Archive for the ‘alien life’ category: Page 133
Nov 1, 2015
‘Alien Megastructure’ Mystery May Soon Be Solved
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
The mystery behind a strangely dimming star could soon be solved.
Astronomers around the world are keeping a close eye on the star KIC 8462852, which has dimmed dramatically numerous times over the past few years, dropping in brightness by up to 22 percent. These big dips have spurred speculation that the star may be surrounded by some type of alien megastructure — a hypothesis that will be put to the test if and when KIC 8462852 dims again.
“As long as one of those events occurs again, we should be able to catch it in the act, and then we’ll definitely be able to figure out what we’re seeing,” said Jason Wright, an astronomer at Pennsylvania State University. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life]
Oct 27, 2015
Maybe It’s Time To Stop Snickering About Aliens
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
This may be the moment for all of us sober, rational, boring scientists to stop with our quick dismissals, as beyond them hides a much more interesting reality, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.
Oct 22, 2015
Scientists are days from finding out if that mysterious star could actually harbor aliens
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
When SETI astronomer Doug Vakoch heard the news that there might be an alien civilization around the mysterious star KIC 8462852, he took immediate action.
For the last week, Vakoch and his colleagues at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute have been pointing the ground-based Allen Telescope Array in California at the enigmatic star with one goal in mind.
“We’re trying to rule out the hypothesis that maybe it’s intelligence out there,” Vakoch told Business Insider.
Oct 19, 2015
Search For Intelligent Aliens Near Bizarre Dimming Star Has Begun
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
The search for signs of life in a mysterious star system hypothesized to potentially harbor an “alien megastructure” is now underway.
Astronomers have begun using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a system of radio dishes about 300 miles (483 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, to hunt for signals coming from the vicinity of KIC 8462852, a star that lies 1,500 light-years from Earth.
NASA’s Kepler space telescope found that KIC 8462852 dimmed oddly and dramatically several times over the past few years. The dimming events were far too substantial to be caused by a planet crossing the star’s face, researchers say, and other possible explanations, such as an enormous dust cloud, don’t add up, either. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life].
Oct 19, 2015
Cinema Space Tribute
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: alien life, media & arts, military, space travel
Music: Hans Zimmer — Mountains (Interstellar Soundtrack)
Lyrics: «Do not go gentle into that good night» by Dylan Thomas.
Voice: Anthony Hopkins.
Oct 15, 2015
The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy
Posted by Phillipe Bojorquez in category: alien life
Potential
Astronomers have spotted a strange mess of objects whirling around a distant star. Scientists who search for extraterrestrial civilizations are scrambling to get a closer look.
Oct 15, 2015
Astronomers have spotted something in space that looks like it could have been made
Posted by Jeremy Lichtman in category: alien life
The reporting is actually more responsible than the title — it’s a star with something blocking its light in an odd way, which might be due to a bunch of dust inherited from a smaller star that recently passed by. It may also be a Dyson Sphere under construction…
Scientists have no idea what’s going on.
Oct 14, 2015
Could These Weird Space Objects Be the First Proof of Intelligent Aliens?
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
“this is the kind of alien megastructure we’ve always suspected could be around distant stars, true indications of an advanced alien species. It’s a tantalizing possibility, and one the Berkeley SETI team are drafting up the proposal to follow-up on.”
Oh, you know the rest.
Oct 1, 2015
Stephen Hawking says nomadic aliens might crush us
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: alien life, physics
Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach,” Hawking told El Pais. “To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.”
It’s funny how math can make you paranoid. Even if it’s entirely reasonable paranoia. The discovery of water on Mars is, for the non-mathematical at least, the first indication that something out there might be alive or might once have been alive.”
Technically Incorrect: The famed physicist says that simple math makes him believe there are aliens out there.