Facts about our Sun!

1. Core
The center of the Sun only takes up 2% of its space. But, it holds 60% of the mass. Here, because of heat and pressure hydrogen atoms are slammed together to fuse into helium atoms. The fusion of helium releases almost all of the energy that keeps the Sun shining.

2. Radioactive Zone
The energy from the core rises here to form photons. The photons get absorbed by other atoms  which then causes more energy to be released.

3. Convective Zone
In this layer, the energy heats currents of gas which rise to the surface of the Sun. As the gas rises it cools, so then it goes back down.

4. Photosphere
This 200 mile thick layer is the surface of the Sun. The light that we see from Earth comes from this layer.

5. Chromosphere
From here huge jets of gas rise miles and slowly fall back.

6. Corona
The top layer of the Sun, has hot gasses that stretch millions of miles onto space.