Photo: Martin Heigan, Sun (Some rights reserved)
Wikipedia: The Sun is the star at the center of the solar system. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process.
A Decade of Sun
Headlines
https://earthsky.org/space/definition-what-is-the-gegenschein
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/11/astronomers-find-a-solar-twin–a-star-that-looks-almost-exactly-like-our-sun
http://www.iastro.pt/news/news.html?ID=92
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-blue-crystals-meteorites-sun-terrible.amp
Recommended Listening
The sun, our star
Sunset Forecast
sunsetwx.com
hallettwx.com
Elsewhere on the Web
http://earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-suns-name
https://earthsky.org/earth/winter-solstice-and-late-sunrise
Solar Orbiter
http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter
Miasma of Incandescent Plasma
They Might Be Giants – Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)
Parker Solar Probe
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/nasas-parker-solar-probe-will-shake-hands-with-sun-thanks-to-small-push-from-venus
Solar Corona
Planeta.com