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spaceandtechnology.com — Its heat powers the solar system. Its light makes life on Earth possible. Its gravitational pull keeps planets in orbit around it. The sun is, in every sense of the word, a superstar. But despite its familiarity, there is a lot we don't know about it.
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- marabout40, on 05/20/2008, -11/+1Dugg!
- matthewkg, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7Buried!
- DiggLive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+4Dugg!
- AshamedAmerican, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d_sediF_BA&feature ...
- matthewkg, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Dugg for Doug.
- DeskFlyer, on 05/20/2008, -2/+1Doug?
- DeskFlyer, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Oops, looks like someone already beat me to it (always late to the party, me). Please bury my comment.
- matthewkg, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7Buried!
- castevens, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7Well... The sun may be a "super star" because it provides us with heat and energy, but the following picture shows why it's not a "superstar"
http://www.brevardastro.org/albums/UniverseScale/p ...- geraldwhite, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5Also see here for the biggest known star, crazy...
"if a human could walk on the surface of Canis Majoris – assuming a speed of 5 km/h (3 mph) for 8 hours a day – the person would have to walk for 650,000 years to circle the star."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris
- geraldwhite, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5Also see here for the biggest known star, crazy...
- korupture, on 05/20/2008, -6/+1lolocaust
- DeviantDragon, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Anybody besides me finish Prey and are reminded of the game by this article?
- navster15, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2Not really. Then again, that game was so mediocre I barely remember playing at all.
- kelleydfp, on 05/20/2008, -6/+1Dugg~!
- DiggLive, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7I already know everything about the Sun. Ms. Frizzle taught us on our field trip.
- SEANWOOKIE, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Carlos!
- DeskFlyer, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4When is Digg going to fix the 'comment shows +1 -0 diggs until a thumb button is pressed to reveal the actual digg count' problem?
- ObamaWins08, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5Better bring the SPF 4,000,000,000,000,000,000...
- BigManOnCampus, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2George Lucas should fund this. He should then piggyback his own suicide probe to burn every last copy of Episode 1 that has dialogue for Jar Jar.
- Vincent21212, on 05/20/2008, -1/+12015??? Isn't that date past 2012?
- jiqiren, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2Buried for this being stolen/blog spam. This is a cut/paste article from CNN...
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/05/18/solar.probe ... - scot333, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Lets put rockets on the Burj building and launch it into the sun. That would be cool.
- Pogojoe, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1The Sun. A planet on fire.
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