{"id":88962,"date":"2019-03-27T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/could-black-holes-made-of-light-power-our-spaceships"},"modified":"2019-03-27T10:04:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:04:17","slug":"could-black-holes-made-of-light-power-our-spaceships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/could-black-holes-made-of-light-power-our-spaceships","title":{"rendered":"Could Black Holes Made Of Light Power Our Spaceships?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Could Black Holes Made of Light Power Our Spaceships?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CatVxw3aEc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What exactly would it take to create our very own Swartzchild Kugelblitz?<\/p>\n<p>Could a Dyson Sphere Harness the Full Power of the Sun? \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jOHMQbffrt4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/jOHMQbffrt4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kugelblitz! Powering a Starship With a Black Hole<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/24306-interstellar-flight-black-hole-power.html\">https:\/\/www.space.com\/24306-interstellar-flight-black-hole-power.html<\/a><br \/> \u201cInterstellar flight certainly ranks among the most daunting challenges ever postulated by human civilization. The distances to even the closest stars are so stupendous that constructing even a scale model of interstellar distance is impractical. For instance, if on such a model the separation of the Earth and sun is 1 inch (2.5 centimeters), the nearest star to our solar system (Proxima Centauri) would be 4.3 miles (6.9 kilometers) away!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kugelblitz Black Holes: Lasers &amp; Doom<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/kugelblitz-black-holes-lasers-doom\">https:\/\/futurism.com\/kugelblitz-black-holes-lasers-doom<\/a><br \/> \u201cA kugelblitz black hole could theoretically be created by aiming lasers vastly more powerful than anything we have today at a single point. Logically, one could assume that turning off the lasers would \u2018turn off\u2019 the black hole? Well, that\u2019s not quite right\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is a Dyson sphere?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dk4a5Vt3rT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/what-is-a-dyson-sphere\/\">A Dyson sphere harvests the energy of stars<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A Dyson sphere harvests the energy of stars&#8221; &#8212; EarthSky\" src=\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/space\/what-is-a-dyson-sphere\/embed\/#?secret=Oown5h0FTZ#?secret=dk4a5Vt3rT\" data-secret=\"dk4a5Vt3rT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/> \u201cIn recent years, astronomers explored that possibility with a bizarre star, known to astronomers as KIC 8462852 \u2013 more popularly called Tabby\u2019s Star for its discoverer Tabetha Boyajian. This star\u2019s strange light was originally thought to indicate a possible Dyson sphere. That idea has been discarded, but, in 2018, other possibilities emerged, such as that of using the Gaia mission to search for Dyson spheres.\u201c<br \/> ____________________<\/p>\n<p>Elements is more than just a science show. It\u2019s your science-loving best friend, tasked with keeping you updated and interested on all the compelling, innovative and groundbreaking science happening all around us. Join our passionate hosts as they help break down and present fascinating science, from quarks to quantum theory and beyond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/could-black-holes-made-of-light-power-our-spaceships\">Continue reading \u201cCould Black Holes Made Of Light Power Our Spaceships?\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly would it take to create our very own Swartzchild Kugelblitz? Could a Dyson Sphere Harness the Full Power of the Sun? \u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/jOHMQbffrt4 Kugelblitz! Powering a Starship With a Black Hole https:\/\/www.space.com\/24306-interstellar-flight-black-hole-power.html \u201cInterstellar flight certainly ranks among the most daunting challenges ever postulated by human civilization. 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