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[[Image:Moooghj.jpg|right|thumb|Sun, the small blue dot on the upper-right corner is Earth.]]

[[Image:Moooghj.jpg|right|thumb|Sun, the small blue dot on the upper-right corner is Earth.]]

The '''Sun''', or [[Sol]], is the star at the center of the solar system, and it accounts for over 99% of the [[mass]] of the solar system. By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements of [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref> The eight [[planet]]s, including Earth, orbit the sun, as do countless other small objects.  

The '''Sun''', or [[Sol]], is the star at the center of the solar system, and it accounts for over 99% of the [[mass]] of the solar system. By mass, it is composed of 72% [[hydrogen]], 26% [[helium]] and 2% trace elements of [[oxygen]], [[carbon]], [[neon]], [[nitrogen]], [[magnesium]], [[iron]], and [[silicon]].<ref>[http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/sun_worldbook.html World Book Encyclopedia @ NASA]</ref> The eight [[planet]]s, including Earth, orbit the sun, as do countless other small objects.  

According to the [[materialism|materialist]] view, what eventually became the solar system initially existed as a large, rotating [[cloud]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]], composed of hydrogen and helium produced in the [[Big Bang theory|Big Bang]] as well as small amounts of heavier [[element]]s. Around 4.57 billion years ago, the cloud began to contract, perhaps as a result of a [[shock wave]] from a nearby [[supernova]]. [[Inertia]] caused the rotating cloud to flatten into a disk. Most of the mass concentrated in the middle, and began to heat up. Eventually, the kinetic energy of the hydrogen was sufficient to overcome the [[electromagnetic]] repulsion between the protons, and fusion began. The resulting solar wind helped clear away much of the material which had not coalesced into planets or other orbiting bodies.<ref>[http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_1.html]</ref> The sun is most likely a third-generation star.

According to the [[materialism|materialist]] view, what eventually became the solar system initially existed as a large, rotating [[cloud]] of [[dust]] and [[gas]], composed of hydrogen and helium produced in the [[Big Bang theory|Big Bang]] as well as small amounts of heavier [[element]]s. Around 4.57 billion years ago, the cloud began to contract, perhaps as a result of a [[shock wave]] from a nearby [[supernova]]. [[Inertia]] caused the rotating cloud to flatten into a disk. Most of the mass concentrated in the middle, and began to heat up. Eventually, the kinetic energy of the hydrogen was sufficient to overcome the [[electromagnetic]] repulsion between the protons, and fusion began. The resulting solar wind helped clear away much of the material which had not coalesced into planets or other orbiting bodies.<ref>[http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_1.html]</ref> The sun is most likely a third-generation star.

According to the [[Bible|biblical]] record, [[God]] created the sun on the fourth day of [[Creation]].<ref>Genesis 1</ref>.

According to the [[Bible|biblical]] record, [[God]] created the sun on the fourth day of [[Creation]].<ref>Genesis 1</ref>. In 1979, astonomer John Eddy made measurements indicating that the Sun is shrinking at a rate of 0.1% per century, which would make the ancient sun argument put forth by those promoting the [[materialist]] view unlikely.  At the rate of shrinking measured, a 4.5 billion year old sun would have been larger than the solar system at creation and therefore have swallowed up the earth.  It is therefore postulated that the shrinking is what actually releases the heat from the sun through gravitational collapse, not nuclear fusion.  These data support the notion that the sun was created only a few thousand years ago.  It also shows that the life of the sun is quite limited and will not survive for several billion years more, as evolutionists and other secularlists claim<ref>DeYoung, D. B. Is the sun an age indicator. Creation Research Society Quarterly. Vol 26</ref>.     

According to the [[Apache Creation Story]], [[Creator]], the One Who Lives Above, created the sun by singing it into existence after he had created the Girl-Without-Parents.{{fact}}.

According to the [[Apache Creation Story]], [[Creator]], the One Who Lives Above, created the sun by singing it into existence after he had created the Girl-Without-Parents.{{fact}}.