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January 2, 2024January 3, 2024

After all of This Time Searching for Aliens, is it The Zoo Hypothesis or Nothing?

In 1950, during a lunchtime conversation with colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, famed physicist Enrico Fermi asked the question that launched a hundred (or more) proposed resolutions. “Where is Everybody?” In short, given the age of the Universe (13.8 billion years), the fact that the Solar System has only existed for the past …

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October 5, 2021October 17, 2021

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVII: What is the “SETI-Paradox” Hypothesis?

Another reason we haven’t heard from aliens is that the possibility that every everyone is listening, but nobody’s messaging!

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

We Could Detect Alien Civilizations Through Their Interstellar Quantum Communication

A new study by SETI researcher Michael Hippke suggests that we look for advanced species by trying to spot signs of quantum communications

August 7, 2020February 7, 2022

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” V: What is the Aestivation Hypothesis?

Is it possible that the aliens are not hiding, but sleeping and waiting for the Universe to get better?

July 29, 2020February 7, 2022

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” IV: What is the Rare Earth Hypothesis?

Looking to answer the question of “where are all the aliens,” some scientists have suggested that planets like Earth might actually be very rare.

July 23, 2020February 7, 2022

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” III: What is the Great Filter?

In 1996, economist/futurist Robin Hanson proposed a possible resolution to the Fermi Paradox: there’s a “Great Filter” that prevents intelligent life from becoming advanced.

April 8, 2015February 7, 2022

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture

Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi’s famous question, “Where Is Everybody?” Today, we examine the possibility that the reason we’ve found no evidence of alien civilizations is because there are none out there. It’s become a legend of the space age. The brilliant …

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April 7, 2015February 7, 2022

Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” I: A Lunchtime Conversation- Enrico Fermi and Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi’s famous question, “Where Is Everybody?” Today, we examine the lunchtime conversation that started it all! It’s become a kind of legend, like Newton and the apple or George Washington and the cherry tree. One day in 1950, …

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