does anyone know what the sun is made out of?

Answer 1

Why does the sun shine?

by Lou Singer and Hy Zaret, 1959

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

The sun is hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives

We need its light, we need its heat
The sun light that we seek
The sun light comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

The sun is hot...

The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Aluminum, Copper, Iron, and many others

The sun is large...

If the sun were hollow, a million Earth's would fit inside
And yet, it is only a middle size star

The sun is far away...

About 93,000,000 miles away
And that's why it looks so small

But even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day

We need its heat, we need its light
The sun light that we seek
The sun light comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy

Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom smashing machine
The heat and light of the sun are caused by nuclear reactions between
Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Helium

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where Hydrogen is built into Helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees

(Great song, check it out some time, "They Might Be Giants" did a great version of this)

Answer 2

The Sun is made mostly of hydrogen. In fact, over 98% of the matter in the known universe is hydrogen. Hydrogen is the simplest element, so it's no surprise that it's also the most common.

The Sun fuses hydrogen into helium. In this sense, helium is the waste product of nuclear fusion. The Sun therefore also contains a substantial amount of helium. Helium was actually detected on the Sun (using spectroscopy) before it was detected on Earth.

There are also trace amounts of other elements in the Sun.

Answer 3

Hydrogen, helium mostly, plus some heavy elements near the center.

Answer 4

Scientist believe Hydrogen and Helium but to be exact-

71% hydrogen, 27.1% helium and less than 2% of all other elements.

Answer 5

Hydrogen and Nitrogen become helium through nuclear fusion.

Answer 6

Mostly hydrogen (~75%) and helium (~25%). There are also trace amounts of other elements (oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, etc.).

Answer 7

they say it mostly Hydrogen being converted to Helium in a nuclear reaction.

Answer 8

Dang, that other guy beat me to cheese, so I am just going to say something boring, like Hydrogen.

Answer 9

Mostly hydrogen

Answer 10

Mostly hydrogen and helium.