• Question: why is the sun so hot?

    Asked by 9unswj to Antonia, Douglas, Hugh, Matt, Tom on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by 9chadh.
    • Photo: Antonia Hamilton

      Antonia Hamilton answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      because there are lots of nuclear reactions going on inside.

    • Photo: Matthew Hurley

      Matthew Hurley answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      It’s because its one big nuclear or really fusion reactor. In the future our electricity will be generated by fusion rather thatn fission (which is what we have now). Much more efficient (and a lot more hot)!

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