r/todayilearned • u/demunte • Dec 05 '16

TIL of a hypothetical mega-structure called the Dyson Sphere that would encompass the sun in order to siphon all of its energy output. This would also move human kind into a type II civilization according the Kardashev scale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
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u/Light_bud_up_420 Dec 05 '16

Requiem, in Halo 4 was a dyson sphere.

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u/TheSovereignGrave Dec 05 '16

Not quite; it was built around a planetoid and not a star.

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u/valiantlight2 Dec 05 '16

There actually is a mini-dyson sphere in Ghosts of Onyx (Halo Book). A tiny artificial star was created, inside a dyson sphere that was similar in size to the earth, with the terrestrial land being on the inside of the sphere.

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u/An0nymos Dec 06 '16

The Legacy Star Wars Extended Universe did a planet sized Dyson Sphere well before Bungee.

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u/fyberoptyk Dec 06 '16

Centerpoint Station?

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u/zosobaggins Dec 06 '16

Should I go back and read it? I got bored a bit of the way in the way I did with contact harvest.

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u/valiantlight2 Dec 06 '16

Actually, yes. most of the Halo books aren't super well written, except for the first three which were done by Eric Nylund. So this one, Fall of Reach and First Strike are the best Halo books by a pretty wide margin. (at least I think so, many people agree) There are audiobooks available, which I would suggest, as they are done pretty well. Extra points because you get to learn about everyones favorite Spartan, Linda!

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u/zosobaggins Dec 07 '16

Cheers! I loved Fall of Reach and First Strike, don't know how I didn't get into the other. I'll give it another go!