the dying sun
The Dying Sun
Q1. How is it that a star seldom finds another star near it?
Ans. There are countless stars wandering in space. They are so big that millions of earths can be packed inside them. But the space around them is so huge that a star is like a lonely ship in an ocean. Therefore, a star seldom finds another star near it.
Q2. What happened, when according to Sir James Jeans, a wandering star, wandering through space, came near the sun?
Ans. When a wandering star came near the sun, it raised a tide on the solar surface just as the moon raises tides in the sea. But that tide was so too big to imagine. It was huge because it was raised by a very gigantic star on a very large surface of the sun.
Q3. What happened when the star came nearer and nearer?
Ans. It is believed that when the wandering star came near the sun, it raised a tidal wave on the solar surface. As it came nearer and nearer, the tide grew larger and larger until it became a big mountain.
Q4. What are planets and how did they come into existence?
Ans. When the mountain of wave grew larger on the solar surface, the wandering star moved away. The tidal pull had become so powerful that the mountain broke into pieces. These pieces scattered into the space. They are called planets.
Q5. Why is there no life on stars?
Ans. Moderate temperature is an essential condition for life to exist. If temperature is high, life burns up. If it is low, life freezes. Stars are very hot like collection of fires. Due to this, life on them is impossible. It exists only on earth where temperature is neither too high nor too cold.
Q6. Write a note on the beginning of life on earth?
Ans. Scientists believe that somehow one of the planets cooled down. Initially, life came started in the form of a simple organism which could reproduce. Gradually, it became more and more complex. In the end, man came into being. Man has his feelings, plans, faith and aesthetic sense.
Q7. Why is the universe so frightening?
Q1. How is it that a star seldom finds another star near it?
Ans. There are countless stars wandering in space. They are so big that millions of earths can be packed inside them. But the space around them is so huge that a star is like a lonely ship in an ocean. Therefore, a star seldom finds another star near it.
Q2. What happened, when according to Sir James Jeans, a wandering star, wandering through space, came near the sun?
Ans. When a wandering star came near the sun, it raised a tide on the solar surface just as the moon raises tides in the sea. But that tide was so too big to imagine. It was huge because it was raised by a very gigantic star on a very large surface of the sun.
Q3. What happened when the star came nearer and nearer?
Ans. It is believed that when the wandering star came near the sun, it raised a tidal wave on the solar surface. As it came nearer and nearer, the tide grew larger and larger until it became a big mountain.
Q4. What are planets and how did they come into existence?
Ans. When the mountain of wave grew larger on the solar surface, the wandering star moved away. The tidal pull had become so powerful that the mountain broke into pieces. These pieces scattered into the space. They are called planets.
Q5. Why is there no life on stars?
Ans. Moderate temperature is an essential condition for life to exist. If temperature is high, life burns up. If it is low, life freezes. Stars are very hot like collection of fires. Due to this, life on them is impossible. It exists only on earth where temperature is neither too high nor too cold.
Q6. Write a note on the beginning of life on earth?
Ans. Scientists believe that somehow one of the planets cooled down. Initially, life came started in the form of a simple organism which could reproduce. Gradually, it became more and more complex. In the end, man came into being. Man has his feelings, plans, faith and aesthetic sense.
Q7. Why is the universe so frightening?