Could the most dangerous part of the Milky Way also be its most valuable? We explore civilizations at the galactic center, where dense stars, extreme radiation, black holes, and vast energy could fuel a cosmic metropolis.
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Credits:
Civilizations at the Galactic Center – Thriving in the most extreme energy fields of the Milky Way
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik & Ken York
Music Courtesy of Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:12 Where Is the Galactic Center, Really?
4:40 An Environment Turned Up to Eleven
9:249 How Dangerous Is the Radiation, Really?
14:03 Why Would Anyone Live Here?
15:47 Buried Worlds: Surviving the Galactic Furnace
17:50 Dyson Swarms of the Inner Bulge
20:58 Space Industry
22:00 Birch Planets at Sagittarius A*
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