advanced civilizations
A New Study Suggests How we Could Find Advanced Civilizations that Ran Out of Fusion Fuel
When it comes to our modern society and the many crises we face, there is little doubt that fusion power…
Advanced Civilizations Could be Indistinguishable from Nature
Sometimes in science you have to step back and take another look at underlying assumptions. Sometimes its necessary when progress…
New Study Examines How Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could Become “Stellivores.”
One of the most challenging aspects of astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is anticipating what life and…
New Study Proposes how a Black Hole in Orbit Around a Planet Could be a Sign of an Advanced Civilization.
In 1971, English mathematical physicist and Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose proposed how energy could be extracted from a rotating black…
Why Don't We See Robotic Civilizations Rapidly Expanding Across the Universe?
In 1950, while sitting down to lunch with colleagues at the Los Alamos Laboratory, famed physicist and nuclear scientist Enrico…
If Astronomers See These Chemicals in a Planet’s Atmosphere, There’s Likely an Advanced Civilization There
In an age of ever-growing numbers of exoplanets circling other stars, it's natural that astronomers search for signatures of advanced…