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In SF parlance, a Dyson Sphere is a solid shell completely enclosing a star at a distance of roughly 1 AU, providing a living surface billions of times greater than that of a terrestrial planet, powered by absorbing 100% of the energy of the englobed star.
Common mistakes in SF&F Adam Whitehead 2010
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Abstract: A Dyson Sphere is a hypothetical construct of a star purposely cloaked by a thick swarm of broken-up planetary material to better utilize all of the stellar energy.
No Dyson Spheres Found Yet Sean 2008
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A Dyson Sphere isn't what writers often think it is.
Common mistakes in SF&F Adam Whitehead 2010
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A clean Dyson Sphere identification would give a significant signature for intelligence at work.
No Dyson Spheres Found Yet Sean 2008
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In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed an audacious form that future technology might take: the Dyson Sphere.
No Dyson Spheres Found Yet Sean 2008
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The entire effect is somewhat akin to sensory overload with the nascent Guardians team under attack by the powerful Cardinals from the Universal Church of Truth AND a monstrous menace discovered on the Dyson Sphere that they've all transported to while investigating one of those spacial anomalies that drives the new series premise.
Archive 2008-07-01 Chuck Wells 2008
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This particular Dyson Sphere requires energy shields to protect the inhabitants from the sun's radiation, but it doesn't really matter anymore because the Church has converted all the people into a giant blob of toxic green ooze that the Guardians now have to fight as well.
Gamora: Guardians of the Galaxy #3 Michael May 2008
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The entire effect is somewhat akin to sensory overload with the nascent Guardians team under attack by the powerful Cardinals from the Universal Church of Truth AND a monstrous menace discovered on the Dyson Sphere that they've all transported to while investigating one of those spacial anomalies that drives the new series premise.
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy #3 (Marvel Comics) Chuck Wells 2008
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The Bussard Ramjet ranks with the Dyson Sphere as an example of how truly outrageous creative thinking can be
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Freeman Dyson, physicist and philosopher who gave us the Dyson Sphere, believes the future needs a few good heretics.
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