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Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

PBS Space Time

Season 2016Episode 33Aired 2016-08-24
Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

Should We Build a Dyson Sphere?

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?