What does the Sun consist of?

Answer 1

Mostly Hydrogen, a little bit of Helium, and trace amounts of the other elements

Answer 2

The Sun is a gigantic ball of very, very hot gases - Mostly Hydrogen and Helium with a small amount of other trace gases. The surface temperature on the Sun is about 10,000
degrees F, and the temperature of the core of the Sun is on the order of 10,000,000 degrees F. Notice that number...ten million degrees.

The mass of gases on the Sun have such gagantic weight pressing down on the core that intense pressure and heat are created there, which has set off a nuclear fusion reaction of Hydrogen into Helium. That activity produces unbelieveable heat energy and radiation over a wide spectrum which includes everything from Infra Red, visable , and Ultra Violet light to X Rays and Gamma Rays.

The interior of the Sun is so hot that the gases are in a molten liquid state. Down at the core, the heat and pressure is so intense that the gas liquids may even be in some kind of metallic state.

The composition of our Sun is similar to that of most other stars while other stars might be actually larger or smaller than our Sun. I do not have my texts in front of me this evening, but as I recall, the diameter of the Sun is about 255,000 Miles.
That is quite large if you compare it to the diameter of the Earth which is readily available information found on several sites.

May I refer you to a terrific site which has all kinds of information on ASTRONOMY? Please do a search on the Internet for :
Curious About Astronomy

That search should lead you to a site developed by Cornell University for people who are curious about astronomy. You will find almost any question you might have answered there, and pics to back it up.

Regards,
Zah

Answer 3

Hydrogen and Helium. The sun is so massive that the core temperature and pressure results in the nuclear fusion reaction in which hydrogen atoms combine to make helium atoms. Some of the mass in this reaction is converted to energy. The same reaction is what occurs when a hydrogen bomb is detonated.

Answer 4

Mostly Hydrogen and Helium, I would say. The sun is "powered," so to speak, by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms. Therefore, those two elements are what the Sun is composed of.

Answer 5

Gases AND explosions basically

The Sun is composed of hydrogen (about 74% of its mass, or 92% of its volume),
helium (about 25% of mass, 7% of volume), and trace quantities of other elements.
The Sun has a spectral class of G2V. G2 implies that it has a surface temperature of approximately 5,500 K (or approximately 9,600 degrees Fahrenheit / 5,315 Celsius), giving it a white color

Answer 6

Almost entirely of hydrogen and helium.

Answer 7

short and sweet: Hydrogen(fuel) and helium(product of nuclear fusion)

Answer 8

gasses(mainly hidrogen and helium)