Welcome to the Dead Planets Society, a happy place where astrophysicists, geologists and planetary scientists are invited to share their wisdom on how best to wreck the cosmos. With a serving of science, a helping of humour and a drizzle of imagination, we’ll journey to the far corners of the universe to find new ways of exploding, erupting and extinguishing everything, everywhere.In this first episode of the series, hosts Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte answer the age-old question: how to put out the Sun?Recruiting astronomy-heavy-weight Paul Byrne of Washington University in St. Louis, the duo debate extinguishing the sun with a giant ball of water, blowing it up with a cosmic grenade, and crushing it down to nothingness with a giant juicer… but at what cost?If you have a cosmic object you’d like to figure out how to destroy, email the team at deadplanets@newscientist.com. It may just feature in a later episode… And if you just want to chat about this episode or wrecking the cosmos more generally, tweet @chelswhyte and @downhereonearth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.