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May 28th, 2013 | 
Author: Image: Depiction of a ringworld. Credit: Hill/Wikimedia Commons
In the search for intelligent extraterrestrials, scientists listen for incoming radio signals and they hunt for Earth-like planets. Some scientists are also looking for megastructures constructed by aliens.
NASA’s Kepler space telescope searches for planets using the transit method–Kepler’s sensors detect dips in brightness caused when an alien planet passes in front of its star from Kepler’s perspective. And this same method is used by scientists searching the universe for alien megastructures.
Simple illustration of a Dyson Sphere. (Credit: Vedexent/Wikimedia Commons)
According to Universe Today, astronomer Geoff Marcy, who was recently appointed to the new Watson and Marilyn Alberts Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at the University of California at Berkeley, was awarded a grant to hunt for evidence of Dyson spheres using Kepler data. A Dyson sphere is a theoretical megastructure envisioned by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson consisting of a giant array of solar panels that would surround a star to harvest its energy.
Scientists hunting alien megastructures are also looking for theoretical structures known as ringworlds. Universe Today explains that ringworlds “would consist of a giant ring in orbit around a star, constructed comfortably inside the star’s habitable zone.”
Whether alien megastructures actually exist is unknown. But as Universe Today points out, “The possibility alone is exciting enough to make it worth continuing to look.”
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Artist's rendition of the XCOR Lynx spacecraft. (Credit: XCOR Aerospace)
The United States Rocket Academy’s project Citizens in Space is seeking entries for a science project that will attempt to collect microbes that could exist in Earth’s upper atmosphere at the edge of space.
This science project, named the High Altitude Astrobiology Challenge, was announced on Saturday, May 19, and gives participating citizen scientists the opportunity to win up to ,000. Citizens in Space project manager Edward Wright explains that this project, inspired by a NASA astrobiologist, is asking citizen scientists to develop hardware for collecting high-altitude microorganisms. Approximately one hundred of these collection devices will be selected and flown aboard a low-cost suborbital spacecraft, like the XCOR Lynx.
According to Universe Today, “XCOR Aerospace is a private California-based company that has developed the Lynx, a reusable launch vehicle that has suborbital flight capabilities.” Citizens in Space currently has a contract with XCOR Aerospace for ten suborbital spaceflights. The winning microorganism collection device from the High Altitude Astrobiology Challenge will fly on all ten flights.
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Hunting for the Great Galactic Internet
Slate Magazine But now he's started looking for alien civilizations, as the new chair of Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program at UC-Berkeley. Slate: Why have you decided to join SETI? Marcy: I'm at a funny crossroads, personally. |
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Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes in Battleship. (Credit: Universal Pictures)
Pop singer Rihanna will be fighting hostile extraterrestrials in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster film Battleship. Although this movie will be her big-screen debut, Rihanna is no novice when it comes to watching for UFOs and extraterrestrials.
As a child in Barbados, Rihanna reportedly spent considerable time on her family’s porch, searching the night sky for UFOs. According to the Sun, the singer recently stated, “My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all night long looking for UFOs flying by, and I had to do that for years.” In her years of sky watching, Rihanna claims she saw a shooting star, but no UFOs.
Battleship opens in theaters on April 11.
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Cool Hunting The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has decided to crowd-source their efforts to find life on other planets. Using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), users can see a live feed of the most life-friendly star systems, and can report what … |
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Alien hunting goes crowd-sourced with SETILive
SlashGear A single user can't sound the UFO alarm alone; if enough users report possible extraterrestrial activity on a single radio frequency image, SETI's telescopic radio arrays will automatically re-scan the area and alert on-staff scientists to the … UFO sightings from citizens now part of SETI's leap day quest for alien life |
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