The Sun does indeed spin, rotating about its axis from west to east, the same direction that the planets orbit around the Sun. Since the Sun is not a solid object but rather a big ball of electrically charged gas, it spins at different speeds depending on the latitude. The Sun spins once around its axis near its equator in about twenty-five days, and in about thirty-five days near its north and south poles. This kind of spinning, in which different parts move at different speeds, is called differential rotation.