Questions tagged [dyson-spheres]
For questions about star-enclosing megastructures. For structures that merely form a ring or circular cloud around a star, use [dyson-ring].
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How to avoid Kessler syndrome on a Dyson sphere
Kessler syndrome is a chain reaction where satellites and debris collide with each other, eventually resulting in the obstruction of space and its unusability.
Imagine we had the same situation around ...
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How would a dyson swarm actually work? -Orbits
SO HOW WOULD A DYSON SWARM'S ORBIT LOOK LIKE?
we are all familiar with the concept of a dyson swarm,
a series of orbital stations' reflective satellites that serve to collect the energy given off by ...
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Minimising the environmental effects of my dyson brain
Many centuries from now, a race of advanced AI who now rule humanity, but who are aware that they themselves are leaderless, begin the construction of a huge dyson-sphere fuelled computer brain to ...
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Artificial Light Sources in a Dyson Sphere/Shell
I'm working on a story universe that takes place mostly/entirely within a multi-layered Dyson sphere. The story is not hard sci-fi, but I am trying to ensure the physics or sci-fi elements "feel&...
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Can you destroy a dyson swarm?
The Swarm
Let's suppose we have a dyson swarm with an orbital trajectory analogous to the star-link constellation over earth, although only over a relatively small belt (lets say about 20 degrees from ...
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What percentage of the Sun's energy can you capture with a Dyson swarm?
My secret society is planning to advance humanity as much as possible and they have decided the best way is to build a Dyson swarm. Still, they don't know how much power from the Sun they would be ...
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How large can individual Dyson segments be before they get torn apart by tidal forces or orbital variations?
Yet another follow up question in my Dyson sphere series. Assuming the arrays are orbiting at 1 AU, the distance between an inclination of 0.01 degrees is 26,109,754 meters, meaning that there must be ...
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What's the point of building a Dyson sphere if you're going to mine everything in a stellar system?
This is a follow-up question to Building a Dyson sphere while preserving moons/other objects?. User @Goodies answered my question with opting to harvest nearby stars. The problem here is that ...
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Is this scenario possible? How can it be done?-Dyson sphere replaced by gas giant star
Scenario:
"...Regino is a gas giant approximately the size of Saturn, and three moons, Reo, Gei, and Tan orbit it. All three are small, rocky bodies a half to a quarter the size of Earth's moon. ...
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Building a Dyson sphere while preserving moons/other objects?
Humans want to build a Dyson sphere around the Sun. They have noticed that Ganymede's icy composition would be perfect for mining to get the icy resources needed to build the sphere, or Mercury could ...
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Best star for a Dyson sphere?
Whether solid or a swarm, a problem that occurs to me long-term in building a dyson structure are damaging flares and magnetic storms from the host star. It seems like the absolute best option would ...
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Can an average person's (2021 Earth) lifestyle requirements be satisfied with excess energy?
Assume we have a Dyson Sphere, ready to rumble.
Also Assume that knowledge bearing robots are plentiful as well (apart from energy) who can do any task (from 3d printing a laptop to creating a house ...
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What environment do I need for gluonium entities to thrive in?
Gluons are the particles that hold quarks together. The way they do this allows them to hold each other together in the form of gluonium.
Gluonium only appears at high temperatures such as those ...
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Gravity at the interior poles inside a large spinning sphere?
From other answers I've determined that gravity on the interior of a large spinning sphere (like a Dyson Sphere) could create a desired gravity at the equator at the inner surface.
But what would ...
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Could a dyson sphere survive a supernova?
So, a civilization built a massive Dyson Sphere around a supergiant star. As the star ages, it begins to fuse iron. At this point, the force of radiation pressure cannot prevent core collapse, and ...
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