The sun will never run out of oxygen because it does not use oxygen in its process in the first place.What does the sun burn then?The sun does not burn thanks to a chemical combustion such as the flame fed by oxygen. The sun carries out nuclear fusion instead of using oxygen. The sun is … Read more Why does the sun not run out of oxygen as it burns?
To start with: the sun is not the center point of solar system. But the answer is more complicated than that. First, we have to define the center of our solar system, then we need to investigate why people believed the earth was the center instead of the ‘obvious’ answer of the sun, which is … Read more Why did people believe earth is the center of the solar system when it’s obvious the sun is?
The quickest way to answer this question is to say that the stars are not actually fixed in space, they are in fact always moving. But we are also going to explain how astronomers know this and how stars are actually always moving. Since, you came here for an answer.But they always look so still!Yes, … Read more Why are all the stars fixed in space?
Although it is true that the universe is expanding at a rapid rate, this expansion of the universe does not affect our galaxy in the ways you might think.How galaxies are affected by universe expansionOur galaxy is made up of astronomical bodies, all of which orbit other objects and have a set path that has … Read more How long before the expansion of the universe causes our earth to drift away from the sun?
To begin with, there is no amount of water that you can throw at the sun to ‘put it out’. Throwing water on the sun would actually make the sun burn even more.Isn’t the sun like a giant fire?The sun’s process is nuclear fusion, not chemical combustion which means that it is not a regular … Read more How large would a bucket have to be to put out the sun?
The sun never changes its temperature in relation to Earth’s seasons. Since it is literally a ball of fire facilitated by nuclear reactions, its surface stays hot all year round. The extremely high heat of the sun causes it to emit copious amounts of radiation in all directs from its spherical shape. Since the sun … Read more Why is the sun cold in Winter?
To begin with, being ‘stuck’ in the night sky is not exclusive to the North star: none of the stars in the night sky actually move enough for our time measurements to comprehend. They will move over the course of millions of years, meaning we won’t see them move across the sky in our lifetimes. The … Read more What keeps the North star stuck at exactly North?
In a short and direct answer: the sun’s light and color is white. You may have heard about the light spectrum that we can see with the human eye being white light. This is because they all come together to form white light. Since we can see the range of seven colors of light in the outside … Read more What is the color of the sun?
Although it is true that light has no mass, it does in fact carry energy. This answer is a little more complex than that simple statement though and may require you to have a little basic knowledge on Einstein’s theory of special relativity: the theory that can explain how space and time are linked. E … Read more Light has no mass so it also has no energy according to Einstein, but how can sunlight warm the Earth without energy?
I’ve heard multiple sources say the sun is white, that it just looks yellow because the Earth’s atmosphere is scattering the blue light. I’ve heard in other places that the sun is yellow because of its position in the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) Diagram. Which is it? It can’t be both yellow and white at the same … Read more Is the Sun yellow or white?
