In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed how advanced civilizations could create megastructures that enclosed their system, allowing them to harness all of their star's energy and multiplying the habitable space they could occupy.
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In 2021, the General Assembly of the United Nations officially established International Moon Day as a designated international day to be celebrated each year on July 20. This decision was made through the adoption of resolution 76/76, which focuses
"Continue to surprise those who would put you in a neat demographic. Be insistently curious." -Gordon Gee
Twenty years ago, our Solar System was the only one we knew of that we were certain had planets orbiting around a main-sequence star.
A terrific scene in "Star Wars" - when "Star Wars" universe was still good(1) - was the double sunset on Tatooine. It wasn't the first time it was done but the graphics in "Star Wars" were light years ahead of its competition.
"There is no secret ingredient. It's just you." -Po, Kung-Fu Panda
Each week at Starts With A Bang brings a fresh set of topics from around the Universe -- near and far, large and small, concrete and abstract -- for us to think about. This week has been a splendid example, with new articles on such diverse topics as: