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| - A Dyson sphere (or "shell" as it appeared in the original paper) is a hypothetical megastructure that was originally described as a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely englobe a star and capture its entire energy output, although other variants on this idea have been proposed — most notedly the solid shell concept pictured at right.Contents
- As no radiant sunlight or solar wind escaped from the sphere, starships were not able to detect it until they were almost on top of it. As a result, the USS Jenolan crashed onto it in 2294 after being pulled in by the sphere's immense gravity well while en route to the Norpin colony. In 2369, the USS Enterprise-D discovered the Jenolan and investigated the sphere. The sphere was deserted because the star around which it was constructed was highly unstable. (TNG: "Relics" )
- A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Such a "sphere" would be a system of orbiting solar-power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture most or all of its energy output. The Ringworld is a similar if much less ambitious megastructure, that harnesses much more energy from its star than a normal planet is capable of.
- Dyson Sphere identifies one of a class of megastructures and is originally credited to the physicist Freeman Dyson. Such a "sphere" would be a system of orbiting space-based solar power|solar-power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture most or all of its energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival and escalating energy needs of a technological civilization, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life. Different types of Dyson spheres correlate with information on the Kardashev scale.
- There was an question that was bothering generations of astronomers, physicists, philosophers and astrologers. The question is: If universe is infinite, than why isn't every spot on covered with the light of an star. Some tried to answer it with ridiculous ideas of expanding universe, but some come to an idea that most of the stars are obscured. And idea of Dyson sphere was born!
- A Dyson sphere was a hollow sphere, with a sun at the centre, designed to completely enclose the star and collect all the energy that would otherwise escape into space. (PROSE: Lucifer Rising) They were the products of ultra-high-level civilizations, and could fit a couple quadrillion people. (PROSE: Down) The People lived in the inner shell of such a construct, known as the Worldsphere. (PROSE: The Also People, Walking to Babylon) The Mistress and K9 also had an adventure in a Dyson Sphere. (AUDIO: The Search)
- A Dyson sphere is a megastructure that comprises a shell surrounding a star that captures the entire energy output of the star. A single Dyson sphere therefore has an energy output equivalent to that of an entire Type 2.0 Civilization - one way a civilization can reach Type 2 on the Kardashev scale is to construct a Dyson sphere.
- A Dyson sphere is a construct built enclosing a stellar body, with the benefit or intention of harnessing the entire energy output of the star. The expansive distances required to make this structure viable allow for a very large surface area, which, if properly designed, can be capable of supporting life. Gravity (through the mass of the structure, or by artificial mechanics) would essentially pull everyone 'down' towards the hull and away from the star. Topsoil, and atmosphere would most likely be present between the hull of the sphere and the star. (TNG episode: "Relics")
- The Dyson Sphere was a construct located somewhere in the Beta Quadrant, a massive sphere that was one of the first examples matching the Human scientist Freeman Dyson's postulation of a Dyson sphere, a constructed world built around a star. The inner surface is approximately 1 AU from a central star, with the entire structure being a little more than 2 AU in diameter, with a very large surface area capable of supporting life. The Sphere was located in the Beta Quadrant. (DS9 reference: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual)
- Named for physicist Freeman Dyson who first proposed the concept in 1960, a Dyson Sphere is a star virtually enclosed by surrounding civilization such that it utilized as much of its output energy as possible. Though commonly thought of as a single structure forming a solid shell, Dyson had originally proposed what is more commonly referred to today as a ‘Dyson Swarm’; a cloud of discrete habitat structures whose collective density provides virtually total capture of solar energy. A more recent variation of this concept proposed by mathematician Robert Bradbury has come to be called a Matrioshka Brain and is based on the notion of computational systems rather than habitats for organic life forming the majority of a Dyson Swarm.
- The Dyson Sphere is a technologically superior megastructure, usually 10s to 100s of millions of miles in diameter. In 2369 the USS Enterprise-D discovered the first Dyson Sphere. The Function of the sphere is to act as a gigantic power supplement and generator, by basically progressively extracting the needed amount of power from the star within it. Thereby using it for itself or supplying it to others. The amount of rareness associated with the amount of Dyson Spheres is pretty evident due to the immense amounts of materials needed (Over 900,000,000,000,000,000 cm3)
- A Dyson sphere is a massive structure completely enclosing a star; such a sphere would contain and absorb its star's total energy output, thus allowing for near-indefinite habitation of its interior. The concept was first theorized on Earth in the 1950s by Dr. Freeman Dyson. In the 24th century, neither the United Federation of Planets nor any known alien culture has either the engineering ability or the technology to create a functional Dyson sphere. In 2370, Starfleet dispatched the USS Freeman Dyson to study the sphere. (Decipher RPG sourcebook: Worlds)
- A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Such a "sphere" would be a system of orbiting solar power satellites meant to completely encompass a star and capture most or all of its energy output. Dyson speculated that such structures would be the logical consequence of the long-term survival and escalating energy needs of a technological civilization, and proposed that searching for evidence of the existence of such structures might lead to the detection of advanced intelligent extraterrestrial life.
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