While billions of stars are scattered throughout the universe the one at the center of our Solar System plays a special role for us on earth. Our Sun Formed about 4.5 Billion years ago in the Milky Way Galaxy's Orion Spur. It was born when a cloud of dust and gas known as a Solar Nebula collapsed and in the middle of this formation matter condenser into a burning ball of gas that became our Sun.
The Sun's Fiery nature along with a tremendous gravitational pull and an extensive magnetic field helped it to become the heart of our Solar system.
The Sun can be divided into six layers or regions,
Corona
Chromosphere
Photosphere
Conductive zone
Radiative Zone
Core
In terms of Atom Count, the Sun Is about 91% Hydrogen, the Sun's fuel, 8.9% Helium, and 0.1% Heavier elements such as Carbon and Nitrogen. Due to the Sun's extreme temperatures, these elements stay in a gas-like phase called Plasma. In the Core temperature reaching at least 27 million degrees, Fahrenheit combines with the Sun's powerful gravity fused with together Hydrogen molecules to create Helium called Thermonuclear Fusion. This releases an enormous amount of energy in form of Radiation, Electricity, Solar wind, and as we experience on Earth life-giving Heat and Light.
Such Volatility is contained, thanks to the Sun's tremendous gravity its strong enough to hold the Solar system intact and its primarily due to the Sun's size and mass. Our Sun is The Largest and massive object in the Solar System. It's more than 100 Earths wide and could Theoretically fit all eight planets inside nearly 600 times. It also contains aproximatel 99.8% of all the mass in the Solar system. Because of this mass sun has a great pull on the fabric of space, creating a gravitational force that causes nearby planetary bodies to be drawn towards it. This gravitational pull allows the sun to hold togetherr a system of 8 planets, potentially dozens of dwarf planets, at least 170 moons and countless comets and astroids. Without the Sun's gravity these celestial bodies would drift off into the deep space.
Another critical property of the Sun is its magnetic feild which encapsulates the entire Solar system, called the Heliosphere this force feild protects the planets from harmful cosmic radiations. It caused by the Sun's plasma pushing electrically charged particles towards the stars poles, this process tuns the sun into a giant magnet. Althoug the Sun's magnetic feild is invisible to the naked eye , its effects are noticeable. On the Sun's surface are dark spots called Sunspots, which marked strong pockets of magnetism. On Earth and on some other planets the Sun's magnetic Feild intereacts with their atmospheres resulting in beautiful Auroras.
Despite its size and strenght the Sun will not last Forever, in about 6.5 billion years it will run out of its Hydrogen fuel, expand to envelop Murcury, Venus and even Earth and then Collapse into a small star known as a White Dwarf.
In the meantime the Sun will continue play critical role in the Solar System that bears its name, the Sun's protective magnetic feild, tremendous gravitational pull and ability to create a vast amounts of energy will protect, contain and give lie to our Solar system.