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Think outside the box

How does Sun create Electromagnetic radiation? Isn't the fusion of Hydrogen nuclei being
work-energy? Isn't heat being electromagnetic waves? Isn’t when you heat a substance it
generates electromagnetic wave which carries the energy? Does ice nucleation generate
electromagnetic radiation? Is heat transfer being all about of electromagnetic radiation? Is it
all work energy and nothing else?

The sun gets its energy from the process of nuclear fusion. This process occurs in the sun’s core or interior,
where temperature and pressure are extremely high. During most of the sun’s life, energy comes from the
fusion of hydrogen nuclei. In this process (explained simply), four hydrogen nuclei are fused, forming a helium
nucleus. Energy is released because the helium nucleus has a slightly lower mass than the four original
hydrogen nuclei. Einstein’s famous formula (E = mc2 or Energy = mass × the speed of light squared) explains
why energy is released.
This energy is released when four hydrogen nuclei are fused or compressed into a smaller Helium nucleus and
this compression is a mechanical work
This energy eventually makes its way to the outer regions of the sun and is radiated or emitted away as
electromagnetic radiation.

Electromagnetic Waves

Electromagnetic waves can cause charged particles (such as electrons) to move up and down. This is a type of
mechanical energy. These waves have both electrical and magnetic properties and can travel through gases,
liquids, solids, and through empty space (or a vacuum) at nearly 300,000 kilometers per second (the speed of
light). Nucleation of ice does generate electromagnetic waves.

Thermal radiation
Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation generated by the thermal motion of particles in a matter
which is work energy. All matter with a temperature greater than absolute zero emits thermal radiation.
Particle motion [ work energy] results in charge-acceleration or dipole oscillation which produces
electromagnetic radiation.

Correct me if I am wrong

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