Making a Realistic Simulation of the Sun

For your chance to win the Tesla Model S Plaid and support a great cause, enter at https://www.omaze.com/scishowspace. We’ve created simulations to recreate the difference in time it takes for the Sun’s equator and poles to complete rotations, and the way we’ve solved is a bit surprising. And it looks like the Milky Way may not be great at mixing metals, which gives us insight into the goings on in other galaxies. Hosted By: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01459-0 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210908180617.htm https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03780-0 (paywall) De Cia, A., Jenkins, E.B., Fox, A.J. et al. Large metallicity variations in the Galactic interstellar medium. Nature 597, 206–208 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03780-0 Image Sources: https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/planet-earth-rotating-in-space-hxprm7u https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/primal-earth-images-desert-milkyway-winter-meteor-4-k-stock-rtpotikk-j74m4dqs https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/solar-rotation.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sun_by_the_Atmospheric_Imaging_Assembly_of_NASA%27s_Solar_Dynamics_Observatory_-_20100819.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/astronomers-gain-new-insight-into-magnetic-field-of-sun-and-its-kin.html https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11168 https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/suns-magnetic-field-portrayed https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnificent_CME_Erupts_on_the_Sun_-_August_31.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10659 https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/one-giant-sunspot-6-substantial-flares/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/astronomers-find-a-break-in-one-of-the-milky-way-s-spiral-arms https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/revealing-the-milky-way-s-center https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_2009_close-up.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_the_Very_Large_Telescope.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_way_pano.jpg