THE SUN IS THE STAR AT THE CENTER ,of the Solar system.It is about five billions years old will continue to shine as it does now for about another five billion years .The Sun is a yellow main sequence star about 1.4 million kilometer in diameter .It consists almost entirely of hydrogen and Helium .In the Sun's core , hydrogen is converted to helium by nuclear fusion ,releasing energy in the process.The energy travels from the core , through the radioactive and convective zones.to the photo sphere(visible surface), where it leaves the sun in the form of heat and light.On the photo sphere there are often dark ,relatively cool areas called sunspots , which usually appears in pair or groups and are thought to be caused by magnetic fields .
Other types of Solar activity flares which are usually associated with sun spots , and prominences .Flares are sudden discharge of high energy radiation and atomic particles .Prominence are huge loops or filaments of gas extending into the solar atmosphere ;some last for hours ,others for months .Beyond the photosphere is the chromosphere (inner atmosphere) and the extremely rarefied corona (outer atmosphere), which extends millions of kilometer into space .Tiny particles that escape from the corona give rise in the solar wind , which stream through space at hundreds of kilometer per second .The chromosphere and corona can be seen from Earth when the Sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
Other types of Solar activity flares which are usually associated with sun spots , and prominences .Flares are sudden discharge of high energy radiation and atomic particles .Prominence are huge loops or filaments of gas extending into the solar atmosphere ;some last for hours ,others for months .Beyond the photosphere is the chromosphere (inner atmosphere) and the extremely rarefied corona (outer atmosphere), which extends millions of kilometer into space .Tiny particles that escape from the corona give rise in the solar wind , which stream through space at hundreds of kilometer per second .The chromosphere and corona can be seen from Earth when the Sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
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