As a video editor Bill's videos make me seasick... So I will just listen and hopefully there are no graphics... Listened and watched a little.


"Based upon parallax measurements, Antares is approximately 550 light-years (170 parsecs) from the Earth.^{[1]" Hipparcos catalog...}

Hipparcos measurements are about 10% closer than interferometer measurements but I believe that both are relatively accurate, its not based on redshift. At worst its 50 Ly closer.
Its a massive star. I believe that this represents a star trillions of years old from growth.

So the layer of gas(plasma) around the earth is probably created electrically.

The planets are paired up... Why? I.e. Jupiter and Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. You could also say Mercury and Venus and Earth and Mars.. That seems to be some sort of resonance phenomena. 
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Planets2008.jpg

Here is a gallery of a number of the objects in the solar system... Which ones are dead stars?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System#Visual_summary

Here is a picture I found to be very fascinating. Why the odd heat signature?