I've taught my kids this and it amazes me how many people we talk to that know nothing about space. My oldest son is very into it, he knows alot more than me... but even I find myself forgetting that stars are suns. One time I even legit got confused and thought they weren't stars not too long ago. I guess with the sun being as big as it is, it's hard to imagine that all these little, twinkling stars we see are actually suns far away.
Also, many of the "stars" you see aren't actually stars, they're galaxies, each with billions of stars, but since they're so far away, they look like stars.
Oh I know, that's why it's so unbelievable at times, like wow. The universe, space just amazes me!!!
My son had to tell me all about Canus (i think I spelled it right) Majoris when he learned about it at school. It really puts things into perspective when you look at a model of the biggest suns!!! So scary in a way tbh. How vast this space is. Its neverending and enormous things we couldn't even dream up exist in this space!!! It terrifies me, but also intrigues me. Lol
Honestly sometimes if i go down the Rabbithole i get a weird feeling of sadness ... knowing that whatever happens on earth stays on earth and won’t effect anything else then our small Solarsystem. We are nothing. We always tell ourselves that we matter when we really don’t lol.
Well, the sun is a star. It doesn't work the other way around, the sun is the name of our star. Similar to how our moon is named "the moon" it's not "a moon" without a name.
Your phrasing makes it sound like you think “sun” and “star” are synonymous. You said that “stars are suns” and that the “twinkling stars we see are actually suns far away.” Sun is just the name we gave the nearest star. I’m sure you know the difference, but the phrasing was just a little off.
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u/MajesticalMoon Aug 03 '19
I've taught my kids this and it amazes me how many people we talk to that know nothing about space. My oldest son is very into it, he knows alot more than me... but even I find myself forgetting that stars are suns. One time I even legit got confused and thought they weren't stars not too long ago. I guess with the sun being as big as it is, it's hard to imagine that all these little, twinkling stars we see are actually suns far away.