does the sun and the stars made up of the same things?

Answer 1

Yes, the Sun is just what we have named the star in our solar system.
When stars form they are composed of about 70% hydrogen and 28% helium, as measured by mass, with a small fraction of heavier elements. Typically the portion of heavy elements is measured in terms of the iron content of the stellar atmosphere, as iron is a common element and its absorption lines are relatively easy to measure. Because the molecular clouds where stars form are steadily enriched by heavier elements from supernovae explosions, a measurement of the chemical composition of a star can be used to infer its age.[46] The portion of heavier elements may also be an indicator of the likelihood that the star has a planetary system.

Answer 2

The sun IS a star. Stars are mostly comprised of hydrogen and helium. As a star ages, it burns off more and more hydrogen leaving more and more helium.

At some time the star doesn't have enough hydrogen to fuse and switches to helium. This starts the end phase of the life of the star. When the star doesn't have any material it can use for fuel, it either contracts to a white dwarf, explodes (supernova), or turns into a black hole. Our sun will end up a white dwarf and gradually cool down from there.

Answer 3

They are all made of pretty much the same thing but the method of their beginning .
Massive stars[20 solar mass] were formed by a quantum effect that took hundreds of millions of years. Their life spans were very short maybe less than 10 million years.
They became super novas that set the stage for stars like our sun.
Our solar system was formed in tens or scores of millions of years but our sun has a potential to go on for more than 10 billion years.

Answer 4

The Sun is a Star. All the Stars you see at night are like the Sun except they are farther away and
appear smaller.

Answer 5

Basically our sun and the zillion stars out there are all the same: they are big balls of gases in which interior a fusion reaction takes place meaning that they are basically formed from hydrogen atoms. Each day an amount of hydrogen atoms fuse together and two H atoms form one He atom (Helium)And this goes on and on. Of course there comes a time (after millions of years) that there is not enough H left to sustain the reaction Then the star dies and becomes what is called a red dwarf; or worse it implodes (collapses on itself) and becomes a nova.

Answer 6

The Sun and most main-group stars are comprised mainly of Hydrogen and Helium gases. The Sun is about 75% H, 25% He, and trace amounts of heavier elements.

Answer 7

Almost...

The very first stars were ignited when there was nothing but hydrogen. Stars today can have many different elements in them, but their primary fuel is hydrogen. Very large stars can burn heavier elements, helium, oxygen, etc - all the way up to iron.
If a star is forming iron in it's core, it can't form any element that's heavier - because iron can't be 'burned' into something heavier and still give off energy.

Answer 8

The sun is a star.

Answer 9

Yes, the sun is the star that is closest to us (so we like to think it's special) But really, it's sort of small/average compared to the ones we can see. (But that's good - other ones would make Earth too hot!)

Answer 10

Pretty much. The composition of stars does vary a bit but for normal stars you can say yes.