2007-03-04 13:00:53 · 8 answers · asked by Dustin V 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
the sun is not "burning". The sun is made of gases, mostly hydrogen. There are nuclear reactions occuring in the sun, causing intense heat and pressure
2007-03-04 13:32:53 · answer #1 · answered by greenfrisbee_2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Common "burning" on earth is the combustion of a (usually) carbon based material and oxygen. What you see on the sun is the energy and heat released due to nuclear fusion - something completely different. It might look like "fire", but it isn't. That nuclear fuel of H and He will last for billions of years.
2007-03-04 13:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by lip11 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sun is not burning like a fire. It actually uses nuclear power. No, it is not the one with Uranium.This is how it works: When two isotopes of Hydrogen (usually Deuterium and Tritium)fuse together by heat, it blasts apart into energy, a neutron, and helium. And I mean a lot of energy.
2007-03-04 13:23:09 · answer #3 · answered by eaglgenes101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL good one. But the sun isnt burning, its radiating. Hydrogen is fusing into helium rather than burning oxygen.
2007-03-04 13:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by peaco1000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's a boiling mass of superheated elements and gasses. It is self sustaining by super compression of nuclear materials of the core which creates extreme heat and gravity properties.
2007-03-04 16:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sun runs on nuclear fusion and doesnt burn
2007-03-08 11:19:33 · answer #6 · answered by 22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey aren't you the guy who said, "If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat."?
2007-03-04 14:46:15 · answer #7 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sun is not on fire..........thermo nuclear..
2007-03-04 13:03:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋