Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share What If We Nuked the Sun?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
What If We Nuked the Sun?
Humanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth multiple times. But what if we sent these nukes to the Sun? We explore the feasibility, cost, and potential consequences of such a mission. Could we inadvertently destroy our only source of daylight?
Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/
Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book
Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join
Check out our other channels:
How to Survive: https://bit.ly/how-to-survive-show
Aperture: https://bit.ly/aperture-show
Crazy Creatures: https://bit.ly/crazy-creatures-show
Your Body On: https://bit.ly/your-body-on-show
Origins of Food: https://bit.ly/origins-of-food
Versus: https://bit.ly/versus-show
WTF Did I Just Watch: https://bit.ly/wtf-did-i-just-watch
Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth
The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos
Technology: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology
Your Body: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body
Humanity: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity
T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore
Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif
Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter
What If elsewhere:
Instagram: http://bit.ly/whatif-instagram
Discord: https://discord.gg/WzkQPB3nea
Twitter: http://bit.ly/whatif-twitter
Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-whatif
What If in Spanish: http://bit.ly/YT-Spanish-what-if
What If in Mandarin: http://bit.ly/YT-Chinese-what-if
Podcast: http://bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast
Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com
Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/
00:00: Sending our nukes into the Sun
00:52: Fusion energy of the Sun
02:07: Thanks Better Internet!
03:11: Countries that possess nukes
05:07: How much would it cost?
06:49: Firing all the hydrogen bombs
08:09: The antimatter bomb
00:52: Fusion energy of the Sun
02:07: Thanks Better Internet!
03:11: Countries that possess nukes
05:07: How much would it cost?
06:49: Firing all the hydrogen bombs
08:09: The antimatter bomb
#nucleararsenal #Sun #nukes #fusionenergy #hydrogenbombs #antimatterbomb #space #cosmos #universe #galaxy #solarsystem
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
View all episodes
By What IfHumanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth multiple times. But what if we sent these nukes to the Sun? We explore the feasibility, cost, and potential consequences of such a mission. Could we inadvertently destroy our only source of daylight?
Questions or concerns? Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/
Get our 100 best episodes in one mind-blowing book: http://bit.ly/ytc-the-what-if-100-book
Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCphTF9wHwhCt-BzIq-s4V-g/join
Check out our other channels:
How to Survive: https://bit.ly/how-to-survive-show
Aperture: https://bit.ly/aperture-show
Crazy Creatures: https://bit.ly/crazy-creatures-show
Your Body On: https://bit.ly/your-body-on-show
Origins of Food: https://bit.ly/origins-of-food
Versus: https://bit.ly/versus-show
WTF Did I Just Watch: https://bit.ly/wtf-did-i-just-watch
Watch more what-if scenarios:
Planet Earth: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Earth
The Cosmos: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Cosmos
Technology: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Technology
Your Body: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Body
Humanity: http://bit.ly/YT-what-if-Humanity
T-shirts and merch: http://bit.ly/whatifstore
Suggest an episode: http://bit.ly/suggest-whatif
Newsletter: http://bit.ly/whatif-newsletter
What If elsewhere:
Instagram: http://bit.ly/whatif-instagram
Discord: https://discord.gg/WzkQPB3nea
Twitter: http://bit.ly/whatif-twitter
Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-whatif
What If in Spanish: http://bit.ly/YT-Spanish-what-if
What If in Mandarin: http://bit.ly/YT-Chinese-what-if
Podcast: http://bit.ly/yt-what-if-show-podcast
Produced with love by Underknown in Toronto: https://underknown.com
Contact us at https://underknown.com/contact/
00:00: Sending our nukes into the Sun
00:52: Fusion energy of the Sun
02:07: Thanks Better Internet!
03:11: Countries that possess nukes
05:07: How much would it cost?
06:49: Firing all the hydrogen bombs
08:09: The antimatter bomb
00:52: Fusion energy of the Sun
02:07: Thanks Better Internet!
03:11: Countries that possess nukes
05:07: How much would it cost?
06:49: Firing all the hydrogen bombs
08:09: The antimatter bomb
#nucleararsenal #Sun #nukes #fusionenergy #hydrogenbombs #antimatterbomb #space #cosmos #universe #galaxy #solarsystem
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices