How much of the solar system's mass is in the Sun?
The Sun contains about 99.8% of all the mass in our solar system.
Reference: NASA
The Sun contains about 99.8% of all the mass in our solar system.
The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across.
Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth, so we always see the Sun as it was a few minutes ago.