What is the source of energy of sun or stars?

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The source of energy in sun or stars is the nuclear fusion of light nuclei (such as hydrogen) present in them in core at very high temperature $(10^{7} K)$ and pressure.
In this process, four hydrogen nuclei fuse to form a helium nucleus with a release of $26.7 M e V$ .

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