2007-02-15 12:47:14 · 11 answers · asked by Melvin S 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It's fuel is hydrogen which is producing energy from a nuclear reaction. It has always had it's hydrogen. It started out as a huge ball of hydrogen before it ignited into a nuclear reaction. It will probably be billions of years before it burns out of fuel.
2007-02-15 12:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by believer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sun does not combust any fuel as we have on earth where combustible materials are reduced in an oxidation process.
The Sun is producing a radiative energy as the result of nuclear fusion of hydrogen forming daugher atoms and cycling back and forth.The Sun would continue generating radiation of mass till its Nuclear fusion comes to a halt and no mass defect would take place any more in formation of daughter atoms.The Sun would then become a frozen star =no longer radiating.
2007-02-15 21:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun has a finite amount if fuel, it doesn't renew. Eventually it will consume all it's fuel, shed it's outer layers (taking earth with it when it does), and then become a white dwarf. Suns such as our own don't usually super nova. Lucky for us that will be a couple billion years from now. Sucks to be people then, if the human race is still around......
2007-02-15 21:00:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a Mobil gas station between the Sun and Mercury.
From itself. The Sun is made up of millions and millions of tons of Hydrogen. The immense pressure and heat of the Sun's core
cause hydrogen atoms to fuse with electrons. This is called fusion. The result is a helium atom plus, a small amount of energy. Repeated billions of times, this creates vast amounts of energy.
2007-02-15 20:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrogen is the fuel for the hydrogen to helium nuclear reactions that take place in the core. Consdiering the sun is made of 73.46 % hydrogen, it just fuels itself.
2007-02-15 22:55:23 · answer #5 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exothermic thermonuclear reactions or nuclear fusion in its core converts hydrogen to helium,it will run out of fuel in 12 billion years
2007-02-15 23:39:51 · answer #6 · answered by blinkky winkky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It uses nuclear fusion to combine two hydrogen atoms to make a helium. Hope I helped!
2007-02-15 20:50:30 · answer #7 · answered by thanks a latte! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun burns by turning massive amounts of helium into hydrogen, and the heat makes it burn, which creates more hydrogen.
2007-02-15 20:51:51 · answer #8 · answered by SEED1&I'M COOL 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
From the inside.
Think of a ball of wood millions of miles wide on fire.
It's like one huge brick of charcoal that takes a long, long time to burn.
2007-02-15 23:36:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun is a huge breeder reactor, it makes its own fuel by fusing hydrogen atoms into helium atoms.
2007-02-15 20:50:14 · answer #10 · answered by Blue Angel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋