Different views of Sun:
How do we live? Well by taking food.....From where does the food get produced ...Well, it's the Sun.
Being mythological, the sun was worshiped as a deity by ancient cultures and its power is now considered as a source of renewable energy.It was considered as a giant power and it was considered as one of the prominent and famous god after Jupiter and Mars.Astronomy is somewhere interlinked to mythology.
Looking in science point of view, all the life on Earth owes its existence to the sun. The sun emits strong rays during the daytime from where we human beings derive vitamin D and where most plants get their energy to process photosynthesis.
Astronomical terms of Sun:
The sun is also a star at the center of our solar system, as theories suggest. Its mass makes up more than 99 percent of the mass of our solar system and is 109 times the size of the only inhabitant planet(Earth).It has large number of varied gases inside it which are responsible for the heat and the mass. More than one million Earths could comfortably fit inside the sun.
With all that we now know about this bright star, there are still many areas of the sun that stand as mystery to us.
Researches have revealed that it is New Mexico's climate that is very suitable for the observations pertaining to solar and lunar radiations.The clear blue sky of New Mexico facilitate scientists around the globe to employ local researchers in finding out everything they can about the sun - from the inside out(sounds interesting....!!!)
Research on Sun:
NASA is going to launch a lengthy 15-year mission(too long) to study the sun continuously through satellites and telescopes(Thanks to Galileo).New Mexico State University abbreviated as NMSU has a role to play in understanding the images and data collected from the Telescopes.Grants and huge deal of money have been granted to the astronomers at NMSU from NASA and the National Science Foundation to help estimate weather.
A second major new solar project that New Mexico may well play a role in is called the Stellar Oscillation Network Group,led by a group of Danish institutions. It aims to build eight telescopes around the world so that stars can be viewed continuously. Well amazingly, this is going to be a very new visionary project which might aim in the discoveries of very new concepts that have been unknown so far(A great Thanks to the insight of these people).
It is not only NMSU that is taking the lead and major role in this project.NMSU is getting into collaboration with other institutions and has applied for funding from NSF's Major Research Instrumentation Program to place one of these new telescopes at the Apache Point Observatory(APO).
At NMSU, which is made up of members from the astronomy,mechanical, computer science, aerospace engineering, electrical and computer engineering and physics departments work to promote space and stellar based theories and research at the university.
We just have to watch what developments really take place and what effect these changes will have on our lifestyle.
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