Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoIs it possible for a star or black hole to feed off it's own mass or energy? If so how or why does this happen?message-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down17
arrow-up1-2arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible for a star or black hole to feed off it's own mass or energy? If so how or why does this happen?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squarecattywampas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoNot in a perpetual motion sense, no. Stars feed off their own energy in the sense that they’re converting their gravitational energy into heat and pressure, but that process will eventually use up all their fuel.
Not in a perpetual motion sense, no. Stars feed off their own energy in the sense that they’re converting their gravitational energy into heat and pressure, but that process will eventually use up all their fuel.