Next to its solar twins, the sun stands out
Its subtly different chemistry from its ‘solar twins’ may be due to having rocky planets
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THE RAINBOW CONNECTION Comparing observations of the sun in many wavelengths of light (shown here in a set of observations from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory) with those of sunlike stars shows that our home star is surprisingly unique.
GSFC Visualization Studio/SDO/NASA