How Many Stars & Galaxies Could We Colonize?

How Many Stars & Galaxies Could We Colonize?

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...

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How Many Stars Are Within 100 Light Years?

How Many Stars Are Within 100 Light Years?

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

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Coexistence with Aliens

Coexistence with Aliens

One day we may encounter intelligent aliens, but can we ever hope to understand their psychology and coexist with them if we do? Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Watch my exclusive video on Space Freighters:...

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Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium

Advanced Spaceship Drive Compendium

Offset your carbon footprint with confidence with Wren--the first 100 people to sign up will have one month of emissions offset for free: https://wren.co/start/isaacarthur In order to reach the stars we will need vastly more powerful engines for our spacecraft than...

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Using Asteroids As Spaceships

Using Asteroids As Spaceships

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/isaacarthur Asteroids may serve as future bases and colonies for humanity as we travel into space, but could they also be converted...

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Interstellar Colonization Strategies

Interstellar Colonization Strategies

Go to hhttp://hover.com/isaacarthur and get 10% off any domain name from Hover - extensions for anything you’re passionate about. As we seek to travel vast distances to claim the galaxy, we will need to develop strategies and methods for voyaging through deep space...

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The New Dawn: The Orion Project Spaceship Revitalized

The New Dawn: The Orion Project Spaceship Revitalized

Start Forging New Worlds: https://www.worldanvil.com/isaac-arthur Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power spaceships to new worlds and stars. More than half a century later, new...

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Belligerent Aliens

Belligerent Aliens

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Many feel Humanity walks a thin line between needing ambition to develop and being so aggressive we destroy ourselves. Could aliens civilizations exist that were even more belligerent than us? Visit our...

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Exo-Stellar Civilizations

Exo-Stellar Civilizations

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Our future in the galaxy is typically envisioned as tied to the stars, be it on planets orbiting them or vast megastructures fueled by the alien suns, and yet the true future of humanity...

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Killing Stars

Killing Stars

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...

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Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps

Becoming an Interplanetary Species: First Steps

Get 26% of Curiosity Stream and free access to Nebula by using coupon code "isaac": https://curiositystream.com/isaac Our future lies out among the planets and stars, but to climb out in to space we must take many steps to get off, and today we'll look at those first...

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Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats

Continent-Sized Rotating Space Habitats

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Mankind's future is among the stars, but not necessarily on other planets. Instead we might forge giant space stations that are entire artificial worlds, and today we'll explore some of...

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