Solar Week Message Board


So you want to ask a question!

Meet the scientists who will be answering your questions.

To help our scientists better answer your questions please select the subject of your question from the list below.

Being or becoming a scientist:

e.g. What's it like being a scientist?

Facts about the Sun: Before asking a question about the Sun, check out our Solar Facts page.

This will answer all your questions about how hot the Sun is (1), how big it is (2), how old it is (3), etc.

Scientist's hobbies:

e.g. Perhaps you have a hobby in common with a scientist that you want to talk about.

Sunspots:

e.g. What are sunspots?

Solar Storms:

e.g. How fast is a Coronal Mass Ejection?, What's a solar flare?

Solar Eclipses:

e.g. What's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?

Other:

Anything else you can think of not covered in the other categories.

Black holes:

Check out this page from the University of Cambridge for all you need to know about black holes.