Can stars eventually use up or burn all the hydrogen in the Universe?
2006-12-10 12:26:46 · 4 answers · asked by TERRY K 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
There is a finite amount of hydrogen in the universe, and it is hypothetically possible that it could all be one day consumed.
One of the laws of thermodynamics states that "matter cannot be created or destroyed, but only change form." So, there is a finite amount of hydrogen that can never be replinished, but rather only converted.
2006-12-10 14:16:11 · answer #1 · answered by moleman_992 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our current understanding seems to indicate finite, but there are a lot of things we don't know and really weird anomolies out there.
For example, Stars that seem to be older than the Universe.
But on the other hand, if it's being produced, it's being produced from something else or by some process, and that process is probably a finite one. We know that we don't have infinite hydrogen right now. If we had infinite hydrogen it would be everywhere, so it's almost certianly got it's limits.
2006-12-10 12:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by socialdeevolution 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of hydrogen in the universe maybe at a steady state.
When the time base that drives the universe stops the amount of hydrogen will diminish it will be the begging of the demise of our universe.
2006-12-11 02:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no more hydrogen being produced by nuclear reactions. If anything it is being consumed to make the heavier elements.
2006-12-10 12:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋