Reply To: Physics Nobel to Big Bangers

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January 12, 2011 at 4:33 am #9441
Lerner
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The other problem is that the sun burns 1/4 of its fuel in 10 billions years while we expect to burn 80% in 10 ns. The difference is about 25 orders of magnitude in the reaction rate (lucky for us, or the sun would not be around that long!)