Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged dyson-spheres

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How efficient can a Dyson sphere be?

0 answers · last activity 4 months ago by ‭HDE 226868‭

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How might my futuristic interstellar civilisation have missed a Dyson swarm on their doorstep?

12 answers · last activity 8 months ago by ‭MadScientist‭

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Inhabiting Mars versus going straight for a Dyson swarm

6 answers · last activity 8 months ago by ‭Rohit Pandey‭

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Would a Dyson sphere be useful as a means of power generation?

3 answers · last activity 9 months ago by ‭meaninglessname‭

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How would a Dyson Swarm transmit energy to the Earth?

5 answers · last activity 9 months ago by ‭CYCLOPSCORE‭

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What tech would aliens use to harvest/alter our star and why?

7 answers · last activity 9 months ago by ‭Zolvaring‭

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Dyson Sphere only ever possible theoretically

2 answers · last activity 9 months ago by ‭AndyF‭

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How to tell a blackhole from a neutron star covered entirely by Dyson sphere painted in vantablack?

9 answers · last activity 10 months ago by ‭user6760‭

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How could a Dyson Sphere be destroyed through natural causes?

9 answers · last activity 10 months ago by ‭Fulli‭

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How would gravity affect a structure that completely encircled the earth

6 answers · last activity almost 2 years ago by ‭crZyhamSter‭

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What to do with all the heat in a Dyson Sphere?

10 answers · last activity almost 2 years ago by ‭dot_Sp0T‭

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How much does the ecosphere weigh?

1 answer · last activity almost 2 years ago by ‭Logan R. Kearsley‭

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Alternative to gravity inside a Dyson Sphere?

4 answers · last activity about 2 years ago by ‭ZoneWolf‭

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Brown Dwarves: Dyson Spheres in disguise?

7 answers · last activity about 2 years ago by ‭bowlturner‭

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Should my Dyson Sphere be bigger? (Climate/habitable zone)

5 answers · last activity about 2 years ago by ‭ZoneWolf‭

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Would there be gravity on the plates of a Dyson swarm?

3 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by ‭Richard‭

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Has realistic climate modelling been done for inverted Dyson spheres or similar?

2 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by ‭nordmarj‭

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Where do you put a photosynthetic Dyson sphere?

5 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by ‭Zxyrra‭

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Interstellar construction between star systems

2 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by ‭Exostrike‭

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What is a Dyson Sphere around a planet called?

9 answers · last activity over 2 years ago by ‭Henry Taylor‭

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Barycentric/Orbital stability of a Dyson Sphere and Central Star

2 answers · last activity about 3 years ago by ‭Techdragon‭

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Visibility of a Dyson ring/swarm

2 answers · last activity about 3 years ago by ‭Weaver‭

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Would building a Dyson sphere inside the Earth's orbit render our planet uninhabitable?

6 answers · last activity over 3 years ago by ‭ckersch‭

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Is there a Dyson-like megastructure that would not block out the sun?

3 answers · last activity almost 4 years ago by ‭Mendeleev‭

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How long does a component of a Dyson swarm spend in shadow?

5 answers · last activity almost 4 years ago by ‭Werrf‭

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Geology of a supermassive Dyson sphere

3 answers · last activity almost 4 years ago by ‭Loren Pechtel‭

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How would temperature variation work on the inside surface of a Dyson sphere?

4 answers · last activity almost 4 years ago by ‭One Normal Night‭

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Dark matter caused by Matrioshka Systems

2 answers · last activity about 4 years ago by ‭Erik‭

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Source of breathable air to fill Dyson sphere shell

3 answers · last activity about 4 years ago by ‭CaptClockobob‭

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Would people living on different ringworlds around the same star measure time differently?

1 answer · last activity about 4 years ago by ‭Z.Schroeder‭

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Regional Climate in a Dyson Sphere

1 answer · last activity over 4 years ago by ‭Separatrix‭

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Climatology of a supermassive Dyson sphere?

1 answer · last activity over 4 years ago by ‭Loren Pechtel‭

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Could an abandoned Dyson Ring survive long enough for intelligent life to evolve?

3 answers · last activity over 4 years ago by ‭bowlturner‭

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How and when could a Dyson sphere civilization figure out the shape and size of their sphere?

6 answers · last activity over 4 years ago by ‭January First-of-May‭

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My BIG World Needs More Suns

2 answers · last activity over 4 years ago by ‭Serban Tanasa‭

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