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The sun fuses hydrogen to make helium. It will be several billion years before the sun fuses helium to make heavier elements.

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The sun burns helium to make what other gas?

The sun burns small amounts of helium and when combined with oxygen, the helium makes neon. The sun burns mostly hydrogen.


Does sun burns helium to make hydrogen?

no it has hydogen and helium but it makes heat and light


What does the sun make when it burns?

light and heat


The sun burns helium to make what?

The sun does not burn in the conventional sense, it is a fusion bomb confined by its own gravity. At the core of the sun, hydrogen plasma fuses to form the element helium, a and this fusion releases the energy which makes the sun hot. hydrogen, helium


When the sun burns hydrogen helium it makes what?

The sun is on the Main Sequence, fusing hydrogen nuclei to form helium nuclei and release substantial quantities of energy.


When the sun burns helium what does the outer shell do?

Expand and lift off into space.


What the sun burns?

The Sun gets its energy from nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen-1 to helium-4.


Which is the element that the sun burns as fuel?

The sun burns hydrogen as fuel through a process called nuclear fusion. This process involves the fusion of hydrogen atoms to create helium, releasing energy in the form of light and heat.


I know that the Sun burns hydrogen to create helium but what is the Sun doing with all of this helium What would happen if the sun had no helium And what role does helium play in making the sun hot?

The Sun uses the energy produced from converting hydrogen into helium through nuclear fusion to generate heat and light. If the Sun had no helium, it wouldn't be able to sustain this fusion process, leading to a lack of energy production and a collapse in the Sun's structure. Helium plays a crucial role in the fusion reactions that occur in the Sun, contributing to the high temperatures and pressures required to sustain nuclear fusion.


What gasses make up the sun?

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Is the sun nine-tenths hydrogen?

The sun is approximately 9/10 hydrogen. As it burns, helium is created. The longer this process goes on, the hydrogen will eventually get consumed.


Why do hydrogen and helium make up the sun?

hydrogen & helium combine with fusion of four process