A Cutaway View of the Sun's Layers

the corona’s atmosphere

fusion reactions in the core

electrical and magnetic fields

the Parker Space Probe

The Moon, Earth and Sun all have an inner core and outer layers.

The Earth’s core is even hotter than the Sun’s core because of fusion.

The Earth and Moon will someday generate heat and light like the Sun.

The Moon must also produce radiation and solar winds.

an atmosphere

hydrogen and helium

a central core

a mantle and crust

Astronaut landing vehicles

Giant Impact Hypothesis

Space probes

Greek mythology

The core

The corona

The radiative zone

The mantle

The core

The corona

The radiative zone

The mantle

slow to make important decisions about lunar exploration

planning to send astronauts back to the Moon’s surface with shovels

convinced the Moon is older than the Earth

still uncertain as to how the Moon formed

the Sun is made of gases, while the Moon is made of rock

only the Sun has a central core and outer layers

the Sun’s gravity is far less powerful than the Moon’s gravity

NASA scientists can only send probes to the Moon

The astronauts collected soil and rock samples as part of their mission.

Also, the direction of Earth’s spin lines up nicely with the Moon’s orbit.

Still, we have questions that need answers before we accept any theory.

This dark igneous rock was once magma deep under the Moon’s crust and gives today’s scientists an idea of the layers that lie beneath the Moon’s surface.