Dyson sphere

One of the biggest questions we have about the Universe is: Are we alone as a technologically advanced species? This raises other questions: If aliens are out there, what would their technology look like? And, pertinently, how could we detect it? A new study has laid out some answers to these questions – at least, if the technology in question is a type of insane energy harvester called a Dyson sphere, drawing down energy from a black hole.

Part of the "Megastructures: The Visual Encyclopedia" book project, on sale now at http://www.neilblevins.com/projects/megastructures/megastructures.htm A Dyson Sphere would be a structure that would enclose a sun to capture the majority of its output energy. The energy could be used for various purposes, such as powering supercomputers, providing a living area for its inhabitants, and other industrial uses. It would come in three varieties: a Dyson Swarm/Ring, a Dyson Bubble, and a Dyson…

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Dyson spheres may be unrealistic right now, but they're likely coming in the next few centuries.

Building a Dyson Sphere has captivated big thinkers for decades. Here’s how we might actually construct one.

Description Speculative Fiction Reviewer James Davis Nicoll first proposed the Nicoll-Dyson Laser as a weapon where the satellites of a Dyson swarm surrounding a sun act as a phased array laser emitter capable of delivering their energy to a planet-sized target at a range of millions of light years. The laser could do anything from wiping out the atmosphere on the target planet to cracking the planet in half depending on the focus of the beam (a collimated beam would be the diameter of the…

Human civilization has reached type II. The Dyson Sphere mega structures is built, encompassing compatible stars across galaxies. Within the structure wall are virtual planets, acting as bases for civilization for the maintenance of the Dyson Sphere. Getting there requires ships going through the hypergates, which send space ships into hyperspeed within the mega structure. 3D base render in Maya, over-paint in Photoshop. Check out my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomjdavis.art/

The interior of Dyson's Sphere is a world of its own, filled with complex machinery, energy storage systems and lushly landscaped parks for extraterrestrial inhabitants. Some theories claim that the Sphere may even harbor an artificial life form, such as artificial intelligences, which can control the Sphere's systems.