Answer to Question #195334 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Harry

Question

1.     What is peroxysms? How does it affect stellar activities?

 

2.     What will be the effect/implications to the Earth when the Sun turns from sub-giant to giant star?

 

3.     Can carbon atoms/molecules be formed through stellar activities?

 

4.     Up to what elements do low mass and high mass stars produce due to their stellar activities?

 

5.     What are the two forces that experience by the stars that influence their activities? 

Answer 1

1. Peroxysms are sudden and uncontrolled occurrences in space. It affects stellar activities whereby it causes large amounts of mass and kinetic energy loss.

2. When the sun turns from sub-giant to giant star, temperature and pressure in the sun's core will soar higher. The sun will burn brighter thus increasing heat energy triggering a runaway greenhouse effect. All water vapour on earth's atmosphere will be lost to space, ice caps will melt and oceans will boil.

3. Yes carbon atoms can be formed through stellar activities. When hydrogen starts to run out in the star's core, the star begins to die out. The dying star expands into a red giant and begins to manufacture carbon atoms by fusing the helium atoms.

4. Up to 10 elements are produced. They include carbon, oxygen, helium, nitrogen, iron, calcium, neon, hydrogen, silicon and sulphur.

5. The two forces are gravitational force and pressure.