Building a Dyson Sphere

What if an advanced civilization ran out of room to grow on their home planet? Their best bet might be to build settlements in space, so they could capture more of their star’s energy. Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Justin Lentz, David Campos, Chris Peters, and Fatima Iqbal. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2376 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5469.pdf http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2013.66.340 http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2000.53.297 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008JBIS...61..386D http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010LPICo1538.5469H http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.04376 http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.5519