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Just to add one thing because it's neato: the core collapses the moment when the star begins doing fusion on iron, which is the first fusion in the chain of suc
by sixbrx 10y ago
Just to add one thing because it's neato: the core collapses the moment when the star begins doing fusion on iron, which is the first fusion in the chain of successive fusions to absorb energy instead of produce it.
- arethuza 10y agoThis process is weaponized in the novel Iron Sunrise by Charlie Stross. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sunrise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sunrise