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The article presents answers to questions related to astronomy including what a bucketful of planet Earth's sun would contain, the best way to pack a telescope's eyepiece to prevent mildew or fungus from growing on the glass, and what the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) does with its geostationary satellites during a meteor shower.

The article offers answers to astronomy questions on topics including the eclipse of the star Epsilon Aurigae, the distribution of quasars, and the origin of iron in the sun.

The author talks about conditions in the center of the Earth, the Moon, the Sun, and in the center of neutron stars. He comments that the center of the Earth is a solid metal ball made out of a nickel-iron alloy, along with gold and platinum, which is about the size of Pluto and spins faster than the rest of the Earth and mentions the center of the Moon is also solid and surrounded by liquid. He also talks about conditions in the center of the Sun and the structure of neutron stars.

The article discusses questions about the Sun's interior published in the March 1989 issue of the magazine "Astronomy" by James Charles LoPresto and answers based on knowledge as of 2014.

A diagram is presented of the densities of astronomical objects compared with matter found on Earth and in space, such as neutron stars compared with atomic nuclei, the Sun's core compared with gold, and interstellar space compared with intergalactic space.

A diagram is presented which lists the top ten chemical elements which make up the sun.