fermi paradox
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…
Maybe We Don’t Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent
How will humanity meet its end? That's only a depressing question if you think that humanity will go on forever.…
If Aliens Were Sending us Signals, This is What They Might Look Like
An international team of scientists have created a new tool for identifying possible radio transmissions from an extraterrestrial civilization
Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study
A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send…
If Alien Probes are Already in the Solar System, Maybe we Could Detect Them Calling Home
According to a new study, alien probes may permeate the galaxy, and could be detected in the Solar System when…
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!
If Aliens Are Out There, We’ll Meet Them in a Few Hundred Million Years
A new study indicates that aliens are probably out there, occupying half of the Universe, and we'll likely meet them…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVI: What is the “Dark Forest” Hypothesis?
A recent addition to the list of possible resolutions to the Fermi Paradox: nobody is broadcasting because they don't want…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XV: What is the Percolation Theory Hypothesis?
Could it be that the reason we haven't met any aliens is because interstellar colonization simply isn't practical? Not exactly…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XIV: What is the Aurora Hypothesis?
Is it possible that we haven't heard from aliens because colonizing exoplanets is hazardous to your health? So says the…