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1. scienceandfilm.org › articles › 188Separating the Science From the Fiction in Sunshine

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   Nov 15, 2007 · While the story might recall the asteroid-detonating plot of Michael Bay’s Armageddon (1998), the mission aboard Icarus 2 is far more complex: Here, the astronauts aim to destroy a supersymmetric particle called a Q-Ball that is eating the Sun from the inside out.

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2. www.popsci.com › environment › articleThe Terrifying Science Behind Danny Boyle's Sunshine

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   Jun 28, 2007 · In his new sci-fi thriller Sunshine, the sun is dying-fizzling from within by a real physics phenomenon known as a Q-Ball (a supersymmetric atomic nucleus)-and scientists must fly a bomb...

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4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0448134Sunshine (2007) - Trivia - IMDb

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   It has instead been "infected" with a "Q-ball" - a supersymmetric nucleus, left over from the big bang - that is disrupting the normal matter. This is a theoretical particle that scientists at CERN are currently trying to confirm, and was one of the many contributions of the science advisor.

5. www.newscientist.com › article › dn11385-scienceScience fiction movie review: Sunshine | New Scientist

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   Mar 15, 2007 · The hypothetical Q ball eats through normal matter, ripping apart the Sun’s neutrons and protons and converting them into supersymmetric particles. Do such Q balls exist? We don’t know,...

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   What is a Q-Ball?

   • First posited some 20 years ago by Harvard physicist Sidney Coleman, a Q-Ball is a super-heavy object that could have formed during the Big Bang and would have the ability to break down ordinary matter made of protons and neutrons.

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   What does a Q Ball eat?

   • The “something” involves a “Q ball”, the nucleus of a supersymmetric particle, getting itself lodged in the Sun. The hypothetical Q ball eats through normal matter, ripping apart the Sun’s neutrons and protons and converting them into supersymmetric particles.

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   Why would a supersymmetric Q-ball fly through the Sun?

   • Because the supersymmetric Q-ball is a very compact assembly of heavy particles packed in a small volume, it is billions of times denser than an atomic nucleus, so it would fly right through the sun "like a knife through whip cream," says UCLA physicist Alexander Kusenko, one of the leading Q-Ball researchers.

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   What is a Q-ball bomb?

   • This is a theoretical particle that scientists at CERN are currently trying to confirm, and was one of the many contributions of the science advisor. The film's bomb is meant to blast the Q-ball to its constituent parts which will then naturally decay, allowing the sun to return to normal.

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7. www.reddit.com › r › AskPhysicsIs the Q-Ball scenario in the movie “Sunshine” realistic

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   MembersOnline. •. TMM_007. Is the Q-Ball scenario in the movie “Sunshine” realistic. Hello all! I recently finished watching “Sunshine” (13 years later nbd) and read up that Brian Cox was the one that suggested a Q-Ball be the reason the sun is dying (even though the movie never actually mentions it). I tried looking up a Q-Ball and ...

8. www.inverse.com › culture › sunshine-anniversary-1515 years ago, Danny Boyle made the most scientific space ...

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   Feb 20, 2024 · Garland and Boyle didn’t make things easy for the man who would also inform Cillian Murphy’s physicist character. The sun is predicted, of course, to go out in roughly five billion years, but ...

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10. www.reddit.com › 5dg5th › eli5_what_is_a_qballELI5: What is a Q-ball? : r/explainlikeimfive - Reddit

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    ELI5: What is a Q-ball? In the backstory of Danny Boyle's SciFi film Sunshine (2007), it is explained that a Q-ball enters and is caught in the Earth's Sun and is the reason why Sun is dying. What is a Q-ball and how is it capable of killing the sun?