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Why does the sun shine?

edited November -1 in OK Go
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives

We need its light
We need its heat
We need its energy
Without the sun, without a doubt
There'd be no you and me

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

The sun is hot

It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.

The sun is large

If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.

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  • scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom smashing machine. the heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reactions between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium.
  • Yay for They Might Be Giants!! They have taught us so much.
  • QUOTE (Leikela4 @ Dec 3 2004, 09:54 PM)
    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where hydrogen is built into helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not
    A place where we could live
    But here on Earth there'd be no life
    Without the light it gives

    We need its light
    We need its heat
    We need its energy
    Without the sun, without a doubt
    There'd be no you and me

    The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
    A gigantic nuclear furnace
    Where hydrogen is built into helium
    At a temperature of millions of degrees

    The sun is hot

    It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.

    The sun is large

    If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.


    Haha, in 7th grade science i performed that song in class as part of a project. Badass.
  • Is that by They Might Be Giants?
  • QUOTE (giggleguy @ Jul 10 2005, 07:04 AM)
    Is that by They Might Be Giants?


    woah i need to learn that LOL
    I think we need a dance - hmmmm
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