The Sun, our local star - part 1

In this eighth episode of the Science@ESA vodcast series Rebecca Barnes will investigate our closest star, the Sun, find out why it is the central engine of the Solar System and look at Ulysses, SOHO and Cluster, the European space missions that have been key to advancing our understanding of the Sun.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• ESA
• European Space Agency
• astronomy
• space
• science
• technology
• Solar System
• planets
• exploration
• Science@ESA
• Sun
• SOHO
• Ulysses
• Cluster
• Earth-Sun Connection
• educational

[mysteakhouse]

@senakoti1 We call the star in the center of our solar system the "Sun". There are names for other stars outside the solar system, too....like Betelgeuse, Alpheratz, Polaris, etc,etc.

[senakoti1]

if the sun is a star why do we have one sun from all of the stars?

[ParonoidGamers]

Inshtine? 3:47

[xzc426]

also just what I was looking for!. Thanks for the help.

She's kind of cute too :3

[av733]

Thanks this is just what I was looking for.

[FallofDarkness55]

thanks for these intriguing videos. keep posting them. the universe is an amazing thing to learn about.

[slee43secs]

first post!