6 results for “Sun”
Space & the Universe
The Life of a Star
Sun, a middling star, will manage about ten billion. A red dwarf one tenth the Sun
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Space & the Universe
Black Holes
Sun's mass. Ours is called Sagittarius A , and it weighs about four million Suns. Astronomers
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Space & the Universe
Galaxies and the Milky Way
Sun is one of several hundred billion stars in a spiral galaxy, which is itself one of trillions
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Space & the Universe
Exoplanets: Worlds Around Other Stars
Sun, completing a year in a few days, with daysides hot enough to vaporise iron. Nobody
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Space & the Universe
Nebulae
Sun and its planets were born in a cloud like this 4.6 billion years ago. The brightest
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Space & the Universe
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Sun move more slowly, because the Sun's pull weakens with distance. Galaxies should behave the same
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