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Watch Our Sun Exploding For Three Years In Just Three Minutes
Since the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been has been shooting continuous photos of the sun, once every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The results are gorgeous.
What If The Sun Just Totally Disappeared?
This is actually a pretty great thought experiment. At first it might seem kind of pointless to talk about what would happen if the sun vanished, but it doesn’t actually result in the immediate destruction of everything. Which is weird.
Why Is The Sky Any Colour?
You probably think the sky is blue because of the ocean and air and reflections or something like that. But how does it turn red sometimes? Or orange? Or, rather, why does the sky have to be any colour at all? PBS explains it so you can explain it to your future kid.
Burning Stuff With The Power Of The Sun Never Ever Gets Old
You know as a kid when you used to use a magnifying glass and the sun to burn ants? This is basically that, except it’s more awesome (and less gruesome!). Using the screen of an old big-screen TV, Grant Thompson was able to create a 1.2m magnifying lens that could melt a stack of coins, burst a glass bottle and cook food.
Never-Before-Seen Video Shows Fire Raining On The Sun
“On July 19, 2012, the sun produced a medium-size solar flare,” NASA says on this new video, “what occurred with the flare was amazing.” It’s true. It’s amazing. Fire started to fall down like rain — a hell waterfall many times the size of planet Earth. You have to watch this uncanny document for yourself.
NASA Just Saw More Of The Sun Than Ever Before
Mankind depends on the Sun. Its life-giving force radiates from the centre of our Solar System to power everything we hold dear. For something so important to us, you may be shocked to learn that we don’t actually know all there is to know about the centre of our little patch of the universe. NASA, however, has just unlocked important knowledge about the Sun by taking photos of it with the most high-resolution satellite camera ever used.
