VIDEO: The Sun: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Hot

We’re still learning a lot about the sun, including what cool sounds it makes.

By Anna Funk
Mar 26, 2020 3:55 PMMar 26, 2020 3:54 PM
Sun Solar Flares - NASA
Eventually, the aging Sun's emissions will be so intense that it wipes out the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. (Credit: NASA/SDO)

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You know, for how often we see the sun, there’s an awful lot we don’t know about it.

I mean, we know it’s powered by nuclear fusion, that it’s 92.96 million miles away, and that it’s about a million times bigger than the Earth by volume. But there’s more to it than that. Like, why is its corona so hot? How does the sun make solar wind? How does it give Superman his powers?

Luckily, NASA is hard at work answering some of these questions.

Watch it here:

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