Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur All we are made of comes from dying stars, those rare supernovae and other cosmic death throes that forge those scarce heavier elements, but could we learn true alchemy and mass manufacture those...
Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ When the largest of stars dies, the supernova they produce can outshine a whole galaxy, and potentially sterilize vast swathes of space. Future civilizations will need to be able to prevent or mitigate...
Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible Originals are free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500. Interstellar travel is very time consuming, moving from star to star, but perhaps we could use...
This episode is an in-depth look at stars, from the common kinds and basic terminology to exotic stars, some which are entirely hypothetical. We'll look at Stars bigger than solar systems or tinier than a pinhead, and some stars that no longer exist or cannot exist...