Our Sun


Our Sun is a medium-sized star; smaller stars and bigger stars, some 100 times larger, exist. Many other solar systems have several suns, but ours only has one. Our Sun has an 864,000-mile diameter and a surface temperature of 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Our Sun, a blazing, hot ball of hydrogen and helium, is at the centre of our solar system. It has a diameter of 864,000 miles (1,392,000 km), making it 109 times wider than Earth. The surface temperature is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius), and the core temperature is 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15,000,000 degrees Celsius).

Our Sun is quite magnificent, but how does it compare to other stars? The Milky Way galaxy, which we call home, has billions more stars. There are countless more in the remainder of the cosmos. Is our Sun unique?

The size of our sun

Our Sun turns out to be a medium-sized star. There are brighter stars and brighter stars. We have discovered stars that are 100 times the diameter of our sun. Those stars are quite massive. We've also spotted stars just a hundredth the size of our sun.

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Suns with friends

Our Sun is unique in that it does not have any pals. The Sun is the only star in the sky, surrounded by planets, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets. However, solar systems can have several suns. In reality, this is frequently the case. You will be surprised to know that Over half of all stars are part of numerous and multiple star systems. That suggests the solar system has two or more suns.

Can you image two suns shining in the sky at the same time? There are many of worlds in the cosmos where such is typical.

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