Where Does the Sun's Energy Go?

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The energy from the Sun is produced through nuclear fusion, releasing heat primarily in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This energy travels through space, with some of it reaching Earth, where it can be reflected or absorbed. The absorbed energy is eventually reradiated, while the energy that doesn't hit Earth continues to travel through space in all directions. Most of the Sun's energy is radiated into space, where it can travel for billions of years. Ultimately, the majority of solar energy dissipates into the cosmos.
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as we know "energy can neither be created nor destroyed it can be transferred from one form to another " .

so the energy we receive from sun is dissipated here & some amount goes back .

so the sun has more energy which gives energy out . so from where does this sun energy goes ??
 
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In the Sun elements are fused together to form new elements and release energy. This energy is largely in the form of heat. Heat can only be transferred through a vacuum in one way, radiation. The energy of the Sun is radiated away as electromagnetic radiation (light). Some of this light hits Earth, where it is either reflected away or absorbed and then reradiated later. The energy that doesn't hit Earth travels through space in all directions. Some of it will eventually hit something, some of it never will. To answer the question "where does the energy of the Sun go"? Most of it is radiated into space to travel billions of years.
 
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