Dyson spheres and rings have always held a special fascination for me. The concept is simple: build a great big structure either as a sphere or ring to harness the energy from a star. Dyson rings are ...

A recent study reveals that certain configurations of artificial spheres and rings around binary stars could be stable. The work of Colin McInnes, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal ...

In the realm of science fiction, Dyson spheres and ringworlds have been staples for decades. But it is well known that the simplest designs are unstable against gravitational forces and would thus be ...

Thu, March 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC If that sounds far out, you’re right. But in the new paper, engineer and solar sail scholar Colin McInnes, from the University of Glasgow in Scotland, writes about ...

Study reveals that Dyson spheres could be stable and transform the search for extraterrestrial life in the universe.

Dyson spheres and rings could exist in the universe, if we’re dealing with a certain type of star system. One physicist tapped into centuries of research on the three body problem of celestial ...