In 1960, British theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson published a one-page paper in the journal Science that offered perhaps the most hopeful vision ever conceived of humanity’s technological future.

The Sun produces more energy in a single second than humanity has used throughout its entire history. Every day, it releases ...

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Scientists have identified new clues that could help astronomers spot one of the most famous hypothetical alien ...

Dyson spheres, the hypothetical mega-structures that advanced alien civilizations might use to enclose a star and harness its energy, suffer from a fatal flaw: They are catastrophically unstable. But ...

The Dyson Sphere is one of the hallmarks of looking for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. Scientists say that if we manage to find one, we can be sure that it's a super-advanced ...

In the search for intelligent alien life, finding a Dyson sphere would be like hitting the jackpot. Theoretically, super-advanced alien societies could build these giant, ultra-high-tech ...

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Dyson Sphere Program tasks you with building the most efficient intergalactic factory you can — and one of the main things you're going to need to achieve that is a logistics system that allows you to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. That’s what many readers are suggesting in response to Ross’s ...