What are some facts about the sun?

Facts about the Sun Quick Sun Facts. At its centre the Sun reaches temperatures of 15 million °C. The Sun is all the colours mixed together, this appears white to our eyes. The Sun is mostly composed of hydrogen (70%) and Helium (28%). The Sun is a main-sequence G2V star (or Yellow Dwarf). The Sun is 4.6 billion years old. read more

Containing more than 99.8% of the total mass of the Solar System, the Sun is by far the largest object in the Solar System. 109 Earths would be required to even fit across the Sun's disk, and the Sun's interior could hold over 1.3 million Earths. read more

The Sun is what is known as a main sequence star; that is, a sphere composed primarily of the two gases hydrogen and helium such that certain conditions are met. The first condition is that it must have a mass falling within a certain range. read more