SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Solar energy is created by nuclear fusion that takes place in the sun. Fusion occurs when protons of hydrogen atoms violently collide in the sun’s core and fuse to create a helium atom. This process, known as a PP (proton-proton) chain reaction, emits an enormous amount of energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -This reaction occurs throughout the Sun and by this process our Sun converts 600 million tons of hydrogen into 596 million tons of helium every second. The missing 4 million tons of matter are converted to energy, according to Einstein’s equation E=mc2.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explain how the sun converts matter into energy in its core.In the core of the sun hydrogen atoms fuse to form helium in the process of nuclear fusion releasing large amounts of energy in the form of light and heat.

Detailed explanation-4: -The core of the Sun is home to billions and billions of atoms of hydrogen, the lightest element in the universe. The immense pressure and heat pushes these atoms so close to one another that they squish together to create new, heavier atoms. This is called nuclear fusion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Intense heat and pressure in the Sun’s core cause protons to fuse together to form helium atoms, a process that releases large amounts of energy. This nuclear reaction-the same process that takes place in a hydrogen bomb-has powered the Sun for more than 4 billion years.