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The claim that ions of hydrogen (sic!) and helium emit photons with a cited source [#75]. The claim that a hydrogen ion emits photons are plain wrong. The NASA web-site clearly states that photons are scattered in the radiation-zone but does not mention emission. There are a difference between scattering and emission. ~2025-37756-24 (talk) 18:38, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I assume you are referring to

• Ions of hydrogen and helium emit photons, which travel only a brief distance before being reabsorbed by other ions.

Sourced to

• "Sun". World Book at NASA. NASA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

The Wikipedia way to describe this problem is "content does not verify". The reference is fine and WP:Reliable on this topic. I deleted that content and added something similar based on the source. Please review. Johnjbarton (talk) 19:40, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there is an error in the rounding of the rotational inertia factor of the sun (citation 5), if you check the archive reference, it states the value of 0.059, but in the article here it says ~ 0.07 where it should be ~ 0.06 IRLHexAgon (talk) 15:40, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and fix it thanks. Johnjbarton (talk) 17:17, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. Wikiman359 (talk) 15:59, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please detail the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. GearsDatapack (talk) 16:07, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

people keep replacing the normal true color sun image with this image ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Orbiter%E2%80%99s_widest_high-res_view_of_the_Sun_ESA508430.jpg ) which is in ultraviolet light, with no desclaimer. i have already had to revert this twice. anonymsiy.user‬ 22:51, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I can’t see the image fully ~2026-93758-4 (talk) 15:52, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the "Structure" image? Is it cut off somehow? —Antonissimo (talk) 23:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]