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Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core – Universe Today
Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life in the cosmos.
Like all stars, our Sun is powered by the fusion of hydrogen into heavier elements. Nuclear fusion is not only what makes stars shine, it is also a primary source of the chemical elements that make the world around us. Much of our understanding of stellar fusion comes from theoretical models of atomic nuclei, but for our closest star, we also have another source: neutrinos created in the Sun’s core.
Whenever atomic nuclei undergo fusion, they produce not only high energy gamma rays but also neutrinos….
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