Without the Sun our world would be a frozen wasteland, and for this reason any efforts to colonize the galaxy must focus on huddling in the tiny oases of warmth around stars, separated from each other by enormous gulfs of interstellar space. But what if we could make our own stars at the places of our choosing? And can we merely mimic nature or create stars unlike anything which nature has formed?

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Credits:

Making Suns

Episode 168, Season 5 E02

Written by

Isaac Arthur

Editors

A.T. Long

Darius Said

D. Hemanshi

Edward Nardella

Keith Blockus

Matthew Acker

Stuart Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com

Cover Art

Jakub Grygier

Graphics by

Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com

Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/

Jarred Eagley

Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana

Justin Dixon

Katie Byrne

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Luca DeRosa

Mihail Yordanov

Sam McNamara

Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:

Isaac Arthur

Music Manager:

Luca De Rosa - [email protected]

Music:

Denny Schneidemesser, "Luminous Rays" https://soundcloud.com/denny-schneidemesser

Stellardrone, "The Belt of Orion" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com

Lombus, "Goldilocks Analemma"

Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/

Aerium,"2 Drowned Holodecks" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ

Serena Ellis, "Science" https://soundcloud.com/serenaelis

Stellardrone, "Twilight" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com