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date: '2025-08-19'
description: capturing energy of a star
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title: Dyson sphere
created: '2025-08-19'
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A hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output.
The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be
generated from the home planet’s resources alone.