Dyson Sphere

When Will Humanity Become a Type III Civilization?

Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy…

8 years ago

What Are Alien Megastructures?

Did scientists find a giant alien structure around KIC 8462852? Probably not, but if they did, what would these structures…

9 years ago

Could We Terraform the Sun?

In the list of crazy hypothetical ideas, terraforming the Sun has to be one of the top 10. So just…

9 years ago

100,000 Galaxies, and No Obvious Signs of Life

Beam us up, Scotty. There's no signs of intelligent life out there. At least, no obvious signs, according to a…

10 years ago

Could We Harvest Energy From a Star?

Our civilization will need more power in the future. Count on it. The ways we use power today: for lighting,…

11 years ago

Hunting for Alien Megastructures

It's a big galaxy out there. Even the most skeptical scientist has to accept that if a civilisation like our…

12 years ago