The Sun is a seething ball of extremely hot gas. Above, the Sun was captured by Skylab in 1973 throwing off one the largest flares in recorded history. The Sun has survived for about 5 billion years, and will likely survive for another 5 billion. The Sun is not on fire , will never explode , and a solar flare will never destroy the Earth. The Sun continues to present many unanswered questions .
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