Sun: Powerhouse of the Solar System
It`s a nuclear reactor losing four million tons of mass every second, enough energy to keep the Sun blazing for another five billion years. Solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles. Twists in the magnetic field trigger gigantic eruptions that change wind to storm. In five billion years time, the Sun will bloat into a red giant and die as a white dwarf.
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