Interesting Engineering on MSN18h
20 million years to become a star: Cosmic clock unlocks mystery of sun’s birth time
The sun is believed to be 4.6 billion years old, but how long this glorious plasma ball exactly took to form is still unknown ...
Nature28d
The Temperature of the Sun
HAVING been absent from home I have but just seen Mr. Ericsson's article on the “Temperature of the Sun” in NATURE, (NO. 1O1, p. 449. All who feel an interest in the subject must be indebted ...
Space.com on MSN9d
New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
"CODEX's observations will contribute to our understanding of the region that space weather travels through, helping improve ...
Solar wind power likely governs Uranus' thermosphere temperature
Uranus's upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades—and now scientists have shown why. Observations from Earth have shown ...
Space on MSN7d
3D map reveals our solar system's local bubble has an 'escape tunnel'
Hot spots and tunnels to neighboring "superbubbles" seem to have been created by supernovas and infant star outbursts.
Long-sought measurement of exotic beta decay in thallium helps extract the timescale of the sun's birth
Have you ever wondered how long it took our sun to form in its stellar nursery? An international collaboration of scientists ...