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

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Bryan Versteeg http://spacehabs.com
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Luca DeRosa
Mihail Yordanov
Sam McNamara
Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc

Produced & Narrated by:
Isaac Arthur

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Luca De Rosa - lucaderosa2@live.com

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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
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