• Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This raises the question of how many kg of human mass is required to start fusion and create a human star? How does fusion even work if you have a mix of different elements? Would the human star pulse in a cycle of collapsing until hydrogen fusion starts, exploding out until it stops and then collapsing again? Or would any fusion ignite enough to stop it from collapsing into a neutron star or black hole?

    And if I’ve asked this question, does it mean xkcd has already attempted an answer? Or at least a comic that mentions it?