The Universe is vast, and even voyages to neighboring stars may decades under known science, so how far can humanity colonize out into our galaxy or beyond? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
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:...
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:...
To travel between the stars requires vast amounts of fuel and energy, but as it turns out, the ocean of night in deep space is full of fuel, if you can collect it along the way. The Fishback ramjet revisited:...
The Fermi Paradox looks at the apparent absence of Loud Alien Civilizations, and asks if instead there may be Quiet Aliens, but what are Loud & Quiet Aliens? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound...
We often dream of a future out in the galaxy, exploring and settling strange new worlds under the light of alien suns, but what would living in space truly be like? Watch my exclusive video on Life As An Asteroid Miner:...
Alpha Centauri may be the nearest star but how many more stars and planets are within 100 light years of us? Produced, Written & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Astronomers constantly awe us with new exoplanets found around distant stars, but the news often proclaims these worlds Earth-like. Have we found any truly earth-like worlds yet? Colonizing Red Dwarfs: https://youtu.be/Vr5Fap_RTu0 Produced, Written & Narrated by:...
Many millennia from now we may have journeyed out to colonize billions and billions of planets in our galaxy, but every journey has to start somewhere. Sign the New Horizons Petition: https://chng.it/DPQ6cSWGk8 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join...
A starbooster is a megastructure designed for heating a cooler star to make it more sun-like and with a wider habitable zone for planets. Orion's Arm Starbooster entry: https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/47897efc7129a To find out more about them and other...
The von Braun wheel is one of the best known early designs, incorporating spin-gravity via rotation and inspiring many variants in the last 80 years. To find out more about them and other megastructures, see the Megastructure Compendium: https://youtu.be/1xt13dn74wc...
Nuclear propulsion offer vast energy to run a spaceship but is hard to convert into efficient and high thrust... the Nuclear Lightbulb seeks to address that. The Nuclear Option: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aBOhC1c6m8 The Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium:...