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Dyson sphere

A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be generated from the home planet's resources alone. Because only…

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Dyson sphere

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples97
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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Dyson sphere

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related to Further reading · 34
Dyson sphere → Adam, Alastair, Archived, August, BBC Science Focus, Brian, Cosmic Stories Blog, December, Dirk, Dyson, Dyson Spheres, Elizabeth, Gunn, Historical Dictionary, How, ISBN, January, Mann, March, May
related to Fictional examples · 23
Dyson sphere → Big Dumb Object, Bob Shaw's, Cuckoo, Dyson, Fictional Dyson, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, In, Jack Williamson, MacGuffin, Michael Jan Friedman, Olaf Stapledon, Orbitsville, Relics, Saga, Stapledon, Star Maker, Star Trek, The Next Generation, The Wanderer
related to Origins · 19
Dyson sphere → And, Artificial Stellar Sources, Dyson, Edinburgh, Freeman Dyson, He, However, In, Infra-Red Radiation, Inspired, Olaf Stapledon, Robert Wright, Science, Search, Star Maker, Such, The, The University, Type II
related to Feasibility and science-based speculation · 12
Dyson sphere → Although Dyson, Dyson, For, Futurist George Dvorsky, In, Mars, Matrioshka, Mercury, Shkadov, Some, Sun, The
related to External links · 4
Dyson sphere → Dyson, FAQFermiLab, IRAS-based, Memory Alpha
is a · 1
Dyson sphere → hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output

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Dyson sphereis ahypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output0.90text
Fritz Leiber's The Wandererinstance ofciting examples0.80text
Linda Nagata's Deception Wellinstance ofciting examples0.80text
Larry Niven's Ringworldinstance ofStories in which the concept is explored tend to use variants0.80text
rotation are required to provide effective gravity at the interior surfaceinstance ofso additional mechanisms0.80text
Dyson sphererelated to External linksDyson0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to External linksFAQFermiLab0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to External linksIRAS-based0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to External linksMemory Alpha0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to Feasibility and science-based speculationAlthough Dyson0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to Feasibility and science-based speculationSun0.60section
Dyson sphererelated to Feasibility and science-based speculationThe0.60section

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