The sun is 100 times the diameter of Earth and can fit about 1 million Earths inside. The sun’s mass accounts for 99.86% of the solar system. About 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the sun if empty space wasn’t needed. VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star. It is estimated that about 1 […]
The Sun produces 386 trillion gigawatts of energy through nuclear fusion, which is slowly declining. This energy is responsible for life on Earth and may replace fossil fuels in the future. Sunspot activity causes variations in energy output, and the Sun’s energy has increased by 40% since the solar system’s formation. Our Sun pumps about […]
The Sun’s corona is 300 times hotter than its surface due to nanoflares, which generate temperatures up to 18 million degrees Fahrenheit. The Sun is a near-perfect sphere of hot plasma and is expected to remain stable for another five billion years. You might think there’s nothing hotter than the surface of the Sun, but […]
