Why is the SUN Losing MASS?

Rick Bobrick
Jan 23, 2021
1 min read

The Sun is losing mass at what seems like an alarming rate. It seems impossible, but true: our home star, the source of virtually all our energy, is losing 5 million tons of mass (matter) per second!

How is this possible? - you might wonder.

The simple answer lies in Einstein's famous equation: E = mc^2

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