Could we add hydrogen to the sun?

The only fuel the Sun can use for fusion is in the core, which accounts for only 0.8\% of the Sun’s volume and 34\% of its mass. When it uses up that hydrogen in the core, it’ll blow off its outer layers into space and then shrink down into a white dwarf. One idea is that you could crash another star into the Sun.

How will the sun become a red giant?

In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will begin the helium-burning process, turning into a red giant star. When it expands, its outer layers will consume Mercury and Venus, and reach Earth. Either way, life as we know it on Earth will cease to exist.

Will the sun become a red giant or white dwarf?

All stars die, and eventually — in about 5 billion years — our sun will, too. Once its supply of hydrogen is exhausted, the final, dramatic stages of its life will unfold, as our host star expands to become a red giant and then tears its body to pieces to condense into a white dwarf.

Can the earth survive the sun’s red giant phase?

According to Schroder and Smith, when the sun becomes a red giant star in 7.59 billion years, it will start to lose mass quickly. The bad news, according to Schroder and Smith, is that the Earth will NOT survive the sun’s expansion.

Where does the hydrogen in the Sun come from?

Through most of the Sun’s life, energy has been produced by nuclear fusion in the core region through a series of nuclear reactions called the p–p (proton–proton) chain; this process converts hydrogen into helium.

Could the Sun burn out?

In about 5.5 billion years the Sun will run out of hydrogen and begin expanding as it burns helium. It will swap from being a yellow giant to a red giant, expanding beyond the orbit of Mars and vaporizing Earth—including the atoms that make-up you.

How much hydrogen does the Sun consume every second?

This is the temperature of an exploding hydrogen bomb; it is hot enough to sustain the thermonuclear reactions that convert hydrogen atoms into helium, thus powering the Sun. In this way the Sun consumes about 5 billion kilograms (5 million tons) of its nuclear hydrogen fuel every second.

Can We extend the life of the Sun by a second?

No. ‘we’, as in the 8 billion people living on Earth today, have absolutely NO possibility of ANY kind to extend the Sun’s life by a single second. If your question was asking for something else, or if you have some special ‘magic’ in mind, please tell us.

What happens to the energy released from the Sun?

The energy released by nuclear fusion in the heart of the Sun is eventually radiated away in all directions into space. A tiny fraction reaches the Earth, powering every process necessary for life. Even this tiny fraction is enormous.

How many Earths would it take to fill up the Sun?

With a radius of 432,168.6 miles (695,508 kilometers), our Sun is not an especially large star – many are several times bigger – but it is still far more massive than our home planet: It would take 332,946 Earths to match the mass of the Sun. The Sun’s volume would need 1.3 million Earths to fill it.