Moontanman Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Kepler my have found a mega structure around another star! http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/has-kepler-discovered-an-alien-megastructure-151014.htm Edited October 16, 2015 by Moontanman
iNow Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 It's exciting, but I'm understandably skeptical at this point. 4
MonDie Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 Read the NG article. In short, maybe but probably not but we're going to check for radio signals just in case.
swansont Posted October 16, 2015 Posted October 16, 2015 I can do without sensationalizing the headline when reporting science news. Something was found and more investigation will happen. Speculating that it's aliens is so un-science, and you have the gradual morphing (whisper game) of the question — which undoubtedly follows Betteridge's Law — into repeating it as a certainty. Purple monkey dishwasher. 3
Moontanman Posted October 16, 2015 Author Posted October 16, 2015 Actually I had originally meant to use an emoticon to indicate this was a little bit tongue in cheek at least, how many times this year has it been announced this year that some sort of evidence of aliens has been found? My bad. I was distracted and failed to do so
swansont Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 Actually I had originally meant to use an emoticon to indicate this was a little bit tongue in cheek at least, how many times this year has it been announced this year that some sort of evidence of aliens has been found? My bad. I was distracted and failed to do so It's not you, per se. The article suffered from the same failing. Too much sensationalism, not enough science.
iNow Posted October 17, 2015 Posted October 17, 2015 I found this summary much more measured and informative. Also has a section where Bad Astronomer Phil Plait weighs in. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/bizarre-data-from-far-off-star-may-suggest-a-solar-collecting-megastructure/ 1
iNow Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 A cool piece from yesterday's SciFri podcast with one of the authors on the paper that triggered this media buzz and another astronomer who worked with the team when these findings first came in a year ago. About 12 minutes. http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/the-mysterious-flicker-behind-star-kic-8462852/
MandySwift Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 Have no idea if it's good or not if they really exist.
fiveworlds Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Kepler my have found a mega structure around another star! If it has then they are either 1. Far more advanced than us and capable of wiping us out 2. Extinct from something we haven't seen yet either way we probably should stay away from them for a while. We can only hope that the reason we haven't seen aliens yet is because they can't see us. We should probably keep it that way. Edited November 23, 2015 by fiveworlds
geordief Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 When I was young we used to knock on neighbours' doors and run away as a low level form of anti social behaviour. On one occasion they followed us into our own garden where we cowered in the dark. We could see them but they could not see us. We got the message though and that was the last time we did it....
Moontanman Posted November 23, 2015 Author Posted November 23, 2015 It should be noted that this Star is 1500 light years away, they cannot know about us nor can we signal them in any reasonable time frame...
Ophiolite Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 It should be noted that this Star is 1500 light years away, they cannot know about us nor can we signal them in any reasonable time frame... If they have a life span of 200,000 years, waiting 3,000 years for a reply would be a reasonable time frame for them.
Moontanman Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 If they have a life span of 200,000 years, waiting 3,000 years for a reply would be a reasonable time frame for them. But not for us, and it would be 1500 years before they have any chance of even knowing about us much less replying to us...
iNow Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 Well, then. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
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