Why doesn't the sun explode all at once?

Subject: Why doesn't the sun explode all at once?

Date: Fri Mar 6 15:30:06 1998
Posted by Peter Wilson
Grade level: 10-12
School: Strathpine state
City: brisbane State/Province: Qld
Country: Australia
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 889219806.As

Message:

Stars are a huge fusion explosion. So why is the fuel not consumed all at once as in a fusion bomb? Surely the neutron flux is high enough for a chain reaction to occur.

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