EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Our Sun is categorized as a G-type yellow-dwarf main sequence star. It is predicted that our Sun will remain in the main sequence phase for a few billion more years. Stars can live for billions of years, but their lives can be shorter or longer depending on their size (technically, their mass).

Detailed explanation-2: -We classify the sun as a star as it emits its own light. Sun has its own source of and hence emits heat and light continuously.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our Sun is an average sized star: there are smaller stars and larger stars, even up to 100 times larger. Many other solar systems have multiple suns, while ours just has one. Our Sun is 864, 000 miles in diameter and 10, 000 degrees Fahrenheit on the surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Our sun is one of these; it is actually white. People perceive it as yellow because we view it through our atmosphere, which distorts its color.