PLG Social
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
mox@lemmy.sdf.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Surprisingly, some Dyson spheres and ringworlds can be stable

phys.org

external-link
message-square
0
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • space@lemmy.world
24
external-link

Surprisingly, some Dyson spheres and ringworlds can be stable

phys.org

mox@lemmy.sdf.org to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
message-square
0
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • space@lemmy.world
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 torn apart. Now a scientist from Scotland, UK has shown that certain configurations of these objects near a two-mass system can be stable against such fractures. The work is published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
alert-triangle
You must log in or register to comment.

science@lemmy.world

science@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !science@lemmy.world

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 3 users / day
  • 35 users / week
  • 2.58K users / month
  • 8.57K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 19.5K subscribers
  • 1.54K Posts
  • 10.9K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.world
  • Joleee@lemmy.world
  • laverabe@lemmy.world
  • DeadPand@midwest.social
    cake
  • laverabe@lemmy.zip
  • BE: 0.19.11
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org