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Refueling Our Sun: Holding Back Eternity

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Photosphere of a Star

It is possible to remove matter from a star. Indeed, they naturally push matter off them all the time. That's what solar wind is and what flares and kernel mass ejections or CMEs are. If we heat a spot on the sun up, it will tend to erupt out with a spray of hot plasma. Do not think of these eruptions as magma like blast. The photosphere of a star is incredibly thinner than air. We detail how in our start lifting episode but the key ways are either to shove it off magnetically or by superheaning spots on the sun.

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