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The Sun and other stars generate tremendous amounts of energy, resulting in their characteristic heat and light, from fusion processes which occur in the star's core. The most common is the fusion of hydrogen into helium, although other fusion processes also take place depending on things like the age and mass of the star. If you calculate the amount of mass converted into energy in the fusion of hydrogen into helium - about 0.7% of the mass - and multiply that by the square of the speed of light (per Einstein's famous formula, E=mc^2) that's a lot of energy!
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What is the main source of the energy in the sun and other stars?
The main source of energy in the Sun and other stars is fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.
What is the source of energy for the Sun and other stars?
Nuclear fusion
How does the Sun generate energy today?
nuclear fusion
How can you tell Jupiter is not a star?
Stars generate their own light, and are enormous. Jupiter is about 1/400th the size of our Sun, and reflects the light of the Sun, generating no light of its own. (However, it does radiate significant amounts of radio energy.)
Which process is responsible for the energy emitted from the sun and all other stars?
Inertial confinement nuclear fusion.
How the stars generate energy like your sun?
They generate as much energy as Becky Crossfield eats in a buffet :P
How do we generate electricity?
We generate electricity from other forms of energy. Such as wind, sun, ect...
What is the main source of the energy in the sun and other stars?
The main source of energy in the Sun and other stars is fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.
The energy of light and other forms of radiation?
From the Sun. Also from other stars, and from distant galaxies - but we only get significant amounts of energy from our Sun.
What is the source of energy for the Sun and other stars?
Nuclear fusion
What energy does the sun and stars produce?
the energy sun and stars produce is fusion.
How does the sun generate energy?
nuclear fusion
What holds a huge amount of energy?
For example, the Sun, as well as other stars.
An example of nuclear energy converted to light energy?
The sun, and other stars, which burn from nuclear fusion
How does the nuclear fusion generate energy?
The Sun energy is from hydrogen fusion.
Why does earth get energy from sun and not other stars?
The sun is the only star close enough to provide Earth with any significant amount of energy. The amount of light reaches Earth from other stars is just enough so that we can see them.
How does the Sun generate energy today?
nuclear fusion
