Can the Death Star destroy Gas Giants?

Last year, physicists worked out the plausibility of a fully functional (if not fictional) Death Star being able to destroy planets, and found that the Galactic Empire’s technological terror could indeed destroy Earth-like rocky planets, but a Jupiter-sized gas planet would be a tough challenge.

Can you turn a gas giant into a star?

No. A gas giant will never have sufficient mass to become a star on its own. The only way to form a star is for a sufficient mass to accumulate for pressures necessary for fusion to occur.

What happens when a gas giant dies?

Given enough time they’ll gradually contract more and more, and the end of their host star’s life (whether red giant to white dwarf or supernova) will result in most of their envelope being blown away.

Can there be life on a gas giant planet?

The primary composition of Gas Giants are Hydrogen and Helium. We know only of Life made of Carbon based compounds. With limited Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen, life can’t exist as we know it.

Can a gas giant be destroyed?

Temperatures on the planet will rise from 3,000 degrees Celsius to more than 20,000 degrees. At this point its atmosphere begins boiling off into space. You’ll have to be a very patient evil space emperor to destroy gas giants this way.

What gas is Jupiter made of?

hydrogen gas
Jupiter is called a gas giant planet. Its atmosphere is made up of mostly hydrogen gas and helium gas, like the sun. The planet is covered in thick red, brown, yellow and white clouds. The clouds make the planet look like it has stripes.

What happens when a star runs out of fuel?

All stars eventually run out of their hydrogen gas fuel and die. The way a star dies depends on how much matter it contains—its mass. As the hydrogen runs out, a star with a similar mass to our sun will expand and become a red giant.

What happens to stars when they die?

While most stars quietly fade away, the supergiants destroy themselves in a huge explosion, called a supernova. The death of massive stars can trigger the birth of other stars. Neutron starsare the fastest-spinnng objectsin the universe.

What happens to a supergiant star when it explodes?

The supergiant explodes as a supernova. The outer layers are blown off into space leaving behind the star’s core, which begins to shrink. What is a supernova? Neutron star

What would happen if the Death Star was fired at the Moon?

Releasing that much energy in one direction (2.24 × 10^32 Joules), would cause a Moon-mass object to accelerate in the opposite direction to a speed of 78 km/s from rest, something that clearly didn’t happen when the Death Star was fired. Image credit: Lucasfilm / Star Wars: Episode IV, a New Hope. (Motion Picture).