{"id":152288,"date":"2022-12-09T11:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-megastructure-compendium"},"modified":"2022-12-09T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T17:26:49","slug":"the-megastructure-compendium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-megastructure-compendium","title":{"rendered":"The Megastructure Compendium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xt13dn74wc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: <a href=\"https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/curiositystream.com\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> In the future humanity may build enormous structures, feats of mega-engineering that may rival planets or even be of greater scope. This episode catalogs roughly 100 major types of Megastructure, from those that are cities in space to those that rival galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-arthur\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-arthur<\/a>.<br \/> Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/<\/a><br \/> Reddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/<\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur<\/a> on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode\u2019s Audio-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-megastructure-compendium\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-megastructure-compendium<\/a>.<br \/> Episode\u2019s Narration-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-megastructure-compendium-narration-only\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-megastruct\u2026ation-only<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ac Megastructure Index \u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac<br \/> 0:00 \u2014 Intro.<br \/> 03:23 \u2014 Active Support.<br \/> 04:30 \u2014 Alderson Disc.<br \/> 08:30 \u2014 Arcology Megatower.<br \/> 09:48 \u2014 Arkship.<br \/> 10:49 \u2014 Artificial Sun.<br \/> 11:49 \u2014 Asteroid Colonies.<br \/> 13:02 \u2014 Atlas Pillars.<br \/> 14:19 \u2014 Banks Orbital.<br \/> 16:29 \u2014 Bernal Sphere.<br \/> 17:34 \u2014 Birch Planet.<br \/> 20:48 \u2014 Bishop Ring.<br \/> 22:55 \u2014 Black Hole Gravity Generator.<br \/> 23:54 \u2014 Black Hole Power Generator.<br \/> 25:40 \u2014 Bubble Hab.<br \/> 26:36 \u2014 Buckyhabs.<br \/> 28:12 \u2014 BWC Megastructures.<br \/> 29:08 \u2014 Caplan Thruster.<br \/> 29:46 \u2014 Carbon Nanotubes.<br \/> 30:31 \u2014 Chainworlds.<br \/> 31:07 \u2014 Chandelier Cities.<br \/> 31:45 \u2014 Clarketech.<br \/> 32:30 \u2014 Cube Worlds.<br \/> 33:24 \u2014 Cylinder Habitat.<br \/> 36:09 \u2014 Dark Sky Station.<br \/> 36:37 \u2014 Disc Worlds &amp; Flat Earths.<br \/> 38:01 \u2014 Dyson Spheres.<br \/> 40:04 \u2014 Dyson Spike.<br \/> 40:45 \u2014 Dyson Swarm.<br \/> 42:14 \u2014 Ecumenopolis.<br \/> 42:44 \u2014 Edersphere\/Ederworld.<br \/> 43:52 \u2014 Fusion Candle.<br \/> 44:29 \u2014 Graphene.<br \/> 44:49 \u2014 Grav Plating.<br \/> 45:20 \u2014 Hammer Hab.<br \/> 45:48 \u2014 Helios Drive.<br \/> 46:43 \u2014 Hoop World or Donut World.<br \/> 47:27 \u2014 Hydroshell.<br \/> 48:13 \u2014 Interstellar Black Hole Highway.<br \/> 48:48 \u2014 Interstellar Laser Highway.<br \/> 50:06 \u2014 Jenkins Swarm.<br \/> 50:27 \u2014 Kalpana 1<br \/> 51:28 \u2014 Kipping Terrascope.<br \/> 52:08 \u2014 Lagite.<br \/> 52:57 \u2014 Lofstrom Loop.<br \/> 53:52 \u2014 Magmatter.<br \/> 54:50 \u2014 Matrioshka Brain.<br \/> 56:45 \u2014 Matrioshka Shellworld.<br \/> 57:53 \u2014 McKendree Cylinder.<br \/> 58:36 \u2014 Megatelescope Arrays.<br \/> 59:25 \u2014 Mini Earth.<br \/> 1:00:30 \u2014 Mushroom Habitat.<br \/> 1:01:26 \u2014 Neptunian Chainsaw.<br \/> 1:01:55 \u2014 Nicoll-Dyson Beam.<br \/> 1:02:52 \u2014 Nova Drive.<br \/> 1:03:16 \u2014 O\u2019Neill Cylinder.<br \/> 1:03:57 \u2014 Orbital Plates.<br \/> 1:04:42 \u2014 Orbital Ring.<br \/> 1:07:22 \u2014 Paperclip Maximizer &amp; Grey Goo.<br \/> 1:08:26 \u2014 Parabolic Habitat.<br \/> 1:10:08 \u2014 Planet Brain \/ Jupiter Brain.<br \/> 1:10:35 \u2014 Planet Ships.<br \/> 1:11:25 \u2014 Planet Swarm.<br \/> 1:12:21 \u2014 Planetary Cycler\/Aldrin Cycler.<br \/> 1:13:10 \u2014 Power Beamers.<br \/> 1:13:55 \u2014 Quasar drive.<br \/> 1:15:25 \u2014 Quasite.<br \/> 1:16:00 \u2014 Red Globular Cluster.<br \/> 1:17:14 \u2014 Relativistic Kill Missile.<br \/> 1:17:55 \u2014 Ribbon Worlds.<br \/> 1:19:12 \u2014 Ring Habitat.<br \/> 1:20:06 \u2014 Ringworld.<br \/> 1:21:36 \u2014 Rotacity or Bowl Hab.<br \/> 1:22:19 \u2014 Rungworld.<br \/> 1:23:25 \u2014 Shell World.<br \/> 1:24:53 \u2014 Shkadov Thrusters.<br \/> 1:25:37 \u2014 Sky Cities &amp; Cloud Cities.<br \/> 1:26:38 \u2014 Skyhooks.<br \/> 1:27:24 \u2014 Smoke Ring.<br \/> 1:28:26 \u2014 Solar Mirrors.<br \/> 1:29:21 \u2014 Solar Shades.<br \/> 1:30:29 \u2014 Sombrero Planet.<br \/> 1:30:51 \u2014 Space Elevetors.<br \/> 1:32:18 \u2014 Space Farms.<br \/> 1:33:27 \u2014 Spin Gravity.<br \/> 1:34:05 \u2014 Space Towers.<br \/> 1:34:50 \u2014 Stanford Torus.<br \/> 1:35:45 \u2014 Starlifting.<br \/> 1:36:55 \u2014 Statite.<br \/> 1:38:31 \u2014 Stellar Pinwheel.<br \/> 1:39:00 \u2014 Stellaser.<br \/> 1:40:34 \u2014 Suntower.<br \/> 1:41:51 \u2014 Supramundane Worlds.<br \/> 1:42:57 \u2014 Terran Ring.<br \/> 1:43:58 \u2014 Topopolis.<br \/> 1:45:07 \u2014 Unobtainium.<br \/> 1:45:35 \u2014 Valley House.<br \/> 1:45:55 \u2014 World House.<br \/> 1:46:26 \u2014 Wormhole.<br \/> 1:53:00 \u2014 Credits.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<br \/> The Megastructure Compendium.<br \/> Science &amp; Futurism with Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Episode 346, June 9, 2022<br \/> Written &amp; Produced by Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Narrated by Isaac Arthur &amp; Sarah Fowler Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>Editors:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-megastructure-compendium\">Continue reading \u201cThe Megastructure Compendium\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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