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By using a spectrograph, a device which separates light by frequency. Different elements have different spectrograph 'signatures', or frequency groupings.

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Q: How do scientists know what the sun is made of?
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How did the scientists know the parts of the sun?

just incase if it goes out


How did later scientists think the sun made energy?

scientists think that the sun makes energy by having oxygen go past it so many times.


What year was the sun made?

Scientists estimate that the sun formed around 4 billion years ago.


How do you know what the sun is made out of?

The sun is made of hot gases


How do you know what stars are made of?

they are made of helium and hydrogen scientists know this becuz of a spectrometer


How do scientists know when the next eclipse will occur?

by knowing the placement of the sun ,earth and the moon


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 you know the sun is made of fire?

No sun is not made up of fire. It is made up of different gases.


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.