apparently fierce ... amazing if true. It's certainly got that gonzo science feel of things the establishment will eventually admit... the link in the title of this post is to a page that gives some particularly vivid explanation of this complex and technical theory.