Moontanman Posted October 16, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 It's exciting, but I'm understandably skeptical at this point. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonDie Posted October 16, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 16, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 17, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 17, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted October 25, 2015 Share 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandySwift Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Have no idea if it's good or not if they really exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted November 23, 2015 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordief Posted November 23, 2015 Share 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted November 23, 2015 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 What if it's... The BORG ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well, then. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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