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Astronomers have identified seven star systems in our galaxy that could potentially host a Dyson sphere — a hypothetical megastructure an alien civilization could build around a star or black hole to ...
Throughout the 1960s and ’70s, starry-eyed architects set their minds to megastructures – massive, multi-purpose designs that could house communities or even entire cities. Complex and expensive to ...
There are three ways to look for evidence of alien technological civilizations. One is to look out for deliberate attempts by them to communicate their existence, for example, through radio broadcasts ...
Researchers have identified at least seven stars in our galaxy that may be surrounded by super-advanced alien megastructures, known as Dyson spheres. However, this is not the only explanation for ...
The truth is out there — or at least that’s what researchers at NASA and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute are hoping. While much of the SETI Institute's research involves ...
When it comes to finding alien life in the universe, it may not be what you can find, but what you can’t. That’s exactly what a team of researchers set out to do by estimating just how many Dyson ...
Our future in space may be one of millions or even trillions of vast space station, space habitats, and megastructures. How would a space-faring civilization going about traveling around such an ...
Scientists have found what they say could be one of the oldest Stone Age megastructures in Europe: a giant stone wall on the floor of the Baltic Sea. They've dubbed it the "Blinkerwall." Not quite 70 ...
A full series of History Hit YouTube exclusive videos on the most fascinating megastructures of the Second World War. Join presenters Dan Snow and James Rogers as they travel across Europe to discover ...
If your understanding of Stone Age humans is one of primitive cave people bashing rocks together, then perhaps it’s time to think again. Our ancient ancestors were able to build huge Neolithic ...
In 2018, the world got very excited about an unusual star. KIC 8462852, better known as Boyajian's star or just the "alien megastructure" star, it was found to be dimming in an unusual way. As a ...