The sun is important for our planet and humanity, and for this reason, scientists are closely watching everything that happens to our star. There is a version that when the Sun goes out, then our entire galaxy will be destroyed, but we have several billion years ahead of us. At least that's what scientists say. But if they are wrong and our important star is already on its last legs?
The latest data from scientists about the sun is very frightening. According to the data obtained, our star loses millions of tons of its weight every second, just imagine how much its mass decreases over months and years? There can be several reasons for the loss of mass of a star, as scientists suggest.
The first reason may be the evaporation of solar particles from the surface of the Sun. The speed of these particles can reach 1200 km / s and about 1.5 tons can evaporate every second. The scale is amazing, but thanks to evaporation, we can observe the northern lights on our planet.
Another reason may lie in the very core of the star, or rather in the synthesis of helium and hydrogen. Thanks to this reaction, the Sun emits light, and hydrogen can turn into energy and subsequently leave the star in the form of neutrinos, going into outer space.
According to the calculations of scientists, if we take into account all the indicators, then the Sun can lose more than 170 trillion tons of its mass every year. But these are very small numbers on the scale of a star, and even in 5 billion years the weight of a star can decrease by only 0.034% of the total mass.
However, the gravity of the Sun will gradually decrease and the Earth will move away from the star by 1.6 centimeters annually, and it is still difficult to predict the consequences for our planet from these processes.