As a consequence, sci-fi writers and astrophysicists have considered partial shell pieces or a patchwork surrounding a star as a realistic Dyson sphere. Similarly, a rigid ring around a star or ...

Science fiction is filled with such scenarios designed ... many dubious. The discovery of a Dyson sphere, built by an alien intelligence, will prove that it is possible to avoid those calamities.

In theory, detecting a Dyson sphere could be a way to find a technologically ... Although Dyson spheres and similar megastructures have appeared in science fiction both before and after Dyson's ...

For a Dyson sphere, the results are similar but more ... Finally, this study reminds us that science fiction can sometimes precede science. The ideas of Larry Niven and Freeman Dyson still inspire ...

To speculate on that would be science fiction—fun, but not very meaty. What I do know, though, is physics, and there are some things we can say about the physics of a Dyson sphere. We can use ...

“Science fiction, from ‘Footfall’ to ‘Star Trek,’ took the idea and ran with it, while social critics adopted the Dyson sphere as a vehicle for questioning the wisdom of unlimited ...

When people hear “Dyson sphere,” their first thought is probably a heavy-duty vacuum. They certainly don’t think of a megastructure surrounding and harnessing a star’s energy with the ...

Et voila: you have found a Dyson sphere. The Dyson sphere is named after theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson (1923-2020), who hypothesised its existence. He said that technologically advanced ...

Science fiction is filled with such scenarios designed ... many dubious. The discovery of a Dyson sphere, built by an alien intelligence, will prove that it is possible to avoid those calamities.