The surface of the sun is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Go up a few thousand miles, and the temperature jumps to *millions* of degrees. That's a big unsolved mystery. https://nyti.ms/364bKb7 by @kchangnyt
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Why a mistery? A tiny amount of material in an almost vacuum is gathering all that radiation and the heat will not conduct and dissipate fast in the vacuum... But I do have to review my forgotten Thermodynamics
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Well, that’s true if thermal radiation follows the rules we think (?) it follows. Quantum theory is hard, and it’s counterintuitive to a mortal me that radiation from a (colder) candle does not equally land on a dark wall as on a (hotter) lighted lightbulb. But who am I...
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The three laws of thermodynamics work reeeeaalllly well.
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