The Sun is mostly made of hydrogen and helium. The Sun has about 70% of hydrogen and about 28% of helium, and these two chemical elements are the reason why the Sun shines – hydrogen turns into helium through the process of nuclear fusion. However, astronomers said that there are there are several chemical elements in the Sun, but only approximately these chemicals have been found because some of them are too small for their instruments to spot and distinguish.
Here are the a few more of the most common elements found in the Sun aside from hydrogen and helium: more or less 1% of oxygen, 0.40% of carbon, 0.096% of nitrogen, 0.099% of silicon, 0.076% of magnesium, 0.058% of neon, 0.014% of iron and 0.040% of sulfur.
