How dose the sun burn its in space and there is no oxygen to feed it?

Question

this is a random thing that i dont get lol

Answer 1

The sun is indeed burning, but it is a nuclear reaction, not a chemical one.

The sun burns hydrogen--a lot of it, several hundred million tons per second.

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. Nuclear fusion occurs when one proton smashes into another proton so hard that they stick together...and release some energy as well. This energy then heats up the other materials (other protons and electrons and such) nearby. This heating eventually grows out from the center (or core) of the star to the outside, finally leaving the surface and radiating out into space to be the heat and light we know stars emit.

People, including scientists, sometimes say that the Sun "burns hydrogen" to make it glow. But that is just a figure of speech. Hydrogen really doesn't burn, it fuses, into helium. So no oxygen is required!

Answer 2

Well the sun is made of hydrogen and helium not oxygen i hope that helps

Answer 3

THERE IS NO COMBUSTION HAPPENING ON THE SUN

there is a nuclear reaction, hydrogen nuclei combine to give helium nuclei, and that releases energy.

its not burning because of oxygen!

Answer 4

Random questions are often the best :)

The answer is that it doesn't really burn. It's not technically on fire.

The sun has a lot of pressure at its core (due to its huge mass). So strong that it takes the Hydrogen molecules in  there and fuses them together. This is called Nuclear Fusion. It's what Hydrogen Bombs do - lots of fire!

So it needs no Oxygen because it's not burning, it's fusing. When 2 atoms fuse they release enormous amounts of energy.

Hope this helps!