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A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin, not on the Earth, but in the Sun in fact, at the Sun' s very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the |
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energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is librated at the center of the Sun as billions upon billions of nuclei of hydrogen atoms collide with each other and fuse together to form nuclei of helium, and in doing so, release some of the energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the Sun requires that some 600 million tons of hydrogen be converted into helium in the Sun every second. This the Sun has been doing for several thousands of millions of year. The nuclear energy is released at the Sun' s center as highenergy gamma radiation, a form of electromagnetic radiation like light and radio waves, only of very much shorter wavelength. This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms inside the Sun to be reemitted at slightly longer wavelengths. This radiation , in its turn is absorbed and reemitted. As the energy filters through the layers of the solar interior, it passes through the Xray part of the spectrum eventually becoming light. At this stage, it has reached what we call the solar surface, and can escape into space without being absorbed further by solar atoms. A very small fraction of the Sun' s light and heat is emitted in such directions that after passing unhindered through interplanetary space, it hits the Earth. |
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shuō shēng mìng de wù lǐ hé huà xué tè xìng bì xū shǐ yú tài yáng què qiè dì shuō, shì tài yáng de hé xīn, ér fēi dì qiú. néng liàng lái zì tài yáng de hé xīn. zài zhè lǐ, tài yáng bù tíng dì yǐ guāng hé rè de xíng shì xiàng kōng jiān qīng xiè chū néng liàng. shù shí yì jì de qīng yuán zǐ hé zài tài yáng de hé xīn pèng zhuàng bìng qiě jù biàn shēng chéng hài. zài cǐ guò chéng zhōng yī bù fen yuán běn chǔ cún yú yuán zǐ hé zhōng de néng liàng bèi shì fàng chū lái. tài yáng suǒ chǎn shēng de guāng hé rè xū yào měi miǎo jiāng liù yì dūn qīng zhuǎn huà wéi hài. zhè yàng de zhuǎn huà zài tài yáng zhōng yǐ jīng chí xù jǐ shí yì nián le. hé néng zài tài yáng de hé xīn bèi shì fàng wèi gāo néng de gā mǎ shè xiàn. zhè shì yī zhǒng diàn cí shè xiàn, jiù xiàng guāng bō hé wú xiàn diàn bō yí yàng, zhǐ shì bō cháng yào duǎn dé duō. zhè zhǒng jiā mǎ shè xiàn bèi tài yáng nèi de yuán zǐ suǒ xī shōu, rán hòu chóng xīn shì fàng wèi bō cháng shāo zhǎng yī xiē de guāng bō. zhè xīn de shè xiàn zài cì bèi xī shōu, ér hòu shì fàng. zài néng liàng yóu tài yáng nèi bù yī céng céng shèn tòu chū lái de guò chéng zhōng, tā jīng guò le guāng pǔ zhōng X shè xiàn bù fèn, zuì hòu biàn chéng le guāng. zài cǐ jiē duàn, néng liàng dào dá wǒ men suǒ chēng de tài yáng biǎo céng, bìng qiě lí sàn dào kōng jiān ér bù zài bèi tài yáng yuán zǐ suǒ xī shōu. zhǐ yǒu hěn xiǎo yī bù fen tài yáng de guāng hé rè yóu cǐ fāng xiàng shì fàng chū lái, bìng qiě wèi bèi zǔ dǎng, chuān yuè xīng kōng, lái dào dì qiú. |