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Forget Alien Megastructures. New Study Says We Need to Look For 'Service Worlds'. (www.sciencealert.com)
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In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed how advanced civilizations could create megastructures that enclosed their system, allowing them to harness all of their star's energy and multiplying the habitable space they could occupy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think we'll see any custom worlds like this since Magrathea has been closed since they made the Earth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well they did reopen briefly for Earth 2, but it was a very special contract