Thursday, August 18, 2005
Hot stuff
The latest research sheds new light on old Sol.
The outer two-thirds of the sun generates zero energy. "The light you see coming from the sun today was originally generated in the core, in the inner one third of the sun, through nuclear fusion a few hundred thousand years ago," said Bruce Twarog, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas.
posted by Prof. Hex at 4:53 AM
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