Tag Archives: dyson

Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Awesome: Dyson Sphere!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Sam Chance

In honor of Freeman Dyson’s upcoming visit, I thought we could talk about Dyson Spheres. A Dyson Sphere is a structure which surround a solar system and collects all of the energy which is given off by the star.  Dyson published this idea in his 1960 paper “Search for Artificial Stellar Sources of Infared Radiation“. … Continue reading Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Awesome: Dyson Sphere! → Continue reading →

Posted in Aliens, Stars | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable from Awesome: Dyson Sphere!

Guys, We are a Type 0 Civilization

Posted on April 29, 2013 by theskyisbeautifultonight

The Kardashev Scale As we persevere in our search for other intelligent life out there in the far reaches of space, we should also remember that, if they exist, we have no idea what they would look like, or how powerful they might be in comparison to us, or how they would respond to us […] Continue reading →

Posted in Class | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Guys, We are a Type 0 Civilization