Gamma Ray info...?

Question

Do gamma rays come from the sun?

Thank you all for the info! I went on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray before i asked this question, but it didnt say anything about coming from the sun! So thank you, you all have answered my question. : )

Answer 1

The sun does emit gamma along with all the other types of radiation, but all sorts of things can emit gamma rays.

WARNING! The person who says they only travel a fe centimeters is wrong, it is alpha particles that do not travel very far, gamma rays have very strong penetrating power, and it takes a few meters of concrete to stop them.

Answer 2

gamma rays come from any powerful reaction, most of the time it is a nuclear reaction (when 2 atoms are smashed together to form a new one, when a large atom is split into 2, or when matter and antimatter annihilate eachother). matter is the same as energy, energy creates matter. so when a nuclear reaction takes place some energy is released, nuclear reactions are powerful enough to create the most powerful types of photons, gamma rays. their extremely dangerous. uve heard how UV rays can give you sun burns and after a long time time u cancer? well gamma rays break apart your DNA in a very short time.

since the sun is basically one giant thermonuclear fusion reaction the energy given off could be in the form of gamma rays.

Answer 3

I don't think so .or some might . but mainly they come from a star that reaches it's life time then explodes, that is the time gamma rays are created ,,

Answer 4

Yes, but there are much stronger sources out there. We use gamma ray telescopes (on satellites) to measure these sources. See e.g. the following maps:

http://grb.sonoma.edu/

http://www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov/data/grb/skymap/

http://universe.nasa.gov/press/images/EGRET/gamma-map.html

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=36235

All of these are of cosmic origin and have nothing to do with the sun.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray