Multiple Choice
If someone somehow added a lot more hydrogen and helium to the Sun (say 50% more than it has now) , what would happen to it?
A) It would cease to exist as a star because it would be too diffuse and fluffy.
B) Its nuclear reactions would slow down because its heavy element abundance would be relatively less.
C) It would explode as a supernova.
D) It would increase in size and float away.
E) It would begin to evolve much more quickly than it is now.
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