Mercury may be the Solar System’s first true industrial world. We explore robotic mines, solar furnaces, mass drivers, mobile cities, and how the innermost planet could help build a Dyson swarm. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription:...
What if we could make gasoline from air? We explore how carbon dioxide, water, and electricity can become synthetic gasoline, jet fuel, rocket propellant, plastics, and more. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur...
How close could a spacecraft - or a human - really get to the Sun before heat and radiation win? Let’s push the limits and find out where survival stops being possible 🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks:...
What happens when time stops being scarce? From nanobots to mind uploads, we explore the economy of immortality... and what it costs to live forever. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Checkout Mad Kings :...
Could you actually deadlift an asteroid in low gravity? It sounds absurd, but depending on the asteroid, your body, and the gravity involved, the answer gets surprisingly interesting. 🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks:...
How big could human civilization become? From trillion-person worlds to Dyson swarms, galaxy-spanning cultures, and digital minds, we explore just how far humanity could scale. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription:...
What happens when the machines still work, but nobody remembers how they were built? We explore technological amnesia, black-box automation, lost expertise, and civilizations trapped inside inherited technology. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual...
Join Isaac Arthur for a live discussion on the future of humanity and the technologies that will get us there! 🌌 This month, we are diving deep into your questions on space megastructures, interstellar travel, and the long-term trajectory of our civilization. 🔭 Bring...
Why build floating cities above Jupiter and Saturn? Not for fusion fuel, but for something far more valuable: the staggering amounts of hydrogen, nitrogen, and raw material needed to build a spacefaring civilization. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual...
If we could build a space elevator tomorrow, where should it go? Earth may be the obvious answer, but the Moon, Mars, and other worlds may be far easier. We compare the best candidates. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription:...
What’s the fastest object humanity has ever built—and how did we get it moving that fast? The answer involves a spacecraft, the Sun, and some seriously extreme physics. 🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks:...
Ion drives are slow, quiet, and astonishingly efficient. From asteroid freighters and Mars cargo ships to the infrastructure behind future starships, these patient engines may help build civilization across the Solar System. Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an...