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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by machello13 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:05PM (#22435155)
You're thinking of a Dyson swarm.
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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by atisu on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:17PM (#22436726)
The naming is kinda misleading as Freeman Dyson envisioned the "Dyson sphere" as a swarm of objects. Although "sphere" is not technically correct, both swarm and sphere refer to the same thing here: a swarm of objects (e.g., O'Neill cylinders) orbiting a star.
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Re:Betelgeuse Remains Steadfast in the Infrared by machello13 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:27PM (#22437412)
Huh, TIL. I always thought they were two separate ideas, not that the Dyson swarm is a type of Dyson sphere.
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