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10 Of The Closest Stars To The Sun!
From the ones that are the nearest, to the ones that are high in potential for life, and more! Join me as I show you 10 of the Closest Stars To The sun! Subscribe for more videos:https://www.youtube.com/c/InsaneCuriosity?sub_confirmation=1? From the ones that are the nearest, to the ones that are high in potential for life, and more! Join me as I show you 10 of the Closest Stars To The sun! Prologue: Our Sun Before diving into these stars, let's briefly talk about our own. Our sun is without a doubt the most important thing in our solar system for a whole host of reasons. Not the least of which is because it's what keeps us "together" in our orbits via its powerful gravity. What's more, it provides us with heat, with light, and these two things are a major reason why Earth has life on it at all. Its size is large, but because of its distance, we don't have to fear (overtly anyway) its powerful radiation bursts, or solar flares. And because of its relatively young age, we're not in danger of the sun swallowing us up for a couple billion years. Yet when you look out at the sky at night, you see all the many different stars out there, and you can't help but wonder, what are some of them like? Are they like our sun? What do they do for the systems they're in? Well, allow me to share some details with you about that, as you might be surprised as to what's out there. 10. Ross 128 Our first star that we're going to look at is Ross 128, which is about 11 light years from where we are right now. Unlike our own star, Ross 128 is a Red Dwarf star, which means it's not only smaller than our own sun, but it doesn't burn as bright. Thus, it doesn't give off as much heat. In regards to its size, it's actually only 15% of the mass of our own sun. Which is not that big when you consider it. However, the thing that really differentiates Ross 128 from our sun is the fact that it's much older. An analysis of the gasses within the Red Dwarf point to it being over 10 billion years old. Which means it's only 4 billion years younger than the entire universe. Which in contest is not that long. Plus, that's just the age of our own sun. What might surprise you though is that this star does indeed have a planet orbiting it called Ross 128-B. But, this planet is actually a little bit bigger than Earth based on certain estimates. But is it a planet that is worth exploring and possibly colonizing one day/ That is a bit up for debate at the moment. You see, Ross 128-B is very close to the Red Dwarf, and yet, appears to be JUST in the habitable zone for life to exist in. But...Red Dwarfs are known to have solar flares that can ravage atmospheres and planets, though that doesn't seem to be the case here due to age. The real problem though is that the planet appears to be tidally locked. Meaning that the planet is always facing the sun on one side, and thus doesn't cool down on that side. This could cause problems. Either way though, with it being 11 light years away, we won't be able to reach it until various spacecraft are able to travel deeper into space. 9. Epsilon Eridani One of the interesting things about this star right off the bat is that if you know where to look, you can see it in the night sky. What's more, you can see it in the sky without the aid of a telescope. Part of the reason for this is that it's only 10.5 light years away from us, which means it's closer than Ross 128. The other reasons for its visibility is that it's a rather young Orange Dwarf star. By "young" I mean in the scale of stars, as this one is said to only be about 1 billion years old, which is much younger than our own. The catch though is that because of its youth allows for it to be a very intense star, including having it be a star that has extreme solar winds. In terms of planets, there seems to be large exoplanet orbiting around it. But we can't confirm that as of yet. Just as curious though is that there seems to be not one but TWO different asteroid belts in the system that Epsilon Eridani can be found in. As well as a large debris disk that seems to have been made when the star was formed. The star and its system has been referenced by many for its potential life it could have, and ironically enough Orange Dwarf stars are stated to be ones that could potentially house life if the planets next to them are the right type. But whether they actually come to that is up for debate. Before we continue to show you a wide range of stars, be sure to like or dislike the video, that way we can continue to improve and make the best content for you the viewer! Also, subscribe to the channel so you don't miss ANY of our weekly videos. 8. Luyten 726-8 Found 8.7 light years away from the sun, you'd think that Luyten 726-8 and the system it's in would've been a very old discovery that astronomers found while researching the night sky. #InsaneCuriosity #TheSunAndOtherStars #RecentSpaceDiscoveries
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