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[[File:Dyson Sphere Diagram.svg.png|250px|thumb | [[File:Dyson Sphere Diagram.svg.png|250px|thumb|Diagram of a hypothetical Dyson sphere constructed in the [[Sol system]].]] | ||
A '''Dyson sphere''' is a [[Astroengineering|megastructure]] or a series of structures meant to completely encompass a star for the purposes of solar power, or to serve as a massive habitat. The concept was originally described by the physicist [[Wikipedia:Freeman Dyson|Freeman Dyson]] as a system of orbiting [[Wikipedia:Space-based solar power|solar power satellites]] meant to capture a star's entire energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival of technological civilizations, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life. A three meter thick Dyson sphere with an [[Earth]] orbit radius would require an estimated 2.12057325 x 10<sup>23</sup> cubic meters of material. | A '''Dyson sphere''' is a [[Astroengineering|megastructure]] or a series of structures meant to completely encompass a star for the purposes of solar power, or to serve as a massive habitat. The concept was originally described by the physicist [[Wikipedia:Freeman Dyson|Freeman Dyson]] as a system of orbiting [[Wikipedia:Space-based solar power|solar power satellites]] meant to capture a star's entire energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival of technological civilizations, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life. A three meter thick Dyson sphere with an [[Earth]] orbit radius would require an estimated 2.12057325 x 10<sup>23</sup> cubic meters of material. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Old HW Horizon.png|View inside the miniature Dyson sphere of | File:Old HW Horizon.png|View inside the miniature Dyson sphere of [[Trove]] | ||
File:Shieldogram.png|A holographic diagram of | File:Shieldogram.png|A holographic diagram of [[Trove]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||