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Through spectrography. Scientists can burn elements, including gases, in a laboratory and look at the light after it passes through a prism. Each element has a specific pattern of light lines and dark lines. By comparing the light from the Sun, or other stars, scientists can determine what elements are present and even in what ratio. You probably won't be able to do this at home with a simple prism but spectographers have access to highly sophisticated equipment. Something you can try at home using a spectroscope it, look at natural light vs. an incandescent light, and a flourescent light. You will see a difference. Some links are provided, and their use is encouraged.
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∙ 15y agoThe Sun's current main sequence age, determined using computer models of stellar evolution and nucleocosmochronology, is thought to be about 4.57 billion years. ---- See: Bonanno, A.; Schlattl, H.; Patern, L. (2008). "The age of the Sun and the relativistic corrections in the EOS ---- Personal Disclaimer: Myself (Being a creationist) dont believe this at all, I only believe the world was created approx 6000 years ago. Ussher's chronology provides the following dates for key events in the Biblical history of the world: * 4004 BC - Creation (Sun was created on 4th day of creation) * 2348 BC - Noah's Flood * 1921 BC - God's call to Abraham * 1491 BC - The Exodus from Egypt * 1012 BC - The founding of the Temple in Jerusalem * 586 BC - The destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon and the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity * 4 BC - The birth of Jesus Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology ----
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How do scientists know when the next eclipse will occur?
by knowing the placement of the sun ,earth and the moon
How do scientists know how old the moon is?
The nMoon was once a part of the Earth, so it is the same age as the earth.
How scientist gather information in sun?
Scientists can not gather information IN the Sun.
How do scientists know how hot the sun is?
they use a special thermometer to help them test and evaluate how hot the temperature of the sun is and came up with 27 million degrees (F) atthe core.
How do scientists know how the sun looks like from the inside like the core?
Theoretically, scientist do not know what the sun looks like through this perspective. The only way to know is to actually be there. However, research using inductive and deductive empirical reasoning to make accurate assumptions.
How do scientists know that the sun is a million years old?
A million? The age is over 4 billion years.
How old do scientists believe the sun is?
Scientists believe that the sun is around 4.6 billion years old. This age is determined through the study of the formation of the solar system, the analysis of age-dating techniques for rocks and meteorites, and the use of computer models.
How did the scientists know the parts of the sun?
just incase if it goes out
What does radioactive dating allow scientists to determine?
To know about the age of relics.
How do scientists know when the next eclipse will occur?
by knowing the placement of the sun ,earth and the moon
List the three most famous scientists of the Hellenistic Age?
Aristarchus found out the planets revolved around the sun, not he sun revolved around Earth.
How do astronomers know what condition exist inside the sun?
While it is difficult to know exactly what is going on inside the sun, scientists make educated guesses. They have radio and optical telescopes and other instruments monitoring the sun all the time.
How do scientists know things about the sun if they can't get close to the sun?
they can use infra red glasses to look at the sun directly Question: but how do they know that there is a core in the sun. the infra red glasses cant just look straight through the sun??!
How do scientists know that intense storms move across the surface of Neptune?
The scientists have not been able to detect the force that emerges of the sun, of the planets and of the moons
What scientists found the sun?
Scientists did not find the sun. The sun has been visible to mankind since the dawn of time.
What do scientists think the sun will explode?
I have never heard that scientists think the sun will explode. I do know they predict that our sun will eventually burn out. But its so far away, it takes billions of years for the dark to reach Earth. So I'm not too worried about the sun blowing up or burning out.
How do scientists know the age of the california redwood?
Two methods: - radiocarbon dating - dendrochronology
