Kids around the world have always drawn the sun a little differently. Americans tend to sketch a yellow circle surrounded by straight lines — sometimes with a smiley face or black shades.

When you think about the Sun, you might think about a bright yellow circle, reminiscent from your childhood drawings and textbook illustrations. But is this depiction scientifically accurate?

I’m just telling a person in their 20s that the sun used to be yellow when I was a child and he’s laughing. The last time he saw a yellow sun was on Teletubbies. Here’s the sun right now.

On September 12, Twitter account Latest In Space, which tweets space-related news and facts, tweeted: "Space Fact: The sun is actually white, but appears yellow because of Earth's atmosphere." ...