Week 6 Reflection

Getting ready for the exam this week… not my strong suite. The chapter on the sun is fascinating. The point that was made over and over again, the sun is just average, not too hot, not too cold, not too big, not too small. The sun is so very average, but to us, the sun is anything but average. Without our average sun we would not have any life here on earth.

Solar winds, sun spot, solar flares it is scary how big of an influence those solar activity have on our way of life. Imagine if a sudden solar storm would wipe out our electric/electronic infrastructure. No communication, no satellites, black outs, not a pretty picture. I understand now why studying the sun, more importantly studying of the space weather driven by the sun is so important. The ability to predict solar activity is now just as important as predicting local weather system on earth.

Next week we are moving on to the stars. That will be interesting!

Talking about moving to the stars, this is an interesting bit of news. Follow this link to read more:

Hole in Space found by Orbiting Telescope

I love that title, Hole in Space... That must be a portal to the next dimension right?