2006-07-05 07:52:38 · 10 answers · asked by Shawkat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The sun itself is a star and so producing light while in the sun,s atmosphere the hydrogen atoms joining together to form molecules of Helium thus releasing tremendous amount of energy, which come to earth as light and heat.
2006-07-05 08:00:42 · answer #1 · answered by QISHC 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm going to go ahead and say no. Perhaps it reflects a miniscule amount of light... on the order of .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 of its total luminescence.
I mean, I can't "prove" that the photon coming from the direction of the sun wasn't reflected, and didn't originally come from some other star...
Otherwise, light emitted by the sun comes from fusion at the sun's core.
2006-07-05 07:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the sun itself produces the light (and heat), caused by the burning of gas (helium i think) It is a finite source of energy and will one day burn out. For our solar system, it is by far the greatest source of light, the sun is a star like all the others, it's just a lot closer
2006-07-05 07:58:27 · answer #3 · answered by mrmoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The sun is the source of its own light.
2006-07-05 08:00:39 · answer #4 · answered by loggrad98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope this is a joke question. I'll answer it on the premise that you are genuinely asking this somehow. No, the sun generates all light we see on earth, except for starlight from other stars. The sun generates light from massive nuclear hypothermal activity occurring within and on it.
2006-07-05 07:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars are the greatest source of energy production in the universe.
2006-07-05 07:57:28 · answer #6 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That very idea was proposed by the Greek mathematician and philosopher Philolaus (circa 480 BC – circa 405 BC), but we know better today.
2006-07-05 08:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the sun creates it's own light. in fact, when you calculate in distance from us, the sun is the brightest object within our solar system. so bright, in fact, that it would dim out any other light hitting it. this term is called "magnitude". our sun isn't the brightest, but many other factors can affect magnitude, like distance from us as i mentioned.
2006-07-05 08:04:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, It's not a cosmic magnifing lens trying to burn up us little ants!
2006-07-05 08:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by Gordon K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gosh!! no wonder your avatar looks so dumb
2006-07-05 08:20:03 · answer #10 · answered by raj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋