Could The Death Star Destroy A Planet?
And how much energy would it actually need? So there’s this classic scene (maybe you’ve seen it) where the “Death Star” sidles up to Alderaan, and it is all like “Hey Planetoid, you lookin’ fine tonight” and then it fires up the superlaser and destroys the entire orb in a single blast. “BOOM”. Shortly followed…
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Fraser Cain – Universe Today