Why Is a Star Not Immediately Crushed by Gravity?

How can inward gravity and outward pressure produce a changing balance?

Build hydrostatic equilibrium as a dynamic balance rather than a motionless object.

A scientific artistic cutaway of a stable Sun-like star with a bright core and concentric interior layers. — Vastward scientific reconstruction. A stable radius is maintained by local pressure gradients balancing gravity throughout the star.

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