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  1. 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 …

  2. 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

  3. 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 …

  4. 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 …

  5. 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 …

  6. How is distance between sun and earth calculated?

    Feb 15, 2011 · How has the distance between sun and earth been calculated? Also what is the size of the sun?

  7. What is the simplest way to prove that Earth orbits the Sun?

    Apr 17, 2015 · Assume you're talking to someone ignorant of the basic facts of astronomy. How would you prove to them that Earth orbits the Sun? Similarly, how would you prove to them …

  8. Why does sunlight have low entropy? - Physics Stack Exchange

    Jan 8, 2024 · 6 At the sun's surface, sunlight is similar to black body radiation at the sun's surface temperature. Thus, if you brought a surface next to the sun's surface, it would be able to heat …

  9. Why do we say that the Earth moves around the Sun?

    3 The sun, moon, earth (and so on) all move around each other. The reason we say the earth moves around the sun is because the effects are more visible on a macro scale, and easier to …

  10. Is the distance between the Sun and the Earth increasing?

    Besides the moon, the sun has a tidal component for the earths oceans, and when that crashes into continents the energy absorbed comes from the potential energy of the sun-earth system. …