I'm a science communicator and host for Seeker.

我是一名科學傳播者，也是《探索者》的主持人。

And this is the Light Speed Learning Playlist,

而這就是光速學習播放列表。

all about solar energy.

所有關於太陽能。

You probably found your way here

你可能找到了你的方式在這裡

by way of Seeker's awesome documentary series

通過Seeker的超棒的紀錄片系列。

with YouTube Originals

與YouTube原創

on the 2019 World Solar Challenge.

在2019年世界太陽能挑戰賽上。

In that series, you'll get a chance

在這個系列中，你將有機會獲得

to join Veritasium's Derek Muller

加入Veritasium的Derek Muller的行列

on the ground in Australia with Seeker,

在澳洲的地面上與探索者。

where 44 teams from around the world

在這裡，來自世界各地的44支隊伍

compete in an incredible race across the Outback.

參加一場不可思議的橫跨內陸的比賽。

Teams of engineers and innovators

工程師和創新者團隊

push their limits in their one-of-a-kind solar race cars

在他們獨一無二的太陽能賽車中挑戰自己的極限

to cut across roughly 3,000 kilometers of desert

穿越大約3,000公里的沙漠。

from Darwin to Adelaide, powered by the sun.

從達爾文到阿德萊德，以太陽為動力。

This is a tough race.

這是一場艱難的比賽。

It is the premiere,

這是首發。

most difficult solar race in the world.

世界上最困難的太陽競賽。

MAREN: It's got hot racing action,

這裡面有熱辣的賽車動作。

pun intended,

雙關語的意思。

daredevil driving, uncontrolled spin-outs,

膽大妄為的駕駛，不受控制的轉出。

and fiery crashes.

和熾熱的撞擊。

-It's got tears and triumph. -[ALL CHEERING]

-它有淚水和勝利。-[所有的歡呼聲]

And it features loads of innovative technology

而且它具有大量的創新技術

from the latest solar arrays

從最新的太陽能陣列

to top-secret batteries,

到絕密電池。

to innovative aerodynamic design...

創新的空氣動力學設計...

Which brings us to this Learning Playlist,

這就有了這個學習播放列表。

where we take a deeper dive

在這裡，我們將更深入地瞭解

into the science and technology

進入科技領域

behind the World Solar Challenge.

世界太陽能挑戰賽的背後。

That's right. Over the next seven chapters,

沒錯，就是這樣。在接下來的七章中。

with some help from Derek,

在德里克的幫助下

we are going to learn all about nuclear fusion,

我們要學習所有關於核聚變的知識。

understand how solar panels turn sunlight into energy,

瞭解太陽能電池板如何將太陽光轉化為能源。

go under the hood of a solar race car,

去太陽能賽車的引擎蓋下。

break down batteries and build better ones,

打破電池，打造更好的電池。

dig into aerodynamics

鑽研空氣動力學

and finally, explore the future

最後，探索未來

of solar vehicles.

太陽能汽車的。

After watching the Light Speed Learning Playlist,

看完光速學習播放列表。

you'll be one of the foremost experts on solar power

您將成為太陽能領域最重要的專家之一。

from start to finish.

從頭到尾。

Or at the very least,

或者至少。

you'll have a pretty solid understanding of

你會有一個相當堅實的瞭解

how it all works.

這一切是如何運作的。

And just a heads up, each chapter of our playlist

在此提醒大家，我們的播放列表中的每一章節

will build on the previous chapter.

將在上一章的基礎上。

So, although you can skip ahead,

所以，雖然你可以跳過前面。

and you're welcome to watch the playlist

歡迎大家觀看播放列表。

in whatever order you choose,

無論你選擇什麼順序。

you'll probably wanna watch in the order we've laid out.

你可能會想按照我們列出的順序觀看。

So, let's start with a little brief

那麼，我們先來簡單介紹一下

on what we know about the sun so far.

就我們目前對太陽的瞭解而言。

Travel back in time with me to sometime around 1223 BCE.

跟我一起回到公元前1223年的某個時候。

The oldest known record of a solar eclipse

最古老的日食記錄

is from around this time,

是從這個時候開始的。

and was found in the ancient city of Ugarit,

並在烏加里特古城被發現。

in what is now modern day Syria.

在現在的敘利亞。

Since then, our methods for studying the sun

從那時起，我們研究太陽的方法

have grown more and more sophisticated.

已經越來越成熟。

Now, it's kind of mind-blowing to realize that

現在，它是一種心靈的震撼，實現了

up until a few decades ago,

直到幾十年前。

our knowledge of the sun only came from observations

日有所思，夜有所夢

made from here on Earth,

從地球上製造。

which is approximately 150 million kilometers away.

約1.5億公里外。

And then came the Space Age.

然後是太空時代。

In a little over six decades,

在短短的六十多年裡。

we've sent more than 8,000 satellites into space.

我們已經把8000多顆衛星送入太空。

And there have been several important missions

而且有幾個重要的任務

undertaken specifically to help us

專門為幫助我們

get a better understanding of our sun,

更好地瞭解我們的太陽。

including the Ulysses mission,

包括 "尤利西斯 "任務。

the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory,

太陽和日球觀測站，

or SOHO,

或SOHO。

The Genesis mission, Hinode,

創世任務，日德。

and IRIS,

和IRIS。

the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph.

界面區域成像光譜儀。

These missions, along with several others,

這些任務以及其他一些任務。

allowed us to get

讓我們得到

a much deeper understanding of our sun.

對我們的太陽有了更深的瞭解。

They gave scientists the opportunity

它們為科學家提供了機會

to collect an actual sample of the solar wind,

以收集太陽風的實際樣本。

measure the sun's magnetic fields,

測量太陽的磁場。

and uncover how solar material moves

並揭開太陽材料如何移動

through the sun's atmosphere.

通過太陽的大氣層。

More recently,

最近：

NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe.

美國宇航局發射了帕克太陽探測器。

The mission being to touch the sun

任務是觸摸太陽

by flying into its corona,

通過飛入其日冕。

that's the outermost part

那是最外層

of the sun's atmosphere,

的太陽大氣。

providing us with a better understanding

讓我們更好地瞭解

of how heat and energy

熱量和能量如何

move through the sun's corona

穿越日冕

and what accelerates solar wind.

以及加速太陽風的原因。

And even more recently,

最近更是如此。

the European Space Agency and NASA

歐洲航天局和美國航天局

launched the Solar Orbiter

發射了太陽軌道器

to answer our fundamental question

來回答我們的基本問題

about how the sun is able to create

關於太陽如何能夠創造

and control the space environment

並控制空間環境

throughout our solar system.

貫穿整個太陽系。

Both of these missions

這兩個特派團

will get within Mercury's orbit, too.

也會進入水星的軌道內。

And the Parker Solar Probe will get as close as

而帕克太陽探測器將盡可能地接近。

6.16 million kilometers to the sun,

距離太陽616萬公里。

which I know may not sound very close,

我知道這聽起來可能不是很接近。

but keep in mind, that means that the Solar Probe

但請記住，這意味著太陽探測器。

will be too close to the sun to directly image it.

會離太陽太近，無法直接成像。

Thanks to centuries of observations,

由於幾百年來的觀察。

we actually know a lot about our sun.

其實我們對我們的太陽有很多瞭解。

We know that it's a yellow dwarf star

我們知道它是一顆黃矮星。

whose gravity helps

其重力有助於

hold our solar system together.

把我們的太陽系連在一起

We know its size,

我們知道它的大小。

we know that it's a giant ball of gas

我們知道它是一個巨大的氣體球。

composed mostly of hydrogen and helium,

主要由氫和氦組成。

which, when combined,

其中，當結合。

make up more than 98% of its mass.

佔其品質的98%以上。

And we even have a widely-accepted theory

我們甚至有一個被廣泛接受的理論。

for how the sun formed,

對於太陽是如何形成的。

out of the collapse of that same giant,

出了同一巨人的崩潰。

rotating cloud of gas and dust

旋轉的氣塵團

that formed the rest of our solar system.

形成了我們太陽系的其他部分

But it's only been within the last 100 years

但這只是最近100年的事了

that we've come to understand

我們所瞭解的

how the sun generates its power,

太陽是如何產生能量的。

by a complicated process known as fusion,

通過一個複雜的過程，即融合。

which pretty much sustains all life on our planet.

這幾乎維持了我們星球上所有的生命。

To learn more about this amazing process,

要了解更多關於這個神奇的過程。

stick around for the next chapter

守株待兔

of our Learning Playlists,

的學習播放列表。

where we break down exactly how

在這裡，我們將分析到底如何

the sun generates so much energy.

太陽產生了這麼多的能量。