15. The Sun Loses A Billion Kilos Each second
In the uppermost reaches of the Sun’s atmosphere, particles are driven to extreme temperatures and imbued with tremendous energy. As a consequence, they escape the Sun’s gravitational pull and disperse into space, forming what we know as the solar wind.
This ceaseless solar exodus involves a staggering number of particles. To put it in perspective, approximately 1.3 trillion trillion trillion particles are ejected by the Sun every single second. This astonishing particle torrent equates to roughly one billion kilograms of matter being expelled into the cosmos every second. To put it another way, this continuous outflow of matter is equivalent to the mass of one entire Earth being released into space approximately every 185 million years, painting a vivid picture of the Sun’s ceaseless and monumental activity.