Sun is our protector! NASA explains exactly how it acts as a shield
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Apart from providing us warmth and light, the Sun also protects us, says NASA .
Sun is a big source of energy. It provided us with both warmth and light. But did you know that this huge ball of fire also protects us? Yes, this is what NASA has said. The Sun is constantly spewing material that acts like a protective bubble around the solar system- a shield. "#DYK that in addition to providing us warmth and light, the Sun also protects us? The Sun's constantly outflowing material, the solar wind, inflates a bubble around the solar system that acts like a shield, blocking high-energy galactic cosmic rays from elsewhere in our galaxy," NASA Sun and Space tweeted.It further added that of the spacecraft sent from Earth, only the twin Voyager spacecraft, travelling since 1977, have be...