Ederworlds & Bubble planets are artificial worlds held up by internal pressure, and can be several times larger than Earth.
Bubble Planets & Ederworlds
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Is Uplifting Ethical?
Try Cell to Singularity, free to play: https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uNoF Uplifting is the process of altering an animal - or even an alien - to be smarter or able to use technology. Our ability to do this seem inevitable, and with it a host of moral dilemmas. David...
Statites, Lagites, and Quasites
A look at Statites, or Static Satellites, and variations like the Lagite, Quasite, Mag Sail, Solar Moth, and Non-Keplerian Orbits that offer us powerful foundations for advanced, Kardashev-scale space development. Watch my exclusive video Giant Space Monsters:...
The Fermi Paradox Compendium of Solutions & Terms
Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get 20 to 50% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon. In the grand theater of the cosmos, amidst a myriad of distant suns and ancient galaxies, the Fermi Paradox presents a haunting silence, where a cacophony of alien...
Banks Orbital – God’s Bracelet
The Banks Orbital is an enormous space habitat with hundreds of times more living area than a normal planet. Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Graphics: Steve Bowers Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Bishop Ring Space Habitat
Bishop Ring Space Habitat is a continent-class space habitat design larger than a country that might house billions or an entire continent's ecosystem Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Graphics: Steve Bowers Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
Forgeworlds & Industrial Planets
The industrial revolution saw the rise of factories so big they often grew entire towns or cities around them to operate, but in the future entire planets might be used to fuel the titanic projects for conquering the stars themselves. Watch my exclusive video Dark...
McKendree Cylinder Space Habitat
A McKendree Cylinder is a continent-class space habitat design larger than a country that might house billions or an entire continent's ecosystem Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Graphics: Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
Mobile Cities
Humanity has often preferred to move its communities, and in the future we might do that by moving our entire cities, by air, sea, or land. Watch my exclusive video on Nomadic Miners On The Moon: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-nomadic-miners-on-the-moon Get...
Birch Planets: Galaxy-Sized Worlds
Birch Planets are enormous hypothetical Megastructures which would have more living area than every planet in our galaxy combined, and are even larger than Dyson Spheres. Mega Earths: https://youtu.be/ioKidcpkZN0 To find out more about megastructures, see the...
Building Artificial Planets
We may terraform Mars or Venus one day, but to truly make worlds like Earth, we may need to build them ourselves. Mega Earths: https://youtu.be/ioKidcpkZN0 To find out more about megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc Produced,...
Non-Equatorial Space Elevators
Space Elevators offer the possibility of ultra-cheap space travel for all, but even if we find strong enough materials to build one, can we place them near our cities or only on the equator? See our episode Space Elevators for more details:...