tl;dr -> It's a no brainer that a solid shell of matter to enclose the Sun is a terrible and infeasible idea. However, like many other sci fi ideas, it has been

tl;dr -> It's a no brainer that a solid shell of matter to enclose the Sun is a terrible and infeasible idea. However, like many other sci fi ideas, it has been inspiring the search for more down to earth (no pun intended) solutions.