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Last Post 3/2/2007 8:31 AM by  Holly Gilbert
Core of the sun
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3/2/2007 8:15 AM

    does the sun have a core?

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    3/2/2007 8:31 AM

    Aaron,

    The Sun does have a core, but it's not a solid core. It is so EXTREMELY dense and hot (so hot that it keeps it from being a solid), that it presses particles together and causes fusion. This process is responsible for all of the energy coming from the Sun- it is incredibly energetic (a much smaller version of this process is the atomic bomb).

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