The nuclear furnace and the chemistry of life The lights of the starry spiral arm of our galaxy are
The nuclear furnace and the chemistry of lifeThe lights of the starry spiral arm of our galaxy are seemingly reflected in the glowing plankton agitated by the crashing marine waves in a mutual glow of beautiful light. The power sources are somewhat different, the lights in the sky being fuelled by nuclear fusion (in which two lighter elements are joined into a heavier one, usually hydrogen into helium), while those in the water are powered by the chemical reactions of bioluminescence, in which reactions are used to excite electrons so that they emit light.LozImage credit: Laurent Laveder -- source link
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