• Question: the sun is continuously burning ,will the combustion come to an end or is it making new atoms and using it to produce energy?

    Asked by abdb266 to George on 26 Jan 2017.
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      George Githinji answered on 26 Jan 2017:


      Yes! the nuclear reactions that fuel the sun will decline over time and it will become a dwarf star. It will also increase in size and swallow the planets including the earth. This is far far into the future. We dont have to worry for now.

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