What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 3: The Photon Traffic Jam
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What Would Happen if the Sun Stopped? Part 3: The Photon Traffic Jam
A photon born in the Sun's core takes around 100,000 years to fight its way to the surface, bouncing through a random walk so inefficient that the light on your face is older than human civilization. Why the Sun's surface is a hundred-millennia-delayed broadcast.
The journey of photons to the Sun's surface is a complex process that can take about 100,000 years. This long journey is due to the constant interactions between the photons and the solar plasma, which hinder their escape. This article explores the stages of this path, from the generation of photons in the solar core to the transition to the convective zone. The path of photons inside the Sun Photons are generated in the Sun's core, where nuclea…
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