Science
The Sun Isn't Yellow. It's White.
Sunlight mixes every color together, so from space the Sun actually looks white. The Short explains that air scatters blue light more than red, which colors the sky blue and leaves the Sun looking yellowish from the ground. At sunset the light passes through even more air and turns orange.
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- Air scatters blue light more strongly than red light.
- The video uses an ISS photo taken on 24 May 2020 (iss063e017117).
Sources cited in the video: Stanford SOLAR Center · NASA Space Place · NASA APOD · NASA Blue Marble
