Meet the Unstoppable Sun

Think about this: every second, the Sun emits more energy into the cosmos than human civilization has produced in its entire history.

This immense stream of energy is produced at the Sun's core, where intense temperatures (15 million degrees Celsius) and pressure bring about nuclear fusion.

This process converts around 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium every second.

During the fusion process, a tiny portion of the mass of the hydrogen (about 0.7%) is converted into energy, following Einstein's famous equation E = mc².

This released energy slowly makes its way to the Sun's surface, and then travels as light to the planets and eventually to us here on Earth, taking about 8 minutes and 20 seconds from the Sun's surface.

This energy emanating from the Sun enables life as we know it to exist on Earth..