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Intensive reflection of sunlight at sunrise/sunset
The reason for the red glowing of the trees and the snow is the same as for why the sky appears red during sunset/sunrise and blue during the day: It's Rayleigh scattering. (You'll find plenty of ...
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How is volume defined and measured in nuclear physics, in particular regarding the Sun’s core?
How is volume defined and measured in nuclear physics, in particular regarding the Sun’s core ?
Since we don't attempt to define the size of things like the Sun's core or the Earth's core down to the ...
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Nuclear fission in the Sun
There must be spontaneous fission of uranium taking place in the Sun. But the long half-life of this process, combined with the very low abundance of uranium means that fission is a totally negligible ...
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