Got Fusion?

Here's a colorful primer on that great Nuclear Fusion reactor in the sky:

Life on Earth is absolutely dependent on the Sun. If it suddenly shut down, it would take eight minutes for our world to be plunged into total darkness.

Its energy comes from nuclear fusion taking place deep in its core. Heat and pressure at the center force hydrogen atoms together to make heavier helium. This process releases unimaginable amounts of energy, similar to the explosion of a hydrogen bomb.This energy travels slowly through the Sun's surface (its journey takes over 200,000 years). Here, it escapes into space as heat and light, making life possible here on Earth.

Comments

[Bob Macdonell]

Evidence indicates there is no fusion taking place in the sun's core. All fusion reaction is taking place in the sun's atmosphere only. This explains the neutrino deficiency sans tortured logic, special laws and the suspension of well established principles of physics heavily relied upon by advocates of the nuclear fusion core THEORY!!The planet Jupiter is a dormant star. It has a large planetary core surrounded by an abysmal sea of liquid hydrogen (predominately). Its atmosphere is comprised of a mixture of gases including hydrogen (predominately). The sun's photosphere is a relatively thin, roiling sheath of plasmacized hydrogen gas which is sustained by the massive inflow of electrons from galactic and intergalactic space. This also explains why the corona is exponentially hotter than the sun's surface since this massive inflow of electrons would encounter this region initially.