the.com/the sun
a controlled nuclear explosion 93 million miles away, and somehow that's the safe distance.
means a massive ball of hydrogen and helium plasma whose gravity holds the solar system together and whose fusion reactions power nearly all life on earth.
from from old english sunne, rooted in proto-germanic sunnon, ultimately from a proto-indo-european word for that thing you should not stare at.
core temperatureabout 15 million degrees celsius, casually
light delaytakes 8 minutes to reach earth
mass share99.8 percent of the solar system's mass
lifespan leftroughly 5 billion years before it swells up
for instance
solar eclipse 2017 — moon blocked it across the entire continental us
parker solar probe — flew closer to it than any spacecraft, 2021
carrington event 1859 — a solar storm fried telegraph wires worldwide
stonehenge — built around 2500 bc to track its solstices