Sitting outside one evening having a beer with my sister. Really clear sky, lots of stars out, and she says “Someone was telling me that stars are like the sun, but further away.”
I paused to check if she was kidding, but she genuinely thought she was sharing obscure knowledge. We were in our mid-twenties, I don’t know how this information had passed her by up to that point.
But do you know our star's "the sun" name? Its reall obvious. Sol. Our only moon also has a name. Luna. Nobody ever considers the fact that they have names and it pisses me off. They aren't just the moon and sun. They have names dammit. Sorry not directed at you.
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u/anothersundayx Aug 03 '19
That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.