• ryannathans
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    2 months ago

    The energy density of light from the sun is pretty insane. You can power a lot with 1kg of light

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      2 months ago

      Yep, radiation pressure. Which is a limiting factor for star size too: too big and the radiation pressure gets stronger than the gravity, blows them appart.