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‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential evidence

Posted in alien life, solar power, sustainability

O.o!!!! Woah even the news is talking about Dyson spheres now o.o


By Jacopo Prisco, CNN

(CNN) — What would be the ultimate solution to the energy problems of an advanced civilization? Renowned British American physicist Freeman Dyson theorized it would be a shell made up of mirrors or solar panels that completely surrounds a star — harnessing all the energy it produces.

“One should expect that, within a few thousand years of its entering the stage of industrial development, any intelligent species should be found occupying an artificial biosphere which completely surrounds its parent star,” wrote Dyson in a 1960 paper in which he first explained the concept.