Well, okay, maybe not. But you know how there’s stuff in outer space, and then there’s stuff on our planet? And each category of stuff knows its place and doesn’t do a lot of mingling with the other? For example, look at the sun. (Not literally, you’ll ruin your eyes.) The sun is great and all, but as far as I’m concerned it can keep its distance.
These guys have a different idea:
Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world’s largest laser — it’s the size of three football fields — to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth…
If they’re successful, the scientists hope to solve the global energy crisis by harnessing the energy generated by the mini-star.
The last time a bunch of guys in white coats set out to create an artificial star, we got Justin Bieber. Have we learned nothing? There are some things man was never meant to know.
(Hat tip: Mo-Mo)