Isaac Arthur

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.

Author

Isaac Arthur

Category

Science

Podcast website

art19.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Building Biospheres (Narration Only) 01.12.2024

Join us as we explore the science and challenges of building self-sustaining biospheres, where humanity could one day thrive beyond Earth. Watch my exclusive video Post-Stellar Civilizations: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-poststellar-civilizations Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300:...

The Stanford Torus Space Habitat 28.11.2024

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The Stanford Torus Space Habitat (Narration Only) 28.11.2024

The Stanford Torus is a vast space habitat design intended to allow thousands to dwell safely and comfortably in space, but how do we build such a structure? Go to https://buyraycon.com/isaacarthur to get up to 30% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacA...

Ultra-Relativistic Spaceships: Racing Towards the Speed of Light 24.11.2024

Explore the science and implications behind ultra-relativistic spaceships capable of approaching the speed of light, pushing the limits of technology and physics. Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: h...

Ultra-Relativistic Spaceships: Racing Towards the Speed of Light (Narration Only) 24.11.2024

Explore the science and implications behind ultra-relativistic spaceships capable of approaching the speed of light, pushing the limits of technology and physics. Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: h...

The Fermi Paradox: Gravity 21.11.2024

Explore how gravity might explain the Fermi Paradox and the Great Silence of the cosmos. Could gravitational forces impact the rise of life and sustainability of civilizations, influencing why we haven't found intelligent life? Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebu...

The Fermi Paradox: Gravity (Narration Only) 21.11.2024

Explore how gravity might explain the Fermi Paradox and the Great Silence of the cosmos. Could gravitational forces impact the rise of life and sustainability of civilizations, influencing why we haven't found intelligent life? Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebu...

Aliens Have Contacted Us... Now What? 15.11.2024

Many believe that aliens have already contacted us, while others think it's only a matter of time. If extraterrestrial life has reached out or soon will, the question remains: how should humanity respond? Explore the potential next steps we could take in a post-contact world and the impact alien communication might have on our future. Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60%...

Aliens Have Contacted Us... Now What? (Narration Only) 14.11.2024

Many believe that aliens have already contacted us, while others think it's only a matter of time. If extraterrestrial life has reached out or soon will, the question remains: how should humanity respond? Explore the potential next steps we could take in a post-contact world and the impact alien communication might have on our future. Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60%...

Nuclear Fusion: Updates & Impacts 10.11.2024

Explore the latest breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology and their potential global impacts. Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=isaacarthur Use the link gift.ne...

Nuclear Fusion: Updates & Impacts (Narration Only) 10.11.2024

Explore the latest breakthroughs in nuclear fusion technology and their potential global impacts. Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for only $300: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=isaacarthur Use the link gift.ne...

Harvesting Planets: Space Mining and the Future of Resource Extraction (Narration Only) 07.11.2024

We often imagine civilizations so immense they can create worlds and colonize galaxies, and yet to fuel those immense engines of creation, they may need to harvest entire planets. Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Suppo...

Harvesting Planets: Space Mining and the Future of Resource Extraction 07.11.2024

We often imagine civilizations so immense they can create worlds and colonize galaxies, and yet to fuel those immense engines of creation, they may need to harvest entire planets. Use code isaacarthur at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Suppo...

Early Terraforming 03.11.2024

Terraforming an entire planet is a colossal undertaking that will take lifetimes to complete. So assuming you're that committed to seeing it through, how do you even start? Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for on...

Early Terraforming (Narration Only) 03.11.2024

Terraforming an entire planet is a colossal undertaking that will take lifetimes to complete. So assuming you're that committed to seeing it through, how do you even start? Watch my exclusive video Orbital Farms: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-orbital-farms Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Get a Lifetime Membership to Nebula for on...

Ghost Armadas & Primordial Galactic Wars 31.10.2024

An exploration of the unsettling possibility we live in a universe of ancient galactic wars, ruins, relics, and leftover war machines scattered across the cosmos. Watch my exclusive video Caretaker AI & Genus Loci: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-caretaker-ai-genus-loci Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur  Get a Lifetime Membe...

Ghost Armadas & Primordial Galactic Wars (Narration Only) 31.10.2024

An exploration of the unsettling possibility we live in a universe of ancient galactic wars, ruins, relics, and leftover war machines scattered across the cosmos. Watch my exclusive video Caretaker AI & Genus Loci: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-caretaker-ai-genus-loci Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur  Get a Lifetime Membe...

Dark Stars At The Beginning Of Time 27.10.2024

In the ancient past, before the first stars formed, all was darkness and the Universe was a very different place, but there may have been strange dark stars in that primordial era at the beginning of time. 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/isaacarthur It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go...

Dark Stars At The Beginning Of Time (Narration Only) 27.10.2024

In the ancient past, before the first stars formed, all was darkness and the Universe was a very different place, but there may have been strange dark stars in that primordial era at the beginning of time. 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/isaacarthur It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go...

Posthuman Pathways 24.10.2024

Soon humanity may reach out to the galaxy and spread ourselves to every world in it, but in the billions and billions of years to come on those billions and billions of worlds, humanity shall surely diverge down many roads and posthuman pathways. Watch my exclusive video Caretaker AI & Genus Loci: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-caretaker-ai-genus-loci Get Nebula using my link for 40% off...

Posthuman Pathways (Narration Only) 24.10.2024

Soon humanity may reach out to the galaxy and spread ourselves to every world in it, but in the billions and billions of years to come on those billions and billions of worlds, humanity shall surely diverge down many roads and posthuman pathways. Watch my exclusive video Caretaker AI & Genus Loci: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-caretaker-ai-genus-loci Get Nebula using my link for 40% off...

Ocean Habitats: Artificial Islands, Raft Cities, Submarine Structures, and more… 17.10.2024

Humanity has often lived with one foot on land and the other in the sea, but in the future, we may build our homes in the seas, here and on other worlds. 🌏 Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/isaacarthur It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur Support us on Patreon: https:...

Ocean Habitats (Narration Only) 17.10.2024

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Fungal Aliens 13.10.2024

Fungus and Protista are far more ancient than animal life, and far more varied in form. So could alien fungi be more common in the galaxy, and might it spread through space by spores? Go to https://hensonshaving.com/isaacarthur and enter "isaacarthur" at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase.  Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacar...

Fungal Aliens (Narration Only) 13.10.2024

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