15 Million Degrees (e-bog) af Green, Lucie
Green, Lucie (forfatter)

15 Million Degrees e-bog

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110 times wider than Earth; 15 million degrees at its core; an atmosphere so huge that Earth is actually within it: come and meet the star of our solar systemLight takes eight minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years. What is going on in there? What are light and heat? How does the Sun produce them and how on earth d...
E-bog 99,54 DKK
Forfattere Green, Lucie (forfatter)
Forlag Penguin
Udgivet 31 marts 2016
Længde 312 sider
Genrer Popular science
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780241963562
110 times wider than Earth; 15 million degrees at its core; an atmosphere so huge that Earth is actually within it: come and meet the star of our solar systemLight takes eight minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But its journey within the Sun takes hundreds of thousands of years. What is going on in there? What are light and heat? How does the Sun produce them and how on earth did scientists discover this? In this astonishing and enlightening adventure, you'll travel millions of miles from inside the Sun to its surface and to Earth, where the light at the end of its journey is allowing you to read right now. You'll discover how the Sun works (including what it sounds like), the latest research in solar physics and how a solar storm could threaten everything we know. And you'll meet the groundbreaking scientists who pieced this extraordinary story together.