is the sun electrical or atomic?

Question

plasma is a very good consuctor of electricity, if it makes up 99.9% of the universe, dosent this make you think about what the universe really is? or how it works?, i was thinking about the theory of cosmos, they say that stars dont generate thier own evergy but get it from the center of the galaxy. could that be true? you know the whole idea of electrical rather than atomic sun. they say the sun is gathering all this electrical energy, tahts what makes it so hot and fiery, it isnt by burning hydrogen. is it true? can you explain the idea a little clearly because i dont understand it clearly.

the elecrical current come from the galactic centre, ok, its then gathered at the point where the sun is because the sun has some components and is the largest body in the system, the large gathering of the current creates Eminence heat which burns the sun as bright as it is, the electric current is turned into heat and light then reflected back into space. but how is this electrical current produced at the galactic center, i have no idea. that idea could work i think, if they explained how the electricity is produced.

Answer 1

The Sun, and any other star, creates its own energy at it core by the process of nuclear fusion. Hydrogen nuclei and forced together by the gravity and pressure at a star's core and changes them to helium nuclei, and some mass is turned changed to energy.

Answer 2

Where are you getting your information??

> plasma ... if it makes up 99.9% of the universe

No. Plasma makes up a a very, very tiny percentage of the universe. Plasma is unstable and requires high temperatures to maintain it. Most of the universe is much too cold to support plasma.

> they say that stars dont generate thier own evergy but get it from the center of the galaxy.

Who is "they"?? When I was studying astrophysics in college, "they" told me that the stars DO generate their own energy. I still believe them.

> they say the sun is gathering all this electrical energy, tahts what makes it so hot and fiery, it isnt by burning hydrogen.

It is difficult to see how electrical energy could easily be transported through space, especially given the lack of plasma as explained above. It also seems that such a large electrical current would have a lot of other side effects. Why haven't we seen them?

Answer 3

Stop calling yourself Professor Einstein. Your theory is absolute garbage. The sun generates ITS OWN ENERGY through nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium nuclei, duh. How could it possibly gather electricity through such a distance? And no, plasma is NOT 99% of the universe, but VACUUM is a good deal of it. Have you heard of it? It's empty space, therefore is no good for conducting electricity. A second flaw in your dumb theory: WTF would electricity be doing in the sun?! We would probably get different light, if any at all, if the sun worked electrically. What did you think? That there's a lightbulb inside it? A third flaw: Why would the galactic core have a potentially large amount of electricity in it? It's just an enormous black hole. Nothing comes it out of it (except in the case of quasars but I'm getting off the topic here).
So ditch this theory of yours which was clearly worked out with no logic, consideration of the laws of science, or common sense (some of that does come in handy every once in a while). This theory is garbage.
Nuclear fusion is what drives the sun. Not *choking a laugh* electricity.

Answer 4

Sorry to tell you you have absorbed some serious bullsh!t from somewhere.

The sun, like all stars, is a natural nuclear fusion reactor. As pointed out, FUSION, and not fission. Whoever told you all this baloney about stars receiving electrical energy from some other place needs a bad spanking, and please tell them so. Nothing of the kind is true.

The words "nuclear" and "atomic" have essentially equal meanings in this context. It is not true that one represents a "step up" from the other.

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But for all askers, you should be aware that many answers, especially in science and technology fields, are wrong. If you want information, the best thing to do is look it up for yourself, either on the internet or--better still--at the library.

Good luck to all...

Answer 5

The sun emits light and heat energy through FUSION reactions, the nuclei of lighter elements (hydrogen) combine to form heavier ones (helium). There is a small loss in mass between the reacting nuclei and the products (mass defect), which is converted to energy via the famous equation E = mc^2. It is this energy that we perceive as light and heat from the sun.

The plasma surrounding the sun is the result of the huge pressures acting on the sun due to its own gravity, increasing the temperature sufficiently to ionise gas (plasma) and propagate nuclear fusion reactions.

Edit: Electricity is not involved - there is not enough energy supplied by electrons or a flow of charged particles to effectively force two repulsive nuclei together! It's all fusion and nothing else!!!

Answer 6

okay your entire question is wrong!!!!

plasma doesn't make up nearly that much of the universe
its either dark matter or dark energy that makes up 99.9%(think its dark matter)

but anyway the sun definately works by nuclear fusion and not fission.

fission is when an atom is split and it releases large amounts of energy. fusion on the other hand works by fusing atoms together. This releases far more energy than fission.

the fusion in the sun comes from the fusion of a hydrogen and a hydrogen isotope combine to form helium (once again releasing massive amounts of energy)

Answer 7

Both, but mostly Atomic.

No the Sun get's its engery from atomic FUSION, the conversion of RAW hydrogen into heat and light and radiation energy.

Caused by a complex process in which nuclius are fused together releasing gamma rays and converting and releasing heat and light as a bi-product.

Answer 8

The hydrogen fusion process in the sun is well understood. Can't make an H-bomb without it. If stars don't generate their own energy, how can we feel the sun's heat from 93,000,000 miles away?

The fusion reaction in the sun is mostly through the proton-proton chain process.

Answer 9

Atomic.

It uses nuclear fusion to fuse hydrogen together. During this process it releases a tremendous amount of heat and light energy.

Answer 10

Hi Professor my thinking on this question is simply this, No-one has got close enough to the SUN to be able to say for sure If it is one or the other or maybe even both, It is all guesswork from different braches of the scientific community as far as I am concerned. The Sun is a Star the closest to our Planet it is the main life source to the planet don't f**k with it.