How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...
When you think about the Sun, you might think about a bright yellow circle, reminiscent from your childhood drawings and textbook illustrations. But is this depiction scientifically accurate? The ...
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.