Some interesting facts about the Sun

The Sun is located 93 million miles from Earth.

Light takes 8.3 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth.

The Sun's diameter is 864,500 miles, 109 times wider than Earth.

The Sun could contain 1.3 million Earths.

It weighs 330,000 times more than Earth.

It is made mostly of hydrogen gas, which it is gradually turning into helium.

The Sun is powered by nuclear fusion, the same as a hydrogen bomb.

Its surface temperature is 9,900 degrees Fahrenheit.

Its core temperature is 15 million degrees Fahrenheit.

It is approximately 4.6 billion years old, about the same as Earth.

It will burn out in another 5 billion years.

Source: NASA