How hot is the sun and why does it feel like a lie?
The sun’s surface is 5,500°C and its core is 15 million°C. Like, what? That’s hotter than anything we’ve ever made on Earth. How is that even possible?
I remember learning this in school and just staring at the textbook like, “nope, that’s not real.” Like, how does something that hot even *exist* without burning everything to a crisp? And don’t even get me started on solar flares—giant explosions bigger than Earth.… Read more
