Colonizing Brown Dwarfs – Life Around Failed Stars

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Mar 19, 2026•31 min•Ep. 831

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Colonizing brown dwarfs: habitats, megastructures, and hidden homes around failed stars. Could these dim embers power civilizations for trillions of years?

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