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Are white dwarf stars a perfect solution for Dyson spheres? How will Vera Rubin's data releases work? Where do magnetars come from? And in Q&A+, does Physics work in the same way across the Universe?
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00:26 [@ar-visions] Are white dwarf a solution for Dyson spheres?
02:41 [@gumby2ms] How will Vera Rubin's data releases work?
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The Moon is brutal. Its super hot during the day and super cold during the night. Most landers and rovers cant survive that swing. So, how do you mitigate it? One of this years NIAC projects has a potential solution.
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