1938 ⟶ Stellar Fusion Explains Energy Production in Stars
39 – Stellar fusion explains energy production in stars
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1939
🌟 Eddington proposes stellar nucleosynthesis
Stellar NucleosynthesisAstrophysicsEddingtonNuclear PhysicsCosmologyStars20th Century
United Kingdom🌟 Understanding Stellar Structure
Stellar structure understood⟶
AstrophysicsStellar PhysicsStarsHertzsprung-Russell diagramStellar Evolution20th Century AstronomyTheoretical Astrophysics
United Kingdom
United States🌟 Stellar Fusion Explains Energy Production in Stars
39 – Stellar fusion explains energy production in stars⟶
AstrophysicsNuclear PhysicsStellar NucleosynthesisNuclear FusionHans BetheEnergy ProductionStars1930s
Germany🌟 Hans Bethe Explains Stellar Energy Generation
German physicist Hans Bethe explains how stars generate energy. He outlines a series of nuclear fusion reactions that turn hydrogen into helium and release enormous amounts of energy in a star's core. These reactions use the star's hydrogen very slowly, allowing it to burn for billions of years.⟶
AstrophysicsNuclear PhysicsStellar NucleosynthesisNuclear FusionHans BetheEnergy ProductionStars1930s
Germany⚛️ Isidor Rabi: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nuclear PhysicsSpectroscopyIsidor RabiMagnetic ResonanceQuantum MechanicsMolecular Physics1930sPhysics
United States☢️ Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner Discover the Process of Nuclear Fission in Uranium
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner discover the process of nuclear fission in uranium.⟶
Nuclear PhysicsNuclear FissionOtto HahnLise MeitnerRadioactivityAtomic EnergyUranium1930s
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