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“Suddenly somebody is there by the turnstile, the girl with kaleidoscope eyes”
I want to say how good it is to see science coming out of NASA. This sort of long term space based solar observation hasn’t been done on this scale since the Skylab days back in the 70’s.
I don’t know about you but that fuck’n thing is gonna blow.
I’m feeling warmer all ready.. Global Warmer!
The Dark Side of the Sun?
#3 Actually you are right. It’s an exploding hydrogen bomb. The explosion started over 4 billion years ago and is expected to continue for maybe that much longer. The only thing holding it together is gravity.
#6 If you think it’s exploding now, wait till that puppy runs out of fuel, collapses on it self and explodes into a supernova.
I read ” A Short History of Nearly Everything” …. about 9 times 🙂
Now THAT book is a bible kids should read !!
Bubba can tell us but I have a faint recollection that “our” sun is too small to go supernova. I also recall it probably is the third sun in our part of the universe which is why it will only make red giant status==that often happens to me when I bang too often.
#2 “This sort of long term space based solar observation hasn’t been done on this scale since the Skylab days back in the 70’s.”
Based at Goddard too. Same place as the OSO satellites in the 70’s.
It is good to see it again.
the first thing that popped into my mind was “My corona” do do dump do do dump my corona.
The sun is the most significant source of global warming in our solar system. It must be destroyed. Or taxed.
Bobbo is correct, the Sun does not have enough mass to go supernova. It will become a red giant star, a planetary nebula and finally a white dwarf. Wish I could be around to watch it from a distance.
Anyone got a clue as to why I cannot see the images either here or at the link?
[Don’t have a clue. – ed.]
Oye. There are some major egg head dweebs in here.
Thank you Zeus for my real friends.
The link to the SDO mission’s web page gallery section, something the mainstream media invariably fails to do in any of their coverage of space missions:
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/firstlight/
Ha, ha. DALLAS—FOR SHAME!! Demonstrating the very Hubris identified on another concurrent thread. confusing friend/foe with agreement/disagreement.
And that is how thinking is prevented by words.
Oh Bobbo, lighten up. You know you’re my favorite in here and you’re not an egghead dweeb, just a big head.
Little bobbo thanks you.
You two get a room!
NO! Do it here. I’d like to see. Talk about your pic of the day!
“Little bobbo. the alnighty?”
Here are some relative sizes of red giants vs. the Sun. The Sun is 1 pixel on the bottom row. When it becomes a red giant, you can kiss the Earth goodbye.
Click to embiggen.