While the Death Star could destroy an Earth-sized planet, a Jupiter-sized planet would be a tough challenge, and the Galactic Empire would need to resort to using a Suncrusher to destroy stars.

And how much energy would it actually need? So there’s this classic scene (maybe you’ve seen it) where the “Death Star” sidles up to Alderaan, and it is all like “Hey Planetoid, you ...

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In Star Wars: A New Hope, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi watch from the Millennium Falcon as an imperial fighter heads toward what Luke identifies as a small moon. Obi-Wan ...

The planet-destroying Death Star from "Star Wars" may be fictional, but a star at the end of its life and only a bit bigger than Earth could be its real-world twin: ...

Cosmic “death star” is destroying a planet Astronomers have spotted a large rocky object disintegrating in its death spiral around a distant white dwarf star.

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The Death Star of the movie Star Wars may be fictional, but planetary destruction is real. Astronomers announced today that they have spotted a large, rocky object disintegrating in its death ...

The Death Star of the movie Star Wars may be fictional, but planetary destruction is real. Astronomers announced today that they have spotted a large, rocky object disintegrating in its […] ...