To Access the Full show, please Login to your Club 19.5 membership: <a href="https://www.theothersideofmidnight.com/club-19_5-login/" title="Sign In">Sign In</a>https://content.streamhoster.com/file/osom/1st_hour/Sereda_DisappearingStarsETor_HDPhysics_20250104_OSOM-1stHr.mp3Podcast (1sthour): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:40 — 71.7MB)Subscribe: RSS SAT /SUN JAN. 04 Guest Page Fast links to Items: Richard  –  David Fast links to Bios:  David –     Support The Other Side of Midnight!   Years ago, I read one of Arthur C. Clarke’s short stories that’s really stuck with me for decades, titled “The Nine Billion Names of God.” I don’t want to give away the (very satisfying) ending, for Generation X or Z, but suffice to say, the story involved literally “disappearing stars” …. The reason Arthur’s story was SO memorable is that such things aren’t supposed to happen; stars are other “suns,” and as such, are long-lived galactic creatures; even the most massive, most profligate stars — “burning” nuclear fuels millions of times faster than the Sun — […]