Extraterrestrial Intelligences

How Far Away Could We Detect… Ourselves?

Revelations from the past can seem quaint once we've been living with them for a generation or two. That's true…

2 weeks ago

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…

2 months ago

Could Alien Solar Panels Be Technosignatures?

If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy. Along with wind, it's the cleanest, most accessible form…

9 months ago

Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres

There's something poetic about humanity's attempt to detect other civilizations somewhere in the Milky Way's expanse. There's also something futile…

9 months ago