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The sun shines because some of the nuclear energy is transformed into radiant energy. Enormous compression due to gravity and extremely high temperatures in the deep interior of the Sun fuse the nuclei of hydrogen atoms together to form helium nuclei. This is called thermonuclear fusion (a process that releases radiant energy, a small part of which reaches Earth).

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The primary source of the sun's energy is nuclear fusion in its core, where hydrogen atoms combine to form helium, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in the process. This energy powers the sun and allows it to emit light and heat.

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Nuclear fusion is the driving force behind the Sun's energy. When hydrogen atoms fuse into helium, there is a release of energy in the form of photons.

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Nuclear 'fusion' in the sun's core. Same process that provides the enormous burst of energy released by a hydrogen bomb, but it keeps going continuously in the sun.

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The sun uses nuclear fusion to bond hydrogen atoms together to make helium atoms releasing energy. The sun was born with all the hydrogen it will ever use and will run out.

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The answer is Nuclear Fusion

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