The SUN has a ldiameter of 840,000 miles and a gravity mass of 333,000 times that of EARTH. The temperature of the SUN is 15,000,000 degrees C. in the core (nuclear fusion) and 5,500 degrees C. at the surface. Note that JUPITER is about one pixel in size and EARTH is invisible at this scale. Look how tiny the SUN appears, compared to the other 3 distant STARS.

Born in the death of some long lost star, our Solar System began to evolve when expanding debris from a nearby SUPERNOVA explosion passed thru a vast tenuous cloud of gas and dust more than 4.6 billion years ago. Within the blink of a cosmic eye, the cloud had become a rotating disk of gas & vaporized dust grains. The hub would become a new star, the SUN. The disk would generate the planets, the asteroids and the comets that make up our SOLAR SYSTEM.

See what GOD has done. Psalm 19:1. "The heavens tell the Glory of God; and the firmament shows his handy work." Behold the SUN. Every square yard constantly emits 130,000 horesepower which is equal to 450 eight cylinder automobile engines. and yet, our SUN, as powerful as it is , is but one minor star in the 100 billion orbs which make up our Milky Way Galaxy. That is enough to really blow your mind.

OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS-different from our own-are out there. Imagine how huge SIRIUS, POLLUX and especially ARCTURUS are in the vast Universe beyond NEPTUNE. Since 1995, some 200 planets have been discovered around other stars. That is why it is so important for the Shuttle to guarantee the future life of the HUBBLE TELESCOPE in outer space.