Friday 13 May 2022

The search for alien civilizations

 


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Joel Kontinen 

How could an advanced civilization make its presence knwn it the galaxy. According to New Scientist it could ”make the planets in its star system dance in mathematical sequence.”

 When humans search for life, they have been looking for radio signals or even megastructures around stars but the results of these have been ambiguous and have potential natural explanations.

What would be the best way for an advanced alien civilisation to make its presence known across the galaxy? It might be to make the planets in its star system dance in mathematical sequence.

Now, why Sean Raymond at the University of Bordeaux, France, and his colleagus see the result of  can be ambiguous and have potential natural explanations orbiting in specific patterns that could have only arisen artificially.

Their idea is that advanced civilization could alter the orbits of planets. When thousands of years pass, it produces planets that are orbiting in specific patterns that could have only arisen artificially.

Source:

O’Callaghan Jonathan. 2022. Aliens could say hello by arranging planets in prime number pattern.  New Scientist 9 May