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Solar Analemma 2015: A Year-Long Picture

If you took a picture of the Sun every day, always at the same hour and from the same location,…

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What Is The Heliocentric Model Of The Universe?

In 1543, Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revolutionized astronomy by proposing his heliocentric model of the Universe

9 years ago

What is the Life Cycle Of The Sun?

Like all stars, our Sun has a life-cycle that began with its birth (4.57 billion years ago) and will end…

9 years ago

How Does The Sun Produce Energy?

Have you ever wondered how the Sun produces energy to keep us warm here on Earth?

9 years ago

Why Do Red Dwarfs Live So Long?

While our Sun will only survive for about 5 billion more years, smaller, cooler red dwarfs can last for trillions…

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Why Aren’t There Eclipses Every Month?

If the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up, shouldn't we get a lunar and solar eclipse every month? Clearly,…

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Why Do Red Giants Expand?

We know that the Sun will last another 5 billion years and then expand us a red giant. What will…

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Can You Kill a Star With Iron?

Since the energy required to fuse iron is more than the energy that you get from doing it, could you…

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Is the Universe Dying?

Is our 13.8 billion year old universe actually in its death throes? Poor Universe, its demise announced right in it’s…

9 years ago

Could We Terraform the Sun?

In the list of crazy hypothetical ideas, terraforming the Sun has to be one of the top 10. So just…

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