How Much Power Do You Need To Destroy A Planet?
Math geek? Star Wars geek? Star Wars doesn’t care about physics but one of the few places we can invoke real science is in figuring out just how much power…
BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN – DECEMBER 15: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) In this handout image supplied by NASA, The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) launches into space from Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is carrying crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46. (Photo by NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty Images)
NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty ImagesMath geek? Star Wars geek? Star Wars doesn't care about physics but one of the few places we can invoke real science is in figuring out just how much power it takes to obliterate planets.
