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What is the name of the theory that explains how stars produce energy?
Answer
Nuclear fusion
Stars produce energy through nuclear fusion, where hydrogen atoms fuse into helium in the star's core, releasing enormous amounts of energy as described by E=mc².
💡 Did you know?
Our Sun fuses about 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium every second, yet it will continue this process for another 5 billion years.
Other options people guess
- Chemical combustion
- Gravitational compression
- Radioactive decay
Topics
- Physics
- Astronomy
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