March 11, 2012
From here on Earth, the Sun like a smooth ball of fire, and before the discovery of sunspots by Galileo, astronomers even thought it was a perfect orb with no imperfections. However, we now know that the Sun, like Earth, is actually made up of several layers, each of which serves its own purpose. It’s [...]
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December 14, 2009
The region of the Sun that we can actually see, where all the light comes from, is known as the photosphere. This is the point where photons generated inside the Sun finally reach the vacuum of space, released from the inside of the Sun. As we look down into the Sun, it becomes less and [...]
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