Neutrinos prove that the sun makes a second kind of fusion at its center – The Press Stories

Like all stars, our sun is powered by the combination of hydrogen into heavier components. Atomic fusion is not only the shining of stars, but also the primary source of the chemical elements that make up the world around us. Much of our understanding of stellar fusion comes from theoretical models of atoms, but as far as our nearest star is concerned, we have another source: neutrinos formed at the center of the Sun.
Whenever atoms undergo fusion, they produce not only high-energy gamma rays but…

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