10 interesting facts about the sun.

By: ambar.k

The volume of the Sun is 1,300,000 times greater than all of Earth's oceans put together.

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The sun is 4.5 billion years old and will reach its end in another 7 billion years. It is 10 times larger than Earth, but 400 times further away from us.

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The sun is mostly hydrogen and helium, which are two of the lightest elements. These atoms are made up of a single proton and a single electron.

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The Sun is a star, and is the nearest star to Earth. 

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It has a diameter of 1,392,679 miles (2,778,890 kilometres) and rotates on its axis once every 27.3 days.

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The Sun is the only star in our solar system with a magnetic field.

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The Sun has spots! These are giant regions of strong magnetic field, which can be as large as 50,000 kilometers across.

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Solar wind is a continuous stream of charged particles and magnetic fields emitted from the upper atmosphere of the sun.

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