Could we turn Jupiter into a second Sun? From starlifting to artificial fusion, we explore the physics of reigniting our solar system's giant into a star or brown dwarf. Join SFIA for a deep dive into stellar engineering. 🚀 Join this channel to get access to perks:...
Colonizing Ganymede
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Planetary Bracelets & Stripworld Megastructures
One approach to colonizing gas giants is to create a ring above them at the distance gravity is the desired level, such as Earth-normal.
Titan vs Ganymede: Which Is The Largest Moon?
Some moons are bigger than planets, and Titan is aptly named, long believed to be biggest moon, but should it or Ganymede around Jupiter hold that title? And where to do planets, moons, and stars begin and end? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music...
Atmospheric Mining
Science fiction has popularized asteroid mining and cities in the sky, but could the future of mining be in cloud cities hanging far above distant worlds? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...
Interplanetary Infrastructure
They say space is the future, out among the countless billions and billions of new worlds in our galaxy, but a journey needs a path or road, so what sort of roads will we build in space? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...
Computronium
Computronium is any type of matter which supports computation or thought, and which a civilization might seek to turn all matter into. Matrioshka Brains: https://youtu.be/Ef-mxjYkllw Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
Life on Giant Moons
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Making a Magnetosphere for Mars
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Traveling Around Other Worlds
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Summer on Jupiter: Making a Second Sun
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Jupiter is an enormous gas giant, more massive than all the other planets in the solar system combined... and yet small compared to our Sun and other Stellar Objects. Could Jupiter be turned into a...
Outward Bound: Colonizing Jupiter
Jupiter and its moon are a rarely considered prospect for colonization, but potentially the ripest opportunity for it in the solar system. In this episode of the Outward Bound series we will examine the options for colonizing each of Jupiter's primary moons and even...
