How the Sun Shines: The Nuclear Reactions that Power the Sun

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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024

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  • @rainerbuechse6923
    @rainerbuechse6923 2 года назад +67

    I have a PhD in Nuclear Fusion and the quality of your videos in general , and this one in particular, blows me away! Thanks so much!

    • @DANTHETUBEMAN
      @DANTHETUBEMAN 2 года назад +1

      It does not explain the black spots we see on the sun, only electric univers channel explains this.

  • @krutoikulak-kingofthegulag5653
    @krutoikulak-kingofthegulag5653 Год назад +6

    I had a hard time following you there, but those kids really helped bring the conversation back down to my level.

  • @chinesewitholiver
    @chinesewitholiver 5 лет назад +158

    This is the best explanation of the sun's nuclear fusion! Thank you very much!

    • @jlo13800
      @jlo13800 4 года назад

      oh all this fusion bullcrap, the sun burns oil at a ratio of 32:1, oil burs much hotter than any gas and has more electrons and lubricates better. Nothing beats oil and never will as the sun in oil injected oil fired!

    • @sonpopco-op9682
      @sonpopco-op9682 4 года назад

      Too bad it is hampered by very bad science going back almost 200 years. thats not a real star.
      Try this from a professional:
      ruclips.net/video/_A7VFVwAA5U/видео.html

    • @sonpopco-op9682
      @sonpopco-op9682 4 года назад +2

      BUT ITS WRONG!!!

    • @bryanroessel203
      @bryanroessel203 3 года назад

      @@sonpopco-op9682 the video you link grossly misinterprets planck's work -- ρ = ρ' isn't saying that all objects have same reflectivity, it's a restatement of helmholtz reciprocity principle -- basically, if light can go from one medium (substance) into another, light can also go from second medium into first

    • @sonpopco-op9682
      @sonpopco-op9682 3 года назад

      @@bryanroessel203 which of course shows how it is improperly applied in astrophysics. Changing medium is not the same as light creation from a blackbody.

  • @sherrygoff8088
    @sherrygoff8088 5 лет назад +30

    The addition of the children at the end was brilliant. I like your station very much. I am old and have found a love for learning about the universe. It is so amazing beyond words for me. I like the simplicity of your videos. Seriously, they are short and very sweet. Thank you

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  5 лет назад +6

      Comments like these make me happy, thank you!

    • @itsscience
      @itsscience 5 лет назад

      Sherry Goff
      ruclips.net/video/WnG7WZuka8M/видео.html

  • @nicolasclermont893
    @nicolasclermont893 7 месяцев назад +7

    It's so awesome how you've taught your kids this. Love it.

  • @TZAR_POTATO
    @TZAR_POTATO Год назад +3

    Best explanation of the Nuclear forces! There's no need for neutrinos, gluons, and stuff like that which may be important in reality, but not when teaching. Clean, simple, and informative enough for the layman.

  • @hadz8671
    @hadz8671 5 месяцев назад +2

    Great video - I remember being taught the PP1 cycle in Astronomy at university. Great to see the kids showing us nuclear fusion.

  • @aldi6622
    @aldi6622 5 лет назад +35

    As always really good concept and explanation, you give the background first before jump into main topic, really like that...
    Keep it up sir

  • @brucezhao2568
    @brucezhao2568 4 года назад +16

    This explanation is really a blast, first lay a good background work, then with extremely clear explanation of forming fusion reaction + cute kids

  • @mrdarklight
    @mrdarklight 3 года назад +17

    This is the clearest explanation of fusion I've found yet on RUclips. Thanks a bunch!

  • @supremex4207
    @supremex4207 3 года назад +6

    Hands down,the best explanation of nuclear fusion on youtube.Thank You.

  • @jens2972
    @jens2972 4 года назад +6

    This is genuinely the best video I've seen on nuclear fusion. I seriously mean that, thank you. You've earnt a subscriber.

  • @caterinadelgalles8783
    @caterinadelgalles8783 3 года назад +5

    I have been studying the sun myself due to lockdown. This explination, after many, excited me so much that it filtered into my dream last night. THANKS!

  • @victorf8301
    @victorf8301 2 года назад +6

    finally a video that really goes into specific details like beta decay and so on. Thank you for this

  • @TheDon4Life
    @TheDon4Life 4 года назад +5

    Bruh... The kids at the end sold it to me. Great video. Definitely recommended

  • @marialiyubman
    @marialiyubman 3 года назад +6

    Ok, this is hands-down the best explanation of nuclear science I’ve ever heard. EVER! And I’ve been exploring this topic for years.

  • @lefterissofras
    @lefterissofras 5 лет назад +17

    Amazing video and great animation! Even more amazing is the fact that "beta decay" occurs due to quantum tunnelling..Quantum tunnelling is incredible rare, but there is so enormous amount of Hydrogen atoms in the mass of the sun ,that this tiny possibility happens all the time!!!!!!!! How can't man love science?!

  • @TiagoDvl
    @TiagoDvl Год назад +1

    The end bit just had me in tears. Awesome video!

  • @quocthanhle6719
    @quocthanhle6719 4 года назад +4

    this video is so underatted

  • @DavieboyLondon56
    @DavieboyLondon56 Год назад +2

    Wow, so happy to have found this clear and beautifully explained video. Looking forward to uncovering the no doubt many more gems on your channel. Thanks!

  • @callmynamesebastian
    @callmynamesebastian 4 года назад +4

    Argh this is so good! The bit where it went over the time frames for these steps was absolutely mind blowing. Thank you so much for these videos!

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  4 года назад

      Thank you! By the way, I noticed you have a pretty cool channel! Keep up the good work!

    • @callmynamesebastian
      @callmynamesebastian 4 года назад

      @@ItsJustAstronomical Wow thanks. I just uploaded one of my own songs about the heat death of the universe and how this could be used as a chat up line... I've got a whole album coming called 'The Physics Of Us'. I can't decide if they are mainly love songs disguised as songs about physics or songs about physics disguised as love songs!

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  4 года назад

      @@callmynamesebastian Beautiful song! Kind of dark, but I like it. And you know most of us got into physics just for the pickup lines.

    • @callmynamesebastian
      @callmynamesebastian 4 года назад

      @@ItsJustAstronomical Hahahaha!! But seriously: gravity, magnetism, laws of attraction... This is hot stuff!

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  4 года назад

      @@callmynamesebastian Interesting, you know, everyone's got their own idea of what's hot, what turns them on. As much as I love physics, it just doesn't do that for me. But you may be onto something. There may be an untapped market for physics love songs.

  • @pacn69
    @pacn69 2 года назад +1

    Idk how this doesn’t have more views

  • @immasoxfanbaby
    @immasoxfanbaby 2 года назад +1

    Great science class. Honors class no doubt 🧐

  • @Hallo_Word
    @Hallo_Word 4 года назад +11

    So many questions just cleared after I watched this video
    8th grader

  • @BaldurKhr
    @BaldurKhr 4 года назад +16

    Such an elegant explanation. Thank you!

  • @omkarzade7348
    @omkarzade7348 Год назад +1

    Best explanation out there

  • @PremarathnaEkanayaka
    @PremarathnaEkanayaka Год назад +2

    This video really helped me to understand how nuclear force works and what is happening in sun..... Thank you so much❤

  • @Allen-ci4ul
    @Allen-ci4ul 2 года назад +1

    This the best video I have come acros to explain the process. Nice work!

  • @dralpharyderistheone
    @dralpharyderistheone Год назад +1

    The children are all just smart as their dad. Greetings from Hong Kong.

  • @norbertemonena3697
    @norbertemonena3697 2 года назад +2

    Best explanation on how the sun works. Thanks

  • @ronitroyale
    @ronitroyale 4 года назад +5

    This channel is the best thing that happened to me in youtube

  • @gamelover2594
    @gamelover2594 2 года назад +2

    I like how those girls explain fusion reaction of sun :)

  • @dharam4u2
    @dharam4u2 5 лет назад +4

    Learned something, which we take it for granted. Many thanks.

  • @leoborganelli3558
    @leoborganelli3558 2 года назад +2

    This is amazing ! Thank you

  • @12sukhman
    @12sukhman 2 года назад +1

    Awesome video and simple explanation, only one I found that explained the whole process instead of saying just two hydrogen turn into helium.

  • @bvenkitakrishnan
    @bvenkitakrishnan Год назад +2

    I could see here the nuclear reaction process explained clearly; yet in simple language! Thanks a lot for sharing knowledge on science!👌🏻👌🏻🙏

  • @ashishsinghal7713
    @ashishsinghal7713 4 года назад +2

    Best video on RUclips

  • @nadmey9099
    @nadmey9099 4 года назад +1

    Well done children. The future of our scientific explorations for a better life.

  • @Rob-ys6ot
    @Rob-ys6ot 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant. Thanks.

  • @bradydavidow4470
    @bradydavidow4470 2 года назад +3

    You did a great job explaining this thank you.

  • @montasermamdouhmostafa4424
    @montasermamdouhmostafa4424 2 года назад +2

    very good explanation, thanks a bunch

  • @iAB23
    @iAB23 2 года назад +1

    I'm loving this channel so much.
    Stuff goes straight into the brain.

  • @katiefinnegan4649
    @katiefinnegan4649 9 месяцев назад +1

    Oh mate that was awesome. This will help my lessons on hydrogen.

  • @thatistruesophie
    @thatistruesophie 2 года назад

    Thanks so much, you not explain the nuclear fusion, but also introduce the related knowledge such as chemical reaction, and you also concluded the key points by the kids, I suddenly see the light, subscribed, thanks so much!!

  • @nishantintouch
    @nishantintouch 2 года назад +2

    God bless those cute kids ✌🏻

  • @alexandrumoloman6992
    @alexandrumoloman6992 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow, thanks, cool video!!!

  • @soinite
    @soinite 5 лет назад +8

    Aaaawh FINALLY i found what i was looking for!

  • @bmzaron713
    @bmzaron713 4 года назад +1

    A++++++++++ explanation... A ten minute video with a great explanation is much much better than a 5 minute one read as fast as possible from cue cards

    • @life42theuniverse
      @life42theuniverse 4 года назад

      Rather a F-

    • @bmzaron713
      @bmzaron713 4 года назад

      @@life42theuniverse What's bothering you man, do you have a question about fusion, I've learned a fair amount about it and could probably help answer/ steer you in the right direction for an answer

  • @leoxu7826
    @leoxu7826 2 года назад +2

    the ending is very scary

  • @anuragmittal5130
    @anuragmittal5130 4 года назад +2

    Loved your explaination Sir..

  • @ErinJoubert
    @ErinJoubert 2 года назад +1

    Awesome video, loved it so much :)

  • @christopherkelley8962
    @christopherkelley8962 Год назад +1

    Thank you sir, you have helped me better grasp many things I thought I already knew well.

  • @ptchre.9267
    @ptchre.9267 4 года назад +1

    This is so good. Thank you for put subtitles on the video im from Thailand and English is not my native

  • @DPRX99
    @DPRX99 2 года назад

    Loved the pace you took to explain this. Instant sub

  • @nugroadhi
    @nugroadhi 3 года назад

    the last explanation from kids is the best, Thank you very much!

  • @01MillionSubs
    @01MillionSubs 5 лет назад +2

    Best Explanation

  • @meetunegi6787
    @meetunegi6787 Год назад +1

    Good explanation 👍👍

  • @seanoneill2098
    @seanoneill2098 Год назад

    Great finding this. Best wishes with projects.

  • @BloobleBonker
    @BloobleBonker 5 лет назад +4

    Stunning graphics and script.

    • @paramitam4002
      @paramitam4002 5 лет назад +1

      Geoff Simmons
      ruclips.net/video/WnG7WZuka8M/видео.html

  • @SaeedNeamati
    @SaeedNeamati 2 года назад +1

    a true example of why this world is unfair. A great channel, but so few views.

  • @1991ayoube
    @1991ayoube 3 года назад

    Ur channel is so underrated

  • @kristydokes3401
    @kristydokes3401 3 года назад +1

    Good info, I'm starting to like Science

  • @arpitapatra11
    @arpitapatra11 3 года назад

    Very well explained and great use of graphics to explain it!

  • @Devdatta23
    @Devdatta23 4 года назад

    Excellent educative video explaining fusion..... source of the Sun's energy.

  • @ednorton3026
    @ednorton3026 5 лет назад +3

    I really hope you are involved in teaching. As a chem teacher, you are good & belong in front of a class room. Peace

  • @shraassubhyaan7877
    @shraassubhyaan7877 4 года назад +1

    You explained it with such a grace..... subscribed 😍

  • @dageustice
    @dageustice 9 месяцев назад +1

    It's so satisfying to hear the beta decay pop and the energy explosion sounds 💥

  • @SunilKumar-lj9lc
    @SunilKumar-lj9lc 2 года назад

    Extremely Thanks for explaination sir

  • @Harish-fr4ky
    @Harish-fr4ky 4 года назад +1

    Thank you very much for this information...

  • @juancharamostajo5674
    @juancharamostajo5674 5 лет назад +2

    Another masterpiece, If you just release more videos more often you'll be come a millionaire

  • @mariociencia12
    @mariociencia12 4 года назад +2

    About the video: Amazing! Incredible! Fantastic! Wonder! Super! However, I have a question: since the mass of a neutron is bigger that of a proton, and since the formation of a helium 4 involves the fusion of 4 hydrogen atoms, each one with one proton in the nucleus, what is the origin of the energy released during this nuclear fusion? This energy came from electrons? After all, in the beginning we have 4 of them and in the end there are just 2. I also do not understand the relation of beta decay with nuclear fusion. The explanation would be in the fact that a collision between a proton and an electron produces a neutron and a neutrino? If this was clarified, the video will become even better!

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  4 года назад +1

      Where did the energy from come? It's actually really similar to chemical reactions. When you combine hydrogen and oxygen to make water, you make energy, where did that energy come from? It came from the fact that you formed a more stable chemical compound. The same sort of thing is happening in nuclear reactions.
      What you say about electrons isn't exactly right. I'm showing you the interior of an atom. In fact, the hydrogen in the core is a plasma meaning that the electrons are not tied to the protons. When a proton turns into a neutron through beta decay, it spits out a positron, and a neutrino. A positron is an anti-electron. It will find an electron and annihilate into pure energy, but that's only part of where the energy is coming from. Beta decay is not a result of a collision between a proton and an electron. The proton spontaneously decays into a neutron, a neutrino and a positron.

  • @victorcotu
    @victorcotu 2 года назад

    8:35 There is also the energy released by the kinetic impacts between the objects that created the earth, stored as heat inside the earth.

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  2 года назад +1

      And there's also gravitational energy in the form of tides and radioactive decay of the elements inside the earth. That's why I said "practically" all the world's energy. Our energy overwhelmingly dominated by the Sun.

    • @victorcotu
      @victorcotu 2 года назад +1

      @@ItsJustAstronomical Yep, the heat from inside the earth represents less than 0.1 % of the energy we get from the sun, so I guess I forgot to talk about the energy released by the heated arguments on twitter, which must be about the same percentage.

  • @themindofbristylez7323
    @themindofbristylez7323 4 года назад +1

    That was a awesome video

  • @jaredpatterson1701
    @jaredpatterson1701 4 года назад

    This video I think is the first that mentioned fusion in multiple steps and gave a timeline too!

  • @shainakango9446
    @shainakango9446 4 года назад +1

    The best 💯thanks

  • @purusharthgarjale4841
    @purusharthgarjale4841 2 года назад

    End was adorable 😊👌👌

  • @foxxbloodshot0441
    @foxxbloodshot0441 2 года назад

    The ending got a good chuckle out of me

  • @TNG88
    @TNG88 Год назад +1

    Thanks very much,very cute and smart children 😊

  • @aaronmarcus3949
    @aaronmarcus3949 4 года назад +1

    well done.

  • @swetachatterjee464
    @swetachatterjee464 4 года назад +2

    Best explanation...New Subscriber Here 😋😊

  • @Doug1943
    @Doug1943 3 года назад

    There is one statement here, repeated, which I think could have been put better. At about 2.00, we are told tha certain combinations of atoms are more stable than others, and when they are brought together they "make energy". Actually, energy, properly understood, cannot be made, or destroyed. It can only be transformed from one form to another. (In the transformation, it is also degraded, increasing the amount of disorder in the universe, but that's another subject.) It would have been better to say that th energy 'stored up' -- the potential energy -- in the uncombined atoms, is released by speeding up the atoms which release it -- which we experience as 'heat'. However, this is just a small point -- overall, this is an excellent video and I hope we see more like this.

  • @awatifasrul-kgig1my270
    @awatifasrul-kgig1my270 2 года назад

    Thank you soooo much for this

  • @jamespenny9482
    @jamespenny9482 2 года назад

    Excellent! Subscribed.

  • @ashikhasan4994
    @ashikhasan4994 2 года назад

    Best of the best ❤️

  • @almoni127
    @almoni127 5 лет назад +2

    Great video! What is the amount of energy released in each of the 3 steps?

    • @almoni127
      @almoni127 5 лет назад

      Also, why the weak force is a "force"?
      It seems so unrelated to the other 3 forces, which are forces between particles.

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  5 лет назад

      Step 1: 1.442 MeV, Step 2: 5.49 MeV, Step 3: 12.86 MeV. Steps 1 and 2 happen twice for every one Step 3. So the total is 26 MeV. MeV means million electon volts. Most chemical reaction only give you a few electron volts, so this is extremely energetic.

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  5 лет назад

      @@almoni127 The weak force has a similar pattern to the other forces. What's actually happening is an exchange of W-, W+, or a Z bosons. In fact, the weak force and the electromagnetic force have been unified into something called the electroweak interaction. I don't fully understand the details, but there's unified model that describes both forces. The reason the weak force is so weak is because the W-, W+, and Z bosons are pretty massive and thus harder to produce. Here's a diagram showing beta decay as an exchange between particles: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_and_Z_bosons#/media/File:Beta_Negative_Decay.svg

    • @almoni127
      @almoni127 5 лет назад

      @@ItsJustAstronomical Thanks for your answers! So all steps are about the same order of magnitude. Did not expect that.
      (I did search a bit after asking and found out about beta decay and W/Z bosons)

  • @UMAMAHESHWARI-nq2tk
    @UMAMAHESHWARI-nq2tk 2 года назад

    The video is very nice about the nuclear reaction

  • @shilagurav8145
    @shilagurav8145 3 года назад

    Thank you so much i understand very neatly

  • @OrilDihawa
    @OrilDihawa 4 года назад

    Lovely explanation

  • @anjitiwari
    @anjitiwari 2 года назад

    Great vedios . Love from India

  • @alexcayarga9339
    @alexcayarga9339 4 года назад

    GREAT VIDEO

  • @EnergiaII
    @EnergiaII 2 года назад

    i have a question: 7:02 why is it Helium 3 and not Hydrogen 3? I mean, those being 2 protons and a neutron can be taken as a hydrogen nucleus with an extra proton or a helium nucleus without a neutron.

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  2 года назад

      The number of protons determine the chemical properties of an atom. Hydrogen-3 exists but it has completely different properties because it has two neutrons and one proton.

    • @EnergiaII
      @EnergiaII 2 года назад

      @@ItsJustAstronomical oooh okay, thanks!!

  • @MaheshChauhan-vv7gb
    @MaheshChauhan-vv7gb 3 года назад

    Good job bro 😍😍

  • @CarinaPrimaBallerina
    @CarinaPrimaBallerina 3 года назад

    Wow, I learned so much from this! Thank you!

  • @Tubularjake
    @Tubularjake 3 года назад

    Dude....Thank you so much! Like every other video or article on the web just shows 4 hydrogen atoms coming together to form a helium atom (helium-4). 2 neutrons magically appear out of absolutely no where, right when the 2 protons fly away....I keep asking myself..."where the eff did those neutrons come from??!!") Thank you for the 3-step process.....it actually makes sense now! (I have to explain this to a class of 8th graders, so I won't look like an idiot thanks to your video!)

  • @audryssayuanwie6107
    @audryssayuanwie6107 4 года назад +1

    I thought compounds that are more balanced give out less energy upon reaction. Why do you say otherwise?

  • @valerialeyva36
    @valerialeyva36 2 года назад

    excelente video muchas gracias

  • @immasoxfanbaby
    @immasoxfanbaby 2 года назад

    Wow this is awesome to learn about the Sun existence of the why?

  • @sleddy01
    @sleddy01 5 лет назад

    6:45. I am curious how two protons colliding and creating a proton plus a neutron could release energy if the neutron is slightly heavier. Shouldn't the creation of more total mass absorb energy? I guess that is where the decay comes in.

    • @vintologi
      @vintologi 5 лет назад

      No energy is released instead when 2 protons are close due to the electric repulsion.

  • @cosimakazak2309
    @cosimakazak2309 5 лет назад +2

    What we have learned ? Humans really dont know the big things in this world or in space . Our brain is not created for this . Thanks god that science never find out this amazing stuff about gods power ! Makes me really happy. Human history had shown what people with power are able to 😲

    • @paramitam4002
      @paramitam4002 5 лет назад

      cosima kazak
      ruclips.net/video/WnG7WZuka8M/видео.html

  • @KeyserSoseRulz
    @KeyserSoseRulz 2 года назад +1

    if it takes 1 billion years for 2 protons to trigger natural beta decay, and only 4 second for deuterium to combine into helium, how come the fuel does not end when all deuterium is consumed really fast but no new ones are created as fast?

    • @ItsJustAstronomical
      @ItsJustAstronomical  2 года назад +1

      Small amounts of deuterium are continually being produced in the core. For each proton it happens at random over a billion years. There is some naturally occurring deuterium. Most of it was burned up a long time ago. This is the difference between a normal star like our Sun and a brown dwarf. A brown dwarf has enough mass to burn deuterium, but not enough mass to make much of it through beta decay. Brown dwarf run out of deuterium quickly, but our Sun constantly makes more of it.