{"id":233936,"date":"2026-03-24T03:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/micro-planets-building-artificial-worlds-with-black-hole-cores"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T08:07:47","slug":"micro-planets-building-artificial-worlds-with-black-hole-cores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/micro-planets-building-artificial-worlds-with-black-hole-cores","title":{"rendered":"Micro Planets: Building Artificial Worlds with Black Hole Cores"},"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\/UE3tYrVPVpU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? Explore engineered micro worlds, artificial gravity, and the future of compact megastructures.<\/p>\n<p>Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/isaacarthur<\/a>.<br \/> Watch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur-\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/isaacarthur\u2013<\/a>\u2026 out Practical Engineering: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/practical-engineeri\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/practical-engineeri<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\uded2 SFIA Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall\">https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall<\/a>\u2026 \ud83c\udf10 Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f Support us on Patreon: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ isaacarthur \u2b50 Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udc65 Facebook Group: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ 1,583,992,725,237,264 \ud83d\udce3 Reddit Community: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ isaacarthur \ud83d\udc26 Follow on Twitter \/ X: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ isaac_a_arthur \ud83d\udcac SFIA Discord Server: <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ discord Credits: Micro Planets \u2014 Building Artificial Worlds with Black Hole Cores Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik &amp; Ken York Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie &amp; Stellardrone Select imagery\/video supplied by Getty Images Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:14 Small Worlds, Big Numbers 7:54 What to make it from? 11:53 What is a Micro Planet, and what is it like? 17:50 So could you go even smaller? 21:20 Nebula.<br \/> Check out Practical Engineering: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/practical-engineeri\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/practical-engineeri<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uded2 SFIA Merchandise: <a href=\"https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall\">https:\/\/isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83c\udf10 Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> \u2764\ufe0f Support us on Patreon: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> \u2b50 Support us on Subscribestar: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a\">https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/isaac-a<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udc65 Facebook Group: \/ 1583992725237264<br \/> \ud83d\udce3 Reddit Community: \/ isaacarthur.<br \/> \ud83d\udc26 Follow on Twitter \/ X: \/ isaac_a_arthur.<br \/> \ud83d\udcac SFIA Discord Server: \/ discord.<br \/> Credits:<br \/> Micro Planets \u2014 Building Artificial Worlds with Black Hole Cores.<br \/> Written, Produced &amp; Narrated by: Isaac Arthur.<br \/> Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik &amp; Ken York.<br \/> Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie &amp; Stellardrone.<br \/> Select imagery\/video supplied by Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters.<br \/> 0:00 Intro.<br \/> 1:14 Small Worlds, Big Numbers.<br \/> 7:54 What to make it from?<br \/> 11:53 What is a Micro Planet, and what is it like?<br \/> 17:50 So could you go even smaller?<br \/> 21:20 Nebula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if we built entire planets around tiny black holes? 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