The idea of Dyson Sphere’s has been around for decades. When Freeman Dyson explored the concept he acknowledged that they may ...

Dyson Swarm: This design consists of a large number of independent solar power satellites orbiting the star, collecting energy and transmitting it back to the civilization. Dyson Bubble ...

The rumor stemmed from the star's unusually unstable brightness. One explanation for the behavior was an alien megastructure called a "Dyson swarm." Now, that possibility has been ruled out.

Here the use of loosely coupled objects, in say a ring formation, could be in an orbit around the star, yet otherwise fulfill the requirements of a so-called Dyson swarm of independent structures.

including Dyson spheres around every star, attaining 1,036 watts per second. A Dyson sphere would likely be a swarm of solar collectors rather than a solid shell. This "Dyson swarm" would be ...