12 Dec
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Are We Alone in This Vast Universe?

Living for decades on planet earth, we do tend to think once in a while that there must be someone out there except us. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that many of us are anxiously waiting to know even the slightest of information about the presence of some extraterrestrial being.

NASA Scientist’s Message To The Scientific Community

NASA Scientists are asking the scientific community to develop a new framework to give insight into the search for life. They are proposing the creation of a scale for evaluating different lines of evidence that could help us resolve the ultimate question: Are we alone?

NASA group is providing a sample scale to the scientists and communicators ready to learn about the presence of some other life forms. They envision a particular scale informed by the age-old experience in astrobiology. It gives a better idea of comprehending our state of how far we are in the search for life in terms of specific locations, technologies and missions.

James Webb Space Telescope – A New Hope For Finding Life

In these advanced times, technology is rapidly improving and only turning better. The methods to search for alien life are changing drastically. The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021’s end, has taken the sear for alien life onto newer pathways. Space missions are likely to go far beyond using powerful telescopes and cutting-edge observational techniques. Also, using the sun as the gravitational lens is leading to newer space discoveries.

Thinking about life other than on Earth indeed leads to countless philosophical questions. It could be possible that the universe is crowded with types of creatures completely different from us. Or we might come across one by chance. Undoubtedly the universe is way beyond the human scope, and the cosmic backyards keep us away from many things happening in space. Some scientists and astronomers do believe that the cosmos consists of intelligent beings.  

Looking at all the studies and research, we can’t conclude if humans are the only living beings in the entire universe.

Takeaway

If you are one of those eager to learn about aliens, read The Fourth Signal by Mark Daniel Proulx. An amazing book that discusses the strange happening and theories revolving around aliens. The author has tried to make it a warning to all mankind about how letting them know can be the end of our existence.

12 Dec
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The Search For Alien Tech in The Space

The search for alien life is not only a hot topic of today. In fact, from scientists to the average person, everyone is equally interested in learning about them. One cannot help but wonder about the consequences of searching for an extraterrestrial civilization. 

Scientists And Interstellar Objects

In Rendezvous With Rama, a novel by Arthur C Clarke, there is 50-kilometer-long cylindrical spacecraft that enters the Solar system. A space mission is carried out to analyze and study the Solar system before it disappears into space darkness again.

Prof Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University, thinks that Oumuamua, a mysterious interstellar object found flowing in the Solar System in 2017, can be an alien Rama-like artifact. And to find it out, he started Project Galileo. The goal is to scan the heavens in search of a new Oumuamua. It will allow scientists to photograph this amazing object.

Over 100 scientists are involved in Project Galileo, which Loeb leads. They are trying to move away from SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to searching for signs of objects that can be alien technology. 

According to Loeb, it is high time we start searching for alien technologies roaming around us in our Solar system instead of focusing on ways to interact with them. He thinks 70 years of doing the same thing has been a knock on the wrong door. It is the moment to move beyond the radio signals coming from the Galaxy.

Dr. Alexey Arkhipov, Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkiv, Ukraine, stated that there are, at times, pieces of our space technology unavoidably ousted from the Solar System by certain events. It could be a collision or some kind of explosion in space. And the same happens in reverse. The alien civilizations could end up in our Solar System.

Interestingly, Earth’s geological activity and weather tend to re-mold its surface. And that can make the search for alien artifacts difficult.

Scientists think that searching for objects such as Oumuamua is worth all our efforts and time, and we should continue with the process.

Takeaway

Undoubtedly it is always interesting to learn about aliens, but making an effort to talk to them can be a bad idea. In his book The Fourth Signal, Mark Daniel Proulx discusses that humans’ eagerness to talk to aliens may not be a good idea. It involves thought-provoking explanations that every science fiction fan would prefer to read.