The Sun   

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Makes life on our planet possible by giving us great amounts of light and heat.

Contains about 98% of the mass of the entire Solar System.

Is just a medium sized star (yellow dwarf EXPAND). It is about 1.4 million kilometers in diameter.  IN MILEs

Is the centre of our Solar System. All the planets and other objects orbit around it.

It is made up mostly of hydrogen.

Hydrogen is the most widely found item in the universe, accounting for about 75 percent of its normal matter DEFINE, and was created when the universe began.

It contains dark spots that are known as sunspots.