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What force forms stars?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The force of gravity pulls the material together that will form a star. As the material is compressed by gravity, it heats up. The heat begins countering the compressive force of the gravity. As the star gets smaller, the heat gets hotter. Finally the heat gets hot enough to set off nuclear explosions in the center of the star. That counters the compression.

The star cools as its surface. As it cools it compresses which heats it which sets off more nuclear explosions. That continues until it burns up all its hydrogen.

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13y ago

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