The story for kids
This is the Sun. The Sun is a star, very, very big and very hot. It's so big that more than one million Earths could fit inside it. The Sun gives us light and warmth. Thanks to the Sun, flowers grow, fruit gets ripe, and we can go swimming in summer. Sunlight is very strong, so never look straight at the Sun. The Sun is our big, warm friend.
Facts
- The Sun is a star – a huge ball of glowing hot gas.
- About 1.3 million Earths would fit inside it.
- Its light reaches us in about 8 minutes.
Numbers
- Size (Earth = 1)
- 109
- One turn
- ~25 days
- Surface
- 5500 °C
- Age
- 4.6 billion years
For grown-ups
This is the Sun. It is a star, a gigantic ball of glowing gas. The Sun is so big that about one point three million Earths could fit inside it. Its surface temperature is about five thousand five hundred degrees. Sunlight takes about eight minutes to reach us. Without the Sun, there would be no light, no warmth and no life on Earth. And remember: never look directly at the Sun, because it damages your eyes.