Civilizations at the Galactic Center: Thriving at the Core

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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