What keeps a star inflated against the pull of gravity, which wants the whole thing to collapse on the core?

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Rodney Miles

5 September, 19:32

What keeps a star inflated against the pull of gravity, which wants the whole thing to collapse on the core?

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Steven Woods · Answer 1

It's the pressure of the energy being produced in the star's core, by the

continuous nuclear fusion going on in there.

Think of a thousand hydrogen bombs exploding every second, inside a

building being held together by heavy rubber bands.