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    Undergrad What is the relationship between particle masses and fusion reactions?

    Hi everyone, I'm currently taking an astronomy class and I was reading about the fusion reactions in stars and it says that the mass of particles are different in each element. For example the book says helium has a lower mass per nuclear particle than hydrogen. Does this mean that the mass of...
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    Overcome Academic Setbacks: Advice for Physics Student

    Hello everyone, I am 21 years old and currently enrolled in a local Community College. I've withdrawn from two four year institutions, at the first school which was across the country from where I lived, I studied History and hated it so I withdrew. The following semester I enrolled at another...