Solar PhysicsSolar physics is the branch of astrophysics that specialises in the study of the Sun and stars. These articles cover types of stars, the life cycle of stars, spectroscopy and observations of our Sun.
What are the Northern Lights? When and where can you see the Northern Lights? How often do you see the Northern Lights?
- 27th Nov, 2019
Guide to the structure of the Sun, its different layers, regions and features and their composition and importance to space weather.
- 30th Oct, 2019
Find out about the different elements of space weather and how environmental conditions in space affects the Earth.
- 8th Sep, 2019
Hypergiant stars are the live-fast, die-young rock stars of the universe, burning millions times brighter than the Sun and burn out quickly.
- 20th Apr, 2019
The death of a star in a supernova is a catastrophic event. It leaves behind an unimaginably dense object called a neutron star.
- 3rd Nov, 2014
The Chandrasekhar limit is an upper limit on the mass of stars where the electron degeneracy pressure and gravity balance out.
- 5th Oct, 2010
Electron degeneracy pressure is a result of Pauli exclusion principle where 2 fermions can't occupy the same quantum state at the same time.
- 5th Oct, 2010
The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows the relationship between different properties of stars and illustrates trends among stars.
- 16th Nov, 2008
We are all pretty familiar with stars. We see them on clear nights as tiny, twinkling pinpricks of light in the sky. But what are stars?
- 13th Nov, 2008
Spectral classification of stars is a grouping based on photospheric temperature and its associated spectral characteristics.
- 13th Nov, 2008
