do planets explode like stars do????

Answer 1

No. Unless a star is very large, it will not explode. Our Sun, for example, will not supernova (explode) because it is too small, and when it "burns" out, it will not have enough mass to break down on an atomic level.

Strictly speaking, stars don't explode. They implode.

Try to imagine that you are a super-small particle walking around the atoms inside of a block of iron. You would see that the iron atoms are not side by side, but that there is quite a bit of space between them. If you shrunk a little bit more to walk around inside of the atoms, you would see that the outermost electron shell is very far away from the nucleus of the atom. If the nucleus of certain atoms were enlarged to the size of a golf ball, the outermost electron shell may be several hundred yards away.

Stars produce their energy by squeezing hydrogen atoms so close together that their nuclei fuse together. It takes four hydrogen atoms to form helium. When these are fused, it realeases a huge amount of energy.

After the hydrogen is depleted, the star cools off and shrinks. As the helium atoms get closer together, they start to fuse into carbon.

What causes a supernova is when a star no longer has any hydrogen or helium to fuse. It is the heat from this reaction which prevents stars from collapsing right now. It keeps them in equilibrium.

But when the helium is gone, all that is left are heavier elements which need much more pressure and heat to fuse. If the core of the dead star is above the Chandrasekhar limit (about 1 1/2 times the mass of our sun) basically all of the nuclei of all of the atoms in it fuse, and the star collapses in a fraction of a second. This results in a release of energy that will outshine some galaxies for weeks, and is commonly known as a supernova. Some of the outer layers of the core can't keep up with the collapse, and are blown away by the force of the released energy. What is left over is known as a neutron star. It is still tightly compressed. On earth, a teaspoon of this material would weigh over ten billion tons. yet the star would only be about 10 or 20 kilometers across.

If a dead star has more than 3 times the mass of the sun when it runs out of helium, the collapse continues beyond that of a neutron star, and even the protons and neutrons within it are pushed so close together that they all become one, and the star becomes a black hole.

The only way a star the size of our sun could supernova is if it became a white dwarf and had a nearby star. In this case, the gravity from the white dwarf would pull hydrogen and helium from the star next to it. This material would release energy as it meets the surface of the white dwarf's core and fuses with it. By doing this, the white dwarf adds to its mass. If it can add enough mass to reach the Chandrasekhar limit, it will then implode.

if a planet had enough mass to fuse anything, it would be a star, not a planet. For example, Jupiter is made up of the same gases in the same concentrations as stars do. But because Jupiter doesn't have enough mass to make these gases fuse, it remains a gaseous planet.

Jupiter has about twice the mass of all the other planets in our solar system COMBINED, yet it would have to be about 80 times bigger to be a star.

Answer 2

That depends on how precise you want to be. If ask whether a grenade explodes like a stick of dynamite does, some people will answer yes, while others will point out the differences in size, affected area, chemical residues, etc. I don't think that stars and planets explode in the same way; but here's why: A planet does not have the energy potential to create another star or a black hole, etc,., like a star does.

When a star explodes, we on earth will witness something called a nova, or, if it's big, a supernova. A nova is a cloud of gases and "star bits" (all you scientists are wincing when you read this, I know) that is the aftermath of the explosion. This cloud could potentially be a nebula, or it could collapse on itself and become a black hole. Novas are so bright, they can be seen in the daytime.

That is where planets and stars differ. A planet massive enough to have the same attributes described above would be classified as a star. In fact, some planets are simply old stars (brown dwarfs, anyone?). Stars can do anything from create black holes, white dwarfs, red dwarfs, or pulsars when they pop their cork, but planets cannot.

Answer 3

i think planets dont explode like stars because in the very first place planets dont have its own light unlike with the star its has its temperature. We can say that which are hottest stars but we cannot say that which is the hottest planets , right? Planets will never explode as stars did.

Answer 4

No. Stars explode to release excessive mass that they can't hold together after their energy fuel has gone low.

Planets are fully formed space objects, and can't explode, because their energy level is far more lower than the star's one. You may think of the planet like of the dead star.

Answer 5

Most planets don't have the same energy boiling up inside, so they wouldn't explode...
But...
They can be torn apart.
If a planet ends up in an orbit than doesn't fit well with its size, rotational speed, and material/density, then is can suffer stresses that cause it to tear itself apart. i.e. the near side to the sun and the far side try to spin at different speeds - doesn't work well and results in earthquakes or worse.
The asteroid belt in our own solar system may be the remnents of a planet that suffered this fate, and then over billions of years spead out into the current belt.

Answer 6

Yes because our planet produce a lot of pressure in the core , when you see our volcano explode all over the world , thats the time , But i think after 5,000 years more before it will happen ,
it is more possible it will came from commets and meteor.

Answer 7

No. Planets are oftentimes a solid physique. Stars are dynamic and changing over their lifespan, ingesting themselves. Planets, on an identical time as they are in a position to alter, at the instant are not likely to implode or explode. exterior forces might smash them, say a great meteor or something.

Answer 8

Stars explode because their fuel goes out of control. Planets have no nuclear fuel so they don't explode.

Answer 9

It all depends, it would be billions and trillions of years before the earth would explode. If enough of the magma under the earth crust where to get any hotter, the earth wuold probly have a mager melt down and it would then explode because of all of the gas above the earths crust.

Answer 10

no. only stars explode, at least the planets i know of dont explode