The Sun is a star. When we see the Sun (NEVER look directly at the Sun), what we see is light coming from the Sun itself. When we see a planet or a moon (LOOK at planets - they are fascinating!) what we see is the Sun's light reflected off the surface of the planet/moon.
The other stars that you see in the night sky are suns themselves, some smaller, some larger, and some very similar to our own Sun. They look (even the really huge ones!) so little because they are so impossibly far away.
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I'll leave what was here because it is commonly accepted, but in fact, the sun cannot be a star because the definition of the word star is: a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. The sun is not actually made of gases as some people may think, but an uncommon state of matter called plasma. Plasma is even higher up in thermal energy than gases are so that makes it different from gases. Just wanted to let you know because the other answer is so commonly accepted.
Yes the sun is a star. Not many people know it.
It depends on your definition of 'sun'. If you meant it as 'a star which has a planetary system', then some stars are suns.
Our Sun is a star, so it is very similar.
Yes.
the properties that the sun has in common with other stars is that its made of hot gases and is also a star
Our sun is a rather ordinary star; there are countless stars in the Milky Way and other galaxies that are much larger. If you consider galaxies as 'objects', and it is not uncommon to do so, then any galaxy or star cluster would dwarf the sun.
The sun is a star, some stars are larger and other are smaller.
The sun is a star that is alot closer than all of the other stars
The Sun. If not for the Sun, we wouldn't ever look at any other star.
the properties that the sun has in common with other stars is that its made of hot gases and is also a star
Yes, all stars' are suns'.
Our sun is a rather ordinary star; there are countless stars in the Milky Way and other galaxies that are much larger. If you consider galaxies as 'objects', and it is not uncommon to do so, then any galaxy or star cluster would dwarf the sun.
It gives off heat. If there was no sun we would be dead.
No, the temperatures on the sun are too hot to be survivable. There are also other reasons, such as it is actually a star, not a planet.
The sun is a star.
The sun is a star, some stars are larger and other are smaller.
The Sun is a star also a ball of gas that is of course as we all know is boiling hot.
It is only the brightest visible star because of its proximity. It is a very ordinary one.
Becaus the Sun is the name we have given to the star nearest to us.
The Sun is a star.
The sun is a star, the closest star to our earth. Indeed, our earth and the other planets of our solar system orbit the sun.