Can We Turn Jupiter Into a Second Sun?

Can We Turn Jupiter Into a Second Sun?

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:...

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Colonizing Ganymede

Colonizing Ganymede

Go to https://hensonshaving.com/isaacarthur and enter "isaacarthur" at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. Ganymede is an enormous moon, larger than any other we’ve found, including our own, and may one day be the centerpiece of wider human settlements...

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Titan vs Ganymede: Which Is The Largest Moon?

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...

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Atmospheric Mining

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:...

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Interplanetary Infrastructure

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:...

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Computronium

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...

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Life on Giant Moons

Life on Giant Moons

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Making a Magnetosphere for Mars

Making a Magnetosphere for Mars

Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur We believe Mars may once have had oceans and sky, but lost them from a lack of a magnetosphere....

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Traveling Around Other Worlds

Traveling Around Other Worlds

Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. In the future we will journey to new worlds, but how will we travel around on them? Visit our Website:...

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Summer on Jupiter: Making a Second Sun

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...

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Outward Bound: Colonizing Jupiter

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...

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