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How Do You Jumpstart A Dead Star?
It's a staple of science fiction, restarting our dying star with some kind of atomic superbomb. Why is our Sun…
11 years ago
Astronomy Cast Ep. 325: Cold Fusion
The Universe is filled with hot fusion, in the cores of stars. And scientists have even been able to replicate…
11 years ago
How Does a Star Form?
We owe our entire existence to the Sun. Well, it and the other stars that came before. As they died,…
11 years ago
New “Flying Tea Kettle” Could Get Us To Mars in Weeks, Not Months
At 54.6 million km away at its closest, the fastest travel to Mars from Earth using current technology (and no…
12 years ago
Darwin vs. the Sun
[/caption]Today, we take it for granted that the Sun produces energy via nuclear fusion. However, this realization only came about…
14 years ago
Why is the Sun Hot?
[/caption] The Sun is the hottest place in the Solar System. The surface of the Sun is a mere 5,800…
15 years ago