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What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?

United StatesPublished November 12, 2025

Views 1.47M  |  Likes 70.9K  |  Comments 4.08K
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Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ This question comes from Max, who asks: What if all of the sun's output of visible light were bundled up into a laser-like beam that had a diameter of around one meter on…

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November 12, 2025
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