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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. 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 …

  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. Is the Sun considered to be a black body as a whole or it is only …

    Jan 7, 2023 · Is the Sun considered to be a blackbody as a whole or it is only the photosphere that is a blackbody? To sum everything up, what happens inside the Sun from the standpoint …

  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. How fast will the sun become a red giant? - Physics Stack Exchange

    The sun is currently brightening at about one percent per hundred million years, and that rate is gradually increasing. At some point within roughly a billion years, the planet will cross the …

  9. 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. …

  10. astrophysics - Why wouldn't the part of the Earth facing the Sun a …

    Dec 22, 2016 · Over half a year, this nearly 4 minute difference every day adds up to about 12 hours, the time it takes to rotate half way around and face the sun again. 24 hours is the length …