Search For Intelligent Aliens Near Bizarre Dimming Star Has Begun
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[QUOTE=ZpankR;48940041]Let's spice the thread up a little with some "humanity fuck yeah"
[url]http://imgur.com/a/PfiWj[/url]
enjoy[/QUOTE]
These are hilarious to read.
In an entertaining way, I mean.
[QUOTE=ZpankR;48940041]Let's spice the thread up a little with some "humanity fuck yeah"
[url]http://imgur.com/a/PfiWj[/url]
enjoy[/QUOTE]
I had to stop after like one sentence.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;48947936]considering that even life itself is hard to come by in the universe, intelligent life like us would be probably an exceptional thing to come across.
they'd at least recognize the importance of what they found[/QUOTE]
That's true, but if our own behavior and treatment of our own people is any indication of intelligent species behave then there couldn't be a much bigger expectation that we'd ever be treated as exceptional by an advanced alien species.
All this is a bit silly though, because whatever it is that's causing the dimming is almost certainly not an alien megastructure, the chances of that happening over just some astronomical anomaly we've never seen before, is pretty goddamn low. Color me impressed if it is aliens, though!
I honestly have skepticism because the dimming is most certainly patterned, as stated in multiple sources to be 790~ days before the next cycle begins with weird fluctuations. So something is clearly orbiting the planet in a confined area of space, but it isn't a shape we're used to i.e. a ball. So it can't be a Dyson Sphere, and a Dyson Swarm is seeming rather unlikely as well. The whole comet thing is sounding a bit more sane despite how far-fetched it even is.
UPDATE:
[URL]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-shostak/alien-engineering-around_b_8353762.html[/URL]
[QUOTE]And more generally, one shouldn't let healthy skepticism degrade into unattractive pig-headedness,[B] even if in this case the evidence for something revolutionary isn't terribly promising.[/B] You have to follow up. And we are.
Since October 16, the SETI institute has been using its Allen Telescope Array to observe KIC 846 2852 over a wide range of radio frequencies (1 to 10 GHz), looking for any artificial signals. Keep in mind that this star system is relatively far, roughly 1400 light-years away. That's more distant than the Orion Nebula, and getting there (if you feel the need) would require a 23 million year ride in our fastest rocket. But more to the point, any signals detectable here on Earth would have to be exceptionally powerful.
[B]We're continuing to analyze the data. In another week, our SETI team will once again observe KIC 846 2852 using some new receivers being affixed to the Allen Array - known as Antonio feeds - that will increase the sensitivity by a factor of two.[/B] Check this space.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Falubii;48954390]I had to stop after like one sentence.[/QUOTE]
Then you missed out on some pretty entertaining and creative content. Bummer.
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;48947265]our radio signals won't reach them for another 1450 years or so[/QUOTE]
More like never. Our radio signals aren't strong enough to travel that far. We'd have to use stronger signals to even reach Proxima Centauri. The background radiation of the universe is just too strong for our signals to last that far without degrading too far and being drowned out. If we wanted to send a signal to that system we'd need to use a targeted signal and make it as powerful as we have the technology to make it. And even then it may not actually be powerful enough.
digression, the point is that they don't know we're here
[QUOTE=Falubii;48954390]I had to stop after like one sentence.[/QUOTE]
It only gets worse.
My money is on a destroyed planet.
What if we all get space aids because of this shit?
[QUOTE=Mingebox;48957962]It only gets worse.[/QUOTE]
That's usually the case for HFY stories, sadly. The occasional tiny masterpieces (Drake McDougal, Foster Bent, the Empties, Veil of Madness, Australian wildlife...) are buried in a sea of uninspired wank written by edgy tards for whom the concept of "tongue in cheek" is entirely alien. No pun intended.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;48954490]That's true, but if our own behavior and treatment of our own people is any indication of intelligent species behave then there couldn't be a much bigger expectation that we'd ever be treated as exceptional by an advanced alien species.[/QUOTE]
We already treat a type of rare fish in the oceans as exceptional and make efforts not to accidentally kill it, and only a few dozen people have left this planet so far.
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