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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Mathew Erpansizo

Astronomer Theorise That Extraterrestrial Megacomputers Could Soon Reveal Hidden Alien Civilisations

A new astronomy paper proposes that highly efficient alien megacomputers could produce detectable heat signatures around nearby stars (Credit: Photo by Bryan Goff on Unsplash)

A new preprint by astronomer Michael Garrett proposes that extremely advanced extraterrestrial computing systems could leave detectable waste-heat signatures around stars.

A new paper posted on the arXiv preprint server proposes that highly efficient computing systems might create a detectable signature known as a Slysh halo.

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