Inside the Sun

Sun Our Ordinary, Extraordinary Star

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The Sun isn't actually the bright yellow object that children's drawings make it seem.From space, the Sun appears essentially white.Its light contains many different wavelengths across the visible spectrum.From Earth, our atmosphere can scatter some wavelengths of light more strongly than others, especially when the Sun is lower in the sky.That can make it appear yellow, orange, or red.That's…