bing chen and yan li

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Ringworlds are a type of megastructure that engulf an entire star, first popularized in Larry Niven's classic novel Ringworld. These constructs a million times larger than Earth have captivated minds for nearly half a century but been considered impossible to build under known science. Today, we will attempt to show otherwise.

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Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jak...

Graphics Team:
Edward Nardella
Jarred Eagley
Justin Dixon
Katie Byrne
Kris Holland of Mafic Stufios: www.maficstudios.com
Misho Yordanov
Pierre Demet
Sergio Botero: https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?f...
Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:
Andy Popescu
Connor Hogan
Edward Nardella
Eustratius Graham
Gregory Leal
Jefferson Eagley
Luca de Rosa
Mark Warburton
Michael Gusevsky
Mitch Armstrong
MolbOrg
Naomi Kern
Philip Baldock
Sigmund Kopperud
Steve Cardon
Tiffany Penner

Music:
Markus Junnikkala, "We Roam the Stars"
Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun And Moon"
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
Kai Engel, "Periculum"
Lombus, "Hydrogen Sonata"
Dexter Britain, "Going Under"
AJ Prasad, "Aether"

First installment of a spin-off of the Fermi Paradox Series, focusing on how very un-Earth-like worlds might support life. This video focuses on how life might exist on worlds like Pluto.

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Part 2 of our look at mega-engineering projects civilizations may tackle on their way to achieving Kardashev 2 status. Teaming up again with Fraser Cain & Universe Today, we look at artificial magnetospheres, mining and disassembling comets, asteroids, and even whole planets, and harvesting the Sun itself.
You can see part 1 here:
https://youtu.be/95sSJ_x7a1k

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Tips from Type 2 Engineers
Season 3, episode 23b
by Fraser Cain & Isaac Arthur

Cover Art
Jakub Grygier
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Graphics:
Sergio Botero
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Kevin Gill
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Music:
Lombus, "We Roam the Stars"
https://soundcloud.com/lombusmusic
AJ Prasad, "Dark Future - Staring Through pt 1"
https://soundcloud.com/thedarkfuture
Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"
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A look at the difficulties of returning to the moon to establish a permanent presence and many of the concepts and ideas envisioned to help accomplish that goal.

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