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Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: How many planets does the Sun warm up?

Hi Jayden, the Sun provides warmth for all of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and everything else that is in our solar system. Anything that ca...

3/24/2020

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: How far away is the sun?

The Sun is about 93 million miles away. Our orbit around the Sun is not exactly circular, and throughout a year our distance varies between about 91 a...

10/24/2019

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: Unknown about the sun

There is so much we still don't know about the Sun! Our understanding of the Sun changed completely about 70 years ago with the dawn of the space era ...

10/23/2019

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: Why study the sun

Sabrina gave some excellent reasons as to why we should study this star at the center of our solar system. You can ask this question of almost any sci...

10/23/2019

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: Size of sun

Our Sun is about average-sized. The smallest stars are neutron-stars, left over after a star goes nova, they are only about the size of New York City!...

10/21/2019

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: 2 scientist marriage

Dear Marie, This happens quite regularly, it is so common that we refer to it as the "two-body problem". Many people meet their life partners at work...

10/21/2019

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: Solar Spacecraft

Usually someone in the Solar Physics community is working on the next big satellite. Sometimes there are 2 or 3 in the works at a time. Each of these ...

3/30/2017

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: atmosphere

I always find heights a little difficult to put into context. There are 5 layers in the atmosphere. The lowest layer, the Troposphere, is where all of...

3/30/2017

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: sunspot

Spots on other stars are called starspots! They can be much larger than the ones on our sun. Some have been observed that cover more than a quarter of...

3/30/2017

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: Eclipse

A little of both actually. There is a big meeting of Solar Researchers in Portland that week, and many of us will travel together to a University in t...

3/30/2017

Laurel Rachmelerreplied to: RE: career

Hi Lena! There are many many schools in the US that are great for people who want to be a scientist. One useful piece of information is knowing what p...

3/30/2017