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What is the sun and how is it compared to a ball of fire

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Answer: The Sun is a big ball of fire

It may be hot (15 million°C at its core, in fact), but the Sun isn't just one massive open flame. It actually gives off heat and light through a process called nuclear fusion, where hydrogen atoms crash into one another creating helium.

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