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How do you fire someone into the Sun?

By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University

We live in changing times. While we once flippantly threw villains to the lions, now we seek to fire them into the Sun.

It sounds easy enough. The Sun is unbelievably massive, with gravity sufficient to keep the planets in their orbits over billions of years. How hard can it be?

Well, it may be harder than you think.

Fire away

The obvious way to fire someone into the Sun is the direct approach, as shown in South Park Season 1. Point a rocket at…

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