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PBS Space Time

Season 2016 · Episode 33

Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

0.015mAugust 24, 2016

The Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines?

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Episode 3The Photon Clock Challenge
Episode 4The Origin of Matter and Time
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Episode 7Planet X Discovered?? + Challenge Winners!
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