ship damage while flying

[Kilo Eclipse]

While flying around in space. My screen started flashing a red border and I (the pilot, not the ship) started taking damage. I landed on a planet and left the ship and the damage stopped. Now, when I enter the ship core, the damage resumes. What gives?

 

[CyberTao]

Are you too close to a star? That is the only thing I can think of that damages a player inside a ship.

 

[KiloZulu]

I've had a couple of moments lately where, while working in build mode on a ship my screen suddenly flashed red and I heard the explosion sound like I'd been hit. When I bring up the navigation panel there's nothing around, and I never detected any actual damage to the ship. I'm doing the building in vanilla single-player, so it wouldn't be a player using radar jammer or cloak.

 

[Kilo Eclipse]

Are you too close to a star? That is the only thing I can think of that damages a player inside a ship.

I found out this was the problem.

 

[Timrath]

Do shields protect against sunlight?

 

[CyberTao]

Do shields protect against sunlight?

Nope.