The sun has been producing light for about five billion years but where does all its energy come from? The most common idea is that the sun is burning gas – …
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Seth Blatt says:
December 12, 2014 at 12:17 am (UTC 0)
its amazing, to know how intensely massive and powerful the sun is, knowing
so much is happening releasing tons and tons of energy.. and deny that it
came from god.. resorting to excuses like quantum physics to explain how it
came from nothing. truly sad.
electrocat1 says:
December 12, 2014 at 12:47 am (UTC 0)
5:14 I understand the flavor change of one of the up quarks and all that
but how can the proton’s beta decay into a neutron only release a neutrino
and a positron? Shouldn’t the positron be formed in conjunction with an
electron? Or is that only in the Casimir effect?
Recycle Bin says:
December 12, 2014 at 1:23 am (UTC 0)
neuclear fusion which lasts years and years and cannot be easily go out.
thats why some neuclear fire accidents burn for ages
but this is a very big fire but eventually the sun will stop burning.
so it is self powered
Jim Pettinato says:
December 12, 2014 at 2:01 am (UTC 0)
“Theory of Jim Pettinato” : everything seeks balance, Heat, humidity,
pressure etc. I think matter is sucked into black holes in the center of a
galaxy, it’s nuclear compressed on the atomic level, it travels through
worm holes in another dimention (2nd heaven) and re enters this dimention
at a point which is the center of each star-sun, that matter expands
(nuclear explosion) gets ejected from the sun as dust returning back to
where it started thus gets it’s balance.Dust on the moon. Kind of like a
fiber optic lamp, with the black hole at it’s base and the fibers are the
worm holes. If this didn’t happen, matter would constantly go into black
holes and be removed from galaxys until the universe would be completely
empty space. This theory also proves Heavens.
Alexis Camus says:
December 12, 2014 at 2:57 am (UTC 0)
Does the sun gets lighter and lighter all the time then?
Narklmarf says:
December 12, 2014 at 3:11 am (UTC 0)
energy=mass cabin squared
wat
Raymond Doetjes says:
December 12, 2014 at 3:18 am (UTC 0)
I never understood how two protons that collide and have lost mass can
convert into a neutron and still have a proton left. A neutron is heavier
than a proton.
So two protons slamming together losing mass could not have enough mass to
create a neutron and have a proton remaining.
Something needs to contribute mass or energy to create that mass.
A neutron turning into a proton is logical but the other way around
confuses me. Where does the proton (well actually an, up quark turning into
a down quark) gets the extra mass from to finally turn into a neutron?
Is energy gathered from the strong force or are as in unversed beta decay
electrons swallowed up?
Isn’t it weird that you take this for a fact and 20 years later you
wonder.., hey hang on… How does that work in detail?
Ricardo Camacho says:
December 12, 2014 at 3:34 am (UTC 0)
Waaait wait wait..so what happens to the energy released? Is the sun
getting smaller?
Kwaku Awere says:
December 12, 2014 at 4:29 am (UTC 0)
There is no energy, just particles interaction.
yojgee says:
December 12, 2014 at 5:15 am (UTC 0)
I am so surprised that some people are still not familiar with relativity.
:(
Jay kumar says:
December 12, 2014 at 5:19 am (UTC 0)
I Have a Question.. Every one says there is free energy around us.. If it
is then please explain.. I am fed up of making free energy generators…
MrMonstrum55 says:
December 12, 2014 at 5:23 am (UTC 0)
>mfw people are so dumb -_-
harish2309 says:
December 12, 2014 at 5:49 am (UTC 0)
how can people not know basic stuff like these about the universe ? This
video makes me feel smart but I know I’m not THAT smart, just average.
These are stuff I could never forget, even at old age.
Tomy Evang says:
December 12, 2014 at 6:46 am (UTC 0)
Technically its one extremely large nuclear reactor.
david ds says:
December 12, 2014 at 7:37 am (UTC 0)
wish that was my teacher.
Bjørn Gryttingsodegaard says:
December 12, 2014 at 7:53 am (UTC 0)
anddd they are not Americans!
Ser Ferdinand says:
December 12, 2014 at 8:16 am (UTC 0)
Are people really this stupid and uninterested?
oswa fares says:
December 12, 2014 at 8:34 am (UTC 0)
great video …thanks alot
Kim Bondarenko says:
December 12, 2014 at 9:22 am (UTC 0)
terrible education level
TheCrimsonIdol987 says:
December 12, 2014 at 10:04 am (UTC 0)
Thermonuclear fusion. The Sun is fusing hydrogen atoms into helium.
iforce2d says:
December 12, 2014 at 10:36 am (UTC 0)
hmm… I dunno… has anyone been to the sun to check this?
Delve Spectrum says:
December 12, 2014 at 11:34 am (UTC 0)
Are sun gets its energy from the big bang! Mass attracting mass and
exercising the laws of ThermoDynamics. And it gets hotter and hotter.
Until there is enough mass too counter ThermoDynamics that results in
fusion. And this will continue until it creates Carbon and Then its just a
thermo battery towards zero.
Michael Wilson says:
December 12, 2014 at 12:10 pm (UTC 0)
the sun gets its energy from the massive electric/magnetic currents
generated from our galaxy.
open your eyes
Muhammad Saquib says:
December 12, 2014 at 12:36 pm (UTC 0)
WTF? People do not know about Sun’s source of energy?
Aswin CREEK says:
December 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm (UTC 0)
you are damn cool man!
Hanindya Dewani says:
December 12, 2014 at 1:09 pm (UTC 0)
People who walked in antartica is actually walking upside down
Dexter2020 says:
December 12, 2014 at 1:20 pm (UTC 0)
@Mattdangerisawesome maybe because they were uploaded just 1 day before
your comment 🙂
Firealchemist24 says:
December 12, 2014 at 1:51 pm (UTC 0)
Man I wish these were entire episodes and not just small portions of them,
but very interesting none the less.
Jezthevalley says:
December 12, 2014 at 2:42 pm (UTC 0)
@Mattdangerisawesome because they’re incomplete episodes.
SARGEHALO666v2 says:
December 12, 2014 at 2:50 pm (UTC 0)
Love it!
dark Orca says:
December 12, 2014 at 2:55 pm (UTC 0)
0 views…oh comeon
Jhon mcduck says:
December 12, 2014 at 3:41 pm (UTC 0)
I love Monty python.
Matt Goorahoo says:
December 12, 2014 at 4:24 pm (UTC 0)
how do these get so few views
BleednEden says:
December 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm (UTC 0)
@Mattdangerisawesome because sadly most would rather be watching the
wonders of the playboy mansion?
Donnner93 says:
December 12, 2014 at 5:45 pm (UTC 0)
Yet we got religion.. sigh