What If episodes
What If the Sun Was a Blue Star?
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Sunlight contains all colors of the rainbow, but what if we cranked up the blue light in our Sun, making it look like a blue star to us on Earth? How hot would a blue Sun be? Could Earth life even survive? And would a blue Sun cook you instantly?
#Blue Sun, #Astronomy, #Sunlight, #Rigel, #Eta Carinae, #Radiation, #Environment
Timeline
00:00:Introduction to the concept of a Blue Sun
00:44:Exploring the composition of sunlight
03:18:Discussion about the star Rigel
04:06:Exploration of Eta Carinae
05:16:Effects of radiation from a Blue Sun
06:17:Impact on the environment