Things You Thought You Knew - Fun with Fusion
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Stars Are Not in a Delicate Balance
Chuck Dass: Stars are not in a delicate balance. They're in a stable balance. If you compress the star, the star gets hotter, creates more energy and pumps itself back up. He says if you somehow manage to puff it up, that releases the pressure on the inside,. The nuclear fuel energy rate drops, and then shrinks back down again. Look at that. It's there it is. Stable equilibrium. That's wonderful. Especially if you have long-term civilizations that you want to sort of. Yeah.
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