How to Build a Dyson Sphere - The Ultimate Megastructure

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If humans want to expand into space, it will take us incredible amounts of energy. How do we do that? Easy: we will just use the sun’s energy by realizing the most ambitious construction project in history. This is how it works.
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@kurzgesagt 5 жыл бұрын

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@Raymondae 5 жыл бұрын

I'm in love with space stuff :)

@energydrinksage7361 5 жыл бұрын

yeet

@bushoncrack1778 5 жыл бұрын

Why is there only so little likes

@maryjoygelizon4268 5 жыл бұрын

Are you a scientist.also why arent we creating the railgun thingy now?

@someoneunimportant4544 5 жыл бұрын

i like the type of style you did with the video

@ianroach8119 3 жыл бұрын

"did you do it?" "Yes" "What did it cost?" "Mercury"

@ulisesdover9124 3 жыл бұрын

Earth: Mercury may die, but it's a sacrifice... _I_ am willing to make.

@memes4life118 3 жыл бұрын

WHAT DID YOU DO TO MERCURY

@ashleighdavies7009 3 жыл бұрын

I come back to this video sometimes just for this comment

@Luis1597Fatal 3 жыл бұрын

RIP mercury

@Angryconsumernerd 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes Kurzgesagt make the dumbest videos like this one . No civilization would go to the trouble of making a dyson sphere when you can just make a computer to simulate the universe and the simulated occupants of said universe would never grow old , be sick or die ...that is why we don't detect Aliens because they shed biology long ago .

@Bellumbeck271 3 жыл бұрын

"Where is Mercury?" "Gone. Reduced to mirrors."

@carzillaz7010 2 жыл бұрын

lol good comment

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261 2 жыл бұрын

psychological torture

@thalys1015 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@number16busshelter14 2 жыл бұрын

Reduced to Dyson sphere

@danielchan4699 2 жыл бұрын

what if... we just use the actual element Mercury as mirrors?

@ThinkAmMe 11 ай бұрын

Great tutorial! Been having trouble building these recently. I think ive got the hang of it now

@zoobadad3584 10 ай бұрын

Lol

@flein2519 9 ай бұрын

lmfao

@sassymcsassy2953 8 ай бұрын

That's why the power bill dropped okay thanks bro

@Imagine_Beyond 8 ай бұрын

When I was building one at home, I had an issue with transporting the energy produced over long distances. No need to worry, this video was a great tutorial explaining how mirrors could be used to reflect the sun light to the collectors. It is a great school project. I fully recommend it. lol

@Concrete-df4vv 8 ай бұрын

Wow I just suck at building one than. Got a D for the project. I was able to explain the process but I was not being 247% efficient with my power.

@oxydra Ай бұрын

Hi guys! I am from the year 5024 and this tutorial helped me build the dyson sphere. It works

@divinedragon17 9 күн бұрын

hi hope my descendant see my comment here

@AnonAnon-bm2sl 8 күн бұрын

Hi oxydra from 3000 years in the future!

@Whitehatstudios 4 күн бұрын

Hey, did my indie animation ever become a real thing??? Please tell me! I’m gonna start animating soon!

@2809JK 3 жыл бұрын

"Hey Grandma. What happened to the 8th planet?" "We strip mined it out of existence"

@Pootis-hn3ky 3 жыл бұрын

Gone reduce to atom

@patricksmith5018 3 жыл бұрын

2809JK lol

@TheRealSkateboard 3 жыл бұрын

Gone, Reduced to atoms

@tswab3816 3 жыл бұрын

@TheRealSkateboard 3 жыл бұрын

krystian k how? the suns gravity was too weak on it?

@fulcrum-118 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt : Do you wanna know how to build a Dyson Sphere? Me, a teenager, eating boiled potatoes with ketchup and Mountain Dew at 3am : Yes, I do.

@daf6332 3 жыл бұрын

I'm supposed to be doing gcse chemistry work, so I guess I'm not too off topic, right?

@bevvy.bee9 3 жыл бұрын

I can smell a potential Jojo reference

@fulcrum-118 3 жыл бұрын

@@bevvy.bee9 Get the fuck off my lawn.

@Dockboy-ie4yu 3 жыл бұрын

You boiled potatoes at 3am

@fulcrum-118 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dockboy-ie4yu Boiled them twice, because I was stupid enough to cut them partially raw, and had to boil them AGAIN.

@redact7577 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this guide! I made my own at home and the results have been very positive so far!

@Intergrel 7 ай бұрын

Oh same

@user-kw9xw2qz5c Ай бұрын

Wait what

@andistansbury4366 2 күн бұрын

H-how big is your hoise?

@ThatOneGuy-lv2kw 11 ай бұрын

Mercury: "I'm scared of nothing." "But that thing..." *Dyson Sphere* *_"It scares me."_*

@NicoTheTrapper7 2 ай бұрын

1 like and no comments? Not anymore Mighty impressive that Mercury wouldn't be afraid of the sun... but the Dyson Sphere? It better be praying.

@hazri8758 4 жыл бұрын

I think Kurzgesagt are a group of time travelers from the future and they've been telling us how to survive.

@lauraholmes9353 4 жыл бұрын

Issac Arthur. You’re welcome 😉

@gamespotlive3673 4 жыл бұрын

Me too man, me too.

@vizthex 4 жыл бұрын

basically yeah

@guardiadiego1137 4 жыл бұрын

Laura Holmes nope, it’s simply logic.

@emonkhanladen8048 4 жыл бұрын

still he gets sponsored XD

@insanityking5008 3 жыл бұрын

“Grandpa! We learned about all 7 planets today!” *Me on the verge of tears* “Good for you grandson.”

@BlueEngland 3 жыл бұрын

We should promote Pluto so we still have 8 planets

@cosmichorizon3273 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueEngland sadly pluto does not pass the test of becoming a planet

@CosmicNexus_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmichorizon3273 then let’s add mass to it lmao

@maxgoose1994 3 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicNexus_ haha asteriod go boom, oh look now Pluto has a larger mass and it's big enough to be a planet instead of a dwarf!

@cosmichorizon3273 3 жыл бұрын

@@CosmicNexus_ smart boy, but we’ll need to be a type two civilization to do that. So lets wait for a hundred thousand years for that,hell maybe a million due to politicians

@spregged7231 5 ай бұрын

When I was a little boy and I learned about solar power I often would think about how pointless it was to have solar collectors on the ground when we could just have them in space! Even better if we could have them around the sun itself! I never had a word for describing this until I was in high school when I came across the idea of Dyson spheres I got disappointed it wasn’t an original idea but also super happy someone else thought of it too and became super curious about far-future technologies ever since! Dyson spheres are my favorite!

@smokescreen100 7 ай бұрын

As a time traveler, this video is absolutely correct. Very impressive

@TarrareyoutubeOF 5 ай бұрын

@wooper259 5 ай бұрын

@@TarrareyoutubeOFyes

@mikemoore9092 Ай бұрын

Have mars and venus been terraformed

@smokescreen100 Ай бұрын

@@mikemoore9092 Eh, sort of. We destroyed them for natural resources and transfered them to habitable planets

@seanarmstrong5684 9 күн бұрын

how can I time travel?:)

@zaronwriter4891 4 жыл бұрын

theoretical physicists: its not just possible, its easy engineers: am i a joke to you

@marcelcarlito844 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe building it is easy but you have to safe the energy you can just put it into a power grid

@namakuraihan3382 4 жыл бұрын

Wee need Robotic engineers

@RegularFish2 4 жыл бұрын

Those poor designers

@randomrandomness4193 4 жыл бұрын

Getting the attention of big companies for funding megastructures. That is the hardest part

@arakemi1080 4 жыл бұрын

Saving resources from being wasted on bombs that the higher ups use to destroy eachother

@FrizzleLamb 4 жыл бұрын

**teleports behind Mercury** Earth: Nothing personal, kid.

@tdmrocky5839 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@alexsimaimulte5506 4 жыл бұрын

Hehe

@zlatko8051 4 жыл бұрын

It’s just orbit mate.

@user-jc2uz3tl6n 4 жыл бұрын

FrizzleLamb ahahahahaha

@FieelFlying 4 жыл бұрын

*nothing personnel

@erjavi2948 Жыл бұрын

7:26 "our attention is too often focused on short-term political gains and conflicts that will not matter in the long run" THIS phrase is why I think humanity should be leaded by scientist and intellectuals, people that is actually interested in progress and see the big picture

@bettercalldelta 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Finally a useful and fun DIY project. Power bills have been getting more expensive lately and this seems like a perfect solution.

@risdorc 2 жыл бұрын

"MOM, PHINEAS AND PHERB ARE SENDING GIANT MIRRORS TO THE SUN!"

@camdynmitchell37 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@krio1267 2 жыл бұрын

and tommorow everybody goes to proxima centauri

@lunaticranger6532 2 жыл бұрын

But where is Perry.

@victorhuerta4600 2 жыл бұрын

@@lunaticranger6532 Meanwhile, Perry the Platypus is off trying to stop Dr. Doofenschmirtz from siphoning the solar energy to power his inators so he never has to go to the store to buy batteries ever again. Mua-ha-ha-ha.

@casus9837 2 жыл бұрын

underrated comment

@StrangeLittleGarden 4 жыл бұрын

"If we don't destroy ourselves.." gotta love the honesty

@sarvashaktimaan7106 4 жыл бұрын

That one hit where it hurts.

@LocalRando_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@sarvashaktimaan7106 XD

@AlexA-bn2rf 4 жыл бұрын

That's where the video stops. We all know that's gonna happen :D

@adipratama15januari 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, if we don't commit such world war iii

@shebahammy 4 жыл бұрын

HandMade By Holly I just herd it when I looked at this

@ampoulgon8716 Жыл бұрын

Its insane to think back to when I first saw this and was blown away by some of these pretty shots of the swarm, only to come back now and see it as almost unprofessional compared to what they make now. Insane. Lovely video, keep up the amazing work. :)

@josho7138 8 ай бұрын

Imagine what this channel will look like in ten years

@What_A_Great_Dude 3 ай бұрын

@@josho7138Imagine what this channel will look like after we built a Dyson Sphere.

@livinglettuce1545 Жыл бұрын

I remember a couple years ago I had a paper due for a paper in English class. It had to be about something that doesn’t exist yet but one day could. I remembered watching this video before and was immediately inspired to write about a Dyson sphere. 100% on the paper - thanks Kurzgesagt!

@poopoo8748 2 жыл бұрын

You ever realize how amazing a kurzgesagt style survival game would be

@mynameismarc7305 2 жыл бұрын

Civilisation type game or maybe space agency type game

@wdyd_masterattwitch4956 2 жыл бұрын

I thought you were talking about if you were the ducks.

@MarcosVinicius-hs6cs 2 жыл бұрын

play stellaris

@Ronald98 2 жыл бұрын

uhhh.. play Stellaris bro

@Ronald98 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarcosVinicius-hs6cs my man

@Grandflea02 3 жыл бұрын

Planets in the solar system: 1980: 9 2020: 8 3020: 7

@user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 жыл бұрын

Elon mUsk:

@starplatinum9451 3 жыл бұрын

200000000: 5 Meanwhile Elon musk: nooooooooo I can’t colonise mars

@vishnukaruppasamy2977 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ulyseeme2760 3 жыл бұрын

999999999999999999999999: -999999

@GHOST-nv6yy 3 жыл бұрын

69696969: 69

@xazii 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this quick tutorial. I'm excited to get started with this fun project.

@subemelaradio3027 8 ай бұрын

"if you're like us and enjoy using the power of science to determine absurd ways to destroy stuff you might want to hear how you can come up with something like that yourself" truly awesome quote

@user-up3qs2cj4h 6 ай бұрын

Sexy...🗿🗿

@Kaliphate 4 жыл бұрын

Earth giving a speech to all the planets "some of you may die, (eyes mercury) but that's a risk im willing to take"

@supernova5434 4 жыл бұрын

maybe only half of mercury will die

@ishaanlohani5326 4 жыл бұрын

@@supernova5434 hoping for the best👍💯

@idontevenknow5984 4 жыл бұрын

Mercury: *shitshitshitshit*

@ez_theta_z9317 4 жыл бұрын

Destiny 2 intensifies

@timthetincan6782 4 жыл бұрын

Z_THETA_Z ({_Z_}NoobOid) you play destiny too?

@TalynCo 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You've reached "Atomic Age" Energy +500 Likelihood of Annihilation +35% Anyone else actually want this game? Someone should make it.

@scjot2229 4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@ridhamh2966 4 жыл бұрын

Lol . quite ducking true though ..

@titleatptitleinsertcoordin3701 4 жыл бұрын

U mean civilization

@Joao-yg7bb 4 жыл бұрын

Its already done and its called Civilization...

@enricoevangelish5572 4 жыл бұрын

Civilization V

@h.a.9880 Жыл бұрын

I wonder, would it be possible to use such mirrors to focus more sunlight on, say, Mars to heat it up and thus helping to terraform it? Kinda like a huge magnifying glass. I mean, we'd only need to set up some sort of protection against radiation and solar storms, somehow create an atmosphere and get enough water on Mars to make it habitable...

@wannabewumpus1167 10 ай бұрын

ooh ooh! laser mars until it has a molten core to make a magnetic field, (i think that’s why it doesn’t idk i’m not doing research rn) and then radiation isn’t an issue :D obviously this is a joke but it’s funny to think about

@DecimatorVideos 8 ай бұрын

Kurgesztat has a video on your idea, sort of

@Pablo-yd6gc 5 ай бұрын

You're just repeating the info from a different kurzgesagt video, pretending like it's an original idea to get likes

@h.a.9880 5 ай бұрын

@@Pablo-yd6gc No one with half a brain gives a shit about likes.

@calebquintana5724 4 ай бұрын

@@Pablo-yd6gcyour just throwing out assumptions for absolutely no reason

@DotKom01 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! Every step is very throughly described and easy to follow. Just finished my ringworld so I'm excited to start powering it!

@zgnily_rzurekyt830 3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: he’s an alien giving us a tutorial

@Btd6_player 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@nanaynita2748 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@itsluke.3482 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@xeraverus 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Lawrensu 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@amirhassan7887 5 жыл бұрын

Elon Musk : *watches video* Also Elon : *im buying mercury*

@TheMaster5059 5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Godec honestly would be amazing and he would be the man to want to get something like this started lul. Love ya Elon

@Jcknight7996 5 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie really wish he'd do this. It could be the start of all this epic shit

@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 5 жыл бұрын

*dies* oops, wrong one.

@sakshamjain7984 5 жыл бұрын

But who is the seller 😂

@syndan9245 5 жыл бұрын

@@sakshamjain7984 god

@hamzamotara4304 7 ай бұрын

I just want to thank your entire team for making informative and entertaining videos. I truly support your mission.

@TurtleShroom3 Жыл бұрын

As one man once noted, the problem to building a Dyson Sphere is two-fold: 1. If it doesn't spin, the slightest nudge will imbalance it and it will collapse. 2. Spinning it stops the problem of imbalance. However, centrifugal force for something the size of the sun will apart.

@o2Hayden 6 ай бұрын

But the whole video focused on a Dyson Swarm, not a Dyson Sphere. If its a swarm, then it doesnt need to spin, it would simply need to orbit which we know how to do. So you couldn't "nudge" a Dyson Swarm because its not a single object.

@babatundepopoola7184 6 ай бұрын

it's main focus was on dyson swarms not an entire structure. he already explained what would happen if it was a dyson sphere stucture.

@Horny_Fruit_Flies 5 жыл бұрын

The bird death rate in this particular video is exceptionally high.

@czajkowski2352 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@pyeitme508 5 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@Victor-mi2py 5 жыл бұрын

there is supposed to be only 1 reply here

@SirDiamondNips 4 жыл бұрын

It's all in the name of progress...

@leoui1085 4 жыл бұрын

What about all of the atomic bombs going of in ever other video?

@Alpha-xi9oz 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgezagt: Milk is complicated Also Kurzgezagt: Building a Dyson Sphere is easy!

@secretunknown2782 2 жыл бұрын

Also kursegast : terraforming Venus is easy

@arthpatil3619 2 жыл бұрын

Better word might be simple

@itzzausty 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but have you SEEN milk though? WHat the hell even is that stuff! I say we add a type 4 civilization and the criteria for the is to understand and harness the true power of... M I L K

@secretunknown2782 2 жыл бұрын

Why we don’t put solar panels on mercury instead of destroying mercury to build dyson sphere

@BlitzsieLDiscoLSnow 2 жыл бұрын

@@secretunknown2782 Because solar panels are very short-lived compared to the timespan it will take us to harnes all the energy needed for interstellar space travel. Solar panels are not as efficient as we think :) They're still heaps better than fossil fuels at not destroying our planet, but it's still not good enough for very, very big energy generation. I've got my sights set on nuclear fusion, but that needs to be properly funded and isn't really at the moment.

@Phirebirdphoenix 10 ай бұрын

this is possibly my favorite video on the internet. I keep coming back to watch it again. it's like a fairytale for the future

@mistadomino 3 ай бұрын

Truly loved this episode! More on how we might build mega structures please!

@MelodieOctavia 5 жыл бұрын

How to build a Dyson swarm. First, you're gonna need a planet you don't want...

@ExEBoss 5 жыл бұрын

Or a whole bunch of asteroids.

@bukanchannel8365 5 жыл бұрын

We just want earth, and probably mars

@96ace96 5 жыл бұрын

@@ExEBoss Nope. Mercury is many orders of magnitude more massive than all the astroids in the solar system. There isn't enough astroids to make a full Dyson swarm, and they're too far away regardless. Mercury really is the best solution.

@Seedzification 5 жыл бұрын

@@bukanchannel8365 ya know that jupiter and saturne protect us from stray asteroids

@VorganBlackheart 5 жыл бұрын

> Be Mercury > Sweat profusely

@lasttarrasque6223 3 жыл бұрын

"not some of it, ALL OF IT!" thats the most human statement in existence

@gayfroggo 3 жыл бұрын

The most human statement is "get the other humans"

@lasttarrasque6223 3 жыл бұрын

@@gayfroggo that to

@celestia7855 3 жыл бұрын

@destroyerofturtles5024 3 жыл бұрын

@@lasttarrasque6223 *too

@cursedpotato3404 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm dying

@robertbuetow6245 10 күн бұрын

This really puts into perspective how much humanity could achieve if only we worked together.

@M3dicayne 3 ай бұрын

Played it through already! Was big fun and still is. But my Dyson Swarm was a bit short-lived and the solar sails vanished after approx. 30 Minutes. So I used them to create a sphere. Thank god, I have the resources of not only a planet but a whole galaxy to exploit. But the Dark Fog seems pretty interested in my doing as well... Nasty little buggers.

@boomer150 3 ай бұрын

Amen brother, keeping the swarm off my resource outposts gets annoying. I am currently constructing a HUGE Dyson sphere around a type O star (blue super giant) I got the frame in place but making and launching the millions and millions of mirrors are going to take forever.

@just_about_everything 2 жыл бұрын

I can just imagine people protesting the Dyson Structure to save mercury lmao

@terrarian7910 2 жыл бұрын

impossible... how does he speak the future

@Dannybythebanana 2 жыл бұрын

I legit saw a comment complaining that removing Mercury would "fuck up astrology and mess up our star signs and zodiac readings"

@Rose-yx6jq 2 жыл бұрын

I came from the future just to let you know you are completely right. But they were out voted and it is very similar to this. But that really old show Star Trek is a very good representation of what we do in the 24th century.

@BIB247 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dannybythebanana ahh yes The zodiac readings definitely rely on mercury

@terrarian7910 2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@herculesatan4514 3 жыл бұрын

Mercury: *Exists.* Earth: “Hippity hoppity, you’re now my property.”

@yahyashaikh7151 3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice!

@No1_Planet 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, HELL NO!

@ibrahimtosun3160 3 жыл бұрын

I love this phrase 😂😂

@gungagaslayer9216 3 жыл бұрын

There’s no one else to claim it so ... I guess it’s ours

@No1_Planet 3 жыл бұрын

MALEK001 001 h o w

@debadityanath4398 Жыл бұрын

this is the first video i am watching on your channel, and absolute hats off to the animation and explanation

@El.Duder-ino 3 ай бұрын

This is truly and amazing channel & project, thank u folks!

@kingkjoy3955 3 жыл бұрын

Mars: Hey Earth, have you seen Mercury? I didn't see him in his last orbit. Earth: What about Mercury? Oh he's just... orbiting a bit closer...

@pauleire2523 3 жыл бұрын

😅

@r.jguerra5526 3 жыл бұрын

🐒

@jagadishgospat2548 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@Wasserkaktus 2 жыл бұрын

I think harvesting asteroids would be probably better, but then again, Mercury has an immense, undisputed "advantage" in terms of proximity.

@kingkjoy3955 2 жыл бұрын

@@Wasserkaktus Proximity and ease of access, mining astroids would require many different calculations each time and are much harder to her considering they even come close enough

@hitzcritz 5 жыл бұрын

Just tell the US that there's oil there, easy.

@matthiasburtrum9524 5 жыл бұрын

That was an excellent joke

@aureavita8653 5 жыл бұрын

Guess they need some... DEMOCRACY

@flo8720 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@dekoldrick 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like space needs some freedom!

@OutSideTheBoxFormat 5 жыл бұрын

Wow there's no shortage of ignorance in the comments. US has more oil than the middle east. Educate yourself so you won't look so foolish on a public forum.

@johngao2485 Жыл бұрын

6:45 great detail that mercury got partially destroyed rip

@GreatFernicus Жыл бұрын

Anyone who finds these sorts of things fascinating and likes factory-automation style games absolutely must play Dyson Sphere Program, it’s a gorgeous game and illustrates so many of these principles well

@genuine8879 5 жыл бұрын

Girlfriend - He's probably thinking about other hot girls Me- _How to build a Dyson sphere, that collects all the Sun's energy_ .

@donald_doe 5 жыл бұрын

Girlfriend - He's probably thinking about how to build a dyson sphere, that collects all of the sun's energy Me - h o t g i r l s

@jmarch_503 5 жыл бұрын

Why you guy kidding yourselves you know you guys don't got girlfriends lol

@jmarch_503 5 жыл бұрын

@bloxAloofTvgaming yeah

@uraveragehoovy 5 жыл бұрын

*OTHER* hot girls? Hahahahaha she’s hot, that’s funny.(SARCASM)

@sensibleGamer 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously though! The fact that this is actually POSSIBLE in my lifetime has my brain wracked with thinking about how we can make it happen ever since I first saw this video

@doubleoof7907 3 жыл бұрын

imagine if humans in the future try to build a dyson sphere, the sunspots on the Sun combine to form the words: “You need the *Utopia DLC* in order to perform this action.”

@johnlikestables 3 жыл бұрын

Wait for the steam sale it's all good

@seebloxfun4530 3 жыл бұрын

Lol a Stellaris Player .............They have to unlock the megastructure perk too

@bChuraful 3 жыл бұрын

Earth: Buys DLC with Jupiter’s credit card

@willoliver9036 3 жыл бұрын

**dies** Game is copyright EA

@doubleoof7907 3 жыл бұрын

Emily Hart assuming you built 1 each second, it would take you more than 31,709,791,983,764,586,496 years. EDIT: You mentioned _10_ octillion instead of 1, so the real answer is 3.17097919837645832e+20 years.

@neithandartsculpture 7 ай бұрын

I would totally play a game with this style and music and Kurzgesagt graphics including all these things like black hole bombs tethers stellar engines and Venus and Mars terrraforming. The music designer also needs a raise it’s god tier

@SilverIV 5 ай бұрын

There’s another comment mentioning a game called “Dyson Sphere Program”. It’s about building a Dyson sphere (shockingly). I don’t know if there’s other stuff like tethers or black hole bombs or anything about it really, but I thought to mention it anyway.

@jacobtorrey1317 Жыл бұрын

This is so entertaining that I’ve probably watched this over 50 times over 3yrs

@tengojuevos907 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds easy I'll help out this weekend

@skinna9126 5 жыл бұрын

bro i dont think Dyson is hiring rn

@alwinchacko7018 5 жыл бұрын

skinna I got my resume ready just in case

@41-Haiku 5 жыл бұрын

@@skinna9126 Damn, imagine if Dyson actually helped create a Dyson sphere. I mean, they're making a car, and no one expected that.

@RedshiftRiderrs 5 жыл бұрын

ahh gees...this weekend?? i got this.....thing.....i cant make it

@zal9706 5 жыл бұрын

I’m in! My father is hitting up Venus tho, I’ll see if I can stop by Mercury to set my bag down

@edoardopaulin5533 4 жыл бұрын

Mercury: exists Earth: I diagnose you with dead

@Mark-hg6vc 4 жыл бұрын

Earths phrase was pretty funny

@maxwellmegagamer8535 4 жыл бұрын

Mercury: exists. Earth: only you can prevent, RAPE

@mong145 Жыл бұрын

4:00 hexagon is the bestagon

@TheL.L Жыл бұрын

I love this channel sooooo much I'm a die hard fan I really enjoy the style and I'm building a space civilization in lego while watching

@thevibe2985 5 жыл бұрын

The animation on this video was absolutely amazing.

@hamza-chaudhry 5 жыл бұрын

When is it not?

@vukvidanovic8276 5 жыл бұрын

It's always like that are you new to the channel?

@Sargitarius100 5 жыл бұрын

@@hamza-chaudhry I think he's talking about this specific video. I've been watching for 2 years and as far as I remember the animations on this one were the best of all the videos I've seen

@thevibe2985 5 жыл бұрын

Vuk Vidanovic well if you've been watching since the beginning you'd know how much they have to spend on animation and because they have a bigger budget now, the animation is also better. It seems like you have not been watching since the beginning.

@Polandball1138 4 жыл бұрын

Mercury: exists Elon Musk: *It's free real estate*

@fabiandrzewiecki1458 4 жыл бұрын

"Sun ultimate energy " Elon Musk: i want all this stuff

@johnrubensaragi4125 4 жыл бұрын

*"Free"*

@adrian24262 4 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️

@wholesomehoorpari1971 4 жыл бұрын

@Polandball1138 4 жыл бұрын

@@charevandenheever4460 whoosh

@superluminationgd Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! I will now start building! 👍

@realStoneBone 8 ай бұрын

thanks for the tut. it worked for me! 10/10 explanation! :D

@getschwifty3614 4 жыл бұрын

People: Mercury will be destroyed if we build a Dyson sphere. Scientists: a small price for salvation

@mechanicpluto2430 4 жыл бұрын

Did you build a Dyson Sphere? *Yes.* What did it cost? *Mercury.*

@yellowghost5199 4 жыл бұрын

MechanicPluto24 lol

@howdydoody6057 4 жыл бұрын

I mean how many of us would actually be bothered if the planet was completely mined to the core to the point where it's unrecognizable? I mean obviously if it had life it would be a different story, but if the planet itself is dead then it truly is a small price to pay.

@thamasteroneill 4 жыл бұрын

@@howdydoody6057 It's just sitting there, screwing up Newtonian physics.... I as a classical Newtonian definitely think we should get rid of Mercury.

@howdydoody6057 4 жыл бұрын

@@thamasteroneill Never heard of that but it adds another reason to get rid of it! More then worth it for unlimited energy.

@aaaaastr0man584 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You reached "Atomic Age" Energy +500 *Likelihood of Annihilation +35%* Oof.

@thesandwich7151 3 жыл бұрын

Thats gold, heres a like. Least I can do

@onebowlofRicey 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Don't tell me this entire city is gonna blow.

@kennethmclean2408 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what happens at 100% likelihood of annihilation

@thesandwich7151 3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethmclean2408 I don't actually know, maybe total nuclear annihalition? Black hole experiment gone wrong. Extinction?

@Calvinioli 3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethmclean2408 To expand the likelyhood of annihilation we would be expanding our technology and expanding the populations to different planets, galaxies, etc. making 100% likelyhood near impossible, but if something happened at a large enough scale it could be plausible.

@JtheJangler Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the guide, I was having trouble but youreally helped me bijld my dysonsphere.

@martinp3169 2 ай бұрын

Back in my day, we had a sun: a big glowing ball flying above the earth

@TheAdvertisement 5 жыл бұрын

I love how the video is portrayed as some kind of town creator game. XD

@shiviste7611 5 жыл бұрын

Awfully similar to spore

@ratbat1072 5 жыл бұрын

Or your generic clicker tycoon

@vladimirirkhin 5 жыл бұрын

There were some references to starcaft II too!

@kc-lz8gs 5 жыл бұрын

that's the point but ok

@GravitySpec 5 жыл бұрын

Go check out Factorio. See you in a few months. :D

@verynormalcactus 2 жыл бұрын

Humans: hardly made any progress on reaching mars Him: disassemble mercury

@XTR_NEELAN 2 жыл бұрын

Reached 69 likes

@lol-sp4rv 2 жыл бұрын

He says the defendants of humanity

@caijuu7775 2 жыл бұрын

The point of the video is that disassembling Mercury would make reaching Mars that much easier

@urbainleverrier1 2 жыл бұрын

@@lol-sp4rv LMAOOOOO I JUST CHOKED ON MY FOOD

@user-kg2lp8jz2r 2 жыл бұрын

@@XTR_NEELAN now the other funni number

@dustyarain 10 ай бұрын

Aaaah! thanks mate. All i needed was this how to guide. I will get on to start building my dyson sphere...

@doughied4865 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video I bet if you were watching in the future you would be happy if we made such a thing and were able to make stuff like black hole bombs and stellar engines! Your videos are very interesting and must take a lot of time to make them! So thanks for helping us learn!

@uros.u.novakovic 5 жыл бұрын

Now I have a huge desire to play a space themed strategy/resource management game. EDIT: 3 Years later and this comment is still getting replies haha. I've played DSP and it's great.

@nikolaia.9573 5 жыл бұрын

Stellaris 😎

@uros.u.novakovic 5 жыл бұрын

@@nikolaia.9573 I always wanted to try Stellaris but that game looks way too complicated. So many DLCs are out by now I'm scared I'd be completely lost at this point if I started now. Every time I started a 'gameplay' on KZfaq to see what's it about I was overwhelmed by the amount of things the game offers.

@nicolascontreras1090 5 жыл бұрын

@@uros.u.novakovic Try it, its amazing. Factorio is also good.

@danielcalliess6164 5 жыл бұрын

please try factorio dude youll love it ;) @@uros.u.novakovic

@kosmosstormstrike3438 5 жыл бұрын

Star trek online XD

@MrC0MPUT3R 5 жыл бұрын

*YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS*

@mrmarmolerox 5 жыл бұрын

7:06 xD

@OmegaGamer04 5 жыл бұрын

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS

@locrianphyrigian3779 5 жыл бұрын

YOU MUST BUILD THAT... IN A POWER SPHERE.

@antoniomccoy6065 5 жыл бұрын

What’s the reference?

@kevinalone 5 жыл бұрын

@@antoniomccoy6065 StarCraft

@eodkiel Ай бұрын

My D&D campaign bouta go crazy!

@BrodieMurphy-bl9zb 16 күн бұрын

Oh no

@Altitude-Gaming-ld9mf Жыл бұрын

0:16 I laughed so hard when I saw the +35% Likelihood of Annihilation

@NicoTheTrapper7 2 ай бұрын

Hehe! Yeah me too. Honestly, it should've been higher.

@DanielSambar 5 жыл бұрын

_Sponsored by Dyson_

@agnieszkaneumann8903 5 жыл бұрын

When you had a good comment idea but then someone took it...

@icecream6256 5 жыл бұрын

One day, it will

@lorax6001 5 жыл бұрын

Why are you following me

@obionedogan 5 жыл бұрын

The Tyson Sphere! Sponsored by Mike Tyson. Get inside and have the shit beaten out of you! If you order in the next 5 minutes you get 2 for the price of one!

@coolhorsey9253 5 жыл бұрын

I wanted to use that joke xd Saw u on Pyrocynical's channel

@famouscryp4130 4 жыл бұрын

Humans: Exist Poor Mercury: Why do I hear boss music

@steampunkastronaut7081 4 жыл бұрын

I think you mean "Metal-rich Mercury" B)

@putrarwa7759 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like they need some... freedom :)

@franky8340 4 жыл бұрын

We will miss you mercury

@ADMICKEY 4 жыл бұрын

@@franky8340 the planet or the element

@HITMAN.No.61 4 жыл бұрын

It's just Mercury, no one's gonna realize it's gone if they don't get told

@user-tf3nt8us7i Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot,I was gonna build one.this will surely help

@6hZc5 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the step by step!!!

@thesenate9564 2 жыл бұрын

I love how they presented it like a civilization strategy game. I would love it if they made one, with most of their scientific teachings as occurences in the game, like after getting enough resources you could build a dyson swarm, etc. Kinda like Spore.

@dogwaffles 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Dyson Sphere Program. It's pretty much this video as an automation game.

@ardasoydan9394 2 жыл бұрын

not the same but in stellaris you can build a dyson sphere and do much more, its a fun game

@AdmiralKarelia 2 жыл бұрын

@@ardasoydan9394 matter decompressor + foundry ecum = fleets for days

@ekremaslan8068 2 жыл бұрын

It could be a game based on how fast we can destroy the given universe(s) starting as life forms comparable to bacterias

@thestancissmith2818 2 жыл бұрын

Stellaris

@typhoonzebra 5 жыл бұрын

Why is this channel dead set on making me feel shit for being born too early?

@nathanvanderriet209 5 жыл бұрын

If you were born 100 years ago and kurzgesagt was broadcasting to you about the 21st century over the radio you'd feel the same. The exciting part is building the future, not living it

@ls200076 5 жыл бұрын

oh shit, we got another one.

@Budderdino21 5 жыл бұрын

Oh sshoooot

@justinluzroque6640 5 жыл бұрын

@@nathanvanderriet209 That's soooo true. As long as humanity exists, there will always be envy of the future.

@jonahhembach7765 5 жыл бұрын

just Freeze yourself, even if we cant bring you back right now, someday humanity or ist decendats will be able to bring you back.

@mtndew5394 Жыл бұрын

Ahhh to be able to live long enough to see something like this accomplished.... what a dream.

@amicrowave3580 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the guide! I'll try this right now!

@ninaa4192 4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt: This is how to build a Dyson Sphere Scientists: Alright we're ready. Kurzgesagt: You need to dissasemble an entire planet. Scientists: *u wot*

@GwahirW 4 жыл бұрын

You got it backwards. Kurzgesagt: How do we build a Dyson sphere? Scientists: You need to disassemble an entire planet. Kurzgesagt: Cool!

@axelpierce9422 4 жыл бұрын

Or you could just say reverse uno to make it a meme

@Speedyghost-yu3ur 4 жыл бұрын

Nina a s

@demon_xd_ 4 жыл бұрын

**slowly enchants everything with efficiency 32k**

@idontevenknow5984 4 жыл бұрын

The uae: *note that down! Note that down!*

@tusharrr26 5 жыл бұрын

Mercury : Am i a joke to you?

@user-yi5ik6kv1n 5 жыл бұрын

People : Yup!

@ToxicFlight 5 жыл бұрын

Of course not

@skinchen 5 жыл бұрын

@SatanicBeige [SB] lol

@Tech_Traveler 5 жыл бұрын

Your sacrifice will be remembered and your legend will be told for eons. Nao die.

@dasstigma 5 жыл бұрын

Humanity: Nope, a serious stepping stone.

@telluri5199 Жыл бұрын

oh my god, thank you soo much, I finally finished my dyson sphere, your a life saver!

@TimedCours3 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I will try to build one tomorrow

@sonam9881 5 жыл бұрын

*Don't know about y'all but I really need a game made by kurzgesagt with that type of stunning animation*

@Bacony_Cakes 5 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

@shoaibakhtar4389 5 жыл бұрын

I too

@scottanderson7793 5 жыл бұрын

Y'all

@user-bf7oz5tq7r 5 жыл бұрын

y e s. g i m m e

@corndoghead1 5 жыл бұрын

I think they have a skill share course. Some game designers should learn from that and create one

@StevenGoris 2 жыл бұрын

It’s almost as is Mercury was placed there on purpose, it’s so perfect…

@AlexanderPR2 2 жыл бұрын

Coincidence? I think not.

@rogerm567 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah great fought so we can become a 1.9 civilization in the next few hundred years

@rogerm567 2 жыл бұрын

What do I mean by a type civilization well on the kardashev scale you can go from 1 to 4 type 1 civilization's control their whole planet type II civilization control there star and their whole planetary system type 3 civilization control their whole galaxy and all of its black holes except the super massive black hole at the center Type 4 civilization can control multiple galaxies some scientists think there are type 5 civilization's that control galaxy clusters or superclusters or their whole Cosmic backyard ultimately there might be a type Omega civilization that controls the whole universe and possibly this type of civilization might be the creators of this universe for reasons beyond our own comprehension maybe they were bored this experiment has been telling us interesting things it's what we think of civilizations is sort of correct there Arno civilizations of type 3 and Beyond near the Milky Way and this is something pretty interesting knowledge that you can chew on if you read this whole thing so you got a little bit smarter from reading this reply

@rogerm567 2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderPR2 okay but why don't you look at my replies

@ziggyzoggin 2 жыл бұрын

spooky

@jackblack940 7 ай бұрын

Love how you guys used the nebulan b, frigate as a lil spaceship

@ItsJustSid 5 ай бұрын

Yet again another helpful tutorial by kurzgezagt very cool 👍

@adamelmeziane2284 3 жыл бұрын

I would spend hundreds if not thousands of hours on a game made by Kurzgesagt

@IceTeea_09 3 жыл бұрын

I know right just the animation game riiiiiiiiiiiiiii

@trollololol7882 3 жыл бұрын

Mi l il ion sns sf9

@robinasebastian1873 3 жыл бұрын

Dyson sphere program PC Space company Android

@kolidace_1791 3 жыл бұрын

ha ha yes more hours of life wasted by scientific information and my parents will allow it because it is learning

@michaelmemer6166 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone make this a thing?

@costelc4077 3 жыл бұрын

Kid in the future: what happened to mercury His grandma: *gone, reduced to atoms*

@jeffkevin1803 3 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt is Thanos and The Dyson Sphere is the Gauntlet.

@thegreatoutagesign9204 3 жыл бұрын

gone, reduced to mirrors

@albertsebe 3 жыл бұрын

We repurposed Mercury child. You see that swarm of mirrors over there? That's mercury now!

@Henry-zk9sy 3 жыл бұрын

Costel copycat

@Henry-zk9sy 3 жыл бұрын

wait i meant copycostel

@HaddleMCgaggle1weeee 7 ай бұрын

I’m impressed with the style of the video making it look like a real game

@kaiheng8381 Жыл бұрын

Love how that when it says welcome to the atomic age and then followed by likelyhood for destruction

@li8ning453 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could live long enough to see humans build a dyson sphere

@lthereader5670 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you will?

@unknowneclipsepiller8204 3 жыл бұрын

That doesn't seem like a good idea

@unknowneclipsepiller8204 3 жыл бұрын

Immortality I mean it isn't a good idea

@lmlmd2714 3 жыл бұрын

So did a lot of the creatures building the dyson sphere in the vid.... *splat*

@willmartin2552 3 жыл бұрын

Too late to explore the earth; too early to explore space; just in time to fix all of the problems

@syn5570 2 жыл бұрын

i can imagine building the dyson sphere would be much easier than resolving conflicts we have right now.

@sw1tch327 2 жыл бұрын

What technological limitations can you think of that prevents us from creating some type of partial Dyson swarm from mining with robots mercury and launching satellites/collectors to beam down energy and accelerate the process?

@Unethical.Dodgson 2 жыл бұрын

@@sw1tch327 The abysmal efficiency, recyclability, and maintenance of solar panels and the difficulties we would also have with capacity when it comes to storing that power. On the one side. We might not need huge capacity if we can solve the problems with Solar energy. Solar Panels lose efficiency as they heat up and their efficiency is rather shit to begin with. But if we could develop solar technology that would allow us to control how much energy we take-in, whenever we need it. Then we wouldn't need to have an incredibly advanced energy infrastructure. That said. Without that advancement. We need a good way to direct as much solar energy into the energy grid for storage for when it's needed. Batteries are essentially already at their best efficiency that we can actually get them. There's pretty much a chemical limit. So we can't just make a super-grid of batteries. They're expensive, volatile, inefficient for our purpose etc. Super capacitors have the problem of having even less efficiency than batteries but they can output charge much faster. Not really fit for purpose. Perhaps we'd find ways to use any excess energy that we harvest when it's not needed and pump it into a mechanical system that would allow us to convert later on. I'm spitballing here but yeah. There's a boatload of issues with just receiving the energy. Let alone setting up the infrastructure that builds the thing.

@sw1tch327 2 жыл бұрын

@@Unethical.Dodgson Well if you watched the video it covered that when it said to use mirrors. With that much power we can use kugleblitz batteries (maybe). And we can just not store whatever energy we don't need and use what we can and then we have a very high demand for energy storage

@Andrewtr6 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, most people would rather focus on space travel than current problems because it's easier and more interesting. There's a reason there are hundreds of sci-fi shows but none about feeding the homeless.

@scepts Жыл бұрын

@@sw1tch327 sorry to necro here, but my concert is he said mirrors to direct to a place. If that place is on earth then we are going to fry the earth before the end. Even if we dont, if the mirrors have a glitch that much energy focused in one place could demolish any city (magnifying glass and ant). So we focus on an object in orbit, how do we get that energy here? We don't have a way to efficiently transmit energy across space. Right now the only way they can think of is lasers, and again with that much energy a bad actor could demolish a city. There is also a massive amount of energy lost to the atmosphere and then again with solar. The mirrors have to be able to direct in unison to a point. How are we going to do that? Not to mention it has to get into orbit, but the mirrors will act as solar sails. If we use the force of those to keep it in orbit then we run into the issue of sun spots. Then how do we rotate the mirrors to remain focused on earth? Can't be gas we would run out on the mirrors before long. Maybe some gyroscope, but we would have to have billions of satellites working in unison

@adhamabuirtaimeh7410 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a civilization type game with kurzgegasts graphics with all these gameplay elements they talked about like Dyson spheres Terra forming and things like that

@GET-rubuxByNotclickingOnmylink 8 ай бұрын

thanks for the tutorial ill build it straight away.

@jacobc9221 3 жыл бұрын

Mercury: *Exists* Kurzgesagt: A small price to pay for unlimited power.

@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893 3 жыл бұрын

You've lost the oportunity to say "UnLiMiTeD pOwEr!!!!!!!!!!"

@shardinhand1243 3 жыл бұрын

the concept starts very simply first have the resorces of billians of earths negating the point of building this joke of an idea in the first place

@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893 3 жыл бұрын

@@shardinhand1243 You don't need "billions of earths" worth of resources, it i stated as much. And why would such a project be a joke? It is more grounded in our understanding of physics and thecnology than things like Alcubierre warp and wormholes.

@shardinhand1243 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893 also aside from needing more metal than we could get from every planet in the solar system, even if we made it, it would just be destroied by its own gravity, the suns gravity, and all the heat from it, but ignoring all that, the energy from it would only be practical to use for our solar system... which we would have already left for behind just to get the resorces to build this silly thing.

@paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893 3 жыл бұрын

@@shardinhand1243 Well both the video and every other article that talks about a Dyson Sphere says that, at most, you would need just Mercury do do it, and not even all of it. After all, the idea is that the parts composing the sphere are as thin as you can get away with it, despite how wide than can get. We are not even talking about centimiter here, but rather millimiters, or thiner if possible. Such structure is not achivable as of now, but nothing on engeneering or physics prohibits it to be, given enough fine tunnig of the construction tecniches already available. It is still worth mentioning that this fine tuning, as well, is grounded on the realms of possibility. Aside from that, the most known name is "Dyson Sphere" but, as the video points out, it would be far more accurate to call it a Dyson Swarm: millions of small, relativly speaking, pannels that collect all the energy of the sun and redirect it for use by the civilization, like a really dense fog covering the sun itself. On the point of going to other star systems, there are almost no reliable way of making it there and back in reasonable times (reasonable in a intersstellar scale, which would still be around three to four centuries, go and come back) without the usage of solar energy. As far as we can tell, accelerating to relativistic speeds without the energy output of a star backing you, is simply too energy costly to be tried. That is, unless we figure some new physics which allow us FTL travel, which we are not even close to.