On Fizzix Phriday, we sometimes endeavor to answer the questions other physics don't ask—nay, are too scared to ask. So today, I'm going to answer a question I am reasonably sure has never been asked. Is this because people were to scared of the answer, or because the question itself is simply nonsense? The solution is left as an exercise to the reader. The subject of today's Fizzix Phriday blog is: Could you build a star (similar to our sun) out of LEGO bricks? Let us take the mad journey to the answer to this bizarre question together.

Often on Fizzix Phriday, it seems that I talk about things that are crazy far away in space, or so small you can't see them, or weird esoteric things, which, while super cool, aren't something you can go out and see yourself. So today, I'm going to talk about something that's probably near you, unless you life in a desert or grassland: trees. Now, I've been known to be upset and angry about how big trees can get, because the General Sherman tree (a Giant Sequoia) is just too big to be imaginable. But it's not the tallest tree out there. The tallest trees are the redwoods, which are also mind-bogglingly huge. I'd highly recommend seeing them at some point in your life. However, I'm not here to talk about how tall the California Redwoods are, I'm here to figure out how tall they are allowed to be. And that allowed means we're bringing in some physics.