The Solar Core

Highlights

• ›Fusion powers the Sun here, at ~15 million K

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Radiative Zone

Across solar physics

• The Radiative Zone

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Radiative Zone
• Associated withThe Radiative Zone
• Associated withQuantum Tunneling
• Associated withMass–Energy Equivalence

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.