If you are asking about the fuel the powers the Sun in its core - that is hydrogen combining to form helium and energy in a process called nuclear fusion. In nuclear fusion mass is converted into energy. That is what Einstein's famous equation E=mc^2 describes. "m" is the mass being converted into energy, "E," and "c^2" is the speed of light times itself, which is a very large number: c^2= c * c = 299,792 km/s * 299,792 km/s = 90 billion (km/s)^2 That is a big number so just a little bit of mass gives you a lot of energy! Terry
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