UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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melting rocks
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erupting light
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burning gases
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boiling liquid
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sun does not “burn", like we think of logs in a fire or paper burning. The Sun glows because it is a very big ball of gas, and a process called nuclear fusion is taking place in its core.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is a star? A star is a big ball of gas. It is not star-shaped. Stars give off heat and light.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sun is a huge ball of hydrogen and helium held together by its own gravity.
Detailed explanation-4: -And as Jillian Scudder, an astrophysicist at the University of Sussex, explained to Business Insider in an email, the day might come sooner than we think. The Sun survives by burning hydrogen atoms into helium atoms in its core. In fact, it burns through 600 million tons of hydrogen every second.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer. The sun is a huge ball of burning gases.