They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas)

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[Vannessa Vazquez]

THE SUN IS A MASS OF INCIDENSIT GAS A GIGANTIC NUCLEAR FURNACE WHERE HYDROGEN IS BUILT INTO HELIUM AT A TEMPERATURE OF MILLIONS OF DEGREES

[smilly456]

well I know what Im doing this summer

[CaptRSU]

The sun isn't a mass of incandecent gas! It's a miasma of incandescent plasma!

[KingofBorneo]

well there you go, i have been told! thank you for expanding my knowledge :)

[Battfro]

While you are indeed correct and do have your facts straight, the process you are referring to, the r-process or rapid neutron capture, does not create Boron, Lithium, or Beryllium. The reason that these elements are so scarce is that, during all known processes, these elements are unstable and quickly shift to a heavier element.

[SmashtheCmachine]

AWWWWWWWWE! Allow ratings, please! This song is AWESOME!

[KingofBorneo]

for most stars the fusion reactions inside them are only able to smash stuff together untill you get to iron. any elements heavier than that just wont fuse. all the other elements are formed during supernovas when big stars internally implode and then explode, creating firces and temperatures much greater then what youd otherwise have thus creating all these heavier elements.

[shelly005pano]

I saw this song in science with my teacher

[ComedyDanVision]

my media teacher showed us this - don't ask - he knows all the words (amazing)

[Xander Hall]

Hi!!!!