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Radiation Emission due to High Temperatures?

We know that an object emits radiation at all temperatures above absolute zero. But when an object is heated to high temperatures like the stars, Wouldn't it cause thermionic emission to take place? ...
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Why don't absorption and emission lines cancel out in our Sun?

I was looking at this answer on why absorption lines and emission lines don't cancel out: An experiment shining light on the material and looking at the reflected spectrum will see absorption ...
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