the lack of 英语小短文 The source of Energy

英语小短文 The source of Energy  

A summary of the physical and chemical nature of life must begin
not on the Earth
but in the Sun; in fact
at the Sun's very center. It is here that is to be found the source of the energy that the Sun constantly pours out into space as light and heat. This energy is librated at the center of the Sun as billions upon billions of nuclei of hydrogen atoms collide with each other and fuse together to form nuclei of helium
and in doing so
release some of the energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms. The output of light and heat of the Sun requires that some 600 million tons of hydrogen be converted into helium in the Sun every second. This the Sun has been doing for several thousands of millions of year.
the nuclear energy is released at the Sun's center as high-energy gamma radiation
a form of electromagic radiation like light and radio waves
only of very much shorter wavelength. This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms inside the Sun to be reemitted at slightly longer wavelengths. This radiation
in its turn is absorbed and reemitted. As the energy filters through the layers of the solar interior
it passes through the X-ray part of the spectrum eventually being light. At this stage
it has reached what we call the solar surface
and can escape into space without being absorbed further by solar atoms. A very small fraction of the Sun's light and heat is emitted in such directions that after passing unhindered through interplaary space
it hits the Earth.