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Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres (www.universetoday.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (8 children)

This feels like trying to determine FTL travel is possible by looking for warp signatures. We don't yet know megastructures are feasable.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In the Kardashev Scale, a Type II Civilization would build a Dyson Sphere

I know there's an methodical thought process behind those things, but mhh... this feels more fiction than science to me.

I'm fine with research, but I'm worried some might use it as a slippery slope into pseudo science.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I don't think there's any real risk of that. The media often like to overhype scientific inquiries but all they're doing is looking at existing data

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