Sun
What you need to know about our 4-billion-year-old star, its scalding 10,000-degree surface, and its giant magnetic field farts.
Latest in Sun
![Why Does Sunlight Lighten Hair But Darken Skin?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/WOSBLYGGCSFWZODCHVYK26L3HE.jpg?w=346)
Ask Us Anything
Why Does Sunlight Lighten Hair But Darken Skin?
![sunspot trace](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/SGHAVBT7UMYJWCQTVBN3KNYIFI.jpeg?w=548)
Science
What Is A Sunspot?
![Why Not Just Dispose Of Nuclear Waste In The Sun?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/PMAU7OW3DWF675JJ7XVMILS5NI.jpg?w=525)
Ask Us Anything
Why Not Just Dispose Of Nuclear Waste In The Sun?
![How Close Could a Person Get to the Sun and Survive?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/BG2K74525MIJLMTMIX2G7Z6BZI.jpg?w=485)
Ask Us Anything
How Close Could a Person Get to the Sun and Survive?
![What’s Happening to the Sun?](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/BIYD77EM2D2K7ZXMLLKHOWC5AA.jpg?w=450)
Science