The Sun Research Paper

The Sun generates more energy in 1 second than all the energy used in all of mankind’s history. The Sun is just one regular star amongst the many scattered along the vast universe. The Sun’s size and luminosity do not compare to the ones of other stars. There are trillions of stars fabulously bigger and brighter than the sun. We all know that the Sun generates heat and energy, but do we all know how it really does it? The Sun is technically a humongous nuclear reaction that is composed of many elements, and like the Earth, of several layers.

The Sun produces an immense amount of energy, which would be called solar energy. The Sun produces 3.8 x 1026 Joules of energy every second! (HQ, Learn Astronomy). This is 760000 more energy than the

The Sun is composed of 7 distinct layers (Shown in the picture below in the next page), the core, the radiative zone, convection zone, the photosphere, the chromosphere, the transition region, and the corona. The core of the sun is the innermost portion of it, and it comprises around one quarter of the sun’s radius. The core has a high temperature of around 15.7 million degrees Kelvin, which is exceptionally hot. This region is where most of the energy from the sun is created from the nuclear fusion of the Hydrogen atoms. The next layer is the radiative zone, which is where energy is transferred from the core. This layer has a slightly lower temperature of around 7 million degrees Kelvin. The energy generated from this layer goes on through the rest of the layers. The following layer is the convection zone, which is where the light energy of the sun is created by photon emission. Here, the energy created in the radiative zone is transformed into photons. This photons, then, hit the Earth and deliver us light. In this layer, small magnetic fields are created because of the differential convection of the columns. The next layer is the photosphere, which is the deepest layer we can see observe. This layer is particularly dark to light, and is where light is emitted. Light is emitted through the interaction of electrons with Hydrogen atoms (University Of Utah Health Sciences HOSA). The next layer is the chromosphere, which is where the star’s atmosphere begins. This layer is gaseous, which means that is made up purely of gas. The next layer is the transition region, which is the second layer of the atmosphere. In this region, the heat is separated of the final layer from the chromosphere. The last layer is the corona, which is the part of outermost part of the atmosphere, and hottest of them all. This region can’t be seen with the naked eye because the intensive light from the sun’s surface dims it, however, you can see