The sun is a mass of hydrogen gas .. nothing else .. A vast , huge ball of hydrogen gas ..
All the billions of stars, of which our sun is one, have that on characteristic in common, they are all made of hydrogen gas. Big masses of hydrogen gas,
The most common element in the universe.
From the outer envelope to the deepest center, hydrogen..with some increasing amounts of helium.
In this universe, all mass creates an "attraction" for other masses..
The inner molecules of this huge volume of hydrogen gas molecules exert gravitational attraction to the outer molecules which is so great, that the inner most hydrogen molecules are squeezed together, fuse and form helium gas ..with a small amount of mass which is converted to energy.. radiant energy, which we call "sunshine". E = MC squared worth.
No, you did not hear any reputable geologist ever say or infer that .
Though Isaac Newton brilliantly described the relation ship between force, mass, and energy in the late 1600's, it was Einstein 200 years later who explained how it happens ..
"Gravity" is caused by a distortion, or curve, in space in direct proportion to the two , or more, masses, which are interacting with each other. The entire mass of the earth and the entire mass of the sun, for instance, not just the core of these bodies is the source of the "gravitational" effect we observe.
No. You cannot. Safely or otherwise.
Every bit of mass , no matter what size its mass may be, produces, and is a source, a "gravitational effect", in proportion to its mass.
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