Kia Ora bloggers and viewers!
Today I will be sharing some astonishing facts about the stars. I found it quite confusing to learn about the stars because I dont really know there role in the sky or what they’re even made of.
It was really fun to learn what a shooting star is really made of.
Here are some interesting facts, I hope you learn something new!
Star facts
1. Did you know that the sun is actually not the biggest star? There are way bigger stars than the sun, in the constellation Orion, on his knee is a blue super giant star called Rigel. This star is 2 times hotter and x70 bigger!
2. The stars have different colours, blue, white, red and orange. Did you know that the blue stars are the hottest stars and the red stars are the coolest! A good example is when using a gas stove the blue fire is hotter than the orange\red fire.
3. Did you know that the stars are made of helium and hydrogen just like the sun.
4. The Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the sun and this star is a red dwarf.
5. The stars can have different sizes and colours which is why they are called “red dwarfs” or “blue supergiants”.
Shooting star facts
1. Shooting stars aren’t actually stars because stars are made of gasses which means it cant be a falling rock.
2. Shooting stars are actually small particles of a comet, asteroid or a meteoroid that shoots down into Earth’s atmosphere.
3. Earths gravitational force pulls the particles and they go through Earths atmosphere.
4. In some cases the particle can turn into dust. In other cases they can turn into a fireball and shower down on Earth called a meteor shower.