What If We Built a Dyson Sphere Around the Sun?

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What if we could engineer a gigantic megastructure capable of harvesting every bit of the Sun's energy? Something known as a Dyson sphere.

How long would it take to construct this megashell? Where would we find all the materials needed? And what could we do with the structure once we finally built it? Here's what would happen if we could build a Dyson sphere around the Sun.

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