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The fusion of atoms powers the sun and other stars
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∙ 13y agoGenerally hydrogen fusion. Some energy comes from higher mass fusion, but this is uncommon and requires a very large, very hot star.
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What holds a huge amount of energy?
For example, the Sun, as well as other stars.
How many hydrogen atoms does the sun have?
Three-quarters of the Sun's mass is hydrogen. How many hydrogen atoms are in the Sun?
What gives the sun energy?
Nuclear fusion of elements lighter than iron powers all stars. Basically, when two elements fuse together, there is a loss of mass in the "binding" that holds the nuclei together. In accordance with the law of preservation of matter (it cannot be created or destroyed), that must go somewhere. It is essentially "carried away" in the form of energy. It is this energy that is what keeps the sun, and all other stars, going strong. In the sun, hydrogen is fusing to form helium.
What atoms do the sun produce by fusing hydrogen atoms?
The sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium atoms. This is a nuclear fusion that occurs at the sun's core.
What is the charge on lithium and carbon atoms?
the sun
What power the sun and other stars?
The fusion of atoms powers the sun and other stars!
What is made of atoms that powers the sun and other stars?
Hydrogen?
What are the atoms called that powers the sun and other stars?
The sun and other stars are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. The hydrogen atoms combine by nuclear fusion resulting in helium.
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 what of atoms powers the sun and other stars?
The sun and other stars are powered by fusing hydrogen into helium in their first stage of life. Then as they get older the hydrogen runs out and the fuse helium and on up onto iron. Heavier elements come from novas and super novas.
Where in the universe does fusion occur naturally?
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers stars, such as our sun.
What part of an atom powers the sun and other stars?
fusion
How the sun helps the stars to glow?
It doesn't. The nuclear/chemical reaction that powers the other stars is entirely independent of what our sun is doing.
Why do the stars hide in the morning lights?
there is light from the sun which over powers the stars
Is the sun a star or a bowl of fire?
It's a star. The sun is a star, and like other stars it is composed of plasma, the fourth state of matter, and the most abundant form of matter in the universe. Like other stars, inside the core of the sun, nuclear fusion takes place in which hydrogen atoms are fused into helium atoms.
How are the stars and the sun the same?
all stars are not all the same (blue giants, red giants, red dwarfs), however the sun is a star. it just appears bigger in the sky because it is way, way, way closer than all other stars.
What is the fuel spent off in many stars like the sun?
Stars' energy comes from the fusion of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms, initially.
