
How long until the sun cannot sustain human life on earth?
The sun will last, at its current brightness for 9 billion more years. How long until the sun gets burned down to the point where it cannot sustain life on Earth anymore? Updated: I am more …
How much lux does the Sun emit? - Physics Stack Exchange
I want to know how much lux the sun emits on a bright day - I don't mean when one stares directly at the sun, but rather when one walks casually outside when the sun is shinning brightly. Now the
astronomy - How big a coincidence is the Sun and Moon having …
May 3, 2020 · It's consensus that the very similar apparent sizes of the Moon and the Sun as seen from Earth is a coincidence (as already answered in this site). This provides us with …
Nuclear fission in the Sun - Physics Stack Exchange
The Sun's energy comes primarily from fusion of light elements in its core. It is estimated that a very small fraction of mass of the Sun (~$10^{-12}$ times the abundance of hydrogen) is …
What is actually meant by 'sun set' and 'sun rise' times, when …
Feb 15, 2017 · If this is the case, then when we read things like what time sun sets and rises on websites, books, calendars, other official times, et al… does that mean when we see for …
photons - Light formed by the sun? - Physics Stack Exchange
The photons take thousands of years to "fight" their way to the surface of the Sun, but then escape into space as visible or near visible photons at the speed of light. I am really confused …
How is distance between sun and earth calculated?
Another way of calculating the earth - sun distance is to look at the centrifugal and the gravitational force. This solution assumes that one already knows the mass of the sun, but …
What is the relationship between crescent moon and position of …
Oct 1, 2021 · The crescent of the moon is almost straight up/down because the Sun is horizontal with us, and therefore also horizontal with an imagined observer standing on top of the Moon …
sun - Why is sunlight spectrum continuous? - Physics Stack …
The sun's spectrum is very complex, and indeed there are a lot of "lines"—both light and dark (emission and absorption)—amidst a sea of what looks to be continuous frequencies.
Why does the sun make me feel warm? - Physics Stack Exchange
Aug 27, 2015 · The sun outputs about 1300 watts per square meter (W/m²) in space near the earth, which gets reduced to around 650 W/m² in the middle of the day after going through the …