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   1 day ago · Why is the Sun's corona so much hotter than the Sun's surface? (more unsolved problems in astronomy) The temperature of the photosphere is approximately 6,000 K, whereas the temperature of the corona reaches 1,000,000–2,000,000 K. The high temperature of the corona shows that it is heated by something other than direct heat conduction from the photosphere. It is thought that the energy ...

   • Age: ≈4.6 billion years (4.6×10⁹ years)
   • Adjectives: Solar (/ˈsoʊlər/)

   • Visual brightness (V): −26.74
   • Mass: 1.9885×10³⁰ kg, 332,950 Earths

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   How big is the Sun compared to Earth?

   • Our Sun is about 100 times wider than Earth, but it is just an average sized star. Astronomers have found some stars that are 100 times bigger than the Sun and others that are 10 times smaller. The Sun is also right in the middle of its lifecycle. Right now, our Sun is in a stage called yellow dwarf. It is about 4.5 billion years old.

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   How far is the Sun from Earth?

   • It has been a central subject for astronomical research since antiquity . The Sun orbits the Galactic Center at a distance of 26,660 light-years. From Earth, it is on average 1 AU ( 1.496 × 108 km) or about 8 light-minutes away. Its diameter is about 1,391,400 km ( 864,600 mi; 4.64 LS ), 109 times that of Earth.

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   What are some fun facts about the Sun?

   • More fun facts about the Sun! The Sun goes through ups and downs in activity like solar flares. It gets more active with more sunspots and then less active over a period of 11 years. This is called the solar cycle. The Sun has been getting slowly brighter since it was born.

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   How big is the Sun compared to other stars?

   • It is more massive than 71 of 75 other stars within 5 pc, or in the top ~5 percent. The Sun formed about 4.6 billion years ago from the collapse of part of a giant molecular cloud that consisted mostly of hydrogen and helium and that probably gave birth to many other stars.

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   4 days ago · Astronomers have found some stars that are 100 times bigger than the Sun and others that are 10 times smaller. The Sun is also right in the middle of its lifecycle. Right now, our Sun is in a stage called yellow dwarf. It is about 4.5 billion years old. In another 5 billion years the Sun will become a big, cool star called a red giant.

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   4 hours ago · The sun’s strong and constantly shifting magnetic fields drive these dark regions, some of which can reach the size of Earth or larger. Over the course of a solar cycle, the sun will transition ...

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   36 minutes ago · The flares seem to be associated with a sunspot that’s 16 times the diameter of Earth, according to NOAA. It’s all part of the solar activity that’s ramping up as the sun approaches the peak of its 11-year cycle. NASA said the storm posed no serious threat to the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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   3 days ago · Unique Observations. Why the sun’s outer atmosphere- the corona- is hotter than its surface is one of the great mysteries of solar science. Cue Solar Orbiter, launched in 2020, has 10 scientific ...

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   4 days ago · Hello, Pluto! In July of 2015, a spacecraft named New Horizons arrived at Pluto after a long journey. It took amazing pictures of this dwarf planet and will continue to study other objects in the Kuiper Belt from 2018 to 2022. Find out more about Pluto. Make a comet on a stick!

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    1 day ago · News about the Sun. Science articles on Sunspots and the Sun's Corona; evidence the Sun has a companion star; images from the far side of the Sun and more. ... Discovery of Planet Too Big for Its ...