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But would we still be able to get the elements we need for life? We are partly made of leftovers from supernovas, and so is our sun. It takes more than just a
by rsheridan6 18y ago
But would we still be able to get the elements we need for life? We are partly made of leftovers from supernovas, and so is our sun. It takes more than just a energy source to create life - you have to have something other than hydrogen to work with.
- Retric 18y agoAssuming everything else was the same and gravity was 5x as strong then a star around the size of the sun would go super nova in a short time period. (Granted it would take a lot of time to really model this.) There is some support for Jupitor producing a little fusion with it's current mass. If you increase gravity it becomes smaller until it's heat balances out the force of gravity which increases the amount of fusion taking place. PS: Less massive stars have a higher surface area to volume ratio. This reduces their temerature which reduces their fuel usage. But once they run out of fuel the same type of interesting things are going to happen.