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What is the realism of creating a “stellar shade”
First time poster here. In a game I play called starsector, some planets use stellar mirrors to raise their sunlight access and surface temperature. AFAIK this has some theoretical basis in actual science. Other planets however have something called a “stellar shade” that does the opposite cooling down the planet by redirecting sunlight away, which I can’t find a basis for anywhere else. Would it be possible to make something like this? Where would it need to be located relative to the planet in question?
u/H2orbit — 11 days ago