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Re:Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work? by jrv on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:39PM (#13441112)
If you read about this all the time, then you're probably also familiar with the Fermi Paradox and the possible explanations for it. 2016 may have given us a clue as to which one of them seems most likely.
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Re:Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work? by fuhrysteve on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:12PM (#13441245)
Please elaborate? What did we learn in 2016?
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Re:Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work? by wishinghand on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:25PM (#13441323)
There is a star we've observed between 1400 and 1500 light years away with odd, non-cyclical light fluctuations. It may be indicative of a megastructure being built or falling apart around a star.
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Re:Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work? by mustacheemperor on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:14AM (#13444796)
Unfortunately, I think a pulsar type situation is much more likely. There's many things that could potentially cause those fluctuations, especially considering our relative lack of knowledge about extrasolar space. In 1967 when we started detecting regular, precise bursts of EMR from deep space it looked a lot like aliens.
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