The sun is a star.
Look away from the sun!
It is 100 times wider than Earth.
It is a ball of gas.
Its heat can warm Earth.
No one can live on it.
The sun helps us all.
Words to know
- sun: our star
- gas: air stuff
Facts
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Sources
- https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/
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- https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety
- https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
- https://scied.ucar.edu/sun
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- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/sun/8th-grade/
- https://science.nasa.gov/sun/solar-storms-and-flares/
- https://science.nasa.gov/sun/sunspots/
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