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Perhaps some civilization created a Dyson sphere. Or perhaps a technologically advanced civilization contained an overly aggressive species.
by teekert 3y ago
Perhaps some civilization created a Dyson sphere. Or perhaps a technologically advanced civilization contained an overly aggressive species.
- vkou 3y agoA Dyson sphere wouldn't cause the star to significantly brighten and then wink out all at once.
- sillywalk 3y agoIn the book Pandora's Star (see comment above), the Dyson sphere wasn't physical, it was some sort of energy-type shield.
- teekert 3y agoYou got the reference ;) First thing I thought: if we had wormholes we could observe the event again. And indeed, the brightening is Probably from the construction phase of the sphere.
- vkou 3y agoOkay, if we're going to go that far beyond the realm of physics, perhaps we could consider my hypothesis that the star was obscured by a giant, invisible unicorn?
- sillywalk 3y agoI might add that Pandora's Star is a sci-fi book.
- bell-cot 3y agoDuring final assembly of the Dyson sphere, the astrodynamics contractor cranks the to-be-enclosed star's fusion rate way up - to brake the infall of the segments of the spherical shell with light pressure. Then, once all the shoring joints between the segments pass their load/shear inspections, the general contractor clears the AC to drop the fusion rate back to nominal. From a distance, the now-enclosed star seems to wink out in a very brief time.
- jowea 3y agoFrom what I understand an actual Dyson shell completely covering a star is probably out of reach of even such a civilization. Would a Dyson swarm make the star disappear?
- bloopernova 3y agoSpoilers! Excellent books, I've read them like a dozen times.