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The site discusses the eraly theories that attempted to explain why the sun shines. By the end of the article the author discusses the process of nuclear fusion in the sun and other stars. At the end of the article there is a link to another articel that discusses what happens when stars run out of hydrogen.
%0 Electronic Source %A Tung, Brian %D 2000 %T How to Cook a Star: The reason stars shine %V 2024 %N 20 September 2024 %9 text/html %U http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/fusion.html
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