Dyson Sphere

Will Advanced Civilizations Build Habitable Planets or Dyson Spheres

Freeman Dyson proposed that advanced civilizations might eventually harvest all the energy coming from their stars by surrounding them with…

1 month ago

That’s No Planet. Detecting Transiting Megastructures

One of the easiest ways to find exoplanets is using the transit method. It relies upon monitoring the brightness of…

5 months ago

There’s Another, More Boring Explanation for those Dyson Sphere Candidate Stars

Dyson Spheres have been a tantalising digression in the hunt for alien intelligence. Just recently seven stars have been identified…

6 months ago

If There are Dyson Spheres Around White Dwarfs, We Should be Able to Detect Them

Searching for Dyson spheres, rings, or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers.  If there are any out there, they…

3 years ago

Next Generation Telescopes Could Search for Intelligent Civilizations Directly

We're still in the early days of searching for life elsewhere. The Perseverance rover is on its way to a…

3 years ago

Advanced Civilizations Could be Using Dyson Spheres to Collect Energy From Black Holes. Here’s how we Could Detect Them

Black holes are more than just massive objects that swallow everything around them - they’re also one of the universe’s…

3 years ago

Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes

In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization…

6 years ago

The Search Is On For Alien Signals Around Tabby’s Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5e6WniARE8 There's a remote chance that inexplicable light variations in a star in the Northern Cross may be caused by…

8 years ago

Tabby’s Star Megastructure Mystery Continues To Intrigue

Almost a year later after it was first noticed, the mystery of Tabby's Star and its unusual dimming continues to…

8 years ago

When Will Humanity Become a Type III Civilization?

Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy…

8 years ago