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How is energy linked to the sun?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 12/15/2022

The sun, like all stars, gets its energy from nuclear fusion. The Earth is only habitable for life because of the sun's radiant energy which reaches us. So we all depend on nuclear energy.

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