Imagine a world that is so far from our Sun that it receives less than 1/5,000 of the heat and light that makes our life possible.
Sep 29th: Slow Movers At The Edge & The Big Ones
Tag: sun
Apr 14th: Touching The Sun & 20 Years
The story of Parker Solar Probe and near earth asteroid discoveries by Catalina Sky Survey.
Mar 7th: Tiny Explosions Pack a Mighty Punch
Listen to this story from the Sun as it tells its story in layers of light, each layer reveals what’s happening at different depths and temperatures. #spacescoop @unawe #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 23rd: Astronomy for Kids
Mars Insight is landing soon and our Sun has sibling! how cool is that? Check it out on today’s podcast with @WSHCrew & Bruce Betts discuss about Astronomy for Kids book
Nov 6th: Could We Blow Up a Star?
How much energy is needed to blow up the sun? How is this connected to the idea of binding energy? Where is all the energy in the universe?
Oct 31st: How Can We Save The Sun? Saving the Sun from Running Out of Fuel
Bad news, our Sun is living on borrowed time. It’s only got a few billion years left. How Can We Save The Sun? Saving the Sun from Running Out of Fuel.
Oct 17th: Awesome Astronomy October News Round Up
When the sun explodes into a supernovae how far will the ejected material go as a planetary nebulae?
Sep 26th: Beaming with the Light of Millions of Suns
When looked at with X-ray telescopes, they shone as bright as a million suns combined. #spacescoop @unawe at #365DaysOfAstro
Sep 22nd: How Far Away is Fusion? Unlocking the Power of the Sun
The Sun uses its enormous mass to crush hydrogen into fusion, releasing enormous energy. How long will it be until we’ve got this energy source for Earth?
Sep 7th: Parking near the Sun
NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe, a mission to explore the Sun’s corona, or atmosphere. Professor Lucie Green, from MSSL, explains how the mission will explore how the sun drives the solar wind.