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OK I think that wins the "largest H-bomb anyone has thought of" prize!
by arethuza 3y ago
OK I think that wins the "largest H-bomb anyone has thought of" prize!
- ben_w 3y agoPossibly the largest artificial one, but pair instability supernova turn several solar masses of hydrogen all the way up into nickel-56 in a few seconds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair-instability_supernova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair-instability_supernova Edit: Just remembered that Isaac Arthur has spoken about artificially inducing a Type Ia supernova to synthesise heavy elements, and why sufficiently developed civilisations may want to do this at this scale.