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It's big, but it's also dilute. It would not destroy any planets even if they were right inside it.

This statement, taken literally, is absurd. What are you trying to say?

...that he's absurd. I'm pretty sure exposing our troposphere to 6000K would hurt a little.

It would do nothing. We expose the atmosphere to 6000K every day in forges and nothing bad happens.

The reason of course is the temperature doesn't matter - total energy does. And even though it's very hot, and very large, there is very very very little matter there, so the total energy is quite minimal.

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