• Question: Why is the sun so hot?

    Asked by simi to Sophie, Lauren on 10 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by 295nveg48.
    • Photo: Sophie Nedelec

      Sophie Nedelec answered on 10 Nov 2016:

      A lot of heat energy is released when Hydrogen atoms smash together in stars like our sun… the process is called nucelar fusion! It also creates new atoms – that’s where all the elements of the periodic table come from.

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