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Credit: NASA/SDO
Credit: NASA/SDO
- The sun contains 99.8% of all the mass in the solar system.
- Even though the sun is huge compared to the planets, it's relatively small
compared to other stars in the universe.
- The sun is comprised of 92.1% hydrogen and 7.8% helium.
- The sun is 93 million miles away from Earth.