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Why can you feel the heat of the sun even though it is so far away?
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Because of radiation. Radiation is a form of heat travelling, and this type of heat would travel in radiation waves through space.
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Why do we not feel the heat of the stars?
Because they are billions and billions and billions of miles away from us.
Why does the sun seem so close?
because it is so incredibly hot we think that it is nearer as we don't always realise that we can feel such a lot of heat (or brightness) from something that is so far away - for example at home we need to be in the same room as a radiator to feel the heat from it
Why are space shuttles white and not black?
It's hard to get rid of heat in space, usually. There's no air for convection or conduction. All that is left is radiating the heat away. So it is best to be able to avoid picking up even more heat. The black tiles are highly heat resistant and insulative. The white tiles reflect most sunlight away. This prevents overheating and makes it easier to control the temperature. The cargo bay doors have radiators built into them to make radiating heat away even easier. A side effect of this is that it is more noticable with telescopes.
Why don't we get heat and light from the other stars than the sun?
We do get light from the other stars; that is why we can see them. We do not feel their heat or see very much light from them because they are millions of times farther away from us than the sun is.
Why don't the stars shine as bright as the sun?
The underlying point is actually incorrect, we feel (quite potently) the heat of the Sun and the Sun is a star like any other. However, as the question is likely talking about stars other than the sun, the heat actually does reach Earth, but because of the distance traveled, is a very minute amount of heat (only a few degrees above absolute freezing). This small amount of heat is eclipsed by the immense amount of heat that the Earth receives from the Sun and from internal radioactive heat generation in the Earth's core. As a result, humans cannot feel it.
Why cant you feel heat from the stars?
Simply put, they are much to far away for us to feel their heat.
Why a metal handrail feels colder than a wooden handrail even though they are at the same temperature.?
The metal has higher thermal conductivity than wood so it takes heat away faster from your warm hand, causing it to feel cold
Why a metal handrail feels colder than a wooden handrail even though they are at the same temperature?
The metal has higher thermal conductivity than wood so it takes heat away faster from your warm hand, causing it to feel cold
Why does when you first step out of the shower you feel cold but as you are dry you feel warmer even though the room temperature does not change?
Evaporative cooling. As the water evaporates from your body it takes with it a good deal of energy (heat) as the latent heat of vaporisation
You can feel the heat wave from a small electric heater on your hands and face even though the heater is on the other side of the room this is an example of?
radiation
You can feel the heat waves from a small electric heater on your hands and face even though the heater is on the other side of the room this is an example of?
radiation
Why don't people burn up from the heat of the sun?
The sun is 93 million miles away. That is far enough that, even though it is enormous and generates a LOT of heat, we don't get all that hot.
How come when you are away from the stove you still feel the heat is it because of convection evaporation or conduction?
Neither, it is radiation that causes you to feel the heat from a distance.
What factor determines how hot or cold something feels when you touch it?
The temperature. Also, thermal conductivity.
If heat energy is tranferred away from an object what will the object feel?
radiation
Should you the feel heat coming from planets?
No, they are too far away.
Explain How you can feel heat from the sun even though the sun is millions of miles away in space?
The distance in between the Earth and the Sun is 93000000 miles. In space the temperature in the sun is 10 times that on Earth. The sun produces such incredible heat energy that it is able to reach Earth. The heat is much less here than it would be if we were closer to the sun. The sun creates its heat by burning the gasses that make it up.
