During the darkest days of the year, it seems appropriate to reflect on the most important source of energy for life on earth—the sun.
Its diameter is 864,000 miles. This is 109 times that of the earth. It is a flaming ball of electrically charged gas that tops 27 million degrees Fahrenheit at its core!
It is all too miraculous to believe. We are floating in space orbiting around a star that is 93 million miles away!
How are we supposed to wrap our minds around this incredible world bursting with infinite, truly unbelievable forms of life?
